1998 Copa CONMEBOL finals

1998 Copa CONMEBOL Finals
Event	1998 Copa CONMEBOL
	(on aggregate)
First leg
Date	October 7, 1998
Venue	Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos, São Paulo
Referee	José L. Da Rosa (Uruguay)
Attendance	17,400
Second leg
Date	October 21, 1998
Venue	Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario
Referee	Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
Attendance	46,000
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The 1998 Copa CONMEBOL Finals were the final match series to decide the winner of the 1998 Copa CONMEBOL, a continental cup competition organised by CONMEBOL. The final was contested by Argentine club Rosario Central and Brazilian Santos FC.^[1]

Played under a two-legged tie system, Santos won the first leg held in Estádio Urbano Caldeira in Santos, São Paulo. As the second leg at Estadio Gigante de Arroyito in Rosario ended in a 0–0 tie, Santos won 10 on aggregate, achieving their first Cup trophy.^[1]^[2]

The series became infamous for the tough play from both sides, with many players being penalised with yellow cards and even sent off (only in the second leg in Arroyito, the referee showed the yellow card to eight players and sent off two).^[3]

Qualified teams edit

Team	Previous final app.
Santos	(none)
Rosario Central	1995

Bold indicates winning years

Venues edit

Urbano Caldeira (left) and Gigante de Arroyito, venues for the series

Route to the final edit

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

Santos			Round	Rosario Central
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
Once Caldas (tied 3–3 on aggregate, won on penalties)	Home	2–1	First round	Audax Italiano (won 2–1 on aggregate)	Home	2–0
Once Caldas (tied 3–3 on aggregate, won on penalties)	Away	2–1 (2–3 p)	First round	Audax Italiano (won 2–1 on aggregate)	Away	1–0
LDU Quito (won 5–2 on aggregate)	Away	2–2	Quarter-finals	Huracán Buceo (won 5–2 on aggregate)	Away	2–3
LDU Quito (won 5–2 on aggregate)	Home	3–0	Quarter-finals	Huracán Buceo (won 5–2 on aggregate)	Home	2–0
Sampaio Corrêa (won 5–1 on aggregate)	Home	0–0	Semi-finals	Atlético Mineiro (won 2–1 on aggregate)	Home	1–1
Sampaio Corrêa (won 5–1 on aggregate)	Away	1–5	Semi-finals	Atlético Mineiro (won 2–1 on aggregate)	Away	0–1

Match details edit

First leg edit

1998 Copa CONMEBOL Final

October 7, 1998

First leg

Santos FC	1–0	Rosario Central
Claudiomiro 28'	Report

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Attendance: 14,700

Referee: José L. Da Rosa (Uruguay)

Santos

Rosario Central


GK	1	Zetti
DF	4	Ânderson Lima	20'
DF	13	Jean	39'
DF	5	Claudiomiro		80'
DF	3	Athirson
MF	17	Marcos Bazílio		80'
MF	8	Narciso
MF	23	Eduardo Marques
MF	7	Lúcio
FW	19	Alessandro Cambalhota		71'
FW	9	Viola	10'
Substitutes:
FW	11	Adiel		71'
MF	18	Fernandes		80'
MF	24	Gustavo Nery		80'
Manager:
Émerson Leão


GK	1	José Buljubasich
DF	4	Darío Marra	52'
DF	13	Germán Gerbaudo	7'
DF	6	Maximiliano Cuberas	83'
DF	3	Juan Ramón Jara
MF	5	Hugo M. González		80'
MF	14	Christian Daniele	56'
MF	8	Javier Cappelletti	45+4'
MF	19	Walter Gaitán		46'
MF	10	Marcelo Carracedo	57'
FW	9	Darío Scotto	10'
Substitutes:
FW	7	E. Bustos Montoya	84'	46'
MF	21	Rubén Villarreal		80'
Manager:
Edgardo Bauza

Second leg edit

October 21, 1998

Second leg

Rosario Central	0–0	Santos
	Report

Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)