1969 Copa Interamericana

1969 Copa Interamericana

Estudiantes LP, champions
Event	Copa Interamericana
Toluca Estudiantes (LP) 3 6
(on aggregate, after playoff)
First leg
Toluca Estudiantes (LP) 1 2
Date	February 13, 1969
Venue	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee	Clemente Ruggero (El Salvador)
Second leg
Estudiantes (LP) Toluca 1 2
Date	February 19, 1969
Venue	Estudiantes Stadium, La Plata
Referee	José Dimas (Paraguay)
Playoff
Estudiantes (LP) Toluca 3 0
Date	February 21, 1969
Venue	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Referee	Carlos Tejada (Peru)
1971 →

The 1969 Copa Interamericana was the 1st. edition of the Copa Interamericana. The final was contested by Argentine club Estudiantes de la Plata (champion of 1968 Copa Libertadores) and Mexican side Deportivo Toluca (winner of 1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup). The final was played under a two-leg format in February 1969.^[1]

In the first leg, hosted at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Estudiantes beat Toluca 2–1. In the second leg at Estudiantes Stadium in La Plata, Toluca was the winner by the same score. As both teams tied on points and goal difference, a playoff was held in Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, where Estudiantes defeat Toluca 3–0 and therefore the team won their first Interamericana trophy,^[2][3]

Team	Qualification	Previous app.
Estudiantes (LP)	1968 Copa Libertadores	None
Toluca	1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup winner	None

Fltr: Estadio Azteca, Estudiantes Stadium and Estadio Centenario, venues for the series

1969 Copa Interamericana

February 13, 1969

First leg

Toluca	1–2	Estudiantes (LP)
Ruvalcaba 21'	Report	Conigliaro 1' Bilardo 31'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Clemente Ruggero (El Salvador)

Toluca

Estudiantes (LP)

GK Florentino López DF José Vantolrá DF Rogelio Solís DF Oreco DF Jorge Arévalo MF Tomás Reynoso MF Felipe Ruvalcaba MF Albino Morales FW Juan Dosal FW Francisco Linares FW Vicente Pereda Manager: Ignacio Trellés

GK Alberto Poletti DF Eduardo Luján Manera DF Ramón Aguirre Suárez DF Raúl Horacio Madero DF Oscar Malbernat MF Carlos Bilardo MF Carlos Pachamé MF Eduardo Flores FW Felipe Ribaudo  89' FW Marcos Conigliaro FW Juan Ramón Verón Substitutes FW Juan M. Etchecopar  89' Manager: Osvaldo Zubeldía

February 19, 1969

Second leg

Estudiantes (LP)	1–2	Toluca
J.R. Verón 17'	Report	Linares 33' Morales 77'

Estudiantes Stadium, La Plata

Referee: José Dimas (Paraguay)

Estudiantes (LP)

Toluca

GK Alberto Poletti DF Eduardo Luján Manera DF Ramón Aguirre Suárez DF Raúl Horacio Madero DF Oscar Malbernat MF Carlos Bilardo MF Carlos Pachamé MF Eduardo Flores FW Felipe Ribaudo FW Marcos Conigliaro FW Juan Ramón Verón Manager: Osvaldo Zubeldía

GK Florentino López DF José Vantolrá DF Rogelio Solís DF Oreco DF Jorge Arévalo MF Tomás Reynoso MF Jesús Romero Reyes MF Albino Morales FW Juan Dosal FW Francisco Linares FW Vicente Pereda Ignacio Trellés

February 21, 1969

Playoff

Estudiantes (LP)	3–0	Toluca
Flores 8' Conigliaro 44', 79'	Report

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Referee: Carlos Tejada (Peru)

Estudiantes (LP)

Toluca

GK Alberto Poletti DF Eduardo Luján Manera DF Ramón Aguirre Suárez DF Raúl Horacio Madero DF Oscar Malbernat MF Carlos Bilardo MF Carlos Pachamé MF 10 Eduardo Flores FW Felipe Ribaudo  75' FW Marcos Conigliaro FW Juan Ramón Verón Substitutes: FW Juan M. Etchecopar  75' Manager: Osvaldo Zubeldía

GK Florentino López DF José Vantolrá DF Rogelio Solís DF Oreco DF Jorge Arévalo MF Tomás Reynoso  45' MF Jesús Romero Reyes MF Albino Morales FW Juan Dosal FW Francisco Linares FW Vicente Pereda Substitutes: FW José L. Estrada  45' Manager: Ignacio Trellés