2021 Copa Sudamericana final

The 2021 Copa Sudamericana final was the final match which decided the winner of the 2021 Copa Sudamericana. This was the 20th edition of the Copa Sudamericana, the second-tier South American continental club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.

2021 Copa Sudamericana final

The Estadio Centenario in Montevideo hosted the final.
Event	2021 Copa Sudamericana
Athletico Paranaense Red Bull Bragantino 1 0
Date	20 November 2021 (2021-11-20)
Venue	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
Man of the Match	Nikão (Athletico Paranaense)
Referee	Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
Attendance	20,000
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The match was played on 20 November 2021 at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay,^[1] between Brazilian sides Athletico Paranaense and Red Bull Bragantino.

On 13 May 2021, CONMEBOL announced that the final would be played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay on 6 November 2021.^[2]

Athletico Paranaense defeated Red Bull Bragantino by a 1–0 score in the final to win their second title in the tournament.^[3] As winners of the 2021 Copa Sudamericana, they earned the right to play against the winners of the 2021 Copa Libertadores in the 2022 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2022 Copa Libertadores group stage.

Venue

Candidate Venues for the 2021 Copa Sudamericana final^[4]

Association	Stadium	City	Capacity
Argentina	Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón	Avellaneda	61,000
	Estadio Libertadores de América		48,069
	Estadio Monumental Antonio V. Liberti	Buenos Aires	70,074
	La Bombonera		54,000
	Estadio Pedro Bidegain		47,964
	Estadio Único	Santiago del Estero	57,000
Brazil	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha	Brasília	69,432
	Arena da Baixada	Curitiba	42,372
	Castelão	Fortaleza	60,348
	Estádio Beira-Rio	Porto Alegre	50,128
	Arena Pernambuco	Recife	42,583
	Maracanã	Rio de Janeiro	74,738
	Arena Fonte Nova	Salvador	51,708
Chile	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos	Santiago	58,665
Ecuador	Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado	Quito	41,575
Uruguay	Estadio Centenario	Montevideo	60,235

On 13 May 2021, CONMEBOL announced that Estadio Centenario, Montevideo was chosen as the 2021 final venue.^[5]

Road to the final

Further information: 2021 Copa Sudamericana

Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.

Athletico Paranaense			Round	Red Bull Bragantino
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
Bye			First stage	Bye
Group D			Group stage	Group G
Aucas	Away	0–1		Deportes Tolima	Home	2–1
Metropolitanos	Home	1–0		Emelec	Away	3–0
Melgar	Away	1–0		Talleres	Home	0–1
Metropolitanos	Away	0–1		Emelec	Home	2–0
Melgar	Home	1–0		Talleres	Away	0–1
Aucas	Home	4–0		Deportes Tolima	Away	1–2
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Athletico Paranaense 6 15 2 Melgar 6 10 3 Aucas 6 6 4 Metropolitanos 6 4 Source: CONMEBOL				Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Red Bull Bragantino 6 12 2 Emelec 6 10 3 Talleres 6 8 4 Deportes Tolima 6 3 Source: CONMEBOL
Seed 2			Final stages	Seed 6
América de Cali (won 5–1 on aggregate)	Away	0–1	Round of 16	Independiente del Valle (won 3–1 on aggregate)	Away	0–2
	Home	4–1			Home	1–1
LDU Quito (won 4–3 on aggregate)	Away	1–0	Quarter-finals	Rosario Central (won 5–3 on aggregate)	Away	3–4
	Home	4–2			Home	1–0
Peñarol (won 4–1 on aggregate)	Away	1–2	Semi-finals	Libertad (won 5–1 on aggregate)	Home	2–0
	Home	2–0			Away	1–3

Match

Details

Athletico Paranaense	1–0	Red Bull Bragantino
Nikão 29'	Report

20 November 2021 (2021-11-20)

17:00 UTC−3

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)^[6]

Athletico Paranaense[7]

Red Bull Bragantino[7]

GK 1 Santos RCB 34 Pedro Henrique CB 44 Thiago Heleno (c) LCB 22 Nicolás Hernández  75' RM 5 Marcinho RDM 26 Erick  64'  82' LDM 18 Léo Cittadini  38'  90+5' LM 16 Abner Vinícius  45' RW 11 Nikão LW 20 David Terans  75' CF 9 Renato Kayzer  75' Substitutes: GK 24 Bento DF 6 Márcio Azevedo DF 13 Khellven DF 27 Zé Ivaldo  75' DF 30 Nicolas  90+5' DF 38 Lucas Fasson DF 48 Pedrinho MF 8 Fernando Canesin  82' MF 39 Christian  75' FW 15 Jader FW 28 Pedro Rocha  75' FW 37 Bissoli Manager: Alberto Valentim

GK 18 Cleiton RB 13 Aderlan  73' RCB 14 Fabrício Bruno  16' LCB 3 Léo Ortiz (c) LB 6 Edimar  77' CDM 5 Jadsom RCM 25 Bruno Praxedes  82' LCM 28 Tomás Cuello  82' RW 7 Artur  88' LW 11 Helinho CF 15 Ytalo  88' Substitutes: GK 1 Júlio César DF 17 Weverton DF 21 Natan DF 29 Luan Cândido  77' DF 31 Guilherme Lopes MF 23 Cristiano FW 9 Alerrandro  82' FW 19 Bruno Gonçalves FW 22 Leandrinho  88' FW 27 Jan Carlos Hurtado  88' FW 33 Pedrinho FW 34 Gabriel Novaes  82' Manager: Maurício Barbieri

Man of the Match: Nikão (Athletico Paranaense) Assistant referees:[6] Martín Soppi (Uruguay) Carlos Barreiro (Uruguay) Fourth official: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay) Fifth official: Andrés Nievas (Uruguay) Video assistant referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)[8] Assistant video assistant referees: Víctor Carrillo (Peru) Nicolás Tarán (Uruguay) Juan Soto (Venezuela)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Twelve named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.

See also

• 2021 Copa Libertadores final
• 2022 Recopa Sudamericana

References

1. "Fechas confirmadas para las Finales Únicas". CONMEBOL.com. 27 July 2021.
2. "El Estadio Centenario de Montevideo será la sede de las finales de CONMEBOL Libertadores y Sudamericana". ESPN Argentina. 13 May 2021.
3. "Athletico Paranaense, bicampeón de la CONMEBOL Sudamericana" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 20 November 2021.
4. CONMEBOL (14 May 2020). "POSTULANTES A LAS FINALES 2021, 2022 Y 2023" [APPLICANTS FOR THE FINALS OF 2021, 2022 AND 2023] (PDF). CONMEBOL (in Spanish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-05-20. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
5. "Montevideo será la sede de las finales únicas de la CONMEBOL" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 13 May 2021.
6. "Árbitros designados para la final de la CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2021". CONMEBOL.com. 20 October 2021.
7. "Uniformes para finales de Montevideo". CONMEBOL.com. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
8. "Sustitución de Árbitro VAR – Final CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2021". CONMEBOL.com. 17 November 2021.

External links

• CONMEBOL.com