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1991 Recopa Sudamericana

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1991 Recopa Sudamericana
EventRecopa Sudamericana
The event was scratched and Olimpia was declared champion after having won both the Copa Libertadores and Supercopa. [1]
1990
1992

The 1991 Recopa Sudamericana was the third Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Supercopa Sudamericana competitions.

However, this edition was scratched and Olimpia of Paraguay were awarded the Recopa Sudamericana as the club won both the 1990 Copa Libertadores and 1990 Supercopa Sudamericana.[2] [1][3]

Olimpia's feat of being crowned the champion of a competition without having played a match was unprecedented in the history of international football.[4]

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Recopa Sudamericana

Recopa Sudamericana

The CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana, known also as the Recopa Sudamericana or CONMEBOL Recopa, and simply as the Recopa, is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1988. It is a match-up between the champions of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, South America's premier club competitions.

Association football

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Copa Libertadores

Copa Libertadores

The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América, is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournament is named after the Libertadores, the leaders of the Latin American wars of independence, so a literal translation of its former name into English is "America's Liberators Cup".

Club Olimpia

Club Olimpia

Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan professional sports club based in the city of Asunción. The club promotes the practice of various sports with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, the former being the highest priority and most successful. They were founded on July 25, 1902 by a group of young Paraguayans, and the name stems from the idea of its principal founding member, William Paats, a Dutchman based in Paraguay, who is considered the father of Paraguayan football for having introduced the practice of the sport in the South American country. Internationally, the club is referred to as Olimpia Asunción in order to distinguish itself from Latin American football clubs of the same name.

Paraguay

Paraguay

Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. It has a population of 7 million, nearly 3 million of whom live in the capital and largest city of Asunción, and its surrounding metro. Although one of only two landlocked countries in South America, Paraguay has ports on the Paraguay and Paraná rivers that give exit to the Atlantic Ocean, through the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway.

1990 Copa Libertadores

1990 Copa Libertadores

The Copa Libertadores 1990 was won by Club Olimpia after defeating Barcelona Sporting Club with a 3-1 aggregate in the finals. One of the players for Olimpia was legendary goalkeeper Ever Hugo Almeida, who retired from professional football the following year.

Source: "1991 Recopa Sudamericana", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 4th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Recopa_Sudamericana.

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References
  1. ^ a b Fútbol: Recopa Sudamericana, Campeones on Sobre Futbol website
  2. ^ Recopa overview by Karel Stokkermans on the RSSSF
  3. ^ A 25 años de aquel Olimpia on Hoy, 11 Jan 2016
  4. ^ Decano supercampeón on Olé, 11 Jan 2017

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