Copa Interamericana 1979

Unofficial Series

Participants:
Olimpia (Asunción)      [winners Copa Libertadores 1979]
América (Cd. de México) [winners CONCACAF Cup 1977]

After Olimpia had won the Copa Libertadores, they arranged to play América,
winners of the CONCACAF Champions Cup two years before; América considered
themselves the reigning champions of the confederation, although CONCACAF had
declared that the 1978 edition, which had not finished properly, was shared
between the three regional winners: Universidad Guadalajara for North America,
Comunicaciones for Central America, and Defence Force for the Caribbean.

Nevertheless, América and Olimpia played the first leg in Ciudad de México
before CONCACAF declared they did not endorse the series (as América were
not its current champions) one day before the return; thus, in the end the
matches were mere friendlies.

First Leg
Sunday, September 9, 1979, 12:00h
Estadio Azteca, México DF; att: 45,000.
CF AMÉRICA (MEX) 0-0 CLUB OLIMPIA (PAR)

AME: Héctor Miguel Zelada, Mario Alberto Trejo, Alfredo Tena, Eduardo Rergis, Jesús Martínez, Javier García, 
     Antonio de la Torre, Jose Dirceu Guimaraes, Osvaldo Bill Faria (Agustín Manzo 46'), Cristóbal Ortega, Miguel Ángel Gamboa.
Coach: José Antonio Roca.

OLI: Ever Hugo Almeida, Alberto Giudice, Roberto Paredes, Alcides Sosa, Miguel Piazza, Luis Torres, Carlos Kiese, Hugo Talavera, 
     Evaristo Isasi, Mauro Céspedes, Osvaldo Aquino.
Coach: Luis Cubilla (URU).

Referee: Enrique Mendoza Guillén (MEX)

Second Leg
Monday, September 24, 1979, 21:00h
Estadio de los Defensores del Chaco, Asunción; att: 6,000.
CLUB OLIMPIA (PAR) 1-0 CF AMÉRICA (MEX) 0:0
  [Carlos Yaluk 56']

OLI: Ever Hugo Almeida, Alberto Giudice (Alicio Solalinde), Roberto Paredes, Alcides Sosa, Miguel Piazza, Luis Torres, 
     Carlos Alberto Kiese, Osvaldo Aquino, Carlos Yaluk (Jorge Guasch 2t), Mauro Céspedes, Eduardo Ortiz.
Coach: Luis Cubilla (URU).

AME: Héctor Miguel Zelada, Mario Alberto Trejo, Alfredo Tena, Eduardo Rergis (Agustín Manzo 2t), Jesús Martínez, Antonio De la Torre, 
     Javier García, Javier Cárdenas (Cristóbal Ortega 25'), Jorge Da Silva, Osvaldo Bill Faria, Miguel Ángel Gamboa.
Coach: José Antonio Roca.

Referee: Héctor Ortiz (PAR)

Official Series

Participants:
Olimpia (Asunción)      [winners Copa Libertadores 1979]
CD FAS (Santa Ana)      [winners CONCACAF Cup 1979]

First leg
Sunday, February 17, 1980 
Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador; att: 30,000.
CD F.A.S. (SLV) 3-3 CLUB OLIMPIA (PAR) (0:2)
  [Roberto Raúl Casadei 58’, 72’, Amado Abraham 69’pen; Alicio Solalinde 5’, Evaristo Isasi 28’, 60’]

FAS: Mauricio Humberto Castillo, Guillermo “Billy” Rodríguez Bou, Héctor Alcides Piccioni (Marco Ramírez), Gonzalo Henríquez, 
     Carlos Humberto Recinos, Manuel Jovino Álvarez, Alejandro Amado Abraham, Alfredo Edgardo Erazo, Juan Gilberto Quinteros, 
     David Arnoldo Cabrera (Jorge Alberto “Mágico” González), Roberto Raúl Casadei. 
Coach: José Eugenio Castro.

OLI: Ever Hugo Almeida, Alicio Solalinde, Roberto Paredes, Rubén “Toto” Giménez, Alberto Giudice, Luis Torres, Carlos Alberto Kiese, 
     Miguel María Michelagnoli (Rogelio Delgado), Evaristo Isasi, Carlos Yaluk, Osvaldo Aquino (Eduardo Ortiz). 
Coach: Pedro Cubilla (URU).

Referee: Carlos Luis Alfaro (CRC)

Second leg
Sunday, March 16, 1980 
Estadio de los Defensores del Chaco, Asunción; att: 18,516.
CLUB OLIMPIA (PAR) 5-0 CD F.A.S. (SLV) (2:0) 
  [Oswaldo Aquino 12’, Miguel María Michelagnoli 43’, 58’, 81’, Eduardo Ortiz 60’]

OLI: Ever Hugo Almeida, Alicio Solalinde, Rubén Roberto Paredes, Flaminio Sosa, Daniel Di Bartolomeo, Ernesto Luis Torres, 
     Carlos Alberto Kiese, Oswaldo Aquino, Evaristo Isasi (Eduardo Ortiz 7’), Carlos Yaluk (Julio Juan Díaz 70’), Miguel María Michelagnoli. 
Coach: Luis Alberto Cubilla (URU).

FAS: Mauricio Humberto Castillo, Carlos Humberto Recinos, Gonzalo Henríquez (Héctor Alcides Piccioni 20’), Jaime Rodríguez, 
     Guillermo Rodríguez Bou, Norberto A. Huezo Montoya, Alejandro Amado Abraham, Manuel Jovino Álvarez, Jorge Alberto “Mágico” González, 
     David Arnoldo Cabrera (Roberto Raúl Casadei 35’), Alfredo Edgardo Erazo. 
Coach: José Eugenio Castro (SLV).

Referee: Edison Pérez Núñez (PER)
A1: Juan Silvegno (CHI)
A2: Luis Larrosa (URU)

1977 finals

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