1966 Copa Libertadores

The Copa Libertadores 1966 was the seventh edition of the most important South American football competition for club teams and took on 5 February 1966 to playoff on May 20, 1966. A record number of 17 teams from 8 countries participated in the competition, including the Argentine defending CA Independiente from the bonarenser industrial suburb Avellaneda.

This was the first edition of the Libertadores in which also the runner-up of the participating countries were admitted. This was opposed by particular associations of Brazil and Colombia, which this contradictory auffassten as the character of the competition. The two countries waived due to its fully participate.

For the third time in tournament history, a playoff to decide the winner was necessary, and for the second time this took place at the Estadio Nacional de Chile in Santiago held in which it was played until 1987, a total of six times the winner.

The Uruguayan representative Peñarol won after 1960 and 1961, his third title. The top performers of 1950 Roque Máspoli trained by the Uruguayan goalkeeper legend, the football World Cup team Peñarol were the Ecuadorian striker Alberto Spencer - the one with crucial goals in the final helped back to his team's success - Pedro Rocha and in those years to the best goalkeepers of the world Ladislao Mazurkiewicz counted. In addition, playing at Peñarol Pablo Forlán, the father of Uruguayan stars of the 2000s, Diego Forlán.

When finalists goalkeeper Amadeo Carrizo included River Plate, the Uruguayan Luis Cubilla, Óscar Mas and striker Daniel Onega to the stars. Onega has 17 goals - a record which has since remained unrivaled - scorer of the Libertadores 1966 coach of River Plate was Renato Cesarini, who at River one of the architects of Maquina, one of the outstanding club formations in football history was in the 1940s..

3.2.1 Group 1 3.2.1.1 Decision -place play- 1

3.3.1 leg
3.3.2 leg
3.3.3 playoff

Mode

16 participants were divided for the first round in two groups of six teams and one group of four teams. It was ensured that the two participants play every country in the same group. The two first of the six groups and the first group of four qualified for the second round. Defending champions Independiente had a bye to the second round.

The second round consisted of a group of four and a group with three teams, which in turn was taken to ensure that clubs from the same country play in the same group, to ensure that the final stand between clubs from different countries. The two first qualified for the finals, which was played with a round-trip game.

In case of equality the goal difference did not matter, but it was a play due.

Participant

The former club is the champion of 1965, the second-named the runner-up respectively. The hometowns of the clubs are in brackets if not part of the club name.

Argentina Argentina: CA Boca Juniors CA River Plate (both Buenos Aires) and CA Independiente ( Avellaneda, Buenos Aires / holders)
Bolivia Bolivia: Deportivo Municipal ( La Paz ), Club Jorge Wilstermann (Cochabamba )
Chile Chile: Universidad Católica (Santiago ) CD, CF Universidad de Chile ( Santiago)
Ecuador Ecuador: CS Emelec ( Guayaquil ), AD Nueve de Octubre ( Milagro )
1954 Paraguay Paraguay: Olimpia Club (Asunción ), Club Guaraní (Asunción )
Peru Peru: Alianza Lima, Universitario de Deportes (Lima )
Uruguay Uruguay: Penarol (Montevideo), Club Nacional de Football (Montevideo)
Venezuela 1954 Venezuela: Lara FC ( Barquisimeto), Deportivo Italia (Caracas )

The Games

First round

Bye: CA Independiente Avellaneda Argentina

Group 1

Group 2

Decision -place play- 2

Group 3

2nd round

Group 1

Decision -place play- 1

Group 2

Final Games

The final match in Buenos Aires led the Uruguayan referee Jose Maria Codesal, father of naturalized Mexican referee Edgardo Codesal Méndez who led the final of the soccer World Cup 1990. With the Argentine Roberto Goicoechea and the Chilean Claudio Vicuña the other two finals were led by experienced World Cup referees.

First leg

Return

Decision-making

Peñarol qualified by winning the Libertadores for the games at the World Cup against the winner in the European Champions Cup, Real Madrid. The Uruguayans won it in October of the year both the game in Montevideo and the return leg in Madrid, with a 2-0. Alberto Spencer, scoring three goals against the Spaniards.

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