Copa Campeones de America 1962

The Copa Campeones de América 1962 was the 3rd edition of the most important South American soccer competition for club teams. 10 teams took part, including 8 national champions from the previous year, defending champion Peñarol Montevideo from Uruguay and from Brazil the winner of the cup competition, the Taça Brasil , as no national championship has yet been held there. Only Venezuela did not have a representative at the start. The tournament began on February 7th and ended on August 30th, 1962 with the final second leg. Brazilian representative FC Santos won the final against the 1960 and 1961 winner , Peñarol Montevideo.

mode

For the first time, the participants in the semifinals were determined in group matches. There were three groups of three, in which everyone competed against each other in the first and second leg. The first in the group qualified for the semi-finals, for which the defending champion Peñarol Montevideo was already seeded.

1 round

BYE: Peñarol Montevideo 

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Santos	4th	3	1	0	020: 600	+14	07: 10
2.	Club Cerro Porteño	4th	2	1	1	007:130	−6	05: 30
3.	Deportivo Municipal La Paz	4th	0	0	4th	007:150	−8	00: 80

February 11, 1962
Deportivo Municipal	1: 2	Club Cerro Porteño
February 15, 1962
Club Cerro Porteño	3: 2	Deportivo Municipal
February 18, 1962
Deportivo Municipal	3: 4	FC Santos
February 21, 1962
FC Santos	6: 1	Deportivo Municipal
February 25, 1962
Club Cerro Porteño	1: 1	FC Santos
February 28, 1962
FC Santos	9: 1	Club Cerro Porteño

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Nacional Montevideo	4th	3	1	0	009: 600	+3	07: 10
2.	Racing Club Avellaneda	4th	1	1	2	007: 800	−1	03: 50
3.	Sporting Cristal	4th	1	0	3	005: 700	−2	02: 60

February 10, 1962
Nacional Montevideo	3: 2	Sporting Cristal
February 14, 1962
Racing Club Avellaneda	2: 1	Sporting Cristal
17th February 1962
Sporting Cristal	0: 1	Nacional Montevideo
February 20, 1962
Sporting Cristal	2: 1	Racing Club Avellaneda
February 24, 1962
Nacional Montevideo	3: 2	Racing Club Avellaneda
February 27, 1962
Racing Club Avellaneda	2: 2	Nacional Montevideo

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	CD Universidad Católica	4th	2	1	1	010: 900	+1	05: 30
2.	Club Sport Emelec	4th	2	0	2	012:100	+2	04: 40
3.	Los Millonarios CD	4th	1	1	2	007:100	−3	03: 50

February 7, 1962
Club Sport Emelec	4: 2	Los Millonarios CD
February 10, 1962
CD Universidad Católica	3-0	Club Sport Emelec
February 14, 1962
CD Universidad Católica	4: 1	Los Millonarios
February 18, 1962
Los Millonarios CD	1: 1	CD Universidad Católica
February 22, 1962
Club Sport Emelec	7: 2	CD Universidad Católica
February 28, 1962
Los Millonarios CD	3: 1	Club Sport Emelec

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
CD Universidad Católica	1: 2	FC Santos	1: 1	0: 1
Nacional Montevideo	3: 4	Peñarol Montevideo	2: 1	1: 3

Playoff

	Result
Nacional Montevideo	*1: 1 *	Peñarol Montevideo

* Since the semifinals were also rated using the point system, it was 2-2 on points after the first and second leg. Only after the playoff, which again ended in a draw, was the goal difference used to make the decision.

final

First leg

Peñarol Montevideo		FC Santos
	July 28, 1962 in Montevideo , Uruguay ( Estadio Centenario ) Result: 1: 2 (1: 1) Spectators: 55,000 Referee: Carlos Robles ( Chile )
	Luis Maidana - Juan Vicente Lezcano , Núber Cano , Edgardo González , Roberto Matosas - Omar Caetano , Pedro Rocha - José Sasía , Ángel Rubén Cabrera (46th Moacyr ), Alberto Spencer , Juan Víctor Joya Trainer: Béla Guttmann ( Hungary )	Gilmar - Mauro Ramos , Calvet , Lima - Zito , Dalmo - Dorval , Mengálvio , Pagao , Coutinho , Pelé (46th Oswaldo ) Trainer: Lula
	1-0 Alberto Spencer (18th)	1: 1 Coutinho (29th) 1: 2 Coutinho (70th)

Return leg

FC Santos		Peñarol Montevideo
	August 2, 1962 in Santos , Brazil ( Vila Belmiro ) Result: 2: 3 (1: 1) Spectators: 22,000 Referee: Carlos Robles ( Chile )
	Gilmar - Mauro Ramos , Calvet , Lima - Zito , Dalmo - Dorval , Mengálvio , Pagao , Coutinho , Pelé Trainer: Lula	Luis Maidana - Juan Vicente Lezcano , Núber Cano , Edgardo González , Roberto Matosas (46th Néstor Gonçalves ) - Omar Caetano , Carlos Fernández Carranza - Pedro Rocha , José Sasía , Alberto Spencer , Juan Víctor Joya Trainer: Béla Guttmann ( Hungary )
	1: 1 Dorval (27th) 2: 2 Mengalvio (50th)	0-1 José Francisco Sasía (18th) 1-2 Alberto Spencer (49th) 2-3 Alberto Spencer (73rd)

Playoff

FC Santos		Peñarol Montevideo
	August 30, 1962 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ( El Monumental ) Result: 3: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 60,000 Referee: Leo Horn ( Netherlands )
	Gilmar - Mauro Ramos , Calvet , Lima - Zito , Dalmo - Dorval , Mengálvio , Coutinho , Pelé , Pepe Trainer: Lula	Luis Maidana - Juan Vicente Lezcano , Núber Cano , Omar Caetano , Néstor Gonçalves - Edgardo González , Roberto Matosas - Pedro Rocha , Alberto Spencer , José Sasía , Juan Víctor Joya Trainer: Béla Guttmann ( Hungary )
	1-0 Omar Caetano (11th, own goal) 2-0 Pelé (48th) 3-0 Pelé (89th)

Best goal scorers

The most successful goal scorers with six goals each were:

•  Coutinho (Santos FC)
•  Enrique Raymondi (Club Sport Emelec)
•  Alberto Spencer (Peñarol Montevideo)

Web links

• Competition 1962 on rsssf.com (English)