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1979 Copa Libertadores
The 1979 Copa Libertadores represented the 20th edition of the tournament, which saw Olimpia of Paraguay win the title for the first time. They defeated the defending champions, Boca Juniors of Argentina. Olimpia's title was the first instance of a team from a country other than Uruguay, Argentina or Brazil winning Copa Libertadores. This allowed the Paraguayan side to play the Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004), Intercontinental Cup against Malmö FF of Sweden, in which the South American side won. Qualified teams Draw The champions and runners-up of each football association were drawn into the same group along with another football association's participating teams. Three clubs from Argentina competed as Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ... was ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Olimpia
Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan professional sports club based in the city of Asunción. It promotes the practice of various sports, with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, football being the most successful. Founded in 1902, the club's name stems from the idea of its principal founding member, William Paats, a Dutchman based in Paraguay, who is considered the father of Paraguayan football.Internationally, the club is referred to as Olimpia Asunción in order to distinguish it from other Latin American football clubs of the same name. Olimpia has won a record 47 Primera División titles to date, including a unique record run of winning the league six consecutive times. The only Paraguayan club to win a CONMEBOL title, Olimpia has won three Copa Libertadores — and has been runner-up four times — as well as two Recopa Sudamericanas, one Intercontinental Cup, one Copa Interamericana, and one Supercopa Sudamericana, a competition it won autom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Bolívar
Club Bolívar () is a Bolivian professional football club that currently plays in the Bolivian Primera División. Founded in 1925 in honor of military leader Simón Bolívar, the club has used light blue kits throughout its history, which is why it is nicknamed "Los Celestes" (The Sky Blues). The club has two stadiums; Estadio Libertador Simón Bolívar, which has a capacity for 5,000 people and is located in the Tembladerani neighborhood of La Paz, is only used for training sessions and friendly matches. Estadio Hernando Siles, which holds a capacity for 41,143 people, is the club's main stadium, and is used for official matches. Bolívar began playing the amateur era two years after its foundation, in 1927, and in the 1932 tournament the club won its first championship title. In the professional era, the club won the first tournament of the Bolivian Primera División in 1950, and since then has won 31 league titles, making it the most successful Bolivian football club. Acco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Campeonato Ecuatoriano De Fútbol Serie A
The 1978 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol de la Serie A was the 20th national championship for football teams in Ecuador. Teams The number of teams for this season was played by 12 teams. Bonita Banana and Valdez promoted as winners of First Stage of Serie B. First stage Second stage Liguilla Final References * External links RSSSF - Ecuador 1978Artículo Oficial de El Nacional Campeón Nacional 1978 en la página web del Diario El UniversoLínea de Tiempo de eventos y partidos de Liga Deportiva UniversitariaCalendario de partidos históricos de Liga Deportiva UniversitariaSistema de Consulta Interactiva y Herramienta de consulta interactiva de partidos de Liga Deportiva Universitaria {{DEFAULTSORT:Ecuador 1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ... Ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Deportivo El Nacional
Club Deportivo El Nacional (until 2018 ''Club Especializado de Alto Rendimiento El Nacional'') is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Quito, known best for their professional football team. The team currently plays in the Serie A, the first-tier football league in the country after gaining promotion in 2022. El Nacional has thirteen national championships (one less than Emelec and three less than Barcelona). The club has participated in more Copa Libertadores than any other club in Ecuador with 22 appearances. Their best performance in the continental tournament was as a semi-finalist in 1985. El Nacional was founded on 1 June 1964, and was administered by the Ecuadorian Military since the foundation until 2013, when the club celebrated its first democratic elections. The club has maintained a tradition of only playing Ecuadorian footballers, which has given them the nickname of ''Puros Criollos'' ("Pure Natives"). Rival clubs included crosstown clubs LDU Quito, Deportivo Qu ... [...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 Lalin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Campeonato Profesional
The 1978 Campeonato Profesional was the thirty-first season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Millonarios won the league for the eleventh time after winning the Cuadrangular final. Teams References External links Dimayor's official website {{Colombian Primera A 1978 in Colombian football Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ... Categoría Primera A seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Deportivo Los Millonarios
Millonarios Fútbol Club, known simply as Millonarios, is a Colombian professional Association football, football club based in Bogotá, that competes in the Categoría Primera A, top flight of football in Colombia. It is one of the most successful and iconic clubs in Colombia, making it one of the largest sports entities in the country and one of the most important in South America. The team's origins date back to the 1920s, but it began to be called Los Millonarios in 1937 when its name was Club Deportivo Municipal. It was officially founded on 18 June 1946, as Club Deportivo Los Millonarios, and later as Millonarios Fútbol Club on 20 April 2011, when it was reconstituted as a public limited company. Since 1938, the team has played their home games at Estadio El Campín which currently holds a 36,343 capacity. Millonarios has participated in the Categoría Primera A since its inception in 1948, being one of only three teams to have participated in all of its tournaments, along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Deportivo O'Higgins
O'Higgins Fútbol Club (), also known as O'Higgins de Rancagua, is a Chilean professional Association football, football club based in Rancagua, that currently plays in the Primera División de Chile, Campeonato Nacional. The club's home stadium is Estadio El Teniente, opened in 1945 and renovated for the 2015 Copa América, which was hosted by Chile. Founded in 1955, the club was named in honour of the country's founding father and supreme director Bernardo O'Higgins, after the merger of the clubs O'Higgins Braden and América de Rancagua. O'Higgins has won two Primera B (Chile), Primera B titles, and in 2013 they won their first 2013–14 Chilean Primera División season, top-flight championship against Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, Universidad Católica, coached by Eduardo Berizzo; they later won the 2014 Supercopa de Chile on penalty kicks against Deportes Iquique. History Establishment On 7 April 1955, after the merger of Rancagua's cross–town rival: O'Higgin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Primera División De Chile
The 1978 Campeonato Nacional was Chilean first tier's 46th season. Palestino was the tournament's champion, winning its second title. Standings Results Topscorer Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores ---- ---- Liguilla play-off match O'Higgins qualified to 1979 Copa Libertadores due to its better League position Promotion/relegation Liguilla * There was no promotion or relegation. References External links ANFP {{DEFAULTSORT:1978 Primera Division de Chile Primera División de Chile seasons Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ... Prim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Deportivo Palestino
Club Deportivo Palestino is a professional football club based in the city of Santiago, Chile and plays in the Primera División de Chile. History The club was founded on 8 August 1920, when they participated in a colonial competition in Osorno. It was founded by a group of Palestinians; the name of the club reflects the origin in Chile's Palestinian community. According to American historian Brenda Elsey, "Leaders of the Arab immigrant community who hoped to find a niche within popular culture for their organizations decided to participate in football once again in 1940s". Beginnings in professional football In 1952, the Football Federation of Chile set up the first professional leagues. Palestino was accepted into the Second Division, which they won to attain promotion to the Primera División. 1955 title In 1955, the club won their first national championship under the coaching of Argentine captain Roberto Coll. In that era, the club became known by the nickn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
The Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with an approximate 21 million supporters and 198,656 affiliated fans. The football team plays in the Campeonato Paulista, the state of São Paulo's premier state league, as well as in the Brasileirão Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system. The Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras was founded by Italian immigrants on 26 August 1914, as " Palestra Itália" (). However, the club changed its name on 14 September 1942, as a result of Brazil joining the Allies in the Second World War against Italy ("Itália" in Portuguese) and the Axis powers. Since then, Palmeiras has won 18 top-tier national competitions, including a record 12 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 4 Copas do Brasil, 1 Copa dos Campeões, and 1 Supercopa do Brasil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The 1978 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, (officially the IV Copa Brasil) was the 23rd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Overview It was contested by 74 teams, and Guarani won the championship. First phase Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Second phase Group G Group H Group I Group J Group K Group L Group M Group N Group O Group P Third phase Group Q Group R Group S Group T Quarterfinals First leg ---- ---- ---- Second leg ---- ---- ---- Semifinals First leg ---- Second leg ---- Finals First leg Second leg Final standings Notes References 1978 Campeonato Brasileiro Série Aat RSSSF {{DEFAULTSORT:Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A 1978 1978 1 Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ... B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
