1981 Copa Libertadores

The 1981 edition of the Copa Libertadores saw Flamengo (BRA) as the champions after defeating Cobreloa (CHI) in the finals.

Group stage

Nacional bye to the second round as 1980 title holders.

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Deportivo Cali	8	6	4	0	2	10	6	4
River Plate	7	6	3	1	2	9	6	3
Rosario Central	6	6	3	0	3	11	7	4
Junior	3	6	1	1	4	3	14	-11

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Peñarol	11	6	5	1	0	13	3	10
Bella Vista	9	6	4	1	1	16	5	11
Estudiantes de Mérida	2	6	0	2	4	5	14	-9
Portuguesa	2	6	0	2	4	1	13	-12

Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Flamengo	8	6	2	4	0	14	9	5
Atlético Mineiro	8	6	2	4	0	8	6	2
Cerro Porteño	4	6	1	2	3	9	12	-3
Olimpia	4	6	0	4	2	1	5	-4

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3 July 1981	Atletico Mineiro	2–2	Flamengo	Belo Horizonte, Mineirao Ref: José Roberto Wright(Brazil) Attendance: 63,153
	Éder  28'  63'		Nunes  65' Marinho  85'

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7 July 1981	Cerro Porteño	0–0	Olimpia	Assuncion, Defensores del Chaco

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14 July 1981	Flamengo	5–2	Cerro Porteño	Rio de Janeiro, Maracanã Ref: Carlos MontalvanBrazil) Attendance: 25,967
	Zico  20'  27' Baroninho  47' Nunes  62'  62'		Jimenes  62' Dos Santos  90'

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17 July 1981	Olimpia	0–0	Atletico Mineiro	Assuncion, Defensores del Chaco

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21 July 1981	Cerro Porteño	0–1	Atletico Mineiro	Assuncion, Defensores del Chaco

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24 July 1981	Flamengo	1–1	Olimpia	Rio de Janeiro, Maracanã Ref: Abel Gnecco Attendance: 38,718
	Adilio  22'		Solalinde  60'

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17 July 1981	Atletico Mineiro	1–0	Olimpia	Belo Horizonte, Mineirao

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17 July 1981	Atletico Mineiro	2–2	Cerro Porteño	Belo Horizonte, Mineirao

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7 August 1981	Flamengo	2–2	Atletico Mineiro	Rio de Janeiro, Maracanã Ref: Carlos Rosa Martins Attendance: 62,763
	Nunes  67' Tita  69'		Palhinha  62' Reinaldo  69'

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7 July 1981	Olimpia	0–3	Cerro Porteño	Assuncion, Defensores del Chaco

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11 August 1981	Cerro Porteño	2–4	Flamengo	Assuncion, Defensores del Chaco Ref: Roque Cerullo Attendance: 13,000
	Acost  69' Jimenes  72'		Baroninho  7' Zico  58'  65'  70'

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11 August 1981	Olimpia	0–0	Flamengo	Assuncion, Defensores del Chaco Ref: José Martizez Bazan Attendance: 25,000

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First Place Playoff Match	Score
Flamengo	0
Atlético Mineiro	0

• Match awarded to Flamengo at 37' because Atlético had 6 players left after 5 sendings-off. Flamengo was winning by 1 x 0. The referee was Jose Roberto Wright.

Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
The Strongest	8	6	4	0	2	13	9	4
Jorge Wilstermann	8	6	4	0	2	9	9	0
Barcelona	6	6	3	0	3	8	8	0
Técnico Universitário	2	6	1	0	5	11	15	-4

First Place Playoff Match	Score
The Strongest	1
Jorge Wilstermann	4

Group 5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cobreloa	9	6	3	3	0	14	3	11
Sporting Cristal	8	6	3	2	1	9	11	-2
Universidad de Chile	6	6	2	2	2	8	6	2
Atlético Torino	1	6	0	1	5	5	16	-11

Semi-finals

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Flamengo	8	4	4	0	0	10	2	8
Deportivo Cali	3	4	1	1	2	2	5	-3
Jorge Wilstermann	1	4	0	1	3	3	8	-5

2 October 1981	Deportivo Cali	0–1	Flamengo	Cali, Estádio Pascual Guerrero Ref: Mário Lira Attendance: 50,000
			Nunes  1'

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13 October 1981	Jorge Wilstermann	1–2	Flamengo	Cochabamba, Estadio Félix Capriles Ref: Enrique Labo
	Melgar  53'		Baroninho  13' Adilio  64'

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16 October 1981	Deportivo Cali	0–0	Jorge Wilstermann	Cali, Estádio Pascual Guerrero

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23 October 1981	Flamengo	3–0	Deportivo Cali	Rio de Janeiro, Maracanã Ref: Juan Cardelino Attendance: 28,847
	Zico  9'  82' Chiquinho  57'

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27 October 1981	Deportivo Cali	1–1	Jorge Wilstermann	Cali, Estádio Pascual Guerrero

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30 October 1981	Flamengo	4–1	Jorge Wilstermann	Rio de Janeiro, Maracanã Ref: Jorge Orellana Attendance: 7,520
	Nunes  9' Adilio  39' Anselmo  87' Chiquinho  90'		Tarborga  2'

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cobreloa	7	4	3	1	0	9	5	4
Nacional	3	4	0	3	1	5	6	-1
Peñarol	2	4	0	2	2	4	7	-3

Finals

Main article: 1981 Copa Libertadores Finals

13 November 1981	Flamengo	2 – 1	Cobreloa	Rio de Janeiro, Maracanã Attendance: 93,985 Referee: Esposito (Argentina)
	Zico  12'  30' (pen)		Merello  65'

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20 November 1981	Cobreloa	1 – 0	Flamengo	Santiago, Estadio Nacional Attendance: 61,721 Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)
	Merello  84'

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23 November 1981	Flamengo	2 – 0	Cobreloa	Montevideo, Estadio Centenario Attendance: 30,200 Referee: Roque Cerullo (Uruguay)
	Zico  18'  84'

Flamengo

Cobreloa

Flamengo: GK 20 Raul RB 19 Nei Dias CB 4 Marinho CB 14 Mozer LB 5 Júnior DM 6 Andrade  35' MF 2 Leandro AM 10 Zico (c) FW 12 Tita CF 9 Nunes 86' FW 8 Adílio Substitutes: CF 25 Anselmo 86'  89' Manager: Paulo César Carpegiani

Cobreloa: GK 1 Oscar Wirth RB 2 Hugo Tabilo CB 3 Juan Páez 40' CB 4 Mario Soto  90' LB 20 Enzo Escobar DM 6 Eduardo Jiménez  35' CM 14 Armando Alarcón  23' CM 8 Victor Merello RW 11 Hector Puebla CF 9 Jorge Luis Siviero 24' LW 15 Washington Olivera Substitutes: FW 7 Oscar Múñoz 40' Manager: Vicente Cantatore

Man of the Match: Zico Assistant referees: Juan Cardelino Ramón Barreto Champions Copa Libertadores 1981 Winners Clube de Regatas do Flamengo First Title References External links (Spanish) CONMEBOL Official Website: 1981 Copa Libertadores RSSSF: Copa Libertadores 1981