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1960 Copa Libertadores

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The 1960 Copa de Campeones de América was the first season of the Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier club tournament. Seven association's clubs entered the first competition, with three not sending a representative. The first match of the tournament was played between Uruguayan side Peñarol and Bolivian side Jorge Wilstermann on April 19 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

1960 Copa de Campeones de América
Tournament details
DatesApril 19 - June 19
Teams7 (from 7 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Peñarol (1st title)
Runners-up Olimpia
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored39 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s) Alberto Spencer (7 goals)
← 1948
1961 →

During that game, Ausberto García of Jorge Wilstermann became the first player to move the ball in the tournament setting the motions for what is to become one of the most prestigious competitions in the world. Carlos Borges of Peñarol scored the first goal of the tournament, with teammate and legendary figure Alberto Spencer scoring the first hat-trick.[1]

Peñarol would go to become the first South American club champion after defeating the Olimpia in the finals. With the subsequent results on later editions, Peñarol became the most successful club in the competition until 1973.

Background edit

CONMEBOL, the governing body of the sport in South America, had been formed in 1916, but for the first forty-three years of its existence, its member associations played only friendly matches against each other, with no prizes at stake. In 1958, however, José Ramos de Freitas, the confederation's president, finally set into motion a competition open to all national champions of the continent, with a trophy to be awarded to the winners. The South American Championship of Champions was the inspiration for the idea to take fruit and formation. Although all national association's champions were eligible to participate, only seven chose to do so: Bahia of Brazil, Jorge Wilstermann of Bolivia, Millonarios of Colombia, Olimpia of Paraguay, Peñarol of Uruguay, San Lorenzo of Argentina and Universidad de Chile of Chile. Peru and Venezuela did not send their respective national league champions since the tournament received general lack of interest from its associations, and Ecuador did not have a national champion to send. The first edition of the Copa de Campeones aroused no great accompaniment to the press particularly in Pacific Rim countries and in Brazil and Argentina.[2]

Teams edit

Notes
  1. Ecuador (ECU):
    • Ecuador could not send a team as the Ecuadorian national championship was not held in 1959.
  2. Peru (PER):
  3. Venezuela (VEN):

Format edit

Each match-up was a two-team group stage. Wins were awarded two points, 1 point for a draw, and no points for a loss. The team with the most points after a home and away game advanced to the next stage. If the teams still remained tied, goal difference will become a factor. A one-game playoff would be implemented in case the teams are still tied. A draw of lots was to become the last solution to breaking a tie.

Preliminary round edit

Due to there being an odd number of teams in the competition after Universitario of Peru withdrew before the draw, Olimpia received a bye.

The series between San Lorenzo and Bahia finished in a draw on points and the group was decided on goal difference in which the Argentines were allowed through to the semi-finals. Peñarol and Millonarios completed the semi-final line-up after convincing victories over Jorge Wilstermann and Universidad de Chile, respectively.

There was much publicity in Montevideo as the Bolivian champions Jorge Wilstermann arrived four days ahead of the historic, first ever match of the competition. Unlike what was happening in the five other countries of the competitors, the tournament was receiving a lot of coverage from the Uruguayan media. The President of the Bolivian Football Federation, Valera Cámara, arrived in Montevideo nine days before the game to prepare all the details for the stay of the football champion of his country. He also used the occasion to promote the Campeonato Sudamericano that Bolivia was going to organize in 1961 (eventually held in 1963) and to confirm the matches Bolivia was going to play against Uruguay for the qualifiers of the 1962 FIFA World Cup to be held in Chile. Pablo Pérez Estrada, president of Jorge Wilstermann, arrived on April 13.[3]

The 1972 edition of the Journal Estadio de Chile mentioned that the humiliating elimination of Universidad de Chile was attributed to the exhaustion of the team. Estadio mentions that by that time the interest of the La U executives was to take the Chilean champion for an extensive tour to Europe that was extended, on their return, with some more friendly matches in Central America. The Chilean press, highly critical by the 0–6 thrashing in Santiago, labeled Universidad de Chile as a "team of tourists" and even gave them an alluding cartoon.

Group 1 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  San Lorenzo 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 2
  Bahia 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2 2
San Lorenzo  3 – 0  Bahia
Rossi   60'
Ruiz   81'
Sanfilippo   89' (pen.)
Attendance: ≈10,000
Referee: Esteban Marino (Uruguay)
Bahia  3 – 2  San Lorenzo
Carlito   11'
Flavio   38'
Marito   89' (pen.)		   9', 59' Sanfilippo
Attendance: ≈18,000
Referee: Eustasio Catebeke (Paraguay)

Group 2 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Peñarol 2 1 1 0 8 2 +6 3
  Jorge Wilstermann 2 0 1 1 2 8 −6 1
Peñarol  7 – 1  Jorge Wilstermann
Borges   13', 27'
Spencer   35', 58', 67', 90'
Cubilla   20'		   49' Alcócer
Attendance: ≈35,000
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)
Attendance: ≈30,000
Referee: José Luis Praddaude (Argentina)

Group 3 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Millonarios 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 4
  Universidad de Chile 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
Universidad de Chile  0 – 6  Millonarios
Pizarro   4', 82'
Klinger   14', 68'
Micheli   54'
Larraz   71'
Attendance: ≈18,000
Referee: Juan Carlos Armental (Uruguay)
Millonarios  1 – 0  Universidad de Chile
Pizarro   48'
Attendance: ≈25,000
Referee: Juan Carlos Armental (Uruguay)

Semifinals edit

All matches from this stage of the competition onwards resulted in draws except for two. Both semi-final matches of semifinal group A finished in a draw and thus it went into a play-off on a neutral venue. Chile was designated as the venue in which a tie-breaking playoff would be contested in case there was a tie on points. However, the 1960 Valdivia earthquake forced a change of location; Peñarol didn't accept the playoff to be held in Asunción. San Lorenzo, however, allowed the play-off to be held in the home ground of Peñarol in exchange for $100,000. José Sanfilippo later recalled:

With regard to the position taken by our executives on the third game played in Uruguay, Nene said, "I told them (San Lorenzo boardmembers) no! To play again in Montevideo was like going to the lion's mouth", but they didn't listen to me and they accepted the proposal. Their first goal was trout. To put it bluntly, we were screwed over. The Uruguayans thought, "If these idiots were so accepting to play in the 'Centenario', then we can not go easy on them". And then the Paraguayan referee Dimas Larrosa called everything against us all the time. Before, the 'lanyards' usually won and thanks to the bad leadership we had, we were left with nothing. The reality is that the game was given to them for a few bucks."

Olimpia secured the second place in the final by thumping Millonarios at the second leg.

Semifinal A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Peñarol 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
  San Lorenzo 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
Peñarol  1 – 1  San Lorenzo
Linazza   2'   18' Boggio
Attendance: ≈55,000
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)
Attendance: ≈15,000
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)
Playoff
Peñarol  2 – 1  San Lorenzo
Spencer   61', 89'   86' Sanfilippo
Attendance: ≈45,000
Referee: José Dimas Larrosa (Paraguay)

Semifinal B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Olimpia 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4 3
  Millonarios 2 0 1 1 1 5 −4 1
Attendance: ≈35,000
Referee: José Antonio Sundheim (Colombia)
Olimpia  5 – 1  Millonarios
Doldán   15', 88'
Melgarejo   43'
Noriega   53' (o.g.)
Recalde   62'		 Pizarro   70'
Attendance: ≈35,000
Referee: José Luis Praddaude (Argentina)

Finals edit

Main article: 1960 Copa Libertadores Finals

The finals were contested between Peñarol and Olimpia over two legs, one at each participating club's stadium. The first leg took place at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo in which the Manyas won 1–0 thanks to an Alberto Spencer goal late in the game. The second leg was played in the Estadio Manuel Ferreira in Asunción. Olimpia was leading 1–0 for the majority of the match, but Luis Cubilla scored the equalizer with only six minutes left in the match to give Peñarol the trophy in the first edition of the competition.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Peñarol 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3
  Olimpia 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Attendance: 44,690
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)
Olimpia  1 – 1  Peñarol
Recalde   28'   83' Cubilla
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: José Luis Praddaude (Argentina)

Champions edit

Copa Libertadores de América
1960 Winner
 
Peñarol
First Title

Top goalscorers edit

References edit

  1. ^ "O Campeão" (in Portuguese). Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  2. ^ Carluccio, Jose (September 2, 2007). "Copa Libertadores de América 1960" (in Spanish). Historia y Fútbol. from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  3. ^ Garrido, Atilio. Yo fui testigo aquel 19 de Abril de 1960.

Footnotes edit

A. ^ Brazil did not have a national league at the time. Instead they sent their Taça Brasil champion.

External links edit

  • 1960 Copa Libertadores at RSSSF
  • 1960 Copa Libertadores at Terra 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  • 1960 Copa Libertadores at www.libertadores.ru[permanent dead link]
  • 1960 Copa Libertadores at Leballonrond

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The 1960 Copa de Campeones de America was the first season of the Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores CONMEBOL s premier club tournament Seven association s clubs entered the first competition with three not sending a representative The first match of the tournament was played between Uruguayan side Penarol and Bolivian side Jorge Wilstermann on April 19 in Montevideo Uruguay 1960 Copa de Campeones de AmericaTournament detailsDatesApril 19 June 19Teams7 from 7 confederations Final positionsChampionsPenarol 1st title Runners upOlimpiaTournament statisticsMatches played13Goals scored39 3 per match Top scorer s Alberto Spencer 7 goals 19481961 During that game Ausberto Garcia of Jorge Wilstermann became the first player to move the ball in the tournament setting the motions for what is to become one of the most prestigious competitions in the world Carlos Borges of Penarol scored the first goal of the tournament with teammate and legendary figure Alberto Spencer scoring the first hat trick 1 Penarol would go to become the first South American club champion after defeating the Olimpia in the finals With the subsequent results on later editions Penarol became the most successful club in the competition until 1973 Contents 1 Background 2 Teams 3 Format 4 Preliminary round 4 1 Group 1 4 2 Group 2 4 3 Group 3 5 Semifinals 5 1 Semifinal A 5 2 Semifinal B 6 Finals 6 1 Champions 7 Top goalscorers 8 References 8 1 Footnotes 9 External linksBackground editCONMEBOL the governing body of the sport in South America had been formed in 1916 but for the first forty three years of its existence its member associations played only friendly matches against each other with no prizes at stake In 1958 however Jose Ramos de Freitas the confederation s president finally set into motion a competition open to all national champions of the continent with a trophy to be awarded to the winners The South American Championship of Champions was the inspiration for the idea to take fruit and formation Although all national association s champions were eligible to participate only seven chose to do so Bahia of Brazil Jorge Wilstermann of Bolivia Millonarios of Colombia Olimpia of Paraguay Penarol of Uruguay San Lorenzo of Argentina and Universidad de Chile of Chile Peru and Venezuela did not send their respective national league champions since the tournament received general lack of interest from its associations and Ecuador did not have a national champion to send The first edition of the Copa de Campeones aroused no great accompaniment to the press particularly in Pacific Rim countries and in Brazil and Argentina 2 Teams editAssociation Team Entry stage Qualification method nbsp Argentina1 berth San Lorenzo Preliminary round 1959 Primera Division champions nbsp Bolivia1 berth Jorge Wilstermann Preliminary round 1959 Campeonato Nacional de Bolivia champions nbsp Brazil1 berth Bahia Preliminary round 1959 Taca Brasil 1 champions nbsp Chile1 berth Universidad de Chile Preliminary round 1959 Nacional de la Primera Division champions nbsp Colombia1 berth Millonarios Preliminary round 1959 Campeonato Profesional champions nbsp Ecuador Note ECU nbsp Paraguay1 berth Olimpia Semifinals 1959 Primera Division champions nbsp Peru Note PER nbsp Uruguay1 berth Penarol Preliminary round 1959 Campeonato Uruguayo de Primera champions nbsp Venezuela Note VEN Notes Ecuador ECU Ecuador could not send a team as the Ecuadorian national championship was not held in 1959 Peru PER Universitario 1959 Primera Division champions withdrew before the draw after the Peruvian Football Federation declined to cover their expenses to take part in the tournament Venezuela VEN Deportivo Espanol 1959 Primera Division champions were not entered as the Venezuelan Football Federation were not interested in the tournament Format editEach match up was a two team group stage Wins were awarded two points 1 point for a draw and no points for a loss The team with the most points after a home and away game advanced to the next stage If the teams still remained tied goal difference will become a factor A one game playoff would be implemented in case the teams are still tied A draw of lots was to become the last solution to breaking a tie Preliminary round editDue to there being an odd number of teams in the competition after Universitario of Peru withdrew before the draw Olimpia received a bye The series between San Lorenzo and Bahia finished in a draw on points and the group was decided on goal difference in which the Argentines were allowed through to the semi finals Penarol and Millonarios completed the semi final line up after convincing victories over Jorge Wilstermann and Universidad de Chile respectively There was much publicity in Montevideo as the Bolivian champions Jorge Wilstermann arrived four days ahead of the historic first ever match of the competition Unlike what was happening in the five other countries of the competitors the tournament was receiving a lot of coverage from the Uruguayan media The President of the Bolivian Football Federation Valera Camara arrived in Montevideo nine days before the game to prepare all the details for the stay of the football champion of his country He also used the occasion to promote the Campeonato Sudamericano that Bolivia was going to organize in 1961 eventually held in 1963 and to confirm the matches Bolivia was going to play against Uruguay for the qualifiers of the 1962 FIFA World Cup to be held in Chile Pablo Perez Estrada president of Jorge Wilstermann arrived on April 13 3 The 1972 edition of the Journal Estadio de Chile mentioned that the humiliating elimination of Universidad de Chile was attributed to the exhaustion of the team Estadio mentions that by that time the interest of the La U executives was to take the Chilean champion for an extensive tour to Europe that was extended on their return with some more friendly matches in Central America The Chilean press highly critical by the 0 6 thrashing in Santiago labeled Universidad de Chile as a team of tourists and even gave them an alluding cartoon Group 1 edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts nbsp San Lorenzo 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 2 nbsp Bahia 2 1 0 1 3 5 2 2 20 April 1960San Lorenzo nbsp 3 0 nbsp BahiaRossi nbsp 60 Ruiz nbsp 81 Sanfilippo nbsp 89 pen Estadio Tomas Adolfo Duco El Palacio Buenos AiresAttendance 10 000Referee Esteban Marino Uruguay 3 May 1960Bahia nbsp 3 2 nbsp San LorenzoCarlito nbsp 11 Flavio nbsp 38 Marito nbsp 89 pen nbsp 9 59 SanfilippoEstadio Octavio Mangabeira Fonte Nova SalvadorAttendance 18 000Referee Eustasio Catebeke Paraguay Group 2 edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts nbsp Penarol 2 1 1 0 8 2 6 3 nbsp Jorge Wilstermann 2 0 1 1 2 8 6 1 19 April 1960Penarol nbsp 7 1 nbsp Jorge WilstermannBorges nbsp 13 27 Spencer nbsp 35 58 67 90 Cubilla nbsp 20 nbsp 49 AlcocerEstadio Centenario MontevideoAttendance 35 000Referee Carlos Robles Chile 30 April 1960Jorge Wilstermann nbsp 1 1 nbsp PenarolRenan Lopez nbsp 55 nbsp 43 CubillaEstadio Hernando Siles La PazAttendance 30 000Referee Jose Luis Praddaude Argentina Group 3 edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts nbsp Millonarios 2 2 0 0 7 0 7 4 nbsp Universidad de Chile 2 0 0 2 0 7 7 0 8 May 1960Universidad de Chile nbsp 0 6 nbsp MillonariosPizarro nbsp 4 82 Klinger nbsp 14 68 Micheli nbsp 54 Larraz nbsp 71 Estadio Nacional SantiagoAttendance 18 000Referee Juan Carlos Armental Uruguay 15 May 1960Millonarios nbsp 1 0 nbsp Universidad de ChilePizarro nbsp 48 Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campin BogotaAttendance 25 000Referee Juan Carlos Armental Uruguay Semifinals editAll matches from this stage of the competition onwards resulted in draws except for two Both semi final matches of semifinal group A finished in a draw and thus it went into a play off on a neutral venue Chile was designated as the venue in which a tie breaking playoff would be contested in case there was a tie on points However the 1960 Valdivia earthquake forced a change of location Penarol didn t accept the playoff to be held in Asuncion San Lorenzo however allowed the play off to be held in the home ground of Penarol in exchange for 100 000 Jose Sanfilippo later recalled With regard to the position taken by our executives on the third game played in Uruguay Nene said I told them San Lorenzo boardmembers no To play again in Montevideo was like going to the lion s mouth but they didn t listen to me and they accepted the proposal Their first goal was trout To put it bluntly we were screwed over The Uruguayans thought If these idiots were so accepting to play in the Centenario then we can not go easy on them And then the Paraguayan referee Dimas Larrosa called everything against us all the time Before the lanyards usually won and thanks to the bad leadership we had we were left with nothing The reality is that the game was given to them for a few bucks Olimpia secured the second place in the final by thumping Millonarios at the second leg Semifinal A edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts nbsp Penarol 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 nbsp San Lorenzo 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 18 May 1960Penarol nbsp 1 1 nbsp San LorenzoLinazza nbsp 2 nbsp 18 BoggioEstadio Centenario MontevideoAttendance 55 000Referee Carlos Robles Chile 24 May 1960San Lorenzo nbsp 0 0 nbsp PenarolEstadio Tomas Adolfo Duco El Palacio Buenos AiresAttendance 15 000Referee Carlos Robles Chile 29 May 1960PlayoffPenarol nbsp 2 1 nbsp San LorenzoSpencer nbsp 61 89 nbsp 86 SanfilippoEstadio Centenario MontevideoAttendance 45 000Referee Jose Dimas Larrosa Paraguay Semifinal B edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts nbsp Olimpia 2 1 1 0 5 1 4 3 nbsp Millonarios 2 0 1 1 1 5 4 1 29 May 1960Millonarios nbsp 0 0 nbsp OlimpiaEstadio Nemesio Camacho El Campin BogotaAttendance 35 000Referee Jose Antonio Sundheim Colombia 5 June 1960Olimpia nbsp 5 1 nbsp MillonariosDoldan nbsp 15 88 Melgarejo nbsp 43 Noriega nbsp 53 o g Recalde nbsp 62 Pizarro nbsp 70 Estadio Manuel Ferreira El Bosque de Para Uno AsuncionAttendance 35 000Referee Jose Luis Praddaude Argentina Finals editMain article 1960 Copa Libertadores Finals The finals were contested between Penarol and Olimpia over two legs one at each participating club s stadium The first leg took place at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo in which the Manyas won 1 0 thanks to an Alberto Spencer goal late in the game The second leg was played in the Estadio Manuel Ferreira in Asuncion Olimpia was leading 1 0 for the majority of the match but Luis Cubilla scored the equalizer with only six minutes left in the match to give Penarol the trophy in the first edition of the competition Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts nbsp Penarol 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 nbsp Olimpia 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 12 June 1960Penarol nbsp 1 0 nbsp OlimpiaSpencer nbsp 79 Estadio Centenario MontevideoAttendance 44 690Referee Carlos Robles Chile 19 June 1960Olimpia nbsp 1 1 nbsp PenarolRecalde nbsp 28 nbsp 83 CubillaEstadio Manuel Ferreira El Bosque de Para Uno AsuncionAttendance 35 000Referee Jose Luis Praddaude Argentina Champions edit Copa Libertadores de America1960 Winner nbsp PenarolFirst TitleTop goalscorers editPos Player Team Goals 1 nbsp Alberto Spencer nbsp Penarol 7 2 nbsp Ruben Pizarro nbsp Millonarios 4 nbsp Jose Sanfilippo nbsp San Lorenzo 4 4 nbsp Luis Cubilla nbsp Penarol 3 5 nbsp Carlos Borges nbsp Penarol 2 nbsp Luis Doldan nbsp Olimpia 2 nbsp Marino Klinger nbsp Millonarios 2 nbsp Hipolito Recalde nbsp Olimpia 2References edit O Campeao in Portuguese Retrieved May 22 2010 Carluccio Jose September 2 2007 Copa Libertadores de America 1960 in Spanish Historia y Futbol Archived from the original on 27 May 2010 Retrieved May 22 2010 Garrido Atilio Yo fui testigo aquel 19 de Abril de 1960 Footnotes edit A Brazil did not have a national league at the time Instead they sent their Taca Brasil champion External links edit1960 Copa Libertadores at RSSSF 1960 Copa Libertadores at Terra Archived 2012 03 06 at the Wayback Machine 1960 Copa Libertadores at Soccer Mond 1960 Copa Libertadores at Torcida 1960 Copa Libertadores at www libertadores ru permanent dead link 1960 Copa Libertadores at Leballonrond Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1960 Copa Libertadores amp oldid 1184694479, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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