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1977 Copa Libertadores finals
	Boca Juniors (in white shirt), champions
Event	1977 Copa Libertadores
	Tied 2–2 on points; after a playoff match,; Boca Juniors won 5–4 on penalties
First leg
Date	6 September 1977
Venue	Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires
Referee	Roque Cerullo (Uruguay)
Attendance	60,000
Second leg
Date	11 September 1977
Venue	Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Referee	César Orozco (Peru)
Attendance	80,000
Play-off
	After extra time
Date	14 September 1977
Venue	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Referee	Vicente Llobregat, (Venezuela)
Attendance	60,000
	← 1976 1978 →

The 1977 Copa Libertadores finals was the final two-legged tie to determine the 1977 Copa Libertadores champion. It was contested by Argentine club Boca Juniors and Brazilian club Cruzeiro. The first leg of the tie was played on 6 September at Boca Juniors' home field, La Bombonera, while the second leg was played on 11 September at Cruzeiro's venue, Estadio Mineirão. It was Boca Juniors and Cruzeiro 2nd Copa Libertadores finals.

In the two-leg finals, both finalists won one game each. In the tie-breaking playoff, Boca Juniors won the series through a 5–4 penalty shootout at Montevideo's Estadio Centenario,^[1]^[2] therefore winning their first Copa Libertadores after the final lost in 1963 v. Santos.^[3]

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals app.
Boca Juniors	1963
Cruzeiro	1976

Bold indicates winning years

Rules

The finals were played over two legs; home and away. The team that accumulated the most points —two for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss— after the two legs would be crowned the champion. If the two teams tied on points after the second leg, a playoff in a neutral venue would become the next tie-breaker.

Stadiums

Fltr: La Bombonera, Mineirao and Estadio Centenario, venues for the series

Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Boca Juniors

Round

Cruzeiro

Opponent

Result

Group stage

Opponent

Result

River Plate

1–0 (H)

Matchday 1

–

Defensor Sporting

0–0 (A)

Matchday 2

–

Peñarol

1–0 (A)

Matchday 3

–

Defensor Sporting

2–0 (H)

Matchday 4

–

Peñarol

1–0 (H)

Matchday 5

–

River Plate

0–0 (A)

Matchday 6

–

Group 1 winners

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Boca Juniors	6	4	2	0	5	0	+5	10
River Plate	6	1	4	1	5	5	0	6
Defensor Sporting	6	1	3	2	5	7	-2	5
Peñarol	6	1	1	4	7	10	-3	3

Final standings

As current champions, Cruzeiro started to compete directly in semifinals

Opponent

Result

Semifinals

Opponent

Result

Libertad

1–0 (H)

Matchday 1

Internacional

1–0 (A)

Libertad

0–1 (A)

Matchday 1

Portuguesa

4–0 (A)

Deportivo Cali

1–1 (H)

Matchday 3

Internacional

0–0 (H)

Deportivo Cali

1–1 (A)

Matchday 4

Portuguesa

2–1 (H)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Boca Juniors	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	6
Deportivo Cali	4	0	3	1	3	4	-1	3
Libertad	4	1	1	2	2	3	-1	3

final standings

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cruzeiro	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	7
Internacional	4	1	1	2	2	5	-3	3
Portuguesa	4	1	0	3	5	8	-3	2

Match details

First leg

1977 Copa Libertadores finals

6 September 1977

First leg

Boca Juniors	1–0	Cruzeiro
Veglio 4'	Report

La Bombonera, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Roque Cerullo (Uruguay)

Boca Juniors

Cruzeiro


GK	1	Hugo Gatti
DF	4	Vicente Pernía
DF	2	Francisco Sá	59'
DF	6	Roberto Mouzo
DF	3	Alberto Tarantini
MF	9	Carlos Veglio
MF	5	Rubén Suñé (c)
MF	18	Mario Zanabria
FW	7	Ernesto Mastrángelo
FW	20	Daniel S. Pavón	63'
FW	11	Darío Felman
Substitutes:
DF	14	José Luis Tesare	59'
MF	17	Héctor Bernabitti	63'
Manager:
Juan Carlos Lorenzo


GK		Raul
DF		Nelinho
DF		Darci (c)
DF		Morais
DF		Vanderlei
MF		Zé Carlos
MF		Eduardo
MF		Eli Carlos
FW		Eli Mendes
FW		Neca
FW		Joãozinho
Manager:
Yustrich

Second leg

11 September 1977

Second leg

Cruzeiro	1–0	Boca Juniors
Nelinho 76'	Report

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Orozco, (Peru)

Cruzeiro

Boca Juniors


GK	Raul
DF	Nelinho
DF	Morais
DF	Darci (c)
DF	Vanderlei
MF	Eli Carlos	64'
MF	Eduardo
MF	Zé Carlos
FW	Eli Mendes
FW	Neca
FW	Joãozinho
Substitutes:
MF	Livio	64'
Manager:
Yustrich


GK	1	Hugo Gatti
DF	4	Vicente Pernía
DF	14	José Luis Tesare
DF	6	Roberto Mouzo
DF	3	Alberto Tarantini
MF	10	Jorge Ribolzi
MF	5	Rubén Suñé (c)
MF	18	Mario Zanabria
FW	7	Ernesto Mastrángelo
FW	9	Carlos Veglio	80'
FW	11	Darío Felman	72'
Substitutes:
FW	20	Daniel S. Pavón	80'
FW	25	Carlos Ortíz	72'
Manager:
Juan Carlos Lorenzo

Playoff

14 September 1977

Playoff

Boca Juniors	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Cruzeiro
	Report
Penalties
Mouzo Tesare Zanabria Pernía Felman	5–4	Darci Neca Morais Livio Vanderlei

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Vicente Llobregat, (Venezuela)

Boca Juniors

Cruzeiro


GK	1	Hugo Gatti
DF	4	Vicente Pernía
DF	14	José Luis Tesare
DF	6	Roberto Mouzo
DF	3	Alberto Tarantini
MF	8	Jorge Benítez	72'
MF	5	Rubén Suñé (c)
MF	18	Mario Zanabria
FW	7	Ernesto Mastrángelo
FW	9	Carlos Veglio
FW	11	Darío Felman
Substitutes:
DF	10	Jorge Ribolzi	72' 90'
MF	20	Daniel S. Pavón	90'
Manager:
Juan Carlos Lorenzo


GK	Raul
DF	Nelinho	60'
DF	Darci (c)
DF	Morais
DF	Vanderlei
MF	Zé Carlos
MF	Eduardo
MF	Eli Carlos	46'
FW	Eli Mendes
FW	Neca
FW	Joãozinho
Substitutes:
MF	Livio	46'
DF	Mariano	60'
Manager:
Yustrich

Notes

Once the playoff extra time finished, Venezuelan referee Vicente Llobregat did not allow Boca Juniors coaching staff to enter the pitch to talk with the men chosen to kick the penalties. Therefore manager Juan Carlos Lorenzo took pen and paper to write the names of players designed to kick, they were Pernía, Tesare, Zanabria, Felman and Mouzo. On the bottom, he wrote the word "abajo" (down) to indicate them where to shoot.

Because of coaching staffs were not allowed to enter the field, one of the ball boys gave the paper to captain Rubén Suñé, then the players ordering themselves to kick the penalties.^[1]

Look, I'm gonna be sincere to you because I'm not in the mood for jokes. The ball impacted on me. I moved and the ball impacted on me. Vanderley shot directly to my left side and we won the cup. It was the destiny.^[1]
— Hugo Gatti, who stopped the last penalty that allowed Boca Juniors to win the Copa Libertadores for the first time in its history