Copa Libertadores de América 1973


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First Round

Independiente (Avellaneda) bye to the second round as holders.

Group 1 [Argentina, Bolivia]
Feb 21: Oriente Petrolero - River Plate         1-3
  [Bravo; Morete, Mastrángelo, Alonso]
Feb 25: Jorge Wilstermann - San Lorenzo         1-0
  [Cabrera]
Feb 28: Oriente Petrolero - San Lorenzo         0-3
  [Cocco(2), Irigoyen]
Feb 28: Jorge Wilstermann - River Plate         1-0
  [Cabrera]
Mar 11: Oriente Petrolero - Jorge Wilstermann   3-1
  [Taritolay(2), Dedé; Vargas]
Mar 13: San Lorenzo - River Plate               1-0
  [Ayala]
Mar 19: River Plate - Jorge Wilstermann         2-2
  [Morete, Ponce o/g; Milton, Gangas]
Mar 20: San Lorenzo - Oriente Petrolero         4-0
  [Ayala(2), P.González, Heredia]
Mar 22: San Lorenzo - Jorge Wilstermann         3-0
  [Ayala(2), Veglio]
Mar 23: River Plate - Oriente Petrolero         7-1
  [Pedrozo o/g, J.Martínez, Mas, Alonso, Dimeola, C.López(2); Ribeiro]
Mar 27: River Plate - San Lorenzo               0-4
  [Figueroa(3), Heredia]
Mar 27: Jorge Wilstermann - Oriente Petrolero   1-0
  [Sánchez]

 1.San Lorenzo (Buenos Aires)      6  5  0  1 15- 1 10
 2.Jorge Wilstermann (Cochabamba)  6  3  1  2  6- 8  7
 3.River Plate (Buenos Aires)      6  2  1  3 12-10  5
 4.Oriente Petrolero (Santa Cruz)  6  1  0  5  5-19  2

Group 2 [Brazil, Uruguay]
Feb 17: Palmeiras - Botafogo                    3-2
  [Leivinha(2), Nei; Dirceu, Marinho]
Feb 17: Nacional - Peñarol                      2-0
  [Cubilla, Mamelli]
Feb 24: Botafogo - Nacional                     3-2
  [Marinho(2), Jairzinho; Maneiro, Cubilla]
Feb 25: Palmeiras - Peñarol                     2-0
  [Laivinha, Dudú]
Feb 28: Palmeiras - Nacional                    1-1
  [Ademir da Guía; Mamelli]
Mar  1: Botafogo - Peñarol                      4-1  
  [Roberto, Jairzinho, Fischer, Ferreti; Corbo]
Mar 10: Peñarol - Nacional                      1-1 
  [M.González; Mantegazza]
Mar 12: Botafogo - Palmeiras                    2-0  
  [Roberto(2)]
Mar 14: Peñarol - Botafogo                      2-2
  [Morena(2); Marinho, Fischer]
Mar 17: Nacional - Botafogo                     1-2
  [Calcaterra; Roberto, Jairzinho]
Mar 21: Peñarol - Palmeiras                     0-2
  [Fedato, Nei]
Mar 24: Nacional - Palmeiras                    1-2
  [Mantegazza; Nei, Ademir da Guía]

 1.Botafogo (Rio de Janeiro)       6  4  1  1 15- 9  9
   Palmeiras (São Paulo)           6  4  1  1 10- 6  9
 3.Nacional (Montevideo)           6  1  2  3  8- 9  4
 4.Peñarol (Montevideo)            6  0  2  4  4-13  2

First Place Playoff (Rio de Janeiro)
Mar 29: Botafogo - Palmeiras                    2-1
  [L.Pereira o/g, Jairzinho; Ademir da Guía]

Group 3 [Chile, Ecuador]
Feb 25: Emelec - El Nacional                    2-0
  [Robila(2)]
Mar  1: Colo Colo - Unión Española              5-0
  [Caszelly(2), Valdez(2), Lara]
Mar 11: Emelec - Unión Española                 1-0
  [Guime]
Mar 11: El Nacional - Colo Colo                 1-1
  [Estupiñán; Caszelly]
Mar 14: Emelec - Colo Colo                      1-0
  [Lasso]
Mar 14: El Nacional - Unión Española            1-0
  [Estupiñán]
Mar 18: El Nacional - Emelec                    1-0
  [Estupiñán]
Mar 18: Unión Española - Colo Colo              0-0
Mar 22: Unión Española - El Nacional            2-1
  [Viveros, Las Heras; Estupiñán]
Mar 24: Unión Española - Emelec                 1-1
  [Farías; Bayona]
Mar 25: Colo Colo - El Nacional                 5-1
  [Ahumada, Valdez(2), Caszelly(2); Morales]
Mar 28: Colo Colo - Emelec                      5-1
  [Valdez, Messen, Ahumada, Caszelly(2); Lamberck]

 1.Colo Colo (Santiago)            6  3  2  1 16- 4  8
 2.Emelec (Guayaquil)              6  3  1  2  6- 7  7
 3.El Nacional (Quito)             6  2  1  3  5-10  5
 4.Unión Española (Santiago)       6  1  2  3  3- 9  4

Group 4 [Colombia, Venezuela]
Mar 15: Millonarios - Deportivo Cali            6-2
  [Gamboa(2), W.Ortiz(2), Paniagua(2); Gallego, Da Graca]
Mar 21: Deportivo Cali - Millonarios            0-0
The Venezuelan representatives withdrew

 1.Millonarios (Bogotá)            2  1  1  0  6- 2  3
 2.Deportivo Cali                  2  0  1  1  2- 6  1

Group 5 [Paraguay, Peru]
Feb  2: Sporting Cristal - Universitario        2-2
  [Del Castillo, Jaime; Bailetti, Calatayud]
Feb  4: Cerro Porteño - Olimpia                 4-2
  [Maciel(3), Arrúa; Vidal Maciel, Verza]
Feb 14: Universitario - Olimpia                 2-1
  [Castañeda, Bustos; Diarte]
Feb 17: Sporting Cristal - Olimpia              1-0
  [De Souza]
Feb 19: Universitario - Cerro Porteño           0-2
  [Cino, Maciel]
Feb 22: Sporting Cristal - Cerro Porteño        1-1
  [Del Castillo; Arrúa]
Mar  2: Olimpia - Cerro Porteño                 2-1
  [Giménez, Verza; Arrúa]
Mar  2: Universitario - Sporting Cristal        0-1
  [De Souza]
Mar  9: Olimpia - Universitario                 3-1
  [Diarte, Verza, Sosa; Bailetti]
Mar 13: Cerro Porteño - Universitario           1-0
  [Bareiro]
Mar 16: Olimpia - Sporting Cristal              1-0
  [Sosa]
Mar 20: Cerro Porteño - Sporting Cristal        5-0
  [Arrúa(4), Cino]

 1.Cerro Porteño (Asunción)        6  4  1  1 14- 5  9
 2.Olimpia (Asunción)              6  3  0  3  9- 9  6
 3.Sporting Cristal (Lima)         6  2  2  2  5- 9  6
 4.Universitario (Lima)            6  1  1  4  5-10  3

Semi-Finals

Group 1
Apr  6: Millonarios - Independiente             1-0
  [Soto]
Apr 11: Millonarios - San Lorenzo               0-0
Apr 24: San Lorenzo - Millonarios               2-0
  [Piris, Cocco]
Apr 26: Independiente - Millonarios             2-0
  [Pavoni, Balbuena]
May  5: San Lorenzo - Independiente             2-2
  [Ayala, Cocco; Balbuena, Giachello]
May  9: Independiente - San Lorenzo             1-0
  [Giachello]

 1.Independiente (Avellaneda)      4  2  1  1  5- 3  5
 2.San Lorenzo (Buenos Aires)      4  1  2  1  4- 3  4
 3.Millonarios (Bogotá)            4  1  1  2  1- 4  3

Group 2
Apr  6: Botafogo - Colo Colo                    1-2
  [Ferreti; Caszelly, Valdez]
Apr 11: Cerro Porteño - Colo Colo               5-1
  [Cino(2), Escobar, Mendoza, Herrera o/g; Osorio]
Apr 26: Cerro Porteño - Botafogo                3-2
  [Osorio, Ortiz Aquino, Escobar; Dirceu, Zequinha]
May  4: Colo Colo - Cerro Porteño               4-0
  [Valdez(2), Veliz, Ahumada]
May  8: Colo Colo - Botafogo                    3-3
  [Ahumada, R.González, Veliz; Dirceu(2), Fischer]
May 15: Botafogo - Cerro Porteño                2-0
  [Dirceu, Fischer]

 1.Colo Colo (Santiago)            4  2  1  1 10- 9  5
 2.Cerro Porteño (Asunción)        4  2  0  2  8- 9  4
 3.Botafogo (Rio de Janeiro)       4  1  1  2  8- 8  3

Final (May 22 & 29)
Independiente            Arg  Colo Colo                Chi   1-1  0-0

Playoff (Jun 6) (in Montevideo)
Independiente            Arg  Colo Colo                Chi   2-1  aet

1st leg. Cordero, Avellaneda, 22- 5-1973

Independiente - Colo Colo 1-1
71' Sá (own goal) 0-1
75' Mendoza       1-1

Independiente: Santoro, Commisso, Sá, López, Pavoni, Semenewicz, Raimondo,
               Martínez, Balbuena (Bertoni), Giachello (Maglioni), Mendoza.
Colo Colo: Nef, Galindo, Herrera, González, Silva, Páez, Valdés, Osorio 
           (Caszely), Messen, Ahumada, Véliz (Lara).

Referee: Lorenzo (Uruguay)
Attendance: 40,000

2nd leg. Estadio Nacional, Santiago, 29- 5-1973

Colo Colo - Independiente 0-0

Colo Colo: Nef, Galindo, Herrera, González, Silva, Páez, Valdés, Osorio,
           Caszely, Messen, Véliz.
Independiente: Santoro, Commisso, Sá, López, Pavoni, Semenewicz, Raimondo,
               Martínez, Balbuena (Bertoni), Giachello (Maglioni), Mendoza.

Referee: Arpi Filho (Brazil)
Attendance: 80,000

Play-off. Centenario, Montevideo,  6- 6-1973

Independiente - Colo Colo 2-1  aet
25' Mendoza       1-0
39' Caszely       1-1
107' Giachello    2-1

Independiente: Santoro, Commisso, Sá, López, Pavoni, Semenewicz, Raimondo,
               Galván, Bertoni, Maglioni (Bochini), Mendoza (Giachello).
Colo Colo: Nef, Galindo, Herrera, González, Silva (Castañeda), Valdés, Páez,
           Messen, Caszely, Ahumada, Véliz (Lara).

Referee: Romei (Paraguay)
Attendance: 50,000



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Source: [CSF 00]

With thanks to Frank Ballesteros, Paco Fernández and Alan Cushway

Prepared and maintained by Pablo Ciullini and Martin Harris for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Pablo Ciullini and Martin Harris
Last updated: 28 Feb 2013

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