1979 Copa Libertadores

1979 Copa Libertadores de América
Tournament details
Dates	February 24 – July 27
Teams	21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Olimpia (1st title)
Runners-up	Boca Juniors
Tournament statistics
Matches played	75
Goals scored	212 (2.83 per match)

The 1979 Copa Libertadores represented the 20th edition of the tournament, in which saw Olimpia of Paraguay win the title for the first time. This allowed the Paraguayan side to play the Intercontinental Cup against Malmö FF of Sweden, in which the South American side won.

Qualified teams

Argentina
- Boca Juniors (1978 Libertadores Champion)
- Independiente (Champion of Campeonato Nacional Argentino 1978)
- Quilmes (Champion of Campeonato Metropolitano Argentino 1978)
Bolivia
- Bolívar (Champion of Campeonato Boliviano 1978)
- Jorge Wilsterman (Runners-up of Campeonato Boliviano 1978)
Brazil
- Guarani (Champion of Campeonato Brasileiro 1978)
- Palmeiras (Runners-up of Campeonato Brasileiro 1978)
Chile
- Palestino (Champion of Campeonato Chileno 1978)
- O’Higgins (Winner Liga Pre-Libertadores 1978)
Colombia
- Millonarios (Champion of 1978 Campeonato Profesional)
- Deportivo Cali (Runners-up of 1978 Campeonato Profesional)
Ecuador
- El Nacional (Champion of Campeonato Ecuatoriano 1978)
- Técnico Universitario (Runners-up of Campeonato Ecuatoriano 1978)
Paraguay
- Olimpia (Champion of Campeonato Paraguayo 1978)
- Sol de América (Runners-up of Campeonato Paraguayo 1978)
Peru
- Alianza Lima (Champion of Campeonato Peruano 1978)
- Universitario (Runners-up of Campeonato Peruano 1978)
Uruguay
- Peñarol (Champion of Liga Pre-Libertadores 1978)
- Nacional (Runners-up of Liga Pré-Libertadores 1978)
Venezuela
- Portuguesa (Champion of Campeonato Venezuelano 1978)
- Galicia (Runners-up of Campeonato Venezuelano 1978)

Group stage

Boca Juniors, of Argentina skips to semifinals as current champions.

Group 1

Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Independiente	9	6	4	1	1	12	6	6
Deportivo Cali	7	6	3	1	2	8	7	1
Millonarios	6	6	2	2	2	8	11	-3
Quilmes	2	6	1	0	5	7	11	-4


14 March 1979
Quilmes	1–2	Independiente	Quilmes
Millonarios	1–1	Deportivo Cali	Bogotá
20 March 1979
Millonarios	3–3	Independiente	Bogotá
Deportivo Cali	3–2	Quilmes	Cali
23 March 1979
Deportivo Cali	1–0	Independiente	Cali
Millonarios	1–0	Quilmes	Bogotá
4 April 1979
Independiente	2–0	Quilmes	Avellaneda
Deportivo Cali	2–0	Millonarios	Cali
10 April 1979
Quilmes	1–2	Millonarios	Quilmes
Independiente	1–0	Deportivo Cali	Avellaneda
13 April 1979
Quilmes	3–1	Deportivo Cali	Quilmes
Independiente	4–1	Millonarios	Avellaneda

Group 2

Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Olimpia	10	6	5	0	1	13	5	8
Bolívar	9	6	4	1	1	18	7	11
Sol de América	5	6	2	1	3	9	12	-3
Jorge Wilstermann	0	6	0	0	6	5	21	-16


23 March 1979
Olímpia	2–1	Sol de América	Asunción
25 March 1979
Bolívar	4–0	Jorge Wilstermann	La Paz
29 March 1979
Jorge Wilstermann	0–2	Olímpia	Cochabamba
Bolívar	4–1	Sol de América	La Paz
2 April 1979
Jorge Wilstermann	2–3	Sol de América	Santa Cruz
3 April 1979
Bolívar	2–1	Olímpia	La Paz
5 April 1979
Sol de América	0–1	Olímpia	Asunción
Jorge Wilstermann	0–6	Bolívar	La Paz
8 April 1979
Olímpia	4–2	Jorge Wilstermann	Asunción
11 April 1979
Sol de América	2–1	Jorge Wilstermann	Asunción
15 April 1979
Sol de América	2–2	Bolívar	Asunción
18 April 1979
Olímpia	3–0	Bolívar	Asunción

Group 3

Team	Pts	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Guarani	10	6	5	1	16	5	11
Universitario	8	6	4	2	15	15	0
Palmeiras	6	6	3	3	15	11	4
Alianza Lima	0	6	0	6	5	20	-15


24 February 1979
Alianza Lima	3–6	Universitario	Lima
28 February 1979
Alianza Lima	0–3	Guarani	Lima
3 March 1979
Universitario	3–0	Guarani	Lima
10 March 1979
Alianza Lima	2–4	Palmeiras	Lima
13 March 1979
Universitario	2–5	Palmeiras	Lima
21 March 1979
Universitario	1–0	Alianza Lima	Lima
25 March 1979
Palmeiras	1–4	Guarani	São Paulo
7 April 1979
Guarani	2–0	Alianza Lima	Campinas
8 April 1979
Palmeiras	1–2	Universitario	São Paulo
11 April 1979
Guarani	6–1	Universitario	Campinas
12 April 1979
Palmeiras	4–0	Alianza Lima	São Paulo
15 April 1979
Guarani	1–0	Palmeiras	Campinas

Group 4

Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Palestino	10	6	4	2	0	16	2	14
O'Higgins	7	6	2	3	1	10	4	6
Portuguesa	4	6	0	4	2	4	12	-8
Galicia	3	6	0	3	3	3	15	-12


28 February 1979
O'Higgins	1–1	Palestino	Rancagua
11 March 1979
Galicia	1–1	Portuguesa	Caracas
18 March 1979
Galicia	1–1	Palestino	Caracas
Portuguesa	1–1	O'Higgins	Valencia
21 March 1979
Portuguesa	0–2	Palestino	Valencia
Galicia	0–1	O'Higgins	Caracas
29 March 1979
Palestino	1–0	O'Higgins	Santiago
Portuguesa	1–1	Galicia	Valencia
11 April 1979
Palestino	5–0	Galicia	Santiago
O'Higgins	1–1	Portuguesa	Rancagua
15 April 1979
Palestino	6–0	Portuguesa	Santiago
O'Higgins	6–0	Galicia	Rancagua

Group 5

Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Peñarol	10	6	4	2	0	10	2	8
Nacional	7	6	2	3	1	7	3	4
El Nacional	5	6	2	1	3	6	10	-4
Técnico Universitario	2	6	0	2	4	4	12	-8


4 March 1979
El Nacional	2–1	Técnico Universitario	Quito
7 March 1979
Peñarol	0–0	Nacional	Montevideo
13 March 1979
Peñarol	4–0	Técnico Universitario	Montevideo
16 March 1979
Nacional	2–0	Técnico Universitario	Montevideo
20 March 1979
Nacional	3–0	El Nacional	Montevideo
23 March 1979
Peñarol	2–1	El Nacional	Montevideo
28 March 1979
Nacional	1–1	Peñarol	Montevideo
1 April 1979
Técnico Universitario	2–2	El Nacional	Ambato
5 April 1979
Técnico Universitario	0–1	Peñarol	Ambato
El Nacional	1–0	Nacional	Quito
8 April 1979
El Nacional	0–2	Peñarol	Quito
Técnico Universitario	1–1	Nacional	Ambato

Semifinals

Group A

Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Boca Juniors	5	4	2	1	1	3	1	2
Independiente	5	4	2	1	1	2	2	0
Peñarol	2	4	0	2	2	0	2	-2


10 May 1979
Peñarol	0–0	Independiente	Montevideo
16 May 1979
Boca Juniors	1–0	Peñarol	Buenos Aires
13 June 1979
Independiente	1–0	Boca Juniors	Avellaneda
20 June 1979
Independiente	1–0	Peñarol	Avellaneda
27 June 1979
Boca Juniors	2–0	Independiente	Buenos Aires
4 July 1979
Peñarol	0–0	Boca Juniors	Montevideo
Extra match
11 July 1979
Boca Juniors	1–0	Independiente	Buenos Aires

Group B

Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Olimpia	7	4	3	1	0	8	2	6
Guarani	3	4	0	3	1	4	5	-1
Palestino	2	4	0	2	2	2	7	-5


1 May 1979
Palestino	0–0	Guarani	Santiago
4 May 1979
Olímpia	2–1	Guarani	Asunción
9 May 1979
Palestino	0–2	Olímpia	Santiago
16 May 1979
Olímpia	3–0	Palestino	Asunción
20 May 1979
Guarani	2–2	Palestino	Campinas
24 May 1979
Guarani	1–1	Olímpia	Campinas

Final


22 July 1979
Olímpia	2–0	Boca Juniors	Asunción
27 July 1979
Boca Juniors	0–0	Olímpia	Buenos Aires

Champion

Copa Libertadores 1979 Champions

Olimpia First Title

Top-scorers

6 goles
Juan José Oré (Universitario)
Miltäo (Guaraní)

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