# 1996 Supercopa Libertadores

The 1996 Supercopa Libertadores was the ninth season of the Supercopa Libertadores, a club football tournament for past Copa Libertadores winners. Vélez Sarsfield won the competition for the first time, defeating Cruzeiro 3–0 on aggregate in the final.

## Teams

| Association | Team (Berth) | Entry stage | Qualification method |
| Argentina 7 berths | Independiente (Argentina 1) | Preliminary round | 1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1984 Copa Libertadores champions |
| Argentina 7 berths | Estudiantes (Argentina 2) | Preliminary round | 1968, 1969, 1970 Copa Libertadores champions |
| Argentina 7 berths | River Plate (Argentina 3) | Preliminary round | 1986, 1996 Copa Libertadores champions |
| Argentina 7 berths | Boca Juniors (Argentina 4) | Preliminary round | 1977, 1978 Copa Libertadores champions |
| Argentina 7 berths | Vélez Sarsfield (Argentina 5) | Preliminary round | 1994 Copa Libertadores champions |
| Argentina 7 berths | Argentinos Juniors (Argentina 6) | Preliminary round | 1985 Copa Libertadores champions |
| Argentina 7 berths | Racing (Argentina 7) | Preliminary round | 1967 Copa Libertadores champions |
| Brazil 5 berths | Grêmio (Brazil 1) | Preliminary round | 1983, 1995 Copa Libertadores champions |
| Brazil 5 berths | São Paulo (Brazil 2) | Preliminary round | 1992, 1993 Copa Libertadores champions |
| Brazil 5 berths | Santos (Brazil 3) | Preliminary round | 1962, 1963 Copa Libertadores champions |
| Brazil 5 berths | Flamengo (Brazil 4) | Preliminary round | 1981 Copa Libertadores champions |
| Brazil 5 berths | Cruzeiro (Brazil 5) | Preliminary round | 1976 Copa Libertadores champions |
| Chile 1 berth | Colo-Colo (Chile 1) | Preliminary round | 1991 Copa Libertadores champions |
| Colombia 1 berth | Atlético Nacional (Colombia 1) | Preliminary round | 1989 Copa Libertadores champions |
| Paraguay 1 berth | Olimpia (Paraguay 1) | Preliminary round | 1979, 1990 Copa Libertadores champions |
| Uruguay 2 berths | Peñarol (Uruguay 1) | Preliminary round | 1960, 1961, 1966, 1982, 1987 Copa Libertadores champions |
| Uruguay 2 berths | Nacional (Uruguay 2) | Preliminary round | 1971, 1980, 1988 Copa Libertadores champions |

## Preliminary 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.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Peñarol | 1–5 | Santos | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Independiente | 0–1 | Flamengo | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| River Plate | 3–4 | Atlético Nacional | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Olimpia | 3–3 (5–3 p) | São Paulo | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Estudiantes | 3–6 | Colo-Colo | 2–4 | 1–2 |
| Nacional | 2–4 | Cruzeiro | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Grêmio | 3–4 | Vélez Sarsfield | 3–3 | 0–1 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Argentinos Juniors | 0–2 | Boca Juniors |
| Argentinos Juniors | 0–1 | Racing |
| Boca Juniors | 1–1 | Racing |
| Racing | 1–2 | Argentinos Juniors |
| Boca Juniors | 3–0 | Argentinos Juniors |
| Racing | 0–0 | Boca Juniors |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Boca Juniors | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Racing | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Argentinos Juniors | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 1 | |

## Knockout phase
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Boca Juniors | 0 | 1 | 1 (6) | | | | | | | | |
| Cruzeiro (pen.) | 0 | 1 | 1 (7) | | | | | | | | |
| Cruzeiro (pen.) | 0 | 1 | 1 (7) | Cruzeiro | 3 | 4 | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | Colo-Colo | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| Flamengo | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colo-Colo | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| Colo-Colo | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Colo-Colo | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | Cruzeiro | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | Vélez Sarsfield | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Santos (pen.) | 2 | 1 | 3 (7) | | | | | | | | | Vélez Sarsfield | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Atlético Nacional | 0 | 3 | 3 (6) | | | | | | | | |
| Atlético Nacional | 0 | 3 | 3 (6) | Santos | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Vélez Sarsfield | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| Vélez Sarsfield | 3 | 1 | 4 | Vélez Sarsfield | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| Olimpia | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

The matches were played from 16 October to 24 October.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Santos | 3–3 (7-6 p) | Atlético Nacional | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Vélez Sarsfield | 4–0 | Olimpia | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Flamengo | 1–2 | Colo-Colo | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Boca Juniors | 1–1 (6-7 p) | Cruzeiro | 0–0 | 1–1 |

### Semifinals

The matches were played from 30 October to 14 November.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Cruzeiro | 7–2 | Colo-Colo | 3–2 | 4–0 |
| Santos | 2–3 | Vélez Sarsfield | 1–2 | 1–1 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Cruzeiro | 0–3 | Vélez Sársfield | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Vélez Sarsfield won 3–0 on aggregate.
* 1996 Supercopa Libertadores winners
* Vélez Sársfield First title