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Copa Masters 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 Masters CONMEBOL (English: CONMEBOL Masters Cup, Portuguese: Copa Master da Conmebol or Supercopa Conmebol) was a football club competition contested by the 4 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]

Eligible teams

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

Tournament overview

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

8 February 1996

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

Verdão, Cuiabá

9 February 1996

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

Verdão, Cuiabá

Final

12 February 1996

São Paulo	3–0	Atlético Mineiro
Almir 9', 51' Valdir Bigode 68'	Report

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

Scorers

5 goals

Almir

3 goals

1 goal

References

^ Sudamérica: Otras copas on El Area website
^ Central-Bragantino, lo que tenés que saber on La Capital, 10 Aug 2021
^ Copa Masters CONMEBOL by José Luis Pierrend on the RSSSF
^ "Copa Master de Copa Conmebol" by José Carluccio on Historia y Fútbol (blogsite), 5 Nov 2008
^ A Lanús se le viene Dani Alves pero no le tiene miedo a San Pablo on Olé, 23 Oct 2020

[1] Sudamérica: Otras copas on El Area website

[2] Central-Bragantino, lo que tenés que saber on La Capital, 10 Aug 2021

[3] Copa Masters CONMEBOL by José Luis Pierrend on the RSSSF

[4] "Copa Master de Copa Conmebol" by José Carluccio on Historia y Fútbol (blogsite), 5 Nov 2008

[5] A Lanús se le viene Dani Alves pero no le tiene miedo a San Pablo on Olé, 23 Oct 2020

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