1967 Copa Libertadores

1967 Copa Libertadores de América
Tournament details
Dates	February 11 – August 8
Teams	20 (from 10 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Racing (1st title)
Runners-up	Nacional
Tournament statistics
Matches played	113
Goals scored	353 (3.12 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Norberto Raffo (14 goals)
	← 1966 1968 →

The 1967 Copa Libertadores de América was the eighth edition of the Copa Libertadores, and which involved 20 club teams from South American nations.

The tournament was divided into three rounds; the first group stage, the second group stage, and the final. The tournament was won by Racing of Argentina who beat Nacional of Uruguay.

Qualified teams edit

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Country	Team	Qualification method
CONMEBOL 1 berth	Peñarol	1966 Copa Libertadores de América winners
Argentina 2 berths	Racing	1966 Primera División champion
Argentina 2 berths	River Plate	1966 Primera División runner-up
Bolivia 2 berths	Bolívar	1966 Copa Simón Bolívar champion
Bolivia 2 berths	31 de Octubre	1966 Copa Simón Bolívar runner-up
Brazil 2 berth	Cruzeiro	1966 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
Brazil 2 berth	Santos	1966 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up
Chile 2 berths	Universidad Católica	1966 Primera División champion
Chile 2 berths	Colo-Colo	1966 Primera División runner-up
Colombia 2 berths	Santa Fe	1966 Campeonato Profesional champion
Colombia 2 berths	Independiente Medellín	1966 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
Ecuador 2 berths	Barcelona	1966 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol champion
Ecuador 2 berths	Emelec	1966 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol runner-up
Paraguay 2 berths	Cerro Porteño	1966 Primera División champion
Paraguay 2 berths	Guaraní	1966 Primera División runner-up
Peru 2 berths	Universitario	1966 Torneo Descentralizado champion
Peru 2 berths	Sport Boys	1966 Torneo Descentralizado runner-up
Uruguay 1 berth	Nacional	1966 Primera División winner
Venezuela 2 berths	Deportivo Italia	1966 Venezuelan Primera División champion
Venezuela 2 berths	Deportivo Galicia	1966 Venezuelan Primera División runners-up

Draw edit

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

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

First round edit

Group 1 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	CRU	UNI	SBA	GAL	ITA
1	Cruzeiro	8	7	1	0	22	6	+16	15	Qualified to the Semifinals		4–1	3–1	3–1	4–0
2	Universitario	8	5	1	2	11	8	+3	11	Qualified to the Semifinals	2–2		1–0	2–0	1–0
3	Sport Boys	8	2	1	5	10	11	−1	5		1–2	0–3		2–0	0–0
4	Deportivo Galicia	8	2	1	5	5	10	−5	5		0–1	2–0	2–1		0–0
5	Deportivo Italia	8	1	2	5	3	16	−13	4		0–3	0–3	2–5	1–0
—	Santos^[1]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	RAC	RIV	SFE	BOL	DIM	OCT
1	Racing	10	8	1	1	29	7	+22	17	Qualified to the Semifinals		2–0	4–1	6–0	5–2	6–0
2	River Plate	10	6	3	1	29	9	+20	15	Qualified to the Semifinals	0–0		4–0	2–0	6–2	7–0
3	Santa Fe	10	3	2	5	17	22	−5	8		1–2	2–2		1–2	2–0	2–0
4	Bolívar	10	2	4	4	11	21	−10	8		0–2	3–3	2–2		1–1	1–0
5	Independiente Medellín	10	3	1	6	12	22	−10	7		0–2	0–1	0–4	2–0		3–0
6	31 de Octubre	10	2	1	7	12	29	−17	5		3–0	0–4	6–2	2–2	1–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	NAC	COL	CAT	GUA	EME	BAR	CER
1	Nacional	12	9	1	2	34	12	+22	19	Qualified to the Semifinals		5–2	0–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	4–1
2	Colo-Colo	12	7	1	4	30	28	+2	15	Qualified to the Semifinals	3–2		4–2	1–0	3–2	3–2	5–1
3	Universidad Católica	12	5	3	4	19	16	+3	13		0–3	5–2		1–1	1–2	3–1	3–1
4	Guaraní	12	4	2	6	18	15	+3	10		0–1	4–2	1–1		3–0	4–1	1–2
5	Emelec	12	4	1	7	16	24	−8	9		1–4	4–3	0–1	0–2		3–0	2–1
6	Barcelona	12	4	1	7	14	24	−10	9		2–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1		1–2
7	Cerro Porteño	12	4	1	7	16	26	−10	9		2–6	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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Source:^[2]

Semifinals edit

There was one group of four teams and one of three. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Final.

Group 1 edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	RAC	UNI	RIV	COL
1	Racing	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	9	Qualified to the Final		1–2	3–1	3–1
2	Universitario	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	9		1–2		2–2	3–0
3	River Plate	6	0	3	3	4	8	−4	3		0–0	0–1		1–1
4	Colo-Colo	6	1	1	4	3	10	−7	3		0–2	0–1	1–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Tiebreaker edit

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Racing	2–1	Universitario

Group 2 edit

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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Finals edit

August 15, 1967

Racing	0–0	Nacional

August 25, 1967

Nacional	0–0	Racing

August 29, 1967

Racing	2–1	Nacional

Goalscorers edit

The top goalscorer in the tournament was Norberto Raffo of Racing Club, who scored 14 goals.^[3]

References edit

^ Declined to play because playing in this tournament would jeopardize their performance in their national league. [1] ^{[dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c José Luis Pierrend; John Beuker; Pablo Ciullini; Karel Stokkermans (29 November 2012). "Copa Libertadores de América 1967". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 December 2012. (Note - source also includes individual match scores, dates and goalscorers)
^ Juan Pablo Andrés; Frank Ballesteros (10 July 2004). "Copa Libertadores - Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2012.

[1] Declined to play because playing in this tournament would jeopardize their performance in their national league. [1] ^{[dead link]}

[rsf67-2] José Luis Pierrend; John Beuker; Pablo Ciullini; Karel Stokkermans (29 November 2012). "Copa Libertadores de América 1967". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 December 2012. (Note - source also includes individual match scores, dates and goalscorers)

[3] Juan Pablo Andrés; Frank Ballesteros (10 July 2004). "Copa Libertadores - Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2012.

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