1980 Copa Libertadores

1980 Copa Libertadores de América
Tournament details
DatesFebruary 16 – August 6
Teams21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions Nacional (2nd title)
Runners-up Internacional
Tournament statistics
Matches played75
Goals scored160 (2.13 per match)
1979
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

Country Team Qualify method
CONMEBOL
(1 berth)
Olimpia 1979 Copa Libertadores champion
 Argentina
2 berths
River Plate 1979 Campeonato Metropolitano champions
1979 Campeonato Nacional champions
Vélez Sarsfield 1979 Copa Libertadores Play-off winner
 Bolivia
2 berths
Oriente Petrolero 1979 Primera División champion
The Strongest 1979 Primera División runner-up
 Brazil
2 berths
Internacional 1979 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
Vasco da Gama 1979 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2nd place
 Chile
2 berths
Colo-Colo 1979 Primera División champion
O'Higgins 1979 Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores winner
 Colombia
2 berths
América de Cali 1979 Campeonato Profesional champion
Santa Fe 1979 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
 Ecuador
2 berths
Emelec 1979 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A champion
Universidad Católica 1979 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A runner-up
 Paraguay
2 berths
Sol de América 1979 Primera División runner-up
Cerro Porteño 1979 Primera División third place
 Peru
2 berths
Sporting Cristal 1979 Torneo Descentralizado champion
Atlético Chalaco 1979 Torneo Descentralizado runner-up
 Uruguay
2 berths
Defensor Sporting 1979 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Nacional 1979 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up
 Venezuela
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.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5

Group stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VEL RIV SCR CHA
1 Vélez Sársfield 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 10 Qualified to the Semifinals 0–0 2–0 5–2
2 River Plate 6 4 2 0 10 3 +7 10 0–0 3–2 3–0
3 Sporting Cristal 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 3 0–1 1–2 0–0
4 Atlético Chalaco 6 0 1 5 3 14 −11 1 0–2 0–2 1–2
Source:

Play Off Vélez Sársfield 1-1 a.e.t. River Plate Vélez Sarsfield qualify on better goal difference in group

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAC STR DEF ORI
1 Nacional 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 10 Qualified to the Semifinals 2–0 1–0 5–0
2 The Strongest 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 7 3–0 2–0 3–2
3 Defensor Sporting 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 4 0–3 1–1 1–1
4 Oriente Petrolero 6 1 1 4 5 13 −8 3 1–3 1–0 0–1
Source:

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification INT VAS GAL TAC
1 Internacional 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 9 Qualified to the Semifinals 2–1 2–0 4–0
2 Vasco da Gama 6 3 2 1 7 2 +5 8 0–0 4–0 1–0
3 Deportivo Galicia 6 3 1 2 4 7 −3 7 2–1 0–0 1–0
4 Deportivo Táchira 6 0 0 6 0 9 −9 0 0–1 0–1 0–1
Source:

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AME CAT SFE EME
1 América de Cali 6 4 1 1 11 7 +4 9 Qualified to the Semifinals 1–0 1–0 4–1
2 Universidad Católica 6 3 0 3 10 5 +5 6 4–2 1–0 5–0
3 Santa Fe 6 2 1 3 5 5 0 5 1–1 1–0 1–2
4 Emelec 6 2 0 4 5 14 −9 4 1–2 1–0 0–2
Source:

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OHI CER COL SOL
1 O'Higgins 6 2 2 2 8 6 +2 6 Qualified to the Semifinals 0–0 1–3 2–0
2 Cerro Porteño 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 6 1–0 5–3 0–0
3 Colo-Colo 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 6 1–1 2–1 1–1
4 Sol de América 6 2 2 2 6 9 −3 6 1–4 2–1 2–1
Source:

Semifinals

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification INT AME VEL
1 Internacional 4 2 2 0 4 1 +3 6 Qualified to the Final 0–0 3–1
2 América de Cali 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0–0 0–0
3 Vélez Sarsfield 4 0 2 2 1 4 −3 2 0–1 0–0
Source:

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAC OLI OHI
1 Nacional 4 3 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Qualified to the Final 1–1 2–0
2 Olimpia 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 5 0–1 2–0
3 O'Higgins 4 0 0 4 0 6 −6 0 0–1 0–1
Source:

Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Internacional 0–1 Nacional 0–0 0–1

Champion

Copa Libertadores
1980 Champions
Nacional
Second Title