1996 Copa do Brasil

1996 Copa do Brasil
Copa do Brasil 1996
Country	Brazil
Dates	February 6 - June 16
Teams	40
Champions	Cruzeiro (MG)
Runners-up	Palmeiras (SP)
Matches played	70
Goals scored	187 (2.67 per match)
	← 1995 1997 →

Last updated February 20, 2023

The Copa do Brasil 1996 was the 8th staging of the Copa do Brasil.

Format

The preliminary round was disputed by 16 clubs, while the first stage was disputed by 32 clubs, including the ones qualified from the preliminary stage. The competition was disputed in a knock-out format. In the preliminary stage and in the first round if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round. The following rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used.

Competition stages

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ferroviário (CE)	0-3	Goiás (GO)	0-1	0-2
União Araguainense (TO)	2-2	Vila Nova (GO)	2-1	0-1
Cristal (AP)	1-4	Santa Cruz (PE)	0-1	1-3
Maranhão (MA)	1-2	Vitória (BA)	0-0	1-3
Ji-Paraná (RO)	1-4	Atlético (PR)	1-1	0-3
Roraima (RR)	1-3	Juventus (AC)	1-3	-
Nacional (AM)	1-3	América (MG)	1-3	-
Gama (DF)	1-3	Bahia (BA)	0-1	1-2

Knockout stages

1st Round			2nd Round		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals

1	América (MG)	1 1

32	São Paulo (SP)	2 4
			São Paulo (SP)^[1]	1

			Internacional (RS)	1
17	Operário (MT)	0

16	Internacional (RS)	2
					Internacional (RS)	3 1

					Flamengo (RJ)	2 3
9	Linhares (ES)	0 1

24	Flamengo (RJ)	1 4
			Flamengo (RJ)	2 0

			Coritiba (PR)	1 0
25	Bahia (BA)	0 1

8	Coritiba (PR)	0 3
							Flamengo (RJ)	1 0

							Cruzeiro (MG)	1 0
5	Santa Cruz (PB)	0

28	Vasco (RJ)	2
			Vasco (RJ)	2 1

			Cruzeiro (MG)	6 1
21	Juventus (AC)	1 0

12	Cruzeiro (MG)	1 4
					Cruzeiro (MG)	4 2

					Corinthians (SP)	0 3
13	ABC (RN)	0

20	Corinthians (SP)	4
			Corinthians (SP)	0 1

			Remo (PA)	0 1
29	Remo (PA)	1 1

4	Santa Cruz (PE)	1 0
									Cruzeiro (MG)	1 2

									Palmeiras (SP)	1 1
3	Cori-Sabbá (PI)	1 0

30	Botafogo (RJ)	0 3
			Botafogo (RJ)	0 0 (pen: 2)

			Paraná (PR)	0 0 (pen: 4)
19	Vitória (BA)	0 0

14	Paraná (PR)	0 1
					Paraná (PR)	0 1

					Palmeiras (SP)	2 3
11	Sergipe (SE)	0

22	Palmeiras (SP)	8
			Palmeiras (SP)	2 5

			Atlético (MG)	1 0
27	Vila Nova (GO)	0 1

6	Atlético (MG)	1 4
							Palmeiras (SP)	3 1

							Grêmio (RS)	1 2
7	Atlético (PR)	3 1

26	Santos (SP)	0 1
			Atlético (PR)	1 0

			Grêmio (RS)	1 3
23	Operário (MS)	0 1

10	Grêmio (RS)	1 3
					Grêmio (RS)	1 2

					Criciúma (SC)	1 0
15	Goiás (GO)	2 0

18	Criciúma (SC)	1 3
			Criciúma (SC)	1 3

			Fluminense (RJ)	2 1
31	CRB (AL)	1

2	Fluminense (RJ)	4

Copa do Brasil 1996 Winners
Cruzeiro Second Title

Notes

↑ São Paulo fielded an ineligible player in the first leg so they lost 5 points.

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References

Copa do Brasil 1996 at RSSSF
(in Portuguese) Copa do Brasil top scorers at Campeões do Futebol
(in Portuguese) Copa do Brasil 1996 table at Bola na Área
Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.

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[1] São Paulo fielded an ineligible player in the first leg so they lost 5 points.

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