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21st season of Copa Libertadores
1980 Copa Libertadores de América
Tournament details
DatesFebruary 16 – August 6
Teams21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsUruguay Nacional (2nd title)
Runners-upBrazil Internacional
Tournament statistics
Matches played75
Goals scored160 (2.13 per match)
← 1979 1981 →
International football competition

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 Argentina VEL Argentina RIV Peru SCR Peru CHA
1 Argentina Vélez Sársfield 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 10 Qualified to the Semifinals — 0–0 2–0 5–2
2 Argentina River Plate 6 4 2 0 10 3 +7 10 0–0 — 3–2 3–0
3 Peru Sporting Cristal 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 3 0–1 1–2 — 0–0
4 Peru 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 Uruguay NAC Bolivia STR Uruguay DEF Bolivia ORI
1 Uruguay Nacional 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 10 Qualified to the Semifinals — 2–0 1–0 5–0
2 Bolivia The Strongest 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 7 3–0 — 2–0 3–2
3 Uruguay Defensor Sporting 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 4 0–3 1–1 — 1–1
4 Bolivia 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 Brazil INT Brazil VAS Venezuela GAL Venezuela TAC
1 Brazil Internacional 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 9 Qualified to the Semifinals — 2–1 2–0 4–0
2 Brazil Vasco da Gama 6 3 2 1 7 2 +5 8 0–0 — 4–0 1–0
3 Venezuela Deportivo Galicia 6 3 1 2 4 7 −3 7 2–1 0–0 — 1–0
4 Venezuela 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 Colombia AME Ecuador CAT Colombia SFE Ecuador EME
1 Colombia América de Cali 6 4 1 1 11 7 +4 9 Qualified to the Semifinals — 1–0 1–0 4–1
2 Ecuador Universidad Católica 6 3 0 3 10 5 +5 6 4–2 — 1–0 5–0
3 Colombia Santa Fe 6 2 1 3 5 5 0 5 1–1 1–0 — 1–2
4 Ecuador 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 Chile OHI Paraguay CER Chile COL Paraguay SOL
1 Chile O'Higgins 6 2 2 2 8 6 +2 6 Qualified to the Semifinals — 0–0 1–3 2–0
2 Paraguay Cerro Porteño 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 6 1–0 — 5–3 0–0
3 Chile Colo-Colo 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 6 1–1 2–1 — 1–1
4 Paraguay 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 Brazil INT Colombia AME Argentina VEL
1 Brazil Internacional 4 2 2 0 4 1 +3 6 Qualified to the Final — 0–0 3–1
2 Colombia América de Cali 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0–0 — 0–0
3 Argentina 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 Uruguay NAC Paraguay OLI Chile OHI
1 Uruguay Nacional 4 3 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Qualified to the Final — 1–1 2–0
2 Paraguay Olimpia 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 5 0–1 — 2–0
3 Chile O'Higgins 4 0 0 4 0 6 −6 0 0–1 0–1 —
Source:

Finals

Main article: 1980 Copa Libertadores Finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Internacional Brazil 0–1 Uruguay Nacional 0–0 0–1

Champion

Copa Libertadores
1980 Champions
Uruguay
Nacional
Second Title

External links

Copa Libertadores
Seasons
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