1979 Copa Libertadores

The 1979 Copa Libertadores represented the 20th edition of the tournament, which saw Olimpia of Paraguay win the title for the first time, the first time a team from a country outside Uruguay, Argentina or Brazil won the tournament. This allowed the Paraguayan side to play the Intercontinental Cup against Malmö FF of Sweden, in which the South American side won.

1979 Copa Libertadores de América
Tournament details
DatesFebruary 24 – July 27
Teams21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsParaguay Olimpia (1st title)
Runners-upArgentina Boca Juniors
Tournament statistics
Matches played75
Goals scored212 (2.83 per match)

Qualified teams
Country Team Qualify method
CONMEBOL
(1 berth)		 Boca Juniors 1978 Copa Libertadores champion
 Argentina
2 berths		 Independiente 1978 Campeonato Nacional champions
Quilmes 1978 Campeonato Metropolitano champions
 Bolivia
2 berths		 Bolívar 1978 Primera División champion
Jorge Wilstermann 1978 Primera División runner-up
 Brazil
2 berths		 Guarani 1978 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
Palmeiras 1978 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2nd place
 Chile
2 berths		 Palestino 1978 Primera División champion
O'Higgins 1978 Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores winner
 Colombia
2 berths		 Millonarios 1978 Campeonato Profesional champion
Deportivo Cali 1978 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
 Ecuador
2 berths		 El Nacional 1978 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A champion
Técnico Universitario 1978 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A runner-up
 Paraguay
2 berths		 Olimpia 1978 Primera División runner-up
Sol de América 1978 Primera División third place
 Peru
2 berths		 Alianza Lima 1978 Torneo Descentralizado champion
Universitario 1978 Torneo Descentralizado runner-up
 Uruguay
2 berths		 Peñarol 1978 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Nacional 1978 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up
 Venezuela
2 berths		 Portuguesa 1978 Primera División champion
Deportivo Galicia 1978 Primera División runner-up

Draw

The champions and runners-up of each football association were drawn into the same group along with another football association's participating teams. Three clubs from Argentina competed as Boca Juniors was champion of the 1978 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 Argentina IND Colombia CAL Colombia MIL Argentina QUI
1 Argentina Independiente 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 9 Qualified to the Semifinals — 1–0 4–1 2–0
2 Colombia Deportivo Cali 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 7 1–0 — 2–0 3–2
3 Colombia Millonarios 6 2 2 2 8 11 −3 6 3–3 1–1 — 1–0
4 Argentina Quilmes 6 1 0 5 7 11 −4 2 1–2 3–1 1–2 —
Source:

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Paraguay OLI Bolivia BOL Paraguay SOL Bolivia WIL
1 Paraguay Olimpia 6 5 0 1 13 5 +8 10 Qualified to the Semifinals — 3–0 2–1 4–2
2 Bolivia Bolívar 6 4 1 1 18 7 +11 9 2–1 — 4–1 4–0
3 Paraguay Sol de América 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 5 0–1 2–2 — 2–1
4 Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann 6 0 0 6 5 21 −16 0 0–2 0–6 2–3 —
Source:

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Brazil GUA Peru UNI Brazil PAL Peru ALI
1 Brazil Guarani 6 5 0 1 16 5 +11 10 Qualified to the Semifinals — 6–1 1–0 2–0
2 Peru Universitario 6 4 0 2 15 15 0 8 3–0 — 2–5 1–0
3 Brazil Palmeiras 6 3 0 3 15 11 +4 6 1–4 1–2 — 4–0
4 Peru Alianza Lima 6 0 0 6 5 20 −15 0 0–3 3–6 2–4 —
Source:

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Chile PAL Chile OHI Venezuela POR Venezuela GAL
1 Chile Palestino 6 4 2 0 16 2 +14 10 Qualified to the Semifinals — 1–0 6–0 5–0
2 Chile O'Higgins 6 2 3 1 10 4 +6 7 1–1 — 1–1 6–0
3 Venezuela Portuguesa 6 0 4 2 4 12 −8 4 0–2 1–1 — 1–1
4 Venezuela Deportivo Galicia 6 0 3 3 3 15 −12 3 1–1 0–1 1–1 —
Source:

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Uruguay PEÑ Uruguay NAC Ecuador ENA Ecuador TEC
1 Uruguay Peñarol 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 10 Qualified to the Semifinals — 0–0 2–1 4–0
2 Uruguay Nacional 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 7 1–1 — 3–0 2–0
3 Ecuador El Nacional 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 5 0–2 1–0 — 2–1
4 Ecuador Técnico Universitario 6 0 2 4 4 12 −8 2 0–1 1–1 2–2 —
Source:

Semifinals

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Argentina BOC Argentina IND Uruguay PEÑ
1 Argentina Boca Juniors 4 2 1 1 3 1 +2 5 Qualified to the Final — 2–0 1–0
2 Argentina Independiente 4 2 1 1 2 2 0 5 1–0 — 1–0
3 Uruguay Peñarol 4 0 2 2 0 2 −2 2 0–0 0–0 —
Source:

Tiebreaker
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Boca Juniors Argentina 1–0 Argentina Independiente

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Paraguay OLI Brazil GUA Chile PAL
1 Paraguay Olimpia 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Qualified to the Final — 2–1 3–0
2 Brazil Guarani 4 0 3 1 4 5 −1 3 1–1 — 2–2
3 Chile Palestino 4 0 2 2 2 7 −5 2 0–2 0–0 —
Source:

Finals
Main article: 1979 Copa Libertadores Finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olimpia Paraguay 2–0 Argentina Boca Juniors 2–0 0–0

Champion
Copa Libertadores
1979 Champions
Paraguay
Olimpia
First Title

Top-scorers

6 goles
Juan José Oré (Universitario)
Miltäo (Guaraní)

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