1978 Copa Libertadores

1978 Copa Libertadores de América

Tournament details
Dates	June 27 – November 28
Teams	21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Boca Juniors (2nd title)
Runners-up	Deportivo Cali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	75
Goals scored	179 (2.39 per match)

The 1978 edition of Copa Libertadores was won by Boca Juniors, of Argentina for the second straight year, after defeating Deportivo Cali of Colombia in the final.

Group stage

Boca Juniors were bye to the second round as holders.

Group 1 (Argentina, Ecuador)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
River Plate	8	6	2	4	0	7	1	+6
Independiente	8	6	3	2	1	6	2	+4
LDU Quito	5	6	2	1	3	4	10	-6
El Nacional	3	6	1	1	4	6	10	-4

Group 2 (Bolivia, Peru)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Alianza Lima	11	6	5	1	0	19	5	+14
Sporting Cristal	7	6	3	1	2	9	9	-0
The Strongest	4	6	2	0	4	7	12	-5
Oriente Petrolero	2	6	1	0	5	5	14	-9

Group 3 (Brazil, Chile)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Atlético Mineiro	10	6	4	2	0	16	8	+8
Unión Española	6	6	1	4	1	7	10	-3
São Paulo	5	6	1	3	2	6	7	-1
Palestino	3	6	1	1	4	8	12	-4

Group 4 (Colombia, Uruguay)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Deportivo Cali	8	6	3	2	1	10	3	+7
Peñarol	6	6	3	0	3	6	5	+1
Junior	6	6	1	4	1	4	5	-1
Danubio	4	6	1	2	3	2	9	-7

Group 5 (Paraguay, Venezuela)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cerro Porteño	9	6	3	3	0	7	4	+3
Portuguesa	6	6	2	2	2	5	5	0
Estudiantes	5	6	1	3	2	7	8	-1
Libertad	4	6	1	2	3	4	6	-2

Semi-Finals

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Boca Juniors	7	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5
River Plate	3	4	1	1	2	1	3	-2
Atlético Mineiro	2	4	1	0	3	3	6	-3

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Deportivo Cali	7	4	3	1	0	12	4	+8
Cerro Porteño	3	4	1	1	2	4	9	-5
Alianza Lima	2	4	1	0	3	7	10	-3

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Cali	0-4	Boca Juniors	0-0	0-4

Champion

Copa Libertadores 1978 Winners
Boca Juniors Second Title

External links

• Copa Libertadores 1978 by Karel Stokkermans at RSSSF