Copa Master de CONMEBOL

Copa Master de CONMEBOL

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
City	Cuiabá
Dates	February 8 - February 12
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	São Paulo (1st title)
Runners-up	Atlético Mineiro
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	13 (4.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Almir (5 goals)

The Copa Master de CONMEBOL (English: CONMEBOL Masters Cup, Portuguese: Copa Master da Conmebol or Supercopa Conmebol) was a football club competition contested by the four past winners of the Copa CONMEBOL at the time. The cup is one of the many inter-South American club competitions that have been organized by CONMEBOL.^[1]

It was played from February 8 to February 12, 1996, and it was contested in the city of Cuiabá with the participations of Atlético Mineiro, Botafogo, São Paulo, and Rosario Central.^[2] São Paulo won the competition after defeating Atlético Mineiro in the final 3-0.^[3][4][5]

Only four editions of the Copa CONMEBOL had been played by early 1996 and all four champions participated.

Atlético Mineiro	1992 Copa CONMEBOL winner
Botafogo	1993 Copa CONMEBOL winner
São Paulo	1994 Copa CONMEBOL winner
Rosario Central	1995 Copa CONMEBOL winner

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 February – Cuiabá
	São Paulo	7
					12 February – Cuiabá
	Botafogo	3
					São Paulo	3
	9 February - Cuiabá
					Atlético Mineiro	0
	Atlético Mineiro (pen)	0 (10)
	Rosario Central	0 (9)

Semifinals

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8 February 1996

São Paulo	7–3	Botafogo
Valdir Bigode 6', 38' Almir 12', 31', 55' Ailton 72' Edmílson 73'	[citation needed]	Túlio 33', 48' (pen.), 52' (pen.)

Verdão, Cuiabá

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9 February 1996

Atlético Mineiro	0–0	Rosario Central
	Report
Penalties
	10–9

Verdão, Cuiabá

Final

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12 February 1996

São Paulo	3–0	Atlético Mineiro
Almir 9', 51' Valdir Bigode 68'	[citation needed]

Verdão, Cuiabá

Referee: Sidrack Marinho

Team details

São Paulo At. Mineiro GK 1 Zetti (c) DF 2 Edinho DF 3 Pedro Luís DF 4 Sorlei  a' DF 6 Guilherme MF 8 Edmílson  b' MF 5 Donizete MF 10 Aílton  c' MF 11 Sandoval FW 7 Almir FW 9 Valdir Substitutes: DF Marquinhos  a' DF Gilmar  b' MF Denílson  c' Manager: Muricy Ramalho GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel (c) DF 2 Dinho DF 3 Ronaldo Guiaro DF 4 Ademir DF 6 Edgar MF 5 Doriva MF 8 Gutemberg  a' FW 10 Cairo Lima  b' MF 11 Leandro Tavares  c' MF 7 Ermani FW 9 Renaldo Substitutes: FW Elpídio Silva  a' DF Paulão  b' MF Clayton  c' Manager: Procópio Cardoso