1985 Copa Libertadores

1985 Copa Libertadores de América

Tournament details
Dates	March 3 – October 24
Teams	21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Argentinos Juniors (1st title)
Runners-up	América de Cali
Tournament statistics
Matches played	74
Goals scored	183 (2.47 per match)
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The 1985 edition of Copa Libertadores was won by Argentinos Juniors, of Argentina for the first time, after defeating América of Colombia in a penalty shootout, following a playoff game after the two-legged final finished level.

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method
CONMEBOL (1 berth)	Independiente	1984 Copa Libertadores champion
Argentina (2 berths)	Ferro Carril Oeste	1984 Nacional champion
	Argentinos Juniors	1984 Metropolitano champion
Bolivia (2 berths)	Blooming	1984 Primera División champion
	Oriente Petrolero	1984 Primera División runner-up
Brazil (2 berths)	Fluminense	1984 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
	Vasco da Gama	1984 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up
Chile (2 berths)	Colo-Colo	1983 Primera División champion
	Magallanes	1983 Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores winner
Colombia (2 berths)	América de Cali	1984 Campeonato Profesional champion
	Millonarios	1984 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
Ecuador (2 berths)	El Nacional	1984 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champion
	9 de Octubre	1984 Campeonato Ecuatoriano runner-up
Paraguay (2 berths)	Guaraní	1984 Primera División champion
	Cerro Porteño	1984 Primera División runner-up
Peru (2 berths)	Sport Boys	1984 Primera División champion
	Universitario	1984 Primera División runner-up
Uruguay (2 berths)	Peñarol	1984 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores winner
	Bella Vista	1984 Liguilla Pre-Libertadores runner-up
Venezuela (2 berths)	Deportivo Táchira	1984 Primera División champion
	Deportivo Italia	1984 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 Argentina competed as Independiente was champion of the 1984 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Semifinals.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARG	FER	FLU	VAS
1	Argentinos Juniors	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	9	Semifinals		—	0–1	1–0	2–2
2	Ferro Carril Oeste	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4	9			1–3	—	1–0	2–0
3	Fluminense	6	0	3	3	3	6	−3	3			0–1	0–0	—	3–3
4	Vasco da Gama	6	0	3	3	6	11	−5	3			1–2	0–2	0–0	—

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Argentinos Juniors	3–1	Ferro Carril Oeste

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BLO	OPE	TAC	ITA
1	Blooming	6	5	1	0	20	4	+16	11	Semifinals		—	1–1	6–3	8–0
2	Oriente Petrolero	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5	8			0–1	—	3–2	3–1
3	Deportivo Táchira	6	1	2	3	9	12	−3	4			0–1	1–1	—	0–0
4	Deportivo Italia	6	0	1	5	2	20	−18	1			0–3	0–3	1–3	—

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AME	CPO	MIL	GUA
1	América de Cali	6	2	4	0	5	2	+3	8	Semifinals		—	2–0	0–0	2–1
2	Cerro Porteño	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	7			0–0	—	0–0	3–1
3	Millonarios	6	1	3	2	5	5	0	5			0–0	0–2	—	5–1
4	Guaraní	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	4			1–1	0–0	2–0	—

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PEÑ	COL	MAG	BVI
1	Peñarol	6	5	1	0	10	3	+7	11	Semifinals		—	3–1	1–0	1–0
2	Colo-Colo	6	3	0	3	10	8	+2	6			1–2	—	2–0	2–0
3	Magallanes	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	5			1–1	1–3	—	2–1
4	Bella Vista	6	1	0	5	3	9	−6	2			0–2	2–1	0–1	—

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NAC	UNI	9OC	SBA
1	El Nacional	6	5	1	0	13	4	+9	11	Semifinals		—	4–1	3–1	2–0
2	Universitario	5	2	1	2	8	6	+2	5			1–1	—	—	4–0
3	9 de Octubre	4	2	0	2	6	4	+2	4			0–1	1–0	—	4–0
4	Sport Boys	5	0	0	5	1	14	−13	0			1–2	0–2	—	—

Semi-finals

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARG	IND	BLO
1	Argentinos Juniors	4	2	2	0	6	4	+2	6	Finals		—	2–2	1–0
2	Independiente	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	4			1–2	—	2–0
3	Blooming	4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	2			1–1	1–1	—

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AME	NAC	PEÑ
1	América de Cali	4	2	1	1	10	3	+7	5	Finals		—	5–0	4–0
2	El Nacional	4	2	0	2	4	7	−3	4			2–0	—	2–0
3	Peñarol	4	1	1	2	3	7	−4	3			1–1	2–0	—

Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Argentinos Juniors	-	América de Cali	1–0	0-1

Playoff

América de Cali v Argentinos Juniors

24 October 1985	América de Cali	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Argentinos Juniors	Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
	Gareca 42'	Report	Commisso 37'
	Penalties
	Gareca Soto Herrera Cabañas de Ávila		Olguín Batista Pavoni Borghi Videla

Champion

Copa Libertadores 1985 Winner
Argentinos Juniors First Title

External links

• Copa Libertadores 1985 by Karel Stokkermans at RSSSF
• Colombian clubs in Copa Libertadores by Frank Ballasteros at RSSSF

This page was last edited on 12 October 2023, at 18:51