1998 Copa CONMEBOL Finals

1998 Copa CONMEBOL Finals
Event	1998 Copa CONMEBOL
	(on aggregate)
First leg
Date	October 7, 1998
Venue	Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos, São Paulo
Referee	José L. Da Rosa (Uruguay)
Attendance	17,400
Second leg
Date	October 21, 1998
Venue	Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario
Referee	Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
Attendance	46,000
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The 1995 Copa CONMEBOL Finals were the final match series to decide the winner of the 1998 Copa CONMEBOL, a continental cup competition organised by CONMEBOL. The final was contested by Argentine club Rosario Central and Brazilian Santos FC.^[1]

Played under a two-legged tie system, Santos won the first leg held in Estádio Urbano Caldeira in Santos, São Paulo. As the second leg at Estadio Gigante de Arroyito in Rosario ended in a 0–0 tie, Santos won 10 on aggregate, achieving their first Cup trophy.^[1]^[2]

The series became infamous for the though play from both sides, with many players being penalised with yellow cards and even sent off (only in the second leg in Arroyito, the referee showed the yellow card to eight players and sent off two).^[3]

Qualified teams[]

Team	Previous final app.
Santos	(none)
Rosario Central	1995

Bold indicates winning years

Venues[]

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

Road to the final[]

Santos
Round	Rival	1 leg	2 leg	Agg.
1st.	Once Caldas	1–1	2–2	3–3 (3–2, p)
QF	LDU Quito	2–2	3–0	5–2
SF	Sampaio Corrêa	0–0	5–1	5–1

Rosario Central
Round	Rival	1 leg	2 leg	Agg.
1st	Audax Italiano	2–0	0–1	2–1
QF	Huracán Buceo	3–2	2–0	5–2
SF	Atlético Mineiro	1–1	1–0	2–1

Notes

QF = quarterfinal
SF = semifinal

Match details[]

First leg[]

1998 Copa CONMEBOL Final

October 7, 1998

First leg

Santos FC	1–0	Rosario Central
Claudiomiro 28'	Report

Estádio Urbano Caldeira, Santos

Attendance: 14,700

Referee: José L. Da Rosa (Uruguay)

Santos

Rosario Central


GK	1	Zetti
DF	4	Ânderson Lima
DF	13	Jean
DF	5	Claudiomiro
DF	3	Athirson
MF	17	Marcos Basilio
MF	8	Narciso
MF	23	Eduardo Marques
MF		Lúcio
FW	19	Alessandro Cambalhota
FW		Viola
Substitutes:
FW	11	Adiel
MF		Fernandes
MF	24	Gustavo Nery
Manager:
Émerson Leão


GK	1	José Buljubasich
DF	4	Darío Marra
DF	13	Germán Gerbaudo
DF	6	Maximiliano Cuberas
DF	3	Juan Ramón Jara
MF	5	Hugo M. González
MF	14	Christian Daniele
MF	8	Javier Cappelletti
MF	19	Walter Gaitán
MF		Marcelo Carracedo
FW	9	Darío Scotto
Substitutes:
FW		E. Bustos Montoya
MF	21	Rubén Villarreal
Manager:
Edgardo Bauza

Second leg[]

October 21, 1998

Second leg

Rosario Central	0–0	Santos
	Report

Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)