1964 Copa Libertadores

The 1964 Copa de Campeones de América was the fifth edition of South America's premier club football tournament. For the first time since its inception, every member of CONMEBOL was represented in the competition. Deportivo Italia became the first club from Venezuela to participate, providing an unexpectedly impressive performance after eliminating Bahia of Brazil in the preliminary round and beating Barcelona in Guayaquil.

1964 Copa de Campeones de América
Tournament details
DatesApril 3 - August 12
Teams11 (from 10 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Independiente (1st title)
Runners-up Nacional
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored88 (3.38 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mario Rodríguez and Celino Mora (6 goals)

Building up on Boca Juniors's great showing in the last season, Argentine football managed to put themselves on the international map as Independiente won Argentina's first title. El Diablo Rojo, or Red Devil, eliminated the powerful Santos, which played without the main stars of its attack (Dorval, Mengálvio, Coutinho and an injured Pelé didn't play, and Pepe played just the first match of the semifinal).[1] After winning both matches of their semifinal series the Argentines dispatched Nacional in the finals. Mario Rodríguez was a key factor in Independiente's triumph and he became the top scorer of the tournament with 6 goals.

Qualified teams
Country Team Qualification method
CONMEBOL
1 berth		 Santos 1963 Copa Libertadores de América winners
 Argentina
1 berth		 Independiente 1963 Primera División champion
 Bolivia
1 berth		 Aurora 1963 Copa Simón Bolívar champion
 Brazil
1 berth		 Bahia 1963 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up
 Chile
1 berth		 Colo-Colo 1963 Primera División champion
 Colombia
1 berth		 Millonarios 1963 Campeonato Profesional champion
 Ecuador
1 berth		 Barcelona 1963 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol champion
Paraguay
1 berth		 Cerro Porteño 1963 Primera División champion
 Peru
1 berth		 Alianza Lima 1963 Primera División champion
 Uruguay
1 berth		 Nacional 1963 Primera División champion
 Venezuela
1 berth		 Deportivo Italia 1963 Venezuelan Primera División champion

Tie-breaking criteria

This edition saw a first round, with three groups containing three teams each; the preliminary round from the 1961 edition was reintroduced. The format for the semifinals and the finals remained unchanged.

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.

Preliminary round

Owing to the uneven number of teams in the competition, a preliminary round was created to determine who joined the other 9 teams in the competition. As a predominated "weak" side, Venezuela has its representative face off against Brazil's second representative. The winner of the series would advance into the First round. Both matches took place in Caracas.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Deportivo Italia 211021+13
Bahía 201112-11
April 3, 1964 Deportivo Italia 0 – 0 Bahía Caracas
April 8, 1964 Bahía 1 – 2 Deportivo Italia Caracas
Vevê Jaime
Iramido

First round

Nine teams were drawn into groups of three. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Semifinals. Santos, the title holders, had a bye to the next round.

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Nacional 43109277
Cerro Porteño 412111654
Aurora 4013214-121
April 12, 1964 Aurora 2 – 2 Cerro Porteño Cochabamba
Herbas
Alcócer 		Mora
Rojas
April 19, 1964 Nacional 2 – 0 Aurora Montevideo
Abeledo
April 26, 1964 Cerro Porteño 2 – 2 Nacional Asunción
Mora Méndez
Oyarbide
May 3, 1964 Aurora 0 – 3 Nacional Cochabamba
Bergara
Pérez
Acosta
May 10, 1964 Nacional 2 – 0 Cerro Porteño Montevideo
Bergara
Pérez
May 17, 1964 Cerro Porteño 7 – 0 Aurora Asunción
Rojas
Mora
Rojas
Breglia
Rojas

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Independiente 431011387
Millonarios 420268-24
Alianza Lima 4013511-61
May 7, 1964 Millonarios 3 – 2 Alianza Lima Bogotá
Gamboa León
Zegarra
May 31, 1964 Independiente 4 – 0 Alianza Lima Avellaneda
Savoy
Rodríguez
Rolan
Suárez
June 4, 1964 Alianza Lima 2 – 2
[A]		 Independiente Avellaneda
León Savoy
June 7, 1964 Independiente 5 – 1 Millonarios Avellaneda
Rodríguez
Suárez
Savoy 		Parodi
June 28, 1964 Alianza Lima 1 – 2
[B]		 Millonarios Bogotá
Tenemás Klinger
Gamboa
July 8, 1964 Millonarios [C] Independiente Bogotá

Group 3
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Colo-Colo 43019726
Barcelona 42029454
Deportivo Italia 410329-72
May 3, 1964 Barcelona 0 – 1 Deportivo Italia Guayaquil
Zequniha
May 5, 1964 Colo-Colo 4 – 0 Deportivo Italia Santiago
Valdés
Álvarez
Moreno
Roberto
May 13, 1964 Barcelona 2 – 3 Colo-Colo Guayaquil
Nivaldo Roberto
Álvarez
Valdés
May 17, 1964 Deportivo Italia 1 – 2 Colo-Colo Caracas
Jaime Roberto
Moreno
May 24, 1964 Deportivo Italia 0 – 3 Barcelona Caracas
Nivaldo
Geninho
Calderón
May 28, 1964 Colo-Colo 0 – 4 Barcelona Santiago
Nivaldo
Helio
Geninho

Semifinals

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

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Independiente220053+24
Santos200235−20
July 15, 1964 Santos 2 – 3 Independiente Rio de Janeiro
Guerreiro
Pepe 		Rodríguez
Bernao
Suárez
July 22, 1964 Independiente 2 – 1 Santos Avellaneda
Mori
Rodríguez 		Guerreiro

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Nacional220084+44
Colo-Colo200248−40
July 15, 1964 Colo-Colo 2 – 4 Nacional Santiago
Baeza  o.g.'
Alvarez 		Sanfilippo
Leites
Douksas
August 1, 1964 Nacional 4 – 2 Colo-Colo Montevideo
Jaburú
Douksas
Pérez 		Jiménez
Valdés

Finals
Main article: 1964 Copa Libertadores Finals
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Independiente211010+13
Nacional201101−11
August 6, 1964 Nacional 0 – 0 Independiente Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)
August 12, 1964 Independiente 1 – 0 Nacional La Doble Visera, Avellaneda
Rodríguez  35' Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Dimas Larrosa (Paraguay)

Champion
Copa Libertadores de América
1964 Champion

Independiente
First Title

Top goalscorers
Pos Player Team Goals
1 Mario Rodríguez Independiente 6
Celino Mora Cerro Porteño 6
3 Nivaldo Barcelona 5
4 Luis Ernesto Suárez Independiente 4
Raúl Armando Savoy Independiente 4
Delio Gamboa Millonarios 4
3 Francisco Valdés Colo-Colo 3
Luis Hernán Álvarez Colo-Colo 3
Roberto Frojuelo Colo-Colo 3
Domingo Pérez Nacional 3
Víctor Zegarra Alianza Lima 3

Footnotes
  1. News at journal Folha de S.Paulo on June 23, 2015, the Argentine TV brought up to light phone recordings conversations between Abel Gnecco, Argentina's representative in referee committee of Conmebol and the former president of AFA, Julio Grondona, who died in 2014 and who in 1964 was president of Independiente. In the wiretapping (recorded at May 17, 2013), Grondona praises himself for have conspired with the referee team of semifinal between Santos and Independiente, in order that Brazilian team could not qualify for the final. Transcription of the wiretape, included. (in Portuguese)
A. ^ Played in Avellaneda (Racing Club's stadium) due to the tragedy around the olympic qualifier between Peru and Argentina in Lima.
B. ^ Played in Bogotá (El Campin) due to the tragedy around the olympic qualifier between Peru and Argentina in Lima.
C. ^ Not played due to differences between CONMEBOL and the Colombian football federations, ADEFútbol and FEDEBOL (after Independiente refused to travel to Bogotá); points incredibly were awarded to Independiente despite refused to play (but no goals).
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