Copa Libertadores 1969

The 1969 Copa Libertadores was the 10th edition of the most important South American football competition for club teams. 17 teams took part. The national champions of the CONMEBOL countries and the second took part, or the winners and finalists of the cup competition in Bolivia, as no national championships have been held there yet. Brazil didn't take part, Argentina only sent defending champions Estudiantes de La Plata. The tournament began on February 23 and ended on May 22, 1969 with the final second leg. The Argentine representative Estudiantes de La Plata won the final against Nacional Montevideo and was able to defend his title from the previous year.

The winning team from Estudiantes de La Plata

1st group stage

Group 1

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Deportivo Cali	6th	3	2	1	12: 06	8th
2.	Deportivo Italia	6th	3	1	2	07: 08	7th
3.	Unión Magdalena	6th	2	1	3	07: 08	5
4th	Deportivo Canarias	6th	1	2	3	03: 07	4th

			First leg	Return leg
Unión Magdalena	-	Deportivo Cali	2: 2	1: 3
Deportivo Italia	-	Deportivo Canarias	2-0	1: 1
Deportivo Canarias	-	Deportivo Cali	1: 1	0: 2
Deportivo Italia	-	Deportivo Cali	2: 1	0: 3
Deportivo Canarias	-	Unión Magdalena	1-0	0: 1
Deportivo Italia	-	Unión Magdalena	2-0	0: 3

Group 2

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	CD Santiago Wanderers	6th	3	0	3	13:10	6th
2.	Sporting Cristal	6th	2	2	2	11:11	6th
3.	CD Universidad Católica	6th	3	0	3	12:13	6th
4th	Juan Aurich	6th	2	2	2	13:15	6th

			First leg	Return leg
Sporting Cristal	-	Juan Aurich	3: 3	2: 2
CD Universidad Católica	-	CD Santiago Wanderers	1: 3	3: 2
Juan Aurich	-	CD Universidad Católica	2: 4	2: 1
Sporting Cristal	-	CD Santiago Wanderers	2: 1	0: 2
Sporting Cristal	-	CD Universidad Católica	2-0	2: 3
Juan Aurich	-	CD Santiago Wanderers	3: 1	1: 4

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	CD Universidad Católica	2	2	0	0	6: 2	4th
2.	CD Santiago Wanderers	2	1	1	0	2: 1	3
3.	Sporting Cristal	2	0	1	1	2: 3	1
4th	Juan Aurich	2	0	0	2	1: 5	0

CD Santiago Wanderers	1: 1	Sporting Cristal
CD Universidad Católica	4: 1	Juan Aurich
Sporting Cristal	1: 2	CD Universidad Católica
Juan Aurich	0: 1	CD Santiago Wanderers

Group 3

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Club Cerro Porteño	6th	4th	1	1	15: 05	9
2.	Club Olimpia *	6th	3	1	2	12: 07	7th
3.	Club Bolívar *	6th	2	3	1	06: 08	7th
4th	Club Litoral	6th	0	1	5	01:14	1

* Decision game for second place in the table: Olimpia won 2-1 after extra time and thus qualified for the next round.

			First leg	Return leg
Club Cerro Porteño	-	Club Olimpia	4: 1	2: 1
Club Bolívar	-	Club Litoral	1-0	1: 1
Club Litoral	-	Club Olimpia	0: 3	0: 2
Club Bolívar	-	Club Cerro Porteño	2: 1	1: 1
Club Litoral	-	Club Cerro Porteño	0: 1	0: 6
Club Bolívar	-	Club Olimpia	1: 1	0: 4

Group 4

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Club Atlético Peñarol	6th	3	3	0	16: 08	9
2.	Nacional Montevideo	6th	2	4th	0	10: 04	8th
3.	Deportivo Quito	6th	1	3	2	04:10	5
4th	Barcelona Sporting Club	6th	0	2	4th	03:11	2

			First leg	Return leg
Club Atlético Peñarol	-	Nacional Montevideo	1: 1	2: 2
Deportivo Quito	-	Barcelona Sporting Club	1-0	0-0
Deportivo Quito	-	Nacional Montevideo	0-0	0: 4
Barcelona Sporting Club	-	Club Atlético Peñarol	0: 2	2: 5
Deportivo Quito	-	Club Atlético Peñarol	1: 1	2: 5
Barcelona Sporting Club	-	Nacional Montevideo	1: 1	0: 2

2nd group stage

Group 1

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	CD Universidad Católica	4th	2	1	1	7: 3	5
2.	Club Cerro Porteño	4th	1	2	1	1: 1	4th
3.	Deportivo Italia	4th	1	1	2	3: 7	3

			First leg	Return leg
Deportivo Italia	-	Club Cerro Porteño	0-0	0: 1
CD Universidad Católica	-	Deportivo Italia	4-0	2: 3
CD Universidad Católica	-	Club Cerro Porteño	1-0	0-0

Group 2

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Nacional Montevideo	4th	3	1	0	10: 02	7th
2.	Deportivo Cali	4th	1	1	2	09:11	3
3.	CD Santiago Wanderers	4th	0	2	2	05:11	2

			First leg	Return leg
CD Santiago Wanderers	-	Nacional Montevideo	1: 1	0: 2
Deportivo Cali	-	Nacional Montevideo	1: 5	0: 2
Deportivo Cali	-	CD Santiago Wanderers	5: 1	3: 3

Group 3

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Club Atlético Peñarol	2	1	1	0	2: 1	3
2.	Club Olimpia	2	0	1	1	1: 2	1

			First leg	Return leg
Club Atlético Peñarol	-	Club Olimpia	1: 1	1-0

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
CD Universidad Católica	2: 6	Estudiantes de La Plata	1: 3	1: 3
Nacional Montevideo	12: 1 1	Club Atlético	2-0	0: 1

¹ A play-off was necessary to get into the final, as both semi-finalists had won a game and the goal difference was not yet important.

Playoff

	Result
Nacional Montevideo	20: 0 2	Club Atlético Peñarol

² Nacional reached the final due to the now decisive overall better goal difference.

final

First leg

Nacional Montevideo		Estudiantes de La Plata
	May 15, 1969 in Montevideo ( Estadio Centenario ) Result: 0: 1 (0: 0) Spectators: 65,000 Referee: Domingo Massaro ( Chile )
	Manga - Atilio Ancheta , Emilio Walter Álvarez , Luis Ubiña , Julio Montero Castillo , Juan Mujica , Ignacio Prieto , Ildo Maneiro ( Víctor Espárrago ), Luis Cubilla , Célio , Julio César Morales Trainer: Zezé Moreira	Alberto Poletti - Néstor Togneri , Ramón Alberto Aguirre Suárez , Raúl Madero , Oscar Malbernat , Carlos Bilardo , Carlos Pachamé , Eduardo Flores , Christian Rudzki ( Felipe Ribaudo ), Marcos Conigliaro , Juan Ramón Verón Trainer: Osvaldo Zubeldía
		0: 1 Eduardo Flores (66.)

Return leg

Estudiantes de La Plata		Nacional Montevideo
	May 22, 1969 in La Plata ( Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi ) Result: 2: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 55,000 Referee: Javier Delgado ( Colombia )
	Alberto Poletti - Néstor Togneri , Ramón Alberto Aguirre Suárez , Raúl Madero , Oscar Malbernat , Carlos Bilardo , Carlos Pachamé , Eduardo Flores , Christian Rudzki , Marcos Conigliaro , Juan Ramón Verón Trainer: Osvaldo Zubeldía	Manga - Luis Ubiña , Atilio Ancheta , Emilio Walter Álvarez , Juan Mujica , Julio Montero Castillo , Ignacio Prieto , Víctor Espárrago , Luis Cubilla , R. Garcia ( Alcides Silveira ), Julio César Morales Trainer: Zezé Moreira
	1-0 Eduardo Flores (22nd) 2-0 Marcos Conigliaro (37th)

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