1965 Copa Libertadores Finals

1965 Copa de Campeones Finals

Event	1965 Copa de Campeones de América
Independiente Peñarol
2–2 on points Independiente won after a play-off
First leg
Independiente Peñarol 1 0
Date	9 April 1965
Venue	Independiente, Avellaneda
Referee	Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)
Attendance	45,000
Second leg
Peñarol Independiente 3 1
Date	12 April 1965
Venue	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Referee	Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)
Attendance	45,000
Play-off
Peñarol Independiente 1 4
Date	15 April 1965 (1965-04-15)
Venue	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Referee	Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)
Attendance	40,000
← 1964 1966 →

The 1965 Copa Libertadores Finals was a football series between Argentine team Independiente and Uruguayan team Peñarol on 6 and 12 April of that same year. It was the sixth final of South America's most prestigious football competition, the Copa Libertadores.

After both teams won one match each, a playoff was played on 15 April, being won by Independiente by 4–1 at Estadio Nacional in Santiago de Chile.^[1] Therefore the Diablos Rojos won their 2nd Copa Libertadores title.^[2]

Qualified teams[]

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Independiente	1964
Peñarol	1960, 1961, 1962

Venues[]

Estadio de Independiente, Estadio Centenario and Estadio Nacional, venues

Match details[]

First leg[]

1965 Copa Libertadores Finals

9 April 1965

First leg

Independiente	1–0	Peñarol
Bernao 83'	Report

Independiente, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Yamasaki (Peru)

Independiente

Peñarol

GK 1 Miguel Santoro DF 2 Rubén Navarro DF 3 Raúl Decaria MF 4 Roberto Ferreiro MF 5 David Acevedo MF 6 Juan C. Guzmán FW 7 Rául Bernao FW 8 Osvaldo Mura FW 9 Luis Suárez FW 10 Roque Avallay FW 11 Raúl Savoy Substitutes: MF Vicente de la Mata, Jr. Manager: Manuel Giúdice

GK 1 Ladislao Mazurkiewicz DF 2 Carlos Pérez DF 3 Luis Varela MF 4 Pablo Forlán MF 5 Néstor Gonçalves MF 6 Omar Caetano FW 7 Ernesto Ledesma FW 8 Pedro Rocha FW 9 Héctor Silva FW 10 José Sasía FW 11 Juan Joya Manager: Roque Máspoli

Second leg[]

12 April 1965

Peñarol	3–1	Independiente
Gonçalves 14' Reznik 43' Rocha 46'		De la Mata, Jr. 88'

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Yamasaki (Peru)

Peñarol

Independiente

GK 1 Ladislao Mazurkiewicz DF 2 Carlos Pérez DF 3 Luis Varela MF 4 Pablo Forlán MF 5 Néstor Gonçalves MF 6 Omar Caetano FW 7 Ernesto Ledesma FW 8 Pedro Rocha FW 9 Héctor Silva FW 10 José Sasía FW 11 Juan Joya Substitutes: Miguel Reznik Manager: Roque Máspoli

GK 1 Miguel Santoro DF 2 Rubén Navarro DF 3 José Paflik MF 4 Roberto Ferreiro MF 5 David Acevedo MF 6 Juan C. Guzmán FW 7 Rául Bernao FW 8 Osvaldo Mura FW 9 Luis Suárez FW 10 Roque Avallay FW 11 Raúl Savoy Substitutes: Vicente de la Mata, Jr. Manager: Manuel Giúdice

Playoff[]

15 April 1965

Playoff

Independiente	4–1	Peñarol
Pérez 10' (o.g.) Bernao 27' Avallay 33' Mura 82'	Report	Joya 44'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago de Chile

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Yamasaki (Peru)

Independiente

Peñarol

GK 1 Miguel Santoro DF 2 Rubén Navarro DF 3 Raúl Decaria MF 4 Roberto Ferreiro MF 5 David Acevedo MF 6 Juan C. Guzmán FW 7 Rául Bernao FW 8 Osvaldo Mura FW 9 De la Mata, Jr. FW 10 Roque Avallay FW 11 Raúl Savoy Substitutes: MF Miguel A. Mori Manager: Manuel Giúdice

GK 1 Ladislao Mazurkiewicz DF 2 Carlos Pérez DF 3 Luis Varela MF 4 Pablo Forlán MF 5 Néstor Gonçalves MF 6 Omar Caetano FW 7 Ernesto Ledesma FW 8 Pedro Rocha FW 9 Miguel Reznik FW 10 Héctor Silva FW 11 Juan Joya Substitutes: FW José Sasía Manager: Roque Máspoli

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