1966 Copa Libertadores

The 1966 Copa Libertadores de América was the seventh edition of the premier South American club football tournament, organized by CONMEBOL. Colombia and Brazil did not send their representatives. This edition became the first club competition of the world to include not just the champions but also the runners-up of each of its participating association. Despite the fact that Colombian and Brazilian clubs did not participate, this tournament saw a record 95 matches being played out to determine the year's champion.

1966 Copa Libertadores de América

Tournament details
Dates	February 5 - April 15
Teams	17 (from 8 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Peñarol (3rd title)
Runners-up	River Plate
Tournament statistics
Matches played	95
Goals scored	283 (2.98 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Daniel Onega (17 goals)
← 1965 1967 →

Colombia did not send a representative due to the disagreements between CONMEBOL and the Colombian football federations. The Brazilians protested the inclusion of the runners-up of each nation and argued that the tournament should be reserved for national champions. That led them to become denatured and the powers reserved only for the champions, in addition to the priority order they gave their interstate tournaments and the many unattractive encounters-to-come against teams from the "Pacific", the Brazilian clubs opted for tours around the world instead as they were seen more economically rewarding. Not having any economic incentives, CONMEBOL was forced to allow clubs the freedom of whether they participated or not. This trend will continue for the next 5 editions.

After winning each of their home legs, Peñarol and River Plate required a playoff to break the deadlock. The match was played in the Estadio Nacional of Santiago, Chile. River Plate finished the first half 2-0 and was in cruise control towards its first title. The manyas managed to revert the disadvantage to push this match into extra time. With two more goals, the final score of 2-4 meant that Peñarol became the first three-time winners of the competition. The collapse of River Plate in the second half led the club to being known, even now, as the "gallinas".

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method
CONMEBOL (1 berth)	Independiente	1965 Copa Libertadores winners
Argentina (2 berths)	Boca Juniors	1965 Primera División champion
	River Plate	1965 Primera División runner-up
Bolivia (2 berths)	Deportivo Municipal	1965 Copa Simón Bolívar champion
	Jorge Wilstermann	1965 Copa Simón Bolívar runner-up
Chile (2 berths)	Universidad de Chile	1965 Primera División champion
	Universidad Católica	1965 Primera División runner-up
Ecuador (2 berths)	Emelec	1965 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champion
	9 de Octubre	1965 Campeonato Ecuatoriano runner-up
Paraguay (2 berths)	Olimpia	1965 Primera División champion
	Guaraní	1965 Primera División runner-up
Peru (2 berths)	Alianza Lima	1965 Primera División champion
	Universitario	1965 Primera División runner-up
Uruguay (2 berths)	Peñarol	1965 Primera División champion
	Nacional	1965 Primera División runner-up
Venezuela (2 berths)	Lara	1965 Primera División champion
	Deportivo Italia	1965 Primera División runner-up

Draw

Sixteen teams were drawn into two groups of six and one group 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. Independiente, the title holders, had a bye to the next round.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Argentina Peru Venezuela	Chile Paraguay	Bolivia Ecuador Uruguay

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

Sixteen teams were drawn into two groups of six and one group of four. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Semifinals. Independiente, the title holders, had a bye to the next round.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		RIV	BOC	UNI	ITA	ALI	LAR
1	River Plate	10	8	1	1	23	8	+15	17	Qualified to the Semifinals			2–1	5–0	2–1	3–2	3–0
2	Boca Juniors	10	7	0	3	19	9	+10	14			2–0		2–0	5–2	0–1	2–1
3	Universitario	10	4	3	3	10	13	−3	11			1–1	2–1		1–2	2–0	1–0
4	Deportivo Italia	10	4	2	4	15	18	−3	10			0–3	1–2	2–2		3–1	1–0
5	Alianza Lima	10	2	0	8	9	16	−7	4			0–2	0–1	0–1	1–2		3–0
6	Lara	10	1	2	7	5	17	−12	4			1–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Universitario v Alianza Lima

February 5, 1966	Universitario	2 – 0	Alianza Lima	Lima
	Chumpitaz Challe

Lara v Deportivo Italia

February 5, 1966	Lara	1 – 1	Deportivo Italia	Barquisimeto
	Paulinho		Nitti

Lara v Alianza Lima

February 8, 1966	Lara	2 – 1	Alianza Lima	Barquisimeto
	Paulinho Jair		León

Deportivo Italia v Universitario

February 9, 1966	Deportivo Italia	2 – 2	Universitario	Caracas
	Zeica Tacoronte		Uribe Chumpitaz

River Plate v Boca Juniors

February 10, 1966	River Plate	2 – 1	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
	Sarnari Bayo		Rojas

Deportivo Italia v Alianza Lima

February 12, 1966	Deportivo Italia	3 – 1	Alianza Lima	Caracas
	Tacoronte Zeica Nitti		Flores

Lara v Universitario

February 12, 1966

Lara

0 – 0

Universitario

Barquisimeto

Lara v River Plate

February 15, 1966	Lara	1 – 2	River Plate	Barquisimeto
	Didi II		Onega

Universitario v Boca Juniors

February 17, 1966	Universitario	2 – 1	Boca Juniors	Lima
	Challe Casaretto		Zarich

Deportivo Italia v River Plate

February 17, 1966	Deportivo Italia	0 – 3	River Plate	Caracas
			Onega Solari Sarnari

Alianza Lima v Boca Juniors

February 19, 1966	Alianza Lima	0 – 1	Boca Juniors	Lima
			Rojas

Deportivo Italia v Boca Juniors

February 23, 1966	Deportivo Italia	1 – 2	Boca Juniors	Caracas
	Vicente		Zarich Rojas

Universitario v River Plate

February 23, 1966	Universitario	1 – 1	River Plate	Lima
	Casaretto		Onega

Lara v Boca Juniors

February 25, 1966	Lara	0 – 3	Boca Juniors	Barquisimeto
			Rojas Luna

Alianza Lima v River Plate

February 26, 1966	Alianza Lima	0 – 2	River Plate	Lima
			Onega Matosas

Alianza Lima v Deportivo Italia

March 1, 1966	Alianza Lima	1 – 2	Deportivo Italia	Lima
	Renato o.g.'		Zeica

River Plate v Universitario

March 2, 1966	River Plate	5 – 0	Universitario	Buenos Aires
	Onega Cubilla Loayza

Boca Juniors v Lara

March 2, 1966	Boca Juniors	2 – 1	Lara	Buenos Aires
	López Rojas		Bezerra

River Plate v Lara

March 4, 1966	River Plate	3 – 0	Lara	Buenos Aires
	Loayza Delem

River Plate v Alianza Lima

March 8, 1966	River Plate	3 – 2	Alianza Lima	Buenos Aires
	Loayza Onega Zywica		Zegarra

Boca Juniors v Deportivo Italia

March 8, 1966	Boca Juniors	5 – 2	Deportivo Italia	Buenos Aires
	Menéndez Aimonetti Rojas Luna		Nitti

Universitario v Lara

March 8, 1966	Universitario	1 – 0	Lara	Lima
	Córdova

River Plate v Deportivo Italia

March 10, 1966	River Plate	2 – 1	Deportivo Italia	Buenos Aires
	Loayza Onega		Nitti

Boca Juniors v Alianza Lima

March 10, 1966	Boca Juniors	0 – 1	Alianza Lima	Buenos Aires
			Zegarra

Alianza Lima v Lara

March 13, 1966	Alianza Lima	3 – 0	Lara	Lima
	Zegarra Reyes

Universitario v Deportivo Italia

March 13, 1966	Universitario	1 – 2	Deportivo Italia	Lima
	Calatayud		Nitti Tacoronte

Deportivo Italia v Lara

March 17, 1966	Deportivo Italia	1 – 0	Lara	Caracas
	Nitti

Boca Juniors v Universitario

March 18, 1966	Boca Juniors	2 – 0	Universitario	Buenos Aires
	Marzolini Rojas

Alianza Lima v Universitario

March 23, 1966	Alianza Lima	0 – 1 [A]	Universitario	Lima
			Uribe

Boca Juniors v River Plate

March 24, 1966	Boca Juniors	2 – 0	River Plate	Buenos Aires
	Rojas

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		CAT	GUA	OLI	UCH
1	Universidad Católica	6	2	3	1	9	5	+4	7	Qualified to the Semifinals			2–0	0–0	2–2
2	Guaraní	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	6			3–1		2–0	1–1
3	Olimpia	6	2	2	2	7	10	−3	6			0–4	3–3		2–0
4	Universidad de Chile	6	1	3	2	6	7	−1	5			0–0	2–0	1–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Olimpia v Guaraní

February 27, 1966	Olimpia	3 – 3	Guaraní	Asunción
	Apodaca Torres González		González Ivaldi

Universidad de Chile v Universidad Católica

March 2, 1966

Universidad de Chile

0 – 0

Universidad Católica

Santiago

Universidad Católica v Guaraní

March 5, 1966	Universidad Católica	2 – 0	Guaraní	Santiago
	Gallardo Tobar

Universidad de Chile v Olimpia

March 5, 1966	Universidad de Chile	1 – 2	Olimpia	Santiago
	Sánchez		Torres

Universidad de Chile v Guaraní

March 8, 1966	Universidad de Chile	2 – 0	Guaraní	Santiago
	Marcos Araya

Universidad Católica v Olimpia

March 8, 1966

Universidad Católica

0 – 0

Olimpia

Santiago

Guaraní v Universidad de Chile

March 11, 1966	Guaraní	1 – 1	Universidad de Chile	Asunción
	Arámbulo		Sánchez

Olimpia v Universidad Católica

March 11, 1966	Olimpia	0 – 4	Universidad Católica	Asunción
			Tobar Prieto

Guaraní v Universidad Católica

March 16, 1966	Guaraní	3 – 1	Universidad Católica	Asunción
	Patiño González Arámbulo		Fouilloux

Olimpia v Universidad de Chile

March 16, 1966	Olimpia	2 – 0	Universidad de Chile	Asunción
	Torres González

Universidad Católica v Universidad de Chile

March 20, 1966	Universidad Católica	2 – 2	Universidad de Chile	Santiago
	Prieto Fouilloux		Marcos Campos

Guaraní v Olimpia

March 20, 1966	Guaraní	2 – 0	Olimpia	Asunción
	González Martínez

Guaraní v Olimpia

March 23, 1966 Second place playoff	Guaraní	2 – 1	Olimpia	Asunción
	González		González

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Peñarol	10	8	0	2	20	10	+10	16
Nacional	10	7	1	2	22	10	+12	15
Jorge Wilstermann	10	4	2	4	14	14	0	10
Deportivo Municipal	10	4	1	5	21	22	-1	9
Emelec	10	4	0	6	15	18	-3	8
9 de Octubre	10	1	0	9	13	31	-18	2

Emelec v 9 de Octubre

January 30, 1966	Emelec	2 – 1	9 de Octubre	Guayaquil
	Pulido Lencina		Fernández

Deportivo Municipal v Jorge Wilstermann

January 30, 1966	Deportivo Municipal	1 – 1	Jorge Wilstermann	La Paz
	Di Meglio		García

Nacional v Peñarol

January 30, 1966	Nacional	4 – 0	Peñarol	Montevideo
	Morales Techera Virgili Pérez

Deportivo Municipal v Nacional

February 2, 1966	Deportivo Municipal	3 – 2	Nacional	La Paz
	Di Meglio Quevedo		Oyarbide Virgili

Jorge Wilstermann v Peñarol

February 2, 1966	Jorge Wilstermann	1 – 0	Peñarol	Cochabamba
	García

9 de Octubre v Peñarol

February 6, 1966	9 de Octubre	1 – 2	Peñarol	Guayaquil
	Grijo		Rocha Spencer

Emelec v Nacional

February 6, 1966	Emelec	0 – 2	Nacional	Guayaquil
			Pérez Méndez

9 de Octubre v Nacional

February 9, 1966	9 de Octubre	2 – 3	Nacional	Guayaquil
	Álvarez o.g.' Fernández		Morales Pérez

Emelec v Peñarol

February 9, 1966	Emelec	1 – 2	Peñarol	Guayaquil
	Calonga		Cortés Joya

Deportivo Municipal v Peñarol

February 13, 1966	Deportivo Municipal	1 – 2	Peñarol	La Paz
	Caínzo		Abbadie Spencer

Jorge Wilstermann v Nacional

February 13, 1966

Jorge Wilstermann

0 – 0

Nacional

Cochabamba

Emelec v Jorge Wilstermann

February 19, 1966	Emelec	3 – 1	Jorge Wilstermann	Guayaquil
	Lencina Calonga		Soria

9 de Octubre v Deportivo Municipal

February 19, 1966	9 de Octubre	3 – 4	Deportivo Municipal	Guayaquil
	Bono Fernández Grijo		Moyano Castillo

9 de Octubre v Jorge Wilstermann

February 24, 1966	9 de Octubre	3 – 2	Jorge Wilstermann	Guayaquil
	Fernández Bono Grijo		García López

Emelec v Deportivo Municipal

February 24, 1966	Emelec	2 – 1	Deportivo Municipal	Guayaquil
	Lencina Merizalde		Di Meglio

Nacional v Deportivo Municipal

March 2, 1966	Nacional	4 – 1	Deportivo Municipal	Montevideo
	Morales Virgili		Moyano

Peñarol v Jorge Wilstermann

March 2, 1966	Peñarol	2 – 0	Jorge Wilstermann	Montevideo
	Silva

Nacional v Jorge Wilstermann

March 5, 1966	Nacional	3 – 0	Jorge Wilstermann	Montevideo
	Morales Virgili Ramos

Peñarol v Deportivo Municipal

March 5, 1966	Peñarol	3 – 1	Deportivo Municipal	Montevideo
	Silva Spencer Joya		Moyano

Nacional v Emelec

March 8, 1966	Nacional	1 – 0	Emelec	Montevideo
	Oyarbide

Peñarol v 9 de Octubre

March 8, 1966	Peñarol	2 – 0	9 de Octubre	Montevideo
	Caetano Rocha

Nacional v 9 de Octubre

March 11, 1966	Nacional	3 – 1	9 de Octubre	Montevideo
	Ramos Morales		Fernández

Peñarol v Emelec

March 11, 1966	Peñarol	4 – 1	Emelec	Montevideo
	Silva Alfano		Bolaños

Jorge Wilstermann v Emelec

March 13, 1966	Jorge Wilstermann	2 – 1	Emelec	Cochabamba
	López Zabalaga		Pineda

Jorge Wilstermann v 9 de Octubre

March 17, 1966	Jorge Wilstermann	4 – 1	9 de Octubre	Cochabamba
	García Agreda López		Fernández

Deportivo Municipal v Emelec

March 17, 1966	Deportivo Municipal	4 – 1	Emelec	La Paz
	Torres Moyano Aguirre		Bolaños

Deportivo Municipal v 9 de Octubre

March 19, 1966	Deportivo Municipal	5 – 1	9 de Octubre	La Paz
	Moyano Caínzo Castillo Espinoza Aguirre		Fernández

Peñarol v Nacional

March 19, 1966	Peñarol	3 – 0	Nacional	Montevideo
	Rocha Joya

Jorge Wilstermann v Deportivo Municipal

March 23, 1966	Jorge Wilstermann	3 – 0	Deportivo Municipal	Cochabamba
	García López

9 de Octubre v Emelec

March 23, 1966	9 de Octubre	0 – 4	Emelec	Guayaquil
			Lencina Fernández o.g.'

Semifinals

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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		RIV	IND	BOC	GUA
1	River Plate	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	8	Qualified to the Final			4–2	2–2	3–1
2	Independiente	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	8			1–1		0–0	2–1
3	Boca Juniors	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	7			1–0	0–2		1–1
4	Guaraní	6	0	1	5	5	14	−9	1			1–3	0–2	1–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Guaraní v Boca Juniors

March 30, 1966	Guaraní	1 – 3	Boca Juniors	Asunción
	González		Menéndez Rojas

Guaraní v River Plate

April 6, 1966	Guaraní	1 – 3	River Plate	Asunción
	González		Solari Onega Loayza

Boca Juniors v Independiente

April 8, 1966	Boca Juniors	0 – 2	Independiente	Buenos Aires
			Cardoso Tarabini

Independiente v River Plate

April 12, 1966	Independiente	1 – 1	River Plate	Avellaneda
	Tarabini		Solari

River Plate v Boca Juniors

April 14, 1966	River Plate	2 – 2	Boca Juniors	Buenos Aires
	Sarnari Silvero o.g.'		Madurga Rojas

Guaraní v Independiente

April 14, 1966	Guaraní	0 – 2	Independiente	Asunción
			Cardoso Pastoriza

River Plate v Independiente

April 19, 1966	River Plate	4 – 2	Independiente	Buenos Aires
	Onega Sarnari		Savoy

Boca Juniors v Guaraní

April 19, 1966	Boca Juniors	1 – 1	Guaraní	Buenos Aires
	Rojas		Melgarejo

River Plate v Guaraní

April 21, 1966	River Plate	3 – 1	Guaraní	Buenos Aires
	Onega Loayza		Martínez

Independiente v Guaraní

April 26, 1966	Independiente	2 – 1	Guaraní	Avellaneda
	Tarabini Savoy		Navarro o.g.'

Independiente v Boca Juniors

April 29, 1966

Independiente

0 – 0

Boca Juniors

Avellaneda

Boca Juniors v River Plate

May 4, 1966	Boca Juniors	1 – 0	River Plate	Buenos Aires
	Rojas

River Plate v Independiente

May 10, 1966 First place playoff	River Plate	2 – 1	Independiente	Buenos Aires
	Onega Cubilla		Artime

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		PEÑ	CAT	NAC
1	Peñarol	4	3	0	1	6	1	+5	6	Qualified to the Final			2–0	3–0
2	Universidad Católica	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	4			1–0		1–0
3	Nacional	4	1	0	3	3	7	−4	2			0–1	3–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Universidad Católica v Peñarol

March 30, 1966	Universidad Católica	1 – 0	Peñarol	Santiago
	Ibañez

Universidad Católica v Nacional

April 2, 1966	Universidad Católica	1 – 0	Nacional	Santiago
	Inostroza

Peñarol v Nacional

April 10, 1966	Peñarol	3 – 0	Nacional	Montevideo
	Rocha

Nacional v Universidad Católica

April 14, 1966	Nacional	3 – 2	Universidad Católica	Montevideo
	Virgili Oyarbide		Tobar Inostroza

Peñarol v Universidad Católica

April 19, 1966	Peñarol	2 – 0	Universidad Católica	Montevideo
	Rocha Joya

Nacional v Peñarol

April 23, 1966	Nacional	0 – 1	Peñarol	Montevideo
			Cortés

Finals

Main article: 1966 Copa Libertadores Finals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Peñarol	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	2
2	River Plate	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

May 12, 1966

Peñarol	2–0	River Plate
Abbadie 74' Joya 84'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 46,041

Referee: Roberto Goicoechea (Argentina)

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May 18, 1966

River Plate	3–2	Peñarol
D. Onega 37' Sarnari 56' E. Onega 69'		Rocha 35' Spencer 53'

Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: José María Codesal (Uruguay)

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May 20, 1966

Playoff

River Plate	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Peñarol
D. Onega 27' Solari 42'		Spencer 65', 102' Abbadie 71' Rocha 109'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 40,240

Referee: Claudio Vicuña (Chile)

Champion

Copa Libertadores de América 1966 Champion
Peñarol Third Title

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Daniel Onega	River Plate	17
2	Pedro Rocha	Peñarol	10
3	Alfredo Hugo Rojas	Boca Juniors	7
	Julio César Morales	Nacional	7
	Orlando Virgili	Nacional	7
	Agostino Nitti	Deportivo Italia	7
	Salomón Moyano	Deportivo Municipal	7
	Gerardo González	Olimpia	7
	Hugo Lencina	Emelec	7
	Cirilo Fernández	9 de Octubre	7
	Ausberto García	Jorge Wilstermann	7

Footnotes

A. ^ The match finished 1-1, but Universitario were declared 0-1 winners as Alianza fielded two ineligible players: Catalá and Cruz.

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