1988 Supercopa Libertadores finals

1988 Supercopa Libertadores Finals

Racing Club, champions
Event	1988 Supercopa Libertadores
Racing Cruzeiro 3 2
(on aggregate)
First Leg
Racing Cruzeiro 2 1
Date	June 13, 1988
Venue	Estadio Juan D. Perón, Avellaneda
Referee	Hernán Silva (Chile)
Second Leg
Cruzeiro Racing 1 1
Date	June 18, 1988
Venue	Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Referee	Juan D. Cardelino (Uruguay)
← Inaugural final 1989 →

The 1988 Supercopa Sudamericana Finals was the final of the first ever Supercopa Libertadores football tournament. It was contested by Argentine club Racing and Brazilian club Cruzeiro. The first leg of the tie was played at Estadio Juan D. Perón, where Racing beat Cruzeiro 21. In the second leg, held in Mineirão stadium in Belo Horizonte, both teams tied 11.^[1]

Racing Club won the cup 3–1 on points (3–2 on aggregate), achieving their first Supercopa trophy^[1] and winning an international title for the first time since 1967.^[2]

Qualified teams

Team	Previous final app.
Racing	(none)
Cruzeiro	(none)

Venues

Estadio Presidente Juan Perón (left) and Mineirao, venues for the series

Route to the final

Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.

Racing			Round	Cruzeiro
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
Santos (won 2–0 on aggregate)	Home	2–0	First round	Independiente (won 3–1 on aggregate)	Away	1–2
	Home	0–0			Home	1–0
Bye			Quarter-finals	Argentinos Juniors (won 2–0 on aggregate)	Home	1–0
					Away	0–1
River Plate (won 3–2 on aggregate)	Home	2–1	Semi-finals	Nacional (tied 3–3 on aggregate, won on away goals)	Away	3–2
	Away	1–1			Home	1–0

Match details

First leg

1988 Supercopa Libertadores Finals

July 13, 1988

First leg

Racing	2–1	Cruzeiro
Colombatti 43' W. Fernández 44'		Robson 36'

Estadio Juan D. Perón, Avellaneda

Referee: Hernán Silva (Chile)

Racing Club

Cruzeiro

GK 1 Ubaldo Fillol (c) RB 4 Carlos E. Vázquez DF 2 Gustavo Costas DF 6 Néstor Fabbri LB 3 Carlos Olarán DF 7 Jorge Acuña  76' DF 5 Miguel Ángel Ludueña MF 10 Miguel Ángel Colombatti MF 8 Rubén Paz FW 16 Omar Catalán  64' FW 11 Walter Fernández Substitutes: FW Ramón Medina Bello  64' MF Hugo Pérez  76' Manager: Alfio Basile

GK Wellington RB Ronaldinho DF 24 Gilmar Francisco DF Heraldo LB Wladimir DM Éder DM 4 Ademir MF Heriberto MF Anderson  66' FW 9 Robson FW 8 Careca (c) Substitutes: LB Genilson  66' Manager: Carlos Alberto Silva

Second leg

July 18, 1988

Second leg

Cruzeiro	1–1	Racing
Robson 82'		Catalán 45'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Referee: Juan D. Cardelino (Uruguay)

Cruzeiro

Racing Club

GK Wellington RB 2 Balu DF Gilmar Francisco DF Heraldo  89' LB Wladimir DM 19 Éder DM Ademir MF Heriberto  46' MF Anderson FW 9 Robson FW 8 Careca (c) Substitutes: LB Ramon  46' Manager: Carlos Alberto Silva

GK 1 Ubaldo Fillol (c) RB 4 Carlos E. Vázquez DF 2 Gustavo Costas DF 6 Néstor Fabbri LB 3 Carlos Olarán DF 7 Jorge Acuña DF 5 Miguel Ángel Ludueña MF 10 Miguel Ángel Colombatti  89' MF 8 Rubén Paz  79' FW 16 Omar Catalán  72' FW 11 Walter Fernández Substitutes: FW Ramón Medina Bello  72' MF Hugo Pérez  79' Manager: Alfio Basile

See also

• 1988 Supercopa Sudamericana
• 1988 Copa Libertadores Finals

References