1996 Copa do Brasil

The Copa do Brasil 1996 was the 8th staging of the Copa do Brasil.

1996 Copa do Brasil

Copa do Brasil 1996
Tournament details
Country	Brazil
Dates	February 6 - June 16
Teams	40
Final positions
Champions	Cruzeiro (MG)
Runner-up	Palmeiras (SP)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	70
Goals scored	187 (2.67 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Luizao (8)
← 1995 1997 →

The competition started on February 6, 1996, and concluded on June 16, 1996, with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio Parque Antártica in São Paulo, in which Cruzeiro lifted the trophy for the second time after a 2-1 victory over Palmeiras.

Luizão, of Palmeiras, with 8 goals, was the competition's topscorer.

Format

The preliminary round was disputed by 16 clubs, while the first stage was disputed by 32 clubs, including the ones qualified from the preliminary stage. The competition was disputed in a knock-out format. In the preliminary stage and in the first round if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round. The following rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used.

Competition stages

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ferroviário (CE)	0-3	Goiás (GO)	0-1	0-2
União Araguainense (TO)	2-2	Vila Nova (GO)	2-1	0-1
Cristal (AP)	1-4	Santa Cruz (PE)	0-1	1-3
Maranhão (MA)	1-2	Vitória (BA)	0-0	1-3
Ji-Paraná (RO)	1-4	Atlético (PR)	1-1	0-3
Roraima (RR)	1-3	Juventus (AC)	1-3	-
Nacional (AM)	1-3	América (MG)	1-3	-
Gama (DF)	1-3	Bahia (BA)	0-1	1-2

Knockout stages

	1st Round					2nd Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1	América (MG)	1 1
	32	São Paulo (SP)	2 4
						São Paulo (SP)^[1]		1
						Internacional (RS)		1
	17	Operário (MT)	0
	16	Internacional (RS)	2
											Internacional (RS)		3 1
											Flamengo (RJ)		2 3
	9	Linhares (ES)	0 1
	24	Flamengo (RJ)	1 4
						Flamengo (RJ)		2 0
						Coritiba (PR)		1 0
	25	Bahia (BA)	0 1
	8	Coritiba (PR)	0 3
																Flamengo (RJ)		1 0
																Cruzeiro (MG)		1 0
	5	Santa Cruz (PB)	0
	28	Vasco (RJ)	2
						Vasco (RJ)		2 1
						Cruzeiro (MG)		6 1
	21	Juventus (AC)	1 0
	12	Cruzeiro (MG)	1 4
											Cruzeiro (MG)		4 2
											Corinthians (SP)		0 3
	13	ABC (RN)	0
	20	Corinthians (SP)	4
						Corinthians (SP)		0 1
						Remo (PA)		0 1
	29	Remo (PA)	1 1
	4	Santa Cruz (PE)	1 0
																					Cruzeiro (MG)		1 2
																					Palmeiras (SP)		1 1
	3	Cori-Sabbá (PI)	1 0
	30	Botafogo (RJ)	0 3
						Botafogo (RJ)		0 0 (pen: 2)
						Paraná (PR)		0 0 (pen: 4)
	19	Vitória (BA)	0 0
	14	Paraná (PR)	0 1
											Paraná (PR)		0 1
											Palmeiras (SP)		2 3
	11	Sergipe (SE)	0
	22	Palmeiras (SP)	8
						Palmeiras (SP)		2 5
						Atlético (MG)		1 0
	27	Vila Nova (GO)	0 1
	6	Atlético (MG)	1 4
																Palmeiras (SP)		3 1
																Grêmio (RS)		1 2
	7	Atlético (PR)	3 1
	26	Santos (SP)	0 1
						Atlético (PR)		1 0
						Grêmio (RS)		1 3
	23	Operário (MS)	0 1
	10	Grêmio (RS)	1 3
											Grêmio (RS)		1 2
											Criciúma (SC)		1 0
	15	Goiás (GO)	2 0
	18	Criciúma (SC)	1 3
						Criciúma (SC)		1 3
						Fluminense (RJ)		2 1
	31	CRB (AL)	1
	2	Fluminense (RJ)	4

Copa do Brasil 1996 Winners
Cruzeiro Second Title

Notes

1. São Paulo fielded an ineligible player in the first leg so they lost 5 points.

References

• (in Portuguese) Copa do Brasil top scorers at Campeões do Futebol
• (in Portuguese)
• Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.