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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | February 25 – July 30 |
| Teams | 21 (from 10 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Cruzeiro (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  River Plate |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 76 |
| Goals scored | 208 (2.74 per match) |
The Copa Libertadores 1976 was the 17th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. The tournament began on February 23 and ended on July 30.
Cruzeiro won the competition, being the first Brazilian team, after Pelé's Santos, to win the continental competition. During the tournament, Cruzeiro suffered a great setback: the loss of the player Roberto Batata, who died in a car crash.
Qualified teams
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 1975 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Semifinals.
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Group stage
Group 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RIV
|
EST
|
 POR
|
DGA
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | River Plate
|
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 10 | Qualified to Semi-Finals | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | |
| 2 | Estudiantes
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Portuguesa
|
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 5 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 4 | Deportivo Galicia
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |
Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  LDQ
|
CDC
|
 BOL
|
GUA
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LDU Quito
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 8 | Qualified to the 1st Place Playoff | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Deportivo Cuenca
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Bolívar
|
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 6 | 3–2 | 4–2 | — | 7–1 | ||
| 4 | Guabirá
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |