2008 Recopa Sudamericana

The 2008 Recopa Sudamericana (officially the 2008 Recopa Visa Sudamericana for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana competitions.^[1]

2008 Recopa Sudamericana

Event	Recopa Sudamericana
Arsenal Boca Juniors 3 5
(on aggreate)
First leg
Arsenal Boca Juniors 1 3
Date	August 13, 2008
Venue	El Cilindro, Avellaneda
Referee	Gabriel Favale (Argentina)
Attendance	10,359
Second leg
Boca Juniors Arsenal 2 2
Date	August 27, 2008
Venue	La Bombonera, Buenos Aires
Referee	Saúl Laverni (Argentina)
Attendance	32,357
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The match was contested by Boca Juniors, winners of the 2007 Copa Libertadores, and Arsenal, winners of the 2007 Copa Sudamericana. Boca Juniors won their 4th Recopa Sudamericana title after accumulating the most points over the two legs (4-1).^[2] The title ties them in first place for the most international titles won by a club with 18.^{[note 1][4][5]}

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals app.
Arsenal	None
Boca Juniors	1990, 2004, 2005, 2006

Bold indicates winning years

Venues

La Bombonera (left) and El Cilindro, venues of the series

Match details

First leg

2008 Recopa Sudamericana

August 13, 2008

19:30 (UTC−3)

First leg

Arsenal	1–3	Boca Juniors
Sava 25'	Report	Palermo 21' Palacio 32' Battaglia 90'

El Cilindro, Avellaneda

Attendance: 10,359

Referee: Gabriel Favale (Argentina)

Arsenal

Boca Juniors

GK 1 Mario Cuenca  46' MF 5 Cristian Pellerano MF 10 Alejandro Gómez FW 11 Facundo Sava MF 13 Carlos Casteglione (c)  37' DF 14 Javier Gandolfi  33' MF 15 Damián Pérez  41'  66' DF 6 Aníbal Matellán  76' DF 21 Josimar Mosquera  20' MF 23 Sebastián Carrera  81' DF 24 Javier Yacuzzi Substitutes: GK 12 Cristian Campestrini  46' DF 3 Carlos Báez DF 4 Darío Espínola  66' MF 7 Andrés San Martín FW 9 Luciano Leguizamón  90'  81' MF 17 Facundo Coria DF 20 Nicolás Aguirre Manager: Daniel Garnero

GK 1 Mauricio Caranta DF 4 Hugo Ibarra DF 2 Julio Cáceres DF 16 Gabriel Paletta DF 3 Claudio Morel MF 22 Fabián Vargas MF 5 Sebastián Battaglia  82' MF 23 Jesús Dátolo  81'  90' MF 11 Leandro Gracián  75' FW 9 Martín Palermo (c) FW 14 Rodrigo Palacio  75' Substitutes: GK 12 Javier Hernán García DF 13 Facundo Roncaglia DF 15 Álvaro González  90' MF 19 Neri Cardozo  75' MF 21 Cristian Chávez FW 17 Ricardo Noir  75' Manager: Carlos Ischia

Assistant referees: Horacio Herrero Ariel Bustos Fourth official: Juan Pablo Pompei

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Second leg

August 27, 2008

20:00 (UTC−3)

Second leg

Boca Juniors	2–2	Arsenal
Palacio 7' Riquelme 90+1'	Report	Carrera 58' Matos 69'

La Bombonera, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 32,357

Referee: Saúl Laverni (Argentina)

Boca Juniors

Arsenal

GK 1 Mauricio Caranta  85' DF 4 Hugo Ibarra (c) DF 2 Julio Cáceres DF 16 Gabriel Paletta DF 3 Claudio Morel MF 22 Fabián Vargas MF 5 Sebastián Battaglia MF 23 Jesús Dátolo  72' MF 10 Juan Román Riquelme FW 14 Rodrigo Palacio  75' FW 7 Lucas Viatri Substitutes: GK 12 Javier Hernán García MF 11 Leandro Gracián DF 13 Facundo Roncaglia DF 15 Álvaro González FW 17 Ricardo Noir  75' MF 21 Cristian Chávez  72' FW 24 Lucas Castromán Manager: Carlos Ischia

GK 12 Cristian Campestrini DF 4 Darío Espínola DF 3 Carlos Báez  64' DF 6 Aníbal Matellán  37' DF 18 Christian Díaz  80' MF 23 Sebastián Carrera  89' MF 13 Carlos Casteglione (c) DF 24 Javier Yacuzzi  5' MF 10 Alejandro Gómez FW 9 Luciano Leguizamón  46' FW 16 Mauro Matos  85' Substitutes: GK 19 Matías Alasia FW 8 Sergio Sena  89' DF 2 Mariano Brau MF 5 Cristian Pellerano MF 15 Damián Pérez MF 17 Facundo Coria  85' DF 7 José Manuel Contreras  46' Manager: Daniel Garnero

Assistant referees: Francisco Rocchio Gustavo Esquivel Fourth official: Federico Beligoy

Notes

1. This count only include tournaments organised by Conmebol and other associations so Boca Juniors had won a total of 22 titles by then.^[3]