Copa Libertadores 1987

The Copa Libertadores 1987 was the 28th 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 runners-up took part. The field of participants was completed by defending champion CA River Plate . The tournament began on March 6th and ended on October 31st, 1987 with the final playoff. Uruguayan representative Club Atlético Peñarol won the final against América de Cali and won the Copa Libertadores for the fifth time .

1st group stage

Group 1

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
CA Independiente	6th	4th	1	1	13: 04	9
Rosario Central	6th	3	2	1	12: 07	8th
Deportivo Táchira FC	6th	3	1	2	11:12	7th
Estudiantes de Mérida	6th	0	0	6th	04:17	0

			First leg	Return leg
Estudiantes de Mérida	-	Rosario Central	0: 3	2: 5
Deportivo Táchira	-	Independiente	3: 2	0: 5
Deportivo Táchira	-	Rosario Central	0-0	2: 3
Estudiantes de Mérida	-	Independiente	0: 1	0: 2
Deportivo Táchira	-	Estudiantes de Mérida	3: 2	3-0
Rosario Central	-	Independiente	0-0	2: 3

Group 2

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
America de Cali *	6th	3	2	1	13: 05	8th
Deportivo Cali *	6th	4th	0	2	13: 05	8th
Club The Strongest	6th	2	1	3	07:16	5
Oriente Petrolero	6th	1	1	4th	07:14	3

			First leg	Return leg
America de Cali	-	Deportivo Cali	1-0	1: 2
Club The Strongest	-	Oriente Petrolero	3: 2	1: 2
Club The Strongest	-	Deportivo Cali	2: 1	0: 4
Oriente Petrolero	-	Deportivo Cali	0: 1	1: 5
Club The Strongest	-	America de Cali	1: 1	0: 6
Oriente Petrolero	-	America de Cali	1: 1	1: 3

* The playoff for first place was necessary; América de Cali won 4-2 on penalties after being 0-0 and qualified for the next round.

Group 3

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
CD Cobreloa	6th	3	2	1	08: 04	8th
CSD Colo-Colo	6th	2	3	1	06: 04	7th
Guarani FC	6th	1	3	2	06: 08	5
Sao Paulo FC	6th	1	2	3	09:13	4th

			First leg	Return leg
CD Cobreloa	-	CSD Colo-Colo	1-0	0-0
Guarani FC	-	Sao Paulo FC	3: 1	2: 2
Guarani FC	-	CD Cobreloa	0-0	1: 3
Sao Paulo FC	-	CD Cobreloa	2: 1	1: 3
Guarani FC	-	CSD Colo-Colo	0-0	0: 2
Sao Paulo FC	-	CSD Colo-Colo	1: 2	2: 2

Group 4

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Barcelona Sporting Club	6th	4th	0	2	08: 07	8th
Club Olimpia	6th	3	1	2	09:10	7th
CD El Nacional	6th	3	0	3	12: 07	6th
Club Sol de America	6th	1	1	4th	07:12	3

			First leg	Return leg
Club Olimpia	-	Club Sol de America	2: 1	2: 2
CD El Nacional	-	Barcelona Sporting Club	2-0	1: 2
Club Olimpia	-	CD El Nacional	2-0	0: 4
Club Sol de America	-	CD El Nacional	2: 1	1: 4
Club Sol de America	-	Barcelona Sporting Club	1: 2	0: 1
Club Olimpia	-	Barcelona Sporting Club	1-0	2: 3

Group 5

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Club Atlético Peñarol	6th	4th	2	0	10: 04	10
Alianza Lima	6th	2	2	2	04: 04	06th
Club Atlético Progreso	6th	1	3	2	07: 07	05
CD San ​​Agustin	6th	1	1	4th	05:11	03

			First leg	Return leg
Club Atlético Peñarol	-	Club Atlético Progreso	3: 2	1: 1
San Agustin	-	Alianza Lima	0: 2	1: 2
San Agustin	-	Club Atlético Progreso	3: 1	0: 3
Alianza Lima	-	Club Atlético Progreso	0-0	0-0
Alianza Lima	-	Club Atlético Peñarol	0: 1	0: 2
San Agustin	-	Club Atlético Peñarol	1: 1	0: 2

2nd group stage

Group 1

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
America de Cali	4th	2	2	0	09: 03	6th
CD Cobreloa	4th	2	2	0	08: 03	6th
Barcelona Sporting Club	4th	0	0	4th	00:11	0

			First leg	Return leg
CD Cobreloa	-	Barcelona Sporting Club	3-0	2-0
CD Cobreloa	-	America de Cali	2: 2	1: 1
Barcelona Sporting Club	-	America de Cali	0: 2	0: 4

Group 2

club	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
Club Atlético Peñarol	4th	2	1	1	7: 3	5
CA River Plate	4th	1	2	1	2: 2	4th
CA Independiente	4th	1	1	2	4: 8	3

			First leg	Return leg
CA River Plate	-	CA Independiente	0-0	1: 2
Club Atlético Peñarol	-	CA Independiente	3-0	4: 2
Club Atlético Peñarol	-	CA River Plate	0-0	0: 1

final

First leg

America de Cali		Club Atlético Peñarol
	October 21, 1987 in Cali , Colombia ( Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero ) Result: 2: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 65,000 Referee: José Roberto Wright ( Brazil )
	Julio Falcioni - Hugo Valencia , Víctor Espinosa , Alvaro Aponte , Jorge Porras , Víctor Luna , Sergio Santín , Roberto Cabañas , Hernán Herrera ( Alexander Escobar ), Ricardo Gareca ( Orlando Maturana ), Juan Battaglia Trainer: Gabriel Ochoa Uribe	Eduardo Pereira - José Herrera , Marcelo Rotti , Obdulio Trasante , Alfonso Domínguez ( Jorge Villar ), José Perdomo , Gustavo Matosas ( Eduardo Da Silva ), Daniel Vidal , Ricardo Viera , Jorge Cabrera , Diego Aguirre Trainer: Óscar Tabárez
	1-0 Juan Battaglia (8th) 2-0 Roberto Cabañas (20th)

Return leg

Club Atlético Peñarol		America de Cali
	October 28, 1987 in Montevideo , Uruguay ( Estadio Centenario ) Result: 2: 1 (0: 1) Spectators: 60,000 Referee: Ricardo Calábria ( Argentina )
	Eduardo Pereira - José Herrera , Marcelo Rotti ( Jorge Goncálvez ), Obdulio Trasante , Alfonso Domínguez , José Perdomo , Eduardo Da Silva , Daniel Vidal , Ricardo Viera , Jorge Cabrera ( Jorge Villar ), Diego Aguirre Trainer: Óscar Tabárez	Julio Falcioni - Hugo Valencia , Víctor Espinosa , Alvaro Aponte , Jorge Porras , Víctor Luna , Sergio Santín , Roberto Cabañas , Willington Ortiz ( Hernán Herrera ), Ricardo Gareca , Juan Battaglia Trainer: Gabriel Ochoa Uribe
	1: 1 Diego Aguirre (68.) 2: 1 Jorge Villar (87.)	0: 1 Roberto Cabañas (19th)

Playoff

Club Atlético Peñarol		America de Cali
	October 31, 1987 in Santiago , Chile ( Estadio Nacional ) Result: 1: 0 n.V. Spectators: 25,000 Referee: Hernán Silva ( Chile )
	Eduardo Pereira - José Herrera , Marcelo Rotti , Obdulio Trasante , Alfonso Domínguez , José Perdomo ( Jorge Goncálvez ), Eduardo Da Silva , Daniel Vidal ( Jorge Villar ), Ricardo Viera , Jorge Cabrera , Diego Aguirre Trainer: Óscar Tabárez	Julio Falcioni - Hugo Valencia , Víctor Espinosa , Alvaro Aponte , Jairo Ampudia , Víctor Luna , Sergio Santín , Roberto Cabañas , Willington Ortiz , Ricardo Gareca ( Enrique Esterilla ), Juan Battaglia Trainer: Gabriel Ochoa Uribe
	1-0 Diego Aguirre (120th)

Web links

• Play on RSSSF.com
• Match report of the play-off on youtube.com, accessed October 30, 2016 (video)