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1968 Copa Libertadores 1968 Copa Libertadores de América
1968 Copa Libertadores da AméricaTournament details Dates January 27 - May 16 Teams 21 (from 10 confederations) Final positions Champions Estudiantes (1st title) Runners-up Palmeiras Tournament statistics Matches played 93 Goals scored 230 (2.47 per match) Top scorer(s) Tupãzinho (11 goals) ← 19671969 →The 1968 Copa Libertadores was the ninth edition of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier association football competition. It was played between January 27 and May 16. A record 21 teams participated in this edition..
This edition brought the explosive debut of a humble team from the city of La Plata, capital of the Buenos Aires province, that did not find itself in the plateau of Argentine football. Estudiantes de La Plata, an authentic stranger in the highest levels of South American football, surpassed all expectations as they eliminated defending champions Racing and Independiente (two denominated "great" ones in Argentina as well as each having already won the tournament before).
With a talented prospect by the name of Juan Ramón Verón, the pincharatas beat Palmeiras 2–0 in a playoff after the final series finished 2–2 on points. Estudiantes conquered the title with an original style which emphasized athleticism and strategic preparation.
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Qualified teams
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:
- a one-game playoff;
- superior goal difference;
- draw of lots.
First round
Twenty teams were drawn into five groups of four. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Second round. Racing, the title holders, had a bye to the Semifinals.
Key to colors in group tables Group winners and runners-up advanced to the Second round Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Estudiantes 6 5 1 0 12 3 +9 11 Independiente 6 2 1 3 8 10 -2 5 Deportivo Cali 6 2 1 3 6 10 -4 5 Millonarios 6 1 1 4 6 9 -3 3 January 27, 1968 Independiente 2 – 4 Estudiantes Avellaneda Bernao
ArtimeRibaudo
Echecopar
Verón
February 4, 1968 Millonarios 1 – 2 Independiente Bogotá Ferrero Bernao
Artime
February 7, 1968 Millonarios 0 – 1 Estudiantes Bogotá Flores
February 8, 1968 Deportivo Cali 1 – 0 Independiente Cali Iroldo
February 11, 1968 Deportivo Cali 1 – 2 Estudiantes Cali Manera o.g.' Bilardo
Echecopar
February 14, 1968 Millonarios 4 – 2 Deportivo Cali Bogotá Ferrero
Aceros
Fernández[disambiguation needed
FrattiniAlvarez
Desiderio
February 17, 1968 Estudiantes 3 – 0 Deportivo Cali La Plata Ribaudo
Verón
Echecopar
February 18, 1968 Independiente 3 – 1 Millonarios Avellaneda Artime Rodríguez
February 21, 1968 Estudiantes 0 – 0 Millonarios La Plata
February 22, 1968 Independiente 1 – 1 Deportivo Cali Avellaneda Savoy Iroldo
February 28, 1968 Deportivo Cali 1 – 0 Millonarios Cali Ferreira
February 29, 1968 Estudiantes 2 – 0 Independiente La Plata Pachamé
Conigliaro
March 6, 1968
Second
place playoffIndependiente 3 – 2 Deportivo Cali Avellaneda Pastoriza
Bernao
ArtimeIroldo
SánchezGroup 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Universitario 6 3 3 0 17 4 +13 9 Sporting Cristal 6 3 3 0 11 5 +6 9 Jorge Wilstermann 6 2 1 3 5 8 -3 5 Always Ready 6 0 1 5 2 18 -16 1 January 24, 1968 Always Ready 0 – 3 Universitario La Paz Flores
Casaretto
January 24, 1968 Jorge Wilstermann 0 – 1 Sporting Cristal Cochabamba Castillo
January 28, 1968 Always Ready 1 – 4 Sporting Cristal La Paz Villante Pajuelo
Aquije
Castillo
January 28, 1968 Jorge Wilstermann 0 – 0 Universitario Cochabamba
February 4, 1968 Jorge Wilstermann 3 – 0 Always Ready Cochabamba López
Cabrera
February 15, 1968 Universitario 1 – 1 Sporting Cristal Lima Challe Aquije
February 19, 1968 Sporting Cristal 2 – 0 Jorge Wilstermann Lima Risco
Castillo
February 22, 1968 Universitario 5 – 1 Jorge Wilstermann Lima Rojas
FloresLópez
February 24, 1968 Sporting Cristal 1 – 1 Always Ready Lima Gallardo Morales
February 27, 1968 Universitario 6 – 0 Always Ready Lima Flores
Lobatón
Rojas
Staukas o.g.'
March 2, 1968 Sporting Cristal 2 – 2 Universitario Lima Aquije
GallardoCalatayud
Challe
March 3, 1968 Always Ready 0 – 1
[A]Jorge Wilstermann La Paz Cabrera Group 3
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Universidad Católica 6 4 2 0 11 7 +4 10 Emelec 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 7 El Nacional 6 1 2 3 5 6 -1 4 Universidad de Chile 6 1 1 4 6 10 -4 3 February 4, 1968 Emelec 0 – 0 El Nacional Guayaquil
February 11, 1968 El Nacional 1 – 1 Universidad Católica Quito Rodríguez Sarnari
February 11, 1968 Emelec 2 – 1 Universidad de Chile Guayaquil Mena
HernándezGangas
February 18, 1968 Emelec 1 – 2 Universidad Católica Guayaquil Echeverría Isella
Gallardo
February 18, 1968 El Nacional 3 – 1 Universidad de Chile Quito Correa
Rodríguez
RangelMarín[disambiguation needed
February 21, 1968 Universidad Católica 3 – 2 Universidad de Chile Santiago Sarnari
GallardoOleniak
Yávar
February 24, 1968 Universidad Católica 2 – 0 El Nacional Santiago Isella
Varas
February 24, 1968 Universidad de Chile 0 – 0 Emelec Santiago
February 27, 1968 Universidad Católica 1 – 1 Emelec Santiago Sarnari Sosa
February 27, 1968 Universidad de Chile 1 – 0 El Nacional Santiago Campos
March 2, 1968 Universidad de Chile 1 – 2 Universidad Católica Santiago Yávar Messén
Conigliaro
March 3, 1968 El Nacional 0 – 1 Emelec Guayaquil Mena Group 4
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Peñarol 6 3 2 1 8 2 +6 8 Guaraní 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 7 Nacional 6 2 2 2 9 5 +4 6 Libertad 6 1 1 4 2 13 -11 3 February 2, 1968 Peñarol 1 – 0 Nacional Montevideo Spencer
February 2, 1968 Guaraní 2 – 0 Libertad Asunción Juárez
Martínez
February 6, 1968 Nacional 2 – 2 Guaraní Montevideo Techera
MújicaGarcía
February 7, 1968 Peñarol 4 – 0 Libertad Montevideo Spencer
Rocha
Bertocchi
February 10, 1968 Nacional 4 – 0 Libertad Montevideo Morales
Mújica
Célio
February 12, 1968 Peñarol 2 – 0 Guaraní Montevideo Spencer
February 16, 1968 Libertad 1 – 1 Guaraní Asunción Ayala Juárez
February 16, 1968 Nacional 0 – 0 Peñarol Montevideo
February 20, 1968 Libertad 1 – 0 Peñarol Asunción Fleitas
February 21, 1968 Guaraní 2 – 1 Nacional Asunción Ivaldi
MartínezCélio
February 24, 1968 Guaraní 1 – 1 Peñarol Asunción Juárez Abbadie
February 25, 1968 Libertad 0 – 2 Nacional Asunción Célio
VirgiliGroup 5
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Palmeiras 6 5 1 0 12 3 +9 11 Deportivo Portugués 6 2 1 3 5 11 +6 5 Náutico 6 1 2 3 7 8 -1 4 Deportivo Galicia 6 2 0 4 5 7 -2 4 January 21, 1968 Deportivo Galicia 2 – 0 Deportivo Portugués Acarigua Ceslo
January 21, 1968 Náutico 1 – 3 Palmeiras Recife Ladeira Ademir
Tupãzinho
January 27, 1968 Deportivo Portugués 1 – 1 Náutico Caracas Ramos Iván
January 31, 1968 Deportivo Galicia 2 – 1 Náutico Acarigua Becerra
OlavoLala
February 4, 1968 Deportivo Galicia 1 – 2 Palmeiras Acarigua Chacho Ademir
Díaz o.g.'
February 7, 1968 Deportivo Portugués 1 – 2 Palmeiras Caracas Ramos Tupãzinho
Pantera
February 11, 1968 Náutico 1 – 0 Deportivo Galicia Recife Nino[disambiguation needed
February 14, 1968 Náutico [B] Deportivo Portugués Recife
February 18, 1968 Palmeiras 2 – 0 Deportivo Galicia São Paulo Servílio
Tupãzinho
February 22, 1968 Palmeiras 3 – 0 Deportivo Portugués São Paulo Servílio
Ademir
March 3, 1968 Palmeiras 0 – 0 Náutico São Paulo
March 3, 1968 Deportivo Portugués 1 – 0 Deportivo Galicia Caracas Ratto Second round
Ten teams were drawn into three groups, two groups of three and one group of four. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Semifinals, along with Racing Club.
Key to colors in group tables Group winners advanced to the Semifinals Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Estudiantes 4 3 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Independiente 4 2 0 2 7 3 +4 4 Universitario 4 1 0 3 1 7 -6 2 March 16, 1968 Universitario 1 – 0 Estudiantes Lima Lobatón
March 21, 1968 Universitario 0 – 3 Independiente Lima Pastoriza
March 28, 1968 Independiente 1 – 2 Estudiantes Avellaneda Pavoni Ribaudo
April 4, 1968 Estudiantes 1 – 0 Independiente La Plata Flores
April 9, 1968 Estudiantes 1 – 0 Universitario La Plata Verón
April 11, 1968 Independiente 3 – 0 Universitario Avellaneda Yazalde
Tarabini
ArtimeGroup B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Peñarol 6 4 2 0 10 1 +9 10 Sporting Cristal 6 2 4 0 7 3 +4 8 Emelec 6 1 1 4 3 7 -4 3 Deportivo Portugués 6 1 1 4 3 12 -9 3 March 16, 1968 Deportivo Portugués 0 – 3 Peñarol Caracas Silva
Méndez
Spencer
March 17, 1968 Emelec 0 – 2 Sporting Cristal Guayaquil Mifflin
Aquije
March 20, 1968 Emelec 0 – 1 Peñarol Guayaquil Spencer
March 20, 1968 Deportivo Portugués 1 – 1 Sporting Cristal Caracas Curro[disambiguation needed Pajuelo
March 24, 1968 Emelec 2 – 0 Deportivo Portugués Guayaquil Sosa
March 25, 1968 Sporting Cristal 0 – 0 Peñarol Lima
March 28, 1968 Sporting Cristal 2 – 0 Deportivo Portugués Lima Gallardo
March 31, 1968 Peñarol 4 – 0 Deportivo Portugués Montevideo Spencer
Abbadie
Bertocchi
April 1, 1968 Sporting Cristal 1 – 1 Emelec Lima Gallardo Echeverría
April 4, 1968 Peñarol 1 – 0 Emelec Montevideo Cortés
April 10, 1968 Peñarol 1 – 1 Sporting Cristal Montevideo Spencer Risco
April 10, 1968 Deportivo Portugués 2 – 0 Emelec Caracas Ramos Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Palmeiras 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Guaraní 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 4 Universidad Católica 4 1 0 3 6 9 -3 2 March 13, 1968 Universidad Católica 4 – 1 Guaraní Santiago Sarnari
IsellaGarcía
March 17, 1968 Guaraní 3 – 1 Universidad Católica Asunción Juárez
Sosa
GarcíaVaras
March 21, 1968 Palmeiras 4 – 1 Universidad Católica São Paulo Tupãzinho
Pantera
RinaldoTarabini
March 24, 1968 Guaraní 2 – 0 Palmeiras Asunción Juárez
Martínez
March 31, 1968 Universidad Católica 0 – 1 Palmeiras Santiago Dudú
April 4, 1968 Palmeiras 2 – 1 Guaraní São Paulo Tupãzinho
ServílioJuárez Semifinals
Four teams were drawn into two groups. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Finals.
Semifinal 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Estudiantes 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3 Racing 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 3 April 18, 1968 Estudiantes 3–0 Racing La Plata Verón
Perfumo
April 24, 1968 Racing 2–0 Estudiantes Avellaneda Maschio
Fucceneco
April 27, 1968
PlayoffRacing 1–1 Estudiantes Buenos Aires Cárdenas Verón Estudiantes progressed to the finals due to better goal difference.
Semifinal 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Palmeiras 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 4 Peñarol 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 0 April 18, 1968 Palmeiras 1 – 0 Peñarol São Paulo Tupãzinho
April 23, 1968 Peñarol 1 – 2 Palmeiras Montevideo Silva Tupãzinho Finals
Main article: 1968 Copa Libertadores FinalsTeam Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Estudiantes 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 2 Palmeiras 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 2 May 2, 1968 Estudiantes 2–1 Palmeiras Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi,
La Plata
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Esteban Marino (Uruguay)Verón 83'
Bocha 87'Servilio 30'
May 7, 1968 Palmeiras 3–1 Estudiantes Estádio do Pacaembu,
São Paulo
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Domingo Massaro (Chile)Tupãzinho 10', 68'
Rinaldo 54'Verón 72'
May 16, 1968
PlayoffPalmeiras 0–2 Estudiantes Estadio Centenario,
Montevideo
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: César Orozco (Peru)Ribaudo 13'
Verón 82'Champion
Copa Libertadores
1968 WinnersEstudiantes
First TitleTop goalscorers
Pos Player Team Goals 1 Tupãzinho Palmeiras 11 2 Alberto Spencer Peñarol 10 3 Juan Ramón Verón Estudiantes 9 4 Luis Artime Independiente 6 5 Felipe Ribaudo Estudiantes 6 6 Víctor Domingo Juárez Guaraní 6 D. Flores Universitario 6 Juan Carlos Sarnari Universidad Católica 6 9 Servílio Palmeiras 5 Alberto Gallardo Sporting Cristal 5 Footnotes
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