1995 Copa CONMEBOL finals

1995 Copa CONMEBOL Finals
	Rosario Central, champions
Event	1995 Copa CONMEBOL
	(on aggregate; Rosario Central ; won 4–3 on penalties)
First leg
Date	December 12, 1995
Venue	Mineirão, Minas Gerais
Referee	Oscar Velázquez (Paraguay)
Attendance	55,000
Second leg
Date	December 19, 1995
Venue	Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario
Attendance	45,000
	← 1994 1996 →

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

The performance of Rosario Central was highly praised by the Argentine media,^[2]^[3] 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,^[4] which is regarded by Rosario Central fans as one of their greatest achievements ever.^[5]

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

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
Defensor Sporting (won 5–2 on aggregate)	Home	2–1	First round	Guaraní (won 2–1 on aggregate)	Away	0–1
Cobreloa (won 5–1 on aggregate)	Home	2–0	Quarter-finals	Mineros (won 10–0 on aggregate)	Home	6–0
Cobreloa (won 5–1 on aggregate)	Away	1–3	Quarter-finals	Mineros (won 10–0 on aggregate)	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
Atlético Colegiales (won 5–1 on aggregate)	Home	3–1	Semi-finals	América de Cali (tied 0–0 on aggregate, won on penalties)	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

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