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)
← 1977 1979 →

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.

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method
CONMEBOL (1 berth)	Boca Juniors	1977 Copa Libertadores champion
Argentina (2 berths)		1985–86 Primera División champion
		1985–86 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Bolivia (2 berths)
Brazil (2 berths)
Chile (2 berths)
Colombia (2 berths)
Ecuador (2 berths)
Paraguay (2 berths)
Peru (2 berths)	Alianza Lima	1977 Primera División champion
	Sporting Cristal	1977 Primera División runner-up
Uruguay (2 berths)
Venezuela (2 berths)

Group stage

Boca Juniors were bye to the second round as holders.

Group 1 (Argentina, Ecuador)

Group 1 standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RIV	IND	LDQ	EN
1	River Plate	6	2	4	0	7	1	+6	8	Qualified to the semi-finals		—	0–0	4–0	2–0
2	Independiente	6	3	2	1	6	2	+4	8			0–0	—	2–0	2–0
3	LDU Quito	6	2	1	3	4	10	−6	5			0–0	1–0	—	3–2
4	El Nacional	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	3			1–1	1–2	2–0	—

Source:

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
River Plate	4–1	Independiente

Group 2 (Bolivia, Peru)

Group 2 standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ALI	CRI	STR	OPE
1	Alianza Lima	6	5	1	0	19	5	+14	11	Qualified to the semi-finals		—	2–2	2–0	5–1
2	Sporting Cristal	6	3	1	2	9	9	0	7			1–4	—	3–0	1–0
3	The Strongest	6	2	0	4	7	12	−5	4			1–2	3–1	—	2–0
4	Oriente Petrolero	6	1	0	5	5	14	−9	2			0–4	0–1	4–1	—

Source:

Group 3 (Brazil, Chile)

Group 3 standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CAM	UE	SAO	PAL
1	Atlético Mineiro	6	4	2	0	16	8	+8	10	Qualified to the semi-finals		—	5–1	1–1	2–0
2	Unión Española	6	1	4	1	7	10	−3	6			1–1	—	1–1	0–0
3	São Paulo	6	1	3	2	6	7	−1	5			1–2	1–1	—	1–2
4	Palestino	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4	3			4–5	2–3	0–1	—

Source:

Group 4 (Colombia, Uruguay)

Group 4 standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CAL	PEÑ	JUN	DAN
1	Deportivo Cali	6	3	2	1	10	3	+7	8	Qualified to the semi-finals		—	1–0	0–0	2–0
2	Peñarol	6	3	0	3	6	5	+1	6			0–2	—	1–0	4–2
3	Junior	6	1	4	1	4	5	−1	6			0–0	1–0	—	0–0
4	Danubio	6	1	2	3	2	9	−7	4			3–0	1–2	0–0	—

Source:

Group 5 (Paraguay, Venezuela)

Group 5 standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CCP	POR	ESM	LIB
1	Cerro Porteño	6	3	3	0	7	4	+3	9	Qualified to the semi-finals		—	1–0	1–1	1–0
2	Portuguesa	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	6			1–1	—	1–2	1–0
3	Estudiantes de Mérida	6	1	3	2	7	8	−1	5			2–3	0–0	—	1–1
4	Libertad	6	1	2	3	4	6	−2	4			0–0	1–2	2–1	—

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Semi-finals

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BOC	RIV	CAM
1	Boca Juniors	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Qualified to the final		—	0–0	3–1
2	River Plate	4	1	1	2	1	3	−2	3			0–2	—	1–0
3	Atlético Mineiro	4	1	0	3	3	6	−3	2			1–2	1–0	—

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CAL	CCP	ALI
1	Deportivo Cali	4	3	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Qualified to the final		—	1–1	3–2
2	Cerro Porteño	4	1	1	2	4	9	−5	3			0–4	—	3–1
3	Alianza Lima	4	1	0	3	7	10	−3	2			1–4	3–0	—

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Finals

Main article: 1978 Copa Libertadores Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Cali	0–4	Boca Juniors	0–0	0–4

Champion

Copa Libertadores 1978 winners
Boca Juniors 2nd title

External links

• Copa Libertadores 1978 by Karel Stokkermans at RSSSF