Copa Libertadores 1971

The Copa Libertadores 1971 was the 12th edition of the most important South American football competition for club teams. 21 teams took part. The national champions of the CONMEBOL countries and the second took part, or the winners and finalists of the cup competitions in Brazil and Bolivia, since there have not yet been any national championships. The field of participants was completed by defending champion Estudiantes de La Plata. The tournament began on January 29th and ended on June 9th, 1971 with the final playoff. The Uruguayan representative Nacional Montevideo won the final against Estudiantes de La Plata and won this competition for the first time.

1st group stage

Group 1

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Universitario de Deportes	6th	3	3	0	08: 04	9
2.	Rosario Central	6th	3	1	2	11: 08	7th
3.	Boca Juniors	6th	1	2	3	04: 05	4th
4th	Sporting Cristal	6th	1	2	3	05:11	4th

			First leg	Return leg
Sporting Cristal	-	Universitario de Deportes	0-0	0: 3
Boca Juniors	-	Rosario Central	2: 1	0-0
Sporting Cristal	-	Rosario Central	1: 2	0: 4
Universitario de Deportes	-	Rosario Central	3: 2	2: 2
Sporting Cristal	-	Boca Juniors	2-0	2: 2
Universitario de Deportes	-	Boca Juniors	0-0	0-0

Group 2

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Nacional Montevideo	6th	5	1	0	14: 02	11
2.	Club Atlético Peñarol	6th	3	1	2	14: 06	07th
3.	Chaco Petrolero	6th	1	1	4th	05: 09	03
4th	Club The Strongest	6th	1	1	4th	05:21	03

			First leg	Return leg
Chaco Petrolero	-	Club The Stronges	1: 2	3: 1
Nacional Montevideo	-	Club Atlético Peñarol	2: 1	2-0
Chaco Petrolero	-	Nacional Montevideo	0: 1	0: 3
Club The Strongest	-	Club Atlético Peñarol	1: 2	0: 9
Chaco Petrolero	-	Club Atlético Peñarol	1: 1	0: 1
Club The Strongest	-	Nacional Montevideo	1: 1	0: 5

Group 3

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Palmeiras São Paulo	6th	5	0	1	13: 05	10
2.	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	6th	4th	0	2	16: 06	08th
3.	Deportivo Italia	6th	1	1	4th	07: 015	03
4th	Deportivo Galicia	6th	0	1	05	9:19	01

			First leg	Return leg
Palmeiras São Paulo	-	Fluminens Rio de Janeiroe	0: 2	3: 1
Deportivo Galicia	-	Deportivo Italia	3: 3	2: 3
Deportivo Galicia	-	Palmeiras São Paulo	2: 3	0: 3
Deportivo Italia	-	Palmeiras São Paulo	0: 3	0: 1
Deportivo Galicia	-	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	1: 3	1: 4
Deportivo Italia	-	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	0: 6	1-0

Group 4

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Unión Española	6th	2	3	1	7: 6	7th
2.	CSD Colo-Colo	6th	2	2	2	6: 7	6th
3.	Club Cerro Porteño	6th	1	4th	1	5: 5	6th
4th	Club Guaraní	6th	1	3	2	9: 9	5

			First leg	Return leg
Club Cerro Porteño	-	Club Guaraní	1: 1	2: 2
Club Cerro Porteño	-	Unión Española	2: 1	0-0
Club Guaraní	-	Unión Española	1: 1	1: 2
Club Cerro Porteño	-	CSD Colo-Colo	0-0	0: 1
Club Guaraní	-	CSD Colo-Colo	2-0	2: 3
CSD Colo-Colo	-	Unión Española	1: 1	1: 1

Group 5

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Barcelona Sporting Club	6th	3	1	2	8: 6	7th
2.	CS Emelec	6th	2	3	1	6: 4	7th
3.	Deportivo Cali	6th	3	0	3	8: 7	6th
4th	Atlético Junior	6th	1	2	3	4: 9	4th

			First leg	Return leg
Atlético Junior	-	Deportivo Cali	2: 1	0: 2
Barcelona Sporting Club	-	CS Emelec	0: 1	1: 1
Barcelona Sporting Club	-	Deportivo Cali	1-0	1: 3
CS Emelec	-	Deportivo Cali	3: 1	0: 1
Barcelona Sporting Club	-	Atlético Junior	3: 1	2-0
CS Emelec	-	Atlético Junior	1: 1	0-0

2nd group stage

Group 1

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Nacional Montevideo	4th	3	1	0	9: 1	7th
2.	Palmeiras São Paulo	4th	2	0	2	6: 7	4th
3.	Universitario de Deportes	4th	0	1	3	1: 8	1

			First leg	Return leg
Universitario de Deportes	-	Palmeiras São Paulo	1: 2	0: 3
Universitario de Deportes	-	Nacional Montevideo	0-0	0: 3
Palmeiras São Paulo	-	Nacional Montevideo	0: 3	1: 3

Group 2

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Estudiantes de La Plata	4th	3	0	1	4: 2	6th
2.	Barcelona Sporting Club	4th	2	0	2	3: 4	4th
3.	Unión Española	4th	1	0	3	4: 5	2

			First leg	Return leg
Barcelona Sporting Club	-	Estudiantes de La Plata	0: 1	1-0
Barcelona Sporting Club	-	Unión Española	1-0	1: 3
Estudiantes de La Plata	-	Unión Española	2: 1	0: 1

final

First leg

Estudiantes de La Plata		Nacional Montevideo
	May 26, 1971 in La Plata ( Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi ) Result: 1: 0 (0: 0) Spectators: 30,000 Referee: Mario Canessa ( Chile )
	Carlos Alejandro Leone - Ramón Alberto Aguirre Suárez , Néstor Togneri , Oscar Malbernat , Carlos Pachamé , José Hugo Medina , Daniel Romeo , Juan Miguel Echecopar , Christian Rudzki ( Rubén Bedogni ), Pedro Andrés Verde , Juan Ramón Verón Trainer: Carlos Bilardo	Manga - Juan Carlos Blanco , Atilio Ancheta , Juan Carlos Masnik , Juan Mujica , Julio Montero Castillo , Víctor Espárrago ( Juan Carlos Mamelli ), Ildo Maneiro , Ignacio Prieto ( Rubén Bareño ), Luis Artime , Julio César Morales Trainer: Washington Etchamendi
	1-0 Daniel Romeo (60th)

Return leg

Nacional Montevideo		Estudiantes de La Plata
	June 2, 1971 in Montevideo ( Estadio Centenario ) Result: 1: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 70,000 Referee: José Favilli Neto ( Brazil )
	Manga - Luis Ubiña , Atilio Ancheta , Juan Carlos Masnik , Juan Carlos Blanco , Julio Montero Castillo , Víctor Espárrago , Ildo Maneiro , Luis Cubilla ( Ignacio Prieto ), Luis Artime , Julio César Morales Trainer: Washington Etchamendi	Carlos Alejandro Leone - Oscar Malbernat , Ramón Alberto Aguirre Suárez , Néstor Togneri , José Hugo Medina , Carlos Pachamé , Juan Miguel Echecopar , Daniel Romeo , Pedro Andrés Verde , Christian Rudzki ( Rubén Bedogni ), Juan Ramón Verón Trainer: Carlos Bilardo
	1-0 Juan Carlos Masnik (28th)

Playoff

Nacional Montevideo		Estudiantes de La Plata
	June 9, 1971 in Santiago ( Estadio Nacional ) Result: 2: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 41,000 Referee: Rafael Hormazábal ( Chile )
	Manga - Luis Ubiña , Atilio Ancheta , Juan Carlos Masnik , Juan Carlos Blanco , Julio Montero Castillo , Víctor Espárrago , Ildo Maneiro ( Juan Mujica ), Luis Cubilla , Luis Artime , Julio César Morales ( Juan Carlos Mamelli ) Trainer: Washington Etchamendi	Pezzano - Oscar Malbernat , Ramón Alberto Aguirre Suárez , Néstor Togneri , José Hugo Medina , Carlos Pachamé , Daniel Romeo , Juan Miguel Echecopar , Christian Rudzki , Pedro Andrés Verde , Juan Ramón Verón ( Rubén Bedogni ) Trainer: Carlos Bilardo
	1-0 Víctor Espárrago (22nd) 2-0 Luis Artime (65th)

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