1996 Copa de Oro explained

Tourney Name:Copa de Oro
Year:1996
Other Titles:1996 Copa de Oro Nicolás Leoz
1996 Copa de Ouro Nicolás Leoz
City:Manaus
Country:Brazil
Dates:August 13 - August 16
Num Teams:4
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion Other: Flamengo
Count:1
Second Other: São Paulo
Matches:3
Goals:10
Top Scorer: Sávio (3 goals)
Prevseason:1995

The 1996 Copa de Oro was the third and last Copa de Oro, a football competition for the reigning champions of CONMEBOL's Copa Libertadores, the Supercopa Libertadores, the Copa CONMEBOL, and the Copa Master de CONMEBOL; the latter competition replaced the berth taken by the winners of the Copa Master de Supercopa. It took place in Manaus, Brazil from August 13 to August 16.[1]

It was the first and only time the competition was hosted by a single nation and all the matches were played at the Vivaldão. The competition was contested by Grêmio, winners of the 1995 Copa Libertadores, Flamengo, runners-up of the 1995 Supercopa Libertadores, Rosario Central, winners of the 1995 Copa CONMEBOL, and São Paulo, winners of the 1996 Copa Master de Conmebol. Independiente, winners of the previous Supercopa Libertadores, declined to participate as they had in 1995.

In the semifinals, Flamengo defeated Rosario Central 2-1, while São Paulo dispatched Grêmio by the same score. In the final, Flamengo beat São Paulo by 3-1 and won the last Copa de Oro title.

Participating teams

Team Honor
Winners of the 1995 Copa Libertadores
Runners-up of the 1995 Supercopa Libertadores
Winners of the 1995 Copa CONMEBOL
Winners of the 1996 Copa Master de CONMEBOL

Semifinals

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Final

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GK 1 Roger
RB 2 Paulo César
CB 3 Fabiano
CB 4 Ronaldão (c)
LB 6 Gilberto
DM 7 Márcio Costa
DM 5 Alejandro Mancuso
AM 11
AM 9
FW 8 Marques
FW 10 Sávio
Substitutes:
MF 15
DF 14 Athirson
Manager:
Joel Santana
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GK 1 Rogério Ceni
RB 2 Luisinho Netto
CB 3 Pedro Luís (c)
CB 4 Bordon
LB 6
DM 8
DM 5
AM 10
AM 11 André Luiz
FW 7 Víctor Aristizábal
FW 9
Substitutes:
MF 16
MF 15
FW 17
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Parreira

Top goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TÍTULOS INTERNACIONAIS . Fla Estatistica . June 1, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726144944/http://www.flaestatistica.com/curiosidade30c.htm . 2011-07-26 . dead.