Copa Campeones de America 1963

The Copa Campeones de América 1963 was the 4th edition of the most important South American football competition for club teams. 9 teams took part, including 7 national champions from the previous year and defending champion FC Santos from Brazil as well as the winner of the cup competition, the Taça Brasil , as there has not yet been a national championship. Bolivia and Venezuela had no representatives at the start. The tournament began on April 7th and ended on September 11th, 1963 with the final second leg. The Brazilian representative FC Santos was able to successfully defend its title from the previous year and won the final against Boca Juniors .

Group stage

BYE: Santos FC 

Group 1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Botafogo FR	4th	4th	0	0	005: 100	+4	08-00
2.	Alianza Lima	4th	1	1	2	002: 300	−1	03: 50
2.	Los Millonarios CD	4th	0	1	3	000: 300	−3	01: 70

April 24, 1963
Alianza Lima	0-0	Los Millonarios CD
May 26, 1963
Los Millonarios CD	0: 1	Alianza Lima
June 30, 1963
Alianza Lima	0: 1	Botafogo FR
July 7, 1963
Los Millonarios CD	0: 2	Botafogo FR
July 24, 1963
Botafogo FR	2: 1	Alianza Lima
July 31, 1963
Botafogo FR	(*)	Los Millonarios CD

* Not played because Millonarios (already eliminated) preferred paying a $ 4,500 fine to traveling to Rio for the game; Points to Botafogo.

Group 2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Peñarol Montevideo	2	2	0	0	014: 100	+13	04-00
3.	Círculo Deportivo Everest	2	0	0	2	001:140	−13	00: 40

June 9, 1963
Círculo Deportivo Everest	0: 5	Peñarol Montevideo
July 7, 1963
Peñarol Montevideo	9: 1	Círculo Deportivo Everest

Group 3

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Boca Juniors	4th	3	0	1	009: 600	+3	06: 20
2.	Club Olimpia	4th	2	0	2	007:100	−3	04: 40
3.	CF Universidad de Chile	4th	1	0	3	007: 700	± 0	02: 60

April 7, 1963
Club Olimpia	1-0	Boca Juniors
April 14, 1963
Boca Juniors	5: 3	Club Olimpia
June 26, 1963
Boca Juniors	1-0	CF Universidad de Chile
17th July 1963
CF Universidad de Chile	4: 1	Club Olimpia
July 24, 1963
Club Olimpia	2: 1	CF Universidad de Chile
July 31, 1963
CF Universidad de Chile	2: 3	Boca Juniors

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Peñarol Montevideo	1: 3	Boca Juniors	1: 2	0: 1
FC Santos	5: 1	Botafogo FR	1: 1	4-0

final

First leg

FC Santos		Boca Juniors
	September 3, 1963 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil ( Maracanã ) Result: 3: 2 (3: 1) Spectators: 100,000 Referee: Marcel Albert Bois ( France )
	Gilmar - Mauro Ramos , Geraldino , Dalmo - Zito , Calvet , - Dorval , Lima , Coutinho , Pelé , Pepe Trainer: Lula	Néstor Errea - Rubén Alfredo Magdalena , Silvio Marzolini , Orlando Peçanha (?. Alcides Silveira ) - Carmelo Simeone , Antonio Rattín - Ernesto Grillo , Angel Clemente Rojas , Norberto Menéndez , José Sanfilippo , Alberto Mario González Trainer: Aristóbulo Deambrosi
	1-0 Coutinho (2nd) 2-0 Coutinho (21st) 3-0 Lima (28th)	3: 1 José Sanfilippo (43.) 3: 2 José Sanfilippo (89.)

Return leg

Boca Juniors		FC Santos
	September 11, 1963 in La Bombonera ( Buenos Aires , Argentina ) Result: 1: 2 (0: 0) Spectators: 50,000 Referee: Marcel Albert Bois ( France )
	Néstor Errea - Rubén Alfredo Magdalena , Orlando Peçanha , Carmelo Simeone - Alcides Silveira , Antonio Rattín - Ernesto Grillo , Angel Clemente Rojas , Norberto Menéndez , José Sanfilippo , Alberto Mario González Trainer: Aristóbulo Deambrosi	Gilmar - Mauro Ramos , Calvet , Dalmo - Zito , Geraldino - Dorval , Lima , Coutinho , Pelé , Pepe Trainer: Lula
	1-0 José Sanfilippo (46.)	1: 1 Coutinho (50th) 1: 2 Pelé (82nd)

Web links

• 1963 competition on rsssf.com (English)