1988 Supercopa Libertadores finals

1988 Supercopa Libertadores Finals
	Racing Club, champions
Event	1988 Supercopa Libertadores
	(on aggregate)
First Leg
Date	June 13, 1988
Venue	Estadio Juan D. Perón, Avellaneda
Referee	Hernán Silva (Chile)
Second Leg
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[edit]

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

Venues[edit]

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

Route to the final[edit]

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

Match details[edit]

First leg[edit]

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[edit]

July 18, 1988

Second leg

Cruzeiro	1–1	Racing
Robson 82'		Catalán 45'

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Referee: Juan D. Cardelino (Uruguay)