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{{Short description|4th season of Copa Libertadores}}
{{Infobox International Football Competition
|tourney_name= Copa de Campeones de América
|year=1963
|other_titles=
|dates=April 7 – September 11
|num_teams=9
|confederations=8
|champion_other={{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Santos FC|Santos]]
|count=2
|second_other={{flagicon|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]
|matches=19
|goals=63
|attendance=
|top_scorer={{flagicon|ARG}} [[José Sanfilippo]] (7 goals)
|player=
|prevseason=[[1962 Copa Libertadores|1962]]
|nextseason=[[1964 Copa Libertadores|1964]]
}}
The '''1963 Copa de Campeones de América''' was the fourth season of [[South America]]'s premier club [[Association football|football]] tournament. Nine teams entered with [[Bolivia]] and [[Venezuela]] not sending a representative.

This competition was notable for the participation of many world class stars such as [[José Sanfilippo]], [[Pelé]], [[Garrincha]], [[Antonio Rattín]], [[Alberto Spencer]] and [[Jairzinho]], among others. The ''Alvinegro da Vila'', usually regarded as the greatest football club team ever, defeated their semifinal and final opponents in stylish fashion which included a 4–0 victory over [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]] in the fabled [[Estádio do Maracanã]], and a 2–1 win in [[Estadio Alberto J. Armando|La Bombonera]], home of [[Boca Juniors]]. In a classic South American match-up, [[1962 Copa Libertadores|defending champions]] [[Santos FC|Santos]] defeated the ''Xeneixes'' on both legs of the final to retain the title.

==Qualified teams==
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
!width=100|Country
!width=200|Team
!Qualification method
!App
!Last
!Previous Best
|-
|[[CONMEBOL]]<br><small>1 berth</small>
|[[Santos FC|Santos]]
|[[1962 Copa Libertadores|1962 Copa de Campeones]] winners
|2nd
|[[1962 Copa Libertadores|1962]]
|champion
|-
|{{flag|Argentina}}<br><small>1 berth</small>
|[[Boca Juniors]]
|[[Primera División Argentina 1962|1962 Primera División]] champion
|colspan=3 align=center|first
|-
|{{flag|Brazil|1889}}<br><small>1 berth</small>
|[[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]
|[[1962 Taça Brasil]] runner-up
|colspan=3 align=center|first
|-
|{{CHI}}<br><small>1 berth</small>
|[[C.F. Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]]
|1962 [[Primera División de Chile|Primera División]] champion
|2nd
|[[1960 Copa Libertadores|1960]]
|preliminary round
|-
|{{COL}}<br><small>1 berth</small>
|[[Club Deportivo Los Millonarios|Millonarios]]
|[[1962 Campeonato Profesional]] champion
|3rd
|[[1962 Copa Libertadores|1962]]
|semifinals
|-
|{{ECU}}<br><small>1 berth</small>
|[[Club Deportivo Everest|Everest]]
|[[1962 Campeonato Ecuatoriano de Fútbol]] champion
|colspan=3 align=center|first
|-
|{{flag|Paraguay|1954}}<br><small>1 berth</small>
|[[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]]
|1962 [[Primera División de Paraguay|Primera División]] champion
|3rd
|[[1961 Copa Libertadores|1961]]
|runner-up
|-
|{{PER}}<br><small>1 berth</small>
|[[Alianza Lima]]
|[[Primera División Peruana 1962|1962 Primera División]] champion
|colspan=3 align=center|first
|-
|{{URU}}<br><small>1 berth</small>
|[[Peñarol]]
|[[1962 Uruguayan Primera División|1962 Primera División]] champion
|4th
|[[1962 Copa Libertadores|1962]]
|champion (2)
|}

==Format and tie-breaking criteria==
Due to the uneven number of teams, the first round became a group stage with two groups of three and one group of two. The format for the semifinals and the finals remained the same as the previous season.

At each stage of the tournament teams receive 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and no points for a loss. If two or more teams are equal on points, the following criteria will be applied to determine the ranking in the group stage:

#a [[one-game playoff]];
#superior goal difference;
#draw of lots.

==First round==
Eight teams were drawn into two groups of three and one group of two. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Semifinals. [[Santos FC|Santos]], the title holders, had a [[bye (sports)|bye]] to the next round.

=== Group 1===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="165"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld |Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W |Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D |Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L |Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts |Points}}
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]
|4||4||0||0||5||1||+4||'''8'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|PER}} [[Alianza Lima]]
|4||1||1||2||2||3||−1||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Club Deportivo Los Millonarios|Millonarios]]
|4||0||1||3||0||3||−3||'''1'''
|}

{{football box
|date=April 24, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[Alianza Lima]] {{flagicon|PER}}
|score=0–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|COL}} [[Club Deportivo Los Millonarios|Millonarios]]
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Lima]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date=May 26, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[Club Deportivo Los Millonarios|Millonarios]] {{flagicon|COL}}
|score=0–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|PER}} [[Alianza Lima]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Víctor Zegarra|Zegarra]] {{goal|}}
|stadium=[[Bogotá]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date=June 30, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[Alianza Lima]] {{flagicon|PER}}
|score=0–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Élton Fensterseifer|Fensterseifer]]{{goal|}}
|stadium=[[Lima]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date=July 7, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[Club Deportivo Los Millonarios|Millonarios]] {{flagicon|COL}}
|score=0–2
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Antoninho (footballer, born 1921)|Antoninho]] {{goal|}}<br>[[Rildo da Costa Menezes|Rildo]] {{goal|}}
|stadium=[[Bogotá]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date=July 31, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]] {{flagicon|BRA|1889}}
|score={{Ref label|wo|A|}}
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|COL}} [[Club Deportivo Los Millonarios|Millonarios]]
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Rio de Janeiro]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date=July 24, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]] {{flagicon|BRA|1889}}
|score=2–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|PER}} [[Alianza Lima]]
|goals1=[[Jairzinho]] {{goal|}}<br>[[Nilton Santos|Santos]] {{goal|}}
|goals2=[[Enrique Tenemás|Tenemás]] {{goal|}}
|stadium=[[Rio de Janeiro]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

===Group 2===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="165"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld |Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W |Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D |Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L |Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts |Points}}
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Peñarol]]
|2||2||0||0||14||1||+13||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Club Deportivo Everest|Everest]]
|2||0||0||2||1||14||−13||'''0'''
|}

{{football box
|date=June 9, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[Club Deportivo Everest|Everest]] {{flagicon|ECU}}
|score=0–5
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|URU}} [[Peñarol]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[José Francisco Sasía|Sasía]] {{goal|}}{{goal|}}{{goal|}}<br>[[Pedro Rocha (Uruguayan footballer)|Rocha]] {{goal|}}{{goal|}}
|stadium=[[Guayaquil]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date=July 7, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[Peñarol]] {{flagicon|URU}}
|score=9–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|ECU}} [[Club Deportivo Everest|Everest]]
|goals1=[[Alberto Spencer|Spencer]] {{goal|}}{{goal|}}{{goal|}}{{goal|}}{{goal|}}<br>[[Roberto Matosas|Matosas]] {{goal|}}{{goal|}}<br>[[Pedro Rocha (Uruguayan footballer)|Rocha]] {{goal|}}<br>[[Julio Abbadie|Abbadie]] {{goal|}}
|goals2=[[Pedro Gandó|Gandó]] {{goal|}}
|stadium=[[Montevideo]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

===Group 3===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="165"|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld |Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W |Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D |Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L |Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts |Points}}
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]
|4||3||0||1||9||6||+3||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Paraguay|1954}} [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]]
|4||2||0||2||7||10||−3||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[C.F. Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]]
|4||1||0||3||7||7||0||'''2'''
|}

{{football box
|date=April 7, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]] {{flagicon|Paraguay|1954}}
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]
|goals1=[[Benicio Ferreira|Ferreira]] {{goal|}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Asunción]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date=April 14, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[Boca Juniors]] {{flagicon|ARG}}
|score=5–3
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Paraguay|1954}} [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]]
|goals1=[[Paulo Valentim|Valentim]] {{goal|}}{{goal|}}<br>[[Norberto Menéndez|Menéndez]] {{goal|}}{{goal|}}<br>[[Omar Oreste Corbatta|Corbatta]] {{goal|}}
|goals2=[[Eladio Zárate|Zárate]] {{goal|}}{{goal|}}<br>[[Enio Segovia|Segovia]] {{goal|}}
|stadium=[[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date=June 26, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[Boca Juniors]] {{flagicon|ARG}}
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|CHI}} [[C.F. Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]]
|goals1=[[Alberto Mario González|González]] {{goal|}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date=July 17, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[C.F. Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]] {{flagicon|CHI}}
|score=4–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Paraguay|1954}} [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]]
|goals1=[[Ernesto Alvarez|Alvarez]] {{goal|}}{{goal|}}<br>[[Ruben Marcos|Marcos]] {{goal|}}<br>[[Braulio Musso|Musso]] {{goal|}}
|goals2=[[Félix Arámbulo|Arámbulo]] {{goal|}}
|stadium=[[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date=July 24, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]] {{flagicon|Paraguay|1954}}
|score=2–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|CHI}} [[C.F. Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]]
|goals1=[[Gerardo Núñez|Núñez]] {{goal|}}{{goal|}}
|goals2=[[Alfonso Sepúlveda|Sepúlveda]] {{goal|}}
|stadium=[[Asunción]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date=July 31, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[C.F. Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]] {{flagicon|CHI}}
|score=2–3
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]
|goals1=[[Carlos Campos Sánchez|Campos]] {{goal|}}{{goal|}}
|goals2=[[José Sanfilippo|Sanfilippo]] {{goal|}}{{goal|}}{{goal|}}
|stadium=[[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]] 
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

==Knockout stage==
===Bracket===
{{4TeamBracket-2legs
| seeds=no 
| RD1 = Semi-finals 
| RD1-team1   = {{flagdeco|URU}} [[Peñarol]]
| RD1-score1-1= 1
| RD1-score1-2= 0
| RD1-score1-agg= '''1'''
| RD1-team2   = {{flagdeco|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]
| RD1-score2-1= 2
| RD1-score2-2= 1
| RD1-score2-agg= '''3'''
 
| RD1-team3   = {{flagdeco|BRA}} [[Santos FC|Santos]]
| RD1-score3-1= 1
| RD1-score3-2= 4
| RD1-score3-agg= '''5'''
| RD1-team4   = {{flagdeco|BRA}} [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]
| RD1-score4-1= 1
| RD1-score4-2= 0
| RD1-score4-agg= '''1'''

| RD2 = Final
| RD2-team1   = {{flagdeco|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]
| RD2-score1-1= 2
| RD2-score1-2= 1
| RD2-score1-agg= '''3'''
| RD2-team2  = {{flagdeco|BRA}} [[Santos FC|Santos]]
| RD2-score2-1= 3
| RD2-score2-2= 2
| RD2-score2-agg= '''5'''
}} 
Four teams were drawn into two groups. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away. The top team in each group advanced to the Finals.

===Group A===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=175 |Team
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|Pld |Played}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|W |Won}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|D |Drawn}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|L |Lost}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|Pts |Points}}
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]||2||2||0||0||3||1||+2||'''4'''
|- 
|align=left|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Peñarol]]||2||0||0||2||1||3||−2||'''0'''
|}

{{football box
|date=August 7, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[Peñarol]] {{flagicon|URU}}
|score=1–2
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]
|goals1=[[Rubén Alfredo Magdalena|Magdalena]] {{goal|80}}
|goals2=[[Paulo Valentim|Valentim]] {{goal|26||88}}
|stadium=[[Montevideo]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date=August 17, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[Boca Juniors]] {{flagicon|ARG}}
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|URU}} [[Peñarol]]
|goals1=[[José Sanfilippo|Sanfilippo]] {{goal|47}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

===Group B===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=175 |Team
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|Pld |Played}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|W |Won}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|D |Drawn}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|L |Lost}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|Pts |Points}}
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Santos FC|Santos]]||2||1||1||0||5||1||+4||'''3'''
|- 
|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]||2||0||1||1||1||5||−4||'''1'''
|}

{{football box
|date=August 22, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[Santos FC|Santos]] {{flagicon|BRA|1889}}
|score=1–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]
|goals1=[[Pelé]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2=[[Jairzinho]] {{goal|60}}
|stadium=[[São Paulo]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date=August 28, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]] {{flagicon|BRA|1889}}
|score=0–4
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Santos FC|Santos]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Pelé]] {{goal|11||15||33}}<br>[[Antônio Lima dos Santos|Lima]] {{goal|82}}
|stadium=[[Rio de Janeiro]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

==Finals==
{{main|1963 Copa Libertadores Finals}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=175 |Team
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|Pld |Played}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|W |Won}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|D |Drawn}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|L |Lost}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}}
!width=20 |{{Tooltip|Pts |Points}}
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Santos FC|Santos]]||2||2||0||0||5||3||+2||'''4'''
|- 
|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]||2||0||0||2||3||5||−2||'''0'''
|}

{{football box
|date=September 3, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[Santos FC|Santos]] {{flagicon|BRA|1889}}
|report=
|score=3–2
|team2={{flagicon|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]
|goals1=[[Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório|Coutinho]] {{goal|2||21}}<br>[[Antônio Lima dos Santos|Lima]] {{goal|28}}
|goals2=[[José Sanfilippo|Sanfilippo]] {{goal|43||89}}
|stadium=[[Estádio do Maracanã]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|attendance=100,000
|referee=[[Marcel Albert Bois]] ([[France Football Association|France]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date=September 11, 1963
|time=
|team1=[[Boca Juniors]] {{flagicon|ARG}}
|report=
|score=1–2
|team2={{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Santos FC|Santos]]
|goals1=[[José Sanfilippo|Sanfilippo]] {{goal|46}}
|goals2=[[Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório|Coutinho]] {{goal|50}}<br>[[Pelé]] {{goal|82}}
|stadium=[[Estadio Alberto J. Armando|Estadio Camilo Cichero]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance=50,000
|referee=[[Marcel Albert Bois]] ([[France Football Association|France]])
}}

== Champion ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
!Copa Libertadores de América<br />1963 Champion
|-
|{{flagicon|BRA|size=100px}}<br>'''[[Santos FC|Santos]]'''<br/>'''Second Title'''
|}

==Top goalscorers==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Pos
!Player
!Team
!Goals
|-
|align=center|1
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[José Sanfilippo]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]
|align=center|7
|-
|align=center rowspan=2|2
|{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Pelé]]
|{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Santos FC|Santos]]
|align=center|5
|-
|{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Alberto Spencer]]
|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Peñarol]]
|align=center|5
|-
|align=center|4
|{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Paulo Valentim]]
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Boca Juniors]]
|align=center|4
|-
|align=center rowspan=2|5
|{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório|Coutinho]]
|{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Santos FC|Santos]]
|align=center|3
|-
|{{flagicon|URU}} [[José Francisco Sasía]]
|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Peñarol]]
|align=center|3
|}

==Footnotes==
{{refbegin}}
:A.&nbsp;{{note|wo}}Not played after Millonarios (already eliminated) preferred paying a fine of USD 4,500 rather than traveling to Rio for the match; points awarded to Botafogo but no goals.
{{refend}}

==External links==
{{commons cat}}
*[http://www.conmebol.com/competiciones_evento_index_previo.jsp?evento=1081&ano=1963&slangab=E Copa Libertadores 1963] at CONMEBOL website
*[https://www.rsssf.org/sacups/copa63.html Copa Libertadores 1963] at RSSSF

{{Copa Libertadores Seasons}}

[[Category:1963 in South American football|1]]
[[Category:Copa Libertadores seasons]]