Copa Libertadores. First Round
Nacional (Montevideo) bye to the second round as holders.
Group 1 [Argentina, Colombia]
1.Independiente (Avellaneda) 6 4 2 0 13- 5 10
2.Rosario Central 6 3 2 1 8- 5 8
3.Independiente Santa Fe (Bogotá) 6 1 2 3 4- 9 4
4.Atlético Nacional (Medellín) 6 0 2 4 3- 9 2
Group 2 [Bolivia, Ecuador]
1.Barcelona (Guayaquil) 6 3 3 0 8- 3 9
2.América (Quito) 6 3 1 2 9- 7 7
3.Oriente Petrolero (Santa Cruz) 6 2 2 2 10- 7 6
4.Chaco Petrolero (La Paz) 6 1 0 5 3-13 2
Group 3 [Brazil, Paraguay]
1.São Paulo 6 3 2 1 12- 6 8
2.Olimpia (Asunción) 6 2 2 2 7- 8 6
3.Cerro Porteño (Asunción) 6 2 2 2 7-11 6
4.Atlético Mineiro (Belo Horiz.) 6 0 4 2 5- 6 4
Group 4 [Chile, Peru]
1.Universitario (Lima) 6 3 2 1 9- 6 8
2.Universidad de Chile (Santiago) 6 3 0 3 12-12 6
3.Alianza (Lima) 6 2 2 2 10-10 6
4.Unión San Felipe 6 1 2 3 5- 8 4
Group 5 [Uruguay, Venezuela]
1.Peñarol (Montevideo) 4 4 0 0 12- 3 8
2.Deportivo Italia (Caracas) 4 1 1 2 4- 7 3
3.Valencia (Acarigua) 4 0 1 3 3- 9 1
Semi-Finals
Group 1
1.Universitario (Lima) 4 1 2 1 9- 7 4
2.Nacional (Montevideo) 4 1 2 1 7- 7 4
3.Peñarol (Montevideo) 4 1 2 1 5- 7 4
Group 2
1.Independiente (Avellaneda) 4 2 1 1 4- 2 5
2.São Paulo 4 1 2 1 2- 3 4
3.Barcelona (Guayaquil) 4 0 3 1 2- 3 3
Final (May 17 & 24)
Universitario Per Independiente Arg 0-0 1-2 1-2
1st leg. Estadio Nacional, Lima, 17- 5-1972
Universitario – Independiente 0-0
Universitario: Ballesteros, Soría, Cuellar, Chumpítaz, Luna, Techera,
Carbonell (Uribe), Castañeda, Ramírez, Rojas, Bailetti.
Independiente: Santoro, Commisso, Sá, Garisto, Pavoni, Pastoriza, Raimondo,
Semenewicz, Balbuena, Mircoli, Saggioratto (Bulla).
Referee: Marques (Brazil)
Attendance: 45,000
2nd leg. Cordero, Avellaneda, 24- 5-1972
Independiente – Universitario 2-1
6′ Maglioni 1-0
61′ Maglioni 2-0
79′ Rojas 2-1
Independiente: Santoro, Commisso, Sá, Garisto, Pavoni, Pastoriza, Raimondo,
Semenewicz, Balbuena, Maglioni (Magán), Saggioratto (Mircoli).
Universitario: Ballesteros, Soría, Cuellar, Chumpítaz, Luna, Techera
(Alva), Cruzado, Castañeda, Munante, Rojas, Ramírez (Bailetti).
Referee: Favilli Neto (Brazil)
Attendance: 55,000
Independiente got the trophy!
Universitario (Lima) lost the final by one goal. May be unlucky after an excellent campaign – especially because they played part of it without 5 national team players! They were the first Peruvian team to reach the final.
South American champions for a third time! Although the picture is from the semi-final, this was squad winning the final.
The team was getting old – there were some players (Santoro, for instance) who appeared in the first won final in 1964, but they had not only experience and smooth understanding – they had younger and eager reserves. For the moment, they equalized the record of Estudiantes (La Plata) and Penarol (Montevideo), leading with them the South American clubs with 3 Libertadores Cups each.
Sweet success, but it was only the beginning of the greatest period of the club.