1977 Copa Libertadores

1977 Copa Libertadores

Tournament details
Dates	March 9 – September 14
Teams	21 (from 10 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Boca Juniors (1st title)
Runners-up	Cruzeiro
Tournament statistics
Matches played	75
Goals scored	154 (2.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Néstor Scotta (5)
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The 1977 Copa Libertadores was the 18th edition of CONMEBOL's top club tournament. The tournament was won by Boca Juniors after defeating defending champions Cruzeiro for their first Copa Libertadores title in a third decisive game. In the two-game finals, both finalists won one game each. A third match therefore had to be played, which remained goalless and Boca Juniors won 5–4 on penalties.

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method
CONMEBOL (1 berth)	Cruzeiro	1976 Copa Libertadores champion
Argentina (2 berths)	Boca Juniors	1976 Metropolitano champion 1976 Nacional champion
	River Plate	1976 Copa Libertadores Play-off winner
Bolivia (2 berths)	Bolívar	1976 Primera División champion
	Oriente Petrolero	1976 Primera División runner-up
Brazil (2 berths)	Internacional	1976 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
	Corinthians	1976 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up
Chile (2 berths)	Everton	1976 Primera División champion
	Universidad de Chile	1976 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Colombia (2 berths)	Atlético Nacional	1976 Campeonato Profesional champion
	Deportivo Cali	1976 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
Ecuador (2 berths)	El Nacional	1976 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champion
	Deportivo Cuenca	1976 Campeonato Ecuatoriano runner-up
Paraguay (2 berths)	Libertad	1976 Primera División champion
	Olimpia	1976 Torneo República champion
Peru (2 berths)	Unión Huaral	1976 Primera División champion
	Sport Boys	1976 Primera División runner-up
Uruguay (2 berths)	Defensor Sporting	1976 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
	Peñarol	1976 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up
Venezuela (2 berths)	Portuguesa	1976 Primera División champion
	Estudiantes de Mérida	1976 Primera División runner-up

Draw

The champions and runners-up of each football association were drawn into the same group along with another football association's participating teams. Three clubs from Brazil competed as Cruzeiro was champion of the 1976 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Semifinals.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5
Argentina Uruguay	Bolivia Colombia	Brazil Ecuador	Chile Paraguay	Peru Venezuela

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BOC	RIV	DEF	PEÑ
1	Boca Juniors	6	4	2	0	5	0	+5	10	Qualified to the Semi-finals		—	1–0	2–0	1–0
2	River Plate	6	1	4	1	5	5	0	6			0–0	—	1–1	2–1
3	Defensor Sporting	6	1	3	2	5	7	−2	5			0–0	0–0	—	2–4
4	Peñarol	6	1	1	4	7	10	−3	3			0–1	2–2	0–2	—

Source:

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CAL	BOL	ORI	NAC
1	Deportivo Cali	6	4	0	2	12	5	+7	8	Qualified to the Semi-finals		—	3–0	3–0	3–1
2	Bolívar	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	7			3–0	—	1–0	3–0
3	Oriente Petrolero	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	5			1–0	0–0	—	4–0
4	Atlético Nacional	6	2	0	4	5	14	−9	4			0–3	1–0	3–1	—

Source:

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		INT	NAC	COR	CUE
1	Internacional	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	9	Qualified to the Semi-finals		—	2–0	1–0	3–1
2	El Nacional	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	7			2–0	—	2–1	0–0
3	Corinthians	6	2	1	3	10	6	+4	5			1–1	3–0	—	4–0
4	Deportivo Cuenca	6	1	1	4	3	12	−9	3			0–2	0–2	2–1	—

Source:

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIB	UCH	EVE	OLI
1	Libertad	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	8	Qualified to the Semi-finals		—	3–0	2–1	2–2
2	Universidad de Chile	6	3	0	3	3	6	−3	6			1–0	—	1–0	1–0
3	Everton	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	5			1–3	2–0	—	1–0
4	Olimpia	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	5			0–0	1–0	2–2	—

Source:

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		POR	HUA	EST	SBA
1	Portuguesa	6	4	2	0	10	2	+8	10	Qualified to the Semi-finals		—	2–0	3–0	0–0
2	Unión Huaral	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	6			1–1	—	2–1	1–0
3	Estudiantes de Mérida	6	3	0	3	6	8	−2	6			0–2	1–0	—	1–0
4	Sport Boys	6	0	2	4	3	8	−5	2			1–2	1–1	1–3	—

Source:

Semi-finals

The top finishers of each group in the first phase, plus the defending champions, are placed into two groups of three. The top finisher from each group play in the finals.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BOC	CAL	LIB
1	Boca Juniors	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	6	Qualified to the final		—	1–1	1–0
2	Deportivo Cali	4	0	3	1	3	4	−1	3			1–1	—	0–0
3	Libertad	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	3			0–1	2–1	—

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CRU	INT	POR
1	Cruzeiro	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Qualified to the final		—	0–0	2–1
2	Internacional	4	1	1	2	2	5	−3	3			0–1	—	2–1
3	Portuguesa	4	1	0	3	5	8	−3	2			0–4	3–0	—

Source:

Finals

Main article: 1977 Copa Libertadores Finals

The winner is determined by points (i.e., whoever wins the most of two games); goal difference or aggregate score is not used. If the points are tied after two games, a single-game playoff at a neutral sight will be played. If the game is tied after regulation, a penalty shootout will determine the winner.

September 6, 1977

Boca Juniors	1 – 0	Cruzeiro
Veglio 3'

Estadio Camilo Cichero
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Cerullo (Uruguay)

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September 11, 1977

Cruzeiro	1 – 0	Boca Juniors
Nelinho 76'

Estádio Mineirão
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Orozco (Peru)

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September 14, 1977

Boca Juniors	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Cruzeiro
Penalties
Mouzo Tesare Zanabria Pernía Felman	5 - 4	Darcy Menezes Neca Morais Livio Vanderley

Estadio Centenario
Montevideo, Uruguay

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Llobregat (Venezuela)

Copa Libertadores 1977 Champions
Boca Juniors 1st Title

External links

• Copa Libertadores 1977 on CONMEBOL's site (In Spanish)
  • In English
• Tournament on RSSSF