The Taça Guanabara ( English : Guanabara Cup) is an annual football tournament attached to the Campeonato Carioca , the state football league in the Rio de Janeiro state . It has been organized since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation . It has had different formats throughout its history.
34-674: In its first seven editions (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971), the Taça Guanabara was a tournament in its own right, unrelated to the Campeonato Carioca, and the winner would represent Rio de Janeiro in the Taça Brasil national league competition. From 1972 onward, the cup became the first round of the Campeonato Carioca. Since 2021 , the Taça Guanarabara is the first single round-robin phase of
68-843: A South American equivalent of the European Cup , so that the champion clubs of both continental confederations could decide "the best club team of the world" in the Intercontinental Cup . On March 5, 1959, at the 24th South American Congress held in Buenos Aires , the competition was ratified by the International Affairs Committee. In 1965, it was named in honor of the heroes of South American liberation , such as Simón Bolívar , José de San Martín , Pedro I , Bernardo O'Higgins , and José Gervasio Artigas , among others. Most teams qualify for
102-703: A football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested against the winners of the European Cup (since renamed the UEFA Champions League) Since 2004, the winner has played in the Club World Cup , an international competition contested by the champion clubs from all six continental confederations. It is organized by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ), the sport's global governing body. Because Europe and South America are considered
136-658: Is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournament is named after the Libertadores (Spanish and Portuguese for liberators ), the leaders of the Latin American wars of independence , so a literal translation of its former name into English is " Liberators of the Americas Cup ". The competition has had several formats over its lifetime. Initially, only the champions of
170-630: The Copa do Brasil was created, in the same cup-style and also qualifying to the Copa Libertadores. The Taça Brasil was founded to enable Brazil to provide contenders for the newly created Copa Libertadores de América . From 1959 to 1964 the winner of Taça Brasil was selected to be the sole Brazilian competitor in the next year's Copa Libertadores. In 1965 and 1966, the two finalists of the Taça Brasil were both chosen to represent Brazil in
204-813: The InterLiga from 2004 to 2010, respectively). Argentina used an analogous method only once in 1992 . Since 2011, the winner of the Copa Sudamericana has qualified automatically for the following Copa Libertadores. For the 2019 edition , the different stages of the competition were contested by the following teams: Bolivia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela The winners of
238-464: The Taça Brasil , but it kept being played even after the Taça Brasil's last edition. In 1971, the tournament became the first stage of Campeonato Carioca but is still considered a separate competition to a certain extent, with a trophy awarded to the winner of the tournament. The current format has been used throughout the tournament's history with the exception of the 1994 and 1995 editions. In 1994, twelve teams were divided into two groups (similar to
272-408: The "founding fathers" of the European Cup ), in a 2015 interview with a Brazilian TV sports programme. In 1958, the basis and format of the competition were created by Peñarol 's board leaders. On October 8, 1958, João Havelange announced, at a UEFA meeting he attended as an invitee, the creation of Copa de Campeones de America (American Champions Cup, renamed in 1965 as Copa Libertadores), as
306-558: The Campeonato Carioca. The most successful team in the tournament's history is Flamengo , who have won 24 times. The Taça Guanabara and the Taça Rio has become, throughout its history, recognized for the various changes in its format, causing confusion for many spectators. Since 2021 , the Taça Guanarabara is the first single round-robin phase of the Campeonato Carioca , played by 12 teams. The team that finishes with
340-403: The Campeonato Carioca. The two highest placed teams of each Taça Guanabara group entered the final phase of Campeonato Carioca. Those four teams played a double round-robin tournament to contest the Campeonato Carioca championship. In 1995, the number of teams increased to 16 while the format remained similar to 1994: two groups of 8 teams contested two group stage phases. After the group stage,
374-541: The Copa Libertadores becomes eligible to play in the FIFA Club World Cup , FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the Recopa Sudamericana . Independiente of Argentina is the most successful club in the cup's history, having won the tournament seven times. Argentine clubs have accumulated the most victories with 25 wins, while Brazil has the largest number of winning teams, with 11 clubs having won
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#1732787213354408-469: The Copa Libertadores by winning half-year tournaments called the Apertura and Clausura tournaments or by finishing among the top teams in their championship. The countries that use this format are Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Peru and Ecuador have developed new formats for qualification to the Copa Libertadores involving several stages. Argentina, Brazil and Chile are
442-576: The Copa Libertadores, was played and organized by the Chilean club Colo-Colo after years of planning and organization. Held in Santiago , it brought together the champions of each nation's top national leagues. The tournament was won by Vasco da Gama of Brazil . The 1948 South American tournament began, in continent-wide reach, the "champions cup" model, resulting in the creation of the European Cup in 1955, as confirmed by Jacques Ferran (one of
476-462: The South American leagues participated. In 1966, the runners-up of the South American leagues began to join. In 1998, Mexican teams were invited to compete and contested regularly from 2000 until 2016. In 2000 the tournament was expanded from 20 to 32 teams. Today at least four clubs per country compete in the tournament, with Argentina and Brazil having the most representatives (six and seven clubs, respectively). A group stage has always been used but
510-477: The current format). However, in the group stage, teams not only played against teams from their same group, but also played against the teams from the other group in the second phase of the group stage (similar to the Taça Rio format). After the group stage, the first placed team in each group faced each other in the Taça Guanabara final. Semi-finals were not played. The Taça Guanabara final results had no bearing on
544-586: The final phase of Campeonato Carioca in a double round-robin tournament to determine the winner of Campeonato Carioca. Because of these format changes, Taça Rio was not held in these three years. Since 1996, the old format has been adopted again. Since 1990, the winner of the Taça Guanabara has also won the State championship in 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. Ta%C3%A7a Brasil The Taça Brasil (English: Brazil Cup )
578-490: The finals became an exception to the away goals rule and employed extra time. From 1995 onwards, the " Three points for a win " standard, a system adopted by FIFA in 1995 that places additional value on wins, was adopted in CONMEBOL, with teams now earning 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss. The current tournament features 47 clubs competing over a six- to eight-month period. There are three stages:
612-430: The first, the second and the knockout stage. The first stage involves 12 clubs in a series of two-legged knockout ties. The six survivors join 26 clubs in the second stage, in which they are divided into eight groups of four. The teams in each group play in a double round-robin format, with each team playing home and away games against every other team in their group. The top two teams from each group are then drawn into
646-515: The following year's Copa Libertadores, before the formation of the Campeonato Brasileiro , a Brazilian national league championship, in 1971. Source: RSSSF Brazil Copa Libertadores de Am%C3%A9rica The CONMEBOL Libertadores , also known as Copa Libertadores de América ( Portuguese : Copa/Taça Libertadores da América ), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It
680-462: The knockout stage, which consists of two-legged knockout ties. From that point, the competition proceeds with two-legged knockout ties to quarterfinals, semifinals, and the finals. Between 1960 and 1987 the previous winners did not enter the competition until the semifinal stage, making it much easier to retain the cup. Between 1960 and 2004, the winner of the tournament participated in the now-defunct Intercontinental Cup or (after 1980) Toyota Cup,
714-470: The most points is the champion. The four best teams advance to the final stage of the Campeonato Carioca, and the clubs that finished 5th to 8th places compete in the Taça Rio. The first season of the tournament was held in 1965. At the time, the tournament was considered a separate competition unrelated to the Campeonato Carioca. In its first years, its purpose was to define the Guanabara representative in
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#1732787213354748-587: The next year's Copa Libertadores, which was expanded in 1966. In 1967 and 1968, the winner of the Taça Brasil qualified for the next year's Copa Libertadores, along with the winner of the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (also known as the "Taça de Prata"). 1968 was the last year the Taça Brasil was contested; in 1969 and 1970 the top two teams in the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa became the two Brazilian entrants in
782-478: The number of teams per group has varied. In the present format, the tournament consists of eight stages, with the first stage taking place in late January. The four surviving teams from the first three stages join 28 teams in the group stage, which consists of eight groups of four teams each. The eight group winners and eight runners-up enter the knockout stages, which end with the final in November. The winner of
816-560: The only South American leagues to use a European league format instead of the Apertura and Clausura format. However, one berth for the Copa Libertadores can be won by winning the domestic cups in these countries. Peru, Uruguay and Mexico formerly used a second tournament to decide qualification for the Libertadores (the "Liguilla Pre-Libertadores" between 1992 and 1997, the "Liguilla Pre-Libertadores de América" from 1974 to 2009, and
850-400: The previous season's Copa Libertadores are given an additional entry to the group stage even if they do not qualify for the tournament through their domestic performance; however, if the title holders qualify for the tournament through their domestic performance, an additional entry is granted to the next eligible team, "replacing" the titleholder. Unlike most other football competitions around
884-457: The season, the full name of the winning club, and the city and nation from which the champions hail. To the left of that information is the club logo. Any club which wins three consecutive tournaments has the right to keep the trophy. The current trophy is the third in the history of the competition. Two clubs have kept the actual trophy after three consecutive wins: As of 2023 , clubs in the Copa Libertadores receive US$ 500,000 for advancing into
918-414: The second stage and US$ 1,000,000 per home match in the group phase, with an additional US$ 300,000 awarded per match won in that stage. That amount is derived from television rights and stadium advertising. The payment per home match increases to US$ 1,250,000 in the round of 16. The prize money then increases as each quarterfinalist receives US$ 1,700,000, US$ 2,300,000 is given to each semifinalist, US$ 7,000,000
952-623: The strongest centers of the sport, the champions of those continents enter the tournament at the semifinal stage. The winning team also qualifies to play in the Recopa Sudamericana, a two-legged final series against the winners of the Copa Sudamericana . The tournament shares its name with the trophy, also called the Copa Libertadores or simply la Copa , which is awarded to the Copa Libertadores winner. It
986-414: The third match was drawn. If the third match did not produce an outright winner, a penalty shootout was used to determine a winner. From 1988 onwards, two-legged ties were decided on points, followed by goal difference, with an immediate penalty shootout if the tie was level on aggregate after full-time in the second leg. Starting with the 2005 season, CONMEBOL began to use the away goals rule. In 2008,
1020-546: The title. The cup has been won by 26 clubs, 15 of them have done it more than once, and seven clubs have won two years in a row. The clashes for the Copa Aldao between the champions of Argentina and Uruguay kindled the idea of continental competition in the 1930s. In 1948, the South American Championship of Champions (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano de Campeones ), the most direct precursor to
1054-400: The top team of each group competed in the Taça Guanabara final, with the winner being awarded one point in the final phase of Campeonato Carioca. The first placed team in each group after the first and second phase of the group stage also received one extra point for a total of five "bonus" points contributed towards teams in the Campeonato Carioca. The top four teams in each group then contested
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1088-420: The world, the Copa Libertadores historically did not use extra time , or away goals . From 1960 to 1987, two-legged ties were decided on points (teams would be awarded 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss), without considering goal differences. If both teams were level on points after two legs, a third match would be played at a neutral venue. Goal difference would only come into play if
1122-525: Was designed by goldsmith Alberto de Gasperi, an Italian-born immigrant to Peru, in Camusso Jewelry in Lima at the behest of CONMEBOL. The top of the laurel is made of sterling silver , except for the football player at the top (which is made of bronze with a silver coating). The pedestal , which contains badges from every winner of the competition, is made of hardwood plywood . The badges show
1156-598: Was the Brazilian national football championship contested from 1959 to 1968. Bahia , Cruzeiro and Botafogo were the only champions to have played all phases of the tournament, because until the 1968 edition teams from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo were already qualified to the semi-finals. Both Cruzeiro and Bahia, the only champions not from Rio or São Paulo, beat the Santos Futebol Clube whose players included Pelé , Coutinho and Pepe . In 1989
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