1986 Copa Libertadores

{{Short description|27th season of Copa Libertadores}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = Copa Libertadores de América

| year = 1986

| dates = March 12 – October 29

| num_teams = 19

| associations = 9

| champion_other = {{flagicon|ARG}} River Plate

| count = 1

| second_other = {{flagicon|COL}} América de Cali

| matches = 65

| goals = 170

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|URU}} Juan Carlos de Lima (9 goals)

| player =

| prevseason = 1985

| nextseason = 1987

}}

The 1986 Copa Libertadores was the 27th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. River Plate won the competition for their first ever title, after winning the first leg 2–1 and the second leg 1–0.

The representatives of Venezuela, Estudiantes de Mérida and Unión Atlético Táchira, did not participate upon the Venezuelan Football Federation's suspension by FIFA.

Qualified teams

class="wikitable"
width=125|Country

!width=150|Team

!width=300|Qualification method

CONMEBOL
(1 berth)

|Argentinos Juniors

|1985 Copa Libertadores champion

rowspan="2"|{{flag|Argentina}}
(2 berths)

|River Plate

|1985–86 Primera División champion

Boca Juniors

|1985–86 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner

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

|Bolívar

|1985 Primera División champion

Jorge Wilstermann

|1985 Primera División runner-up

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

|Coritiba

|1985 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion

Bangu

|1985 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up

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

|Cobresal

|1985 Pre-Copa Libertadores play-off winner

Universidad Católica

|1985 Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores winner

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

|América de Cali

|1985 Campeonato Profesional champion

Deportivo Cali

|1985 Campeonato Profesional runner-up

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

|Barcelona

|1985 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champion

Deportivo Quito

|1985 Campeonato Ecuatoriano runner-up

rowspan="2"|{{flag|Paraguay|1954}}
(2 berths)

|Olimpia

|1985 Primera División champion

Nacional

|1985 Primera División runner-up

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

|Universitario

|1985 Primera División champion

UTC

|1985 Primera División runner-up

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

|Peñarol

|1985 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner

Montevideo Wanderers

|1985 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores 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 Argentina competed as Argentinos Juniors was champion of the 1985 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|Uruguay}}

|

  • {{flag|Bolivia}}
  • {{flag|Peru}}

|

  • {{flag|Brazil|1968}}
  • {{flag|Ecuador}}

|

  • {{flag|Chile}}
  • {{flag|Colombia}}

|

  • {{flag|Paraguay}}
  • {{flag|Venezuela|1930}}

Group stage

= Group 1 =

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|ptsfirst=y

|winpoints=2

|team1=RIV|name_RIV={{flagicon|ARG}} River Plate

|team2=WAN|name_WAN={{flagicon|URU}} Montevideo Wanderers

|team3=BOC|name_BOC={{flagicon|ARG}} Boca Juniors

|team4=PEÑ|name_PEÑ={{flagicon|URU}} Peñarol

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|win_WAN=3|draw_WAN=0|loss_WAN=3|gf_WAN=10|ga_WAN=10

|win_BOC=2|draw_BOC=2|loss_BOC=2|gf_BOC=7|ga_BOC=8

|win_PEÑ=0|draw_PEÑ=1|loss_PEÑ=5|gf_PEÑ=4|ga_PEÑ=12

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|result1=A

|update=complete|source=

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|match_BOC_PEÑ=1–1

|match_BOC_RIV=1–1

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|match_WAN_PEÑ=3–1

|match_WAN_RIV=0–2

|match_PEÑ_BOC=1–2

|match_PEÑ_WAN=0–1

|match_PEÑ_RIV=0–2

|match_RIV_BOC=1–0

|match_RIV_WAN=4–2

|match_RIV_PEÑ=3–1

}}

= Group 2 =

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|res_col_header=Q

|ptsfirst=y

|winpoints=2

|team1=BOL|name_BOL={{flagicon|BOL}} Bolívar

|team2=WIL|name_WIL={{flagicon|BOL}} Jorge Wilstermann

|team3=UNI|name_UNI={{flagicon|PER}} Universitario

|team4=UTC|name_UTC={{flagicon|PER}} UTC

|win_BOL=4|draw_BOL=1|loss_BOL=1|gf_BOL=12|ga_BOL=7

|win_WIL=3|draw_WIL=0|loss_WIL=3|gf_WIL=11|ga_WIL=8

|win_UNI=3|draw_UNI=0|loss_UNI=3|gf_UNI=9|ga_UNI=11

|win_UTC=1|draw_UTC=1|loss_UTC=4|gf_UTC=7|ga_UTC=13

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|result1=A

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|match_BOL_WIL=2–0

|match_BOL_UNI=4–0

|match_BOL_UTC=2–1

|match_WIL_BOL=1–2

|match_WIL_UNI=4–0

|match_WIL_UTC=2–0

|match_UNI_BOL=3–0

|match_UNI_WIL=1–2

|match_UNI_UTC=2–0

|match_UTC_BOL=2–2

|match_UTC_WIL=3–2

|match_UTC_UNI=1–3

}}

= Group 3 =

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|res_col_header=Q

|ptsfirst=y

|winpoints=2

|team1=BAR|name_BAR={{flagicon|ECU}} Barcelona

|team2=COR|name_COR={{flagicon|BRA}} Coritiba

|team3=QUI|name_QUI={{flagicon|ECU}} Deportivo Quito

|team4=BAN|name_BAN={{flagicon|BRA}} Bangu

|win_BAR=2|draw_BAR=4|loss_BAR=0|gf_BAR=7|ga_BAR=5

|win_COR=2|draw_COR=3|loss_COR=1|gf_COR=8|ga_COR=5

|win_QUI=2|draw_QUI=3|loss_QUI=1|gf_QUI=12|ga_QUI=11

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|result1=A

|update=complete|source=

|match_BAN_BAR=1–2

|match_BAN_COR=1–1

|match_BAN_QUI=3–3

|match_BAR_BAN=1–0

|match_BAR_COR=1–1

|match_BAR_QUI=3–3

|match_COR_BAN=2–0

|match_COR_BAR=0–0

|match_COR_QUI=3–1

|match_QUI_BAN=3–1

|match_QUI_BAR=0–0

|match_QUI_COR=2–1

}}

= Group 4 =

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|res_col_header=Q

|ptsfirst=y

|winpoints=2

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

|team2=CAL|name_CAL={{flagicon|COL}} Deportivo Cali

|team3=COB|name_COB={{flagicon|CHI}} Cobresal

|team4=CAT|name_CAT={{flagicon|CHI}} Universidad Católica

|win_AME=3|draw_AME=3|loss_AME=0|gf_AME=8|ga_AME=4

|win_CAL=2|draw_CAL=3|loss_CAL=1|gf_CAL=8|ga_CAL=5

|win_COB=1|draw_COB=5|loss_COB=0|gf_COB=5|ga_COB=4

|win_CAT=0|draw_CAT=1|loss_CAT=5|gf_CAT=5|ga_CAT=13

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=Semifinals

|result1=A

|update=complete|source=

|match_AME_COB=0–0

|match_AME_CAL=0–0

|match_AME_CAT=2–1

|match_COB_AME=2–2

|match_COB_CAL=1–1

|match_COB_CAT=1–1

|match_CAL_AME=0–1

|match_CAL_COB=1–1

|match_CAL_CAT=3–1

|match_CAT_AME=1–3

|match_CAT_COB=0–1

|match_CAT_CAL=1–3

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= Group 5 =

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|res_col_header=Q

|ptsfirst=y

|winpoints=2

|team1=OLI|name_OLI={{flagicon|PAR}} Olimpia

|team2=NAC|name_NAC={{flagicon|PAR}} Nacional

|win_OLI=2|draw_OLI=0|loss_OLI=0|gf_OLI=5|ga_OLI=2

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|update=complete|source=

|match_NAC_OLI=1–2

|match_OLI_NAC=3–1

}}

Semifinals

= Group 1 =

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|res_col_header=Q

|ptsfirst=y

|winpoints=2

|team1=RIV|name_RIV={{flagicon|ARG}} River Plate

|team2=ARG|name_ARG={{flagicon|ARG}} Argentinos Juniors

|team3=BAR|name_BAR={{flagicon|ECU}} Barcelona

|win_RIV=2|draw_RIV=1|loss_RIV=1|gf_RIV=7|ga_RIV=3

|win_ARG=2|draw_ARG=1|loss_ARG=1|gf_ARG=3|ga_ARG=1

|win_BAR=1|draw_BAR=0|loss_BAR=3|gf_BAR=2|ga_BAR=8

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|match_ARG_BAR=1–0

|match_ARG_RIV=0–0

|match_BAR_ARG=1–0

|match_BAR_RIV=0–3

|match_RIV_ARG=0–2

|match_RIV_BAR=4–1

}}

==Tiebreaker==

  • River Plate qualify due to better goal difference in group.

{{OneLegStart}}

|-

{{OneLegResult| River Plate {{flagicon|ARG}} || 0–0 | {{flagicon|ARG}} Argentinos Juniors }}

|-

|}

= Group 2 =

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|res_col_header=Q

|ptsfirst=y

|winpoints=2

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

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

|team3=BOL|name_BOL={{flagicon|BOL}} Bolívar

|win_AME=2|draw_AME=1|loss_AME=1|gf_AME=4|ga_AME=4

|win_OLI=1|draw_OLI=2|loss_OLI=1|gf_OLI=5|ga_OLI=4

|win_BOL=1|draw_BOL=1|loss_BOL=2|gf_BOL=5|ga_BOL=6

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|result1=A

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|match_AME_BOL=2–1

|match_AME_OLI=1–0

|match_BOL_AME=2–0

|match_BOL_OLI=1–1

|match_OLI_AME=1–1

|match_OLI_BOL=3–1

}}

Finals

{{main|1986 Copa Libertadores Finals}}

=1st leg=

{{footballbox|

date= 1986-10-22 |

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

score= 1 – 2 |

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

report= |

goals1 = Cabañas {{goal|46}} |

goals2= Funes {{goal|22}}
Alonso {{goal|25}} |

stadium= Cali, Estadio Pascual Guerrero |

attendance= |

referee= |

|}}

=2nd leg=

{{footballbox|

date= 1986-10-29 |

team1= River Plate {{flagicon|ARG}} |

score= 1 – 0 |

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

report= |

goals1= Funes {{goal|69}} |

stadium= Buenos Aires, Estadio Monumental |

attendance= |

referee= |

|}}

River Plate won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Copa Libertadores
1986 Winner
{{flagicon|ARG|size=100px}}
River Plate
First Title