Copa Libertadores 1966

The Copa Libertadores 1966 was the seventh edition of the most important South American football competition for club teams and lasted from February 5, 1966 to the play-off on May 20, 1966. A record number of 17 teams from 8 countries took part in the competition, including defending champions CA Independiente from Argentina the bonarenser industrial suburb Avellaneda .

This was the first time the Libertadores were held in which the runners-up from the participating countries were also admitted. This met with resistance, particularly from the associations of Brazil and Colombia , who saw this as contradicting the character of the competition. As a result, the two countries completely waived their participation.

For the third time in the tournament's history, a playoff was necessary to determine the winner, and for the second time this took place in the Estadio Nacional de Chile in Santiago , in which the winner was played a total of six times by 1987.

Top scorer Daniel Onega

The Uruguayan representative Peñarol Montevideo won his third title after 1960 and 1961 . The performers of the Uruguayan goalkeeper legend, the Football World Cup 1950 Roque Máspoli trained team Peñarol were the Ecuadorian striker Alberto Spencer - who contributed again with crucial goals in the final success of his team -, Pedro Rocha and the in those years best goalkeepers in the world counted Ladislao Mazurkiewicz . Pablo Forlán , the father of the Uruguayan star of the 2000s Diego Forlán, also played for Peñarol .

For the finalists River Plate, goalkeeper Amadeo Carrizo , Uruguayan Luis Cubilla , Óscar Mas and striker Daniel Onega were among the stars. Onega was the top scorer of the Libertadores in 1966 with 17 goals - a record that has remained unmatched since then. The coach of River Plate was Renato Cesarini , who in the 1940s was one of the architects of the Maquina , one of the most outstanding club formations in football history.

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For the first round, 16 participants were divided into two groups of six teams and one group of four teams. It was ensured that the two participants from each country play in the same group. The first two of the groups of six and the first of the group of four qualified for the second round. Defending champion Independiente had a bye until the second round.

The second round consisted of a group of four and a group of three teams, again making sure that clubs from the same country play in the same group to ensure that there are clubs from different countries in the final. The first two qualified for the final, which was played with a return leg.

In the event of a tie, the goal difference played no role, but a decision game was due.

Attendees

The first-named club is always the champion from 1965, the second-named the runner-up. The hometowns of the clubs are added in brackets if not part of the club name.

• Argentina: Boca Juniors , River Plate (both Buenos Aires) and CA Independiente (Avellaneda, Buenos Aires / defending champion)
• Bolivia: Deportivo Municipal (La Paz), Club Jorge Wilstermann (Cochabamba)
• Chile: CD Universidad Católica (Santiago), CF Universidad de Chile (Santiago)
• Ecuador: Club Sport Emelec (Guayaquil), AD Nueve de Octubre (Milagro)
• Paraguay: Club Olimpia (Asunción), Club Guaraní (Asunción)
• Peru: Alianza Lima , Universitario de Deportes (Lima)
• Uruguay: Peñarol Montevideo (Montevideo), Nacional Montevideo (Montevideo)
• Venezuela: Lara FC (Barquisimeto), Deportivo Italia (Caracas)

The games

1 round

BYE: CA Independiente Avellaneda

Group 1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	River Plate	10	8th	1	1	023: 800	+15	17: 30
2.	Boca Juniors	10	7th	0	3	019: 900	+10	14: 60
3.	Universitario de Deportes	10	4th	3	3	010:130	−3	11: 90
4th	Deportivo Italia	10	4th	2	4th	015:180	−3	10:10
5.	Alianza Lima	10	2	0	8th	009:160	−7	04:16
6th	Lara FC	10	1	2	7th	005:170	−12	04:16

Group 2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	CD Universidad Católica	6th	2	3	1	009: 500	+4	07: 50
2.	Club Guaraní	6th	2	2	2	009: 900	± 0	06: 60
2.	Club Olimpia	6th	2	2	2	007:100	−3	06: 60
4th	CF Universidad de Chile	6th	1	3	2	006: 700	−1	05: 70

Decision game for 2nd place

	Result
Club Guaraní	2: 1	Club Olimpia 2-1

Group 3

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Peñarol Montevideo	10	8th	0	2	020:100	+10	16: 40
2.	Nacional Montevideo	10	7th	1	2	022:100	+12	15: 50
3.	Club Jorge Wilstermann	10	4th	2	4th	014:140	± 0	10:10
4th	Deportivo Municipal	10	4th	1	5	021:220	−1	09:11
5.	Club Sport Emelec	10	4th	0	6th	015:180	−3	08:12
6th	AD Nueve de Octubre	10	1	0	9	013:310	−18	02:18

2nd round

Group 1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	River Plate	6th	3	2	1	013: 800	+5	08: 40
1.	CA Independiente	6th	3	2	1	009: 600	+3	08: 40
3.	Boca Juniors	6th	2	3	1	007: 600	+1	07: 50
4th	Club Guaraní	6th	0	1	5	005:140	−9	01:11

Decision game for 1st place

	Result
River Plate	2: 1	CA Independiente

Group 2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Peñarol Montevideo	4th	3	0	1	006: 100	+5	06: 20
2.	CD Universidad Católica	4th	2	0	2	004: 500	−1	04: 40
2.	Nacional Montevideo	4th	1	0	3	003: 700	−4	02: 60

Finals

The final game in Buenos Aires was headed by the Uruguayan referee Jose Maria Codesal , father of the naturalized Mexican referee Edgardo Codesal Méndez, who led the final of the 1990 World Cup . With the Argentine Roberto Goicoechea and the Chilean Claudio Vicuña , the other two finals were also led by experienced World Cup referees.

First leg

Peñarol Montevideo		River Plate
	May 12, 1966 in Montevideo ( Estadio Centenario ) Result: 2: 0 (0: 0) Spectators: 49,000 Referee: Roberto Goicoechea ( Argentina )
	Ladislao Mazurkiewicz - Juan Vicente Lezcano , Nelson Díaz , Pablo Forlán , Néstor Gonçalves , Omar Caetano , Julio Abbadie , Pedro Rocha , Héctor Silva , Julio César Cortés , Juan Víctor Joya Trainer: Roque Máspoli	Amadeo Carrizo - Juan Carlos Guzmán , Abel Vieitez , Carlos Sáinz , Roberto Matosas , Daniel Bayo , Luis Cubilla , Miguel Loayza (40th Ermindo Onega ), Daniel Onega , Juan Carlos Sarnari , Jorge Solari Trainer: Renato Cesarini
	1-0 Julio Abbadie (75th) 2-0 Juan Víctor Joya (85th)

Return leg

River Plate		Peñarol Montevideo
	May 18, 1966 in Buenos Aires ( Estadio Monumental ) Result: 3: 2 (1: 1) Spectators: 60,000 Referee: Jose Maria Codesal ( Uruguay )
	Amadeo Carrizo - Juan Carlos Guzmán , Abel Vieitez , Carlos Sáinz , Juan Carlos Sarnari , Roberto Matosas , Luis Cubilla , Jorge Solari , Daniel Onega (46th Juan Carlos Lallana ), Ermindo Onega , Óscar Mas Trainer: Renato Cesarini	Ladislao Mazurkiewicz - Juan Vicente Lezcano , Nelson Díaz , Pablo Forlán , Néstor Gonçalves , Omar Caetano , Julio Abbadie , Pedro Rocha , Alberto Spencer , Julio César Cortés , Juan Joya Coach: Roque Máspoli
	1: 1 Daniel Onega (38th) 2: 2 Juan Carlos Sarnari (52nd) 3: 2 Ermindo Onega (73rd)	0: 1 Pedro Rocha (32.) 1: 2 Alberto Spencer (50.)

Playoff

Peñarol Montevideo		River Plate
	May 20, 1966 in Santiago de Chile ( Estadio Nacional ) Result: 4: 2 n.v. (2: 2, 0: 2) Spectators: 39,000 Referee: Claudio Vicuña ( Chile )
	Ladislao Mazurkiewicz - Juan Vicente Lezcano , Nelson Díaz (43rd Tabaré González ), Pablo Forlán , Néstor Gonçalves , Omar Caetano , Julio Abbadie , Julio César Cortés , Alberto Spencer , Pedro Rocha , Juan Víctor Joya Trainer: Roque Máspoli	Amadeo Carrizo - Eduardo Grispo , Abel Vieitez , Carlos Sáinz ( Jorge Solari ), Roberto Matosas , Juan Carlos Sarnari , Luis Cubilla , Ermindo Onega , Juan Carlos Lallana , Daniel Onega , Óscar Mas Trainer: Renato Cesarini
	1: 2 Alberto Spencer (57.) 2: 2 Julio Abbadie (72.) 3: 2 Alberto Spencer (101.) 4: 2 Pedro Rocha (109.)	0: 1 Daniel Onega (37.) 0: 2 Jorge Solari (42.)

By winning the Libertadores, Peñarol qualified for the World Cup against the winner of the European Cup , Real Madrid . The Uruguayans won both the game in Montevideo and the second leg in Madrid with 2-0 each in October of that year. Alberto Spencer scored three of the goals against the Spaniards.

Web links

• 1966 competition on rsssf.com (English)