1972 Copa Libertadores

The 1972 Copa Libertadores was the 13th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's the annual club tournament. Independiente of Argentina defeated Universitario de Deportes of Peru in the finals, and became the second team in the tournament's history to win three title. They would go on and face the winner of the 1971–72 European Cup in the Intercontinental Cup.

1972 Copa Libertadores
1972 Copa Libertadores de América
1972 Copa Libertadores da América
Tournament details
DatesJanuary 30 – May 24
Teams20 (from 10 confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsArgentina Independiente (3rd title)
Runners-upPeru Universitario
Tournament statistics
Matches played68
Goals scored175 (2.57 per match)
Top scorer(s)Peru Oswaldo Ramírez (6)
Peru Percy Rojas (6)
Peru Teófilo Cubillas (6)
Brazil Toninho (6)

Format

The tournament was divided into three phases. The first phase had 19 teams divided into four round-robin groups of four and one group of three (defending champions Nacional received a bye to the second phase). Each group had clubs from two countries. The winners of each group advanced the second phase. Five teams joined the defending champions in two round-robin groups of three. The winners of each group advance to play in the finals. The winner of the finals, and tournament champions, are determined by points (two for a win, one for tie).

Qualified teams
Country Team Qualify method
 Argentina
2 berths		 Independiente 1971 Metropolitan Championship winners
Rosario Central 1971 National Championship winners
 Bolivia
2 berths		 Oriente Petrolero 1971 Copa Simón Bolívar winners
Chaco Petrolero 1971 Copa Simón Bolívar runners-up
 Brazil
2 berth		 Atlético Mineiro 1971 Campeonato Brasileiro winners
São Paulo 1971 Campeonato Brasileiro runners-up
 Chile
2 berths		 Unión San Felipe 1971 Primera División winners
Universidad de Chile 1971 Primera División runners-up
 Colombia
2 berths		 Santa Fe 1971 Campeonato Profesional winners
Atlético Nacional 1971 Campeonato Profesional runners-up
 Ecuador
2 berths		 Barcelona 1971 Ecuadorian league winners
América de Quito 1971 Ecuadorian league runners-up
 Paraguay
2 berths		 Cerro Porteño 1971 Primera División winners
Olimpia 1971 Primera División runners-up
 Peru
2 berths		 Universitario 1971 Torneo Descentralizado winners
Alianza Lima 1971 Torneo Descentralizado runners-up
 Uruguay
1+1 berth		 Nacional 1971 Copa Libertadores champions
Peñarol 1971 Primera División runners-up
 Venezuela
2 berths		 Valencia 1971 Venezuelan Primera División winners
Deportivo Italia 1971 Venezuelan Primera División runners-uo

Draw

The champions and runners-up of each football association were drawn into the same group along with another football association's participating teams. Two clubs from Uruguay competed as Nacional was champion of the 1971 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Semifinals.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5

Group Stage

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Argentina IND Argentina ROC Colombia SF Colombia NAC
1 Argentina Independiente 6 4 2 0 13 5 +8 10 Qualified to the Semifinals 2–0 2–0 2–0
2 Argentina Rosario Central 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 8 2–2 2–0 3–1
3 Colombia Santa Fe 6 1 2 3 4 9 −5 4 2–4 0–0 1–1
4 Colombia Atlético Nacional 6 0 2 4 3 9 −6 2 1–1 0–1 0–1
Source:

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Ecuador BAR Ecuador AME Bolivia ORI Bolivia CHA
1 Ecuador Barcelona 6 3 3 0 8 3 +5 9 Qualified to the Semifinals 2–1 1–1 3–0
2 Ecuador América de Quito 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 7 0–0 3–0 1–0
3 Bolivia Oriente Petrolero 6 2 2 2 10 7 +3 6 0–0 4–2 5–0
4 Bolivia Chaco Petrolero 6 1 0 5 3 13 −10 2 1–2 1–2 1–0
Source:

Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Brazil SÃO Paraguay CER Paraguay OLI Brazil MIN
1 Brazil São Paulo 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 8 Qualified to the Semifinals 4–0 3–1 0–0
2 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 6 2 2 2 7 11 −4 6 3–2 1–3 1–0
3 Paraguay Olimpia 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 6 0–1 1–1 2–2[lower-alpha 1]
4 Brazil Atlético Mineiro 6 0 4 2 5 6 −1 4 2–2 1–1 0–0
Source:
Notes:
  1. The game was suspended at 2–2 because Atlético Mineiro was left with 6 players.

Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Peru UNI Chile UCH Peru ALI Chile USF
1 Peru Universitario 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 8 Qualified to the Semifinals 2–1 2–1 3–1
2 Chile Universidad de Chile 6 3 0 3 12 12 0 6 1–0 2–3 2–1
3 Peru Alianza Lima 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 6 2–2 3–4 1–0
4 Chile Unión San Felipe 6 1 2 3 5 8 −3 4 0–0 3–2 0–0
Source:

Group 5
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Uruguay PEÑ Venezuela ITA Venezuela VAL
1 Uruguay Peñarol 4 4 0 0 12 3 +9 8 Qualified to the Semifinals 5–1 4–1
2 Venezuela Deportivo Italia 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 3 0–1 2–0
3 Venezuela Valencia 4 0 1 3 3 9 −6 1 1–2 1–1
Source:

Semifinals

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Peru UNI Uruguay NAC Uruguay PEÑ
1 Peru Universitario 4 1 2 1 9 7 +2 4 Qualified to the Final 3–0 2–3
2 Uruguay Nacional 4 1 2 1 7 7 0 4 3–3 1–1
3 Uruguay Peñarol 4 1 2 1 5 7 −2 4 1–1 0–3
Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Argentina IND Brazil SÃO Ecuador BAR
1 Argentina Independiente 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 5 Qualified to the Final 2–0 1–0[lower-alpha 1]
2 Brazil São Paulo 4 1 2 1 2 3 −1 4 1–0 1–1
3 Ecuador Barcelona 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3 1–1 0–0
Source:
Notes:
  1. Barcelona abandoned the match at that score; results stood.

Finals
Main article: 1972 Copa Libertadores Finals
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Argentina Independiente 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3
2 Peru Universitario 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source:
Universitario Peru0 – 0Argentina Independiente
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Marques (Brazil)
Independiente Argentina2 – 1Peru Universitario
Maglioni 6' 61' Rojas 79'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Favilli Neto (Brazil)

Champion
Copa Libertadores
1972 Champions
Argentina
Independiente
Third title
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