1985 Copa Libertadores

The 1985 edition of Copa Libertadores was won by Argentinos Juniors, of Argentina for the first time, after defeating América de Cali of Colombia in a penalty shootout, following a playoff game after the two legged final finished level.

Group stage

Club Atlético Independiente were given a bye to the second round as holders.

Group A

Team	Pts	PP	W	D	L	GF	GC	DG
Argentinos Juniors	9	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4
Ferro Carril Oeste	9	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4
Fluminense	4	6	1	2	3	3	6	-3
Vasco da Gama	2	6	0	2	4	6	11	-5

First Place playoff

• Sept 11: Argentinos 3-1 Ferro Carril Oeste

Group B

Team	Pts	PP	W	D	L	GF	GC	DG
Blooming	11	6	5	1	0	20	4	+16
Oriente Petrolero	8	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5
Deportivo Táchira	4	6	1	2	3	9	12	-3
Deportivo Italia	1	6	0	1	5	2	20	-18

Group C

Team	Pts	PP	W	D	L	GF	GC	DG
América de Cali	8	6	2	4	0	5	2	+3
Cerro Porteño	7	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2
Millonarios	5	6	1	3	2	5	5	+0
Guaraní	4	6	1	2	3	6	11	-5

Group D

Team	Pts	PP	W	D	L	GF	GC	DG
Peñarol	11	6	5	1	0	10	3	+7
Colo-Colo	6	6	3	0	3	10	8	+2
Magallanes	5	6	2	1	3	5	8	-3
Bella Vista	2	6	1	0	5	3	9	-6

Group E

Team	Pts	PP	W	D	L	GF	GC	DG
El Nacional	11	6	5	1	0	13	4	+9
Universitario	5	5	2	1	2	8	6	+2
9 de Octubre	4	4	2	0	2	6	4	+2
Sport Boys	0	5	0	0	5	1	14	-13

Semi-finals

Group 1

Team	Pts	PP	W	D	L	GF	GC	DG
América de Cali	5	4	2	1	1	10	3	+7
El Nacional	4	4	2	0	2	4	7	-3
Peñarol	3	4	1	1	2	3	7	-4

19 September 1985
Peñarol	1–1	América
22 September 1985
El Nacional	2–0	América
25 September 1985
Peñarol	2–0	El Nacional
29 September 1985
América	4–0	Peñarol
2 October 1985
El Nacional	2–0	Peñarol
6 October 1985
América	5–0	El Nacional

Group 2

Team	Pts	PP	W	D	L	GF	GC	DG
Argentinos Juniors	6	4	2	2	0	6	4	+2
Independiente	4	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1
Club Blooming	2	4	0	2	2	2	5	-3

16 September 1985
Argentinos Juniors	2–2	Independiente
19 September 1985
Blooming	1–1	Argentinos Juniors
26 September 1985
Blooming	1–1	Independiente
1 October 1985
Argentinos Juniors	1–0	Blooming
5 October 1985
Independiente	2–0	Blooming
10 October 1985
Independiente	1–2	Argentinos Juniors

Final

Squads

Both teams used 16 players over the three legs of the final.

Enrique Vidallé Carmelo Villalba José Luis Pavoni Jorge Pellegrini Adrián Domenech Miguel Lemme Carlos Mayor Emilio Commisso Jorge Olguín Sergio Batista MF Renato Corsi Mario Videla Juan José López Claudio Borghi Armando Dely Valdés Carlos Ereros Manager: José Yudica

Julio César Falcioni Hugo Valencia Henry Viafara Jorge Porras Gonzalo Soto Hernán Darío Herrera Gabriel Chaparro Juan Pengos Alexander Escobar Gerardo González Aquino Pedro Sarmiento Juan Manuel Battaglia Antony de Ávila Ricardo Gareca Willington Ortiz Roberto Cabañas Manager: Gabriel Ochoa Uribe

1st leg

1985-10-17	Argentinos Juniors	1 – 0	América de Cali	Buenos Aires
	Commisso  40'

2nd leg

1985-10-22	América de Cali	1 – 0	Argentinos Juniors	Cali
	Ortiz  4'

playoff game

1985-10-24	América de Cali	1 – 1	Argentinos Juniors	Asunción
	Gareca  42'		Commisso  37'
		Penalties
	Gareca Soto Herrera Cabañas de Ávila	4 – 5	Olguín Batista Pavoni Borghi Videla

Champion

Copa Libertadores 1985 Winner
Argentinos Juniors First Title

External links

• Copa Libertadores 1985 by Karel Stokkermans at RSSSF
• Colombian clubs in Copa Libertadores by Frank Ballasteros at RSSSF