Located in the city of León, province of Guanajuato
First Match
01/02/1967 Santos FC (BRA) 2-1 River Plate (ARG) (1-1)
[Pelé 45' pen, Edú 87'; Ermindo Onega 43']
Santos: Gilmar, Lima, Oberdán (Mauro 59') (Geraldino 64'), Orlando, Rildo, Boaglaux
(Wilson 73'), Clodoaldo, Amaury (Abel 46'), Toninho, Pelè, Edú.
R. Plate: Amadeo Carrizo (Hugo O. Gatti 37'), Aníbal Bordón, Juan Carlos Guzmán, Carlos Panizo,
Abel Vieytez (Norberto Sáinz 80'), Jorge Solari, Roberto Matosas, Luis Cubilla,
Juan Carlos Lallana (Daniel Onega 76'), Ermindo Onega, Delém (José Luis Cruz 46')
Referee: Diego de Leo (ITA)
Second Match
02/02/1967 Club León (MEX) 3-2 River Plate (ARG) (1-1)
[Gabriel Mata 43', Salvador Reyes 69', Manuel López 80'; José Luis Cruz 5', 55']
León: Marcos Gallardo, Roberto López, Gil Loza, Efraín Loza, Olegario Montalvo, Salvador Enríquez,
Salvador Reyes, Manuel López, Carlos Barajas, Gabriel Mata (Luis Estrada 60'), Sergio Anaya.
R. Plate: Amadeo Carrizo, Aníbal Bordón, Carlos Panizo (Norberto Sáinz 46'), Juan Carlos Guzmán,
Roberto Matosas, Jorge Solari, Daniel Bayo (Roberto Zywica 67'), Luis Cubilla, Juan Carlos Lallana,
Delém (Ermindo Onega 46'), José Luis Cruz (Daniel Onega 69').
Referee: Felipe Buergo (MEX)
NB: The stadium had been opened previously on Oct. 16, 1966 with the match between
León and América (2-1), for the Mexican League.
25th Anniversary Estadio León 1992
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