Copa Libertadores 1974

The 1974 Copa Libertadores was the 15th 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 winner and finalist of the cup competition in Bolivia, as no national championship has yet been held there. The field of participants was completed by defending champion CA Independiente. The tournament began on February 6th and ended on October 19, 1974 with the final playoff. The Argentine representative CA Independiente won the final against São Paulo FC and was able to defend his title from the previous year and win the Copa Libertadores for the fifth time.

1st group stage

Group 1

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Club Atlético Huracán	6th	5	0	1	13: 04	10
Rosario Central	6th	5	0	1	11: 02	10
Unión Española	6th	2	0	4th	06:14	04th
CSD Colo-Colo	6th	0	0	6th	03:13	00

			First leg	Return leg
Rosario Central	-	Club Atlético Huracán	1-0	0: 1
Club Atlético Huracán	-	CSD Colo-Colo	2-0	2: 1
Unión Española	-	CSD Colo-Colo	2: 1	2-0
Unión Española	-	Club Atlético Huracán	1: 3	1: 5
Rosario Central	-	CSD Colo-Colo	2-0	3: 1
Unión Española	-	Rosario Central	0: 1	0: 4

Group 2

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Sao Paulo FC	6th	4th	2	0	14: 05	10
Palmeiras São Paulo	6th	3	0	3	07: 05	06th
Deportivo Municipal	6th	1	2	3	09:11	04th
Club Jorge Wilstermann	6th	2	0	4th	04:13	04th

			First leg	Return leg
Sao Paulo FC	-	Palmeiras São Paulo	2-0	2: 1
Club Jorge Wilstermann	-	Palmeiras São Paulo	1-0	0: 2
Deportivo Municipal	-	Palmeiras São Paulo	0: 1	0: 3
Club Jorge Wilstermann	-	Sao Paulo FC	0: 1	0: 5
Deportivo Municipal	-	Sao Paulo FC	1: 1	3: 3
Club Jorge Wilstermann	-	Deportivo Municipal	1-0	2: 5

Group 3

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Los Millonarios CD	6th	4th	1	1	10: 06	9
Atlético Nacional	6th	3	1	2	8: 07	7th
Portuguesa FC	6th	2	2	2	04: 05	6th
Carabobo FC	6th	0	2	4th	04: 08	2

			First leg	Return leg
Portuguesa FC	-	Carabobo FC	0-0	1-0
Atlético Nacional	-	Los Millonarios CD	0: 3	1: 2
Portuguesa FC	-	Los Millonarios CD	2-0	1: 2
Carabobo FC	-	Atlético Nacional	1: 2	1: 2
Carabobo FC	-	Los Millonarios CD	1: 1	1: 2
Portuguesa FC	-	Atlético Nacional	0-0	0: 3

Group 4

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Defensor Lima	6th	4th	1	1	07: 02	9
CD El Nacional	6th	3	2	1	09: 03	8th
Universidad Católica del Ecuador	6th	1	2	3	02: 05	4th
Sporting Cristal	6th	1	1	4th	03:11	3

			First leg	Return leg
Defensor Lima	-	Sporting Cristal	2-0	2-0
CD El Nacional	-	Universidad Católica del Ecuador	2-0	0-0
Universidad Católica del Ecuador	-	Defensor Lima	1-0	0: 1
CD El Nacional	-	Defensor Lima	0-0	1: 2
Universidad Católica del Ecuador	-	Sporting Cristal	0-0	1: 2
CD El Nacional	-	Sporting Cristal	3-0	3: 1

Group 5

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Club Atlético Peñarol	6th	3	2	1	5: 3	8th
Club Cerro Porteño	6th	2	3	1	7: 6	7th
Club Olimpia	6th	1	3	2	4: 5	5
Nacional Montevideo	6th	1	2	3	6: 8	4th

			First leg	Return leg
Club Cerro Porteño	-	Club Olimpia	1-0	1: 1
Nacional Montevideo	-	Club Atlético Peñarol	0: 1	2-0
Club Atlético Peñarol	-	Club Olimpia	0-0	2-0
Nacional Montevideo	-	Club Cerro Porteño	1: 2	2: 2
Nacional Montevideo	-	Club Olimpia	1: 1	0: 2
Club Atlético Peñarol	-	Club Cerro Porteño	1-0	1: 1

2nd group stage

Group 1

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
CA Independiente	4th	2	2	0	8: 4	6th
Club Atlético Peñarol	4th	1	2	1	7: 5	4th
Club Atlético Huracán	4th	0	2	2	2: 8	2

			First leg	Return leg
Club Atlético Huracán	-	CA Independiente	1: 1	0: 3
Club Atlético Peñarol	-	Club Atlético Huracán	1: 1	3-0
Club Atlético Peñarol	-	CA Independiente	2: 3	1: 1

Group 2

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Sao Paulo FC	4th	3	1	0	9: 1	7th
Los Millonarios CD	4th	2	1	1	5: 5	5
Defensor Lima	4th	0	0	4th	1:10	0

			First leg	Return leg
Los Millonarios CD	-	Sao Paulo FC	1: 1	0: 4
Defensor Lima	-	Sao Paulo FC	0: 1	0: 4
Los Millonarios CD	-	Defensor Lima	1-0	4: 1

final

First leg

Sao Paulo FC		CA Independiente
	October 12, 1974 in São Paulo , Brazil ( Estádio do Morumbi ) Result: 2: 1 (0: 1) Spectators: 50,000 Referee: Edison Pérez Núñez ( Peru )
	Valdir Peres - Nelson , Paranhos , Arlindo , Gilberto Sorriso , Avanzi ( Chicão ), Zé Carlos ( Mauro Madureira ), Pedro Rocha , Terto , Mirandinha , Piau Trainer: José Poy	Carlos Gay - Eduardo Antonio Commisso , Francisco Sá , Miguel Ángel López , Ricardo Pavoni , Rubén Galván , Miguel Ángel Raimondo , Hugo Saggioratto , Agustín Balbuena , Ricardo Bochini , Daniel Bertoni Trainer: Roberto Ferreiro
	1: 1 Pedro Rocha (48th) 2: 1 Mirandinha (50th)	0: 1 Hugo Saggioratto (28th)

Return leg

CA Independiente		Sao Paulo FC
	October 16, 1974 in Avellaneda , Argentina ( Estadio Almirante Cordero ) Result: 2: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 55,000 Referee: Ramón Barreto ( Uruguay )
	Carlos Gay - Eduardo Antonio Commisso , Francisco Sá , Miguel Ángel López , Ricardo Pavoni , Rubén Galván , Miguel Ángel Raimondo , Hugo Saggioratto , Agustín Balbuena , Ricardo Bochini , Daniel Bertoni ( Alejandro Estanislao Semenewicz ) Trainer: Roberto Ferreiro	Valdir Peres - Nelson , Paranhos , Arlindo , Gilberto Sorriso , Chicão , Pedro Rocha , Mauro Madureira , Terto , Mirandinha , Piau Trainer: José Poy
	1-0 Ricardo Bochini (34th) 2-0 Agustín Balbuena (48th)

Playoff

CA Independiente		Sao Paulo FC
	October 19, 1974 in Santiago , Chile ( Estadio Nacional ) Result: 1: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 55,000 Referee: César Orozco ( Peru )
	Carlos Gay - Eduardo Antonio Commisso , Francisco Sá , Miguel Ángel López , Ricardo Pavoni , Rubén Galván , Miguel Ángel Raimondo , Alejandro Estanislao Semenewicz , Agustín Balbuena ( Osvaldo Miguel Carrica ), Ricardo Bochini , Daniel Bertoni ( Luis Alberto Giribet ) Trainer: Roberto Ferreiro	Valdir Peres - Pablo Forlán , Paranhos , Arlindo , Gilberto Sorriso ( Nelson ), Chicão , Zé Carlos ( Silva ), Pedro Rocha , Mauro Madureira , Mirandinha , Piau Trainer: José Poy
	1-0 Ricardo Pavoni (37th)

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