The 1975 Copa Libertadores finals was the final two-legged tie to determine the 1975 Copa Libertadores champion. It was contested by Argentine club Independiente and Chilean club Unión Española. The first leg of the tie was played on 18 June in Santiago,A cuarenta años del triunfo de Unión Española en la final de ida por Copa Libertadores on CDF website, 18 June 2015 with the second leg played on 25 June in Avellaneda. Under the rules of the time, if a team won the first match and the other won the second, or if the matches were two ties, a tie-breaking match would take place.
Independiente won the series after winning a tie-breaking playoff 2–0 at Asunción's Estadio Defensores del Chaco,1975 Copa Libertadores by John Beuker and Pablo Ciullini on the RSSSF achieving its fourth consecutive Copa Libertadores title.Independiente y una hazaña irrepetible: logró cuatro Libertadores seguidas on Infobae, 28 June 2013
This is so far the only time a team won the Copa Libertadores four times in a row. No team has even won third in a row since then.
Qualified teams Team Previous finals app. Unión Española None Independiente 1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974
Venues
Match details
First leg
GK 1 Leopoldo Vallejos DF 2 Juan Machuca (c) DF 5 Hugo Berly DF 4 Mario Soto DF 3 Antonio Arias MF 8 Rubén Palacios MF 9 Francisco Las Heras MF 13 Reinaldo Hoffmann MF 14 Alejandro Trujillo FW 12 Sergio Ahumada FW 10 Jorge SpedalettiSubstitutes: MF Eddio Inostroza FW Luis Miranda Manager: Luis Santibáñez
GK José Alberto Pérez DF Eduardo Commisso DF Francisco Sá (c) DF Alejandro Semenewicz DF 13 Ricardo Pavoni MF 10 Ricardo Bochini MF Rubén Galván MF Percy Rojas FW Agustín Balbuena FW Ricardo Ruiz Moreno FW Daniel Bertoni Substitutes: FW Luis Giribet Manager: Pedro Dellacha
Second leg
GK José Alberto Pérez DF Eduardo Commisso DF Francisco Sá (c) DF Alejandro Semenewicz DF 13 Ricardo Pavoni MF MF 10 Ricardo Bochini MF Rubén Galván FW Agustín Balbuena FW Ricardo Ruiz Moreno FW Percy Rojas FW Daniel Bertoni Manager: Pedro Dellacha
GK Leopoldo Vallejos DF Juan Machuca (c) DF Hugo Berly DF Mario Soto DF Antonio Arias MF Rubén Palacios MF Francisco Las Heras MF Eddio Inostroza MF Leonardo Véliz FW Sergio Ahumada FW Jorge SpedalettiSubstitutes: DF Mario Maldonado MF Alejandro Trujillo Manager: Luis Santibáñez
Playoff
GK José Alberto Pérez DF Eduardo Commisso DF Francisco Sá (c) DF Miguel Ángel López DF 13 Ricardo Pavoni MF Alejandro Semenewicz MF Rubén Galván MF 10 Ricardo Bochini FW Agustín Balbuena FW Ricardo Ruiz Moreno FW Daniel Bertoni Substitutes: FW Hugo Saggiorato Manager: Pedro Dellacha
GK Leopoldo Vallejos DF Juan Machuca (c) DF Mario Maldonado DF Manuel Gaete DF Antonio Arias MF Alejandro Trujillo MF Rubén Palacios MF Eddio Inostroza MF Leonardo Véliz FW Sergio Ahumada FW Jorge SpedalettiSubstitutes: MF Francisco Las Heras Manager: Luis Santibáñez
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