First Round
Boca Juniors (Buenos Aires) bye to the second round as holders.
Group 1 [Argentina, Ecuador]
Jun 27: LDU Quito - Independiente 1-0
Jun 27: El Nacional - River Plate 1-1
Jun 30: El Nacional - Independiente 1-2
Jun 30: LDU Quito - River Plate 0-0
Jul 5: El Nacional - LDU Quito 2-0
Jul 5: Independiente - River Plate 0-0
Jul 11: River Plate - El Nacional 2-0
Jul 14: Independiente - El Nacional 2-0
Jul 18: River Plate - LDU Quito 4-0
Jul 20: Independiente - LDU Quito 2-0
Jul 26: LDU Quito - El Nacional 3-2
Jul 26: River Plate - Independiente 0-0
1.River Plate (Buenos Aires) 6 2 4 0 7- 1 8
Independiente (Avellaneda) 6 3 2 1 6- 2 8
3.LDU (Quito) 6 2 1 3 4-10 5
4.El Nacional (Quito) 6 1 1 4 6-10 3
First Place Playoff (Buenos Aires)
Aug 2: River Plate - Independiente 4-1
Group 2 [Bolivia, Peru]
Jul 2: The Strongest - Oriente Petrolero 2-0
Jul 5: Sporting Cristal - Alianza 2-2
Jul 12: The Strongest - Sporting Cristal 3-1
Jul 12: Oriente Petrolero - Alianza 0-4
Jul 16: Oriente Petrolero - Sporting Cristal 0-1
Jul 17: The Strongest - Alianza 1-2
Jul 21: Alianza - Sporting Cristal 4-1
Jul 22: Oriente Petrolero - The Strongest 4-1
Jul 25: Sporting Cristal - Oriente Petrolero 1-0
Jul 28: Alianza - Oriente Petrolero 5-1
Aug 1: Sporting Cristal - The Strongest 3-0
Aug 4: Alianza - The Strongest 2-0
1.Alianza (Lima) 6 5 1 0 19- 5 11
2.Sporting Cristal (Lima) 6 3 1 2 9- 9 7
3.The Strongest (La Paz) 6 2 0 4 7-12 4
4.Oriente Petrolero (Santa Cruz) 6 1 0 5 5-14 2
Group 3 [Brazil, Chile]
Mar 14: Unión Española - Palestino 0-0
Mar 15: Atlético Mineiro - São Paulo FC 1-1
Mar 22: Unión Española - Atlético Mineiro 1-1
Mar 22: Palestino - São Paulo 0-1
Mar 26: Unión Española - São Paulo FC 1-1
Mar 26: Palestino - Atlético Mineiro 4-5
Apr 9: São Paulo FC - Atlético Mineiro 1-2
Apr 9: Palestino - Unión Española 2-3
Apr 16: São Paulo FC - Palestino 1-2
Apr 16: Atlético Mineiro - Unión Española 5-1
Apr 19: São Paulo FC - Unión Española 1-1
Apr 19: Atlético Mineiro - Palestino 2-0
1.Atlético Mineiro (Belo Horiz.) 6 4 2 0 16- 8 10
2.Unión Española (Santiago) 6 1 4 1 7-10 6
3.São Paulo FC 6 1 3 2 6- 7 5
4.Palestino (Santiago) 6 1 1 4 8-12 3
Group 4 [Colombia, Uruguay]
Apr 12: Atlético Junior - Deportivo Cali 0-0
Apr 19: Peñarol - Danubio 4-2
May 14: Atlético Junior - Danubio 0-0
May 14: Deportivo Cali - Peñarol 1-0
May 17: Atlético Junior - Peñarol 1-0
May 17: Deportivo Cali - Danubio 2-0
Jul 7: Danubio - Peñarol 1-2
Jul 9: Deportivo Cali - Atlético Junior 0-0
Jul 18: Danubio - Atlético Junior 0-0
Jul 18: Peñarol - Deportivo Cali 0-2
Jul 23: Peñarol - Atlético Junior 1-0
Jul 23: Danubio - Deportivo Cali 3-0
1.Deportivo Cali 6 3 2 1 5- 3 8
2.Peñarol (Montevideo) 6 3 0 3 7- 7 6
3.Atlético Junior (Barranquilla) 6 1 4 1 1- 1 6
4.Danubio (Montevideo) 6 1 2 3 6- 8 4
Group 5 [Paraguay, Venezuela]
Mar 5: Cerro Porteño - Libertad 1-0
Mar 12: Estudiantes - Portuguesa 0-0
Mar 26: Portuguesa - Libertad 1-0
Mar 26: Estudiantes - Cerro Porteño 2-3
Mar 30: Estudiantes - Libertad 1-1
Mar 30: Portuguesa - Cerro Porteño 1-1
Apr 2: Portuguesa - Estudiantes 1-2
Apr 5: Libertad - Cerro Porteño 0-0
Apr 25: Cerro Porteño - Estudiantes 1-1
Apr 28: Libertad - Estudiantes 2-1
May 9: Libertad - Portuguesa 1-2
May 13: Cerro Porteño - Portuguesa 1-0
1.Cerro Porteño (Asunción) 6 3 3 0 7- 4 9
2.Portuguesa (Acarigua) 6 2 2 2 5- 5 6
3.Estudiantes (Mérida) 6 1 3 2 7- 8 5
4.Libertad (Asunción) 6 1 2 3 4- 6 4
Semi-Finals
Group 1
Sep 19: Boca Juniors - River Plate 0-0
Sep 24: Atlético Mineiro - Boca Juniors 1-2
Sep 28: River Plate - Atlético Mineiro 1-0
Oct 5: Boca Juniors - Atlético Mineiro 3-1
Oct 8: Atlético Mineiro - River Plate 1-0
Oct 17: River Plate - Boca Juniors 0-2
1.Boca Juniors (Buenos Aires) 4 3 1 0 7- 2 7
2.River Plate (Buenos Aires) 4 1 1 2 1- 3 3
3.Atlético Mineiro (Belo Horiz.) 4 1 0 3 3- 6 2
Group 2
Sep 14: Alianza - Cerro Porteño 3-0
Sep 17: Deportivo Cali - Cerro Porteño 1-1
Sep 21: Deportivo Cali - Alianza 3-2
Oct 5: Cerro Porteño - Alianza 3-1
Oct 14: Alianza - Deportivo Cali 1-4
Oct 18: Cerro Porteño - Deportivo Cali 0-4
1.Deportivo Cali 4 3 1 0 12- 4 7
2.Cerro Porteño (Asunción) 4 1 1 2 4- 9 3
3.Alianza (Lima) 4 1 0 3 7-10 2
Final (Nov 23 & 28)
Deportivo Cali Col Boca Juniors Arg 0-0 0-4 0-4
1st leg. Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali, 23-11-1978
Deportivo Cali - Boca Juniors 0-0
Deportivo Cali: Zape, Ospina, F. Castro (Correa), Caicedo, M. Escobar, Arce Valverde,
Otero (Jaramillo), Landucci, Torres, Scotta, A.J. Benítez.
Boca Juniors: C. Rodríguez, Pernía, Sá, Mouzo, Bordón, J.J. Benítez, Suñé,
Zanabria, Mastrángelo, Salinas, Perotti.
Referee: Ortiz (Paraguay)
Attendance: 50,000
2nd leg. Estadio La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, 28-11-1978
Boca Juniors - Deportivo Cali 4-0
15' Perotti 1-0
60' Mastrangelo 2-0
71' Salinas 3-0
85' Perotti 4-0
Boca Juniors: Gatti, Pernía, Sá, Mouzo, Bordón, J.J. Benítez (Veglio), Suñé,
Zanabria, Mastrángelo, Salinas, Perotti.
Deportivo Cali: Zape, Ospina (F. Castro), M. Escobar, Caicedo, Correa, Arce Valverde,
Landucci, Otero (Umaña), Torres, Scotta, A.J. Benítez.
Referee: Pérez (Peru)
Attendance: 80,000
Source: [CSF 00]
With thanks to Frank Ballesteros and Alan Cushway (floyd@merlin.net.au)
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Author: John Beuker
Last updated: 29 Jul 2000
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