1979 Copa Libertadores

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1979 Copa Libertadores de América
Tournament details
DatesFebruary 24 – July 27
Teams21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Paraguay.svg Olimpia (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors
Tournament statistics
Matches played75
Goals scored212 (2.83 per match)
1978
1980

The 1979 Copa Libertadores represented the 20th edition of the tournament, which saw Olimpia of Paraguay win the title for the first time, the first time a team from a country outside Uruguay, Argentina or Brazil won the tournament. This allowed the Paraguayan side to play the Intercontinental Cup against Malmö FF of Sweden, in which the South American side won.

Contents

Qualified teams

CountryTeamQualify method
CONMEBOL
(1 berth)
Boca Juniors 1978 Copa Libertadores champion
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
2 berths
Independiente 1978 Campeonato Nacional champions
Quilmes 1978 Campeonato Metropolitano champions
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia
2 berths
Bolívar 1978 Primera División champion
Jorge Wilstermann 1978 Primera División runner-up
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
2 berths
Guarani 1978 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
Palmeiras 1978 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2nd place
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
2 berths
Palestino 1978 Primera División champion
O'Higgins 1978 Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores winner
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
2 berths
Millonarios 1978 Campeonato Profesional champion
Deportivo Cali 1978 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
2 berths
El Nacional 1978 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A champion
Técnico Universitario 1978 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A runner-up
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
2 berths
Olimpia 1978 Primera División runner-up
Sol de América 1978 Primera División third place
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
2 berths
Alianza Lima 1978 Torneo Descentralizado champion
Universitario 1978 Torneo Descentralizado runner-up
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
2 berths
Peñarol 1978 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Nacional 1978 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
2 berths
Portuguesa 1978 Primera División champion
Deportivo Galicia 1978 Primera División runner-up

Draw

The champions and runners-up of each football association were drawn into the same group along with another football association's participating teams. Three clubs from Argentina competed as Boca Juniors was champion of the 1978 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Semifinals.

Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4Group 5

Group stage

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Argentina.svg IND Flag of Colombia.svg CAL Flag of Colombia.svg MIL Flag of Argentina.svg QUI
1 Flag of Argentina.svg Independiente 6411126+69Qualified to the Semifinals 1–04–12–0
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Deportivo Cali 631287+171–02–03–2
3 Flag of Colombia.svg Millonarios 6222811363–31–11–0
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Quilmes 6105711421–23–11–2
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Paraguay.svg OLI Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg BOL Flag of Paraguay.svg SOL Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg WIL
1 Flag of Paraguay.svg Olimpia 6501135+810Qualified to the Semifinals 3–02–14–2
2 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Bolívar 6411187+1192–14–14–0
3 Flag of Paraguay.svg Sol de América 6213912350–12–22–1
4 Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg Jorge Wilstermann 60065211600–20–62–3
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group 3

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Brazil.svg GUA Flag of Peru.svg UNI Flag of Brazil.svg PAL Flag of Peru.svg ALI
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Guarani 6501165+1110Qualified to the Semifinals 6–11–02–0
2 Flag of Peru.svg Universitario 64021515083–02–51–0
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Palmeiras 63031511+461–41–24–0
4 Flag of Peru.svg Alianza Lima 60065201500–33–62–4
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group 4

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Chile.svg PAL Flag of Chile.svg OHI Flag of Venezuela.svg POR Flag of Venezuela.svg GAL
1 Flag of Chile.svg Palestino 6420162+1410Qualified to the Semifinals 1–06–05–0
2 Flag of Chile.svg O'Higgins 6231104+671–11–16–0
3 Flag of Venezuela.svg Portuguesa 6042412840–21–11–1
4 Flag of Venezuela.svg Deportivo Galicia 60333151231–10–11–1
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group 5

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Uruguay.svg PEÑ Flag of Uruguay.svg NAC Flag of Ecuador.svg ENA Flag of Ecuador.svg TEC
1 Flag of Uruguay.svg Peñarol 6420102+810Qualified to the Semifinals 0–02–14–0
2 Flag of Uruguay.svg Nacional 623173+471–13–02–0
3 Flag of Ecuador.svg El Nacional 6213610450–21–02–1
4 Flag of Ecuador.svg Técnico Universitario 6024412820–11–12–2
Source: [ citation needed ]

Semifinals

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Argentina.svg BOC Flag of Argentina.svg IND Flag of Uruguay.svg PEÑ
1 Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors 421131+25Qualified to the Final 2–01–0
2 Flag of Argentina.svg Independiente 421122051–01–0
3 Flag of Uruguay.svg Peñarol 402202220–00–0
Source: [ citation needed ]

Tiebreaker

Team 1 Score Team 2
Boca Juniors Flag of Argentina.svg 1–0 Flag of Argentina.svg Independiente

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Paraguay.svg OLI Flag of Brazil.svg GUA Flag of Chile.svg PAL
1 Flag of Paraguay.svg Olimpia 431082+67Qualified to the Final 2–13–0
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Guarani 403145131–12–2
3 Flag of Chile.svg Palestino 402227520–20–0
Source: [ citation needed ]

Finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Olimpia Flag of Paraguay.svg 2–0 Flag of Argentina.svg Boca Juniors 2–00–0

Champion

Copa Libertadores
1979 Champions
Flag of Paraguay.svg
Olimpia
First Title

Top-scorers

6 goles
Flag of Peru.svg Juan José Oré (Universitario)
Flag of Brazil.svg Miltäo (Guaraní)

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