# 1969 Copa Libertadores

The 1969 Copa Libertadores de América was the 10th edition of the Copa Libertadores, a football competition contested between the top clubs of the CONMEBOL federation. Estudiantes won the competition defeating Nacional 4–0 on points over two-legs. The CBD declared that no Brazilian club would play in the 1969 Copa Libertadores de América, since Brazil disagreed on the format of the tournament, whose dates would conflict with the preparation of the national team for the 1970 World Cup Qualifying matches.

## Qualified teams

| Country | Team | Qualification method |
| CONMEBOL 1 berth | Estudiantes | 1968 Copa Libertadores de América winners |
| Argentina 2 berths | None | |
| Argentina 2 berths | None | |
| Bolivia 2 berths | Bolívar | 1968 Primera División champion |
| Bolivia 2 berths | Litoral | 1968 Primera División runner-up |
| Brazil 2 berths | None | |
| Brazil 2 berths | None | |
| Chile 2 berths | Santiago Wanderers | 1968 Primera División champion |
| Chile 2 berths | Universidad Católica | 1968 Primera División runner-up |
| Colombia 2 berths | Unión Magdalena | 1968 Campeonato Profesional champion |
| Colombia 2 berths | Deportivo Cali | 1968 Campeonato Profesional runner-up |
| Ecuador 2 berths | Deportivo Quito | 1968 Campeonato Ecuatoriano Serie A champion |
| Ecuador 2 berths | Barcelona | 1968 Campeonato Ecuatoriano Serie A runner-up |
| Paraguay 2 berths | Olimpia | 1968 Primera División champion |
| Paraguay 2 berths | Cerro Porteño | 1968 Primera División runner-up |
| Peru 2 berths | Sporting Cristal | 1968 Torneo Descentralizado champion |
| Peru 2 berths | Juan Aurich | 1968 Torneo Descentralizado runner-up |
| Uruguay 2 berths | Peñarol | 1968 Primera División champion |
| Uruguay 2 berths | Nacional | 1968 Primera División runner-up |
| Venezuela 2 berths | Unión Deportiva Canarias | 1968 Primera División champion |
| Venezuela 2 berths | Deportivo Italia | 1968 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. One club from Argentina competed as Estudiantes was champion of the 1968 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Semifinals.
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |
| Colombia  Venezuela | Chile  Peru | Bolivia  Paraguay | Ecuador  Uruguay |

## Group stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CAL | ITA | MAG | CAN |
| 1 | Deportivo Cali | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 8 | Qualified to the Second round | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Deportivo Italia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | Qualified to the Second round | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Unión Magdalena | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Unión Deportiva Canarias | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | WAN | CRI | CAT | JA |
| 1 | Santiago Wanderers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 6 | | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Sporting Cristal | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 3–3 |
| 3 | Universidad Católica | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 6 | 1–3 | 3–2 | | 1–2 |
| 4 | Juan Aurich | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 6 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | |

#### Tiebreakers

* Note: After 6 matches, there was a quadruple tie. So, there were two extra rounds as tiebreaker.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CAT | WAN | CRI | JA |
| 1 | Universidad Católica | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | Qualified to the Second round | | | | 4–1 |
| 2 | Santiago Wanderers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Qualified to the Second round | | | 1–1 | |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | | 1–2 | | | |
| 4 | Juan Aurich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | | | 0–1 | | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CER | OLI | BOL | LIT |
| 1 | Cerro Porteño | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 9 | Qualified to the Second round | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 | Qualified to the Second round | 1–2 | | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Bolívar | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Litoral | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 1 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | |

#### Tiebreaker

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Olimpia | 2–1 | Bolívar |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PEÑ | NAC | QUI | BAR |
| 1 | Peñarol | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 9 | Qualified to the Second round | | 1–1 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Nacional | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 8 | Qualified to the Second round | 2–2 | | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Deportivo Quito | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 5 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Barcelona | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 2 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |

## Second round
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CAT | CER | ITA |
| 1 | Universidad Católica | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | Qualified to the Semi-finals | | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | | 0–0 | | 1–0 |
| 3 | Deportivo Italia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | | 3–2 | 0–0 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NAC | CAL | WAN |
| 1 | Nacional | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 | Qualified to the Semi-finals | | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Deportivo Cali | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 3 | | 1–5 | | 5–1 |
| 3 | Santiago Wanderers | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 2 | | 1–1 | 3–3 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PEÑ | OLI |
| 1 | Peñarol | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Qualified to the Semi-finals | | 1–1 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | | 0–1 | |

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Universidad Católica | 2–6 | Estudiantes | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Nacional | 2–1 | Peñarol | 2–0 | 0–1 |

### Tiebreaker

* Nacional qualify due to better goal difference in the three matches.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Nacional | 0–0 | Peñarol |

## Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Nacional | 0–3 | Estudiantes | 0–1 | 0–2 |

## Champion

* Copa Libertadores de América 1969 Champion
* Estudiantes Second Title