Copa Libertadores de América 1977


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First Round

Cruzeiro (Belo Horizonte) bye to the second round as holders.

Group 1 [Argentina, Uruguay]
Mar  9: Boca Juniors - River Plate              1-0
  [Mouzo]
Mar 31: Peñarol - Defensor                      0-2
  [R.Rodríguez, Jaúregui]
Apr 13: River Plate - Peñarol                   2-1
  [Marchetti, Luque; Unanue]
Apr 14: Defensor - Boca Juniors                 0-0
Apr 20: Peñarol - Boca Juniors                  0-1
  [Mastrángelo]
Apr 21: River Plate - Defensor                  1-1
  [P.González; R.Rodríguez]
Apr 26: Peñarol - River Plate                   2-2
  [Pizzani, De Jesús; Passarella, Sabella]
Apr 28: Boca Juniors - Defensor                 2-0
  [Mouzo, Felman]
May 11: Boca Juniors - Peñarol                  1-0
  [Ribolzi]
May 12: Defensor - River Plate                  0-0
May 18: River Plate - Boca Juniors              0-0
May 18: Defensor - Peñarol                      2-4
  [Santelli(2); Pizzani, Morena, Maneiro, De Jesús]

 1.Boca Juniors (Buenos Aires)     6  4  2  0  5- 0 10
 2.River Plate (Buenos Aires)      6  1  4  1  5- 5  6
 3.Defensor (Montevideo)           6  1  3  2  5- 7  5
 4.Peñarol (Montevideo)            6  1  1  4  7-10  3

Group 2 [Bolivia, Colombia]
Apr 24: Bolívar - Oriente Petrolero             1-0
  [Reynaldo]
Apr 27: Atlético Nacional - Deportivo Cali      0-3
  [N.Scotta(2), A.Torres]
May  4: Bolívar - Deportivo Cali                3-0
  [Rimazza, Troncone, Muñoz o/g]
May  4: Oriente Petrolero - Atlético Nacional   4-0
  [Romero, Franco(2), P.Jiménez]
May  8: Bolívar - Atlético Nacional             3-0
  [Lugo, Reynaldo, Aragonés]
May  8: Oriente Petrolero - Deportivo Cali      1-0
  [Franco]
May 15: Deportivo Cali - Atlético Nacional      3-1
  [N.Scotta, Landucci, Otero; Aristizábal]
May 15: Oriente Petrolero - Bolívar             0-0
May 19: Deportivo Cali - Bolívar                3-0
  [Torres, Umaña, Landucci]
May 19: Atlético Nacional - Oriente Petrolero   3-1
  [Maturana, Palavecino, Herrera; Taritolay]
May 22: Deportivo Cali - Oriente Petrolero      3-0
  [N.Scotta, Benítez, Calero]
May 22: Atlético Nacional - Bolívar             1-0
  [Aristizábal]

 1.Deportivo Cali                  6  4  0  2 12- 5  8
 2.Bolívar (La Paz)                6  3  1  2  7- 4  7
 3.Oriente Petrolero (Santa Cruz)  6  2  1  3  6- 7  5
 4.Atlético Nacional (Medellín)    6  2  0  4  5-14  4

Group 3 [Brazil, Ecuador]
Apr  3: El Nacional - Deportivo Cuenca          0-0
Apr  3: Corinthians - Internacional             1-1
  [Ze María; Vacaria]
Apr  9: El Nacional - Corinthians               2-1
  [Correa, Rhon; Pérez o/g]
Apr 10: Deportivo Cuenca - Internacional        0-2
  [Escurinho, Joãozinho]
Apr 13: Deportivo Cuenca - Corinthians          2-1
  [Liciardi, Lizondo; Palinha]
Apr 13: El Nacional - Internacional             2-0
  [Rhon, Mariao o/g]  
Apr 24: Internacional - Corinthians             1-0
  [Darío]
Apr 24: Deportivo Cuenca - El Nacional          0-2
  [Rhon, Correa]
Apr 30: Corinthians - El Nacional               3-0
  [Claudio, Palinha, Vaguinho]
May  1: Internacional - Deportivo Cuenca        3-1
  [Lula, Darío(2); Liciardi]
May  4: Corinthians - Deportivo Cuenca          4-0
    [Vaguinho, Palinha, Givanildo, Romeu]
May  5: Internacional - El Nacional             2-0
    [Darío, Escurinho]

 1.Internacional (Porto Alegre)    6  4  1  1  9- 4  9
 2.El Nacional (Quito)             6  3  1  2  6- 6  7
 3.Corinthians (São Paulo)         6  2  1  3 10- 6  5
 4.Deportivo Cuenca                6  1  1  4  3-12  3

Group 4 [Chile, Paraguay]
Apr  1: Libertad - Olimpia                      2-2
    [Solalinde, Espínola; Torres, Villalba]
Apr  1: Everton - Universidad de Chile          2-0
    [Brunel, Spedaletti]
Apr  6: Universidad de Chile - Libertad         1-0
    [Barrera]
Apr  9: Universidad de Chile - Olimpia          1-0
    [Salah]
Apr 10: Everton - Libertad                      1-3
    [Ceballos; Espínola, Maldonado, M.Morel]
Apr 14: Everton - Olimpia                       1-0
    [Spedaletti]
Apr 20: Olimpia - Libertad                      0-0
Apr 20: Universidad de Chile - Everton          1-0
    [Socias]
Apr 26: Libertad - Universidad de Chile         3-0
    [M.Morel, E.Morel, Espínola]
Apr 29: Olimpia - Universidad de Chile          1-0
    [Michelagnoli]
May  3: Olimpia - Everton                       2-2
    [Villalba, Sosa; Spedaletti(2)] 
May  6: Libertad - Everton                      2-1
  [E.Morel, Paniagua; Spedaletti]

 1.Libertad (Asunción)             6  3  2  1 10- 5  8
 2.Universidad de Chile (Santiago) 6  3  0  3  3- 6  6 
 3.Everton (Viña del Mar)          6  2  1  3  7- 8  5
 4.Olimpia (Asunción)              6  1  3  2  5- 6  5

Group 5 [Peru, Venezuela]
Apr  6: Unión Huaral - Sport Boys               1-0
    [Rey Muñoz]
Apr 10: Estudiantes - Portuguesa                0-2
    [De Lima, Jairzinho]
May  3: Unión Huaral - Portuguesa               1-1
    [Escobar; Peralta]
May  6: Sport Boys - Portuguesa                 1-2
    [La Rosa; Peralta, Silva]
May 10: Estudiantes - Unión Huaral              1-0
    [Pomarico]
May 13: Portuguesa - Unión Huaral               2-0
    [Peralta, Nuñez]
May 17: Sport Boys - Estudiantes                1-3
    [La Rosa; Cloquell, Scarpeccio(2)]
May 20: Unión Huaral - Estudiantes              2-1
    [Ruiz, Rey Muñoz; Chiazzaro]
May 24: Portuguesa - Sport Boys                 0-0
May 27: Estudiantes - Sport Boys                1-0
    [Scarpeccio]
Jun  2: Portuguesa - Estudiantes                3-0 
    [Silva(2), Peralta]
Jun  2: Sport Boys - Unión Huaral               1-1
    [La Rosa; Rey Muñoz]

 1.Portuguesa (Acarigua)           6  4  2  0 10- 2 10
 2.Unión Huaral                    6  2  2  2  5- 6  6
 3.Estudiantes (Mérida)            6  3  0  3  6- 8  6
 4.Sport Boys (Callao)             6  0  2  4  3- 8  2

Semi-Finals

Group 1
Jul 14: Boca Juniors - Libertad                 1-0
    [Pavón]
Jul 20: Libertad - Boca Juniors                 0-1
    [Zanabria]
Jul 27: Deportivo Cali - Libertad               0-0
Aug  3: Deportivo Cali - Boca Juniors           1-1
    [N.Scotta; Sá]
Aug 10: Libertad - Deportivo Cali               2-1
    [Fleitas, Huespe; A.Benítez]
Aug 16: Boca Juniors - Deportivo Cali           1-1
    [Mouzo; A.Benítez]

 1.Boca Juniors (Buenos Aires)     4  2  2  0  4- 2  6
 2.Deportivo Cali                  4  0  3  1  3- 4  3
 3.Libertad (Asunción)             4  1  1  2  2- 3  3

Group 2
Jul  3: Internacional - Cruzeiro                0-1
    [Joãozinho]
Jul 10: Portuguesa - Internacional              3-0 
    [Moss, De Lima, Nuñez]
Jul 17: Portuguesa - Cruzeiro                   0-4
    [Neca, Eduardo, Ely Carlos, Ely Mendes]
Jul 24: Cruzeiro - Internacional                0-0
Jul 27: Internacional - Portuguesa              2-1
    [Escurinho, Batista; Silva]
Jul 31: Cruzeiro - Portuguesa                   2-1
    [Livio, Nelinho; Silva]

 1.Cruzeiro (Belo Horizonte)       4  3  1  0  7- 1  7
 2.Internacional (Porto Alegre)    4  1  1  2  2- 5  3
 3.Portuguesa (Acarigua)           4  1  0  3  5- 8  2

Final (Sep 6 & 11)
Boca Juniors             Arg  Cruzeiro                 Bra   1-0  0-1

Playoff (Sep 14) (in Montevideo)
Boca Juniors             Arg  Cruzeiro                 Bra   0-0  aet  5-4p

1st leg. Estadio La Bombonera, Buenos Aires,  6- 9-1977

Boca Juniors - Cruzeiro 1-0
 3' Veglio               1-0

Boca Juniors: Gatti, Pernía, Sá (Tesare), Mouzo, Tarantini, Veglio, Suñé, 
              Zanabria, Mastrángelo, Pavón (Bernabitti), Felman.
Cruzeiro: Raúl, Nelinho, Darcy Menezes, Morais, Vanderley, Zé Carlos, Eduardo,
          Ely Carlos, Ely Mendes, Neca, Joãozinho.

Referee: Cerullo (Uruguay)
Attendance: 60,000

2nd leg. Estadio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, 11- 9-1977

Cruzeiro - Boca Juniors 1-0
76' Nelinho       1-0

Cruzeiro: Raúl, Nelinho, Morais, Darcy Menezes, Vanderley, Zé Carlos, Eduardo,
          Ely Carlos (Livio), Ely Mendes, Neca, Joãozinho.
Boca Juniors: Gatti, Pernía, Tesare, Mouzo, Tarantini, Ribolzi, Suñé, 
              Zanabria, Mastrángelo, Veglio (Pavón), Felman (Ortiz).
 
Referee: Orozco (Peru)
Attendance: 80,000

Play-off. Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, 14- 9-1977

Boca Juniors - Cruzeiro 0-0  aet  5-4 pen

Boca Juniors: Gatti, Pernía, Tesare, Mouzo, Tarantini, J.J. Benitez (Ribolzi (Pavón)),
              Suñé, Zanabria, Mastrángelo, Veglio, Felman.
Cruzeiro: Raúl, Nelinho (Mariano), Morais, Darcy Menezes, Vanderley, Zé Carlos,
          Eduardo, Ely Carlos (Livio), Ely Mendes, Neca, Joãozinho.

Referee: Llobregat (Venezuela)
Attendance: 60,000

Scored penalties: Boca: Mouzo, Tesare, Zanabria, Pernía, Felman.
                  Cruzeiro: Darcy Menezes, Neca, Morais, Livio.
Missed penalty: Cruzeiro: Vanderley.


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With thanks to Frank Ballesteros, Luc Vandenberghe and Alan Cushway

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Authors: John Beuker and Pablo Ciullini
Last updated: 19 Feb 2020

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