1965 Copa Libertadores finals

Football match

1965 Copa de Campeones finals

Team of Independiente, champions

Event

1965 Copa de Campeones de América

Independiente	Peñarol

2–2 on points
Independiente won after a play-off

First leg

Independiente	Peñarol
1	0

Date

9 April 1965

Venue

Independiente, Avellaneda

Referee

Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)

Attendance

45,000

Second leg

Peñarol	Independiente
3	1

Date

12 April 1965

Venue

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Referee

Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)

Attendance

45,000

Play-off

Peñarol	Independiente
1	4

Date

15 April 1965 (1965-04-15)

Venue

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Referee

Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)

Attendance

40,000

← 1964 1966 →

The 1965 Copa Libertadores finals was a football series between Argentine team Independiente and Uruguayan team Peñarol on 6 and 12 April of that same year. It was the sixth final of South America's most prestigious football competition, the Copa Libertadores.

After both teams won one match each, a playoff was played on 15 April, being won by Independiente by 4–1 at Estadio Nacional in Santiago de Chile. Therefore the Diablos Rojos won their 2nd Copa Libertadores title.

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Independiente	1964
Peñarol	1960, 1961, 1962

Venues

Estadio de Independiente, Estadio Centenario and Estadio Nacional, venues

Match details

First leg

1965 Copa Libertadores finals9 April 1965First leg

Independiente	1–0	Peñarol
Bernao 83'	Report

Independiente, Buenos AiresAttendance: 45,000Referee: Yamasaki (Peru)

Independiente

Peñarol


GK	1	Miguel Santoro
DF	2	Rubén Navarro
DF	3	Raúl Decaria
MF	4	Roberto Ferreiro
MF	5	David Acevedo
MF	6	Juan C. Guzmán
FW	7	Rául Bernao
FW	8	Osvaldo Mura
FW	9	Luis Suárez
FW	10	Roque Avallay
FW	11	Raúl Savoy
Substitutes:
MF		Vicente de la Mata, Jr.
Manager:
Manuel Giúdice


GK	1	Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
DF	2	Carlos Pérez
DF	3	Luis Varela
MF	4	Pablo Forlán
MF	5	Néstor Gonçalves
MF	6	Omar Caetano
FW	7	Ernesto Ledesma
FW	8	Pedro Rocha
FW	9	Héctor Silva
FW	10	José Sasía
FW	11	Juan Joya
Manager:
Roque Máspoli

Second leg

12 April 1965

Peñarol	3–1	Independiente
Gonçalves 14' Reznik 43' Rocha 46'		De la Mata, Jr. 88'

Centenario, MontevideoAttendance: 45,000Referee: Yamasaki (Peru)

Peñarol

Independiente


GK	1	Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
DF	2	Carlos Pérez
DF	3	Luis Varela
MF	4	Pablo Forlán
MF	5	Néstor Gonçalves
MF	6	Omar Caetano
FW	7	Ernesto Ledesma
FW	8	Pedro Rocha
FW	9	Héctor Silva
FW	10	José Sasía
FW	11	Juan Joya
Substitutes:
		Miguel Reznik
Manager:
Roque Máspoli


GK	1	Miguel Santoro
DF	2	Rubén Navarro
DF	3	José Paflik
MF	4	Roberto Ferreiro
MF	5	David Acevedo
MF	6	Juan C. Guzmán
FW	7	Rául Bernao
FW	8	Osvaldo Mura
FW	9	Luis Suárez
FW	10	Roque Avallay
FW	11	Raúl Savoy
Substitutes:
		Vicente de la Mata, Jr.
Manager:
Manuel Giúdice

Playoff

Some moments of the playoffs in Santiago de Chile. At right, Mura and Decaria celebrating 15 April 1965Playoff

Independiente	4–1	Peñarol
Pérez 10' (o.g.) Bernao 27' Avallay 33' Mura 82'	Report	Joya 44'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago de ChileAttendance: 40,000Referee: Yamasaki (Peru)

Independiente

Peñarol


GK	1	Miguel Santoro
DF	2	Rubén Navarro
DF	3	Raúl Decaria
MF	4	Roberto Ferreiro
MF	5	David Acevedo
MF	6	Juan C. Guzmán
FW	7	Rául Bernao
FW	8	Osvaldo Mura
FW	9	De la Mata, Jr.
FW	10	Roque Avallay
FW	11	Raúl Savoy
Substitutes:
MF		Miguel A. Mori
Manager:
Manuel Giúdice


GK	1	Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
DF	2	Carlos Pérez
DF	3	Luis Varela
MF	4	Pablo Forlán
MF	5	Néstor Gonçalves
MF	6	Omar Caetano
FW	7	Ernesto Ledesma
FW	8	Pedro Rocha
FW	9	Miguel Reznik
FW	10	Héctor Silva
FW	11	Juan Joya
Substitutes:
FW		José Sasía
Manager:
Roque Máspoli

References

1965. Independiente: campeón de América ¡Otra vez!, El Gráfico, 20 Apr 2020
Copa Libertadores 1964 by José Luis Pierrend, John Beuker, Pablo Ciullini and Osvaldo José Gorgazzi on RSSSF

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