Dates August 21 – December 4 Matches played 34 | Runners-up Cruzeiro Goals scored 82 (2.41 per match) | |
Teams 17 (from 6 confederations) Champions Vélez Sársfield (1st title) | ||
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.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Quarter finals
The matches were played from 16 October to 24 October.
Semi-finals
The matches were played from 30 October to 14 November.