1965 Copa Libertadores finals explained

1965 Copa de Campeones finals
Event:1965 Copa de Campeones de América
Team1:Independiente
Team1association:
Team2:Peñarol
Details:2–2 on points
Independiente won after a play-off
Firstleg:First leg
Team1score1:1
Team2score1:0
Date1:9 April 1965
Stadium1:Independiente
City1:Avellaneda
Referee1:Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)
Attendance1:45,000
Secondleg:Second leg
Team1score2:1
Team2score2:3
Date2:12 April 1965
Stadium2:Estadio Centenario
City2:Montevideo
Referee2:Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)
Attendance2:45,000
Secondlegreplay:Play-off
Team1score3:4
Team2score3:1
Stadium3:Estadio Nacional
City3:Santiago
Referee3:Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)
Attendance3:40,000
Previous:1964
Next:1966

The 1965 Copa Libertadores finals was a football series between Argentine team Independiente and Uruguayan team Peñarol on 6 and 12 April of that same year. It was the sixth final of South America's most prestigious football competition, the Copa Libertadores.

After both teams won one match each, a playoff was played on 15 April, being won by Independiente by 4–1 at Estadio Nacional in Santiago de Chile.[1] Therefore the Diablos Rojos won their 2nd Copa Libertadores title.[2]

Qualified teams

TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Independiente1964
Peñarol1960, 1961, 1962

Match details

First leg

GK 1 Miguel Santoro
DF 2 Rubén Navarro
DF3 Raúl Decaria
MF 4 Roberto Ferreiro
MF5 David Acevedo
MF6 Juan C. Guzmán
FW 7 Rául Bernao
FW8 Osvaldo Mura
FW 9 Luis Suárez
FW 10 Roque Avallay
FW 11 Raúl Savoy
Substitutes:
MF
Manager:
Manuel Giúdice
GK 1 Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
DF2 Carlos Pérez
DF3 Luis Varela
MF 4 Pablo Forlán
MF5 Néstor Gonçalves
MF6 Omar Caetano
FW7 Ernesto Ledesma
FW8 Pedro Rocha
FW9 Héctor Silva
FW10 José Sasía
FW 11 Juan Joya
Manager:
Roque Máspoli
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Second leg

GK 1 Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
DF 2 Carlos Pérez
DF3 Luis Varela
MF 4
MF5 Néstor Gonçalves
MF6 Omar Caetano
FW7 Ernesto Ledesma
FW8 Pedro Rocha
FW9 Héctor Silva
FW10 José Sasía
FW11 Juan Joya
Substitutes:
Miguel Reznik
Manager:
Roque Máspoli
GK 1 Miguel Santoro
DF 2 Rubén Navarro
DF 3 José Paflik
MF 4 Roberto Ferreiro
MF5 David Acevedo
MF6 Juan C. Guzmán
FW 7 Rául Bernao
FW8 Osvaldo Mura
FW 9 Luis Suárez
FW 10
FW 11 Raúl Savoy
Substitutes:
Manager:
Manuel Giúdice
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Playoff

GK 1 Miguel Santoro
DF 2 Rubén Navarro
DF 3 Raúl Decaria
MF 4 Roberto Ferreiro
MF5 David Acevedo
MF6 Juan C. Guzmán
FW 7 Rául Bernao
FW8 Osvaldo Mura
FW 9
FW 10
FW 11 Raúl Savoy
Substitutes:
MF Miguel A. Mori
Manager:
Manuel Giúdice
GK 1 Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
DF2 Carlos Pérez
DF 3 Luis Varela
MF4 Pablo Forlán
MF5 Néstor Gonçalves
MF6 Omar Caetano
FW7 Ernesto Ledesma
FW8 Pedro Rocha
FW 9 Miguel Reznik
FW10 Héctor Silva
FW11 Juan Joya
Substitutes:
FW
Manager:
Roque Máspoli

Notes and References

  1. https://www.elgrafico.com.ar/articulo/1098/35705/1965-independiente-campeon-de-america-¡otra-vez! 1965. Independiente: campeón de América ¡Otra vez!
  2. https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/copa64.html Copa Libertadores 1964