1979 Copa Libertadores finals

1979 Copa Libertadores finals

Event	1979 Copa Libertadores de América
Olimpia Boca Juniors 2 0
Olimpia won 3-1 on points.
First leg
Olimpia Boca Juniors 2 0
Date	July 22, 1979
Venue	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Referee	Gastón Castro (Chile)
Second leg
Boca Juniors Olimpia 0 0
Date	July 27, 1979
Venue	La Bombonera, Buenos Aires
Referee	Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 Copa Libertadores finals was the final two-legged tie to determine the 1979 Copa Libertadores champion. It was contested by club Boca Juniors and club Olimpia. The first leg of the tie was played on July 22 at Olimpia' home field, with the second leg played on July 27 at Boca Juniors'. It was Olimpia 2nd Copa Libertadores finals and 4th finals for Boca Juniors. ^[1]

Olimpia won the series after winning the first leg tie 2-0 at Asunción's Estadio Defensores del Chaco, and tying the second leg tie 0-0 at Buenos Aires's Estadio Alberto J. Armando and accumulated more points than their opponent. ^{[2] [3]}

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals app.
Olimpia	1960
Boca Juniors	1963, 1977 , 1978

Bold indicates winning years

Rules

The finals will be played over two legs; home and away. The team that accumulates the most points —two for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss— after the two legs will be crowned the champion. If the two teams are tied on points after the second leg, a playoff in a neutral venue will become the next tie-breaker. Goal difference is going to be used as a last resort.

Venues

Estadio Defensores del Chaco (left) and La Bombonera, venues of the series

Matches

First leg

1979 Copa Libertadores finals

July 22, 1979

First leg

Olimpia	2–0	Boca Juniors
Aquino 2' Piazza 27'	Report

Estadio Defensores del Chaco , Asunción

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Gastón Castro (Chile)

Olimpia

Boca Juniors

GK Ever Almeida DF Rubén Jiménez DF Alicio Solalinde DF Miguel A. Piazza DF Enrique Villalba MF Carlos Kiese MF Luis Torres MF Roberto Paredes FW Osvaldo Aquino FW Hugo Talavera (c) FW Evaristo Isasi Substitutes: Manager: Luis Cubilla

GK 1 Hugo Gatti DF 4 Vicente Pernía DF 15 Armando Capurro DF 6 Roberto Mouzo DF 3 Miguel Bordón MF 8 Jorge Benítez  45' MF 5 Rubén Suñé (c) MF 10 Carlos H. Salinas FW 7 Ernesto Mastrángelo FW 21 Carlos R. Salguero FW 20 Juan Ramón Rocha Substitutes: MF 25 José A. Palacios  45' Manager: Juan Carlos Lorenzo

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Second leg

July 27, 1979

Second leg

Boca Juniors	0–0	Olimpia
	Report

La Bombonera , Buenos Aires

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Juan Cardellino (Uruguay)

Boca Juniors

Olimpia

GK 1 Hugo Gatti DF 4 Vicente Pernía DF 2 Francisco Sá DF 15 Armando Capurro DF 3 Miguel Bordón MF 8 Jorge Benítez  69' MF 5 Rubén Suñé (c)  2' MF 18 Mario Zanabria  78' FW 7 Ernesto Mastrángelo FW 10 Carlos H. Salinas FW 20 Juan Ramón Rocha  45' Substitutes: MF 25 José A. Palacios  45' FW 21 Carlos Salguero  78' Manager: Juan Carlos Lorenzo

GK Ever Almeida DF Rubén Jiménez DF Alicio Solalinde DF Miguel A. Piazza DF Enrique Villalba MF Carlos Kiese  69' MF Luis Torres  72' MF Roberto Paredes  2' FW Osvaldo Aquino  10' FW Hugo Talavera (c) FW Evaristo Isasi Substitutes: DF Rogelio Delgado  10' MF Jorge Guasch  72' Manager: Luis Cubilla

References

1. Copa Libertadores 1979 by John Beuker and Pablo Ciullini on RSSSF
2. Olimpia campeón de la Copa Libertadores 1979 Archived 2019-03-21 at the Wayback Machine by Marcelo Daniel on Pasión Fútbol, 27 July 2012
3. El día que se rompió la hegemonía, ABC