1982 Copa Libertadores

The Copa Libertadores 1982 was the 23rd edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. Peñarol won the competition.

1982 Copa Libertadores de América

Tournament details
Dates	March 7 – November 30
Teams	21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Peñarol (4th title)
Runners-up	Cobreloa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	74
Goals scored	163 (2.2 per match)

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualify method
CONMEBOL (1 berth)	Flamengo	1981 Copa Libertadores champion
Argentina 2 berths	River Plate	1981 Campeonato Nacional champions
	Boca Juniors	1981 Campeonato Metropolitano champions
Bolivia 2 berths	Jorge Wilstermann	1981 Primera División champion
	The Strongest	1981 Primera División runner-up
Brazil 2 berths	Grêmio	1981 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
	São Paulo	1981 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2nd place
Chile 2 berths	Colo-Colo	1981 Primera División champion
	Cobreloa	1981 Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores winner
Colombia 2 berths	Atlético Nacional	1981 Campeonato Profesional champion
	Deportes Tolima	1981 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
Ecuador 2 berths	Barcelona	1981 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A champion
	LDU Quito	1981 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A runner-up
Paraguay 2 berths	Olimpia	1981 Primera División champion
	Sol de América	1981 Primera División runner-up
Peru 2 berths	Melgar	1981 Torneo Descentralizado champion
	Deportivo Municipal	1981 Torneo Descentralizado runner-up
Uruguay 2 berths	Defensor Sporting	1981 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
	Peñarol	1981 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up
Venezuela 2 berths	Deportivo Táchira	1981 Primera División champion
	Estudiantes de Mérida	1981 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 Flamengo was champion of the 1981 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Semifinals.

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

Group stage

Group 1

Group 1 standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RIV	STR	WIL	BOC
1	River Plate	6	5	1	0	8	1	+7	11	Qualified to the Semi-Finals		—	4–1	3–0	1–0
2	The Strongest	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	5			1–0	—	1–1	1–0
3	Jorge Wilstermann	6	1	2	3	5	7	−2	4			0–1	1–2	—	1–0
4	Boca Juniors	6	1	2	3	3	5	−2	4			0–0	1–0	2–2	—

Source:

Group 2

Group 2 standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PEÑ	SAO	GRE	DFS
1	Peñarol	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	9	Qualified to the Semi-Finals		—	1–0	1–0	3–0
2	São Paulo	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	6			0–1	—	2–2	2–1
3	Grêmio	6	1	3	2	6	6	0	5			3–1	0–0	—	1–2
4	Defensor Sporting	6	1	2	3	4	9	−5	4			0–0	1–3	0–0	—

Source:

Group 3

Group 3 standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TOL	NAC	ESM	TAC
1	Deportes Tolima	6	3	3	0	9	3	+6	9	Qualified to the Semi-Finals		—	0–0	1–0	2–2
2	Atlético Nacional	6	3	2	1	6	4	+2	8			0–3	—	2–0	1–0
3	Estudiantes de Mérida	6	1	2	3	3	7	−4	4			1–1	1–3	—	1–0
4	Deportivo Táchira	6	0	3	3	2	6	−4	3			0–2	0–0	0–0	—

Source:

Group 4

Group 4 standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COB	CC	LDQ	BSC
1	Cobreloa	6	3	3	0	9	2	+7	9	Qualified to the Semi-Finals		—	2–0	3–1	3–0
2	Colo-Colo	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	8			0–0	—	1–0	2–0
3	LDU Quito	6	1	2	3	8	12	−4	4			0–0	2–2	—	4–2
4	Barcelona	6	1	1	4	8	14	−6	3			1–1	1–3	4–1	—

Source:

Group 5

Group 5 standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OLI	MEL	SOL	MUN
1	Olimpia	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	10	Qualified to the Semi-Finals		—	4–0	1–1	1–0
2	Melgar	6	4	0	2	9	10	−1	8			0–3	—	3–2	2–1
3	Sol de América	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	6			1–1	0–2	—	2–1
4	Deportivo Municipal	6	0	0	6	3	12	−9	0			1–2	0–2	0–3	—

Source:

Semifinals

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PEÑ	FLA	RIV
1	Peñarol	4	4	0	0	8	3	+5	8	Qualified to the Final		—	1–0	2–1
2	Flamengo	4	2	0	2	7	4	+3	4			0–1	—	4–2
3	River Plate	4	0	0	4	5	13	−8	0			2–4	0–3	—

Source:

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COB	OLI	TOL
1	Cobreloa	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3	5	Qualified to the Final		—	1–0	3–0
2	Olimpia	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	4			1–1	—	2–0
3	Deportes Tolima	4	1	1	2	2	6	−4	3			1–0	1–1	—

Source:

Finals

Main article: 1982 Copa Libertadores Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Peñarol	1 – 0	Cobreloa	0 – 0	1 – 0

Copa Libertadores 1982 winner
Peñarol 4th title

External links

• Sitio oficial de la CONMEBOL
• Libertadores 1982 at RSSSF.com