Copa Libertadores de América 1978


Overview Page| 1977| 1979

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First Round

Boca Juniors (Buenos Aires) bye to the second round as holders.

Group 1 [Argentina, Ecuador]
Jun 27: LDU Quito - Independiente               1-0
  [Palavecino]
Jun 27: El Nacional - River Plate               1-1
  [Nieves; J.J.López]
Jun 30: El Nacional - Independiente             1-2
  [Rhon; Galván, Trossero]
Jun 30: LDU Quito - River Plate                 0-0
Jul  5: El Nacional - LDU Quito                 2-0
  [Correa(2)]
Jul  5: Independiente - River Plate             0-0
Jul 11: River Plate - El Nacional               2-0
  [P.González, J.J.López]
Jul 14: Independiente - El Nacional             2-0
  [Arrieta, Bochini]
Jul 18: River Plate - LDU Quito                 4-0
  [Luque, J.J.López, Ortiz, Saporiti]
Jul 20: Independiente - LDU Quito               2-0
  [Arrieta, Bochini]
Jul 26: LDU Quito - El Nacional                 3-2
  [Carrera(2), Cruz; Granda(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
  [Luque(2), Passarella, P.González; Outes]

Group 2 [Bolivia, Peru]
Jul  2: The Strongest - Oriente Petrolero       2-0
  [Lattini, Mezza]
Jul  5: Sporting Cristal - Alianza              2-2
  [Mosquera, Carbonell; La Rosa(2)]
Jul 12: The Strongest - Sporting Cristal        3-1
  [Cañellas, Díaz o/g, Mezza; Oblitas]
Jul 12: Oriente Petrolero - Alianza             0-4
  [Sotil, Cubillas(2), La Rosa]
Jul 16: Oriente Petrolero - Sporting Cristal    0-1
  [Mosquera]
Jul 17: The Strongest - Alianza                 1-2
  [Potente; Cubillas, La Rosa]
Jul 21: Alianza - Sporting Cristal              4-1
  [Sotil, Cubillas, Cueto, La Rosa; Aparicio]
Jul 22: Oriente Petrolero - The Strongest       4-1 
  [Toninho(2), Bastida, Mezza; Potente]
Jul 25: Sporting Cristal - Oriente Petrolero    1-0
  [Ramírez]
Jul 28: Alianza - Oriente Petrolero             5-1
  [Cubillas(2), Sotil, Ravelo, La Rosa; Toninho]
Aug  1: Sporting Cristal - The Strongest        3-0
  [O.Ramírez(2), Oblitas]
Aug  4: Alianza - The Strongest                 2-0
  [Ravelo, Cueto]

 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
  [Serginho; Pereyra]
Mar 22: Unión Española - Atlético Mineiro       1-1
  [Novello; Marcelo]
Mar 22: Palestino - São Paulo                   0-1
  [Pereyra]
Mar 26: Unión Española - São Paulo FC           1-1
  [Peredo; Edú]
Mar 26: Palestino - Atlético Mineiro            4-5
  [Fabbiani(4); Marcelo, Serginho, Ziza, Laudemir, Fuentes o/g]
Apr  9: São Paulo FC - Atlético Mineiro         1-2
  [Mirandinha; Serginho, Paulo Isidoro]
Apr  9: Palestino - Unión Española              2-3
  [Herrera, Rojas; Farías(2), Peredo]
Apr 16: São Paulo FC - Palestino                1-2
  [Ze Sergio; Fabbiani, Pinto]
Apr 16: Atlético Mineiro - Unión Española       5-1
  [Ziza, Marcelo, Paulo Isidoro(2), Campos; Carvallo]
Apr 19: São Paulo FC - Unión Española           1-1
  [Nilton; Carvallo]
Apr 19: Atlético Mineiro - Palestino            2-0
  [Paulo Isidoro, Campos]

 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
  [Morena(2), Olivera, Paz; Moreira, Rivero]
May 14: Atlético Junior - Danubio               0-0
May 14: Deportivo Cali - Peñarol                1-0
  [N.Scotta]
May 17: Atlético Junior - Peñarol               1-0
  [Vázquez]
May 17: Deportivo Cali - Danubio                2-0
  [N.Scotta, Benítez]
Jul  7: Danubio - Peñarol                       1-2
  [Moreira; Unanue, Maneiro]
Jul  9: Deportivo Cali - Atlético Junior        0-0
Jul 18: Danubio - Atlético Junior               0-0
Jul 18: Peñarol - Deportivo Cali                0-2
  [Benítez, Torres]
Jul 23: Peñarol - Atlético Junior               1-0
  [Morena]
Jul 23: Danubio - Deportivo Cali                3-0
  [Correa, Godoy(2)]

 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
  [Ovelar]
Mar 12: Estudiantes - Portuguesa                0-0
Mar 26: Portuguesa - Libertad                   1-0
  [Nuñez]
Mar 26: Estudiantes - Cerro Porteño             2-3
  [Scaminacci, Chiazzaro; Battaglia, E.Jimpenez, H.González]
Mar 30: Estudiantes - Libertad                  1-1
  [Ortiz; Maldonado]
Mar 30: Portuguesa - Cerro Porteño              1-1
  [Peralta; H.González]
Apr  2: Portuguesa - Estudiantes                1-2
  [Peralta; Pelegrini(2)]
Apr  5: Libertad - Cerro Porteño                0-0
Apr 25: Cerro Porteño - Estudiantes             1-1
  [Aifuch; Chiazzaro]
Apr 28: Libertad - Estudiantes                  2-1
  [Scaminacci o/g, Espínola; Cossu]
May  9: Libertad - Portuguesa                   1-2
  [Espínola; Paez, Peralta]
May 13: Cerro Porteño - Portuguesa              1-0
  [Battaglia]

 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
  [Marcelo; Bordón(2)]
Sep 28: River Plate - Atlético Mineiro          1-0
  [J.J.López]
Oct  5: Boca Juniors - Atlético Mineiro         3-1
  [Toninho Cerezo o/g, Mastrángelo, Salinas; Marinho]
Oct  8: Atlético Mineiro - River Plate          1-0
  [Paulo Isidoro]
Oct 17: River Plate - Boca Juniors              0-2
  [Mastángelo, Salinas]

 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
  [Cueto, Sotil, Cubillas]
Sep 17: Deportivo Cali - Cerro Porteño          1-1
  [N.Scotta; Florentín]
Sep 21: Deportivo Cali - Alianza                3-2
  [N.Scotta, Torres, A.Benítez; La Rosa, Velásquez]
Oct  5: Cerro Porteño - Alianza                 3-1
  [E.Jiménez, Florentín, Battaglia; Sotil]
Oct 14: Alianza - Deportivo Cali                1-4
  [La Rosa; N.Scotta(2), Otero, A.Benítez]
Oct 18: Cerro Porteño - Deportivo Cali          0-4
  [N.Scotta(2), A.Benítez(2)]

 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



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With thanks to Frank Ballesteros and Alan Cushway

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Authors: John Beuker and Pablo Ciullini
Last updated: 28 Feb 2013

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