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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
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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.

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

Route to the final

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

Cruzeiro	0–1	Velez Sarsfield
		Chilavert 87'

Cruzeiro

Vélez Sársfield

Second leg

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

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

References

1. ^ Supercopa 1996 - Full details on the RSSSF
2. Vélez campeón Supercopa on C.A. Vélez Sársfield, 3 Dec 2018
3. Vélez y su gloriosa época on Conmebol, 4 Dec 2014

• 1996 in South American football
• Football in Buenos Aires
• Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield matches
• Cruzeiro Esporte Clube matches
• Supercopa Libertadores finals