1967 Copa Libertadores

1967 Copa Libertadores de América

Tournament details
Dates	February 11 – August 8
Teams	20 (from 10 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Racing (1st title)
Runners-up	Nacional
Tournament statistics
Matches played	113
Goals scored	353 (3.12 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Norberto Raffo (14 goals)
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The 1967 Copa Libertadores de América was the eighth edition of the Copa Libertadores, where 20 club teams from South American nations competed to be the champion.

The tournament was divided into three rounds; the first group stage, the second group stage, and the final. The tournament was won by Racing of Argentina who beat Nacional of Uruguay.

Qualified teams

The following 20 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL member associations qualified for the tournament:^[1]

Country	Team	Qualification method
CONMEBOL 1 berth	Peñarol	1966 Copa Libertadores de América winners
Argentina 2 berths	Racing	1966 Primera División champion
	River Plate	1966 Primera División runner-up
Bolivia 2 berths	Bolívar	1966 Copa Simón Bolívar champion
	31 de Octubre	1966 Copa Simón Bolívar runner-up
Brazil 2 berth	Cruzeiro	1966 Taça Brasil champion
	Santos	1966 Taça Brasil runner-up
Chile 2 berths	Universidad Católica	1966 Primera División champion
	Colo-Colo	1966 Primera División runner-up
Colombia 2 berths	Santa Fe	1966 Campeonato Profesional champion
	Independiente Medellín	1966 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
Ecuador 2 berths	Barcelona	1966 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol champion
	Emelec	1966 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol runner-up
Paraguay 2 berths	Cerro Porteño	1966 Primera División champion
	Guaraní	1966 Primera División runner-up
Peru 2 berths	Universitario	1966 Torneo Descentralizado champion
	Sport Boys	1966 Torneo Descentralizado runner-up
Uruguay 1 berth	Nacional	1966 Primera División winner
Venezuela 2 berths	Deportivo Italia	1966 Venezuelan Primera División champion
	Deportivo Galicia	1966 Venezuelan Primera División runners-up

Draw

Nineteen teams were drawn into two groups of six and one group of seven. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Second round. Peñarol, the title holders, had a bye to the next round.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Brazil  Peru  Venezuela	Argentina  Bolivia  Colombia	Chile  Ecuador  Paraguay  Uruguay

First round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		CRU	UNI	SBA	GAL	ITA	SAN[2]
1	Cruzeiro	8	7	1	0	22	6	+16	15	Qualified to the Semifinals			4–1	3–1	3–1	4–0
2	Universitario	8	5	1	2	11	8	+3	11			2–2		1–0	2–0	1–0
3	Sport Boys	8	2	1	5	10	11	−1	5			1–2	0–3		2–0	0–0
4	Deportivo Galicia	8	2	1	5	5	10	−5	5			0–1	2–0	2–1		0–0
5	Deportivo Italia	8	1	2	5	3	16	−13	4			0–3	0–3	2–5	1–0
—	Santos[2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: RSSSF

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		RAC	RIV	SFE	BOL	DIM	OCT
1	Racing	10	8	1	1	29	7	+22	17	Qualified to the Semifinals			2–0	4–1	6–0	5–2	6–0
2	River Plate	10	6	3	1	29	9	+20	15			0–0		4–0	2–0	6–2	7–0
3	Santa Fe	10	3	2	5	17	22	−5	8			1–2	2–2		1–2	2–0	2–0
4	Bolívar	10	2	4	4	11	21	−10	8			0–2	3–3	2–2		1–1	1–0
5	Independiente Medellín	10	3	1	6	12	22	−10	7			0–2	0–1	0–4	2–0		3–0
6	31 de Octubre	10	2	1	7	12	29	−17	5			3–0	0–4	6–2	2–2	1–2

Source: RSSSF

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		NAC	COL	CAT	GUA	EME	BAR	CER
1	Nacional	12	9	1	2	34	12	+22	19	Qualified to the Semifinals			5–2	0–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	4–1
2	Colo-Colo	12	7	1	4	30	28	+2	15			3–2		4–2	1–0	3–2	3–2	5–1
3	Universidad Católica	12	5	3	4	19	16	+3	13			0–3	5–2		1–1	1–2	3–1	3–1
4	Guaraní	12	4	2	6	18	15	+3	10			0–1	4–2	1–1		3–0	4–1	1–2
5	Emelec	12	4	1	7	16	24	−8	9			1–4	4–3	0–1	0–2		3–0	2–1
6	Barcelona	12	4	1	7	14	24	−10	9			2–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1		1–2
7	Cerro Porteño	12	4	1	7	14	26	−12	9			2–6	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2

Source: RSSSF

Semifinals

There was one group of four teams and one of three. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Final.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		RAC	UNI	RIV	COL
1	Racing	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	9	Qualified to the Final			1–2	3–1	3–1
2	Universitario	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	9			1–2		2–2	3–0
3	River Plate	6	0	3	3	4	8	−4	3			0–0	0–1		1–1
4	Colo-Colo	6	1	1	4	3	10	−7	3			0–2	0–1	1–0

Source: RSSSF

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Racing	2–1	Universitario

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		NAC	CRU	PEÑ
1	Nacional	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	5	Qualified to the Final			2–0	2–2
2	Cruzeiro	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	4			2–1		1–0
3	Peñarol	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	3			0–1	3–2

Source: RSSSF

Finals

Main article: 1967 Copa Libertadores Finals

15 August 1967

Racing	0–0	Nacional

El Cilindro, Avellaneda

Attendance: 99,148

Referee: César Orozco (Peru)

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25 August 1967

Nacional	0–0	Racing

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: César Orozco (Peru)

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29 August 1967

Racing	2–1	Nacional
Cardoso 14' Raffo 43'		Viera 79'

Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Rodolfo Pérez Osorio (Paraguay)

Racing won 2–1 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

The top goalscorer in the tournament was Norberto Raffo of Racing Club, who scored 14 goals.^[3]

References

1. https://www.besoccer.com/Competition/teams/copa_libertadores/1967/groupall BeSoccer
2. Declined to play because preferred to take excursions to Europe which were more profitable. [1] TNT Sports (in Portuguese).
3. https://www.besoccer.com/Competition/rankings/copa_libertadores/1967/top-scorers BeSoccer