1981 Copa Libertadores

1981 Copa Libertadores de América
Tournament details
DatesMarch 18 – November 23
Teams21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions Flamengo (1st title)
Runners-up Cobreloa
Tournament statistics
Matches played77
Goals scored221 (2.87 per match)
Top scorer(s) Zico (11 goals)
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The 1981 Copa Libertadores was won by Flamengo of Brazil, who beat Cobreloa of Chile in the finals, without losing a match in their campaign on the way to win their first title.[1][2][3]

Qualified teams

Country Team Qualify method
CONMEBOL
(1 berth) 		Nacional 1980 Copa Libertadores champion
 Argentina
2 berths 		Rosario Central 1981 Campeonato Nacional champions
River Plate 1981 Campeonato Metropolitano champions
 Bolivia
2 berths 		Jorge Wilstermann 1980 Primera División champion
The Strongest 1980 Primera División runner-up
 Brazil
2 berths 		Flamengo 1980 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
Atlético Mineiro 1980 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2nd place
 Chile
2 berths 		Cobreloa 1980 Primera División champion
Universidad de Chile 1980 Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores winner
 Colombia
2 berths 		Junior 1980 Campeonato Profesional champion
Deportivo Cali 1980 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
 Ecuador
2 berths 		Barcelona 1980 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A champion
Técnico Universitario 1980 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol Serie A runner-up
 Paraguay
2 berths 		Olimpia 1980 Primera División champion
Cerro Porteño 1980 Primera División runner-up
 Peru
2 berths 		Sporting Cristal 1980 Torneo Descentralizado champion
Atlético Torino 1980 Torneo Descentralizado runner-up
 Uruguay
2 berths 		Peñarol 1980 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
Bella Vista 1980 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up
 Venezuela
2 berths 		Estudiantes de Mérida 1980 Primera División champion
Portuguesa 1980 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 Uruguay competed as Nacional was champion of the 1980 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 CALI RIV CEN JUN
1 Deportivo Cali 6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 8 Qualified to the Semi-Finals — 2–1 1–0 4–1
2 River Plate 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 7 1–2 — 3–2 3–0
3 Rosario Central 6 3 0 3 11 7 +4 6 2–1 0–1 — 5–0
4 Junior 6 1 1 4 3 14 −11 3 1–0 0–0 1–2 —
Source:

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PEÑ BVI EST POR
1 Peñarol 6 5 1 0 13 3 +10 11 Qualified to the Semi-Finals — 3–1 4–2 3–0
2 Bella Vista 6 4 1 1 16 5 +11 9 0–0 — 3–1 4–0
3 Estudiantes de Mérida 6 0 2 4 5 14 −9 2 0–2 1–4 — 1–1
4 Portuguesa 6 0 2 4 1 13 −12 2 0–1 0–4 0–0 —
Source:

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FLA CAM CER OLI
1 Flamengo (A, O) 6 2 4 0 14 9 +5 8 Qualified to the Semi-Finals — 2–2 5–2 1–1
2 Atlético Mineiro (A) 6 2 4 0 8 6 +2 8 2–2 — 2–2 1–0
3 Cerro Porteño 6 1 2 3 9 12 −3 4 2–4 0–1 — 0–0
4 Olimpia 6 0 4 2 1 5 −4 4 0–0 0–0 0–3 —
Source:
(A) Advances to First-place playoff match; (O) Playoff winner; advances to semi-finals
3 July 1981 Atletico Mineiro 2–2 Flamengo Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Éder 28', 63' Nunes 65'
Marinho 85'		 Attendance: 63,153
Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)
7 July 1981 Cerro Porteño 0–0 Olimpia Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
14 July 1981 Flamengo 5–2 Cerro Porteño Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Zico 20', 27'
Baroninho 47'
Nunes 62', 62'		 Jimenes 62'
Julio Dos Santos 90'		 Attendance: 25,967
Referee: Carlos Montalvan (Brazil)
17 July 1981 Olimpia 0–0 Atletico Mineiro Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
21 July 1981 Cerro Porteño 0–1 Atletico Mineiro Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
24 July 1981 Flamengo 1–1 Olimpia Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Adilio 22' Solalinde 60' Attendance: 38,718
Referee: Abel Gnecco
28 July 1981 Atletico Mineiro 1–0 Olimpia Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
31 July 1981 Atletico Mineiro 2–2 Cerro Porteño Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
7 August 1981 Flamengo 2–2 Atletico Mineiro Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Nunes 67'
Tita 69'		 Palhinha 62'
Reinaldo 69'		 Attendance: 62,763
Referee: Carlos Rosa Martins
8 August 1981 Olimpia 0–3 Cerro Porteño Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
11 August 1981 Cerro Porteño 2–4 Flamengo Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Acost 69'
Jimenes 72'		 Baroninho 7'
Zico 58', 65', 70'		 Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Roque Cerullo
14 August 1981 Olimpia 0–0 Flamengo Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: José Martizez Bazan
First-place playoff match
21 August 1981
 		Flamengo 0-0 Atlético Mineiro Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: José Roberto Wright
Note: The match was suspended at 37 minutes of the first half, after 5 players of Atlético Mineiro received red cards. By association football rules a team is disqualified if it has fewer than 7 players. Therefore Flamengo won by WO.

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STR WIL BAR TEC
1 The Strongest 6 4 0 2 13 9 +4 8 — 2–0 1–0 4–2
2 Jorge Wilstermann 6 4 0 2 9 9 0 8 Qualified to the Semi-Finals 3–2 — 1–0 3–1
3 Barcelona 6 3 0 3 8 8 0 6 2–1 3–0 — 2–1
4 Técnico Universitário 6 1 0 5 11 15 −4 2 2–3 1–2 4–1 —
Source:

Tiebreaker

Team 1  Score  Team 2
The Strongest 1–4 Jorge Wilstermann

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification COB SPC UCH TOR
1 Cobreloa 6 3 3 0 14 3 +11 9 Qualified to the Semi-Finals — 6–1 1–0 6–1
2 Sporting Cristal 6 3 2 1 9 11 −2 8 0–0 — 3–2 2–1
3 Universidad de Chile 6 2 2 2 8 6 +2 6 0–0 1–1 — 3–0
4 Atlético Torino 6 0 1 5 5 16 −11 1 1–1 1–2 1–2 —
Source:

Semi-finals

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FLA CAL JOR
1 Flamengo 4 4 0 0 10 2 +8 8 Qualified to the Final — 3–0 4–1
2 Deportivo Cali 4 1 1 2 2 5 −3 3 0–1 — 1–0
3 Jorge Wilstermann 4 0 1 3 3 8 −5 1 1–2 1–1 —
Source:


2 October 1981 Deportivo Cali 0–1 Flamengo Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali
Nunes 1' Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Mário Lira
13 October 1981 Jorge Wilstermann 1–2 Flamengo Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba
Melgar 53' Baroninho 13'
Adilio 64'		 Referee: Enrique Labo
16 October 1981 Deportivo Cali 1–0 Jorge Wilstermann Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali
23 October 1981 Flamengo 3–0 Deportivo Cali Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Zico 9', 82'
Chiquinho Carioca 57'		 Attendance: 28,847
Referee: Juan Cardelino
27 October 1981 Jorge Wilstermann 1–1 Deportivo Cali Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba
30 October 1981 Flamengo 4–1 Jorge Wilstermann Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Nunes 9'
Adilio 39'
Anselmo 87'
Chiquinho Carioca 90'		 Tarborga 2' Attendance: 7,520
Referee: Jorge Orellana

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification COB NAC PEÑ
1 Cobreloa 4 3 1 0 9 5 +4 7 Qualified to the Final — 2–2 4–2
2 Nacional 4 0 3 1 5 6 −1 3 1–2 — 1–1
3 Peñarol 4 0 2 2 4 7 −3 2 0–1 1–1 —
Source:


30 September 1981 Peñarol 1–1 Nacional Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Vargas 77' de la Peña 44'
8 October 1981 Nacional 1–2 Cobreloa Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Morales 49' Puebla 62'
Olivera 83'
13 October 1981 Peñarol 0–1 Cobreloa Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Olivera 89'
21 October 1981 Nacional 1–1 Peñarol Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Espárrago 73' Marcenaro 89'
28 October 1981 Cobreloa 4–2 Peñarol Estadio Municipal, Calama
Raúl Gómez 1'
Víctor Merello 30' 66' (P.K.)
Oscar Muñoz 68'		 Paz 70' (P.K.)
Vargas 88'
4 November 1981 Cobreloa 2–2 Nacional Estadio Municipal, Calama
Oscar Muñoz 67'
Luzardo 73' (o.g.)		 Cabrera 39'
Luzardo 90' (P.K.)

Finals

Main article: 1981 Copa Libertadores Finals
13 November 1981 Flamengo 2–1 Cobreloa Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Zico 12', 30' (pen.) Merello 65' Attendance: 93,985
Referee: Esposito (Argentina)
20 November 1981 Cobreloa 1–0 Flamengo Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Merello 84' Attendance: 61,721
Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)
23 November 1981 Flamengo 2–0
(4–2 agg.)		 Cobreloa Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Zico 18', 84' Attendance: 30,200
Referee: Roque Cerullo (Uruguay)

References

  1. ^ Cuando Flamengo tocó el cielo con las manos on Olé, 14 Jul 2021
  2. ^ RSSSF: Copa Libertadores 1981 at the RSSSF
  3. ^ Flamengo campeón de la Libertadores 1981 on Clarín, 20 Nov 2019
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