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)

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.

Group stage

Club Atlético Independiente were given a bye to the second round as holders.

Group A

Team	Pts	PP	W	D	L	GF	GC	DG
Argentinos Juniors	9	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4
Ferro Carril Oeste	9	6	4	1	1	7	3	+4
Fluminense	3	6	0	3	3	3	6	-3
Vasco da Gama	2	6	0	2	4	6	11	-5

First Place playoff

• Sept 11: Argentinos 3-1 Ferro Carril Oeste

Group B

Team	Pts	PP	W	D	L	GF	GC	DG
Blooming	11	6	5	1	0	20	4	+16
Oriente Petrolero	8	6	3	2	1	11	6	+5
Deportivo Táchira	4	6	1	2	3	9	12	-3
Deportivo Italia	1	6	0	1	5	2	20	-18

Group C

Team	Pts	PP	W	D	L	GF	GC	DG
América	8	6	2	4	0	5	2	+3
Cerro Porteño	7	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2
Millonarios	5	6	1	3	2	5	5	+0
Guaraní	4	6	1	2	3	6	11	-5

Group D

Team	Pts	PP	W	D	L	GF	GC	DG
Peñarol	11	6	5	1	0	10	3	+7
Colo-Colo	6	6	3	0	3	10	8	+2
Magallanes	5	6	2	1	3	5	8	-3
Bella Vista	2	6	1	0	5	3	9	-6

Group E

Team	Pts	PP	W	D	L	GF	GC	DG
El Nacional	11	6	5	1	0	13	4	+9
Universitario	5	5	2	1	2	8	6	+2
9 de Octubre	4	4	2	0	2	6	4	+2
Sport Boys	0	5	0	0	5	1	14	-13

Semi-finals

Group 1

Team	Pts	PP	W	D	L	GF	GC	DG
América	5	4	2	1	1	10	3	+7
El Nacional	4	4	2	0	2	4	7	-3
Peñarol	3	4	1	1	2	3	7	-4

Group 2

Team	Pts	PP	W	D	L	GF	GC	DG
Argentinos Juniors	6	4	2	2	0	6	4	+2
Independiente	4	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1
Blooming	2	4	0	2	2	2	5	-3

Final

Squads

Both teams used 16 players over the three legs of the final.

1st leg

Argentinos Juniors v América

1985-10-17

Argentinos Juniors	1 – 0	América
Commisso  40'

Buenos Aires

2nd leg

América v Argentinos Juniors

1985-10-22

América	1 – 0	Argentinos Juniors
Ortiz  4'

Cali

playoff game

América v Argentinos Juniors

1985-10-24

América	1 – 1	Argentinos Juniors
Gareca  42'		Commisso  37'
	Penalties
Gareca Soto Herrera Cabañas de Ávila	4 – 5	Olguín Batista Pavoni Borghi Videla

Asunción

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