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1978 Copa Libertadores

19th season of Copa Libertadores

Field	Value
tourney_name	Copa Libertadores de América
year	1978
dates	June 27 – November 28
num_teams	21
associations	10
champion_other	ARG Boca Juniors
count	2
second_other	COL Deportivo Cali
matches	75
goals	179
prevseason	[1977](1977-copa-libertadores)
nextseason	[1979](1979-copa-libertadores)

The 1978 edition of Copa Libertadores was won by Boca Juniors, of Argentina for the second straight year, after defeating Deportivo Cali of Colombia in the final. The defending champions won the two-leg final 0–4 on aggregate, with all four goals coming in the second-leg match after the first leg ended in a goalless draw.

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method
CONMEBOL
(1 berth)	Boca Juniors	[1977 Copa Libertadores](1977-copa-libertadores) champion
Argentina
(2 berths)	River Plate	[1977 Metropolitano](1977-argentine-primera-division-metropolitano-championship) champion
Independiente	[1977 Nacional](1977-argentine-primera-division-nacional-championship) champion

(2 berths)	The Strongest	[1977 Primera División](1977-liga-de-futbol-profesional-boliviano) champion
Oriente Petrolero	[1977 Primera División](1977-liga-de-futbol-profesional-boliviano) runner-up

(2 berths)	São Paulo	[1977 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A](1977-campeonato-brasileiro-serie-a) champion
Atlético Mineiro	[1977 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A](1977-campeonato-brasileiro-serie-a) runner-up

(2 berths)	Unión Española	[1977 Primera División](1977-primera-division-de-chile) champion
Palestino	[1977 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores](1977-primera-division-de-chile-liguilla-pre-copa-libertadores) winner

(2 berths)	Junior	[1977 Campeonato Profesional](1977-campeonato-profesional) champion
Deportivo Cali	[1977 Campeonato Profesional](1977-campeonato-profesional) runner-up

(2 berths)	El Nacional	[1977 Campeonato Ecuatoriano](1977-campeonato-ecuatoriano-de-futbol-serie-a) champion
LDU Quito	[1977 Campeonato Ecuatoriano](1977-campeonato-ecuatoriano-de-futbol-serie-a) runner-up

(2 berths)	Cerro Porteño	[1977 Primera División](1977-paraguayan-primera-division-season) champion
Libertad	[1977 Primera División](1977-paraguayan-primera-division-season) runner-up

(2 berths)	Alianza Lima	[1977 Primera División](1977-torneo-descentralizado) champion
Sporting Cristal	[1977 Primera División](1977-torneo-descentralizado) runner-up

(2 berths)	Peñarol	1977 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Danubio	1977 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up

(2 berths)	Portuguesa	[1977 Primera División](1977-venezuelan-primera-division-season) champion
Estudiantes de Mérida	[1977 Primera División](1977-venezuelan-primera-division-season) 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 1977 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Semifinals.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5

Group stage

Group 1

Tiebreaker

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Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Semi-finals

Group A

Group B

Finals

Main article: 1978 Copa Libertadores Finals

Champion

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