1995 Copa CONMEBOL finals

The 1995 Copa CONMEBOL Finals were the final match series to decide the winner of the 1995 Copa CONMEBOL, a continental cup competition organised by CONMEBOL. The final was contested by Argentine club Rosario Central and Brazilian Clube Atlético Mineiro.

1995 Copa CONMEBOL Finals

Event	1995 Copa CONMEBOL
Atlético Mineiro Rosario Central 4 4
(on aggregate; Rosario Central won 4–3 on penalties)
First leg
Atlético Mineiro Rosario Central 4 0
Date	December 12, 1995
Venue	Mineirão, Minas Gerais
Referee	Oscar Velázquez (Paraguay)
Attendance	55,000
Second leg
Rosario Central Atlético Mineiro 4 0
Date	December 19, 1995
Venue	Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario
Attendance	45,000

Played under a two-legged tie system, Atlético Mineiro won the first leg held in Mineirão Stadium in Minas Gerais, while Rosario Central won the second leg at Estadio Gigante de Arroyito. As both matches had similar scores (4–0), a penalty shoot-out was carried out to decide a champion. Rosario Central won 4–3 on penalties, thus the club from Rosario achieved its first international title.

The performance of Rosario Central was highly praised by the Argentine media, which recognised how the team overcame to the big defeat in the first leg to force a penalty shoot out and finally to win the Cup. "Huge achievement" was the most used term for that victory, which is regarded by Rosario Central fans as one of their greatest achievements ever.

Qualified teams

Team	Previous final app.
Rosario Central	(none)
Atlético Mineiro	1992

• Bold indicates winning years

Venues

Mineirao (left) and Gigante de Arroyito, venues for the series

Route to the final

Further information: 1995 Copa CONMEBOL

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

Rosario Central			Round	Atlético Mineiro
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
Defensor Sporting (won 5–2 on aggregate)	Away	1–3	First round	Guaraní (won 2–1 on aggregate)	Home	1–1
	Home	2–1			Away	0–1
Cobreloa (won 5–1 on aggregate)	Home	2–0	Quarter-finals	Mineros (won 10–0 on aggregate)	Home	6–0
	Away	1–3			Away	0–4
Atlético Colegiales (won 5–1 on aggregate)	Away	0–2	Semi-finals	América de Cali (tied 0–0 on aggregate, won on penalties)	Away	4–3
	Home	3–1			Home	1–0 (4–3 p)

Match details

First leg

1995 Copa CONMEBOL Final

December 12, 1995

Final – First leg

Atlético Mineiro	4–0	Rosario Central
Ézio 7' Cairo 54' Paulo Roberto 59' Elpídio Silva 88'	Report

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Óscar Velázquez (Paraguay)

At. Mineiro

Rosario Central

GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel (c) DF Alcir DF 15 Ademir DF 4 Ronaldo Guiaro DF 6 Paulo Roberto MF 25 Éder Lopes MF 8 Doriva MF Cairo MF 11 Leandro Tavares FW 7 Renaldo FW 9 Ézio Substitutes: FW Elpídio Silva MF Carlos MF Julio César Manager: Procópio Cardoso

GK 12 Roberto Bonano DF 4 Diego Ordóñez DF 6 Federico Lussenhoff DF 2 Horacio Carbonari DF 15 Patricio Graff MF 22 Eduardo Coudet MF 5 Christian Daniele MF 10 Omar Palma (c) MF 11 Raúl Gordillo MF 20 Pablo A. Sánchez FW 9 Rubén da Silva Substitutes: FW 17 Martín Cardetti Manager: Ángel Tulio Zof

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Second leg

December 19, 1995

Final – Second leg

Rosario Central	4–0	Atlético Mineiro
Da Silva 23' Carbonari 39', 88' Cardetti 40'	Report
Penalties
Palma Pobersnik Carbonari Colusso Da Silva	4–3	Doriva Tavares Guiaro Taffarel Euller

Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario

Attendance: 45,000

Rosario Central

At. Mineiro

GK 12 Roberto Bonano DF 4 Diego Ordóñez DF 2 Horacio Carbonari DF 6 Federico Lussenhoff DF 15 Patricio Graff MF 22 Eduardo Coudet MF 10 Omar Palma (c) MF 11 Raúl Gordillo MF 20 Pablo A. Sánchez FW 9 Rubén da Silva MF 17 Martín Cardetti Substitutes: DF 12 Cristian Colusso MF 12 Cristian Daniele FW 18 Mario Pobersnik Manager: Ángel Tulio Zof

GK 1 Cláudio Taffarel (c) DF 2 Dinho DF 15 Ademir DF 4 Ronaldo Guiaro DF 6 Paulo Roberto MF 25 Éder Lopes MF 8 Doriva MF 5 Carlos MF 11 Leandro Tavares FW 7 Renaldo FW 9 Ézio Substitutes: DF 14 Dedé MF 19 Gutemberg GK 16 Euller Manager: Procópio Cardoso

See also

• 1995 Copa CONMEBOL