1965 Copa Libertadores finals

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.

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 →

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.^[1] Therefore the Diablos Rojos won their 2nd Copa Libertadores title.^[2]

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

Independiente	1–0	Peñarol
Bernao 83'	Report

1965 Copa Libertadores finals

9 April 1965

First leg

Independiente, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: 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

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Second leg

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

12 April 1965

Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: 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

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Playoff

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

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

15 April 1965

Playoff

Estadio Nacional, Santiago de Chile

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: 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

1. 1965. Independiente: campeón de América ¡Otra vez!, El Gráfico, 20 Apr 2020
2. Copa Libertadores 1964 by José Luis Pierrend, John Beuker, Pablo Ciullini and Osvaldo José Gorgazzi on RSSSF