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)

The 1967 Copa Libertadores de América was the eighth edition of the Copa Libertadores, and which 19 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

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

First round

Sixteen teams were drawn into two groups of six and one group of five. 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

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cruzeiro	15	8	7	1	0	22	6	16
Universitario	11	8	5	1	2	11	8	3
Sport Boys	5	8	2	1	5	10	11	-1
Galicia	5	8	2	1	5	5	10	-5
Deportivo Italia	4	8	1	2	5	3	16	-13
Santos[1]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group 2

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Racing	17	10	8	1	1	29	7	22
River Plate	15	10	6	3	1	29	9	20
Santa Fe	8	10	3	2	5	17	22	-5
Bolívar	8	10	2	4	4	11	21	-10
Independiente Medellín	7	10	3	1	6	12	22	-10
31 de Octubre	5	10	2	1	7	12	29	-17

Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Nacional	19	12	9	1	2	34	12	22
Colo-Colo	15	12	7	1	4	30	28	2
Universidad Católica	13	12	5	3	4	19	16	3
Guaraní	10	12	4	2	6	18	15	3
Emelec	9	12	4	1	7	16	24	-8
Barcelona	9	12	4	1	7	14	24	-10
Cerro Porteño	9	12	4	1	7	14	26	-12

Source:^[2]

Semifinals

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

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Racing	9	6	4	1	1	11	5
Universitario	9	6	4	1	1	10	5
River Plate	3	6	0	3	3	4	8
Colo-Colo	3	6	1	1	4	3	10

• Racing and Universitario finished level on points, and Racing won a play-off 2-1

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Nacional	5	4	2	1	1	6	4
Cruzeiro	4	4	2	0	2	5	6
Peñarol	3	4	1	1	2	5	6

^[2]

Final

Team	Agg.	Team	1st leg	2nd leg	Playoff
Racing	2-1	Nacional	0-0	0-0	2-1

Goalscorers

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

References

1. Declined to play because playing in this tournament would jeopardize their performance in their national league.
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. Retrieved 9 December 2012.