Copa Libertadores 1976

The Copa Libertadores 1976 was the 17th 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 25th and ended on July 30th, 1976 with the final playoff. Brazilian representative Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte won the final against CA River Plate and won the Copa Libertadores for the first time.

1st group stage

Group 1

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
CA River Plate	6th	5	0	1	10: 03	10
Estudiantes de La Plata	6th	4th	1	1	11: 03	09
Portuguesa FC	6th	2	1	3	08:11	05
Deportivo Galicia	6th	0	0	6th	03:15	00

			First leg	Return leg
Deportivo Galicia	-	Portuguesa FC	1: 2	1: 3
CA River Plate	-	Estudiantes de La Plata	1-0	0: 1
Portuguesa FC	-	Estudiantes de La Plata	2: 2	0: 3
Deportivo Galicia	-	CA River Plate	0: 1	1: 4
Portuguesa FC	-	CA River Plate	0: 2	1: 2
Deportivo Galicia	-	Estudiantes de La Plata	0: 1	0: 4

Group 2

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
LDU Quito *	6th	3	2	1	10: 05	8th
Deportivo Cuenca *	6th	3	2	1	09: 06	8th
Club Bolívar	6th	3	0	3	16:11	6th
Club Deportivo Guabirá	6th	1	0	5	02:15	2

			First leg	Return leg
Club Deportivo Guabirá	-	Club Bolívar	1-0	1: 7
Liga de Quito	-	Deportivo Cuenca	1: 1	0-0
Deportivo Cuenca	-	Club Bolívar	3: 1	1: 4
Liga de Quito	-	Club Deportivo Guabirá	4-0	1-0
Deportivo Cuenca	-	Club Deportivo Guabirá	1-0	2-0
Liga de Quito	-	Club Bolívar	1-0	2: 3

* The playoff for first place was necessary; LDU Quito won 2-1 and qualified for the next round.

Group 3

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	6th	5	1	0	20: 09	11
SC Internacional	6th	3	1	2	10: 08	07th
Club Olimpia	6th	1	2	3	07:11	04th
Sportivo Luqueño	6th	1	0	5	05:14	02

			First leg	Return leg
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	-	SC Internacional	5: 4	2-0
Club Olimpia	-	Sportivo Luqueño	2: 3	1-0
SC Internacional	-	Club Olimpia	1-0	1: 1
Sportivo Luqueño	-	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	1: 3	1: 4
Club Olimpia	-	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	2: 2	1: 4
SC Internacional	-	Sportivo Luqueño	3-0	1-0

Group 4

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Alianza Lima	6th	3	2	1	08: 04	8th
Los Millonarios CD	6th	2	2	2	08: 05	6th
CD Alfonso Ugarte	6th	1	4th	1	05: 08	6th
Independiente Santa Fe	6th	1	2	3	07:11	4th

			First leg	Return leg
Alianza Lima	-	CD Alfonso Ugarte	0-0	0-0
Los Millonarios CD	-	Independiente Santa Fe	1: 1	0: 1
Independiente Santa Fe	-	CD Alfonso Ugarte	2: 2	1: 2
Los Millonarios CD	-	Alianza Lima	1-0	1: 2
Los Millonarios CD	-	CD Alfonso Ugarte	4-0	1: 1
Independiente Santa Fe	-	Alianza Lima	2: 3	0: 3

Group 5

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Club Atlético Peñarol	6th	3	2	1	7: 4	8th
Unión Española	6th	3	2	1	5: 3	8th
CD Palestino	6th	2	1	3	5: 6	5
Nacional Montevideo	6th	0	3	3	5: 9	3

			First leg	Return leg
Club Atlético Peñarol	-	Nacional Montevideo	1: 1	2: 1
Unión Española	-	Club Atlético Palestino	1-0	1-0
Unión Española	-	Club Atlético Peñarol	0-0	0: 2
CD Palestino	-	Nacional Montevideo	2: 1	1: 1
CD Palestino	-	CA Peñarol	1-0	1: 2
Unión Española	-	Nacional Montevideo	2-0	1: 1

2nd group stage

Group 1

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	4th	4th	0	0	18: 03	8th
LDU Quito	4th	1	0	3	04:10	2
Alianza Lima	4th	1	0	3	04:13	2

			First leg	Return leg
Liga de Quito	-	Alianza Lima	2: 1	0: 2
Liga de Quito	-	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	1: 3	1: 4
Alianza Lima	-	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	0: 4	1: 7

Group 2

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
CA River Plate *	4th	2	1	1	4: 1	5
CA Independiente *	4th	2	1	1	2: 1	5
Club Atlético Peñarol	4th	1	0	3	1: 5	2

			First leg	Return leg
CA River Plate	-	CA Independiente	0-0	1-0
CA Independiente	-	Club Atlético Peñarol	1-0	1-0
Club Atlético Peñarol	-	CA River Plate	1-0	0: 2

* The playoff for first place was necessary; River Plate won 1-0 and qualified for the final.

final

First leg

Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte		CA River Plate
	July 21, 1976 in Belo Horizonte , Brazil ( Mineirão ) Result: 4: 1 (3: 0) Spectators: 58,720 Referee: Vicente Llobregat ( Venezuela )
	Raul Plassmann - Nelinho , Morais , Darci Menezes , Vanderley Lázaro , Eduardo Amorim ( Ronaldo Drummond ), Wilson da Silva Piazza (Valdo), Zé Carlos , Jairzinho , Palinha , Joãozinho Trainer: Zezé Moreira	Ubaldo Fillol ( Luis Alberto Landaburu ) - Pablo Comelles , Roberto Perfumo , Daniel Luján Lonardi , Héctor Osvaldo López , Juan José López , Reinaldo Carlos Merlo , Alejandro Sabella , Pedro Alexis González , Leopoldo Luque , Óscar Mas Trainer: Ángel Labruna
	1: 0 Nelinho (22nd) 2: 0 Palinha (29th) 3: 0 Palinha (40th) 4: 1 Valdo (80th)	3: 1 Óscar Mas (63.)

Return leg

CA River Plate		Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte
	July 28, 1976 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ( Estadio Monumental ) Result: 2: 1 (1: 0) Spectators: 90,000 Referee: Ramón Barreto ( Uruguay )
	Luis Alberto Landaburu - Pablo Comelles , Roberto Perfumo , Daniel Passarella , Héctor Osvaldo López ( Héctor Oscar Artico ), Juan José López , Reinaldo Carlos Merlo , Norberto Alonso , Pedro Alexis González , Leopoldo Luque , Óscar Mas ( Alejandro Sabella ) Trainer: Ángel Labruna	Raul Plassmann - Nelinho , Morais , Darci Menezes , Vanderley Lázaro , Eduardo Amorim ( Ronaldo Drummond ), Wilson da Silva Piazza , Zé Carlos , Jairzinho , Palinha , Joãozinho Trainer: Zezé Moreira
	1-0 Juan José López (10th) 2-1 Pedro Alexis González (76th)	1: 1 Palinha (48th)

Playoff

Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte		CA River Plate
	July 30, 1976 in Santiago , Chile ( Estadio Nacional ) Result: 3: 2 (1: 0) Spectators: 40,000 Referee: Alberto Martínez ( Chile )
	Raul Plassmann - Nelinho , Morais , Darci Menezes , Vanderley Lázaro , Ronaldo Drummond , Wilson da Silva Piazza ( Osiris ), Zé Carlos , Eduardo Amorim , Palinha , Joãozinho Trainer: Zezé Moreira	Luis Alberto Landaburu - Pablo Comelles , Daniel Luján Lonardi , Héctor Oscar Artico , Urquiza, Alejandro Sabella , Reinaldo Carlos Merlo , Norberto Alonso , Pedro Alexis González , Leopoldo Luque , Óscar Mas ( Daniel Mario Crespo ) Trainer: Ángel Labruna
	1-0 Nelinho (24th) 2-0 Ronaldo Drumond (55th) 3-2 Joãozinho (88th)	2: 1 Óscar Mas (59th) 2: 2 Urquiza (64th)

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