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
Source: [CSF 00]
With thanks to Frank Ballesteros and Alan Cushway
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Authors: John Beuker and Pablo Ciullini
Last updated: 28 Feb 2013
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