1966 Copa Libertadores

1966 Copa Libertadores

1966 Copa Libertadores de América 1966 Copa Libertadores da América
Tournament details
Dates	February 5 - April 15
Teams	17 (from 8 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Peñarol (3rd title)
Runners-up	River Plate
Tournament statistics
Matches played	95
Goals scored	283 (2.98 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Daniel Onega (17 goals)
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The 1966 Copa Libertadores de América was the seventh edition of the Copa Libertadores, the premier South American club football tournament, organized by CONMEBOL. Colombia and Brazil did not send the representatives. This became the first edition to carry, officially, the name "Copa Libertadores". Also, this edition became the first club competition of the world to include the runners-up of each of its participating associattion. Despite the fact that Colombian and Brazilian clubs did not participate, this tournament saw a record 95 matches being played out to determine this year's champion.

Colombia did not send a representative due to the disaggreements between CONMEBOL and the Colombian football federations, ADEFútbol and FEDEBOL. The Brazilians protested the inclusion of the runners-up of each nation and argued that the tournament should be reserved for national champions. that led them to become denatured and the powers reserved only for the champions, in addition to the priority order they gave their inter state tournaments and the many unattractive ecounters-to-come against teams from the "Pacific", the Brazilian clubs opted for tours around the world instead as they were seen more economically rewarding. Not having any economic incentives, CONMEBOL was forced to allow clubs the freedom of whether they participated or not. This trend will continue for the next 5 editions.

After winning each of their home legs, Peñarol and River Plate required a playoff to break the deadlock. The match was played in the Estadio Nacional of Santiago, Chile. River Plate will finish the first half 2-0 and was in cruise control towards its first title. Incredibly, the manyas managed to revert the disadvantage to push this match into extra time. With two more goals, the final score of 2-4 meant that Peñarol became the first three-time winners of the competition. The spectacular collapse of River Plate in the second half led the club to being known, even now, as the "gallinas".

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method
CONMEBOL 1 berth	Independiente	1965 Copa de Campeones winners
Argentina 1 berth	Boca Juniors	1965 Primera División champion
	River Plate	1965 Primera División runner-up
Bolivia 1 berth	Deportivo Municipal	1965 Copa Simón Bolívar champion
	Jorge Wilstermann	1965 Copa Simón Bolívar runner-up
Chile 1 berth	Universidad de Chile	1965 Primera División champion
	Universidad Católica	1965 Primera División runner-up
Ecuador 1 berth	Emelec	1965 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol champion
	9 de Octubre	1965 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol runner-up
Paraguay 1 berth	Olimpia	1965 Primera División champion
	Guaraní	1965 Primera División runner-up
Peru 1 berth	Alianza Lima	1964 Primera División champion
	Universitario	1964 Primera División runner-up
Uruguay 1 berth	Peñarol	1964 Primera División champion
	Nacional	1964 Primera División runner-up
Venezuela 1 berth	Deportivo Lara	1965 Venezuelan Primera División champion
	Deportivo Italia	1965 Venezuelan Primera División runner-up

Tie-breaking criteria

At each stage of the tournament teams receive 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and no points for a loss. If two or more teams are equal on points, the following criteria will be applied to determine the ranking in the group stage:

1. a one-game playoff;
2. superior goal difference;
3. draw of lots.

First round

Sixteen teams were drawn into two groups of six and one group of four. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Semifinals. Independiente, the title holders, had a bye to the next round.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
River Plate	10	8	1	1	23	8	+15	17
Boca Juniors	10	7	0	3	19	9	+10	14
Universitario	10	4	3	3	10	13	-3	11
Deportivo Italia	10	4	2	4	15	18	-3	10
Alianza Lima	10	2	0	8	9	16	-7	4
Deportivo Lara	10	1	2	7	5	17	-12	4

February 5, 1966	Universitario	2 – 0	Alianza Lima	Lima
	Chumpitaz Challe

February 5, 1966	Deportivo Lara	1 – 1	Deportivo Italia	Barquisimeto
	Paulinho		Nitti

February 8, 1966	Deportivo Lara	2 – 1	Alianza Lima	Barquisimeto
	Paulinho Jair		León

February 9, 1966	Deportivo Italia	2 – 2	Universitario	Caracas
	Zeica Tacoronte		Uribe Chumpitaz

February 10, 1966	River Plate	2 – 1	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
	Sarnari Bayo		Rojas

February 12, 1966	Deportivo Italia	3 – 1	Alianza Lima	Caracas
	Tacoronte Zeica Nitti		Flores

February 12, 1966	Deportivo Lara	0 – 0	Universitario	Barquisimeto

February 15, 1966	Deportivo Lara	1 – 2	River Plate	Barquisimeto
	Didi II		Onega

February 17, 1966	Universitario	2 – 1	Boca Juniors	Lima
	Challe Casaretto		Zarich

February 17, 1966	Deportivo Italia	0 – 3	River Plate	Caracas
			Onega Solari Sarnari

February 19, 1966	Alianza Lima	0 – 1	Boca Juniors	Lima
			Rojas

February 23, 1966	Deportivo Italia	1 – 2	Boca Juniors	Caracas
	Vicente		Zarich Rojas

February 23, 1966	Universitario	1 – 1	River Plate	Lima
	Casaretto		Onega

February 25, 1966	Deportivo Lara	0 – 3	Boca Juniors	Barquisimeto
			Rojas Luna

February 26, 1966	Alianza Lima	0 – 2	River Plate	Lima
			Onega Matosas

March 1, 1966	Alianza Lima	1 – 2	Deportivo Italia	Lima
	Renato[disambiguation needed  o.g.'		Zeica

March 2, 1966	River Plate	5 – 0	Universitario	Buenos Aires
	Onega Cubilla Loayza

March 2, 1966	Boca Juniors	2 – 1	Deportivo Lara	Buenos Aires
	López Rojas		Bezerra

March 4, 1966	River Plate	3 – 0	Deportivo Lara	Buenos Aires
	Loayza Delem

March 8, 1966	River Plate	3 – 2	Alianza Lima	Buenos Aires
	Loayza Onega Zywica		Zegarra

March 8, 1966	Boca Juniors	5 – 2	Deportivo Italia	Buenos Aires
	Menéndez Aimonetti Rojas Luna		Nitti

March 8, 1966	Universitario	1 – 0	Deportivo Lara	Lima
	Córdova

March 10, 1966	River Plate	2 – 1	Deportivo Italia	Buenos Aires
	Loayza Onega		Nitti

March 10, 1966	Boca Juniors	0 – 1	Alianza Lima	Buenos Aires
			Zegarra

March 13, 1966	Alianza Lima	3 – 0	Deportivo Lara	Lima
	Zegarra Reyes

March 13, 1966	Universitario	1 – 2	Deportivo Italia	Lima
	Calatayud		Nitti Tacoronte

March 17, 1966	Deportivo Italia	1 – 0	Deportivo Lara	Caracas
	Nitti

March 18, 1966	Boca Juniors	2 – 0	Universitario	Buenos Aires
	Marzolini Rojas

March 23, 1966	Alianza Lima	0 – 1 [A]	Universitario	Lima
			Uribe

March 24, 1966	Boca Juniors	2 – 0	River Plate	Buenos Aires
	Rojas

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Universidad Católica	6	2	3	1	9	5	+4	7
Guaraní	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	6
Olimpia	6	2	2	2	7	10	-3	6
Universidad de Chile	6	1	3	2	6	7	-1	5

February 27, 1966	Olimpia	3 – 3	Guaraní	Asunción
	Apodaca Torres González		González Ivaldi

March 2, 1966	Universidad de Chile	0 – 0	Universidad Católica	Santiago

March 5, 1966	Universidad Católica	2 – 0	Guaraní	Santiago
	Gallardo Tobar

March 5, 1966	Universidad de Chile	1 – 2	Olimpia	Santiago
	Sánchez		Torres

March 8, 1966	Universidad de Chile	2 – 0	Guaraní	Santiago
	Marcos Araya

March 8, 1966	Universidad Católica	0 – 0	Olimpia	Santiago

March 11, 1966	Guaraní	1 – 1	Universidad de Chile	Asunción
	Arámbulo		Sánchez

March 11, 1966	Olimpia	0 – 4	Universidad Católica	Asunción
			Tobar Prieto

March 16, 1966	Guaraní	3 – 1	Universidad Católica	Asunción
	Patiño González Arámbulo		Fouilloux

March 16, 1966	Olimpia	2 – 0	Universidad de Chile	Asunción
	Torres González

March 20, 1966	Universidad Católica	2 – 2	Universidad de Chile	Santiago
	Prieto Fouilloux		Marcos Campos

March 20, 1966	Guaraní	2 – 0	Olimpia	Asunción
	González Martínez

Second place playoff March 23, 1966	Guaraní	2 – 1	Olimpia	Asunción
	González		González

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Peñarol	10	8	0	2	20	10	+10	16
Nacional	10	7	1	2	22	10	+12	15
Jorge Wilstermann	10	4	2	4	14	14	0	10
Deportivo Municipal	10	4	1	5	21	22	-1	9
Emelec	10	4	0	6	15	18	-3	8
9 de Octubre	10	1	0	9	13	31	-18	2

January 30, 1966	Emelec	2 – 1	9 de Octubre	Guayaquil
	Pulido Lencina		Fernández

January 30, 1966	Deportivo Municipal	1 – 1	Jorge Wilstermann	La Paz
	Di Meglio		García

January 30, 1966	Nacional	4 – 0	Peñarol	Montevideo
	Morales Techera Virgili Pérez

February 2, 1966	Deportivo Municipal	3 – 2	Nacional	La Paz
	Di Meglio Quevedo		Oyarbide Virgili

February 2, 1966	Jorge Wilstermann	1 – 0	Peñarol	Cochabamba
	García

February 6, 1966	9 de Octubre	1 – 2	Peñarol	Guayaquil
	Grijo		Rocha Spencer

February 6, 1966	Emelec	0 – 2	Nacional	Guayaquil
			Pérez Méndez

February 9, 1966	9 de Octubre	2 – 3	Nacional	Guayaquil
	Álvarez  o.g.' Fernández		Morales Pérez

February 9, 1966	Emelec	1 – 2	Peñarol	Guayaquil
	Calonga		Cortés Joya

February 13, 1966	Deportivo Municipal	1 – 2	Peñarol	La Paz
	Caínzo		Abbadie Spencer

February 13, 1966	Jorge Wilstermann	0 – 0	Nacional	Cochabamba

February 19, 1966	Emelec	3 – 1	Jorge Wilstermann	Guayaquil
	Lencina Calonga		Soria

February 19, 1966	9 de Octubre	3 – 4	Deportivo Municipal	Guayaquil
	Bono Fernández Grijo		Moyano Castillo

February 24, 1966	9 de Octubre	3 – 2	Jorge Wilstermann	Guayaquil
	Fernández Bono Grijo		García López

February 24, 1966	Emelec	2 – 1	Deportivo Municipal	Guayaquil
	Lencina Merizalde		Di Meglio

March 2, 1966	Nacional	4 – 1	Deportivo Municipal	Montevideo
	Morales Virgili		Moyano

March 2, 1966	Peñarol	2 – 0	Jorge Wilstermann	Montevideo
	Silva

March 5, 1966	Nacional	3 – 0	Jorge Wilstermann	Montevideo
	Morales Virgili Ramos

March 5, 1966	Peñarol	3 – 1	Deportivo Municipal	Montevideo
	Silva Spencer Joya		Moyano

March 8, 1966	Nacional	1 – 0	Emelec	Montevideo
	Oyarbide

March 8, 1966	Peñarol	2 – 0	9 de Octubre	Montevideo
	Caetano Rocha

March 11, 1966	Nacional	3 – 1	9 de Octubre	Montevideo
	Ramos Morales		Fernández

March 11, 1966	Peñarol	4 – 1	Emelec	Montevideo
	Silva Alfano		Bolaños

March 13, 1966	Jorge Wilstermann	2 – 1	Emelec	Cochabamba
	López Zabalaga		Pineda

March 17, 1966	Jorge Wilstermann	4 – 1	9 de Octubre	Cochabamba
	García Agreda López		Fernández

March 17, 1966	Deportivo Municipal	4 – 1	Emelec	La Paz
	Torres Moyano Aguirre		Bolaños

March 19, 1966	Deportivo Municipal	5 – 1	9 de Octubre	La Paz
	Moyano Caínzo Castillo Espinoza Aguirre		Fernández

March 19, 1966	Peñarol	3 – 0	Nacional	Montevideo
	Rocha Joya

March 23, 1966	Jorge Wilstermann	3 – 0	Deportivo Municipal	Cochabamba
	García López

March 23, 1966	9 de Octubre	0 – 4	Emelec	Guayaquil
			Lencina Fernández  o.g.'

Semifinals

Seven teams were drawn into two groups, one of our and the other of three. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
River Plate	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	8
Independiente	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	8
Boca Juniors	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	7
Guaraní	6	0	1	5	5	14	-9	1

March 30, 1966	Guaraní	1 – 3	Boca Juniors	Asunción
	González		Menéndez Rojas

April 6, 1966	Guaraní	1 – 3	River Plate	Asunción
	González		Solari Onega Loayza

April 8, 1966	Boca Juniors	0 – 2	Independiente	Buenos Aires
			Cardoso Tarabini

April 12, 1966	Independiente	1 – 1	River Plate	Avellaneda
	Tarabini		Solari

April 14, 1966	River Plate	2 – 2	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
	Sarnari Silvero  o.g.'		Madurga Rojas

April 14, 1966	Guaraní	0 – 2	Independiente	Asunción
			Cardoso Pastoriza

April 19, 1966	River Plate	4 – 2	Independiente	Buenos Aires
	Onega Sarnari		Savoy

April 19, 1966	Boca Juniors	1 – 1	Guaraní	Buenos Aires
	Rojas		Melgarejo

April 21, 1966	River Plate	3 – 1	Guaraní	Buenos Aires
	Onega Loayza		Martínez

April 26, 1966	Independiente	2 – 1	Guaraní	Avellaneda
	Tarabini Savoy		Navarro  o.g.'

April 29, 1966	Independiente	0 – 0	Boca Juniors	Avellaneda

May 4, 1966	Boca Juniors	1 – 0	River Plate	Buenos Aires
	Rojas

First place playoff May 20, 1966	River Plate	2 – 1	Independiente	Buenos Aires
	Onega Cubilla		Artime

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Peñarol	4	3	0	1	6	1	+5	6
Universidad Católica	4	2	0	2	4	5	-1	4
Nacional	4	1	0	3	3	7	-4	2

March 30, 1966	Universidad Católica	1 – 0	Peñarol	Santiago
	Ibañez

April 2, 1966	Universidad Católica	1 – 0	Nacional	Santiago
	Inostroza

April 10, 1966	Peñarol	3 – 0	Nacional	Montevideo
	Rocha

April 14, 1966	Nacional	3 – 2	Universidad Católica	Montevideo
	Virgili Oyarbide		Tobar Inostroza

April 19, 1966	Peñarol	2 – 0	Universidad Católica	Montevideo
	Rocha Joya

April 23, 1966	Nacional	0 – 1	Peñarol	Montevideo
			Cortés

Finals

Main article: 1966 Copa Libertadores Finals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Peñarol	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	2
River Plate	2	1	0	1	3	4	-1	2

May 12, 1966	Peñarol	2–0	River Plate	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 46,041 Referee: Roberto Goicoechea (Argentina)
	Abbadie  74' Joya  84'

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May 18, 1966	River Plate	3–2	Peñarol	Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires Attendance: 100,000 Referee: José María Codesal (Uruguay)
	D. Onega  37' Sarnari  56' E. Onega  69'		Rocha  35' Spencer  53'

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May 20, 1966 Playoff	River Plate	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Peñarol	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 40,240 Referee: Claudio Vicuña (Chile)
	D. Onega  27' E. Onega  42'		Spencer  65', 102' Matosas  71' (o.g.) Rocha  109'

Champion

Copa Libertadores 1966 Champion
Peñarol Third Title

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Daniel Onega	River Plate	17
2	Pedro Rocha	Peñarol	10
3	Alfredo Hugo Rojas	Boca Juniors	7
	Julio César Morales	Nacional	7
	Orlando Virgili	Nacional	7
	Agostino Nitti	Deportivo Italia	7
	Salomón Moyano	Deportivo Municipal	7
	Gerardo González	Olimpia	7
	Hugo Lencina	Emelec	7
	Cirilo Fernández	9 de Octubre	7
	Ausberto García	Jorge Wilstermann	7

Footnotes

A. ^ The match finished 1-1, but Universitario were declared 0-1 winners as Alianza fielded two ineligible players: Catalá and Cruz.

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