Copa Libertadores 1973

The 1973 Copa Libertadores was the 14th edition of the most important South American football competition for club teams. 19 teams took part. The national champions of the CONMEBOL countries and the second took part, or the winner and finalist of the cup competition in Bolivia, as no national championship has yet been held there. Venezuela did not participate. The field of participants was completed by defending champion CA Independiente. The tournament began on February 2 and ended on June 6, 1973 with the final playoff. The Argentine representative CA Independiente won the final against CSD Colo-Colo and was able to defend his title from the previous year and win the Copa Libertadores for the fourth time.

1st group stage

Group 1

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro	6th	5	0	1	15: 01	10
2.	Club Jorge Wilstermann	6th	3	1	2	06: 08	07th
3.	CA River Plate	6th	2	1	3	12:10	05
4th	Oriente Petrolero	6th	1	0	5	05:19	02

			First leg	Return leg
Oriente Petrolero	-	CA River Plate	1: 3	1: 7
Club Jorge Wilstermann	-	Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro	1-0	0: 3
Oriente Petrolero	-	Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro	0: 3	0: 4
Club Jorge Wilstermann	-	CA River Plate	1-0	2: 2
Oriente Petrolero	-	Club Jorge Wilstermann	3: 1	0: 1
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro	-	CA River Plate	1-0	4-0

Group 2

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Botafogo FR	6th	4th	1	1	15: 09	9
2.	Palmeiras São Paulo	6th	4th	1	1	10: 06	9
3.	Nacional Montevideo	6th	1	2	3	08: 09	4th
4th	Club Atlético Peñarol	6th	0	2	4th	04:13	2

			First leg	Return leg
Nacional Montevideo	-	Club Atlético Peñarol	2-0	1: 1
Palmeiras São Paulo	-	Botafogo FR	3: 2	0: 2
Botafogo FR	-	Nacional Montevideo	3: 2	2: 1
Palmeiras São Paulo	-	Club Atlético Peñarol	2-0	2-0
Palmeiras São Paulo	-	Nacional Montevideo	1: 1	2: 1
Botafogo FR	-	Club Atlético Peñarol	4: 1	2: 2

Group 3

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	CSD Colo-Colo	6th	3	2	1	16: 04	8th
2.	CS Emelec	6th	3	1	2	06: 07	7th
3.	CD El Nacional	6th	2	1	3	05:10	7th
4th	Unión Española	6th	1	2	3	03: 09	4th

			First leg	Return leg
CS Emelec	-	CD El Nacional	2-0	0: 1
CSD Colo-Colo	-	Unión Española	5-0	0-0
CS Emelec	-	Unión Española	1-0	1: 1
CD El Nacional	-	CSD Colo-Colo	1: 1	1: 5
CS Emelec	-	CSD Colo-Colo	1-0	1: 5
CD El Nacional	-	Unión Española	1-0	1: 2

Group 4

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Los Millonarios CD	2	1	1	0	6: 2	3
2.	Deportivo Cali	2	0	1	1	2: 6	1

			First leg	Return leg
Los Millonarios CD	-	Deportivo Cali	6: 2	0-0

Group 5

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Club Cerro Porteño	6th	4th	1	1	14: 05	9
2.	Club Olimpia	6th	3	0	3	09: 09	6th
3.	Sporting Cristal	6th	2	2	2	05: 09	6th
4th	Universitario de Deportes	6th	1	1	4th	05:10	3

			First leg	Return leg
Sporting Cristal	-	Universitario de Deportes	2: 2	1-0
Club Cerro Porteño	-	Club Olimpia	4: 2	1: 2
Universitario de Deportes	-	Club Olimpia	2: 1	1: 3
Sporting Cristal	-	Club Olimpia	1-0	0: 1
Universitario de Deportes	-	Club Cerro Porteño	0: 2	0: 1
Sporting Cristal	-	Club Cerro Porteño	1: 1	0: 5

2nd group stage

Group 1

		Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	CA Independiente	4th	2	1	1	5: 3	5
2.	Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro	4th	1	2	1	4: 3	4th
3.	Los Millonarios CD	4th	1	1	2	1: 4	3

			First leg	Return leg
Los Millonarios CD	-	CA Independiente	1-0	0: 2
Los Millonarios CD	-	Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro	0-0	0: 2
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro	-	CA Independiente	2: 2	0: 1

Group 2

	club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	CSD Colo-Colo	4th	2	1	1	10: 09	5
2.	Club Cerro Porteño	4th	2	0	2	08: 09	4th
3.	Botafogo FR	4th	1	1	2	08: 08	3

			First leg	Return leg
Botafogo FR	-	CSD Colo-Colo	1: 2	3: 3
Club Cerro Porteño	-	CSD Colo-Colo	5: 1	0: 4
Club Cerro Porteño	-	Botafogo FR	3: 2	0: 2

final

First leg

CA Independiente		CSD Colo-Colo
	May 22, 1973 in Avellaneda ( Estadio Libertadores de América ) Result: 1: 1 (0: 0) Spectators: 40,000 Referee: Lorenzo Milton ( Uruguay )
	Miguel Santoro - Eduardo Antonio Commisso , Francisco Sá , Miguel Ángel López , Ricardo Pavoni , Alejandro Estanislao Semenewicz , Miguel Ángel Raimondo , Héctor Jesús Martínez , Agustín Balbuena ( Daniel Bertoni ), Miguel Giachello ( Eduardo Maglioni ), Mario Mendoza Trainer: Humbio Maschio	Adolfo Nef - Mario Galindo , Leonel Herrera , Rafael González , Alejandro Silva , Guillermo Páez , Francisco Valdés , Fernando Osorio ( Carlos Caszely ), Sergio Messen , Sergio Ahumada , Leonardo Véliz ( Alfonso Lara ) Trainer: Luis Álamos
	1: 1 Mario Mendoza (55th)	0: 1 Francisco Sá (71st, own goal)

Return leg

CSD Colo-Colo		CA Independiente
	May 29, 1973 in Santiago ( Estadio Nacional ) Result : 0-0 Spectators: 80,000 Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho ( Brazil )
	Adolfo Nef - Mario Galindo , Leonel Herrera , Rafael González , Alejandro Silva , Guillermo Páez , Francisco Valdés , Fernando Osorio , Carlos Caszely , Sergio Messen , Leonardo Véliz Trainers: Luis Álamos	Miguel Santoro - Eduardo Antonio Commisso , Francisco Sá , Miguel Ángel López , Ricardo Pavoni , Alejandro Estanislao Semenewicz , Miguel Ángel Raimondo , Héctor Jesús Martínez , Agustín Balbuena ( Daniel Bertoni ), Miguel Giachello ( Eduardo Maglioni ), Mario Mendoza Trainer: Humbio Maschio

Playoff

CA Independiente		CSD Colo-Colo
	June 6, 1973 in Montevideo ( Estadio Centenario ) Result: 2: 1 n.v. (1: 1, 1: 1) Spectators: 50,000 Referee: José Romei ( Paraguay )
	Miguel Santoro - Eduardo Antonio Commisso , Francisco Sá , Miguel Ángel López , Ricardo Pavoni , Alejandro Estanislao Semenewicz , Miguel Ángel Raimondo , Rubén Galván , Daniel Bertoni , Eduardo Maglioni ( Ricardo Bochini ), Mario Mendoza ( Miguel Giachello ) Trainer: Humberto Maschio	Adolfo Nef - Mario Galindo , Leonel Herrera , Rafael González , Alejandro Silva ( Gerardo Castañeda ), Francisco Valdés , Guillermo Páez , Sergio Messen , Carlos Caszely , Sergio Ahumada , Leonardo Véliz ( Alfonso Lara ) Trainer: Luis Álamos
	1-0 Mario Mendoza (25th) 2-1 Miguel Giachello (107th)	1: 1 Carlos Caszely (39th)

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