1996 Supercopa Libertadores finals

The 1996 Supercopa Libertadores Finals was a two-legged football series to determine the winner of the 1996 Supercopa Libertadores. The finals were contested by Argentine club Vélez Sarsfield and Brazilian side Cruzeiro and held in November–December 1996.

1996 Supercopa Libertadores Finals

Event	1996 Supercopa Libertadores
Cruzeiro Vélez Sarsfield 0 3
(on aggregate)
First Leg
Cruzeiro Vélez Sarsfield 0 1
Date	November 20, 1996
Venue	Estadio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Referee	Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
Second Leg
Vélez Sarsfield Cruzeiro 2 0
Date	December 4, 1996
Venue	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires
Referee	Julio Matto (Uruguay)
Attendance	45,000

In the first leg, held in Estadio Mineirão in Belo Horizonte, Vélez Sarsfield beat Cruzeiro 1–0. In the second leg, played at José Amalfitani Stadium, Velez Sarsfield was also the winner by 2–0 totalizing 3–0 on aggregate, in order to claim their first Supercopa Libertadores title.

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals app.
Velez Sarsfield	None
Cruzeiro	1988, 1991, 1992

Bold indicates winning years

Venues

Mineirao (left) and José Amalfitani Stadium, venues for the series

Route to the final

Further information: 1996 Supercopa Libertadores

Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.

Cruzeiro			Round	Velez Sarsfield
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
Nacional (won 4–2 on aggregate)	Away	1–1	First round	Grêmio (won 4–3 on aggregate)	Away	3–3
	Home	3–1			Home	1–0
Boca Juniors (tied 1–1 on aggregate, won on penalties)	Away	0–0	Quarter-finals	Olimpia (won 4–0 on aggregate)	Home	3–0
	Home	1–1 (7–6 p)			Away	0–1
Colo-Colo (won 7–2 on aggregate)	Home	3–2	Semi-finals	Santos (won 3–2 on aggregate)	Away	1–2
	Away	0–4			Home	1–1

Match details

First leg

November 20, 1996

Cruzeiro	0–1	Velez Sarsfield
		Chilavert 87'

Estadio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Cruzeiro

Vélez Sársfield

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Second leg

December 4, 1996

Second leg

Velez Sarsfield	2–0	Cruzeiro
Camps 05' Gelson 8' (o.g.)	Report

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Julio Matto (Uruguay)

Vélez Sársfield

Cruzeiro

GK	1	José Luis Chilavert
DF	4	Flavio Zandoná		79'
DF	2	Víctor Sotomayor
DF	6	Mauricio Pellegrino (c)		83'
DF	3	Raúl Cardozo
MF	17	Guillermo Morigi
MF	18	Claudio Husaín
MF	5	Marcelo Gómez
MF	7	Christian Bassedas
FW	11	Martín Posse		78'
FW	10	Patricio Camps		71'
Substitutions:
FW	9	Omar Asad		71'
FW		Fernando Pandolfi		78'
DF		Sebastián Méndez		79'
Manager:
Osvaldo Piazza

GK	1	Dida
DF	2	Vitor
DF	3	Gilmar		83'
DF	13	Gelson Baresi
DF	6	Nonato (c)		54'
MF	5	Fabinho
MF	8	Ricardinho
MF	7	Ailton
MF	10	Palhinha		73'
FW	9	Cleisson
FW	15	Paulinho McLaren
Substitutions:
FW		Da Silva
MF		Donizete Olivera		73'  85'
Manager:
Levir Culpi