1996 Copa Interamericana

1996 Copa Interamericana

Event	Copa Interamericana
Cartaginés Vélez Sarsfield 0 2
(on aggregate)
First leg
Cartaginés Vélez Sarsfield 0 0
Date	February 17, 1996
Venue	Rafael Fello Meza, Cartago
Referee	Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Second leg
Vélez Sarsfield Cartaginés 2 0
Date	February 24, 1996
Venue	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires
Referee	Eduardo Diuzniewski (Uruguay)
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The 1996 Copa Interamericana was the 16th. edition of the Copa Interamericana. The final took place between Argentine club Vélez Sarsfield and Costa Rican side Club Sport Cartaginés and was staged over two legs on February 17 and February 24, 1996.

Coached by Carlos Bianchi, Vélez Sarsfield team was formed by most of players that had won the 1994 Intercontinental Cup with the addition of Marcelo Herrera to replace José Basualdo (tradedd to Boca Juniors) and some players promoted from the youth divisions.^[1]

The first leg, held in Cartago, ended in a 0–0 tie while in the second leg in Buenos Aires, Vélez Sarsfield beat Cartaginés 2–0, therefore the Argentine club won their first Interamericana trophy,^[2] achieving their third international title within two years.^[3]

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Previous app.
Vélez Sarsfield	1994 Copa Libertadores champion	None
Cartaginés	1994 CONCACAF Champions' Cup champion	None

Venues

Rafael Fello Meza (left) and José Amalfitani, venues of the finals

Match details

First leg

1996 Copa Interamericana

February 17, 1996

First leg

Cartaginés	0–0	Vélez Sarsfield
	Report

Rafael Fello Meza, Cartago

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Cartaginés

Vélez

GK 1 Hermidio Barrantes DF Evaristo Contreras DF Maximilien Peinado DF 14 Henry Wood DF Alexander Gómez MF Luiz Claudio Dos Santos MF Max Sánchez  84' MF Norman Pin Gómez MF Marco Tulio Hidalgo  65' FW Jewisson Benneth FW Heriberto Quirós  71' Substitutes: FW Jewisson Benneth  65' Everaldo da Costa  71' MF Aurelio Ferreira  84' Manager:

GK 1 José Luis Chilavert DF 4 Flavio Zandoná DF 2 Roberto Trotta DF 6 Mauricio Pellegrino DF 3 Raúl Cardozo MF 8 Marcelo Herrera MF 5 Marcelo Gómez MF 7 Guillermo Morigi FW 10 Patricio Camps  89' FW 9 Fernando Pandolfi  87' FW 11 José Flores  75' Substitutes: FW Martín Posse  75' MF Claudio Husaín  87' MF Carlos Compagnucci  89' Manager: Carlos Bianchi

Second leg

February 24, 1996

Second leg

Vélez Sarsfield	2–0	Cartaginés
Flores 3', 76'	Report

José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires

Referee: Eduardo Diuzniewski (Uruguay)

Vélez

Cartaginés

GK 1 José Luis Chilavert DF 17 Sebastián Méndez DF Flavio Zandoná DF Carlos Compagnucci DF 3 Raúl Cardozo MF 8 Marcelo Herrera MF 5 Marcelo Gómez MF 10 Patricio Camps  76' FW 20 Martín Posse FW 9 Fernando Pandolfi  80' FW 11 José Flores  78' Substitutes: FW 7 Guillermo Morigi  76' MF 21 Claudio Husaín  78' FW Daniel Cordone  80' Manager: Carlos Bianchi

GK Hermidio Barrantes DF Evaristo Contreras DF Maximilien Peinado DF Henry Wood DF Marco Hidalgo MF Alexander Madrigal MF Luiz Claudio Dos Santos MF Alexander Gómez FW Jewisson Benneth FW Max Sánchez  78' FW Everaldo da Costa  63' Substitutes: FW Heriberto Quirós  78' FW Norman Pin Gómez  63' Manager: Rolando Villalobos

References