1962 Copa Libertadores

1962 Copa Libertadores de América

Tournament details
Dates	February 7 - August 30
Teams	10 (from 9 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Santos (1st title)
Runners-up	Peñarol
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	107 (4.12 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Coutinho Alberto Spencer Enrique Raymondi (6 goals each)

The 1962 Copa Libertadores de América was the third edition of South America's premier club football tournament. Ten teams entered, one more than the previous season, with Venezuela again not sending a representative. This was the first edition in which the defending champions were allowed to automatically qualify allowing the nation which contained the holders to have an extra team on the tournament.

Arguably, the competition took transcendental international projection from this edition due to the participation of Santos. The constant exhibitions of the Santásticos, containing in its ranks the legendary and magnificent Pelé and compatriots of equal stature such as the chivalric Gilmar, Mauro, Mengálvio, the splendid Coutinho, and the iconic Pepe, were every week news in the world and, inevitably, every corner of the world talked about the Copa de Campeones competition that Santos won in 1962. Santos ended the Carboneros' reign as they defeated Peñarol 0-3 in the deciding playoff in Buenos Aires.

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method
CONMEBOL 1 berth	Peñarol	1961 Copa Libertadores de América winners
Argentina 1 berth	Racing	1961 Primera División champion
Bolivia 1 berth	Municipal	1961 Copa Simón Bolívar champion
Brazil 1 berth	Santos	1961 Taça Brasil champion
Chile 1 berth	Universidad Católica	1961 Primera División champion
Colombia 1 berth	Millonarios	1961 Campeonato Profesional champion
Ecuador 1 berth	Emelec	1961 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol champion
Paraguay 1 berth	Cerro Porteño	1961 Primera División champion
Peru 1 berth	Sporting Cristal	1961 Primera División champion
Uruguay 1 berth	Nacional	1961 Primera División runner-up

Format and tie-breaking criteria

This season saw the competition have an increase in participants by one team; as a result, the preliminary round from the previous season was eliminated. The first phase was now a group phase of three groups containing three clubs each. The format for the semifinals and the finals remained the same.

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:

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

Starting this edition, a playoff will become the first tie-breaker, then goal difference.

First round

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

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Santos	4	3	1	0	20	6	14	7
Cerro Porteño	4	2	1	1	7	13	-6	5
Municipal	4	0	0	4	7	15	-8	0

Municipal v Cerro Porteño

February 11, 1962	Municipal	2 – 1	Cerro Porteño	La Paz
	Aguilera Camacho		Jara

Cerro Porteño v Municipal

Municipal v Santos

February 18, 1962	Municipal	3 – 4	Santos	La Paz
	Aguilera Torres Díaz		Lima Mengálvio Pagão Tite

Santos v Municipal

February 21, 1962	Santos	6 – 1	Municipal	Santos
	Dorval Pagão Coutinho Pepe		Torres

Cerro Porteño v Santos

February 25, 1962	Cerro Porteño	1 – 1	Santos	Asunción
	Cabrera		Dorval

Santos v Cerro Porteño

February 28, 1962	Santos	9 – 1	Cerro Porteño	Santos
	Coutinho Pelé Pepe Dorval Zito		Jara

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nacional	4	3	1	0	9	6	3	7
Racing	4	1	1	2	7	8	-1	3
Sporting Cristal	4	1	0	3	5	7	-2	2

Nacional v Sporting Cristal

Racing v Sporting Cristal

February 14, 1962	Racing	2 – 1	Sporting Cristal	Avellaneda
	Sosa		Del Castillo

Sporting Cristal v Nacional

February 17, 1962	Sporting Cristal	0 – 1	Nacional	Lima
			Douksas

Sporting Cristal v Racing

February 20, 1962	Sporting Cristal	2 – 1	Racing	Lima
	Flores Gallardo		Belén

Nacional v Racing

February 24, 1962	Nacional	3 – 2	Racing	Montevideo
	Bergara Rodríguez Pérez		Sosa Belén

Racing v Nacional

February 27, 1962	Racing	2 – 2	Nacional	Avellaneda
	Marchetta Cárdenas		Bergara Alvarez

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Universidad Católica	4	2	1	1	10	9	1	5
Emelec	4	2	0	2	12	10	2	4
Millonarios	4	1	1	2	7	10	-3	3

Emelec v Millonarios

Universidad Católica v Emelec

February 10, 1962	Universidad Católica	3 – 0	Emelec	Santiago
	Tobar Trigilli

Universidad Católica v Millonarios

Millonarios v Universidad Católica

Emelec v Universidad Católica

February 21, 1962	Emelec	7 – 2	Universidad Católica	Guayaquil
	Raymondi Raffo		Fouilloux Ramírez

Millonarios v Emelec

February 28, 1962	Millonarios	3 – 1	Emelec	Bogotá
	Pereira Debrassi Benítez		Gallego  o.g.'

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
Santos	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3
Universidad Católica	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Universidad Católica v Santos

July 8, 1962	Universidad Católica	1 – 1	Santos	Santiago
	Nawacki		Lima	Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)

Santos v Universidad Católica

July 12, 1962	Santos	1 – 0	Universidad Católica	Santos
	Zito			Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)

Group B

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

Nacional v Peñarol

July 8, 1962	Nacional	2 – 1	Peñarol	Montevideo
	González  10' Escalada  55'		Moacyr  32'	Referee: Rubén Cabrera (Paraguay)

Peñarol v Nacional

July 18, 1962	Peñarol	3 – 1	Nacional	Montevideo
	Spencer  72', 79' Cabrera  20'		Douksas  68'	Referee: Rubén Cabrera (Paraguay)

Peñarol v Nacional

July 22, 1962 Playoff	Peñarol	1 – 1	Nacional	Montevideo
	Spencer  69'		Acosta  62'	Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)

Peñarol progressed to the finals due to better goal difference.

Finals

Main article: 1962 Copa de Campeones Finals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Santos	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	2
Peñarol	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	2

Peñarol v Santos

August 28, 1962	Peñarol	1 – 2	Santos	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
	Spencer  18'		Coutinho  29', 70'	Attendance: 48,105 Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

Santos v Peñarol

September 2, 1962	Santos	2 – 3	Peñarol	Estádio Vila Belmiro, Santos
	Dorval  17' Mengálvio  35'		Spencer  14', 49' Sasía  51'	Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

Santos v Peñarol

September 30, 1962 Playoff	Santos	3 – 0	Peñarol	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires
	Caetano  11' (o.g.) Pelé  48', 89'			Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Champion

Copa Libertadores de América 1962 Champion
Santos First Title

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Coutinho	Santos	6
	Alberto Spencer	Peñarol	6
	Enrique Raymondi	Emelec	6
4	Pelé	Santos	4
	Alberto Fouilloux	Universidad Católica	4

Footnotes

A. ^ Only 51 minutes of the second leg was considered official by CONMEBOL. The remaining 39 minutes was a friendly match. In the friendly time, Pagão tied the game at three goals a-piece, but the official score remained 2–3.

External links

• 1962 Copa Libertadores at RSSSF