Football Journey

Primera B

Home Away

No. Team G W D L W D L W D L Gf Ga P

Standing from left: Ernesto E. Suárez, Cornejo, Piazza, Pont, Capurro, Pini. Crouching: Orlando Giménez, Veira, Juan C. Rojas, Raffo, Albasetti. 1. Lanús 28 17 7 4 9 5 0 8 2 4 66 31 41 [Promoted to First Division]

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2. Arsenal 28 14 7 7 7 5 2 7 2 5 59 42 35

3. San Telmo 28 11 10 7 7 6 1 4 4 6 42 36 32

Standing from left: Belvedere, Borruto, Panizo, Vieytez, Polleto, Cavallo,

Front: Ferraro, Stella, Romero, Medina, Roganti.

4. All Boys 28 9 13 6 5 7 2 4 6 4 36 33 31

Second row from left: Jorge Sigman, Creado, Horacio Gil, Alberto Lutte, Juan C. Pilla, Rolando Irusta.
First row: Norberto Sicilia, León Ugarte, Omar Masciotra, Obdulio López, Carlos A. López.

5. Excursionistas 28 10 10 8 5 4 5 5 6 3 52 55 30

6. Talleres (RE) 28 8 12 8 4 8 2 4 4 6 40 40 28

7. Almirante Brown 28 8 11 9 7 3 4 1 8 5 32 35 27

8. Deportivo Morón 28 9 9 10 5 4 5 4 5 5 26 27 27

Back row from lefrt: Barbieri, Salvador, Merlo, Oscar Alberto López, Escos,
Corbalán, Mercuri. Front: Yuliano, Flotta, Juan José López, Magalhaes, Medl, Grasso.

9. Temperley 28 10 7 11 6 4 4 4 3 7 40 48 27

Back row from left: Carrizo, Ferreyra, Fillol, Manna, Sandoval
Front: Bourrás, Puppo, Espinosa, Villa, Martinoli, Espíndola

10. Quilmes 28 7 12 9 5 6 3 2 6 6 37 34 26

11. Deportivo Español 28 6 12 10 4 5 5 2 7 5 31 35 24

12. Comunicaciones 28 8 7 13 6 2 6 2 5 7 39 43 23

Back row from left: Juan C. Bravo, Trimarchi, Héctor Pistone, Héctor Araujo, Rubén Astigarraga, Motta.
First row: Leonardo Cajal, Osvaldo Barrera, Miguel A. Alvarez, Juan J. Abraham, Hugo Baroni.

13. Estudiantes (Bs.As.) 28 4 13 11 2 8 4 2 5 7 20 33 21

14. Nueva Chicago 28 12 9 7 10 2 2 2 7 5 47 36 19 [*]

Standing from left: Gianetti, Camino, Redondo, Bonnia, Notaris, Sambucetti. Crouching: Rivero, Houseman, Rubén Domínguez, Dubanced, Yannello.

15. Defensores de Belgrano 28 5 5 18 3 3 8 2 2 10 33 69 15 [Relegated]

.Note: [*] Nueva Chicago had 14 points deducted because of an alleged bribery attempt around their match at Temperley.

Lanus was promoted to Metropolitano A

National Championship Cup – Campeonato Nacional – 1971

Group A

1. INDEPENDIENTE 14 10 4 0 31- 13 24 (Avellaneda)

Standing from left: Fenoy, De Rienzo, Solórzano, Silva, Becerra, Jara
Crouching: Marcos Pereira Martins, Juan Carlos Montes, Obberti, Cabrero, Chazarreta

2. NEWELL’S OLD BOYS 14 9 5 0 37- 10 23 (Rosario)

From left: Heredia, Syeyyguil, Cos, Laciar, Cuellar, Lupo, Quiroga, Bracamonte, Tocalli, Garay, Altamirano.

3. Belgrano 14 9 3 2 28- 13 21 (Córdoba)

4. River Plate 14 8 5 1 26- 13 21 (Buenos Aires)

5. Argentinos Juniors 14 7 1 6 22- 22 15 (Buenos Aires)

6. Ferro Carril Oeste 14 4 6 4 22- 20 14 (Buenos Aires)

7. Banfield 14 4 5 5 23- 22 13 (Banfield)

8. Kimberley 14 4 5 5 22- 21 13 (Mar del Plata)

9. San Martín (Mendoza) 14 3 6 5 20- 20 12 (San Martín)

10. Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 14 3 3 8 22- 30 9 (La Plata)

11. Huracán 14 3 3 8 19- 27 9 (Buenos Aires)

12. Juventud Antoniana 14 3 2 9 23- 30 8 (Salta)

13. Don Orione 14 4 0 10 16- 34 8 (Barranqueras)

Back row from left: Rípari, Hernández, Varela, Vidal, Nahuelpan, Juan C. Rodríguez, Juan C. Álvarez, Alfredo Pérez, Lorenzi. Front: Dias Gago, Pichintiniz, Carlos Lobo, Gordillo, Bersan, Toledo, Britapaja.

14. Huracán 14 1 1 12 11- 55 3 (Comodoro Rivadavia)

Group B

1. ROSARIO CENTRAL 14 9 3 2 27- 13 21 (Rosario)

Standing from left: Sergio B. Villar (uruguayan), Ricardo Rezza, Antonio Rosl, Ramón Heredia, Roberto Espósito, Luis Kadijevic.
Crouching: Pedro A. González, Carlos Veglio, Victorio N. Cocco, Rodolfo Fischer, Rubén Ayala.

2. SAN LORENZO DE ALMAGRO 14 8 4 2 37- 19 20 (Buenos Aires)

3. Boca Juniors 14 8 4 2 34- 17 20 (Buenos Aires)

Second row from left: Fornari, Legrotaglie, Bergara, Benítez, Guzmán, Sosa. Front: Pereyra, Guayama, Pedone, Torres, Ibáñez.

4. Gimnasia y Esgrima 14 7 5 2 28- 21 19 (Mendoza)

5. Atlanta 14 6 4 4 25- 17 16 (Buenos Aires)

6. Vélez Sarsfield 14 5 6 3 21- 20 16 (Buenos Aires)

Back row from left: Carlos Pachamé, Oscar Malbernat, Hugo Medina, Néstor Togneri, Hugo Spadaro.
Front: Oscar Pezzano, Camilo Aguilar, Rubén Pagnanini, Rubén Bedogni, Eduardo Flores y Juan R. Verón.

7. Estudiantes de La Plata 14 4 4 6 22- 19 12 (La Plata)

Second row from left: Carlos Oriolo, Rubén Díaz, Jorge Paolino, Enrique Wolff, Nelson Chabay (uruguayan),y Carlos Squeo.
First row: Osvaldo Lamelza, Juan C. García Sangenis, Juan C. Cárdenas, Jorge José Benítez, José L. Luna.

8. Racing Club 14 4 4 6 20- 21 12 (Avellaneda)

9. Chacarita Juniors 14 5 2 7 16- 20 12 (General San Martín)

Back row from left: Juan C. Lo Bello, Humberto Zucarelli, Rubén Coletti, Jorge Drago, Carlos Trullet, Mario Rodríguez.
Front: Edgardo Di Meola, José L. Córdoba, Luis Pulcini, Gustavo Ripke, Carlos Zibecchi.

10. Colón 14 3 6 5 21- 26 12 (Santa Fe)

Standing from left: Calderón, Arias, Lizondo, Luna, Corvalán, Raúl R. Rodríguez. Front: Sánchez, Villalón, Gómez, Acosta y Toledo.

11. San Martín 14 4 4 6 22- 30 12 (San Miguel de Tucumán)

12. Guaraní Antonio Franco 14 3 4 7 18- 26 10 (Posadas)

13. Central Córdoba 14 3 3 8 17- 33 9 (Santiago del Estero)

Standing from left: Rosales, Lucero, Carro, Ginder, De Nápoli, Ferlich. Crouching: Becchio, Santos, Fiore, Giménez, Jorge Martínez.

14. Huracán 14 2 4 8 7- 25 8 (Ingeniero White) .

Boca Juniors – Huracán (Ingeniero White) was not played, awarded 1-0.

Semifinals

1. SAN LORENZO DE ALMAGRO 1 0 1 0 2- 2 1 (Buenos Aires)

2. Independiente 1 0 1 0 2- 2 1 (Avellaneda) .

San Lorenzo de Almagro advanced on pen 7-6.

1. ROSARIO CENTRAL 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2 (Rosario)

2. Newell’s Old Boys 1 0 0 1 0- 1 0 (Rosario)

Final

1. ROSARIO CENTRAL 1 1 0 0 2- 1 2 (Rosario)

2. San Lorenzo de Almagro 1 0 0 1 1- 2 0 (Buenos Aires)

Pre Libertadores Playoff

Standing from left: Santoro, Commisso, Miguel A. López, Pavoni, Garisto. Front: Raimondo, Balbuena, Pastoriza, Giachello, Semenewicz, Gennoni.

1. Independiente 1 1 0 0 1- 0 2 (Avellaneda)

2. San Lorenzo de Almagro 1 0 0 1 0- 1 0 (Buenos Aires) .

This match belonged to Nacional championship. .

Independiente (Avellaneda) played as champion of Metropolitano. .

San Lorenzo de Almagro, as runner-up of Nacional.

Champion: Rosario Central.
Libertadores cup 1972: Rosario Central and Independiente (Avellaneda).

Argentina. Championship Cup – Campeonato Metropolitano – 1971

1. INDEPENDIENTE 36 20 10 6 57- 26 50 (Avellaneda)

2. Vélez Sarsfield 36 20 9 7 77- 42 49 (Buenos Aires)

Standing from left: Marcos,Puntorero,Recupero,Garcia Cambon,Neumann.
Crouching: Carnevalli,Poncio,Buzzo,Forteis,Frasoldatti, Bargas

3. Chacarita Juniors 36 17 12 7 49- 35 46 (General San Martín)

4. Newell’s Old Boys 36 18 8 10 74- 47 44 (Rosario)

5. San Lorenzo de Almagro 36 18 8 10 75- 52 44 (Buenos Aires)

6. River Plate 36 14 11 11 60- 52 39 (Buenos Aires)

7. Ferro Carril Oeste 36 15 8 13 49- 49 38 (Buenos Aires)

8. Boca Juniors 36 16 4 16 59- 52 36 (Buenos Aires)

9. Huracán 36 12 11 13 46- 54 35 (Buenos Aires)

10. Rosario Central 36 11 12 13 48- 51 34 (Rosario)

Back row from left: Parados: Carlos Oriolo, Rubén Díaz, Jorge Paolino, Enrique Wolff, Nelson Chabay (uruguayo), Carlos Squeo.
Front: Osvaldo Lamelza, Juan C. García Sangenis, Juan C. Cárdenas, Jorge José Benítez, José L. Luna.

11. Racing Club 36 10 14 12 56- 64 34 (Avellaneda)

Standing from left: José M. Martínez, Roberto Gonzalo, Roberto Di Plácido, Roberto Zywica, José Leonardi, Hugo O. Gatti.
Crouching: Ricardo Montivero, Hugo Echauri, Delio Onnis, José Santiago, Jorge Castiglia. 12. Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 36 10 14 12 51- 62 34 (La Plata)

13. Estudiantes de La Plata 36 11 10 15 41- 55 32 (La Plata)

Back row from left:Tardivo, Cordoba, Trullet, Coletti, Drago, Rodriguez. Front: Motura, Di Meola, Pulcini, Ripke, Velazquez.

14. Colón 36 10 11 15 58- 73 31 (Santa Fe)

Standing from left:Miguel Pecoraro, Eduardo Collado (uruguayan), Daniel Gil, Osvaldo Gutiérrez, Horacio Morales, Miguel A. Laino.
Crouching: Ernesto Mastrángelo, Rodolfo Vicente, Rubén Cano (in 1978, whn playing for Spain, he was accused – and rightly so – for playing for Argentina earlier, hence ineligible for another country), Juan A. Gómez Voglino, Benito Valencia.

15. Atlanta 36 11 8 17 45- 57 30 (Buenos Aires)

16. Argentinos Juniors 36 9 11 16 43- 56 29 (Buenos Aires)

17. Banfield 36 6 17 13 36- 54 29 (Banfield)

18. Los Andes 36 9 9 18 38- 57 27 (Lomas de Zamora)

19. Platense 36 6 11 19 42- 66 23 (Buenos Aires)

Standing from left: Santoro, Raimondo, Bertolotti, Sá, Pavoni, Garisto. Crouching: Balbuena, Pastoriza, Magán, Maglioni, González.

Champion: Independiente (Avellaneda). Relegated: Los Andes (Lomas de Zamora) and Platense.

Goals: 1004.

Top scorers: 1. Bianchi, Carlos Vélez Sarsfield 36

2. Obberti, Alfredo Newell’s Old Boys 28

3. Fischer, Rodolfo San Lorenzo de Almagro 20

4. Cabral, Roberto Platense 18

5. Más, Oscar River Plate 16

Second Division – Copa Peru. In this tournament after many qualification rounds, each one of the 24

departments in which Peru is politically divided, qualify a team. Those teams  
plus the team relegated from First Division on the last year, enter in two more 
rounds and finally 6 of them qualify for the Final round, staged in Lima. All depends on the standpoint: the records for 1971 should be 1970, unless Copa Peru was played before the First Division season started – the winners played in the 1971 top league season. If both competitions were played at the same time, such thing would not have been possible. And to confuse even more everything there was 'proper' Second Division, which winner was promoted to  Campeonato Descentralizado in 1972. 
                     
   
Finalists teams (Note: After each team name, between brackets is the name of the
city and department from which each team comes from): 
   
Cienciano (Cusco, Cusco)
Colegio Nacional (Iquitos, Loreto)
José Gálvez (Chimbote, Ancash)
Melgar Foot-Ball Club (Arequipa, Arequipa)
Social Deportivo Huando (Huaral, Lima)
Unión Tumán (Tumán, Lambayeque)
FINAL TABLE
                                Pts - P - W - D - L - GF - GA
1. Melgar FBC .................   8 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 0 - 13 -  4   [Promoted]
Standing from left: Ricardo Zúñiga, Humberto Giuria, Felipe La Rosa, ?, NN.
Front: Florencio La Rosa, ?, Alfonso Vilela, Capurro, Mario Catalá, Andrade. 
2. Unión Tumán ................   7 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 1 -  8 -  6   [Promoted]
Standing from left: Germán Ostolaza, Hipólito Estrada, Jesús Rodríguez, Sebastián Mantilla, José Arias, Arturo Costa.
Front: Rodomiro del Solar, Guillermo Ostolaza, Alejandro Luces, Luis Palomino, Wilfredo Palacios.
3. José Gálvez ................   7 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 1 -  6 -  7   [Promoted]
Back row from left: Enrique Corrales, Luis Jimenez, Roberto Céspedes, Dante Morales, Guillermo Rengifo, José Arenas.
Crouching: "Mitrón" Cáceres, Jorge Jaico, Antonio Medina, Fernando del Aguila, César Cortéz.
4. Colegio Nacional ...........   6 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 1 -  9 -  6
Back row from left: Luis Cuba, Héctor Berríos, Juvenal Anaya, Néstor Del Castillo, ?, José Carrión.
Front: Olazábal, Humberto Castañeda, Nilo Castañeda, ?, ?.
5. Cienciano ..................   2 - 5 - 1 - 0 - 4 -  8 -  9 
6. Social Deportivo Huando ....   0 - 5 - 0 - 0 - 5 -  2 - 14


Topscorer: Luis Ponce-Arroé (Melgar Foot-Ball Club), 7 goals

Note: Three teams were promoted as First Division was increased from 14 to 16
      teams in... 1971. 

Peru. I Division. Last three relegated.

Standing from left: Félix Salinas, Pedro Gonzáles, Luis La Fuente, Luis Cruzado, Héctor Chumpitaz, Humberto Ballesteros.
Crouching: Juan José Muñante, Roberto Chale, Percy Rojas, Héctor Bailetti, Oswaldo Ramírez.
 1. Universitario de Deportes            30 - 18 - 10 -  2 - 57 - 20 -  46  [1971 Champion, To Copa Libertadores]
Standing from left: Carlos Salinas, Miguel García, Javier Gonzáles, Manuel Mayorga, Jorge Barreto, José Velásquez.
Front: Luis "Babalú" Martínez, Víctor "Pitín" Zegarra, Juan Rivero, Teófilo Cubillas, José Sierra
 2. Alianza Lima                         30 - 16 -  8 -  6 - 50 - 25 -  40  [To Copa Libertadores]
Back row: José Fernández, Pedro Gonzáles, Nicolás Fuentes, Rubén Correa, César Peralta, Eduardo Stucchi.
Front: Roberto Chale, Enrique Casaretto, Pedro Alexis Gonzáles, Miguel Angel Tojo, Eduardo Schabauer.
 3. Defensor Lima                        30 - 14 - 11 -  5 - 48 - 30 -  39 
 4. Sporting Cristal                     30 - 13 - 12 -  5 - 50 - 36 -  38 
Standing from left: José Fernández, José Luis Dupuy, Leonidas Jimenez, Fernando Cárdenas, Pedro Gonzáles Zavala, Nicolás Fuentes.
Crouching: Pedro Alexis González, Roberto "Titín" Drago, Manuel Mellán, Hugo Sotil, Miguel Angel Converti.
 5. Deportivo Municipal                  30 - 14 -  9 -  7 - 47 - 34 -  37 
Back row from left: Sanchez, Vidal, Párraga, Carbonell, Augusto "Perro" Vílchez , Pau. 
Front: Reyes, Gonzales Ganoza, Lopez Lavalle, Orbegozo, Arnaez. 
 6. Juan Aurich (Chiclayo)               30 - 15 -  6 -  9 - 48 - 37 -  36 
 7. Melgar F.B.C. (Arequipa)             30 - 10 - 14 -  6 - 40 - 30 -  34 
 8. Atlético Torino (Talara)             30 - 10 - 10 - 10 - 30 - 38 -  30
Back row from left:  Walter Flores, Santiago Ojeda, Luis Mexo, Salguero, Guillermo Quijandría, Carlos Campaña.
Front: Gerónimo Barbadillo, Atilio Escate, Walter Daga, ?, Carlos Solís. 
 9. Sport Boys (Callao)                  30 -  9 - 11 - 10 - 30 - 27 -  29 
Standing from left: José Balcázar, Humberto Giuria, Ricardo Zuñiga, ?, Felipe La Rosa, ?.
Crouching: Galarreta, Ancieta, ?, Luis Andrade, Florencio La Rosa.
10. Unión Tumán (Tumán)                  30 -  9 -  8 - 13 - 38 - 50 -  26
Standing from left:  Rivas, Villalobos, ?, Corbacho, ?, Santiago Carty.
Crouching: Moacyr Pinto, Roberto Agüero, ?, Moisés Chumpitaz, ?. 
11. Carlos Mannucci (Trujillo)           30 -  7 - 10 - 13 - 43 - 49 -  24 
Back row from left: Carlos Oliva, Jesús Lavalle, Angel Avilés, Mariano Loo, ?.
Front: José Navarro, Julio Tijero, Rubén Díaz, Germán Lara, Otorino Sartor, Francisco Quintana.
12. Defensor Arica                       30 -  8 -  8 - 14 - 30 - 46 -  24 
Back row from left: Miguel Dietz, Germán Ostolaza, José Arias, Arturo Acosta, ?, ?.
Front: Gonzáles, Luis Palomino, Alejandro Luces, Hipólito Estrada, Guillermo Ostolaza. 
13. José Gálvez (Chimbote)               30 -  5 - 10 - 15 - 27 - 50 -  20
14. Atlético Deportivo Olímpico (Callao) 30 -  5 - 10 - 15 - 32 - 56 -  20 [Relegated]
Standing from left: Juan Rubianes, ?, Carlos Gonzáles, ?, Manuel Carrizales, Rufino Bernales.
Crouching: Antonio "Muy Muy" Franco, ?, ?, Ricardo Ormeño, ?. 
15. Octavio Espinosa (Ica)               30 -  6 -  7 - 17 - 26 - 43 -  19  [Relegated]
16. Porvenir Miraflores                  30 -  3 - 12 - 15 - 38 - 63 -  18  [Relegated]

Topscorer: Manuel Mellán (Deportivo Municipal), 25 goals.
Promoted: Deportivo SIMA (Callao), 
Atlético Grau (Piura), 
León (Huanaco). 

Second Level (Primera B) 1971

Final Table:

1.Rentistas 18 8 7 3 20-13 23 Promoted

2.Fénix 18 7 8 3 24-18 22 Promotion Playoff

3.Miramar 18 8 6 4 19-13 22 Promotion Playoff

4.Wanderers 18 8 5 5 23-17 21

Standing from left: ?,?, Luis Argibay, Ruben Martínez, Olivera, Wellington Castro.
Front: Elbio Alemán, Oscar Alfonso, Julio Fernández, Jorge Sanín, Aníbal Merli.

5.Colón 18 7 5 6 23-18 19

6.Progreso 18 6 7 5 26-28 19

7.Cerrito 18 7 3 8 18-21 17

8.Rampla Juniors 18 3 9 6 16-20 15

9.El Tanque 18 4 5 9 17-23 13

10.La Luz 18 2 5 11 14-29 9

Promotion/Relegation Playoff Round 1 Central Esp. – Fénix 1-1 Miramar – Racing 1-1 Round 2 Central Esp. – Miramar 4-2 Racing – Fénix 2-2 Round 3 Central Esp. – Racing 2-1 Fénix – Miramar 3-2 1.Central Esp. 3 2 1 0 7- 4 5 2.Fénix 3 1 2 0 6- 5 4 3.Racing 3 0 2 1 4- 5 2 Relegated 4.Miramar 3 0 1 2 5- 8 1

Promoted: Rentistas Relegated from 1st level: Racing

Rentistas (Montevideo) – Second Division champions and promoted to top flight. Well done!

Misiones (Montevideo) – Third Division champions and promoted to Second Division.

Uruguay. I Division – 2-staged season.

Standing from left: Ubiña, Cubilla, Masnik, Brunel, JC Morales, Montero Castillo
Crouching: Manga, Maneiro, Mamelli, Esparrago, JC Blanco
1. Nacional 22 12 8 2 42-17 32
2. Peñarol 22 13 6 3 40-23 32
3. Liverpool 22 10 9 3 31-16 29
4. Bella Vista 22 10 7 5 28-19 27
5. Danubio 22 10 5 7 24-25 25
6. Cerro 22 6 8 8 26-36 20
7. CA River Plate 22 4 12 6 18-22 20
8. Defensor 22 6 8 8 14-18 20
9. Huracán Buceo 22 6 5 11 27-30 17
10. Sud América 22 3 10 9 20-27 16
11. Racing 22 3 7 12 23-44 13
12. Central 22 2 9 11 21-37 13

314 goals = 2.378 goals/match.

Group A – Championship Round:
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1. Nacional 5 3 2 0 10- 6 8
Back row from left: Cocito (Kinesiólogo), Omar Caetano, Walter Corbo, Roberto Matosas, Alfredo Lamas, Elías R. Figueroa, Mario González, Roque Máspoli (DT) Front: Ermindo Onega, Luis Villalba, Raúl Castronovo, Milton Viera, Ilija Petcovich.
2. Peñarol 5 3 1 1 11- 7 7
Second row from left: Agapito Rivero,Quiroga,Campo,Moyano,Carlitos Perez,Hurt,
Front: ?,Pierino Lattuada,Torito Gomez,Linder Moreira,Tano Bertochi
3. Liverpool 5 2 1 2 7- 5 5
5. Huracán Buceo 5 1 3 1 6- 9 5
4. Danubio 5 0 3 2 2- 4 3
6. Bella Vista 5 0 2 3 7-12 2

43 goals = 2.867 goals/match.

Group B – Relegation Round:
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Standing from left: Arnoldo Labella, Carlos Martínez, Héctor Roux, Ruben Albanese, Eduardo Rivera, Gustavo De Simone.
Crouching: Gerardo Rodríguez, Abel Roux, Sergio Castillo, Luiz Carlos, Antonio Veloso.
1. Central 5 3 2 0 10- 4 8
2. Cerro 5 2 2 1 11- 9 6
Back row from left: Nelson Moraes, Washington Moglia, Juan Parraviccini, Fernando Morena, Antonio De Lucca.
Front: Juan Ramón Silva, Andrés Aguirre, Carlos Rodríguez, Faber Ross, Ovidio Pedernera, Carlos Luthar.
3. CA River Plate 5 2 2 1 9- 7 6
4. Sud América 5 3 0 2 7- 4 6
Second row from left: Líber Arispe, Baudilio Jauregui, Walter Gassire, Raúl Caresani, Juan C. Leiva, Hugo Fernández.
Front: Leonardo Hernández, Gervasio Ramilo, Miguel A. Leiva, Hamlet Tabárez, Walter Cufré.
5. Defensor 5 1 1 3 5- 9 3
Standing from left: Carlos Guarroz, Fernando Apolinario, Roberto Gil, Ricardo Moss, Carlos Trasante, ?.
Crouching: Rossi, Carlos Ravel, Jorge Siviero, Luis Caltieri, Sergio Acuña.
6. Racing 5 0 1 4 4-13 1

46 goals = 3.067 goals/match.

Champions: Nacional
Relegated: Racing

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 1971, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from September 12 to December 22, 1971. The competition had 23 clubs. The tournament consisted in a fusion of the already existing Torneio Centro-Sul and the Copa Norte-Nordeste, with the champions of each tournament facing off in the finals.

Villa Nova beat Remo on the finals, and was declared 1971 Brazilian Série B champions. The relegation and promotion system hadn’t been implemented yet, so no clubs were promoted.

First phase
Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1  Ferroviário-CE 6 4 1 1 12 7 +5 9 Qualified to the Second phase

2  Campinense 5 3 0 2 5 5 0 6

3  ABC 5 1 1 3 8 10 −2 3

4  Ferroviário-PE[a] 4 0 2 2 5 8 −3 2

Notes:

Ferroviário-PE didn’t play its last two matches, against Campinense and ABC.
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1  Itabaiana 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 5 Qualified to the Second phase

2  CRB 4 2 0 2 9 7 2 4

3  Náutico 4 1 1 2 5 9 −4 3

 

 

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1  Flamengo-PI 8 5 2 1 12 7 +5 12 Qualified to the Second phase

2  Sampaio Corrêa 8 5 1 2 16 8 +8 11

3  River 8 5 0 3 12 8 +4 10

4  Guarany de Sobral 8 2 2 4 8 12 −4 6

5  Maranhão 8 0 1 7 3 16 −13 1

 

 

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1  Remo 6 3 2 1 7 1 +6 8 Qualified to the Second phase

2  Tuna Luso 6 2 4 0 5 1 +4 8

3  Paysandu 6 1 3 2 3 5 −2 5

4  Sport Belém 6 1 1 4 2 10 −8 3

 

 

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1  Ponte Preta 4 2 2 0 6 1 +5 6 Qualified to the Second phase

2  América-SC 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 4

3  Londrina 4 0 2 2 3 8 −5 2

 

 

Second phase
Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1  Ponte Preta 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 4 Qualified to the semifinals

2  Mixto[a] 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0

Notes:

Mixto had previously received a bye to the Second phase
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1  Villa Nova[a] 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 3 Qualified to the semifinals

2  Central-RJ[b] 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1

Notes:

Villa Nova had previously received a bye to the Second phase
Central-RJ had previously received a bye to the Second phase
Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1  Remo 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 4 Qualified to the semifinals

2  Rodoviária-AM[a] 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0

Notes:

Rodoviária-AM had previously received a bye to the Second phase
Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

1  Itabaiana 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 5 Qualified to the semifinals

Back row from left: Esteves, Marcelino, Ivan Limeira, Hamilton Ayres, Eldo, Zé Maria Paiva;

Front: Zezinho Fumaça, Odacir, Simplício, Amilton Melo, Alísio

2  Ferroviário-CE 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 4

Standing from left: Edésio Leitão (técnico), Edson, Décio Costa, Dias, Matintim, Louro, Zé do Braga, Rodrigues Filho (presidente), Carlos Augusto (supervisor)

Crouching; Escurinho (massagista), Carlinhos, Gringo, Odacy, Nadinho, Iratan

3  Flamengo-PI 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 3

 

 

Semifinals
Teams Scores Tie-breaker

Team 1 Points Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg

Itabaiana  1:3  Remo 0:0 0:2 —

Villa Nova[1]  2:2  Ponte Preta 1:0 0:1 1:1

Finals
15 December 1971

Remo
1 – 0
Villa Nova
Ernani

19 December 1971

Villa Nova
3 – 0
Remo
Dias  5′
Jésum  22′
Paulinho  46′

22 December 1971

Villa Nova
2 – 1
Remo
Mário Lourenço  49′ (pen.)  78′ (pen.)

Cabecinha  9′

After 3 games Remo (Belem) lost the championship.

Villa Nova (Nova Lima) triumphed at the end. Unfortunately, going up to the first level of Brazilian football was not in the books… and not their fault: such were the ‘rules’.

Brazil. first national championship.The 1971 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (officially the Primeiro Campeonato Nacional de Clubes, “First National Championship of Clubs”) was the 16th edition of the Brazilian Championship. However, from 1976 until 2010 (when CBF unified the Brazilian titles prior to 1971, considering the 1959 Taça Brasil as the first edition of the championship) this tournament was considered by the highest entity of national football as the first edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.The competition was won by Atlético Mineiro, thus winning its second Brazilian title.

While the tournament represented the top tier of Brazilian football, its name was “Division Extra”, with “First Division” instead used by the second-tier tournament (since known as Campeonato Brasileiro Série B). During the 1960s, two tournaments were used to pick Brazil’s representative at the Copa Libertadores: Taça Brasil (1959-1968), a single-elimination tournament between the state champions; and Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (1967-1970), divided in two separate group phases with teams mostly from the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Both tournaments had a format that barely covered the entire country and had regional phases that diminished fan support, leading to dissatisfaction from both the team owners and the Brazilian Confederation of Sports (CBD), who organized the championship. In 1970, the Brazil national football team won the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, becoming the first three-time world champion. Seeing the valorization of Brazilian football, president Emílio Médici and the Brazilian media pushed CBD towards a true national tournament. With a format inspired by the European tournaments, the tournament would feature 20 teams.[3] The format of the national tournament was still close to the 1970 Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, with the state of Ceará being the only addition to the seven featured in the Robertão’s final edition. Some of the shunned federation states, led by Goiás, even created their own parallel national tournament, the Torneio Integração da CBD.

The season was divided into three phases:

The First Phase saw the twenty teams divided into two groups of ten. Despite being divided into groups, the phase was contested in a single round-robin format, with each team playing the others once. The top six teams in each group advanced to the Second Phase.
The Second Phase saw the twelve qualified teams divided into three groups of four. The teams within each group played each other in a double round-robin format. The top team from each group advanced to the Final Phase.
The Final Phase saw the three team play each other team once. The team with the most points at the end of the round was declared the champion.

There was no relegation to and no promotion from the second tier (Serie B), which rendered it entirely meaningless and opened the door for constant compaints, political machinations, and bowing to demands of the big clubs.

 

 

 

 

Participants
América FC (Belo Horizonte-MG) Fluminense FC (Rio de Janeiro-GB)
América FC (Rio de Janeiro-GB) Grêmio FBPA (Porto Alegre-RS)
C Atlético Mineiro (Belo Horizonte-MG) SC Internacional (Porto Alegre-RS)
EC Bahia (Salvador-BA) SE Palmeiras (São Paulo-SP)
Botafogo FR (Rio de Janeiro-GB) A Portuguesa de Desportos (São Paulo-SP)
Ceará SC (Fortaleza-CE) Santa Cruz FC (Recife-PE)
SC Corinthians Paulista (São Paulo-SP) Santos FC (SP)
Coritiba FC (Curitba-PR) São Paulo FC (SP)
Cruzeiro EC (Belo Horizonte-MG) Sport Clube do Recife (PE)
CR Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro-GB) CR Vasco da Gama (Rio de Janeiro-GB)
First Phase

Tables

Group A
1.Corinthians 19 10 6 3 29-16 26 Qualified
2.Cruzeiro 19 7 9 3 26-12 23 Qualified
3.Internacional 19 7 9 3 21-16 23 Qualified
4.Coritiba 19 10 2 7 21-18 22 Qualified
5.Palmeiras 19 8 6 5 20-14 22 Qualified
6.Vasco da Gama 19 6 7 6 11-12 19 Qualified
—————————————–
7.Santa Cruz 19 3 11 5 17-23 17
8.Fluminense 19 5 6 8 12-13 16
Standing from left: Luís Américo, Fogueira, Ulisses, Marinho Peres, Orlando, Arengui. Crouching: Xaxá, Lorico, Cabinho, Tatá, Piau.
9.Portuguesa 19 6 3 10 16-24 15
10.Ceará 19 2 5 12 5-25 9

Group B
1.Grêmio 19 8 7 4 18-11 23
2.Atlético-MG 19 7 9 3 27-16 23
3.América-GB 19 7 7 5 23-17 21
4.Santos 19 7 7 5 17-11 21
5.Botafogo 19 5 10 4 15-16 20
6.São Paulo 19 6 7 6 16-19 19
—————————————–
7.Bahia 19 5 8 6 14-16 18
Second row from left: Ubirajara – Aloisío – Fred – Reyes – Liminha – Paulo Henrique
Front: Rogério – Samarone – Zé Eduardo – Zico – Rodrigues Neto
8.Flamengo 19 4 10 5 13-17 18
9.América-MG 19 2 9 8 11-19 13
10.Sport 19 4 4 11 10-27 12

Second Phase

Group A

Table
1.São Paulo 6 3 3 0 6- 2 9 Qualified
—————————————–

2.Corinthians 6 2 1 3 4- 5 5
3.América-GB 6 1 3 2 4- 4 5
4.Cruzeiro 6 1 3 2 2- 5 5

Group B

Table
1.Atlético-MG 6 3 1 2 10- 6 7 Qualified
Standing from left: Gainete. Denes. Henrique. Jorge Andrade. Carbono, Edson Madureira.
Front: Valdomiro. Sergio. Claudiomiro. Paulo Cesar Carpegiani, Beni.
2.Internacional 6 3 1 2 7- 7 7
3.Santos 6 2 2 2 7- 5 6
4.Vasco da Gama 6 1 2 3 4-10 4

Group C

Table
1.Botafogo 6 3 2 1 11- 6 8 Qualified
—————————————–
2.Grêmio 6 2 2 2 6- 7 6
3.Palmeiras 6 1 4 1 7- 6 4
Back row from left: Pescuma. Hermes. Hidalgo. Célio. Cláudio Marques, Nilo.
Front: Leocidio. Negreiros. Paquito. Tião Abaeté, Rinaldo.
4.Coritiba 6 1 2 3 2- 7 4

Final Playoff

[Dec 12]
Atlético-MG 1-0 São Paulo
[Oldair]
[Dec 15]
São Paulo 4-1 Botafogo
[Terto (2), Forlan, Toninho; Nei Oliveira]
[Dec 19]
Botafogo 0-1 Atlético-MG
[Dario]

Table
1.Atlético-MG 2 2 0 0 2- 0 4 Champions
2.São Paulo 2 1 0 1 4- 2 2
3.Botafogo 2 0 0 2 1- 5 0

Final Table – it had no practical meaning whatsoever.
1.Atlético-MG 27 12 10 5 39-22 34
2.São Paulo 27 10 10 7 26-23 30
3.Botafogo 27 8 12 7 27-27 28
4.Corinthians 25 12 7 6 33-21 31
5.Internacional 25 10 10 5 28-23 30
6.Grêmio 25 10 9 6 24-18 29
7.Palmeiras 25 9 10 6 27-20 28
8.Cruzeiro 25 8 12 5 28-17 28
9.Santos 25 9 9 7 24-16 27
10.Coritiba 25 11 4 10 23-25 26
11.América-GB 25 8 10 7 27-21 26
12.Vasco da Gama 25 7 9 9 15-22 23
13.Bahia 19 5 8 6 14-16 18
14.Flamengo 19 4 10 5 13-17 18
15.Santa Cruz 19 3 11 5 17-23 17
16.Fluminense 19 5 6 8 12-13 16
17.Portuguesa 19 6 3 10 16-24 15
18.América-MG 19 2 9 8 11-19 13
19.Sport 19 4 4 11 10-27 12
20.Ceará 19 2 5 12 5-25 9

 

Atletico Mineiro (Belo Horizonte) won the first official championship of Brazil – historic success, although diminished with time. Yet, it was a big surprise at the time, especially in Europe – Atletico Mineiro was relatively unknown club, almost without stars – compared to any other world-famous club. Their 30-year old coach was also unknown rookie in its second year as a coach – a former second-rank player named Tele Santana.

Copa Libertadores
First Round

Estudiantes (La Plata) bye to the second round as holders.

Group 1 [Argentina, Peru]
Feb 13: Sporting Cristal - Universitario        0-0
Feb 19: Boca Juniors - Rosario Central          2-1
  [Suné, Palacios; Mesiano]
Feb 23: Sporting Cristal - Rosario Central      1-2
  [Mifflin; Landucci, Gramajo]
Feb 26: Universitario - Rosario Central         3-2
  [Percy Rojas, Urrunaga, Ramírez; Villagra, Bóveda]
Mar  1: Sporting Cristal - Boca Juniors         2-0
  [Orbegoso, Rogel o/g]
Mar  4: Universitario - Boca Juniors            0-0
Mar 16: Rosario Central - Universitario         2-2
  [Poy, Carrascosa; Rojas, Chumpitaz]
Mar 17: Boca Juniors - Sporting Cristal         2-2x
  [Coch, A.C.Rojas; Orbegoso, González]
Mar 25: Rosario Central - Sporting Cristal      4-0
  [Landucci, Mesiano, Zavagno, Bustos]
Mar 25: Boca Juniors - Universitario            n/p  [awarded to Universitario]
Mar 31: Universitario - Sporting Cristal        3-0
  [Percy Rojas, Bailetti, Calatayud]
Mar 31: Rosario Central - Boca Juniors          n/p  [awarded to Rosario Central]
x Four minutes from time the referee sent all but two Boca players and all but 
  one Cristal player off after a huge brawl. The game was called off.  After 
  this incident CSF determined that Boca lost their remaining matches,  which
  were not played and awarded to Boca opponents (with 0-0 goals).

 1.Universitario (Lima)            6  3  3  0  8- 4  9
 2.Rosario Central                 6  3  1  2 11- 8  7
 3.Boca Juniors (Buenos Aires)     6  1  2  3  4- 5  4
 4.Sporting Cristal (Lima)         6  1  2  3  5-11  4

Group 2 [Bolivia, Uruguay]
Feb 14: Chaco Petrolero - The Strongest         1-2
  [Meza; Díaz, Vargas]
Mar  2: Nacional - Peñarol                      2-1
  [Artime, Mujica; Castronovo]
Mar  6: Chaco Petrolero - Nacional              0-1 
  [Mameli]
Mar  7: The Strongest - Peñarol                 1-2  
  [Vargas; Castronovo(2)]     
Mar 13: Chaco Petrolero - Peñarol               1-1
  [Flores; Castronovo]
Mar 14: The Strongest - Nacional                1-1
  [Bastida; Bareño]
Mar 19: Peñarol - Chaco Petrolero               1-0
  [Castronovo]
Mar 20: Nacional - The Strongest                5-0
  [Cubilla, Artime(3), Mujica]
Mar 22: Peñarol - The Strongest                 9-0
  [Castronovo(5), Corbo(2), E.Onega, Acuña]
Mar 23: Nacional - Chaco Petrolero              3-0
  [Artime, Bareño, Masnik]
Mar 28: The Strongest - Chaco Petrolero         1-3
  [Pintos; Mezza, Matozza, A.Flores]
Mar 30: Peñarol - Nacional                      0-2
  [Blanco, Maneiro]

 1.Nacional (Montevideo)           6  5  1  0 14- 2 11
 2.Peñarol (Montevideo)            6  3  1  2 14- 6  7
 3.Chaco Petrolero (La Paz)        6  1  1  4  5- 9  3
 4.The Strongest (La Paz)          6  1  1  4  5-21  3

Group 3 [Brazil, Venezuela]
Jan 29: Palmeiras - Fluminense                  0-2
  [Flavio(2)]
Jan 31: Deportivo Galicia - Deportivo Italia    3-3
  [Iriarte, Pinto, Oviedo; Beto, Ministelo(2)]
Feb  7: Deportivo Galicia - Palmeiras           2-3
  [Oviedo, Pinto; César(2), Da Guía]
Feb 10: Deportivo Italia - Palmeiras            0-3
  [Edú, César(2)]
Feb 14: Deportivo Galicia - Fluminense          1-3
  [Pinto; Cafuringa, Lula, Socorro o/g]
Feb 17: Deportivo Italia - Fluminense           0-6
  [Samarone, Mickey(2), Lula(2), Cafuringa]
Feb 25: Palmeiras - Deportivo Italia            1-0
  [Pío]
Feb 28: Fluminense - Deportivo Galicia          4-1
  [Flavio(2), Samarone(2); Oliveira o/g]
Mar  3: Palmeiras - Deportivo Galicia           3-0
  [César, Fedato, Silva]
Mar  3: Fluminense - Deportivo Italia           0-1
  [Tenorio]  
Mar 10: Fluminense - Palmeiras                  1-3
  [Samarone; César, Silva, Pío]
Mar 14: Deportivo Italia - Deportivo Galicia    3-2  
  [Alcyr, Negri, Useche; Pinto, Oviedo]

 1.Palmeiras (São Paulo)           6  5  0  1 13- 5 10
 2.Fluminense (Rio de Janeiro)     6  4  0  2 16- 6  8
 3.Deportivo Italia (Caracas)      6  2  1  3  7-15  5
 4.Deportivo Galicia (Caracas)     6  0  1  5  9-19  1

Group 4 [Chile, Paraguay]
Feb  7: Cerro Porteño - Guaraní                 1-1
  [Arrúa; G.García]
Feb 15: Cerro Porteño - Unión Española          2-1
  [Escobar, Irala; Novo]
Feb 18: Guaraní - Unión Española                1-1
  [G.García; Novo]
Feb 21: Cerro Porteño - Colo Colo               0-0
Feb 24: Guaraní - Colo Colo                     2-0
  [Valdez, G.García]
Mar  5: Guaraní - Cerro Porteño                 2-2
  [Tabarelli, Yugovich; Escobar, Jara]
Mar  6: Colo Colo - Unión Española              1-2
  [García; Farías, Novo]
Mar 13: Unión Española - Guaraní                2-1
  [Arévalo, Yavar; Espinosa]
Mar 17: Colo Colo - Guaraní                     3-2
  [Castañeda, García(2); Espinosa, Yugovich]
Mar 20: Unión Española - Cerro Porteño          0-0 
Mar 24: Colo Colo - Cerro Porteño               1-0
  [Beiruth]
Mar 31: Unión Española - Colo Colo              1-1
  [Véliz; Messen]

 1.Unión Española (Santiago)       6  2  3  1  7- 6  7
 2.Cerro Porteño (Asunción)        6  1  4  1  5- 5  6
 3.Colo Colo (Santiago)            6  2  2  2  6- 7  6
 4.Guaraní (Asunción)              6  1  3  2  9- 9  5

Group 5 [Colombia, Ecuador]
Feb 28: Atlético Junior - Deportivo Cali        2-1

  [Peñaranda(2); Gallego]
Feb 28: Barcelona - Emelec                      0-1 
  [Caballeiro] 
Mar  3: Barcelona - Deportivo Cali              1-0
  [Spencer]
Mar  7: Emelec - Deportivo Cali                 3-1
  [Caballeiro(2), Liciardi; Gallego]
Mar  7: Barcelona - Atlético Junior             3-1
  [Madruñero, Alvarez, Spencer; Miranda]
Mar 10: Emelec - Atlético Junior                1-1
  [Lasso; Peñaranda]
Mar 18: Atlético Junior - Barcelona             0-2
  [Spencer(2)]
Mar 18: Deportivo Cali - Emelec                 1-0
  [Bernao]
Mar 21: Atlético Junior - Emelec                0-0
Mar 21: Deportivo Cali - Barcelona              3-1
  [Moreno, Gallego, G.González; Madruñero]
Mar 28: Deportivo Cali - Atlético Junior        2-0
  [González, Da Graca]
Mar 28: Emelec - Barcelona                      1-1
  [Caballeiro; Liciardi o/g]

 1.Barcelona (Guayaquil)           6  3  1  2  8- 6  7
   Emelec (Guayaquil)              6  2  3  1  6- 4  7
 3.Deportivo Cali                  6  3  0  3  8- 7  6
 4.Atlético Junior (Barranquilla)  6  1  2  3  4- 9  4

First Place Playoff (in Guayaquil)
Mar 31: Barcelona - Emelec                      3-0
  [P.Alvarez, Bazurko, Muñoz]

Semi-Finals

Group 1
Apr 14: Universitario - Palmeiras               1-2   
  [Bailetti; Pío, Silva]
Apr 22: Universitario - Nacional                0-0
May  2: Palmeiras - Nacional                    0-3
  [Artime(2), Bareño]
May  6: Palmeiras - Universitario               3-0  
  [César, González o/g, Dudú]  
May 11: Nacional - Universitario                3-0  
  [Artime, J.C.Morales(2)]  
May 18: Nacional - Palmeiras                    3-1
  [Artime, J.C.Morales, Prieto; César]

 1.Nacional (Montevideo)           4  3  1  0  9- 1  7
 2.Palmeiras (São Paulo)           4  2  0  2  6- 7  4
 3.Universitario (Lima)            4  0  1  3  1- 8  1

Group 2
Apr 18: Barcelona - Estudiantes                 0-1  
  [Echecopar]   
Apr 25: Barcelona - Unión Española              1-0
  [Spencer]
Apr 29: Estudiantes - Barcelona                 0-1  
  [Bazurko]
May  5: Unión Española - Barcelona              3-1 
  [Farías, O.González(2); Paez] 
May 12: Unión Española - Estudiantes            0-1
  [Berly o/g]
May 19: Estudiantes - Unión Española            2-1
  [Rudzki, Verón; Farías]

 1.Estudiantes (La Plata)          4  3  0  1  4- 2  6
 2.Barcelona (Guayaquil)           4  2  0  2  3- 4  4
 3.Unión Española (Santiago)       4  1  0  3  4- 5  2

Final (May 26 & Jun  2)
Estudiantes              Arg  Nacional                 Uru   1-0  0-1

Playoff (Jun 9) (in Lima)
Nacional                 Uru  Estudiantes              Arg   2-0

1st leg. Estadio La Plata, La Plata, 26- 5-1971

Estudiantes - Nacional 1-0
60' Romeo         1-0

Estudiantes: Leone, Aguirre Suárez, Togneri, Malbernat, Pachamé, Medina,
             Romeo, Echecopar, Rudzki (Bedogni), Verde, Verón.
Nacional: Manga, Blanco, Ancheta, Masnik, Mujica, Montero Castillo, Espárrago
          (Mamelli), Maneiro, Prieto (Bareno), Artime, Morales.

Referee: Canessa (Chile)
Attendance: 30,000

2nd leg. Centenario, Montevideo,  2- 6-1971

Nacional - Estudiantes 1-0
28' Masnik        1-0

Nacional: Manga, Ubiña, Ancheta, Masnik, Blanco, Montero Castillo, Espárrago,
          Maneiro, Cubilla (Prieto), Artime, Morales.
Estudiantes: Leone, Malbernat, Aguirre Suárez, Togneri, Medina, Pachamé,
             Echecopar, Romeo, Verde, Rudzki (Bedogni), Verón.

Referee: Favilli Neto (Brazil)
Attendance: 70,000

Play-off. Estadio Nacional, Lima,  9- 6-1971

Nacional - Estudiantes 2-0



22' Espárrago     1-0
65' Artime        2-0

Nacional: Manga, Ubiña, Ancheta, Masnik, Blanco, Montero Castillo, Espárrago,
          Maneiro (Mujica), Cubilla, Artime, Morales (Mamelli).
Estudiantes: Pezzano, Malbernat, Aguirre Suárez, Togneri, Medina, Pachamé,
             Romeo, Echecopar, Rudzki, Verde, Verón (Bedogni).

Referee: Hormazabal (Chile)
Attendance: 41,000

Luis Ubina received Libertadores Cup.

Estudiantes was unable to win 4^th consecutive Libertadores Cup. They were still had the record – shared with Penarol – with 3 Cups, but their glorious days were over and had to wait until 2009 for not only another continental trophy, but just to reach a final.

Historic success for Nacional – so far they reached the final once, in 1969, and lost it to the same opponent. Taking revenge on Estudiantes was great, but their was more to their difficult victory in the third match on neutral field: finally they came out from Penarol’s shadow and achieved international success.

This squad deserved it – it was full of well known names not just in Uruguay, national team regulars, participants in 1966 and 1970 World Cup finals.

Glory!