1969 Copa Argentina Final

1969 Copa Argentina Finals

Event	1969 Copa Argentina
Atlanta Boca Juniors 2 3
on aggregate
First leg
Atlanta Boca Juniors 1 3
Date	July 23, 1969
Venue	Estadio Gasómetro, Boedo, Buenos Aires
Referee	Arturo Ithurralde
Second leg
Boca Juniors Atlanta 0 1
Date	July 27, 1969
Venue	Estadio Gasómetro, Boedo, Buenos Aires
Referee	Aurelio Bossolino

The 1969 Copa Argentina Finals were the final two-legged tie that decided the champion of the 1969 Copa Argentina. The finals were contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Boca Juniors and Atlanta. Both matches were played in Estadio Gasómetro in Buenos Aires. Boca Juniors won the first match 3-1, and Atlanta won the second match 1-0, but in the aggregate Boca Juniors won 3-2 to claim their first Copa Argentina Title. The champions was automatically qualified to the Recopa Sudamericana de Clubes, but Boca had already qualified to 1970 Copa Libertadores, so the runners-up, Atlanta, Took place in the competition.^[1]

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Atlanta	None
Boca Juniors	None

Road to the final

Boca Juniors			Round	Atlanta
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
Atlético Tucumán (won 3–2 on aggregate)	Away	3–2	First Round	Central Norte (won 3–1 on aggregate)	Away	0–1
	Home	0–0			Home	3–0
Sarmiento (SdE) (won 7–3 on aggregate)	Away	3–1	Round of 16	Altos Hornos Zapla (won 5–1 on aggregate)	Away	2–1
	Home	4–2			Home	3–0
Chacarita Juniors (won 3–2 on aggregate)	Away	0–1	Quarterfinals	San Lorenzo (won 2–1 on aggregate)	Away	0–1
	Home	3–1			Home	2–0
Colón (won 6–0 on aggregate)	Away	5-0	Semifinals	Rosario Central (won 4–2 on aggregate)	Away	2–1
	Home	1–0			Home	2–1

Match details

First leg

Atlanta v Boca Juniors

July 23, 1969

Atlanta	1–3	Boca Juniors
de la Iglesia  72'		Ponce  18' Madurga  53' Peña  82'

Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Referee: Arturo Ithurralde

Atlanta

Boca Juniors

GK 1 Daniel Carnevali (c) DF 2 Horacio de Filippo DF 3 Oscar Gómez DF 4 Rogelio Poncini MF 5 Osvaldo Gutiérrez MF 6 Eduardo Collado MF 7 Rodolfo Vicente MF 8 Carlos de la Iglesia MF 9 Jorge Fernandez FW 10 Norberto Raffo FW 11 Rodolfo Juárez Substitutes: Manager: José María Silvero

GK 1 Antonio Roma (c) DF 2 Luis Raspo DF 3 Julio Meléndez DF 4 Roberto Rogel DF 5 Armando Ovide MF 6 Norberto Madurga MF 7 Raúl Savoy MF 8 Antonio Cabrera FW 9 Ramón Ponce FW 10 Nicolás Novello FW 11 Ignacio Ramon Peña Substitutes: Manager: Alfredo Di Stéfano

Second leg

Boca Juniors v Atlanta

July 27, 1969

Boca Juniors	0–1	Atlanta
		Collado  63'

Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aires Referee: Aurelio Bossolino

Boca Juniors

Atlanta

GK 1 Antonio Roma (c) DF 2 Luis Raspo DF 3 Julio Meléndez DF 4 Roberto Rogel MF 5 Armando Ovide MF 6 Norberto Madurga MF 7 Raúl Savoy MF 8 Antonio Cabrera MF 9 Ramón Ponce FW 10 Nicolás Novello FW 11 Ignacio Ramon Peña Substitutes: Manager: Alfredo Di Stéfano

GK 1 Daniel Carnevali (c) DF 2 Horacio de Filippo DF 3 Oscar Gómez DF 4 Rogelio Poncini DF 5 Osvaldo Gutiérrez MF 6 Eduardo Collado MF 7 Rodolfo Vicente MF 8 Carlos de la Iglesia FW 9 Jorge Fernandez FW 10 Norberto Raffo FW 11 Rodolfo Juárez Substitutes: Manager: José María Silvero

1969 Copa Argentina winners
Boca Juniors 1st Title

References

1. "1969 Copa Argentina".