Copa Libertadores Football betting - Season 2005 Preview

Centrebet offers South American Copa Libertadores betting odds throughout the South American equivalent of Europe's Champions League football tournament. Soccer historians acknowledge that the 1948 Copa de Campeones in which seven sides - Colo Colo (Chile), Emelec (Ecuador), Litoral (Bolivia), Municipal (Peru), Nacional (Uruguay), River Plate (Argentina) and Vasco da Gama (Brazil) - led to the development of the Copa Libertadores, which kicked off in 1960 with just seven entrants.

Copa Libertadores Football betting options with Centrebet:

Centrebet offers a range of Copa Libertadores betting options, which allow punters dozens of betting options on every Copa Libertadores game, from the group phase through to the final. Punters can bet on everything from the match result to the identity of the contest's first goal scorer. Futures betting odds are also available throughout the season, which enables punters to back one or more side for title glory at any stage. Check Centrebet's secure football betting site for current match odds.

Like the Champions League, the Copa Libertadores has grown from a small acorn to a tall oak tree. Thirty-six teams took part in the 2004 competition, with Colombian club Once Caldas beating Argentine giant Boca Juniors on penalties to become the 19th team to claim the title.

Independiente is the most successful side in Copa Libertadores history with seven victories. The other winners are: Boca Juniors, Penarol (five times); Estudiantes, Nacional, Olimpia (three times); Cruzeiro, Gremio, River Plate, Santos, Sao Paulo (twice); Argentinos Juniors, Atletico Nacional, Colo Colo, Flamengo, Once Caldas, Palmeiras, Racing Club, Vasco da Gama, Velez Sarsfield (once). Since 1980, the triumphant team has met the European champion in the Toyota Cup.

Copa Libertadores holders boast a fair record against Europe's rich clubs in the aforementioned match on Japanese soil. Nacional beat Nottingham Forest in the inaugural match and the ledger stands at 12 victories for each continent following Milan's penalty loss to Boca Juniors in 2003.

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Domestic football tournaments in South America's other countries include the Argentine, Chilean, Peruvian and Uruguayan competitions, which have opening and closing leagues (apertura and clausura as they say in Spanish). The identity of the title winner(s) in these competitions is clear, but relegation is complicated - requiring a calculator and lots of statistics to fathom.

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This page last modified 22th October 2004.