1960 Copa Libertadores

1960 Copa Libertadores de América
Tournament details
Dates	April 19 - June 19
Teams	7 (from 7 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Peñarol (1st title)
Runners-up	Olimpia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	39 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alberto Spencer (7 goals)

The 1960 Copa Libertadores de América was the first season of the Copa Libertadores de América, 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.

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

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]

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method
Argentina 1 berth	San Lorenzo	1959 Primera División champion
Bolivia 1 berth	Jorge Wilstermann	1959 Torneo Nacional champion
Brazil 1 berth	Bahia	1959 Taça Brasil champion
Chile 1 berth	Universidad de Chile	1959 Primera División champion
Colombia 1 berth	Millonarios	1959 Campeonato Profesional champion
Paraguay 1 berth	Olimpia	1959 Primera División champion
Uruguay 1 berth	Peñarol	1959 Primera División champion

Format

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.

First round

Due to there being an odd number of teams in the competition, Olimpia received a bye and thus reached the semi-finals without having played a match in the competition (their predetermined opponents, Universitario of Peru, did not confirm their participation). 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 confirmed 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

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 v Bahia

April 20, 1960

San Lorenzo	3–0	Bahia
Rossi Ruiz Sanfilippo

Palacio Ducó, Buenos Aires
Attendance: ≈10,000
Referee: Esteban Marino (Uruguay)

Bahia v San Lorenzo

May 3, 1960

Bahia	3–2	San Lorenzo
Carlitos Flavio Marito		Sanfilippo

Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador
Attendance: ≈18,000
Referee: Eustasio Catebeke (Paraguay)

Group 2

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 v Jorge Wilstermann

April 19, 1960

Peñarol	7–1	Jorge Wilstermann
Borges 13', 27' Spencer 35', 58', 67', 90' Cubilla 20'		Alcólcer 49'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: ≈35,000
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

Jorge Wilstermann v Peñarol

April 30, 1960

Jorge Wilstermann	1–1	Peñarol
García 55'		Cubilla 43'

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Attendance: ≈30,000
Referee: José Luis Praddaude (Argentina)

Group 3

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 v Millonarios

May 8, 1960

Universidad de Chile	0–6	Millonarios
		Klinger 14', 68' Pizarro 4', 82' Micheli 54' Larraz 71'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: ≈18,000
Referee: Juan Carlos Armental (Uruguay)

Millonarios v Universidad de Chile

May 15, 1960

Millonarios	1–0	Universidad de Chile
Micheli

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
Attendance: ≈25,000
Referee: Juan Carlos Armental (Uruguay)

Semifinals

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Peñarol	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
San Lorenzo	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2

Peñarol v San Lorenzo

May 18, 1960

Peñarol	1–1	San Lorenzo
Linazza 2'		Boggio 18'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: ≈55,000
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

San Lorenzo v Peñarol

May 24, 1960

San Lorenzo	0–0	Peñarol

Palacio Ducó, Buenos Aires
Attendance: ≈15,000
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

Peñarol v San Lorenzo

May 29, 1960
Playoff

Peñarol	2–1	San Lorenzo
Spencer 61', 89'		Sanfilippo 86'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: ≈45,000
Referee: José Dimas Larrosa (Paraguay)

Semifinal B

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

Millonarios v Olimpia

May 8, 1960

Millonarios	0–0	Olimpia

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
Attendance: ≈35,000
Referee: José Antonio Sundheim (Colombia)

Olimpia v Millonarios

May 15, 1960

Olimpia	5–1	Millonarios
Doldán 15', 88' Melgarejo 43' Noriega 53' (o.g.) Recalde 62'		Pizarro 70'

Estadio Manuel Ferreira, Asunción
Attendance: ≈35,000
Referee: José Luis Praddaude (Argentina)

Finals

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. After leading 1–0 for the majority of the match, Luis Cubilla scored the equalizer with only six minutes left on the match to give Peñarol the trophy of 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

Peñarol v Olimpia

June 12, 1960

Peñarol	1–0	Olimpia
Spencer 79'

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Attendance: 44,690
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

Olimpia v Peñarol

June 19, 1960

Olimpia	1–1	Peñarol
Recalde 28'		Cubilla 83'

Estadio Manuel Ferreira, Asunción
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: José Luis Praddaude (Argentina)

Champion

Copa Libertadores de América 1960 Winner
Peñarol First Title

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Alberto Spencer	Peñarol	7
2	Rubén Pizarro	Millonarios	4
2	José Sanfilippo	San Lorenzo	4
4	Luis Cubilla	Peñarol	3
5	Carlos Borges	Peñarol	2
	Luis Doldán	Olimpia	2
	Marino Klinger	Millonarios	2
	Hipólito Recalde	Olimpia	2

References

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

Footnotes

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

External links

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