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1976 Copa Libertadores

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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.

1976 Copa Libertadores de América
Tournament details
DatesFebruary 25 – July 30
Teams21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsBrazil Cruzeiro (1st title)
Runners-upArgentina River Plate
Tournament statistics
Matches played76
Goals scored208 (2.74 per match)
← 1975
1977 →

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 crash.

Independiente, the defending champions who had won six consecutive titles till the 1975 edition of the tournament, were defeated in the semifinals by fellow Argentina club River Plate.

Qualified teams

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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
Bolívar 1975 Copa Simón Bolívar runner-up
  Brazil
2 berths 		Internacional 1975 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
Cruzeiro 1975 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up
  Chile
2 berths 		Unión Española 1975 Primera División champion
Palestino 1975 Miniliga Pré-Libertadores champion
  Colombia
2 berths 		Santa Fe 1975 Campeonato Profesional champion
Millonarios 1975 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
  Ecuador
2 berths 		LDU Quito 1975 Serie A champion
Deportivo Cuenca 1975 Serie A runner-up
  Paraguay
2 berths 		Olimpia 1975 Primera División champion
Sportivo Luqueño 1975 Primera División runner-up
  Peru
2 berths 		Alianza Lima 1975 Descentralizado champion
Alfonso Ugarte 1975 Descentralizado runner-up
  Uruguay
2 berths 		Peñarol 1975 Primera División champion
Nacional 1975 Primera División runner-up
  Venezuela
2 berths 		Portuguesa 1975 Venezuelan champion
Deportivo Galicia 1975 Venezuelan Championship runner-up

Draw

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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 Independiente was champion of the 1975 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Semifinals.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5

Group stage

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   RIV   EST   POR   DGA
1   River Plate 6 5 0 1 10 3 +7 10 Qualified to Semi-Finals — 1–0 2–1 4–1
2   Estudiantes 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 9 1–0 — 3–0 4–0
3   Portuguesa 6 2 1 3 8 11 −3 5 0–2 2–2 — 3–1
4   Deportivo Galicia 6 0 0 6 3 15 −12 0 0–1 0–1 1–2 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group 2

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Group 2 standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   LDQ   CDC   BOL   GUA
1   LDU Quito 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 8 Qualified to the 1st Place Playoff — 1–1 2–1 4–0
2   Deportivo Cuenca 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 8 0–0 — 3–1 1–0
3   Bolívar 6 3 0 3 16 11 +5 6 3–2 4–2 — 7–1
4   Guabirá 6 1 0 5 2 15 −13 2 0–1 0–2 1–0 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   CRU   INT   OLI   SLU
1   Cruzeiro 6 5 1 0 20 9 +11 11 Qualified to Semi-Finals — 5–4 4–1 4–1
2   Internacional 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 7 0–2 — 1–0 3–0
3   Olimpia 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 4 2–2 1–1 — 2–3
4   Sportivo Luqueño 6 1 0 5 5 14 −9 2 1–3 0–1 0–1 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   ALI   MIL   AUG   ISF
1   Alianza Lima 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 8 Qualified to Semi-Finals — 2–1 0–0 3–0
2   Millonarios 6 2 2 2 8 5 +3 6 1–0 — 4–0 1–1
3   Alfonso Ugarte 6 1 4 1 5 8 −3 6 0–0 1–1 — 2–1
4   Santa Fe 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 4 2–3 1–0 2–2 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group 5

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   PEÑ   UES   PAL   NAC
1   Peñarol 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 8 Qualified to Semi-Finals — 2–0 2–1 1–1
2   Unión Española 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 8 0–0 — 1–0 2–0
3   Palestino 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 5 1–0 0–1 — 2–1
4   Nacional 6 0 3 3 5 9 −4 3 1–2 1–1 1–1 —
Source: [citation needed]

1st Place Playoff

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Playoff standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   LDU Quito 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 2 Qualified to the Semi-Finals
2   Deportivo Cuenca 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0
Source: [citation needed]
April 22 First Stage LDU Quito   2–1 (a.e.t.)   Deportivo Cuenca Guayaquil, Ecuador
Carrera   66'
Rivadeneira   115'		 Report Villagra   63' Stadium: Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Óscar Veiro (Argentina)

Semi-finals

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Group 1

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Group 1 standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   CRU   LDQ   ALI
1   Cruzeiro 4 4 0 0 18 3 +15 8 Qualified to the Final — 4–1 7–1
2   LDU Quito 4 1 0 3 4 10 −6 2 1–3 — 2–1
3   Alianza Lima 4 1 0 3 4 13 −9 2 0–4 2–0 —
Source: [citation needed]

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   RIV   IND   PEÑ
1   River Plate 4 2 1 1 4 1 +3 5 Qualified to the Final — 0–0 3–0
2   Independiente 4 2 1 1 2 1 +1 5 0–1 — 1–0
3   Peñarol 4 1 0 3 1 5 −4 2 1–0 0–1 —
Source: [citation needed]

Playoffs

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
River Plate   1–0   Independiente

Finals

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Main article: 1976 Copa Libertadores Finals
Cruzeiro  4 – 1River Plate  
Nelinho   22'
Palhinha   29',   40'
Valdo   80'		 Más   63'
Attendance: 58,720 (65,000)
River Plate  2 – 1Cruzeiro  
J. J. López   10'
Pedro González   76'		 Palhinha   48'
Attendance: 90,000
Cruzeiro  3 – 2River Plate  
Nelinho   24'
Eduardo   55'
Joãozinho   88'		 Más   59'
Urquiza   64'
Attendance: 40,000


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