1997 Recopa Sudamericana
# 1997 Recopa Sudamericana

The 1997 Recopa Sudamericana was the ninth Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Supercopa Sudamericana competitions.

The match was contested between River Plate, winners of the 1996 Copa Libertadores, and Vélez Sársfield, winners of the 1996 Supercopa Sudamericana, on April 13, 1997. After a 1–1 draw, Vélez Sársfield managed to beat River Plate 4–2 on penalty shootout to win the trophy. Renowned goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert became the first ever goalkeeper to score a goal in the competition.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Previous finals app. |
| - | - |
| River Plate | None |
| Vélez Sarsfield | 1995 |

Bold indicates winning years

## Match details

| River Plate | Vélez Sársfield |
| - | - |
| DF | 17 | Roberto Trotta |
| DF | 2 | Celso Ayala |
| DF | 6 | Eduardo Berizzo | 74' |
| DF | 3 | Juan Pablo Sorín |
| MF | 8 | Roberto Monserrat |
| MF | 5 | Leonardo Astrada |
| MF | 22 | Hernán Maisterra | 28' |
| MF | 11 | Sergio Berti | 60' |
| FW | 9 | Enzo Francescoli |
| FW | 7 | Julio Ricardo Cruz |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 12 | Germán Burgos | 28' |
| MF | 10 | Marcelo Gallardo | 60' |
| FW | 21 | Facundo Villalba | 74' |
| Manager: |||
| Ramón Díaz ||||

José Luis Chilavert :

| DF | 4 | Flavio Zandoná |
| - | - | - |
| DF | | Víctor Sotomayor |
| DF | 6 | Mauricio Pellegrino |
| DF | | Raúl Cardozo |
| MF | | Guillermo Morigi | 76' |
| MF | | Marcelo Gómez | 88' |
| MF | | Claudio Husaín |
| MF | | Christian Bassedas |
| FW | 11 | Martín Posse | |
| FW | 10 | Patricio Camps |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | 8 | Marcelo Herrera | 76' |
| FW | 12 | Fernando Pandolfi | 88' |
| Manager: |||
| Osvaldo Piazza ||||

* Assistant referees:
* Solishito Boskoito
* Elvieko Berugoshi
