| 1996 Supercopa Libertadores Finals | |
| Event: | 1996 Supercopa Libertadores |
| Team1: | Cruzeiro |
| Team1association: |  |
| Team1score: | 0 |
| Team2: | Vélez Sarsfield |
| Team2association: |  |
| Team2score: | 3 |
| Details: | (on aggregate) |
| Firstleg: | First Leg |
| Team1score1: | 0 |
| Team2score1: | 1 |
| Date1: | November 20, 1996 |
| Stadium1: | Estadio Mineirão |
| City1: | Belo Horizonte |
| Referee1: | Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) |
| Secondleg: | Second Leg |
| Team1score2: | 0 |
| Team2score2: | 2 |
| Date2: | December 4, 1996 |
| Stadium2: | José Amalfitani Stadium |
| City2: | Buenos Aires |
| Referee2: | Julio Matto (Uruguay) |
| Attendance2: | 45,000 |
| Previous: | 1995 |
| Next: | 1997 |
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.[1] [2] [3]
| width=150px | Team | Previous finals app. |
|---|---|---|
| None | ||
| 1988, 1991, 1992 |
Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.
| Cruzeiro | Round | Velez Sarsfield | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=25% | Opponent | width=10% | Venue | width=10% | Score | width=10% | width=25% | Opponent | width=10% | Venue | width=10% | 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 | ||||||||||
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| GK | 1 | José Luis Chilavert | ||
| DF | 4 | |||
| DF | 2 | Víctor Sotomayor | ||
| DF | 6 | Mauricio Pellegrino (c) | ||
| DF | 3 | Raúl Cardozo | ||
| MF | 17 | Guillermo Morigi | ||
| MF | 18 | Claudio Husaín | ||
| MF | 5 | Marcelo Gómez | ||
| MF | 7 | Christian Bassedas | ||
| FW | 11 | |||
| FW | 10 | |||
| Substitutions: | ||||
| FW | 9 | |||
| FW | ||||
| DF | ||||
| Manager: | ||||
| Osvaldo Piazza | ||||
| GK | 1 | Dida | ||
| DF | 2 | Vitor | ||
| DF | 3 | Gilmar | ||
| DF | 13 | Gelson Baresi | ||
| DF | 6 | Nonato (c) | ||
| MF | 5 | Fabinho | ||
| MF | 8 | Ricardinho | ||
| MF | 7 | Ailton | ||
| MF | 10 | Palhinha | ||
| FW | 9 | Cleisson | ||
| FW | 15 | Paulinho McLaren | ||
| Substitutions: | ||||
| FW | Da Silva | |||
| MF | Donizete Olivera | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Levir Culpi | ||||