1989 Recopa Sudamericana

1989 Recopa Sudamericana
EventRecopa Sudamericana
First leg
DateJanuary 31, 1989
VenueEstadio Centenario, Montevideo
RefereeRomualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)
Attendance20,221
Second leg
DateFebruary 6, 1989
VenueEstadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires
RefereeGabriel González (Paraguay)
Attendance50,000
Inaugural edition
1990

The 1989 Recopa Sudamericana was the first Recopa Sudamericana, a football competition for South American clubs that won the previous year's two most important competitions in the continent: the Copa Libertadores and the Supercopa Sudamericana. The inaugural edition was disputed between Nacional, winners of the 1988 Copa Libertadores, and Racing, winners of the 1988 Supercopa Sudamericana. The first leg was played on January 31 in Montevideo, while the second leg was played in Buenos Aires on February 6.

Nacional won the final series 4-1 on points as Daniel Fonseca of Nacional scored the first goal of the competition as well as the only one in this final.[1][2]

  1. ^ Recopa 1988 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF
  2. ^ Nacional de 1989: cuando eran los reyes del mundo on El Observador, 3 May 2020