1995 Recopa Sudamericana

1995 Recopa Sudamericana

Olympic Stadium of Tokyo, venue
Event	Recopa Sudamericana
Vélez Sársfield Independiente 0 1
Date	April 9, 1995
Venue	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Referee	Juan Escobar (Paraguay)
Attendance	25,300
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The 1995 Recopa Sudamericana was the seventh Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Supercopa Sudamericana competitions. The all-Argentinian final took place in the neutral venue of the National Olympic Stadium of Tokyo.^[1]

The match was contested by Vélez Sársfield, winners of the 1994 Copa Libertadores, and Independiente, winners of the 1994 Supercopa Sudamericana, on April 9, 1995. Independiente surprisingly defeated Carlos Bianchi's Vélez Sársfield 0-1 to lift the trophy for the first time. Paraguayan Juan Escobar Valdez became the first referee to direct two consecutive finals and three, in total, of the competition.^[2]

Qualified teams[]

Team	Previous finals app.
Vélez Sársfield	None
Independiente	None

Bold indicates winning years

Match details[]

1995 Recopa Sudamericana

April 9, 1995

Independiente	1–0	Vélez Sársfield
Serrizuela 69'	Report

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Referee: Juan Escobar (Paraguay)

Independiente

Vélez Sársfield

GK Luis Islas DF Juan Carlos Ramírez DF Claudio Arzeno DF José Serrizuela DF Guillermo Ríos MF Diego Cagna MF Raúl Alfredo Cascini MF Daniel Garnero  62' FW Jorge Burruchaga  46' FW Albeiro Usuriaga  77' FW Sebastián Rambert Substitutes: MF Pablo Rotchen  46' MF Gustavo López  62' MF Tony Gómez  77' Manager: Miguel Ángel Brindisi

GK José Luis Chilavert DF Roberto Trotta DF Víctor Sotomayor DF Flavio Zandoná DF Raúl Cardozo  73a' MF José Basualdo MF Marcelo Herrera MF Claudio Husaín  85' MF Christian Bassedas  73b' FW Omar Asad FW José Oscar Flores Substitutes: MF Roberto Pompei  73a' FW José Luis Sánchez  73b' DF Mauricio Pellegrino  85' Manager: Carlos Bianchi

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