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.
| Event | 1997 Supercopa Libertadores | ||||||
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| First Leg | |||||||
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| Date | December 4, 1997 | ||||||
| Venue | Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo | ||||||
| Referee | Mario Sánchez Yanten (Chile) | ||||||
| Attendance | 47,549 | ||||||
| Second Leg | |||||||
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| Date | December 17, 1997 | ||||||
| Venue | Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires | ||||||
| Referee | Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay) | ||||||
| Attendance | 59,181 | ||||||
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 edit
| Team | Previous finals app. |
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 River Plate |
None |
 São Paulo |
1993 |
Bold indicates winning years
Venues edit
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Estádio do Morumbi (left) and Estadio Monumental, venues for the series
Route to the final edit
Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.
| São Paulo
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Round | River Plate
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| Opponent | Venue | Score | Opponent | Venue | Score | |
| Group 2 | Group stage | Group 3 | ||||
| Flamengo
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Away | 3–2 | Racing
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Home | 3–2 | |
| Vélez Sarsfield
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Home | 5–1 | Santos
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Home | 3–2 | |
 Olimpia
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Away | 0–0 | Vasco da Gama
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Home | 5–1 | |
| Flamengo
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Home | 1–0 | Racing
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Away | 2–3 | |
| Vélez Sarsfield
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Away | 3–3 | Santos
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Away | 2–1 | |
| Olimpia
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Home | 4–1 | Vasco da Gama
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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 edit
First leg edit
        São Paulo
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   River Plate
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Second leg edit
Second leg
| River Plate | 2–1 | São Paulo |
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Salas  46', 58' |
Report | Dodô 53' |
     River Plate
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   São Paulo
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References edit
- ^ Supercopa 1997 on the RSSSF
- ^ La última Supercopa fue para River by Ariel Rodríguez on C.A. River Plate website
- ^ A 23 años de la Supercopa 97 on Olé, 17 Dec 2020