1975 Copa Libertadores

1975 Copa Libertadores de América
Tournament details
Dates	February 16 – June 29
Teams	21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Independiente (6th title)
Runners-up	Unión Española
Tournament statistics
Matches played	76
Goals scored	209 (2.75 per match)
	← 1974 1976 →

The Copa Libertadores 1975 was an association football competition contested between the top clubs of the CONMEBOL federation. Defending champions Independiente won the competition defeating Unión Española 2–0 in a play off after the original two legs finished 2–2 on points. This was Independiente's sixth Copa Libertadores title in a row.

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method
CONMEBOL (1 berth)	Independiente	1974 Copa Libertadores champion
Argentina (2 berths)	Rosario Central	1974 Torneo Reducido winner
Argentina (2 berths)	Newell's Old Boys	1974 Torneo Reducido runner-up
Bolivia (2 berths)	The Strongest	1974 Primera División champion
Bolivia (2 berths)	Jorge Wilstermann	1974 Primera División runner-up
Brazil (2 berths)	Vasco da Gama	1974 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
Brazil (2 berths)	Cruzeiro	1974 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up
Chile (2 berths)	Huachipato	1974 Primera División champion
Chile (2 berths)	Unión Española	1974 Liguilla_Pre-Libertadores winner
Colombia (2 berths)	Deportivo Cali	1974 Campeonato Profesional champion
Colombia (2 berths)	Atlético Nacional	1974 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
Ecuador (2 berths)	LDU Quito	1974 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champion
Ecuador (2 berths)	El Nacional	1974 Campeonato Ecuatoriano runner-up
Paraguay (2 berths)	Cerro Porteño	1974 Primera División champion
Paraguay (2 berths)	Olimpia	1974 Primera División runner-up
Peru (2 berths)	Universitario	1974 Primera División champion
Peru (2 berths)	Unión Huaral	1974 Primera División runner-up
Uruguay (2 berths)	Peñarol	1974 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Uruguay (2 berths)	Montevideo Wanderers	1974 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up
Venezuela (2 berths)	Deportivo Galicia	1974 Primera División champion
Venezuela (2 berths)	Portuguesa	1974 Primera División 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 1974 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Semifinals.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5
Argentina Paraguay	Bolivia Chile	Brazil Colombia	Ecuador Venezuela	Peru Uruguay

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	ROS	NOB	OLI	CER
1	Rosario Central	6	2	4	0	8	5	+3	8	Qualified to the Semi-finals	—	1–1	1–1	2–1
2	Newell's Old Boys	6	3	2	1	9	8	+1	8		1–1	—	3–2	3–2
3	Olimpia	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	7		0–0	2–0	—	2–1
4	Cerro Porteño	6	0	1	5	5	11	−6	1		1–3	0–1	0–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		UES	HUA	STR	WIL
1	Unión Española	6	3	3	0	17	5	+12	9	Qualified to the Semi-finals	—	7–2	4–1	4–0
2	Huachipato	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	6		0–0	—	4–0	4–2
3	The Strongest	6	2	2	2	8	11	−3	6		1–1	1–0	—	3–1
4	Jorge Wilstermann	6	0	3	3	4	13	−9	3		1–1	0–0	1–1	—

Source: Copa Libertadores 1975

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	CRU	CAL	ATL	VAS
1	Cruzeiro	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	7	Qualified to the Semi-finals	—	2–1	2–3	3–2
2	Deportivo Cali	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	6		1–0	—	0–0	2–1
3	Atlético Nacional	6	2	2	2	7	8	−1	6		1–2	2–1	—	1–1
4	Vasco da Gama	6	1	3	2	7	7	0	5		1–1	0–0	2–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	LDQ	POR	DGA	NAC
1	LDU Quito	6	3	3	0	12	7	+5	9	Qualified to the Semi-finals	—	1–1	4–2	3–1
2	Portuguesa	6	1	4	1	5	8	−3	6		1–1	—	1–1	1–0
3	Deportivo Galicia	6	1	3	2	7	6	+1	5		0–1	0–0	—	4–0
4	El Nacional	6	1	2	3	8	11	−3	4		2–2	5–1	0–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	UNI	PEÑ	WAN	HUA
1	Universitario	6	4	2	0	12	6	+6	10	Qualified to the Semi-finals	—	3–2	3–1	2–2
2	Peñarol	6	4	0	2	13	7	+6	8		0–1	—	1–0	5–2
3	Montevideo Wanderers	6	1	1	4	8	10	−2	3		0–2	1–2	—	4–0
4	Unión Huaral	6	0	3	3	7	17	−10	3		1–1	0–3	2–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semi-finals

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	UE	UNI	LDQ
1	Unión Española	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	5	Qualified to the Final	—	2–1	2–0
2	Universitario	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	4		1–1	—	2–1
3	LDU Quito	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	3		4–2	0–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	IND	CEN	CRU
1	Independiente	4	2	2	5	4	+1	4	Qualified to the Final	—	2–0	3–0
2	Rosario Central	4	2	2	5	5	0	4		2–0	—	3–1
3	Cruzeiro	4	2	2	5	6	−1	4		2–0	2–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Finals

June 18, 1975	Unión Española	1–0	Independiente	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Ahumada 87'			Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Martínez Bazán

June 25, 1975	Independiente	3−1	Unión Española	Estadio La Doble Visera, Avellaneda
	Rojas 1' Pavoni 57' Bertoni 82'		Las Heras 15'	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Barreto

Extra match

June 29, 1975	Independiente	2−0	Unión Española	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
	Ruiz Moreno 13' Bertoni 87'			Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Pérez

Champion

Copa Libertadores 1975 Champions
Independiente Sixth title

External links

Tournament on RSSSF