# 1997 Supercopa Libertadores finals

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.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Previous finals app. |
| River Plate | None |
| São Paulo | 1993 |
Bold indicates winning years

## Route to the final

Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.
| São Paulo | São Paulo | São Paulo | Round | River Plate | River Plate | River Plate |
| Opponent | Venue | Score | | Opponent | Venue | Score |
| Group 2 | Group 2 | Group 2 | Group stage | Group 3 | Group 3 | Group 3 |
| Flamengo | Away | 3–2 | Group stage | Racing | Home | 3–2 |
| Vélez Sarsfield | Home | 5–1 | Group stage | Santos | Home | 3–2 |
| Olimpia | Away | 0–0 | Group stage | Vasco da Gama | Home | 5–1 |
| Flamengo | Home | 1–0 | Group stage | Racing | Away | 2–3 |
| Vélez Sarsfield | Away | 3–3 | Group stage | Santos | Away | 2–1 |
| Olimpia | Home | 4–1 | Group stage | 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 |
| Colo-Colo (won 4–1 on aggregate) | Away | 0–1 | Semi-finals | Atlético Nacional (won 3–2 on aggregate) | Away | 2–1 |

## Match details
### First leg

| 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

| 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 ||