In a final football ad, the Fluminense beat Boca Juniors 2-1 at the “Maracana” and won for the first time in its history the Copa Libertadores.
Thus, they became the 26th team to be crowned champions of Latin America, while they did not let Boca tie the Independent at the top with the most conquests.
The holders of the Copa Libertadores in detail:
7 times Independiente (1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1984)
6 times Boca (1977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007)
5 times Peñarol (1960, 1961, 1966, 1982, 1987)
4 times River Plate (1986, 1996, 2015, 2018), Estudiantes (1968, 1969, 1979, 2009)
3 times Olympia (1979, 1990, 2002), Nacional (1971, 1980, 1988), São Paulo (1992, 1993, 2005), Santos (1962, 1963, 2011), Gremio (1983, 1995, 2017), Palmeiras ( 1999, 2020, 2021), Flamengo (1981, 2019, 2022)
2 times Cruzeiro (1976, 1997), Internacional (2006, 2010), Atlético Nacional (1989, 2016)
1 time Colo Colo (1991), Racing (1967), Argentina (1985), Vasco Da Gama (1998), Onse Caldas (2004), Liga de Quito (2008), Corinthians (2012), Atlético Mineiro (2013), San Lorenzo (2014), Velez Sarsfield (1994), Fluminense (2023)
The countries with the most conquests in the competition:
Argentina 25
Brazil 23
Uruguay 8
Colombia/Paraguay 3
Chile/Ecuador 1
Source: Sport Fm
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