1968 Copa Libertadores

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1968 Copa Libertadores
1968 Copa Libertadores de América
1968 Copa Libertadores da América
Tournament details
DatesJanuary 27 - May 16
Teams21 (from 10 confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsArgentina Estudiantes (LP) (1st title)
Runners-upBrazil Palmeiras
Tournament statistics
Matches played93
Goals scored230 (2.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Tupãzinho (11 goals)
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The 1968 Copa Libertadores was the ninth edition of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier association football competition. It was played between January 27 and May 16. A record 21 teams participated in this edition.

This edition brought the explosive debut of a humble team from the city of La Plata, capital of the Buenos Aires province, that did not find itself in the plateau of Argentine football. Estudiantes de La Plata, an authentic stranger in the highest levels of South American football, surpassed all expectations as they eliminated defending champions Racing and Independiente (two denominated "great" ones in Argentina as well as each having already won the tournament before).

With a talented prospect by the name of Juan Ramón Verón, the pincharatas beat Palmeiras 2–0 in a playoff after the final series finished 2–2 on points. Estudiantes conquered the title with an original style which emphasized athleticism and strategic preparation.

Qualified teams[]

Country Team Qualification method
CONMEBOL
1 berth 		Racing 1967 Copa Libertadores de América winners
 Argentina
2 berths 		Independiente 1967 Primera División champion
Estudiantes 1967 Primera División runner-up
 Bolivia
2 berths 		Jorge Wilstermann 1967 Torneo Nacional champion
Always Ready 1967 Torneo Nacional runner-up
 Brazil
2 berths 		Palmeiras 1967 Taça Brasil champion
Náutico 1967 Taça Brasil runner-up
 Chile
2 berths 		Universidad de Chile 1967 Primera División champion
Universidad Católica 1967 Primera División runner-up
 Colombia
2 berths 		Deportivo Cali 1967 Campeonato Profesional champion
Millonarios 1967 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
 Ecuador
2 berths 		El Nacional 1967 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A champion
Emelec 1967 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A runner-up
 Paraguay
2 berths 		Guaraní 1967 Primera División champion
Libertad 1967 Primera División runner-up
 Peru
2 berths 		Universitario 1967 Torneo Descentralizado champion
Sporting Cristal 1967 Torneo Descentralizado runner-up
 Uruguay
2 berths 		Peñarol 1967 Primera División champion
Nacional 1967 Primera División runner-up
 Venezuela
2 berths 		Deportivo Portugués 1967 Primera División Venezolana champion
Deportivo Galicia 1967 Primera División Venezolana runner-up

Tie-breaking criteria[]

At each stage of the tournament teams receive 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and no points for a loss. If two or more teams are equal on points, the following criteria will be applied to determine the ranking in the group stage:

  1. a one-game playoff;
  2. superior goal difference;
  3. draw of lots.

First round[]

Twenty teams were drawn into five groups of four. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Second round. Racing, the title holders, had a bye to the Semifinals.

Key to colors in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the Second round

Group 1[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Argentina Estudiantes 6 5 1 0 12 3 +9 11
Argentina Independiente 6 2 1 3 8 10 -2 5
Colombia Deportivo Cali 6 2 1 3 6 10 -4 5
Colombia Millonarios 6 1 1 4 6 9 -3 3
Independiente Argentina2 – 4Argentina Estudiantes
Bernao Goal
Artime Goal		 GoalGoal
Goal
Verón Goal
Millonarios Colombia1 – 2Argentina Independiente
Goal Bernao Goal
Artime Goal
Millonarios Colombia0 – 1Argentina Estudiantes
Flores Goal
Deportivo Cali Colombia1 – 0Argentina Independiente
Goal
Deportivo Cali Colombia1 – 2Argentina Estudiantes
Manera Goal o.g.' Bilardo Goal
Goal
Millonarios Colombia4 – 2Colombia Deportivo Cali
Goal
Goal
Fernández Goal
Goal		 Goal
Goal
Estudiantes Argentina3 – 0Colombia Deportivo Cali
Goal
Verón Goal
Goal
Independiente Argentina3 – 1Colombia Millonarios
Artime GoalGoalGoal Goal
Estudiantes Argentina0 – 0Colombia Millonarios
Independiente Argentina1 – 1Colombia Deportivo Cali
Savoy Goal Goal
Deportivo Cali Colombia1 – 0Colombia Millonarios
Goal
Estudiantes Argentina2 – 0Argentina Independiente
Pachamé Goal
Conigliaro Goal
Second
place playoff
Independiente Argentina3 – 2Colombia Deportivo Cali
Pastoriza Goal
Bernao Goal
Artime Goal		 Goal
Sánchez Goal

Group 2[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Peru Universitario 6 3 3 0 17 4 +13 9
Peru Sporting Cristal 6 3 3 0 11 5 +6 9
Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann 6 2 1 3 5 8 -3 5
Bolivia Always Ready 6 0 1 5 2 18 -16 1
Always Ready Bolivia0 – 3Peru Universitario
GoalGoal
Casaretto Goal
La Paz
Jorge Wilstermann Bolivia0 – 1Peru Sporting Cristal
Goal
Always Ready Bolivia1 – 4Peru Sporting Cristal
Villante Goal GoalGoal
Goal
Goal
La Paz
Jorge Wilstermann Bolivia0 – 0Peru Universitario
Jorge Wilstermann Bolivia3 – 0Bolivia Always Ready
López GoalGoal
Goal
Universitario Peru1 – 1Peru Sporting Cristal
Challe Goal Goal
Lima
Sporting Cristal Peru2 – 0Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann
Goal
Goal
Lima
Universitario Peru5 – 1Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann
Rojas GoalGoalGoal
GoalGoal		 López Goal
Lima
Sporting Cristal Peru1 – 1Bolivia Always Ready
Gallardo Goal Goal
Lima
Universitario Peru6 – 0Bolivia Always Ready
GoalGoal
GoalGoal
Rojas Goal
Goal o.g.'
Lima
Sporting Cristal Peru2 – 2Peru Universitario
Goal
Gallardo Goal		 Goal
Challe Goal
Lima
Always Ready Bolivia0 – 1
[A]		Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann
Goal
La Paz

Group 3[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Chile Universidad Católica 6 4 1 1 11 7 +4 9
Ecuador Emelec 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 7
Ecuador El Nacional 6 2 1 3 5 6 -1 5
Chile Universidad de Chile 6 1 1 4 6 10 -4 3
Emelec Ecuador0 – 0Ecuador El Nacional
Guayaquil
El Nacional Ecuador1 – 1Chile Universidad Católica
Goal Sarnari Goal
Quito
Emelec Ecuador2 – 1Chile Universidad de Chile
Goal
Goal		 Gangas Goal
Guayaquil
Emelec Ecuador1 – 2Chile Universidad Católica
Goal Isella Goal
Gallardo Goal
Guayaquil
El Nacional Ecuador3 – 1Chile Universidad de Chile
Goal
Goal
Goal		 Marcos Goal
Quito
Universidad Católica Chile3 – 2Chile Universidad de Chile
Sarnari GoalGoal
Gallardo Goal		 Oleniak Goal
Yávar Goal
Santiago
Universidad Católica Chile2 – 0Ecuador El Nacional
Isella Goal
Goal
Santiago
Universidad de Chile Chile0 – 0Ecuador Emelec
Santiago
Universidad Católica Chile1 – 1Ecuador Emelec
Sarnari Goal Goal
Santiago
Universidad de Chile Chile1 – 0Ecuador El Nacional
Campos Goal
Santiago
Universidad de Chile Chile1 – 2Chile Universidad Católica
Yávar Goal Goal Goal
Santiago
El Nacional Ecuador0 – 1Ecuador Emelec
Goal
Guayaquil

Group 4[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Uruguay Peñarol 6 3 2 1 8 2 +6 8
Paraguay Guaraní 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 7
Uruguay Nacional 6 2 2 2 9 5 +4 6
Paraguay Libertad 6 1 1 4 2 13 -11 3
Peñarol Uruguay1 – 0Uruguay Nacional
Spencer Goal
Montevideo
Guaraní Paraguay2 – 0Paraguay Libertad
Goal
Goal
Nacional Uruguay2 – 2Paraguay Guaraní
Techera Goal
Goal		 García GoalGoal
Montevideo
Peñarol Uruguay4 – 0Paraguay Libertad
Spencer GoalGoal
Rocha Goal
Bertocchi Goal
Montevideo
Nacional Uruguay4 – 0Paraguay Libertad
Morales GoalGoal
Goal
Célio Goal
Montevideo
Peñarol Uruguay2 – 0Paraguay Guaraní
Spencer GoalGoal
Montevideo
Libertad Paraguay1 – 1Paraguay Guaraní
Ayala Goal Goal
Nacional Uruguay0 – 0Uruguay Peñarol
Montevideo
Libertad Paraguay1 – 0Uruguay Peñarol
Goal
Guaraní Paraguay2 – 1Uruguay Nacional
Goal
Goal		 Célio Goal
Guaraní Paraguay1 – 1Uruguay Peñarol
Goal Abbadie Goal
Libertad Paraguay0 – 2Uruguay Nacional
Célio Goal
Goal

Group 5[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Brazil Palmeiras 6 5 1 0 12 3 +9 11
Venezuela Deportivo Portugués 6 2 1 3 5 11 -6 5
Brazil Náutico 6 1 2 3 7 8 -1 4
Venezuela Deportivo Galicia 6 2 0 4 5 7 -2 4
Deportivo Galicia Venezuela2 – 0Venezuela Deportivo Portugués
GoalGoal
Náutico Brazil1 – 3Brazil Palmeiras
Goal Ademir GoalGoal
Tupãzinho Goal
Recife
Deportivo Portugués Venezuela1 – 1Brazil Náutico
Goal Iván Goal
Caracas
Deportivo Galicia Venezuela2 – 1Brazil Náutico
Becerra Goal
Olavo Goal		 Lala Goal
Deportivo Galicia Venezuela1 – 2Brazil Palmeiras
Goal Ademir Goal
Díaz Goal o.g.'
Deportivo Portugués Venezuela1 – 2Brazil Palmeiras
Goal Tupãzinho Goal
Goal
Caracas
Náutico Brazil1 – 0Venezuela Deportivo Galicia
Nino Goal
Recife
Náutico Brazil[B]Venezuela Deportivo Portugués
Recife
Palmeiras Brazil2 – 0Venezuela Deportivo Galicia
Servílio Goal
Tupãzinho Goal
Palmeiras Brazil3 – 0Venezuela Deportivo Portugués
Servílio GoalGoal
Ademir Goal
Palmeiras Brazil0 – 0Brazil Náutico
Deportivo Portugués Venezuela1 – 0Venezuela Deportivo Galicia
Goal
Caracas

Second round[]

Ten teams were drawn into three groups, two groups of three and one group of four. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Semifinals, along with Racing Club.

Key to colors in group tables
Group winners advanced to the Semifinals

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Argentina Estudiantes 4 3 0 1 4 2 +2 6
Argentina Independiente 4 2 0 2 7 3 +4 4
Peru Universitario 4 1 0 3 1 7 -6 2
Universitario Peru1 – 0Argentina Estudiantes
Goal
Lima
Universitario Peru0 – 3Argentina Independiente
Pastoriza GoalGoalGoal
Lima
Independiente Argentina1 – 2Argentina Estudiantes
Pavoni Goal GoalGoal
Estudiantes Argentina1 – 0Argentina Independiente
Flores Goal
Estudiantes Argentina1 – 0Peru Universitario
Verón Goal
Independiente Argentina3 – 0Peru Universitario
Yazalde Goal
Tarabini Goal
Artime Goal

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Uruguay Peñarol 6 4 2 0 10 1 +9 10
Peru Sporting Cristal 6 2 4 0 7 3 +4 8
Ecuador Emelec 6 1 1 4 3 7 -4 3
Venezuela Deportivo Portugués 6 1 1 4 3 12 -9 3
Deportivo Portugués Venezuela0 – 3Uruguay Peñarol
Silva Goal
Méndez Goal
Spencer Goal
Caracas
Emelec Ecuador0 – 2Peru Sporting Cristal
Mifflin Goal
Goal
Guayaquil
Emelec Ecuador0 – 1Uruguay Peñarol
Spencer Goal
Guayaquil
Deportivo Portugués Venezuela1 – 1Peru Sporting Cristal
Curro Goal Goal
Caracas
Emelec Ecuador2 – 0Venezuela Deportivo Portugués
GoalGoal
Guayaquil
Sporting Cristal Peru0 – 0Uruguay Peñarol
Lima
Sporting Cristal Peru2 – 0Venezuela Deportivo Portugués
Gallardo GoalGoal
Lima
Peñarol Uruguay4 – 0Venezuela Deportivo Portugués
Spencer GoalGoal
Abbadie Goal
Bertocchi Goal
Montevideo
Sporting Cristal Peru1 – 1Ecuador Emelec
Gallardo Goal Goal
Lima
Peñarol Uruguay1 – 0Ecuador Emelec
Cortés Goal
Montevideo
Peñarol Uruguay1 – 1Peru Sporting Cristal
Spencer Goal Goal
Montevideo
Deportivo Portugués Venezuela2 – 0Ecuador Emelec
GoalGoal
Caracas

Group C[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Brazil Palmeiras 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3 6
Paraguay Guaraní 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 4
Chile Universidad Católica 4 1 0 3 6 9 -3 2
Universidad Católica Chile4 – 1Paraguay Guaraní
Sarnari GoalGoal
Isella GoalGoal		 García Goal
Santiago
Guaraní Paraguay3 – 1Chile Universidad Católica
Goal
Sosa Goal
García Goal		 Goal
Palmeiras Brazil4 – 1Chile Universidad Católica
Tupãzinho GoalGoal
Goal
Goal		 Goal
Guaraní Paraguay2 – 0Brazil Palmeiras
Goal
Goal
Universidad Católica Chile0 – 1Brazil Palmeiras
Dudú Goal
Santiago
Palmeiras Brazil2 – 1Paraguay Guaraní
Tupãzinho Goal
Servílio Goal		 Juárez Goal

Semifinals[]

Four teams were drawn into two groups. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Finals.

Semifinal 1[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Argentina Estudiantes 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
Argentina Racing 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 3
Estudiantes Argentina3–0Argentina Racing
Verón GoalGoal
Perfumo Goal
Racing Argentina2–0Argentina Estudiantes
Maschio Goal
Goal
Playoff
Racing Argentina1–1Argentina Estudiantes
Cárdenas Goal Verón Goal
Buenos Aires

Estudiantes progressed to the finals due to better goal difference.

Semifinal 2[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Brazil Palmeiras 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 4
Uruguay Peñarol 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 0
Palmeiras Brazil1 – 0Uruguay Peñarol
Tupãzinho Goal
Peñarol Uruguay1 – 2Brazil Palmeiras
Silva Goal Tupãzinho GoalGoal
Montevideo

Finals[]

Main article: 1968 Copa Libertadores Finals
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Argentina Estudiantes 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 2
Brazil Palmeiras 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 2
Estudiantes Argentina2–1Brazil Palmeiras
Verón Goal 83'
Bocha Goal 87'		 Servilio Goal 30'
Attendance: 35,000
Palmeiras Brazil3–1Argentina Estudiantes
Tupãzinho Goal 10', Goal 68'
Goal 54'		 Verón Goal 72'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Domingo Massaro (Chile)
Playoff
Palmeiras Brazil0–2Argentina Estudiantes
Goal 13'
Verón Goal 82'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: (Peru)

Champion[]

Copa Libertadores de América
1968 Winners
Argentina
Estudiantes
First Title

Top goalscorers[]

Pos Player Team Goals
1 Brazil Tupãzinho Brazil Palmeiras 11
2 Ecuador Alberto Spencer Uruguay Peñarol 10
3 Argentina Juan Ramón Verón Argentina Estudiantes 9
4 Argentina Luis Artime Argentina Independiente 6
5 Argentina Argentina Estudiantes 6
6 Paraguay Paraguay Guaraní 6
Peru Peru Universitario 6
Argentina Juan Carlos Sarnari Chile Universidad Católica 6
9 Brazil Servílio Brazil Palmeiras 5
Peru Alberto Gallardo Peru Sporting Cristal 5

Footnotes[]

A. ^ The match finished 1-1, but Jorge Wilstermann were declared 0-1 winners after Troncoso's own goal was declared invalid.
B. ^ The match finished 3-2, but the 2 points were awarded to Deportivo Portugués as Náutico made two substitutions.

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