Copa Libertadores de América 1976


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First Round

Independiente (Avellaneda) bye to the second round as holders.

Group 1 [Argentina, Venezuela]
Feb 25: Deportivo Galicia - Portuguesa          1-2
  [Tiao Kele; Peralta(2)]
Feb 25: River Plate - Estudiantes               1-0
  [Passarella]
Mar  1: Portuguesa - Estudiantes                2-2
  [Nuñez, Peralta; Milano, Pagnanini]
Mar  4: Deportivo Galicia - River Plate         0-1
  [J.J.López]
Mar  5: Portuguesa - River Plate                0-2
  [Mas, Luque]
Mar  6: Deportivo Galicia - Estudiantes         0-1
  [Cabezas]
Mar 23: River Plate - Portuguesa                2-1
  [Reinaldi(2); Nuñez]
Mar 25: Estudiantes - Portuguesa                3-0
  [Milano, Cabezas, Benito]
Mar 30: Estudiantes - Deportivo Galicia         4-0
  [Cabezas(3), Benito]
Apr  1: River Plate - Deportivo Galicia         4-1
  [Mas, Wafti o/g, Alonso, Merlo; Soto]
Apr  7: Estudiantes - River Plate               1-0
  [Cabezas]
Apr  7: Portuguesa - Deportivo Galicia          3-1
  [Nuñez(2), Peralta; Toro]

 1.River Plate(Buenos Aires)       6  5  0  1 10- 3 10
 2.Estudiantes (La Plata)          6  4  1  1 11- 3  9
 3.Portuguesa (Acarigua)           6  2  1  3  8-11  5
 4.Deportivo Galicia (Caracas)     6  0  0  6  3-15  0

Group 2 [Bolivia, Ecuador]
Mar 14: Guabirá - Bolívar                       1-0
  [Serrizuela]
Mar 14: LDU Quito - Deportivo Cuenca            1-1
  [Zubía; Mesiano]
Mar 21: Deportivo Cuenca - Bolívar              3-1
  [Martínez, Romero, Licciardi; Góngora]
Mar 21: LDU Quito - Guabirá                     4-0
  [J.J.Pérez(4)]
Mar 24: Deportivo Cuenca - Guabirá              1-0
  [Licciardi]
Mar 24: LDU Quito - Bolívar                     2-1
  [J.J.Pérez, Carrera; Lugo]
Apr  4: Deportivo Cuenca - LDU Quito            0-0
Apr  4: Bolívar - Guabirá                       7-1
  [Mezza(3), Aragonés(2), Lugo, Oropeza; Recobado]
Apr 11: Guabirá - LDU Quito                     abd  [abandoned at 0-1 in 15' following incidents
  [Scalise]                                           caused by fans and police; awarded 0-1]
Apr 11: Bolívar - Deportivo Cuenca              4-2
  [Góngora, Morales, Lugo, Mezza; Licciardi(2)]
Apr 14: Bolívar - LDU Quito                     3-2
  [Lird, Aragonés, Solórzano; Tapia, Carrera]
Apr 14: Guabirá - Deportivo Cuenca              0-2
  [Licciardi(2)]

 1.LDU Quito                       6  3  2  1 10- 5  8
 2.Deportivo Cuenca                6  3  2  1  9- 6  8
 3.Bolívar (La Paz)                6  3  0  3 16-11  6
 4.Guabirá (Montero)               6  1  0  5  2-15  2

First Place Playoff (Guayaquil)
Apr 22: LDU Quito - Deportivo Cuenca            2-1
  [Carrera, Rivadeneira; Villagra]

Group 3 [Brazil, Paraguay]
Mar  7: Cruzeiro - Internacional                5-4
  [Palinha(2), Joaozinho(2), Nelinho; Lula, Valdomiro, Ramón, Ze Carlos o/g]
Mar  7: Olimpia - Sportivo Luqueño              2-3
  [Talavera, Garienzo; Cardozo(2), Jiménez]
Mar 13: Sportivo Luqueño - Cruzeiro             1-3
  [Sandoval; Roberto Batata, Nelinho, Jairzinho]
Mar 14: Internacional - Olimpia                 1-0
  [Ramón]
Mar 18: Olimpia - Cruzeiro                      2-2
  [Díaz, Torres; Jairzinho, Meneses]
Mar 21: Internacional - Sportivo Luqueño        3-0
  [Lula(2), Ramón]
Mar 24: Cruzeiro - Sportivo Luqueño             4-1
  [Palinha(2), Eduardo, Jairzinho; Nicolichia]
Mar 28: Internacional - Cruzeiro                0-2
  [Jairzinho, Joaozinho]
Mar 28: Sportivo Luqueño - Olimpia              0-1
  [Isasi]
Apr  4: Cruzeiro - Olimpia                      4-1
  [Jairzinho(2), Nelinho, Joaozinho; Talavera]
Apr 11: Sportivo Luqueño - Internacional        0-1
  [Falcao]
Apr 13: Olimpia - Internacional                 1-1
  [Miño; Marinho]

 1.Cruzeiro (Belo Horizonte)       6  5  1  0 20- 9 11
 2.Internacional (Porto Alegre)    6  3  1  2 10- 8  7
 3.Olimpia (Asunción)              6  1  2  3  7-11  4
 4.Sportivo Luqueño (Asunción)     6  1  0  5  5-14  2

Group 4 [Colombia, Peru]
Mar  4: Alianza - Alfonso Ugarte                0-0
Mar  4: Millonarios - Independiente Santa Fe    1-1
  [Tamayo; Pandolfi]
Mar  7: Independiente Santa Fe - Alfonso Ugarte 2-2
  [Sarnari(2); Arias, Neyra]
Mar  7: Millonarios - Alianza                   1-0
  [Converti]
Mar 11: Independiente Santa Fe - Alianza        2-3
  [Pandolfi, Céspédes; Lobatón(2), Ravelo]
Mar 11: Millonarios - Alfonso Ugarte            4-0
  [Amado, Onega(2), Converti]
Mar 25: Independiente Santa Fe - Millonarios    1-0
  [Sarnari]
Mar 25: Alfonso Ugarte - Alianza                0-0
Apr  4: Alianza - Independiente Santa Fe        3-0
  [Suarez(2), Cueto]
Apr  7: Alfonso Ugarte - Independiente Santa Fe 2-1
  [Arias, Pereira; Pandolfi]
Apr 13: Alfonso Ugarte - Millonarios            1-1
  [Fuentes; W.Ortiz]
Apr 18: Alianza - Millonarios                   2-1
  [Lobatón, Ojeda; Tamayo]

 1.Alianza (Lima)                  6  3  2  1  8- 4  8
 2.Millonarios (Bogotá)            6  2  2  2  8- 5  6
 3.Alfonso Ugarte (Puno)           6  1  4  1  5- 8  6
 4.Independiente Santa Fe (Bogotá) 6  1  2  3  7-11  4

Group 5 [Chile, Uruguay]
Mar  3: Peñarol - Nacional                      1-1
  [Morena; Perrone]
Mar  9: Unión Española - Palestino              1-0
  [Pizarro]
Mar 13: Unión Española - Peñarol                0-0
Mar 14: Palestino - Nacional                    2-1
  [Fabbiani(2); Villazán]
Mar 17: Palestino - Peñarol                     1-0
  [Fabbiani]
Mar 18: Unión Española - Nacional               2-0
  [Gaete, Letanú]
Mar 24: Palestino - Unión Española              0-1
  [Gaete]
Mar 24: Nacional - Peñarol                      1-2
  [De Lima; J.C.Giménez, Forlán]
Mar 30: Peñarol - Palestino                     2-1
  [Acuña, Morena; Fabbiani]
Mar 31: Nacional - Unión Española               1-1
  [Pedetti; Herrera]
Apr  3: Nacional - Palestino                    1-1
  [Laclau; Fabbiani]
Apr  4: Peñarol - Unión Española                2-0
  [Unanue, J.C.Jiménez]

 1.Peñarol (Montevideo)            6  3  2  1  7- 4  8
 2.Unión Española (Santiago)       6  3  2  1  5- 3  8
 3.Palestino (Santiago)            6  2  1  3  5- 6  5
 4.Nacional (Montevideo)           6  0  3  3  5- 9  3

Semi-Finals

Group 1
May  5: LDU Quito - Alianza                     2-1
  [Scalice, De Carlos; Velázquez]
May  9: LDU Quito - Cruzeiro                    1-3
  [Carrera; Palinha(2), Joaozinho]
May 12: Alianza - Cruzeiro                      0-4
  [Roberto Batata, Joaozinho(2), Jairzinho]
May 20: Cruzeiro - Alianza                      7-1
  [Jairzinho(4), Palinha(3); Cueto]
May 26: Alianza - LDU Quito                     2-0
  [Ravelo(2)]
May 30: Cruzeiro - LDU Quito                    4-1
  [Nelinho, Jairzinho, Palinha, Ronaldo; Tapia]

 1.Cruzeiro (Belo Horizonte)       4  4  0  0 18- 3  8
 2.LDU Quito                       4  1  0  3  4-10  2
 3.Alianza (Lima)                  4  1  0  3  4-13  2

Group 2
May 13: River Plate - Independiente             0-0
May 26: Independiente - Peñarol                 1-0
  [Bochini]
Jun 15: Peñarol - River Plate                   1-0
  [J.C.Jiménez]
Jun 23: Independiente - River Plate             0-1
  [J.J.López]
Jun 30: River Plate - Peñarol                   3-0
  [P.González(2), Luque]
Jul 15: Peñarol - Independiente                 0-1
  [Percy Rojas]

 1.River Plate (Buenos Aires)      4  2  1  1  4- 1  5
 2.Independiente (Avellaneda)      4  2  1  1  2- 1  5
 3.Peñarol (Montevideo)            4  1  0  3  1- 5  2

First Place Playoff (Buenos Aires)
Jul 16: River Plate - Independiente             1-0
  [P.González]

Final (Jul 21 & 28)
Cruzeiro                 Bra  River Plate              Arg   4-1  1-2

Playoff (Jul 30) (in Santiago)
Cruzeiro                 Bra  River Plate              Arg   3-2

1st leg. Estadio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, 21- 7-1976

Cruzeiro - River Plate 4-1
22' Nelinho       1-0
29' Palhinha      2-0
40' Palhinha      3-0
63' Mas           3-1
80' Valdo         4-1

Cruzeiro: Raúl, Nelinho, Morais, Darcy Menezes, Vanderley, Eduardo (Ronaldo Drumond),
          Wilson Piazza (Valdo), Zé Carlos, Jairzinho, Palhinha, Joãozinho.
River Plate: Fillol (Landaburu), Comelles, Perfumo, Lonardi, H.O. López, J.J. López,
             Merlo, Sabella, P.A. González, Luque, Mas.

Referee: Llobregat (Venezuela)
Attendance: 58,720

2nd leg. Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, 28- 7-1976

River Plate - Cruzeiro 2-1
10' J.J. López    1-0
48' Palhinha      1-1
76' P.A. González 2-1

River Plate: Landaburu, Comelles, Perfumo, Passarella, H.O. López (Artico), J.J. López,
             Merlo, Alonso, P.A. González, Luque, Mas (Sabella).
Cruzeiro: Raúl, Nelinho, Morais, Darcy Menezes, Vanderley, Eduardo (Ronaldo Drumond),
          Wilson Piazza, Zé Carlos, Jairzinho, Palhinha, Joãozinho.

Referee: Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)
Attendance: 90,000

Play-off. Estadio Nacional, Santiago, 30- 7-1976

Cruzeiro - River Plate 3-2
24' Nelinho       1-0
55' Ronaldo       2-0
59' Mas           2-1
64' Urquiza       2-2
88' Joãozinho     3-2

Cruzeiro: Raúl, Nelinho, Morais, Darcy Menezes, Vanderley, Ronaldo Drumond,
          Wilson Piazza (Osiris), Zé Carlos, Eduardo, Palhinha, Joãozinho.
River Plate: Landaburu, Comelles, Lonardi, Artico, Urquiza, Sabella, Merlo, Alonso,
             P.A. González, Luque, Mas (Crespo).

Referee: Martínez (Chile)
Attendance: 40,000





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Authors: John Beuker and Pablo Ciullini
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