South American Club Championship 1948
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South American Club Championship (Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-americano de Clubes Campeões, Spanish: Copa de Campeones Sudamericanos) was a competition played by some 1947's champions throughout South America, held in Santiago, Chile in 1948. Won by Vasco da Gama, the tournament is considered by Conmebol the forerunner of the Libertadores.
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[edit] Participating Teams
Seven clubs participated in the championship:
- Colo-Colo (Chile) - National champions of 1947 and hosts
- Emelec (Ecuador) - Guayaquil champions of 1946/1948(no national championship on 1947)
- Lítoral (Bolivia) - La Paz champions of 1947
- Municipal (Peru) - National runners-up of 1947
- Nacional (Uruguay) - National champions of 1947
- River Plate (Argentina) - National champions of 1947
- Vasco da Gama (Brazil) - Rio de Janeiro champions of 1947 (undefeated)
[edit] Results
| Date | Games on this date | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Scorers | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Scorers | |||
| 11/02 | Colo-Colo | 2 - 2 | Emelec | No register | No game | No game | No game | No game | ||
| 14/02 | Vasco da Gama | 2 - 1 | Lítoral | Lelé (V) 8, Lelé (V) 68, Sandoval (L) 69) | Nacional | 3 - 2 | Municipal | No register | ||
| 18/02 | River Plate | 4 - 0 | Emelec | No register | Vasco da Gama | 4 - 1 | Nacional | Ademir (V) 11, Walter Gomez (N) 25, Maneca (V) 68, Danilo (V) 70, Friaça(V) | ||
| 21/02 | River Plate | 2 - 0 | Municipal | No register | Colo-Colo | 4 - 2 | Lítoral | No register | ||
| 25/02 | Nacional | 3 - 1 | Lítoral | No register | Vasco da Gama | 4 - 0 | Municipal | Lelé 12, Friaça 57, Ismael 61, Friaça 65 | ||
| 28/02 | Vasco da Gama | 1 - 0 | Emelec | Ismael 46 | Municipal | 3 - 1 | Colo-Colo | No register | ||
| 03/03 | Municipal | 3 - 1 | Emelec | No register | Nacional | 3 - 0 | River Plate | No register | ||
| 08/03 | Municipal | 4 - 0 | Emelec | No register | Colo-Colo | 1 - 1 | Vasco da Gama | Farias (C) 46, Friaça (V) 67 | ||
| 09/03 | River Plate | 5 - 1 | Lítoral | No register | Colo-Colo | 3 - 2 | Nacional | No register | ||
| 14/03 | Nacional | 4 - 1 | Emelec | No register | Vasco da Gama | 0 - 0 | River Plate | No register | ||
| 17/03 | Municipal | 3 - 1 | Lítoral | No register | River Plate | 1 - 0 | Colo-Colo | No register | ||
[edit] Final Table
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vasco da Gama | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 10 |
| River Plate | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 |
| Nacional | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 8 |
| Municipal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 |
| Colo-Colo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 |
| Lítoral | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 2 |
| Emelec | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 1 |
[edit] Champion Line-up
Vasco da Gama line-up:
Barbosa, Augusto, Wilson (Raffaneli); Eli, Danilo, Jorge, Djalma, Maneca (Lelé), Friaça (Dimas), Ismael (Ademir), Chico
Coach: Flavio Costa
