Copa Libertadores 1975

The Copa Libertadores 1975 was the 16th 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 16 and ended on June 29, 1975 with the final playoff. The Argentine representative CA Independiente won the final against Unión Española and was able to defend his title from the previous year and win the Copa Libertadores for the sixth time.

1st group stage

Group 1

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Rosario Central *	6th	2	4th	0	08: 05	8th
Newell's Old Boys *	6th	3	2	1	09: 08	8th
Club Olimpia	6th	2	3	1	07: 05	7th
Club Cerro Porteño	6th	0	1	5	05:11	1

			First leg	Return leg
Club Cerro Porteño	-	Club Olimpia	0-0	1: 2
Rosario Central	-	Newell's Old Boys	1: 1	1: 1
Club Olimpia	-	Newell's Old Boys	2-0	2: 3
Rosario Central	-	Club Cerro Porteño	2: 1	3: 1
Club Cerro Porteño	-	Newell's Old Boys	0: 1	2: 3
Rosario Central	-	Club Olimpia	1: 1	0-0

* The playoff for first place was necessary; Rosario won 1-0 and qualified for the next round.

Group 2

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Unión Española	6th	3	3	0	17: 05	9
CD Huachipato	6th	2	2	2	10:10	6th
Club The Strongest	6th	2	2	2	08:11	6th
Club Jorge Wilstermann	6th	0	3	3	04:13	4th

			First leg	Return leg
Club The Strongest	-	Club Jorge Wilstermann	3: 1	1: 1
CD Huachipato	-	Unión Española	0-0	2: 7
Club Jorge Wilstermann	-	CD Huachipato	0-0	0: 4
Club The Strongest	-	CD Huachipato	1-0	2: 4
Club Jorge Wilstermann	-	Unión Española	1: 1	1: 4
Club The Strongest	-	Unión Española	1: 1	0: 4

Group 3

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	6th	3	1	2	10: 09	7th
Deportivo Cali	6th	2	2	2	05: 05	6th
Atlético Nacional	6th	2	2	2	07: 08	6th
CR Vasco da Gama	6th	1	3	2	07: 07	5

			First leg	Return leg
Deportivo Cali	-	Atlético Nacional	0-0	1: 2
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	-	CR Vasco da Gama	3: 2	1: 1
Atlético Nacional	-	CR Vasco da Gama	1: 1	0: 2
Deportivo Cali	-	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	1-0	1: 2
Atlético Nacional	-	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	1: 2	3: 2
Deportivo Cali	-	CR Vasco da Gama	2: 1	0-0

Group 4

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
LDU Quito	6th	3	3	0	12: 07	9
Portuguesa FC	6th	1	4th	1	05: 08	6th
Deportivo Galicia	6th	1	3	2	07: 06	5
CD El Nacional	6th	1	2	3	08:11	4th

			First leg	Return leg
Liga de Quito	-	CD El Nacional	3: 1	2: 2
Deportivo Galicia	-	Portuguesa FC	0-0	1: 1
Liga de Quito	-	Deportivo Galicia	4: 2	1-0
CD El Nacional	-	Deportivo Galicia	0-0	0: 4
CD El Nacional	-	Portuguesa FC	5: 1	0: 1
Liga de Quito	-	Portuguesa FC	1: 1	1: 1

Group 5

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Universitario de Deportes	6th	4th	2	0	12: 06	10
Club Atlético Peñarol	6th	4th	0	2	13: 07	08th
Montevideo Wanderers FC	6th	1	1	4th	08:10	03
Unión Huaral	6th	0	3	3	07:17	03

			First leg	Return leg
Club Atlético Peñarol	-	Montevideo Wanderers FC	1-0	2: 1
Unión Huaral	-	Universitario de Deportes	1: 1	2: 2
Club Atlético Peñarol	-	Unión Huaral	5: 2	3-0
Montevideo Wanderers FC	-	Unión Huaral	4-0	2: 2
Montevideo Wanderers FC	-	Universitario de Deportes	0: 2	1: 3
Club Atlético Peñarol	-	Universitario de Deportes	0: 1	2: 3

2nd group stage

Group 1

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Unión Española	4th	2	1	1	7: 6	5
Universitario de Deportes	4th	1	2	1	4: 4	4th
LDU Quito	4th	1	1	2	5: 6	3

			First leg	Return leg
Liga de Quito	-	Universitario de Deportes	0-0	1: 2
Liga de Quito	-	Unión Española	4: 2	0: 2
Unión Española	-	Universitario de Deportes	2: 1	1: 1

Group 2

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
CA Independiente	4th	2	0	2	5: 4	4th
Rosario Central	4th	2	0	2	5: 5	4th
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	4th	2	0	2	5: 6	4th

final

First leg

Unión Española		CA Independiente
	June 18, 1975 in Santiago , Chile ( Estadio Nacional ) Result: 1: 0 (0: 0) Spectators: 43,200 Referee: José Luis Martínez Bazán ( Uruguay )
	Leopoldo Vallejos - Juan Machuca , Hugo Berly , Mario Soto , Antonio Arias , Rubén Palacios , Francisco José Las Heras ( Eddio Inostroza ), Alejandro Trujillo , Jorge Américo Spedaletti , Sergio Ahumada , Reinaldo Hoffman ( Luis Miranda ) Trainer: Luis Santibáñez	José Alberto Pérez - Eduardo Antonio Commisso , Francisco Sá , Alejandro Estanislao Semenewicz , Ricardo Pavoni , Rubén Galván , Ricardo Bochini , Percy Rojas , Agustín Balbuena , Ricardo César Ruiz Moreno , Daniel Bertoni ( Luis Alberto Giribet ) Trainer: Pedro Dellacha
	1-0 Sergio Ahumada (87th)

Return leg

CA Independiente		Unión Española
	June 25, 1975 in Avellaneda , Argentina ( Estadio Almirante Cordero ) Result: 3: 1 (1: 0) Spectators: 50,000 Referee: Ramón Barreto ( Uruguay )
	José Alberto Pérez - Eduardo Antonio Commisso , Francisco Sá , Alejandro Estanislao Semenewicz , Ricardo Pavoni , Rubén Galván , Ricardo Bochini , Agustín Balbuena , Ricardo César Ruiz Moreno , Percy Rojas , Daniel Bertoni Trainer: Pedro Dellacha	Leopoldo Vallejos - Juan Machuca , Hugo Berly , Mario Soto , Antonio Arias , Rubén Palacios , Francisco José Las Heras ( Mario Óscar Maldonado ), Eddio Inostroza , Jorge Américo Spedaletti , Sergio Ahumada , Leonardo Véliz ( Alejandro Trujillo ) Trainer: Luis Santibáñez
	1: 0 Percy Rojas (1st) 2: 1 Ricardo Pavoni (58th) 3: 1 Daniel Bertoni (53rd)	1: 1 Francisco José Las Heras (56th)

Playoff

CA Independiente		Unión Española
	June 29, 1975 in Asunción , Paraguay ( Estadio Defensores del Chaco ) Result: 2: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 55,000 Referee: Edison Pérez Núñez ( Peru )
	José Alberto Pérez - Eduardo Antonio Commisso , Francisco Sá , Miguel Ángel López , Ricardo Pavoni , Alejandro Estanislao Semenewicz , Rubén Galván , Ricardo Bochini , Agustín Balbuena , Ricardo César Ruiz Moreno , Daniel Bertoni ( Hugo Saggioratto ) Trainer: Pedro Dellacha	Leopoldo Vallejos - Juan Machuca , Mario Óscar Maldonado , Manuel Gaete , Antonio Arias , Rubén Palacios , Eddio Inostroza ( Francisco José Las Heras ), Leonardo Véliz , Jorge Américo Spedaletti , Alejandro Trujillo , Sergio Ahumada Trainer: Luis Santibáñez
	1-0 Ricardo César Ruiz Moreno (29th) 2-0 Daniel Bertoni (65th)

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