1963 Copa Libertadores

1963 Copa Libertadores de América
Tournament details
Dates	April 7 – September 11
Teams	9 (from 8 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Santos (2nd title)
Runners-up	Boca Juniors
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	63 (3.32 per match)
Top scorer(s)	José Sanfilippo (7 goals)

The 1963 Copa Libertadores de América was the fourth season of South America's premier club football tournament. Nine teams entered with Bolivia and Venezuela not sending a representative.

This competition was notable for the participation of many world class stars such as José Sanfilippo, Pelé, Garrincha, Antonio Rattín, Alberto Spencer, Jairzinho, among others. The Alvinegro da Vila, usually regarded as the greatest football club team ever, crushed their semifinal and final opponents in stylish fashion which included a 0–4 victory over Botafogo in the fable Estádio do Maracanã, and a 1–2 win in La Bombonera, home of Boca Juniors. In a classic South American match-up, defending champions Santos defeated the Xeneixes on both legs of the final to retain the title.

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method
CONMEBOL 1 berth	Santos	1962 Copa de Campeones winners
Argentina 1 berth	Boca Juniors	1962 Primera División champion
Brazil 1 berth	Botafogo	1962 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up
Chile 1 berth	Universidad de Chile	1962 Primera División champion
Colombia 1 berth	Millonarios	1962 Campeonato Profesional champion
Ecuador 1 berth	Everest	1962 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol champion
Paraguay 1 berth	Olimpia	1962 Primera División champion
Peru 1 berth	Alianza Lima	1962 Primera División champion
Uruguay 1 berth	Peñarol	1962 Primera División champion

Format and tie-breaking criteria

Due to the uneven number of teams, the first round became a group stage with two groups of three and one group of four. The format for the semifinals and the finals remained the same as the previous season.

At each stage of the tournament teams receive 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and no points for a loss. If two or more teams are equal on points, the following criteria will be applied to determine the ranking in the group stage:

a one-game playoff;
superior goal difference;
draw of lots.

First round

Eight teams were drawn into two groups of three and one group of two. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Semifinals. Santos, the title holders, had a bye to the next round.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Botafogo	4	4	0	0	5	1	+4	8
Alianza Lima	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	3
Millonarios	4	0	1	3	0	3	−3	1

Alianza Lima v Millonarios

April 24, 1963

Alianza Lima	0–0	Millonarios

Lima

Millonarios v Alianza Lima

May 26, 1963

Millonarios	0–1	Alianza Lima
		Zegarra

Bogotá

Alianza Lima v Botafogo

June 30, 1963

Alianza Lima	0–1	Botafogo
		Élton

Lima

Millonarios v Botafogo

July 7, 1963

Millonarios	0–2	Botafogo
		Antoninho Rildo

Bogotá

Botafogo v Millonarios

July 24, 1963

Botafogo	^[A]	Millonarios

Rio de Janeiro

Botafogo v Alianza Lima

July 31, 1963

Botafogo	2–1	Alianza Lima
Jairzinho Santos		Tenemás

Rio de Janeiro

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Peñarol	2	2	0	0	14	1	+13	4
Everest	2	0	0	2	1	14	−13	0

Everest v Peñarol

June 9, 1963

Everest	0–5	Peñarol
		Sasía Rocha

Guayaquil

Peñarol v Everest

July 7, 1963

Peñarol	9–1	Everest
Spencer Matosas Rocha Abbadie		Gandó

Montevideo

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Boca Juniors	4	3	1	9	6	+3	6
Olimpia	4	2	2	7	10	−3	4
Universidad de Chile	4	1	3	7	7	0	2

Olimpia v Boca Juniors

April 7, 1963

Olimpia	1–0	Boca Juniors
Ferreira

Asunción

Boca Juniors v Olimpia

April 14, 1963

Boca Juniors	5–3	Olimpia
Valentim Menéndez Corbatta		Zárate Segovia

Buenos Aires

Boca Juniors v Universidad de Chile

June 26, 1963

Boca Juniors	1–0	Universidad de Chile
González

Buenos Aires

Universidad de Chile v Olimpia

July 17, 1963

Universidad de Chile	4–1	Olimpia
Alvarez Marcos Musso		Arámbulo

Santiago

Olimpia v Universidad de Chile

July 24, 1963

Olimpia	2–1	Universidad de Chile
Núñez		Sepúlveda

Asunción

Universidad de Chile v Boca Juniors

July 31, 1963

Universidad de Chile	2–3	Boca Juniors
Campos		Sanfilippo

Santiago

Semifinals

Four teams were drawn into two groups. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Boca Juniors	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	4
Peñarol	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0

Peñarol v Boca Juniors

August 7, 1963

Peñarol	1–2	Boca Juniors
Magdalena 80'		Valentim 26', 88'

Montevideo

Boca Juniors v Peñarol

August 17, 1963

Boca Juniors	1–0	Peñarol
Sanfilippo 47'

Buenos Aires

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Santos	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	3
Botafogo	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1

Santos v Botafogo

August 22, 1963

Santos	1–1	Botafogo
Pelé 90'		Jairzinho 60'

São Paulo

Botafogo v Santos

August 28, 1963

Botafogo	0–4	Santos
		Pelé 11', 15', 33' Lima

Rio de Janeiro

Finals

Main article: 1963 Copa Libertadores Finals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Santos	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	4
Boca Juniors	2	0	0	2	3	5	−2	0

Santos v Boca Juniors

September 3, 1963

Santos	3–2	Boca Juniors
Coutinho 2', 21' Lima 28'		Sanfilippo 43', 89'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Marcel Albert Bois (France)

Boca Juniors v Santos

September 11, 1963

Boca Juniors	1–2	Santos
Sanfilippo 46'		Coutinho 50' Pelé 82'

Estadio Camilo Cichero, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Marcel Albert Bois (France)

Champion

Copa Libertadores de América 1963 Champion
Santos Second Title

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	José Sanfilippo	Boca Juniors	7
2	Pelé	Santos	5
2	Alberto Spencer	Peñarol	5
4	Paulo Valentim	Boca Juniors	4
5	Coutinho	Santos	3
5	José Francisco Sasía	Peñarol	3

Footnotes

A. ^ Not played after Millonarios (already eliminated) preferred paying a fine of USD 4,500 rather than traveling to Rio for the match; points awarded to Botafogo but no goals.

External links

Copa Libertadores 1963 at CONMEBOL website
Copa Libertadores 1963 at RSSSF

Copa Libertadores de América

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