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1968 Copa Libertadores Finals
The 1968 Copa Libertadores Finals was the final two-legged tie to determine the 1968 Copa Libertadores champion. It was contested by Argentine club Estudiantes de La Plata and Brazilian club Palmeiras. The first leg of the tie was played on 2 May at Estudiantes' home field, with the second leg played on 7 May at Palmeiras'. Estudiantes and Palmeiras played in their 1st and 2nd Copa Libertadores finals, respectively. Palmeiras last appearance was in 1961, in which they were beaten by defending champions Peñarol. Estudiantes was appearing in their first ever final ever. Estudiantes won the series after winning a tie-breaking playoff 2-0 at Montevideo's Estadio Centenario. on AFA website, 16 May 2018 Qualified teams |
1968 Copa Libertadores
The 1968 Copa Libertadores was the ninth edition of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier association football competition. It was played between January 27 and May 16. A record 21 teams participated in this edition. This edition brought the explosive debut of a humble team from the city of La Plata, capital of the Buenos Aires province, that did not find itself in the plateau of Argentine football. Estudiantes de La Plata, an authentic stranger in the highest levels of South American football, surpassed all expectations as they eliminated defending champions Racing and Independiente (two denominated "great" ones in Argentina as well as each having already won the tournament before). With a talented prospect by the name of Juan Ramón Verón, the ''pincharatas'' beat Palmeiras 2–0 in a playoff after the final series finished 2–2 on points. Estudiantes conquered the title with an original style which emphasized athleticism and strategic preparation. Qualifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Copa Libertadores Finals
The 1969 Copa Libertadores Finals were the two-legged final that decided the winner of the 1969 Copa Libertadores, the 10th edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, South America's premier international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The finals were contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Argentine team Estudiantes de La Plata and Uruguayan team Nacional. The first leg was hosted by Nacional at Estadio Centenario of Montevideo on May 15, 1969, while the second leg was played at Estudiantes Stadium in La Plata on May 22, 1969. Estudiantes won the series 3-0 on aggregate, winning their 2nd title Copa Libertadores. by Pablo Ciullini, John Beuker, Karel Stokkermans and José Luis Pierrend on RSSSF.com Qualified teams *Venues [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deportivo Cali
Asociación Deportivo Cali, best known as Deportivo Cali, is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, most notable for its football team, which currently competes in the Categoría Primera A. Deportivo Cali is one of the most successful football teams in Colombia, having won ten domestic league championships, one Copa Colombia and one Superliga Colombiana, for a total of twelve titles. Their stadium, Estadio Deportivo Cali, with an original capacity of 61,890, is the largest football stadium in Colombia, but has recently seen reductions in capacity due to renovations. Deportivo Cali is the only Colombian football club that owns its own stadium, and the only club in Colombia to be owned by its fans. It was also the first Colombian team to reach the Copa Libertadores final in 1978. In 2016, Forbes listed Deportivo Cali as the 36th most valuable football team of the Americas. History Amateur era Cali Football Club was formed in 1908 by students under the leadership of Nazario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Atlético Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente () is an Argentina, Argentine professional sports club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda in Greater Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its Association football, football team, which plays in the Argentine Primera División, Primera División and is considered one of The Big Five of Argentine football, Argentina's ''Big Five'' football clubs. Independiente was officially founded on 1 January 1905, although the institution had been formed on 4 August 1904. Originally from Monserrat, Buenos Aires, Monserrat, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, the club moved to Avellaneda in 1907. The association football, football team has won 16 Argentine Primera División, Primera División titles (the last one was the 2002–03 Argentine Primera División#Torneo Apertura, 2002 Apertura) and 9 List of Argentine football national cups, National cups. In CA Independiente in international football, international club football competiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racing Club De Avellaneda
Racing Club de Avellaneda, officially known as Racing Club or shortened to just Racing, is an Argentine professional sports club based in Avellaneda, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football, and is also known as "El Primer Grande" (The first big club), for becoming the first club in the world to win seven league titles in a row, first Argentine club to win a national cup, and the first world champion (Intercontinental Cup) Argentine club. Racing currently plays in the Primera División, the top division of the Argentine league system, and plays its home games at Estadio Presidente Perón, nicknamed ''El Cilindro de Avellaneda'' (in English: "The Cylinder of Avellaneda"). Racing has won the Primera División 18 times, with a record of seven consecutive championships between 1913 and 1919, five of which were won undefeated. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Copa Libertadores
The 1967 Copa Libertadores de América was the eighth edition of the Copa Libertadores, and which involved 20 club teams from South American nations. The tournament was divided into three rounds; the first group stage, the second group stage, and the final. The tournament was won by Racing of Argentina who beat Nacional of Uruguay. Qualified teams First round Nineteen teams were drawn into two groups of six and one group of seven. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top two teams in each group advanced to the Second round. Peñarol, the title holders, had a bye to the next round. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Source: (Note - source also includes individual match scores, dates and goalscorers) Semifinals There was one group of four teams and one of three. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Final. Group 1 * Racing and Universitario finished level on points, and Racing won a pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Argentine Primera División
The 1967 Primera División season was the 76th season of top-flight football in Argentina. It was the first season in which the Metropolitano and Nacional championships format was used. Estudiantes (LP) (2nd title) won the Metropolitano while Independiente won the Nacional tournament (8th title). At the end of the Reclasificatorio, Unión de Santa Fe and Deportivo Español were relegated. Campeonato Metropolitano The "Campeonato Metropolitano" was the first championship of the season. It was contested between twenty-two teams directed affiliated with the Argentine Football Association from March 3 to August 6. The format championship was in two rounds. The first round saw the 22 teams divided into two groups of 11. They would play within that group in a double round-robin format. In addition, they would play one team in the other group twice (the other team typically being a traditional rival). The top two teams in each group would advance to the semifinals and qualify for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clube Náutico Capibaribe
Clube Náutico Capibaribe (), or simply Náutico, is a Brazilian multi-sport club based in Recife, Pernambuco. The club is most notable for its association football team, that plays in the Série C, the third tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Pernambucano, the top division in the Pernambucano state football league system. The origins of Náutico may be traced to the foundation of the ''Clube Náutico do Recife'' by a group of rowers ("Náutico" can be directly translated to "nautical") in 1898, but the official founding date is April 7 of 1901. Its first football team dates back to 1905, with a squad formed by Englishmen and Germans. Náutico is the only football club in Pernambuco that has won the state championship 6 times in a row (from 1963 to 1968). The club has a historical rivalry with local clubs Sport Recife and Santa Cruz. Náutico has an important swimming arena, including an Olympic-sized pool that meets all world st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taça Brasil
The Taça Brasil ( en, Brazil Cup) was the Brazilian national football championship contested from 1959 to 1968. Bahia, Cruzeiro and Botafogo were the only champions to have played all phases of the tournament, because until the 1968 edition teams from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo were already qualified to the semi-finals. Both Cruzeiro and Bahia, the only champions not from Rio or São Paulo, beat the Santos Futebol Clube whose players included Pelé, Coutinho and Pepe. In 1989 the Copa do Brasil was created, in the same cup-style and also qualifying to the Copa Libertadores. Relationship with the Copa Libertadores The Taça Brasil was founded to enable Brazil to provide contenders for the newly created Copa Libertadores de América. From 1959 to 1964 the winner of Taça Brasil was selected to be the sole Brazilian competitor in the next year's Copa Libertadores. In 1965 and 1966, the two finalists of the Taça Brasil were both chosen to represent Brazil in the next year's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Copa De Campeones Finals
The 1961 Copa de Campeones de América Finals was a football series between Peñarol and Palmeiras on June 4 and June 11 of this same year. It was the second final of South America's most prestigious football competition, the Copa de Campeones (known in the modern era as the Copa Libertadores). Defending champions Peñarol were appearing in their second consecutive final, whereas Palmeiras were seeking to win the competition for the first time. Both finalists reached the final with relative ease as each of them won three of their four matches. Each club needed to win two group series to reach the final. Peñarol's victories were incredibly one-sided affairs, each effectively settled by the first leg, as they thumped Universitario of Peru 5-0 in the first leg of their quarterfinal group. Peñarol even dispatched Olimpia in the semifinals with little difficulty as they won both matches of the series in a rematch of the previous year's finals. Palmeiras made similar comfortable progr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neighbourhood on the outskirts of Montevideo. Throughout its history the club has also participated in other sports, such as basketball and cycling. Its focus has always been on football, a sport in which the club excels, having never been relegated from the top division. In international competition, Peñarol is the third-highest Copa Libertadores winner with five victories and shares the record for Intercontinental Cup victories with three. In September 2009, the club was chosen as the South American Club of the Century by the IFFHS . Apart from men's football, other active sports sections of Peñarol are rugby union, futsal, women's football, and athletics. History Origins On September 28, 1891, employees of the Central Uruguay Railwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
