With its unprecedented coronation against Atlético Mineiro, Fogao became the last Brazilian team among the “big ones” to register as one of the champions of the greatest continental trophy. In total, the 12 winning teams from South America’s largest country have accumulated 24 titles throughout history.
Botafogo entered the Conmebol golden books by winning the first Copa Libertadores in its history. In a thrilling finale, in which they overcame an early sending off 30 seconds into the first half, Fogao defeated Atlético Mineiro 3-1 and achieved eternal glory at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires.
However, the consecration of the Rio de Janeiro team not only has a historical connotation since it is the first star of this nature that it obtains in almost 120 years of existence, but it also has importance in terms of status in Brazilian football.: With this title, Botafogo became the last of the 12 “big” teams to win the Copa Libertadores . Today, for the first time in history, the entire firmament of champions is in the largest country in South America.
Historical radiography
The idyll of Libertadores Cup along with Brazilian clubs, it is one of the most important on the continent. It all started during the 1962 and 1963 editions, with a double championship of the Saints of Pele . There, O Rei beat Peñarol, who had also accumulated two consecutive crowns, and Boca Juniors.
These two titles would be the starting point of something which Cruzeiro would ratify it 13 years later. In 1976, the blue and white team broke the hegemony of four consecutive titles of the Independiente de Avellaneda and emerged victorious in the clash against River Plate. Their footsteps followed them Flamengo And Porto Alegre Guild who beat Cobreloa (1981) and Peñarol (1983) respectively. In the duel with the Loínos, Mengao emerged victorious in the tiebreaker played at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo.
After eight years of drought, the cup will return to Brazil in the hands of Sao Paulo . Thanks to a new double championship, which included a victory against the Universidad Católica in 1993, in a key that began with a rout at Morumbí and which managed to excite the students of the National Stadium (the other against Newells Old Boys) , The São Paulo team became one of the most dominant teams of the decade in the world, mainly after winning two Intercontinental Cups and reaching another final in 1994, which she ended up losing. against Vélez Sarsfield. On the other hand, at the end of the 90s decade, Guild And Cruzeiro were re-recorded with tracks in 1995 and 1997 respectively, while Vasco da Gama And Palmeiras They started off on a high with proclamations in 1998 and 1999, in that order.
With the start of the new century, Brazilian power would increase, gradually fighting the Argentine clubs. In 20 editions, from 2005 to 2024, 13 Copa Libertadores have found themselves in the hands of the teams of the South American giant: Sao Paulo (2005), Internacional de Porto Alegre (2006 and 2010), Santos (2011). ), Corinthians (2012), Atlético Mineiro (2013), Gremio (2017), Flamengo (2019 and 2022), Palmeiras (2020 and 2021), Fluminense (2023) and Botafogo (2024) .
In general terms, The list has a total of 24 proclamations, very close to the 25 in the Argentine League. . In the trans-Andean country, Independiente has seven; Boca Juniors with six, River Plate and Estudiantes de La Plata with four, Racing, San Lorenzo, Vélez Sarsfield and Argentinos Juniors with one each.
Here’s how the list of state champions looked:
Rio de Janeiro: Flamengo (3), Vasco Da Gama (1), Fluminense (1) and Botafogo (1).
Sao Paulo: Santos (3), Palmeiras (3), Sao Paulo (1), Corinthians (1).
Porto Alegre: Gremio (3) and Internacional (2).
Belo Horizonte: Cruzeiro (2) and Atlético Mineiro (1).
Source: Latercera
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