1963 Copa Libertadores
{{Short description|4th season of Copa Libertadores}}
{{Infobox International Football Competition
|tourney_name= Copa de Campeones de América
|year=1963
|other_titles=
|dates=April 7 – September 11
|num_teams=9
|confederations=8
|champion_other={{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Santos
|count=2
|second_other={{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors
|matches=19
|goals=63
|attendance=
|top_scorer={{flagicon|ARG}} José Sanfilippo (7 goals)
|player=
|prevseason=1962
|nextseason=1964
}}
The 1963 Copa de Campeones de América was the fourth season of South America's premier club football tournament. Nine teams entered with Bolivia and Venezuela not sending a representative.
This competition was notable for the participation of many world class stars such as José Sanfilippo, Pelé, Garrincha, Antonio Rattín, Alberto Spencer and Jairzinho, among others. The Alvinegro da Vila, usually regarded as the greatest football club team ever, defeated their semifinal and final opponents in stylish fashion which included a 4–0 victory over Botafogo in the fabled Estádio do Maracanã, and a 2–1 win in La Bombonera, home of Boca Juniors. In a classic South American match-up, defending champions Santos defeated the Xeneixes on both legs of the final to retain the title.
Qualified teams
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| width=100|Country
!width=200|Team !Qualification method !App !Last !Previous Best |
|---|
| CONMEBOL 1 berth |1962 Copa de Campeones winners |2nd |1962 |champion |
| {{flag|Argentina}} 1 berth |1962 Primera División champion |colspan=3 align=center|first |
| {{flag|Brazil|1889}} 1 berth |1962 Taça Brasil runner-up |colspan=3 align=center|first |
| {{CHI}} 1 berth |1962 Primera División champion |2nd |1960 |preliminary round |
| {{COL}} 1 berth |1962 Campeonato Profesional champion |3rd |1962 |semifinals |
| {{ECU}} 1 berth |1962 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol champion |colspan=3 align=center|first |
| {{flag|Paraguay|1954}} 1 berth |1962 Primera División champion |3rd |1961 |runner-up |
| {{PER}} 1 berth |1962 Primera División champion |colspan=3 align=center|first |
| {{URU}} 1 berth |1962 Primera División champion |4th |1962 |champion (2) |
Format and tie-breaking criteria
Due to the uneven number of teams, the first round became a group stage with two groups of three and one group of two. The format for the semifinals and the finals remained the same as the previous season.
At each stage of the tournament teams receive 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and no points for a loss. If two or more teams are equal on points, the following criteria will be applied to determine the ranking in the group stage:
- a one-game playoff;
- superior goal difference;
- draw of lots.
First round
= Group 1=
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| width="165"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld |Played}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|W |Won}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|D |Drawn}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|L |Lost}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts |Points}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Botafogo |4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 8 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|PER}} Alianza Lima
|4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} Millonarios
|4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 |
{{football box
|date=April 24, 1963
|time=
|team1=Alianza Lima {{flagicon|PER}}
|score=0–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|COL}} Millonarios
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Lima
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
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{{football box
|date=May 26, 1963
|time=
|team1=Millonarios {{flagicon|COL}}
|score=0–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|PER}} Alianza Lima
|goals1=
|goals2=Zegarra {{goal|}}
|stadium=Bogotá
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
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{{football box
|date=June 30, 1963
|time=
|team1=Alianza Lima {{flagicon|PER}}
|score=0–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Botafogo
|goals1=
|goals2=Fensterseifer{{goal|}}
|stadium=Lima
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
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{{football box
|date=July 7, 1963
|time=
|team1=Millonarios {{flagicon|COL}}
|score=0–2
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Botafogo
|goals1=
|goals2=Antoninho {{goal|}}
Rildo {{goal|}}
|stadium=Bogotá
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
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{{football box
|date=July 31, 1963
|time=
|team1=Botafogo {{flagicon|BRA|1889}}
|score={{Ref label|wo|A|}}
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|COL}} Millonarios
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Rio de Janeiro
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
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{{football box
|date=July 24, 1963
|time=
|team1=Botafogo {{flagicon|BRA|1889}}
|score=2–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|PER}} Alianza Lima
|goals1=Jairzinho {{goal|}}
Santos {{goal|}}
|goals2=Tenemás {{goal|}}
|stadium=Rio de Janeiro
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
=Group 2=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||
| width="165"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld |Played}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|W |Won}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|D |Drawn}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|L |Lost}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts |Points}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{flagicon|URU}} Peñarol |2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 4 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|Ecuador}} Everest
|2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 |
{{football box
|date=June 9, 1963
|time=
|team1=Everest {{flagicon|ECU}}
|score=0–5
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|URU}} Peñarol
|goals1=
|goals2=Sasía {{goal|}}{{goal|}}{{goal|}}
Rocha {{goal|}}{{goal|}}
|stadium=Guayaquil
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
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{{football box
|date=July 7, 1963
|time=
|team1=Peñarol {{flagicon|URU}}
|score=9–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|ECU}} Everest
|goals1=Spencer {{goal|}}{{goal|}}{{goal|}}{{goal|}}{{goal|}}
Matosas {{goal|}}{{goal|}}
Rocha {{goal|}}
Abbadie {{goal|}}
|goals2=Gandó {{goal|}}
|stadium=Montevideo
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
=Group 3=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||
| width="165"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld |Played}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|W |Won}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|D |Drawn}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|L |Lost}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}} !width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts |Points}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors |4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|Paraguay|1954}} Olimpia
|4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 4 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|Chile}} Universidad de Chile
|4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
{{football box
|date=April 7, 1963
|time=
|team1=Olimpia {{flagicon|Paraguay|1954}}
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors
|goals1=Ferreira {{goal|}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Asunción
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
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{{football box
|date=April 14, 1963
|time=
|team1=Boca Juniors {{flagicon|ARG}}
|score=5–3
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Paraguay|1954}} Olimpia
|goals1=Valentim {{goal|}}{{goal|}}
Menéndez {{goal|}}{{goal|}}
Corbatta {{goal|}}
|goals2=Zárate {{goal|}}{{goal|}}
Segovia {{goal|}}
|stadium=Buenos Aires
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date=June 26, 1963
|time=
|team1=Boca Juniors {{flagicon|ARG}}
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|CHI}} Universidad de Chile
|goals1=González {{goal|}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Buenos Aires
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date=July 17, 1963
|time=
|team1=Universidad de Chile {{flagicon|CHI}}
|score=4–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Paraguay|1954}} Olimpia
|goals1=Alvarez {{goal|}}{{goal|}}
Marcos {{goal|}}
Musso {{goal|}}
|goals2=Arámbulo {{goal|}}
|stadium=Santiago
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
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{{football box
|date=July 24, 1963
|time=
|team1=Olimpia {{flagicon|Paraguay|1954}}
|score=2–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|CHI}} Universidad de Chile
|goals1=Núñez {{goal|}}{{goal|}}
|goals2=Sepúlveda {{goal|}}
|stadium=Asunción
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date=July 31, 1963
|time=
|team1=Universidad de Chile {{flagicon|CHI}}
|score=2–3
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors
|goals1=Campos {{goal|}}{{goal|}}
|goals2=Sanfilippo {{goal|}}{{goal|}}{{goal|}}
|stadium=Santiago
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
Knockout stage
=Bracket=
{{4TeamBracket-2legs
| seeds=no
| RD1 = Semi-finals
| RD1-team1 = {{flagdeco|URU}} Peñarol
| RD1-score1-1= 1
| RD1-score1-2= 0
| RD1-score1-agg= 1
| RD1-team2 = {{flagdeco|ARG}} Boca Juniors
| RD1-score2-1= 2
| RD1-score2-2= 1
| RD1-score2-agg= 3
| RD1-team3 = {{flagdeco|BRA}} Santos
| RD1-score3-1= 1
| RD1-score3-2= 4
| RD1-score3-agg= 5
| RD1-team4 = {{flagdeco|BRA}} Botafogo
| RD1-score4-1= 1
| RD1-score4-2= 0
| RD1-score4-agg= 1
| RD2 = Final
| RD2-team1 = {{flagdeco|ARG}} Boca Juniors
| RD2-score1-1= 2
| RD2-score1-2= 1
| RD2-score1-agg= 3
| RD2-team2 = {{flagdeco|BRA}} Santos
| RD2-score2-1= 3
| RD2-score2-2= 2
| RD2-score2-agg= 5
}}
Four teams were drawn into two groups. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Finals.
=Group A=
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| width=175 |Team
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|Pld |Played}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|W |Won}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|D |Drawn}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|L |Lost}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|Pts |Points}} | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|URU}} Peñarol | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
{{football box
|date=August 7, 1963
|time=
|team1=Peñarol {{flagicon|URU}}
|score=1–2
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors
|goals1=Magdalena {{goal|80}}
|goals2=Valentim {{goal|26||88}}
|stadium=Montevideo
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
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{{football box
|date=August 17, 1963
|time=
|team1=Boca Juniors {{flagicon|ARG}}
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|URU}} Peñarol
|goals1=Sanfilippo {{goal|47}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Buenos Aires
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
=Group B=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||
| width=175 |Team
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|Pld |Played}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|W |Won}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|D |Drawn}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|L |Lost}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|Pts |Points}} | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Santos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 3 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Botafogo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
{{football box
|date=August 22, 1963
|time=
|team1=Santos {{flagicon|BRA|1889}}
|score=1–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Botafogo
|goals1=Pelé {{goal|90}}
|goals2=Jairzinho {{goal|60}}
|stadium=São Paulo
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date=August 28, 1963
|time=
|team1=Botafogo {{flagicon|BRA|1889}}
|score=0–4
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Santos
|goals1=
|goals2=Pelé {{goal|11||15||33}}
Lima {{goal|82}}
|stadium=Rio de Janeiro
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
Finals
{{main|1963 Copa Libertadores Finals}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||
| width=175 |Team
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|Pld |Played}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|W |Won}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|D |Drawn}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|L |Lost}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip|Pts |Points}} | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Santos | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 0 |
{{football box
|date=September 3, 1963
|time=
|team1=Santos {{flagicon|BRA|1889}}
|report=
|score=3–2
|team2={{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors
|goals1=Coutinho {{goal|2||21}}
Lima {{goal|28}}
|goals2=Sanfilippo {{goal|43||89}}
|stadium=Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
|attendance=100,000
|referee=Marcel Albert Bois (France)
}}
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{{football box
|date=September 11, 1963
|time=
|team1=Boca Juniors {{flagicon|ARG}}
|report=
|score=1–2
|team2={{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Santos
|goals1=Sanfilippo {{goal|46}}
|goals2=Coutinho {{goal|50}}
Pelé {{goal|82}}
|stadium=Estadio Camilo Cichero, Buenos Aires
|attendance=50,000
|referee=Marcel Albert Bois (France)
}}
Champion
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;" |
| Copa Libertadores de América 1963 Champion |
|---|
| {{flagicon|BRA|size=100px}} Santos Second Title |
Top goalscorers
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" |
| Pos
!Player !Team !Goals |
|---|
| align=center|1
|{{flagicon|ARG}} José Sanfilippo |{{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors |align=center|7 |
| align=center rowspan=2|2
|{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Pelé |{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Santos |align=center|5 |
| {{flagicon|ECU}} Alberto Spencer
|{{flagicon|URU}} Peñarol |align=center|5 |
| align=center|4
|{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Paulo Valentim |{{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors |align=center|4 |
| align=center rowspan=2|5
|{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Coutinho |{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} Santos |align=center|3 |
| {{flagicon|URU}} José Francisco Sasía
|{{flagicon|URU}} Peñarol |align=center|3 |
Footnotes
{{refbegin}}
:A. {{note|wo}}Not played after Millonarios (already eliminated) preferred paying a fine of USD 4,500 rather than traveling to Rio for the match; points awarded to Botafogo but no goals.
{{refend}}
External links
{{commons cat}}
- [http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_index_previo.jsp?evento=1081&ano=1963&slangab=E Copa Libertadores 1963] at CONMEBOL website
- [https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/copa63.html Copa Libertadores 1963] at RSSSF
{{Copa Libertadores Seasons}}