1996 Copa CONMEBOL finals

1996 Copa CONMEBOL finals

Event	1996 Copa CONMEBOL
Lanús Santa Fe 2 1
(on aggregate)
First leg
Lanús Santa Fe 2 0
Date	November 20, 1996
Venue	Estadio Ciudad de Lanús, Lanús
Referee	Carlos Robles (Chile)
Second leg
Santa Fe Lanús 1 0
Date	December 4, 1996
Venue	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
Referee	António Pereira (Brazil)
Attendance	55,000
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The 1996 Copa CONMEBOL finals were the final match series to decide the winner of the 1996 Copa CONMEBOL, a continental cup competition organised by CONMEBOL. The final was contested by Argentine club Club Atlético Lanús and Colombian Independiente Santa Fe. ^[1]

Played under a two-legged tie system, Lanús won the first leg held in Estadio Ciudad de Lanús in Lanús, while Santa Fe won the second leg at Estadio El Campín, Bogotá. Lanús won 2–1 on aggregate, ^[1] achieving their first international title. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Qualified teams

Team	Previous final app.
Club Atlético Lanús	(none)
Santa Fe	(none)

• Bold indicates winning years

Venues

Estadio Ciudad de Lanús (left) and Estadio El Campín, venues for the series

Route to the final

Further information: 1996 Copa CONMEBOL

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

Lanús			Round	Santa Fe
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
Bolívar (won 4–2 on aggregate)	Away	1–0	First round	Deportivo Táchira (won 5–2 on aggregate)	Away	2–2
	Home	4–1			Home	3–0
Guaraní (won 8–2 on aggregate)	Away	0–2	Quarter-finals	Bragantino (won 1–0 on aggregate)	Home	1–0
	Home	6–2			Away	0–0
Rosario Central (won 6–1 on aggregate)	Home	3–0	Semi-finals	Vasco da Gama (tied 2–2 on aggregate, won on penalties)	Away	2–1
	Away	1–3			Home	1–0 (6–5 p)

Match details

First leg

1996 Copa CONMEBOL Final

November 20, 1996

First leg

Lanús	2–0	Santa Fe
Mena 31' Ibagaza 76'	Report

Estadio Ciudad de Lanús , Lanús

Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

Lanús

Santa Fe

GK 1 Carlos Roa DF 14 Juan J. Serrizuela DF 2 Gustavo Falaschi DF 6 Gustavo Siviero DF 23 Andrés Bressán MF 8 Oscar Mena MF 5 Daniel Cravero (c) MF 15 Walter Coyette MF 7 Ariel Ibagaza FW 9 Claudio Enría FW 11 Ariel M. López Substitutes: FW 19 Gonzalo Belloso FW Milton Coimbra MF 21 Claudio Lacosegliaz Manager: Héctor Cúper

GK 1 Rafael Dudamel DF 19 Nelson Flórez  80' DF 15 Grigori Méndez (c) DF 2 Orlando Garcés DF 5 Óscar Upegui MF 20 Jorge Salcedo MF 17 Robert Villamizar MF 14 Nélson Hurtado MF 7 Roberto Vidales  46' MF 11 Francisco Wittingham FW 9 Farley Hoyos  62' Substitutes: FW 18 Silverio Penayo  46' FW 16 Gustavo Díaz  62' FW 17 John M. Pérez  80' Manager: Pablo Centrone

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Second leg

December 4, 1996

Second leg

Santa Fe	1–0	Lanús
Wittingham 4'	Report

Estadio El Campín , Bogotá

Attendance: 56,000

Referee: António Pereira (Brazil)

Santa Fe

Lanús

GK 1 Rafael Dudamel DF 19 Nelson Flórez  72' DF 21 Wilson Gutiérrez DF 2 Orlando Garcés DF 5 Óscar Upegui MF 20 Jorge Salcedo MF 17 Robert Villamizar MF 7 Roberto Vidales  46' FW 11 Francisco Wittingham (c) FW 16 Gustavo Díaz  58' FW 18 Silverio Penayo Substitutes: FW John M. Pérez  46' FW 9 Farley Hoyos  58' FW Alejandro Zea  72' Manager: Pablo Centrone

GK 1 Carlos Roa DF 4 César Loza DF 2 Gustavo Falaschi DF 6 Gustavo Siviero DF 3 Armando González (c) MF 20 Juan Fernández  64' MF 5 Daniel Cravero MF 10 Hugo Morales MF 7 Ariel Ibagaza  80' FW 19 Gonzalo Belloso  74' FW 11 Ariel M. López Substitutes: DF 14 Juan J. Serrizuela  64' FW 9 Claudio Enría  74' MF 21 Claudio Lacosegliaz  80' Manager: Héctor Cúper

See also

• 1996 Copa CONMEBOL

References

1. Copa Conmebol 1996 by Juan Pablo Andrés, Pablo Ciullini and Julio Bovi Diogo on the RSSSF
2. Aquel primer grito internacional, Clarín, 12 Dec 2013
3. A 20 años de la primer gran hazaña by Agustín Mónaco on Vavel, 3 Dec 2016
4. Que 20 años no es nada... on Olé, 5 Dec 2016