1976 Copa Libertadores

1976 Copa Libertadores de América
Tournament details
Dates	February 25 – July 30
Teams	21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Cruzeiro (1st title)
Runners-up	River Plate
Tournament statistics
Matches played	75
Goals scored	207 (2.76 per match)

The Copa Libertadores 1976 was the 17th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. The tournament began on February 23 and ended on July 30.

Cruzeiro won the competition, being the first Brazilian team, after Pelé's Santos, to win the continental competition. During the tournament, Cruzeiro suffered a great setback: the loss of the player Roberto Batata, who died in a car accident.

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method
Argentina 2 + 1 berths	Independiente	1975 Copa Libertadores champion
	River Plate	1975 Metropolitano champion 1975 Nacional champion
	Estudiantes	1975 Metropolitano runner-up
Bolivia 2 berths	Guabirá	1975 Copa Simón Bolívar champion
Bolivia 2 berths	Bolívar	1975 Copa Simón Bolívar runner-up
Brazil 2 berths	Internacional	1975 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
Brazil 2 berths	Cruzeiro	1975 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up
Chile 2 berths	Unión Española	1975 Primera División champion
Chile 2 berths	Palestino	1975 Miniliga Pré-Libertadores champion
Colombia 2 berths	Santa Fe	1975 Campeonato Profesional champion
Colombia 2 berths	Millonarios	1975 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
Ecuador 2 berths	LDU Quito	1975 Serie A champion
Ecuador 2 berths	Deportivo Cuenca	1975 Serie A runner-up
Paraguay 2 berths	Olimpia	1975 Primera División champion
Paraguay 2 berths	Sportivo Luqueño	1975 Primera División runner-up
Peru 2 berths	Alianza Lima	1975 Descentralizado champion
Peru 2 berths	Alfonso Ugarte	1975 Descentralizado runner-up
Uruguay 2 berths	Peñarol	1975 Primera División champion
Uruguay 2 berths	Nacional	1975 Primera División runner-up
Venezuela 2 berths	Portuguesa	1975 Venezuelan champion
Venezuela 2 berths	Galicia	1975 Venezuelan Championship runner-up

The participating teams were divided into five groups, in which teams of the same country were placed in the same group. Each country was represented by two teams. The countries were paired as follows:

Group 1: Argentina and Venezuela
Group 2: Bolivia and Ecuador
Group 3: Brazil and Paraguay
Group 4: Colombia and Peru
Group 5: Chile and Uruguay

Group stage

Group 1 (Argentina, Venezuela)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
River Plate	10	6	5	0	1	10	3	+7
Estudiantes	9	6	4	1	1	11	3	+8
Portuguesa	5	6	2	1	3	8	11	-3
Galicia	0	6	0	0	6	3	15	-12

	EST	DGA	POR	RIV
Estudiantes	–	4-0	3-0	1-0
Galicia	0-1	–	1-2	0-1
Portuguesa	2-2	3-1	–	0-2
River Plate	1-0	4-1	2-1	–

Group 2 (Bolivia, Ecuador)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
LDU Quito	8	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5
Deportivo Cuenca	8	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3
Bolivar	6	6	3	0	3	16	11	5
Guabirá	2	6	1	0	5	2	15	-13

	BOL	DCU	GUA	LDU
Bolívar	–	4-2	7-1	3-2
Deportivo Cuenca	3-1	–	1-0	0-0
Guabirá	1-0	0-2	–	0-1
LDU Quito	2-1	1-1	4-0	–

Group 3 (Brazil, Paraguay)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cruzeiro	11	6	5	1	0	20	9	+11
Internacional	7	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2
Olimpia	4	6	1	2	3	7	11	-4
Sportivo Luqueño	2	6	1	0	5	5	14	-9

	CRU	INT	OLI	SLU
Cruzeiro	–	5-4	4-1	4-1
Internacional	0-2	–	1-0	3-0
Olimpia	2-2	1-1	–	2-3
Sportivo Luqueño	1-3	0-1	0-1	–

Group 4 (Colombia, Peru)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Alianza Lima	8	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4
Millonarios	6	6	2	2	2	8	5	+3
Alfonso Ugarte	6	6	1	4	1	5	8	-3
Santa Fe	4	6	1	2	3	7	11	-4

	AUG	ALI	ISF	MIL
Alfonso Ugarte	–	0-0	2-1	1-1
Alianza Lima	0-0	–	3-0	2-1
Santa Fe	2-2	2-3	–	1-0
Millonarios	4-0	1-0	1-1	–

Group 5 (Chile, Uruguay)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Peñarol	8	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3
Unión Española	8	6	3	2	1	5	3	+2
Palestino	5	6	2	1	3	5	6	-1
Nacional	3	6	0	3	3	5	9	-4

	NAC	PAL	PEN	UES
Nacional	–	1-1	1-2	1-1
Palestino	2-1	–	1-0	0-1
Peñarol	1-1	2-1	–	0-1
Unión Española	2-0	1-0	0-0	–

Semi-finals

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Cruzeiro	8	4	4	0	18	3	15
LDU Quito	2	4	1	3	4	10	-6
Alianza Lima	2	4	1	3	4	13	-9

	ALI	CRU	LDU
Alianza Lima	–	0-4	2-0
Cruzeiro	7-1	–	4-1
LDU Quito	2-1	1-3	–

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
River Plate	5	4	2	1	1	4	1	+3
Independiente	5	4	2	1	3	2	1	+1
Peñarol	2	4	1	0	3	1	5	-4

	IND	PEN	RIV
Independiente	–	1-0	0-1
Peñarol	0-1	–	1-0
River Plate	0-0	3-0	–

Playoffs

Date	Location	Home team	Score	Away team
16 July	Buenos Aires	River Plate	1 - 0	Independiente

Final

Cruzeiro v River Plate

July 21, 1976

Cruzeiro	4 – 1	River Plate
Nelinho 22' Palhinha 29', 40' Valdo 80'		Más 63'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Attendance: 58,720 (65,000)
Referee: Vicente Llobregat, Venezuela

River Plate v Cruzeiro

July 28, 1976

River Plate	2 – 1	Cruzeiro
J. J. López 10' Pedro González 76'		Palhinha 48'

Monumental de Nuñez, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: José Martínez Bazán, Uruguay

Cruzeiro v River Plate

July 30, 1976

Cruzeiro	3 – 2	River Plate
Nelinho 24' Eduardo 55' Joãozinho 88'		Más 59' Urquiza 64'

Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Alberto Martínez, Chile

Copa Libertadores 1976 Champions

Cruzeiro First title

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