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1964 Copa Libertadores

5th season of Copa Libertadores

Field	Value
tourney_name	Copa de Campeones de América
year	1964
dates	April 3 - August 12
num_teams	11
confederations	10
champion_other	ARG Independiente
count	1
second_other	URU Nacional
matches	26
goals	88
top_scorer	ARG Mario Rodríguez
PAR Celino Mora
(6 goals each)
prevseason	1963
nextseason	1965

PAR Celino Mora (6 goals each) The 1964 Copa de Campeones de América was the fifth edition of South America's premier club football tournament. For the first time since its inception, every member of CONMEBOL was represented in the competition. Deportivo Italia became the first club from Venezuela to participate, providing an unexpectedly impressive performance after eliminating Bahia of Brazil in the preliminary round and beating Barcelona in Guayaquil.

Building up on Boca Juniors' great showing in the last season, Argentine football managed to put themselves on the international map as Independiente won Argentina's first title. El Diablo Rojo, or Red Devil, eliminated the powerful Santos, which played without the main stars of its attack (Dorval, Mengálvio, Coutinho and an injured Pelé didn't play, and Pepe played just the first match of the semifinal). After winning both matches of their semifinal series, the Argentines dispatched Nacional in the finals. Mario Rodríguez was a key factor in Independiente's triumph and was the top scorer of the tournament with 6 goals.

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method
CONMEBOL
1 berth	Santos	1963 Copa Libertadores de América winners
Argentina
1 berth	Independiente	1963 Primera División champion

1 berth	Aurora	1963 Copa Simón Bolívar champion
Brazil
1 berth	Bahia	1963 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up

1 berth	Colo-Colo	1963 Primera División champion

1 berth	Millonarios	1963 Campeonato Profesional champion

1 berth	Barcelona	1963 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol champion
Paraguay Paraguay
1 berth	Cerro Porteño	1963 Primera División champion

1 berth	Alianza Lima	1963 Primera División champion

1 berth	Nacional	1963 Primera División champion

1 berth	Deportivo Italia	1963 Venezuelan Primera División champion

Tie-breaking criteria

This edition saw a first round, with three groups containing three teams each; the preliminary round from the 1961 edition was reintroduced. The format for the semifinals and the finals remained unchanged.

At each stage of the tournament teams receive 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and no points for a loss. If two or more teams are equal on points, the following criteria will be applied to determine the ranking in the group stage:

a one-game playoff;
superior goal difference;
draw of lots.

Preliminary round

Owing to the uneven number of teams in the competition, a preliminary round was created to determine who joined the other 9 teams in the competition. As a predominated "weak" side, Venezuela has its representative face off against Brazil's second representative. The winner of the series would advance into the First round. Both matches took place in Caracas.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
VEN Deportivo Italia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3
BRA Bahía	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	1

Iranildo

First round

Nine teams were drawn into groups of three. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Semifinals. Santos, the title holders, had a bye to the next round.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
URU Nacional	4	3	1	0	9	2	7	7
Paraguay Cerro Porteño	4	1	2	1	11	6	5	4
BOL Aurora	4	0	1	3	2	14	-12	1

García B. Rojas Oyarbide Pérez Acosta Pérez Monges Mora B. Rojas J.C. Rojas

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
ARG Independiente	4	3	1	0	11	3	8	7
COL Millonarios	4	2	0	2	6	8	-2	4
PER Alianza Lima	4	0	1	3	5	11	-6	1

Rodríguez Rolan Suárez

Rodríguez Savoy

Gando

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
CHL Colo-Colo	4	3	1	9	7	2	6
ECU Barcelona	4	2	2	9	4	5	4
VEN Deportivo Italia	4	1	3	2	9	-7	2

Álvarez Moreno Roberto Álvarez Valdés Moreno Geninho Nivaldo Hélio Geninho

Semifinals

Four teams were drawn into two groups. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
ARG Independiente	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	4
BRA Santos	2	0	0	2	3	5	−2	0

Almir Bernao Suárez Rodríguez

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
URU Nacional	2	2	0	0	8	4	+4	4
CHI Colo-Colo	2	0	0	2	4	8	−4	0

Álvarez Leites Douksas Jaburú Pérez Valdés

Finals

Main article: 1964 Copa Libertadores Finals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
ARG Independiente	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
URU Nacional	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Champion

Copa Libertadores de América
1964 Champion
ARG
Independiente
First Title

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	ARG Mario Rodríguez	ARG Independiente	6
Paraguay Celino Mora	Paraguay Cerro Porteño	6
3	BRA Nivaldo	ECU Barcelona	5
4	ARG Luis Eduardo Suárez	ARG Independiente	4
ARG Raúl Armando Savoy	ARG Independiente	4
3	COL Delio Gamboa	COL Millonarios	3
CHI Francisco Valdés	CHI Colo-Colo	3
CHI Luis Hernán Álvarez	CHI Colo-Colo	3
BRA Roberto Frojuelo	CHI Colo-Colo	3
URU Domingo Pérez	URU Nacional	3
PER Víctor Zegarra	PER Alianza Lima	3

Footnotes

:A. Played in Avellaneda (Racing Club's stadium) due to the tragedy around the olympic qualifier between Peru and Argentina in Lima. :B. Played in Bogotá (El Campin) due to the tragedy around the olympic qualifier between Peru and Argentina in Lima. :C. Not played due to differences between CONMEBOL and the Colombian football federations, ADEFútbol and FEDEBOL (after Independiente refused to travel to Bogotá); points incredibly were awarded to Independiente despite refused to play (but no goals).

References

[http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/esporte/2015/06/1646318-santista-lima-diz-que-arbitragem-na-libertadores-64-foi-estranha-mesmo.shtml] News at journal [[Folha de S.Paulo]] on June 23, 2015, the Argentine TV brought up to light phone recordings conversations between [[Abel Gnecco]], Argentina's representative in referee committee of Conmebol and the former president of [[Argentine Football Association. AFA]], [[Julio Grondona]], who died in 2014 and who in 1964 was president of Independiente. In the wiretapping (recorded at May 17, 2013), Grondona praises himself for have conspired with the referee team of semifinal between Santos and Independiente, in order that Brazilian team could not qualify for the final. Transcription of the wiretape, included. {{in lang. pt

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