1960 Copa Libertadores

Inaugural season of Copa Libertadores Copa de Campeones de América 1960 April 19 – June 19 7 7 URU Peñarol 1 PAR 1954 Olimpia 13 39 ECU Alberto Spencer (7 goals) 1948 1961 The 1960 Copa de Campeones de América was the first season of the Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier club tournament. Seven associations' 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 was 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.http://www.bolanaarea.com/libertadores_1960.htm O Campeão pt May 22, 2010 Peñarol would go on to become the first South American club champion after defeating the Olimpia in the finals. With the subsequent results in 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.http://historiayfutbol.obolog.com/copa-libertadores-america-1960-25842 Copa Libertadores de América 1960 Historia y Fútbol es September 2, 2007 May 22, 2010 Jose Carluccio https://web.archive.org/web/20100527051128/http://historiayfutbol.obolog.com/copa-libertadores-america-1960-25842 27 May 2010 usurped Teams AssociationTeamEntry stageQualification methodARG Argentina1 berthSan LorenzoPreliminary round1959 Primera División championsBOL Bolivia1 berthJorge WilstermannPreliminary round1959 Campeonato Nacional de Bolívia championsBRA 1960 Brazil1 berthBahiaPreliminary round1959 Taça BrasilTaça Brasil championsCHI Chile1 berthUniversidad de ChilePreliminary round1959 Nacional de la Primera División championsCOL Colombia1 berthMillonariosPreliminary round1959 Campeonato Profesional championsECU EcuadorNote ECUPAR 1954 Paraguay1 berthOlimpiaSemifinals1959 Primera División championsPER PeruNote PERURU Uruguay1 berthPeñarolPreliminary round1959 Campeonato Uruguayo de Primera championsVEN 1954 VenezuelaNote VEN Notes disc Note ECU 0 Ecuador (ECU): Ecuador could not send a team as the Ecuadorian national championship was not held in 1959. Note PER 0 Peru (PER): Universitario (1959 Primera División champions) withdrew before the draw after the Peruvian Football Federation declined to cover their expenses to take part in the tournament. Note VEN 0 Venezuela (VEN): Deportivo Español (1959 Primera División champions) were not entered as the Venezuelan Football Federation were not interested in the tournament. 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. Preliminary round Due to there being an odd number of teams in the competition after Universitario of Peru withdrew before the draw, Olimpia received a bye. 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 confirm 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.Garrido Atilio Yo fui testigo aquel 19 de Abril de 1960 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 1 400 Libertadores1960 sanlorenzo v bahia 01.jpg Libertadores1960 sanlorenzo v bahia.jpg San Lorenzo (left) debuted v EC Bahia at Huracán Stadium Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts PointsARG San Lorenzo210153+2 2BRA 1960 Bahia210135−2 2 20 April 1960 San Lorenzo ARG 3–0 BRA 1960 Bahia Rossi 60 Ruiz 81Sanfilippo 89 pen. Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó, Buenos Aires ≈10,000 Esteban Marino (Uruguay) 3 May 1960 Bahia BRA 1960 3–2 ARG San Lorenzo Carlito 11Flavio 38Marito 89 pen. 9 59 Sanfilippo Estádio Octávio Mangabeira (Fonte Nova), Salvador ≈18,000 Eustasio Catebeke (Paraguay) Group 2 Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts PointsURU Peñarol211082+6 3BOL Jorge Wilstermann201128−6 1 19 April 1960 Peñarol URU 7–1 BOL Jorge Wilstermann Borges 13 27Spencer 35 58 67 90Cubilla 20 49 Alcócer Estadio Centenario, Montevideo ≈35,000 Carlos Robles (Chile) 30 April 1960 Jorge Wilstermann BOL 1–1 URU Peñarol Renán López 55 43 Cubilla Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz ≈30,000 José Luis Praddaude (Argentina) Group 3 Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts PointsCOL Millonarios220070+7 4CHI Universidad de Chile200207−70 8 May 1960 Universidad de Chile CHI 0–6 COL Millonarios Pizarro 4 82Klinger 14 68Micheli 54Larraz 71 Estadio Nacional, Santiago ≈18,000 Juan Carlos Armental (Uruguay) 15 May 1960 Millonarios COL 1–0 CHI Universidad de Chile Pizarro 48 Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá ≈25,000 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 Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts PointsURU Peñarol20201102ARG San Lorenzo20201102 18 May 1960 Peñarol URU 1–1 ARG San Lorenzo Linazza 2 18 Boggio Estadio Centenario, Montevideo ≈55,000 Carlos Robles (Chile) 24 May 1960 San Lorenzo ARG 0–0 URU Peñarol Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó, Buenos Aires ≈15,000 Carlos Robles (Chile) 29 May 1960 Playoff Peñarol URU 2–1 ARG San Lorenzo Spencer 61 89 86 Sanfilippo Estadio Centenario, Montevideo ≈45,000 José Dimas Larrosa (Paraguay) Semifinal B Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts PointsPAR 1954 Olimpia211051+43COL Millonarios201115−4 1 29 May 1960 Millonarios COL 0–0 PAR 1954 Olimpia Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá ≈35,000 José Antonio Sundheim (Colombia) 5 June 1960 Olimpia PAR 1954 5–1 COL Millonarios Doldán 15 88Melgarejo 43Noriega 53 o.g.Recalde 62 Pizarro 70 Estadio Manuel Ferreira (El Bosque de Para Uno), Asunción ≈35,000 José Luis Praddaude (Argentina) Finals 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 Puerto Sajonia in Asunción. Olimpia was leading 1–0 for the majority of the match, but Luis Cubilla scored the equalizer with only six minutes left in the match to give Peñarol the trophy in the first edition of the competition. Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts PointsURU Peñarol211021+13PAR 1954 Olimpia201112−1 1 12 June 1960 Peñarol URU 1–0 PAR 1954 Olimpia Spencer 79 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 44,690Bianchi José A. 13 June 1960 Ajustada Victoria de Peñarol Frente a Olimpia https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EaUXeBFXsAUWY6L?format=jpg&name=medium La Tribuna Spanish JPG Asunción, Paraguay Carlos Robles (Chile) 19 June 1960 Olimpia PAR 1954 1–1 URU Peñarol Recalde 28 83 Cubilla Puerto Sajonia, Asunción 20,00020 June 1960 Peñarol: Gran Campeón https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fy_HI41WAAA0mIx?format=jpg&name=medium El Bien Público Spanish JPG Montevideo, Uruguay José Luis Praddaude (Argentina) Champions Copa Libertadores de América1960 WinnerURU 100pxPeñarolFirst Title Top goalscorers PosPlayerTeamGoals 1ECU Alberto SpencerURU Peñarol 7 2ARG Rubén PizarroCOL Millonarios 4ARG José SanfilippoARG San Lorenzo 4 4URU Luis CubillaURU Peñarol 3 5URU Carlos BorgesURU Peñarol 2PAR 1954 Luis DoldánPAR 1954 Olimpia 2COL Marino KlingerCOL Millonarios 2PAR 1954 Hipólito RecaldePAR 1954 Olimpia 2 References 2 Footnotes A. Taça Brasil Brazil did not have a national league at the time. Instead they sent their Taça Brasil champion. External links 1960 Copa Libertadores at RSSSF 1960 Copa Libertadores at Terra https://web.archive.org/web/20120306213031/http://www.co.terra.com/shared/libertadores2007/1960.htm 2012-03-06 1960 Copa Libertadores at Soccer Mond 1960 Copa Libertadores at Torcida 1960 Copa Libertadores at www.libertadores.ruAugust 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 1960 Category:1960 in South American men's continental football Category:April 1960 in sports Category:April 1960 in South America Category:May 1960 in sports Category:May 1960 in South America Category:June 1960 sports events in South America