1996 Supercopa Sudamericana

1996 Supercopa Sudamericana
1996 Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange
Tournament details
Dates August 21 – December 4
Teams 17 (from 6 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Vélez Sársfield (1st title)
Runners-up Cruzeiro
Tournament statistics
Matches played 34
Goals scored 82 (2.41 per match)
Top scorer(s) Patricio Camps
(4 goals)
1995
1997

The 1996 Supercopa Sudamericana was the ninth season of the Supercopa Sudamericana, a club football tournament for past Copa Libertadores winners. Vélez Sársfield won the competition for the first time, defeating Cruzeiro 3–0 on aggregate in the final.

Contents

First round

The matches were played from 21 August to 2 October.

With 17 teams taking part, the first round consisted of 7 two-legged and a round robin group consisting of the remaining 3 teams.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Peñarol 1–5 Santos 1–2 0–3
Independiente 0–1 Flamengo 0–0 0–1
River Plate 3–4 Atlético Nacional 2–2 1–2
Olimpia 3–3 (5-3 p) São Paulo 2–1 1–2
Estudiantes 3–6 Colo-Colo 2–4 1–2
Nacional 2–4 Cruzeiro 1–1 1–3
Grêmio 3–4 Vélez Sársfield 3–3 0–1
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Argentinos Juniors 0–2 Boca Juniors
Argentinos Juniors 0–1 Racing
Boca Juniors 1–1 Racing
Racing 1–2 Argentinos Juniors
Boca Juniors 3–0 Argentinos Juniors
Racing 0–0 Boca Juniors
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Boca Juniors 4 2 2 0 6 1 +5 8 Quarter finals
2 Racing 4 1 3 0 2 1 +1 6
3 Argentinos Juniors 4 0 1 3 0 6 −6 1

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Quarter finals

The matches were played from 16 October to 24 October.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Santos 3–3 (7-6 p) Atlético Nacional 2–0 1–3
Vélez Sársfield 4–0 Olimpia 3–0 1–0
Flamengo 1–2 Colo-Colo 1–1 0–1
Boca Juniors 1–1 (6-7 p) Cruzeiro 0–0 1–1

Semi-finals

The matches were played from 30 October to 14 November.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Cruzeiro 7–2 Colo-Colo 3–2 4–0
Santos 2–3 Vélez Sársfield 1–2 1–1

Final

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Cruzeiro 0–3 Vélez Sársfield 0–1 0–2
1996 Supercopa
Sudamericana Winners

Vélez Sársfield
First Title

See also

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