The 1994 Recopa Sudamericana was the sixth
Recopa Sudamericana, an annual
football match between the winners of the previous season's
Copa Libertadores and
Supercopa Sudamericana competitions. This year's edition pitted the
defending champions São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...
against compatriots
Botafogo
Botafogo (local/standard alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a beachfront neighborhood ('' bairro'') in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of ...
in a second, consecutive all-Brazilian final. Since São Paulo won both the
1993 Copa Libertadores
The Copa Libertadores 1993 was the 34th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual international club tournament. São Paulo won the competition.
The participating teams were divided into five groups, in which teams of the same count ...
and
1993 Supercopa Sudamericana, CONMEBOL invited Botafogo, winners of the
1993 Copa CONMEBOL
The 1993 Copa CONMEBOL was the second edition of CONMEBOL's annual club tournament. Teams that failed to qualify for the Copa Libertadores played in this tournament. Sixteen teams from eight South American football confederations qualified for thi ...
, to participate in order to make this year's ''Recopa'' doable.
São Paulo successfully defends the trophy as they defeated Botafogo 3-1 in
Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
is a multi-purpose stadium in Kobe Sports Park, located in Suma-ku, Kobe, Japan. It is currently used mostly for soccer matches. The stadium holds 36,000 people. It was built in 1985 for the 1985 Summer Universiade. It hosted the 2006 61s ...
of
Kobe to become the first ever team to win consecutive titles.
Match details
on the RSSSF Juan Escobar Valdez became the first referee to direct two finals of the competition (having already done so in 1992).
Qualified teams
Match details
References
{{São Paulo Futebol Clube matches
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Recopa Sudamericana
Recopa Sudamericana 1994
Recopa Sudamericana 1994
Recopa Sudamericana
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REC may also refer to:
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1994
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