First Round
Boca Juniors (Buenos Aires) bye to the second round as holders.
Group 1 [Argentina, Ecuador]
Jun 27: LDU Quito - Independiente 1-0
[Palavecino]
Jun 27: El Nacional - River Plate 1-1
[Nieves; J.J.L�pez]
Jun 30: El Nacional - Independiente 1-2
[Rhon; Galv�n, Trossero]
Jun 30: LDU Quito - River Plate 0-0
Jul 5: El Nacional - LDU Quito 2-0
[Correa(2)]
Jul 5: Independiente - River Plate 0-0
Jul 11: River Plate - El Nacional 2-0
[P.Gonz�lez, J.J.L�pez]
Jul 14: Independiente - El Nacional 2-0
[Arrieta, Bochini]
Jul 18: River Plate - LDU Quito 4-0
[Luque, J.J.L�pez, Ortiz, Saporiti]
Jul 20: Independiente - LDU Quito 2-0
[Arrieta, Bochini]
Jul 26: LDU Quito - El Nacional 3-2
[Carrera(2), Cruz; Granda(2)]
Jul 26: River Plate - Independiente 0-0
1.River Plate (Buenos Aires) 6 2 4 0 7- 1 8
Independiente (Avellaneda) 6 3 2 1 6- 2 8
3.LDU (Quito) 6 2 1 3 4-10 5
4.El Nacional (Quito) 6 1 1 4 6-10 3
First Place Playoff (Buenos Aires)
Aug 2: River Plate - Independiente 4-1
[Luque(2), Passarella, P.Gonz�lez; Outes]
Group 2 [Bolivia, Peru]
Jul 2: The Strongest - Oriente Petrolero 2-0
[Lattini, Mezza]
Jul 5: Sporting Cristal - Alianza 2-2
[Mosquera, Carbonell; La Rosa(2)]
Jul 12: The Strongest - Sporting Cristal 3-1
[Ca�ellas, D�az o/g, Mezza; Oblitas]
Jul 12: Oriente Petrolero - Alianza 0-4
[Sotil, Cubillas(2), La Rosa]
Jul 16: Oriente Petrolero - Sporting Cristal 0-1
[Mosquera]
Jul 17: The Strongest - Alianza 1-2
[Potente; Cubillas, La Rosa]
Jul 21: Alianza - Sporting Cristal 4-1
[Sotil, Cubillas, Cueto, La Rosa; Aparicio]
Jul 22: Oriente Petrolero - The Strongest 4-1
[Toninho(2), Bastida, Mezza; Potente]
Jul 25: Sporting Cristal - Oriente Petrolero 1-0
[Ram�rez]
Jul 28: Alianza - Oriente Petrolero 5-1
[Cubillas(2), Sotil, Ravelo, La Rosa; Toninho]
Aug 1: Sporting Cristal - The Strongest 3-0
[O.Ram�rez(2), Oblitas]
Aug 4: Alianza - The Strongest 2-0
[Ravelo, Cueto]
1.Alianza (Lima) 6 5 1 0 19- 5 11
2.Sporting Cristal (Lima) 6 3 1 2 9- 9 7
3.The Strongest (La Paz) 6 2 0 4 7-12 4
4.Oriente Petrolero (Santa Cruz) 6 1 0 5 5-14 2
Group 3 [Brazil, Chile]
Mar 14: Uni�n Espa�ola - Palestino 0-0
Mar 15: Atl�tico Mineiro - S�o Paulo FC 1-1
[Serginho; Pereyra]
Mar 22: Uni�n Espa�ola - Atl�tico Mineiro 1-1
[Novello; Marcelo]
Mar 22: Palestino - S�o Paulo 0-1
[Pereyra]
Mar 26: Uni�n Espa�ola - S�o Paulo FC 1-1
[Peredo; Ed�]
Mar 26: Palestino - Atl�tico Mineiro 4-5
[Fabbiani(4); Marcelo, Serginho, Ziza, Laudemir, Fuentes o/g]
Apr 9: S�o Paulo FC - Atl�tico Mineiro 1-2
[Mirandinha; Serginho, Paulo Isidoro]
Apr 9: Palestino - Uni�n Espa�ola 2-3
[Herrera, Rojas; Far�as(2), Peredo]
Apr 16: S�o Paulo FC - Palestino 1-2
[Ze Sergio; Fabbiani, Pinto]
Apr 16: Atl�tico Mineiro - Uni�n Espa�ola 5-1
[Ziza, Marcelo, Paulo Isidoro(2), Campos; Carvallo]
Apr 19: S�o Paulo FC - Uni�n Espa�ola 1-1
[Nilton; Carvallo]
Apr 19: Atl�tico Mineiro - Palestino 2-0
[Paulo Isidoro, Campos]
1.Atl�tico Mineiro (Belo Horiz.) 6 4 2 0 16- 8 10
2.Uni�n Espa�ola (Santiago) 6 1 4 1 7-10 6
3.S�o Paulo FC 6 1 3 2 6- 7 5
4.Palestino (Santiago) 6 1 1 4 8-12 3
Group 4 [Colombia, Uruguay]
Apr 12: Atl�tico Junior - Deportivo Cali 0-0
Apr 19: Pe�arol - Danubio 4-2
[Morena(2), Olivera, Paz; Moreira, Rivero]
May 14: Atl�tico Junior - Danubio 0-0
May 14: Deportivo Cali - Pe�arol 1-0
[N.Scotta]
May 17: Atl�tico Junior - Pe�arol 1-0
[V�zquez]
May 17: Deportivo Cali - Danubio 2-0
[N.Scotta, Ben�tez]
Jul 7: Danubio - Pe�arol 1-2
[Moreira; Unanue, Maneiro]
Jul 9: Deportivo Cali - Atl�tico Junior 0-0
Jul 18: Danubio - Atl�tico Junior 0-0
Jul 18: Pe�arol - Deportivo Cali 0-2
[Ben�tez, Torres]
Jul 23: Pe�arol - Atl�tico Junior 1-0
[Morena]
Jul 23: Danubio - Deportivo Cali 3-0
[Correa, Godoy(2)]
1.Deportivo Cali 6 3 2 1 5- 3 8
2.Pe�arol (Montevideo) 6 3 0 3 7- 7 6
3.Atl�tico Junior (Barranquilla) 6 1 4 1 1- 1 6
4.Danubio (Montevideo) 6 1 2 3 6- 8 4
Group 5 [Paraguay, Venezuela]
Mar 5: Cerro Porte�o - Libertad 1-0
[Ovelar]
Mar 12: Estudiantes - Portuguesa 0-0
Mar 26: Portuguesa - Libertad 1-0
[Nu�ez]
Mar 26: Estudiantes - Cerro Porte�o 2-3
[Scaminacci, Chiazzaro; Battaglia, E.Jimpenez, H.Gonz�lez]
Mar 30: Estudiantes - Libertad 1-1
[Ortiz; Maldonado]
Mar 30: Portuguesa - Cerro Porte�o 1-1
[Peralta; H.Gonz�lez]
Apr 2: Portuguesa - Estudiantes 1-2
[Peralta; Pelegrini(2)]
Apr 5: Libertad - Cerro Porte�o 0-0
Apr 25: Cerro Porte�o - Estudiantes 1-1
[Aifuch; Chiazzaro]
Apr 28: Libertad - Estudiantes 2-1
[Scaminacci o/g, Esp�nola; Cossu]
May 9: Libertad - Portuguesa 1-2
[Esp�nola; Paez, Peralta]
May 13: Cerro Porte�o - Portuguesa 1-0
[Battaglia]
1.Cerro Porte�o (Asunci�n) 6 3 3 0 7- 4 9
2.Portuguesa (Acarigua) 6 2 2 2 5- 5 6
3.Estudiantes (M�rida) 6 1 3 2 7- 8 5
4.Libertad (Asunci�n) 6 1 2 3 4- 6 4
Semi-Finals
Group 1
Sep 19: Boca Juniors - River Plate 0-0
Sep 24: Atl�tico Mineiro - Boca Juniors 1-2
[Marcelo; Bord�n(2)]
Sep 28: River Plate - Atl�tico Mineiro 1-0
[J.J.L�pez]
Oct 5: Boca Juniors - Atl�tico Mineiro 3-1
[Toninho Cerezo o/g, Mastr�ngelo, Salinas; Marinho]
Oct 8: Atl�tico Mineiro - River Plate 1-0
[Paulo Isidoro]
Oct 17: River Plate - Boca Juniors 0-2
[Mast�ngelo, Salinas]
1.Boca Juniors (Buenos Aires) 4 3 1 0 7- 2 7
2.River Plate (Buenos Aires) 4 1 1 2 1- 3 3
3.Atl�tico Mineiro (Belo Horiz.) 4 1 0 3 3- 6 2
Group 2
Sep 14: Alianza - Cerro Porte�o 3-0
[Cueto, Sotil, Cubillas]
Sep 17: Deportivo Cali - Cerro Porte�o 1-1
[N.Scotta; Florent�n]
Sep 21: Deportivo Cali - Alianza 3-2
[N.Scotta, Torres, A.Ben�tez; La Rosa, Vel�squez]
Oct 5: Cerro Porte�o - Alianza 3-1
[E.Jim�nez, Florent�n, Battaglia; Sotil]
Oct 14: Alianza - Deportivo Cali 1-4
[La Rosa; N.Scotta(2), Otero, A.Ben�tez]
Oct 18: Cerro Porte�o - Deportivo Cali 0-4
[N.Scotta(2), A.Ben�tez(2)]
1.Deportivo Cali 4 3 1 0 12- 4 7
2.Cerro Porte�o (Asunci�n) 4 1 1 2 4- 9 3
3.Alianza (Lima) 4 1 0 3 7-10 2
Final (Nov 23 & 28)
Deportivo Cali Col Boca Juniors Arg 0-0 0-4 0-4
1st leg. Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali, 23-11-1978
Deportivo Cali - Boca Juniors 0-0
Deportivo Cali: Zape, Ospina, F. Castro (Correa), Caicedo, M. Escobar, Arce Valverde,
Otero (Jaramillo), Landucci, Torres, Scotta, A.J. Ben�tez.
Boca Juniors: C. Rodr�guez, Pern�a, S�, Mouzo, Bord�n, J.J. Ben�tez, Su��,
Zanabria, Mastr�ngelo, Salinas, Perotti.
Referee: Ortiz (Paraguay)
Attendance: 50,000
2nd leg. Estadio La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, 28-11-1978
Boca Juniors - Deportivo Cali 4-0
15' Perotti 1-0
60' Mastrangelo 2-0
71' Salinas 3-0
85' Perotti 4-0
Boca Juniors: Gatti, Pern�a, S�, Mouzo, Bord�n, J.J. Ben�tez (Veglio), Su��,
Zanabria, Mastr�ngelo, Salinas, Perotti.
Deportivo Cali: Zape, Ospina (F. Castro), M. Escobar, Caicedo, Correa, Arce Valverde,
Landucci, Otero (Uma�a), Torres, Scotta, A.J. Ben�tez.
Referee: P�rez (Peru)
Attendance: 80,000
Source: [CSF 00]
With thanks to Frank Ballesteros and Alan Cushway
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Authors: John Beuker and Pablo Ciullini
Last updated: 28 Feb 2013
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