1997 Supercopa Libertadores Finals

Event	1997 Supercopa Libertadores
São Paulo River Plate 1 2
(on aggregate)
First Leg
São Paulo River Plate 0 0
Date	December 4, 1997
Venue	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo
Referee	Mario Sánchez Yanten ( Chile)
Attendance	47,549
Second Leg
River Plate São Paulo 2 1
Date	December 17, 1997
Venue	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires
Referee	Ubaldo Aquino ( Paraguay)
Attendance	59,181
← 1996

The 1997 Supercopa Sudamericana Finals was the two-legged series of the 1996 Supercopa Libertadores the 10th. (and last) edition of this competition organised by CONMEBOL. It was contested by Brazilian club São Paulo and Argentine club River Plate.

The first leg, held in Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo, both teams tied 0–0. In the second leg, held in Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires, River Plate beat Sao Paulo 2–1 to win their first Supercopa Libertadores title. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals app.
River Plate	None
São Paulo	1993

Bold indicates winning years

Venues

Estádio do Morumbi (left) and Estadio Monumental, venues for the series

Route to the final

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

São Paulo			Round	River Plate
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
Group 2			Group stage	Group 3
Flamengo	Away	3–2		Racing	Home	3–2
Vélez Sarsfield	Home	5–1		Santos	Home	3–2
Olimpia	Away	0–0		Vasco da Gama	Home	5–1
Flamengo	Home	1–0		Racing	Away	2–3
Vélez Sarsfield	Away	3–3		Santos	Away	2–1
Olimpia	Home	4–1		Vasco da Gama	Away	0–2
Colo-Colo (won 4–1 on aggregate)	Home	3–1	Semi-finals	Atlético Nacional (won 3–2 on aggregate)	Home	2–0
	Away	0–1			Away	2–1

Match details

First leg

1997 Supercopa Libertadores Finals

December 4, 1997

21:40

First leg

São Paulo	0–0	River Plate
	Report

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 47,549

Referee: Mario Sánchez Yanten ( Chile)

São Paulo

River Plate

GK 1 Rogério Ceni ( c) RB 13 Zé Carlos CB 15 Edmílson CB 14 Álvaro  61' LB 6 Serginho MF 8 Alexandre MF 5 Sidney MF 7 Fabiano Pereira MF 23 Marcelinho Paraíba FW 9 França  85' FW 10 Dodô Substitutes: MF 22 Reinaldo  61' MF 19 Fábio Mello  85' Manager: Darío Pereyra

GK 1 Germán Burgos RB 4 Hernán Díaz CB 2 Celso Ayala CB 6 Eduardo Berizzo LB 3 Juan Pablo Sorín  55' MF 5 Leonardo Astrada  82' MF 8 Roberto Monserrat MF 10 Marcelo Gallardo MF 11 Sergio Berti   FW 7 Marcelo Salas FW 9 Enzo Francescoli ( c)  62' Substitutes: MF 14 Marcelo Escudero  55' MF 25 Diego Placente  62' MF 15 Leonel Gancedo  82' Manager: Ramón Díaz

Second leg

December 17, 1997

21:40

Second leg

River Plate	2–1	São Paulo
Salas 46', 58'	Report	Dodô 53'

Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 81,500

Referee: Ubaldo Aquino ( Paraguay)

River Plate

São Paulo

GK 1 Germán Burgos  50' RB 4 Hernán Díaz  33' CB 2 Celso Ayala  64' CB 6 Eduardo Berizzo LB 3 Juan Pablo Sorín  82' MF 5 Leonardo Astrada  75' MF 8 Roberto Monserrat MF 10 Marcelo Gallardo  85' MF 25 Diego Placente FW 7 Marcelo Salas FW 9 Enzo Francescoli ( c)  22'  77' Substitutes: MF 15 Leonel Gancedo  77' MF 14 Marcelo Escudero  82' MF 21 Santiago Solari  85' Manager: Ramón Díaz

GK 12 Roger RB 13 Zé Carlos CB 15 Edmílson  90' CB 14 Álvaro LB 6 Serginho ( c) MF 8 Alexandre  21' MF 5 Sidney  6' MF 7 Fabiano Pereira  70' MF 23 Marcelinho Paraíba  30' FW 24 Aristizábal  61' FW 10 Dodô Substitutes: MF 19 Fábio Mello  21' MF 22 Reinaldo  61' RB 2 Cláudio  70' Manager: Darío Pereyra

References