Copa Libertadores

 

Copa Libertadores. First Round

Nacional (Montevideo) bye to the second round as holders.

Group 1 [Argentina, Colombia]
 1.Independiente (Avellaneda)      6  4  2  0 13- 5 10
 2.Rosario Central                 6  3  2  1  8- 5  8
 3.Independiente Santa Fe (Bogotá) 6  1  2  3  4- 9  4
 4.Atlético Nacional (Medellín)    6  0  2  4  3- 9  2

Group 2 [Bolivia, Ecuador]
 1.Barcelona (Guayaquil)           6  3  3  0  8- 3  9
 2.América (Quito)                 6  3  1  2  9- 7  7
 3.Oriente Petrolero (Santa Cruz)  6  2  2  2 10- 7  6
 4.Chaco Petrolero (La Paz)        6  1  0  5  3-13  2

Group 3 [Brazil, Paraguay]
 1.São Paulo                       6  3  2  1 12- 6  8
 2.Olimpia (Asunción)              6  2  2  2  7- 8  6
 3.Cerro Porteño (Asunción)        6  2  2  2  7-11  6
 4.Atlético Mineiro (Belo Horiz.)  6  0  4  2  5- 6  4

Group 4 [Chile, Peru]
 1.Universitario (Lima)            6  3  2  1  9- 6  8
 2.Universidad de Chile (Santiago) 6  3  0  3 12-12  6
 3.Alianza (Lima)                  6  2  2  2 10-10  6
 4.Unión San Felipe                6  1  2  3  5- 8  4

Group 5 [Uruguay, Venezuela]

 1.Peñarol (Montevideo)            4  4  0  0 12- 3  8
 2.Deportivo Italia (Caracas)      4  1  1  2  4- 7  3
 3.Valencia (Acarigua)             4  0  1  3  3- 9  1

Semi-Finals

Group 1 
 1.Universitario (Lima)            4  1  2  1  9- 7  4
 2.Nacional (Montevideo)           4  1  2  1  7- 7  4
 3.Peñarol (Montevideo)            4  1  2  1  5- 7  4

Group 2
 1.Independiente (Avellaneda)      4  2  1  1  4- 2  5
 2.São Paulo                       4  1  2  1  2- 3  4
 3.Barcelona (Guayaquil)           4  0  3  1  2- 3  3

Final (May 17 & 24)
Universitario            Per  Independiente            Arg   0-0  1-2  1-2

1st leg. Estadio Nacional, Lima, 17- 5-1972

Universitario - Independiente 0-0

Universitario: Ballesteros, Soría, Cuellar, Chumpítaz, Luna, Techera,
               Carbonell (Uribe), Castañeda, Ramírez, Rojas, Bailetti.
Independiente: Santoro, Commisso, Sá, Garisto, Pavoni, Pastoriza, Raimondo,
               Semenewicz, Balbuena, Mircoli, Saggioratto (Bulla).

Referee: Marques (Brazil)
Attendance: 45,000

2nd leg. Cordero, Avellaneda, 24- 5-1972

Independiente - Universitario 2-1
 6' Maglioni      1-0
61' Maglioni      2-0
79' Rojas         2-1



Independiente: Santoro, Commisso, Sá, Garisto, Pavoni, Pastoriza, Raimondo,
               Semenewicz, Balbuena, Maglioni (Magán), Saggioratto (Mircoli).
Universitario: Ballesteros, Soría, Cuellar, Chumpítaz, Luna, Techera
               (Alva), Cruzado, Castañeda, Munante, Rojas, Ramírez (Bailetti).

Referee: Favilli Neto (Brazil)
Attendance: 55,000

Independiente got the trophy!

Universitario (Lima) lost the final by one goal. May be unlucky after an excellent campaign - especially because they played part of it without 5 national team players! They were the first Peruvian team to reach the final.

South American champions for a third time! Although the picture is from the semi-final, this was squad winning the final.

The team was getting old – there were some players (Santoro, for instance) who appeared in the first won final in 1964, but they had not only experience and smooth understanding – they had younger and eager reserves. For the moment, they equalized the record of Estudiantes (La Plata) and Penarol (Montevideo), leading with them the South American clubs with 3 Libertadores Cups each.

Sweet success, but it was only the beginning of the greatest period of the club.