1994 Recopa Sul-Americana champions | OneFootball

On April 3, 1994, São Paulo defeated Botafogo 3-1 at Kobe University Stadium in Japan, with goals from Leonardo, Guilherme, and Euller, and won the South American Recopa for the second time.

It was the seventh international title in the history of Tricolor and of the Telê Santana era.

The match was played as a single game in the East against the 1993 Copa Conmebol champion, for commercial reasons and due to an agreement between the South American Confederation and the tournament’s sponsors (mainly Japan Air Lines), since São Paulo, in theory, would already have been the competition’s champion, as the club was the reigning champion of the Copa Libertadores and the Supercopa Libertadores, both tournaments that grant qualification for the Recopa and both won in 1993.

MATCH DETAILS

04.03.1994Kobe (Japan)Kobe University Stadium

SÃO PAULO Futebol Clube 3 x 1 BOTAFOGO de Futebol e Regatas

SPFC: Zetti ©; Vítor, Válber, Júnior Baiano and André Luiz; Doriva, Cafu (Axel), Palhinha (Juninho) and Leonardo; Euller and Guilherme. Coach: Telê Santana. Goals: Leonardo, 12’/1; Guilherme, 28’/2; Euller, 44’/2.

BFR: Wágner; Perivaldo, Wilson Gottardo ©, André Silva and Eduardo; Márcio Borges; Roberto Cavalo, Grizzo (Marcelo) and Sérgio Manoel; Fabiano (Robson) and Túlio. Coach: Dé Aranha. Goal: Roberto Cavalo, 24’/2.

Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar (Paraguay)Attendance: 31,000

THE CHAMPIONS

André Luiz (André Luiz Moreira)Axel (Axel Rodrigues de Arruda)Bordon (Marcelo José Bordon)Cafu (Marcos Evangelista de Moraes)Caio (Caio Ribeiro Decoussau)Doriva (Dorival Guidoni Junior)Euller (Euller Elias de Carvalho)Gilmar (Gilmar Jorge dos Santos)Guilherme (Guilherme de Cássio Alves)Jamelli (Paulo Roberto Jamelli Junior)Juninho (Oswaldo Giroldo Junior)Junior Baiano (Raimundo Ferreira Ramos Junior)Leonardo (Leonardo Nascimento de Araújo)Marcos (Marcos Antônio Alvim Bonequini)Müller (Luiz Antônio Corrêa da Costa)Nem (Rinaldo Francisco de Lima)Palhinha (Jorge Ferreira da Silva)Rogério Ceni (Rogério Ceni)Ronaldo Luís (Ronaldo Luiz Gonçalves)Válber (Válber Roel de Oliveira)Vítor (Claudemir Vítor)Zetti (Armelino Donizete Quagliato)

Jiro Mochizuki / Abril Imagens – Euller, Rogério Ceni, Juninho, Guilherme, Zetti, Válber, Jamelli, unidentified person partially obscured, Cláudio Couto (doctor) and Júnior Baiano; Gilmar, Caio, André Luiz and Doriva; Axel, Cafu, Vítor, Leonardo, Moraci Sant’anna (fitness coach) and Hélio Santos (masseur)

By Michael Serra / João Farah Historical ArchivePhotos: Conmebol

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