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1976 Copa Libertadores

17th season of Copa Libertadores

Field	Value
tourney_name	Copa Libertadores de América
year	1976
dates	February 25 – July 30
num_teams	21
associations	10
champion_other	BRA Cruzeiro
count	1
second_other	ARG River Plate
matches	76
goals	208
prevseason	1975
nextseason	1977

The Copa Libertadores 1976 was the 17th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. The tournament began on February 23 and ended on July 30.

Cruzeiro won the competition, being the first Brazilian team, after Pelé's Santos, to win the continental competition. During the tournament, Cruzeiro suffered a great setback: the loss of the player Roberto Batata, who died in a car crash.

This tournament is also known for having the fastest goal ever scored in any edition of the Copa Libertadores tournament with Alianza Lima forward Félix Suárez Becerra scoring the first of three goals against Independiente Santa Fe in only six seconds.

Independiente, the defending champions who had won four consecutive titles till the 1975 edition of the tournament, were defeated in the semifinals by fellow Argentina club River Plate.

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method

2 + 1 berths	Independiente	1975 Copa Libertadores champion
River Plate	1975 Metropolitano champion
1975 Nacional champion
Estudiantes	1975 Metropolitano runner-up

2 berths	Guabirá	1975 Copa Simón Bolívar champion
Bolívar	1975 Copa Simón Bolívar runner-up

2 berths	Internacional	1975 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
Cruzeiro	1975 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up

2 berths	Unión Española	1975 Primera División champion
Palestino	1975 Miniliga Pré-Libertadores champion

2 berths	Santa Fe	1975 Campeonato Profesional champion
Millonarios	1975 Campeonato Profesional runner-up

2 berths	LDU Quito	1975 Serie A champion
Deportivo Cuenca	1975 Serie A runner-up

2 berths	Olimpia	1975 Primera División champion
Sportivo Luqueño	1975 Primera División runner-up

2 berths	Alianza Lima	1975 Descentralizado champion
Alfonso Ugarte	1975 Descentralizado runner-up

2 berths	Peñarol	1975 Primera División champion
Nacional	1975 Primera División runner-up

2 berths		Portuguesa	1975 Venezuelan champion
Deportivo Galicia	1975 Venezuelan Championship 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 Independiente was champion of the 1975 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Semifinals.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5

Group stage

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

1st Place Playoff

Rivadeneira

Semi-finals

Group 1

Group 2

Playoffs

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Finals

Main article: 1976 Copa Libertadores Finals

Palhinha , Valdo

P. González

Eduardo Joãozinho Urquiza

References

(18 September 2025). "Quién marcó el gol más rápido de la historia de la Libertadores".

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