1980 Copa Libertadores#Group 1

{{Short description|21st season of Copa Libertadores}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = Copa Libertadores de América

| year = 1980

| dates = February 16 – August 6

| num_teams = 21

| associations = 10

| champion_other = {{flagicon|URU}} Nacional

| count = 2

| second_other = {{flagicon|BRA}} Internacional

| matches = 75

| goals = 160

| attendance =

| top_scorer =

| player =

| prevseason = 1979

| nextseason = 1981

}}

The Copa Libertadores 1980 was the 21st edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. Nacional of Uruguay won the competition defeating Brazilian club Internacional. Defending champion Olimpia were eliminated in the semifinals.

Qualified teams

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Country

!Team

!Qualify method

CONMEBOL
(1 berth)

|Olimpia

|1979 Copa Libertadores champion

rowspan="2"|{{ARG}}
2 berths

|River Plate

| 1979 Campeonato Metropolitano champions
1979 Campeonato Nacional champions

Vélez Sarsfield

| 1979 Copa Libertadores Play-off winner

rowspan="2"|{{BOL}}
2 berths

|Oriente Petrolero

|1979 Primera División champion

The Strongest

|1979 Primera División runner-up

rowspan="2"|{{BRA}}
2 berths

|Internacional

|1979 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion

Vasco da Gama

|1979 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2nd place

rowspan="2"|{{CHI}}
2 berths

|Colo-Colo

|1979 Primera División champion

O'Higgins

|1979 Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores winner

rowspan="2"|{{COL}}
2 berths

|América de Cali

|1979 Campeonato Profesional champion

Santa Fe

|1979 Campeonato Profesional runner-up

rowspan="2"|{{ECU}}
2 berths

|Emelec

|1979 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A champion

Universidad Católica

|1979 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A runner-up

rowspan="2"|{{PAR}}
2 berths

|Sol de América

|1979 Primera División runner-up

Cerro Porteño

|1979 Primera División third place

rowspan="2"|{{PER}}
2 berths

|Sporting Cristal

|1979 Torneo Descentralizado champion

Atlético Chalaco

|1979 Torneo Descentralizado runner-up

rowspan="2"|{{URU}}
2 berths

|Defensor Sporting

|1979 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner

Nacional

|1979 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up

rowspan="2"|{{VEN}}
2 berths

|Deportivo Táchira

|1979 Primera División champion

Deportivo Galicia

|1979 Primera División runner-up

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 Paraguay competed as Olimpia was champion of the 1979 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Semifinals.

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Group 1

! Group 2

! Group 3

! Group 4

! Group 5

*{{flag|Argentina}}

  • {{flag|Peru}}

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  • {{flag|Bolivia}}
  • {{flag|Uruguay}}

|

  • {{flag|Brazil|1968}}
  • {{flag|Venezuela|1930}}

|

  • {{flag|Colombia}}
  • {{flag|Ecuador}}

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  • {{flag|Chile}}
  • {{flag|Paraguay}}

Group stage

= Group 1=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_matches=true|matches_style=FBR

|section=Group 1

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|team1=VEL|name_VEL={{flagicon|ARG}} Vélez Sársfield

|team2=RIV|name_RIV={{flagicon|ARG}} River Plate

|team3=SCR|name_SCR={{flagicon|PER}} Sporting Cristal

|team4=CHA|name_CHA={{flagicon|PER}} Atlético Chalaco

|win_VEL=4|draw_VEL=2|loss_VEL=0|gf_VEL=10|ga_VEL=2

|win_RIV=4|draw_RIV=2|loss_RIV=0|gf_RIV=10|ga_RIV=3

|win_SCR=1|draw_SCR=1|loss_SCR=4|gf_SCR=5|ga_SCR=9

|win_CHA=0|draw_CHA=1|loss_CHA=5|gf_CHA=3|ga_CHA=14

|col_QF=#CCFFCC|text_QF=Qualified to the Semifinals

|result1=QF

|update=complete|source=

|match_CHA_RIV=0–2

|match_CHA_SCR=1–2

|match_CHA_VEL=0–2

|match_RIV_CHA=3–0

|match_RIV_SCR=3–2

|match_RIV_VEL=0–0

|match_SCR_CHA=0–0

|match_SCR_RIV=1–2

|match_SCR_VEL=0–1

|match_VEL_CHA=5–2

|match_VEL_RIV=0–0

|match_VEL_SCR=2–0

}}

Play Off

Vélez Sársfield 1-1 a.e.t. River Plate

Vélez Sarsfield qualify on better goal difference in group

=Group 2=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_matches=true|matches_style=FBR

|section=Group 2

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|team1=NAC|name_NAC={{flagicon|URU}} Nacional

|team2=STR|name_STR={{flagicon|BOL}} The Strongest

|team3=DEF|name_DEF={{flagicon|URU}} Defensor Sporting

|team4=ORI|name_ORI={{flagicon|BOL}} Oriente Petrolero

|win_NAC=5|draw_NAC=0|loss_NAC=1|gf_NAC=14|ga_NAC=4

|win_STR=3|draw_STR=1|loss_STR=2|gf_STR=9|ga_STR=6

|win_DEF=1|draw_DEF=2|loss_DEF=3|gf_DEF=3|ga_DEF=8

|win_ORI=1|draw_ORI=1|loss_ORI=4|gf_ORI=5|ga_ORI=13

|col_QF=#CCFFCC|text_QF=Qualified to the Semifinals

|result1=QF

|update=complete|source=

|match_DEF_NAC=0–3

|match_DEF_ORI=1–1

|match_DEF_STR=1–1

|match_NAC_DEF=1–0

|match_NAC_ORI=5–0

|match_NAC_STR=2–0

|match_ORI_DEF=0–1

|match_ORI_NAC=1–3

|match_ORI_STR=1–0

|match_STR_DEF=2–0

|match_STR_NAC=3–0

|match_STR_ORI=3–2

}}

=Group 3=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_matches=true|matches_style=FBR

|section=Group 3

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|team1=INT|name_INT={{flagicon|BRA}} Internacional

|team2=VAS|name_VAS={{flagicon|BRA}} Vasco da Gama

|team3=GAL|name_GAL={{flagicon|VEN}} Deportivo Galicia

|team4=TAC|name_TAC={{flagicon|VEN}} Deportivo Táchira

|win_INT=4|draw_INT=1|loss_INT=1|gf_INT=10|ga_INT=3

|win_VAS=3|draw_VAS=2|loss_VAS=1|gf_VAS=7|ga_VAS=2

|win_GAL=3|draw_GAL=1|loss_GAL=2|gf_GAL=4|ga_GAL=7

|win_TAC=0|draw_TAC=0|loss_TAC=6|gf_TAC=0|ga_TAC=9

|col_QF=#CCFFCC|text_QF=Qualified to the Semifinals

|result1=QF

|update=complete|source=

|match_GAL_TAC=1–0

|match_GAL_INT=2–1

|match_GAL_VAS=0–0

|match_TAC_GAL=0–1

|match_TAC_INT=0–1

|match_TAC_VAS=0–1

|match_INT_GAL=2–0

|match_INT_TAC=4–0

|match_INT_VAS=2–1

|match_VAS_GAL=4–0

|match_VAS_TAC=1–0

|match_VAS_INT=0–0

}}

=Group 4=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_matches=true|matches_style=FBR

|section=Group 4

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|team1=AME|name_AME={{flagicon|COL}} América de Cali

|team2=CAT|name_CAT={{flagicon|ECU}} Universidad Católica

|team3=SFE|name_SFE={{flagicon|COL}} Santa Fe

|team4=EME|name_EME={{flagicon|ECU}} Emelec

|win_AME=4|draw_AME=1|loss_AME=1|gf_AME=11|ga_AME=7

|win_CAT=3|draw_CAT=0|loss_CAT=3|gf_CAT=10|ga_CAT=5

|win_SFE=2|draw_SFE=1|loss_SFE=3|gf_SFE=5|ga_SFE=5

|win_EME=2|draw_EME=0|loss_EME=4|gf_EME=5|ga_EME=14

|col_QF=#CCFFCC|text_QF=Qualified to the Semifinals

|result1=QF

|update=complete|source=

|match_AME_EME=4–1

|match_AME_SFE=1–0

|match_AME_CAT=1–0

|match_EME_AME=1–2

|match_EME_SFE=0–2

|match_EME_CAT=1–0

|match_SFE_AME=1–1

|match_SFE_EME=1–2

|match_SFE_CAT=1–0

|match_CAT_AME=4–2

|match_CAT_EME=5–0

|match_CAT_SFE=1–0

}}

=Group 5=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_matches=true|matches_style=FBR

|section=Group 5

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|team1=OHI|name_OHI={{flagicon|CHI}} O'Higgins

|team2=CER|name_CER={{flagicon|PAR}} Cerro Porteño

|team3=COL|name_COL={{flagicon|CHI}} Colo-Colo

|team4=SOL|name_SOL={{flagicon|PAR}} Sol de América

|win_OHI=2|draw_OHI=2|loss_OHI=2|gf_OHI=8|ga_OHI=6

|win_CER=2|draw_CER=2|loss_CER=2|gf_CER=8|ga_CER=7

|win_COL=2|draw_COL=2|loss_COL=2|gf_COL=11|ga_COL=11

|win_SOL=2|draw_SOL=2|loss_SOL=2|gf_SOL=6|ga_SOL=9

|col_QF=#CCFFCC|text_QF=Qualified to the Semifinals

|result1=QF

|update=complete|source=

|match_CER_COL=5–3

|match_CER_OHI=1–0

|match_CER_SOL=0–0

|match_COL_CER=2–1

|match_COL_OHI=1–1

|match_COL_SOL=1–1

|match_OHI_CER=0–0

|match_OHI_COL=1–3

|match_OHI_SOL=2–0

|match_SOL_CER=2–1

|match_SOL_COL=2–1

|match_SOL_OHI=1–4

}}

Semifinals

= Group A=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_matches=true|matches_style=FBR

|section=Group A

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|team1=INT|name_INT={{flagicon|BRA}} Internacional

|team2=AME|name_AME={{flagicon|COL}} América de Cali

|team3=VEL|name_VEL={{flagicon|ARG}} Vélez Sarsfield

|win_AME=0|draw_AME=4|loss_AME=0|gf_AME=0|ga_AME=0

|win_INT=2|draw_INT=2|loss_INT=0|gf_INT=4|ga_INT=1

|win_VEL=0|draw_VEL=2|loss_VEL=2|gf_VEL=1|ga_VEL=4

|col_QF=#CCFFCC|text_QF=Qualified to the Final

|result1=QF

|update=complete|source=

|match_AME_INT=0–0

|match_AME_VEL=0–0

|match_INT_AME=0–0

|match_INT_VEL=3–1

|match_VEL_AME=0–0

|match_VEL_INT=0–1

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |show_matches=true|matches_style=FBR

|section=Group B

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|team1=NAC|name_NAC={{flagicon|URU}} Nacional

|team2=OLI|name_OLI={{flagicon|PAR}} Olimpia

|team3=OHI|name_OHI={{flagicon|CHI}} O'Higgins

|win_NAC=3|draw_NAC=1|loss_NAC=0|gf_NAC=5|ga_NAC=1

|win_OLI=2|draw_OLI=1|loss_OLI=1|gf_OLI=4|ga_OLI=2

|win_OHI=0|draw_OHI=0|loss_OHI=4|gf_OHI=0|ga_OHI=6

|col_QF=#CCFFCC|text_QF=Qualified to the Final

|result1=QF

|update=complete|source=

|match_NAC_OHI=2–0

|match_NAC_OLI=1–1

|match_OHI_NAC=0–1

|match_OHI_OLI=0–1

|match_OLI_NAC=0–1

|match_OLI_OHI=2–0

}}

Finals

{{main|1980 Copa Libertadores Finals}}

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Internacional|Brazil| 0–1 |Nacional|Uruguay| 0–0 | 0–1 }}

|}

Champion

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Copa Libertadores
1980 Champions
{{flagicon|URU|size=100px}}
Nacional
Second Title