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1974 Copa Libertadores de América
Tournament details
Dates	February 5 – October 19
Teams	21 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Independiente (5th title)
Runners-up	São Paulo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	76
Goals scored	180 (2.37 per match)
	← 1973 1975 →

The Copa Libertadores 1974 was the 15th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. Defending champions Independiente won the competition, bagging their fifth consecutive title.

Qualified teams

Country	Team	Qualification method
CONMEBOL (1 berth)	Independiente	1973 Copa Libertadores champion
Argentina (2 berths)	Rosario Central	1973 Nacional champion
Argentina (2 berths)	Huracán	1973 Metropolitano champion
Bolivia (2 berths)	Jorge Wilstermann	1973 Primera División champion
Bolivia (2 berths)	Deportivo Municipal	1973 Primera División runner-up
Brazil (2 berths)	Palmeiras	1973 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champion
Brazil (2 berths)	São Paulo	1973 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runner-up
Chile (2 berths)	Unión Española	1973 Primera División champion
Chile (2 berths)	Colo-Colo	1973 Primera División runner-up
Colombia (2 berths)	Atlético Nacional	1973 Campeonato Profesional champion
Colombia (2 berths)	Millonarios	1973 Campeonato Profesional runner-up
Ecuador (2 berths)	El Nacional	1973 Campeonato Ecuatoriano champion
Ecuador (2 berths)	Universidad Católica	1973 Campeonato Ecuatoriano runner-up
Paraguay (2 berths)	Cerro Porteño	1973 Primera División champion
Paraguay (2 berths)	Olimpia	1973 Primera División runner-up
Peru (2 berths)	Defensor Lima	1973 Primera División champion
Peru (2 berths)	Sporting Cristal	1973 Primera División runner-up
Uruguay (2 berths)	Peñarol	1973 Primera División champion
Uruguay (2 berths)	Nacional	1973 Primera División runner-up
Venezuela (2 berths)	Portuguesa	1973 Primera División champion
Venezuela (2 berths)	Valencia	1973 Primera División runner-up

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 1973 Copa Libertadores. They entered the tournament in the Semifinals.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5
Argentina Chile	Bolivia Brazil	Colombia Venezuela	Ecuador Peru	Paraguay Uruguay

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	HUR	ROS	UNI	COL
1	Huracán	6	5	1	13	4	+9	10	Qualified to the Semifinals	—	1–0	5–1	2–0
2	Rosario Central	6	5	1	11	2	+9	10		1–0	—	4–0	2–0
3	Unión Española	6	2	4	6	14	−8	4		1–3	0–1	—	2–1
4	Colo-Colo	6	0	6	3	13	−10	0		1–2	1–3	0–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Tiebreaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Huracán	4–0	Rosario Central

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	SAO	PAL	MUN	WIL
1	São Paulo	6	4	2	0	14	5	+9	10	Qualified to the Semifinals	—	2–0	3–3	5–0
2	Palmeiras	6	3	0	3	7	5	+2	6		1–2	—	3–0	2–0
3	Deportivo Municipal	6	1	2	3	9	11	−2	4		1–1	0–1	—	5–2
4	Jorge Wilstermann	6	2	0	4	4	13	−9	4		0–1	1–0	1–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	MIL	NAC	POR	VAL
1	Millonarios	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	9	Qualified to the Semifinals	—	2–1	2–1	2–1
2	Atlético Nacional	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	7		0–3	—	3–0	2–1
3	Portuguesa	6	2	2	2	4	5	−1	6		2–0	0–0	—	0–0
4	Valencia	6	0	2	4	4	8	−4	2		1–1	1–2	0–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	DEF	NAC	CAT	SCR
1	Defensor Lima	6	4	1	1	7	2	+5	9	Qualified to the Semifinals	—	2–1	1–0	2–0
2	El Nacional	6	3	2	1	9	3	+6	8		0–0	—	2–0	3–0
3	Universidad Católica	6	1	2	3	2	5	−3	4		1–0	0–0	—	0–0
4	Sporting Cristal	6	1	1	4	3	11	−8	3		0–2	1–3	2–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	PEÑ	CER	OLI	NAC
1	Peñarol	6	3	2	1	5	3	+2	8	Qualified to the Semifinals	—	1–0	0–0	0–2
2	Cerro Porteño	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	7		1–1	—	1–0	2–2
3	Olimpia	6	1	3	2	4	5	−1	5		0–2	1–1	—	2–0
4	Nacional	6	1	2	3	6	8	−2	4		0–1	1–2	1–1	—