2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage

The 2018 Copa Sudamericana second stage was played from 17 July to 16 August 2018.^[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the second stage to decide the 16 places in the final stages of the 2018 Copa Sudamericana.^[2]

Draw

The draw for the second stage was held on 4 June 2018, 20:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[3][4] For the second stage, the teams were allocated to two pots according to their previous results in this season:^[5]

• Pot 1: 10 teams transferred from the Copa Libertadores and six best winners of the first stage from the Copa Sudamericana
• Pot 2: 16 remaining winners of the first stage from the Copa Sudamericana

The 32 teams were drawn into 16 ties (O1–O16) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.^[6]

The following were the 10 teams transferred from the Copa Libertadores (two best teams eliminated in the third stage of qualifying and eight third-placed teams in the group stage).

Match	Best teams eliminated in third stage	Second stage draw
G3	Jorge Wilstermann	Pot 1
G2	Banfield
Group	Third-placed teams in group stage	Second stage draw
A	Defensor Sporting	Pot 1
B	Bolívar
C	Peñarol
D	Santa Fe
E	Vasco da Gama
F	Nacional
G	Millonarios
H	Junior

The following were the 22 winners of the first stage from the Copa Sudamericana. Matches in the first stage were considered for the ranking of teams for the second stage draw.

Pos	Match	First stage winners	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Second stage draw
1	E20	Colón	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Pot 1
2	E15	Sport Huancayo	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4
3	E2	Deportes Temuco	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
4	E8	Cerro	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
5	E18	El Nacional	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
6	E21	Botafogo	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
7	E10	General Díaz	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Pot 2
8	E17	São Paulo	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
9	E5	San Lorenzo	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
10	E19	Bahia	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	3
11	E4	Deportivo Cali	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
12	E14	Atlético Paranaense	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
13	E16	Boston River	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
14	E12	Rampla Juniors	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
15	E13	Defensa y Justicia	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3
16	E3	Lanús	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3
17	E22	Fluminense	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
18	E6	LDU Quito	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
19	E9	Sol de América	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
20	E1	Caracas	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
21	E11	Deportivo Cuenca	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
22	E7	Nacional	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 21).^[2]

Format

In the second stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 27).^[2]

The 16 winners of the second stage advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout stages.

Matches

The first legs were played on 17–19, 25–26 July, and 1–2 August, and the second legs were played on 24, 31 July, 1–2, 7–9 and 14–16 August 2018.^[7][8]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
General Díaz	1–5	Millonarios	1–1	0–4
Nacional	2–3	Botafogo	2–1	0–2
Sol de América	0–1	Nacional	0–0	0–1
São Paulo	1–1 (3–5 p)	Colón	0–1	1–0
Boston River	1–2	Banfield	1–0	0–2
Fluminense	3–0	Defensor Sporting	2–0	1–0
Atlético Paranaense	6–1	Peñarol	2–0	4–1
Deportivo Cali	6–1	Bolívar	4–0	2–1
LDU Quito	3–2	Vasco da Gama	3–1	0–1
Caracas	6–3	Sport Huancayo	2–0	4–3
Deportivo Cuenca	4–4 (6–5 p)	Jorge Wilstermann	2–2	2–2
Defensa y Justicia	2–1	El Nacional	2–0	0–1
Lanús	1–1 (2–3 p)	Junior	1–0	0–1
San Lorenzo	3–1	Deportes Temuco	3–0[A]	0–1
Bahia	3–1	Cerro	2–0	1–1
Rampla Juniors	0–2	Santa Fe	0–0	0–2

Notes

1. ^
   CONMEBOL awarded San Lorenzo a 3–0 win as a result of Deportes Temuco fielding the ineligible player Jonathan Requena. The match originally ended 1–2.^[9]

Match O1

General Díaz	1–1	Millonarios
Giménez 80'	Report	Del Valle 52' (pen.)

26 July 2018 (2018-07-26)

20:45 UTC−4

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción^{[note 1]}

Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

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Millonarios	4–0	General Díaz
Hauche 30' Ovelar 37' Del Valle 78' Silva 85'	Report

15 August 2018 (2018-08-15)

19:45 UTC−5

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)

Millonarios won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match A).

Match O2

Nacional	2–1	Botafogo
Santacruz 9' Vieyra 51'	Report	Luiz Fernando 30'

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)

18:30 UTC−4

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción^{[note 2]}

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

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Botafogo	2–0	Nacional
Rodrigo Lindoso 37' Valencia 88'	Report

16 August 2018 (2018-08-16)

19:30 UTC−3

Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Patricio Loustau (Argentina)

Botafogo won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match B).

Match O3

Sol de América	0–0	Nacional
	Report

18 July 2018 (2018-07-18)

20:45 UTC−4

Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción^{[note 3]}

Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

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Nacional	1–0	Sol de América
Zunino 19'	Report

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)

21:45 UTC−3

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Referee: Roddy Zambrano (Ecuador)

Nacional won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match C).

Match O4

São Paulo	0–1	Colón
	Report	Fritzler 79'

2 August 2018 (2018-08-02)

19:30 UTC−3

Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo

Attendance: 35,666

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

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Colón	0–1	São Paulo
	Report	Liziero 71'
Penalties
Ruiz Estigarribia Correa Fritzler Ortiz	5–3	Nenê Reinaldo Hudson Bruno Alves

16 August 2018 (2018-08-16)

21:45 UTC−3

Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López, Santa Fe

Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Colón won on penalties and advanced to the round of 16 (Match D).

Match O5

Boston River	1–0	Banfield
Ergas 61'	Report

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25)

21:45 UTC−3

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo^{[note 4]}

Referee: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

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Banfield	2–0	Boston River
Bertolo 50', 66' (pen.)	Report

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)

21:45 UTC−3

Estadio Florencio Sola, Banfield

Referee: Víctor Carrillo (Peru)

Banfield won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match E).

Match O6

Fluminense	2–0	Defensor Sporting
Digão 86' Sornoza 90+2'	Report

2 August 2018 (2018-08-02)

21:45 UTC−3

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 14,895

Referee: Germán Delfino (Argentina)

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Defensor Sporting	0–1	Fluminense
	Report	Pedro 77'

16 August 2018 (2018-08-16)

21:45 UTC−3

Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Fluminense won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match F).

Match O7

Atlético Paranaense	2–0	Peñarol
Marcelo Cirino 59' Pablo 79'	Report

26 July 2018 (2018-07-26)

19:30 UTC−3

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

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Peñarol	1–4	Atlético Paranaense
Cr. Rodríguez 61'	Report	Léo Pereira 6' Marcinho 51' Nikão 67' Bruno Guimarães 90+1'

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07)

19:30 UTC−3

Estadio Campeón del Siglo, Montevideo

Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

Atlético Paranaense won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match G).

Match O8

Deportivo Cali	4–0	Bolívar
Mosquera 30' Benedetti 49' Sand 62' Cabrera 90+1'	Report

18 July 2018 (2018-07-18)

19:45 UTC−5

Estadio Deportivo Cali, Palmira

Referee: Fernando Espinoza (Argentina)

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Bolívar	1–2	Deportivo Cali
Callejón 80'	Report	Murillo 72' Benedetti 87' (pen.)

2 August 2018 (2018-08-02)

20:45 UTC−4

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Referee: Ulises Mereles (Paraguay)

Deportivo Cali won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match H).

Match O9

LDU Quito	3–1	Vasco da Gama
Anangonó 7', 87' J. Julio 20'	Report	Thiago Galhardo 53' (pen.)

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25)

17:30 UTC−5

Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito

Referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)

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Vasco da Gama	1–0	LDU Quito
Thiago Galhardo 85'	Report

9 August 2018 (2018-08-09)

19:30 UTC−3

Estádio São Januário, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 18,943

Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

LDU Quito won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match H).

Match O10

Caracas	2–0	Sport Huancayo
Díaz 6' Martins 81' (pen.)	Report

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)

18:30 UTC−4

Estadio Metropolitano de Cabudare, Cabudare^{[note 5]}

Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)

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Sport Huancayo	3–4	Caracas
Salinas 13' Valverde 41' Sauñe 86'	Report	Díaz 27', 46', 68' Aristeguieta 90'

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24)

17:30 UTC−5

Estadio Huancayo, Huancayo

Referee: Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)

Caracas won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match G).

Match O11

Deportivo Cuenca	2–2	Jorge Wilstermann
De la Cruz 20' Rojas 41'	Report	Lucas Gaúcho 71' (pen.) Álvarez 77'

19 July 2018 (2018-07-19)

17:30 UTC−5

Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca

Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

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Jorge Wilstermann	2–2	Deportivo Cuenca
Álvarez 17' Saucedo 54'	Report	Preciado 2' (pen.) Pita 79'
Penalties
Saucedo Melgar Serginho Lucas Gaúcho Álvarez Ortiz Giménez Meleán	5–6	Bonfigli Mosquera Pita Martínez Preciado Araujo Bedoya Carabalí

31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)

18:30 UTC−4

Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

Tied 4–4 on aggregate, Deportivo Cuenca won on penalties and advanced to the round of 16 (Match F).

Match O12

Defensa y Justicia	2–0	El Nacional
Fernández 72' Almeida 76'	Report

18 July 2018 (2018-07-18)

19:30 UTC−3

Estadio Norberto Tomaghello, Gobernador Costa

Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

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El Nacional	1–0	Defensa y Justicia
Angulo 19'	Report

31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)

17:30 UTC−5

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Referee: Éber Aquino (Paraguay)

Defensa y Justicia won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match E).

Match O13

Lanús	1–0	Junior
García Guerreño 23'	Report

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)

21:45 UTC−3

Estadio Ciudad de Lanús, Lanús

Referee: Arnaldo Samaniego (Paraguay)

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Junior	1–0	Lanús
Díaz 80'	Report
Penalties
T. Gutiérrez Barrera Díaz Pérez Viera	3–2	Pasquini Andrada Maciel Martínez Belmonte

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24)

19:45 UTC−5

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Junior won on penalties and advanced to the round of 16 (Match D).

Match O14

San Lorenzo	3–0 Awarded[9]	Deportes Temuco
Blandi 62'	Report	Riquero 69', 83'

26 July 2018 (2018-07-26)

21:45 UTC−3

Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires

Referee: Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)

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Deportes Temuco	1–0	San Lorenzo
Donoso 90+2'	Report

15 August 2018 (2018-08-15)

19:30 UTC−3

Estadio Municipal Germán Becker, Temuco

Attendance: 15,324

Referee: Carlos Orbe (Ecuador)

San Lorenzo won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match C).

Match O15

Bahia	2–0	Cerro
Gilberto 53' Régis 73' (pen.)	Report

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25)

21:45 UTC−3

Estádio de Pituaçu, Salvador^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 11,932

Referee: Michael Espinoza (Peru)

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Cerro	1–1	Bahia
Paiva 61'	Report	Zé Rafael 17'

8 August 2018 (2018-08-08)

21:45 UTC−3

Estadio Luis Tróccoli, Montevideo

Referee: José Argote (Venezuela)

Bahia won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match B).

Match O16

Rampla Juniors	0–0	Santa Fe
	Report

19 July 2018 (2018-07-19)

21:45 UTC−3

Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo^{[note 7]}

Referee: Omar Ponce (Ecuador)

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Santa Fe	2–0	Rampla Juniors
Henao 54', 82'	Report

31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)

19:45 UTC−5

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

Santa Fe won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the round of 16 (Match A).

Notes

1. General Díaz played their home match at Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, instead of their regular stadium Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque.
2. Nacional played their home match at Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción.
3. Sol de América played their home match at Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Luis Alfonso Giagni, Villa Elisa.
4. Boston River played their home match at Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Parque Artigas, Las Piedras.
5. Caracas played their home match at Estadio Metropolitano de Cabudare, Cabudare, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas.
6. Bahia played their home match at Estádio de Pituaçu, Salvador, instead of their regular stadium Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador.^[10]
7. Rampla Juniors played their home match at Estadio Luis Franzini, Montevideo, instead of their regular stadium Estadio Olímpico, Montevideo.