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1976 Copa Libertadores
17th season of Copa Libertadores
17th season of Copa Libertadores
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | Copa Libertadores de América |
| year | 1976 |
| dates | February 25 – July 30 |
| num_teams | 21 |
| associations | 10 |
| champion_other | BRA Cruzeiro |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | ARG River Plate |
| matches | 76 |
| goals | 208 |
| prevseason | [1975](1975-copa-libertadores) |
| nextseason | [1977](1977-copa-libertadores) |
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.
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.
This tournament is also known for having the fastest goal ever scored in any edition of the Copa Libertadores tournament with Alianza Lima forward Félix Suárez Becerra scoring the first of three goals against Independiente Santa Fe in only six seconds.
Independiente, the defending champions who had won four consecutive titles till the 1975 edition of the tournament, were defeated in the semifinals by fellow Argentina club River Plate.
Qualified teams
| Country | Team | Qualification method | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 + 1 berths | Independiente | [1975 Copa Libertadores](1975-copa-libertadores) champion | |
| River Plate | [1975 Metropolitano](1975-argentine-primera-division-metropolitano-championship) champion | ||
| [1975 Nacional](1975-argentine-primera-division-nacional-championship) champion | |||
| Estudiantes | [1975 Metropolitano](1975-argentine-primera-division-metropolitano-championship) runner-up | ||
| 2 berths | Guabirá | 1975 Copa Simón Bolívar champion | |
| Bolívar | 1975 Copa Simón Bolívar runner-up | ||
| 2 berths | Internacional | [1975 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A](1975-campeonato-brasileiro-serie-a) champion | |
| Cruzeiro | [1975 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A](1975-campeonato-brasileiro-serie-a) runner-up | ||
| 2 berths | Unión Española | [1975 Primera División](1975-chilean-primera-division) champion | |
| Palestino | 1975 Miniliga Pré-Libertadores champion | ||
| 2 berths | Santa Fe | [1975 Campeonato Profesional](1975-campeonato-profesional) champion | |
| Millonarios | [1975 Campeonato Profesional](1975-campeonato-profesional) runner-up | ||
| 2 berths | LDU Quito | [1975 Serie A](1975-campeonato-ecuatoriano-de-futbol-serie-a) champion | |
| Deportivo Cuenca | [1975 Serie A](1975-campeonato-ecuatoriano-de-futbol-serie-a) runner-up | ||
| 2 berths | Olimpia | [1975 Primera División](1975-in-paraguayan-football) champion | |
| Sportivo Luqueño | [1975 Primera División](1975-in-paraguayan-football) runner-up | ||
| 2 berths | Alianza Lima | [1975 Descentralizado](1975-torneo-descentralizado) champion | |
| Alfonso Ugarte | [1975 Descentralizado](1975-torneo-descentralizado) runner-up | ||
| 2 berths | Peñarol | [1975 Primera División](1975-uruguayan-primera-division) champion | |
| Nacional | [1975 Primera División](1975-uruguayan-primera-division) runner-up | ||
| 2 berths | Portuguesa | 1975 Venezuelan champion | |
| Deportivo Galicia | 1975 Venezuelan Championship 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 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
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
1st Place Playoff
Rivadeneira
Semi-finals
Group 1
Group 2
Playoffs
| - |
|---|
| } |
Finals
Main article: 1976 Copa Libertadores Finals
Palhinha , Valdo
P. González
Eduardo Joãozinho Urquiza
References
References
- (18 September 2025). "Quién marcó el gol más rápido de la historia de la Libertadores".
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