| 1997 Supercopa Libertadores Finals | |
| Event: | 1997 Supercopa Libertadores |
| Team1: | São Paulo |
| Team1association: |  |
| Team1score: | 1 |
| Team2: | River Plate |
| Team2association: |  |
| Team2score: | 2 |
| Details: | (on aggregate) |
| Firstleg: | First Leg |
| Team1score1: | 0 |
| Team2score1: | 0 |
| Date1: | December 4, 1997 |
| Stadium1: | Estádio do Morumbi |
| City1: | São Paulo |
| Referee1: | Mario Sánchez Yanten (Chile) |
| Attendance1: | 47,549 |
| Secondleg: | Second Leg |
| Team1score2: | 1 |
| Team2score2: | 2 |
| Date2: | December 17, 1997 |
| Stadium2: | Estadio Monumental |
| City2: | Buenos Aires |
| Referee2: | Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay) |
| Attendance2: | 59,181 |
| Previous: | 1996 |
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.[1] [2] [3]
| width=150px | Team | Previous finals app. |
|---|---|---|
| None | ||
| 1993 |
Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.
| São Paulo | Round | River Plate | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=25% | Opponent | width=10% | Venue | width=10% | Score | width=10% | width=25% | Opponent | width=10% | Venue | width=10% | Score | |
| Group 2 | Group stage | Group 3 | |||||||||||
| Flamengo | Away | 3–2 | Racing | Home | 3–2 | ||||||||
| Vélez Sarsfield | Home | 5–1 | Santos | Home | 3–2 | ||||||||
| Olimpia | Away | 0–0 | Vasco da Gama | Home | 5–1 | ||||||||
| Flamengo | Home | 1–0 | Racing | Away | 2–3 | ||||||||
| Vélez Sarsfield | Away | 3–3 | Santos | Away | 2–1 | ||||||||
| Olimpia | Home | 4–1 | 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 | |||||||
| Away | 0–1 | Away | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| GK | 1 | Rogério Ceni (c) | ||
| RB | 13 | Zé Carlos | ||
| CB | 15 | Edmílson | ||
| CB | 14 | |||
| LB | 6 | Serginho | ||
| MF | 8 | Alexandre | ||
| MF | 5 | Sidney | ||
| MF | 7 | Fabiano Pereira | ||
| MF | 23 | Marcelinho Paraíba | ||
| FW | 9 | |||
| FW | 10 | Dodô | ||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| MF | 22 | Reinaldo | ||
| MF | 19 | Fábio Mello | ||
| Manager: | ||||
| Darío Pereyra | ||||
| GK | 1 | Germán Burgos | ||
| RB | 4 | Hernán Díaz | ||
| CB | 2 | Celso Ayala | ||
| CB | 6 | Eduardo Berizzo | ||
| LB | 3 | |||
| MF | 5 | |||
| MF | 8 | Roberto Monserrat | ||
| MF | 10 | Marcelo Gallardo | ||
| MF | 11 | |||
| FW | 7 | Marcelo Salas | ||
| FW | 9 | Enzo Francescoli (c) | ||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| MF | 14 | |||
| MF | 25 | |||
| MF | 15 | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Ramón Díaz | ||||
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| GK | 1 | |||
| RB | 4 | |||
| CB | 2 | |||
| CB | 6 | Eduardo Berizzo | ||
| LB | 3 | |||
| MF | 5 | |||
| MF | 8 | Roberto Monserrat | ||
| MF | 10 | |||
| MF | 25 | Diego Placente | ||
| FW | 7 | Marcelo Salas | ||
| FW | 9 | Enzo Francescoli (c) | ||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| MF | 15 | |||
| MF | 14 | |||
| MF | 21 | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Ramón Díaz | ||||
| GK | 12 | Roger | ||
| RB | 13 | Zé Carlos | ||
| CB | 15 | |||
| CB | 14 | |||
| LB | 6 | Serginho (c) | ||
| MF | 8 | Alexandre | ||
| MF | 5 | |||
| MF | 7 | |||
| MF | 23 | |||
| FW | 24 | |||
| FW | 10 | Dodô | ||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| MF | 19 | Fábio Mello | ||
| MF | 22 | Reinaldo | ||
| RB | 2 | Cláudio | ||
| Manager: | ||||
| Darío Pereyra | ||||