2019 Copa Sudamericana

The 2019 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 18th edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the Copa Sudamericana, or Portuguese: Copa Sul-Americana), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.^[1]

2019 Copa Sudamericana

Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2019
The Estadio General Pablo Rojas in Asunción hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	5 February – 9 November 2019
Teams	44+10 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Independiente del Valle (1st title)
Runners-up	Colón
Tournament statistics
Matches played	105
Goals scored	221 (2.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Silvio Romero (5 goals)
← 2018 2020 →

Ecuadorian club Independiente del Valle defeated Argentine club Colón by a 3–1 score in the final to win their first tournament title.^[2] As champions, Independiente del Valle earned the right to play against the winners of the 2019 Copa Libertadores in the 2020 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2020 Copa Libertadores group stage. They would also have played the winners of the 2019 J.League Cup in the 2020 J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship, but it would not be held due to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics scheduled at the same time.^[3]

On 14 August 2018, CONMEBOL decided that starting from the 2019 edition, the final will be played as a single match, and although it was originally stated that the final would be played in Lima, Peru at the Estadio Nacional,^[4] on 9 May 2019 the confederation's Council decided to switch the venue to Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción, Paraguay.^[5] On 21 June 2019, APF announced that Estadio General Pablo Rojas in Asunción will host the 2019 final due to remodeling works at the Estadio Defensores del Chaco.^[6]

Athletico Paranaense were the defending champions, but did not play this edition as they qualified for the 2019 Copa Libertadores group stage as Copa Sudamericana champions and later advanced to the knockout stage.

Teams

The following 44 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations qualified for the tournament, entering the first stage:^[7]

• Argentina and Brazil: 6 berths each
• All other associations: 4 berths each

Association	Team (Berth)	Qualification method
Argentina (6 berths)	Independiente (Argentina 1)	2017–18 Superliga Argentina best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[8]
	Racing (Argentina 2)	2017–18 Superliga Argentina 2nd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[8]
	Defensa y Justicia (Argentina 3)	2017–18 Superliga Argentina 3rd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[8]
	Unión (Argentina 4)	2017–18 Superliga Argentina 4th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[8]
	Colón (Argentina 5)	2017–18 Superliga Argentina 5th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[8]
	Argentinos Juniors (Argentina 6)	2017–18 Superliga Argentina 6th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[8]
Bolivia (4 berths)	Royal Pari (Bolivia 1)	2018 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[9]
	Oriente Petrolero (Bolivia 2)	2018 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[9]
	Nacional Potosí (Bolivia 3)	2018 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[9]
	Guabirá (Bolivia 4)	2018 Apertura Copa Sudamericana playoff winners[9]
Brazil (6 berths)	Botafogo (Brazil 1)	2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[10]
	Santos (Brazil 2)	2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2nd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[10]
	Bahia (Brazil 3)	2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[10]
	Fluminense (Brazil 4)	2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[10]
	Corinthians (Brazil 5)	2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[10]
	Chapecoense (Brazil 6)	2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[10]
Chile (4 berths)	Deportes Antofagasta (Chile 1)	2018 Primera División best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[11]
	Colo-Colo (Chile 2)	2018 Primera División 2nd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[11]
	Unión La Calera (Chile 3)	2018 Primera División 3rd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[11]
	Unión Española (Chile 4)	2018 Primera División 4th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[11]
Colombia (4 berths)	Once Caldas (Colombia 1)	2018 Primera A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[12]
	La Equidad (Colombia 2)	2018 Primera A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[12]
	Rionegro Águilas (Colombia 3)	2018 Primera A aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[12]
	Deportivo Cali (Colombia 4)	2018 Primera A aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[12]
Ecuador (4 berths)	Universidad Católica (Ecuador 1)	2018 Serie A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[13]
	Macará (Ecuador 2)	2018 Serie A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[13]
	Independiente del Valle (Ecuador 3)	2018 Serie A aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[13]
	Mushuc Runa (Ecuador 4)	2018 Serie A Copa Sudamericana playoff winners[13]
Paraguay (4 berths)	Sol de América (Paraguay 1)	2018 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[14]
	Independiente (Paraguay 2)	2018 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[14]
	Deportivo Santaní (Paraguay 3)	2018 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[14]
	Guaraní (Paraguay 4)	2018 Copa Paraguay champions[14]
Peru (4 berths)	Deportivo Municipal (Peru 1)	2018 Torneo Descentralizado aggregate table best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[15]
	Sport Huancayo (Peru 2)	2018 Torneo Descentralizado aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[15]
	UTC (Peru 3)	2018 Torneo Descentralizado aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[15]
	Binacional (Peru 4)	2018 Torneo Descentralizado aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[15]
Uruguay (4 berths)	Cerro (Uruguay 1)	2018 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[16]
	Liverpool (Uruguay 2)	2018 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[16]
	Montevideo Wanderers (Uruguay 3)	2018 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[16]
	River Plate (Uruguay 4)	2018 Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[16]
Venezuela (4 berths)	Zulia (Venezuela 1)	2018 Copa Venezuela champions[17]
	Mineros de Guayana (Venezuela 2)	2018 Apertura runners-up[17]
	Monagas (Venezuela 3)	2018 Clausura classification table best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[17]
	Estudiantes de Mérida (Venezuela 4)	2018 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[17]

A further 10 teams eliminated from the 2019 Copa Libertadores were transferred to the Copa Sudamericana, entering the second stage.

Best teams eliminated in third stage
Atlético Nacional
Caracas
Third-placed teams in group stage
Palestino
Deportivo Lara
Sporting Cristal
Peñarol
Atlético Mineiro
Melgar
Deportes Tolima
Universidad Católica

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.^[18][19] After changing the dates of the 2019 Copa América, the Brazilian Football Confederation released on 3 October 2018 its calendar for the following year, with new dates for the Copa Sudamericana.^[20]

Stage	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
First stage	17 December 2018 (Luque, Paraguay)	5–7 February 2019 12–14 February 2019 19–21 March 2019 2–4 April 2019	19–21 February 2019 26–28 February 2019 16–18 April 2019 30 April – 2 & 8 May 2019
Second stage	13 May 2019 (Luque, Paraguay)	21–23 May 2019	28–30 May 2019
Round of 16		23–25 July 2019	30 July – 1 August 2019
Quarter-finals		20–22 August 2019	27–29 August 2019
Semi-finals		18–19 September 2019	25–26 September 2019
Final		9 November 2019 at Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción

Draws

Buenos Aires

Santa Fe

Santa Cruz

Nacional Potosí

Guabirá

Rio de Janeiro

Atlético Mineiro (L)

Bahia

Chapecoense

Corinthians

Santos

Santiago

Deportes Antofagasta

Unión La Calera

Atlético Nacional (L)

Dep. Tolima (L)

Deportivo Cali

La Equidad

Once Caldas

Rionegro Águilas

Ambato

Independiente del Valle

Univ. Católica

Asunción

Dep. Santaní

Binacional

Lima

Melgar (L)

Sport Huancayo

UTC

Montevideo

Caracas (L)

Dep. Lara (L)

Est. de Mérida

Mineros

Monagas

Zulia

Gran Buenos Aires teams:
Argentinos Juniors
Defensa y Justicia
Independiente
Racing
Santa Fe teams:
Colón
Unión
Montevideo teams:
Cerro
Liverpool
Montevideo Wanderers
Peñarol (L)
River Plate

Ambato teams:
Macará
Mushuc Runa
Lima teams:
Dep. Municipal
Sporting Cristal (L)

Rio de Janeiro teams:
Botafogo
Fluminense
Santa Cruz teams:
Oriente Petrolero
Royal Pari

Santiago teams:
Colo-Colo
Palestino (L)
Unión Española
Universidad Católica (L)
Gran Asunción teams:
Guaraní
Independiente
Sol de América

Location of teams of the 2019 Copa Sudamericana.
(L) Teams transferred from the 2019 Copa Libertadores

The draw for the first stage was held on 17 December 2018, 20:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[21][22][23] For the first stage, the teams were divided into two pots according to their geographical zones:^[24][25]

• Pot A (South Zone): 22 teams from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay
• Pot B (North Zone): 22 teams from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela

The 44 teams were drawn into 22 ties (E1–E22) between a team from Pot A and a team from Pot B, with the teams from Pot B hosting the second leg in odd-numbered ties, and the teams from Pot A hosting the second leg in even-numbered ties. This distribution ensured that teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie. The draw for the second stage was held on 13 May 2019, 20:30 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[26] For the second stage, the teams were allocated to two pots according to their previous results in this season:^[27]

• 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.

First stage

Main article: 2019 Copa Sudamericana first stage

In the first stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 27).^[1]

The 22 winners of the first stage advanced to the second stage to join 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).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Montevideo Wanderers	3–1	Sport Huancayo	2–0	1–1
Bahia	0–1	Liverpool	0–1	0–0
Independiente	6–2	Binacional	4–1	2–1
Rionegro Águilas	2–2 (3–0 p)	Oriente Petrolero	1–1	1–1
Argentinos Juniors	2–1	Estudiantes de Mérida	2–0	0–1
Deportivo Municipal	0–5	Colón	0–3	0–2
Unión Española	2–2 (6–5 p)	Mushuc Runa	1–1	1–1
UTC	2–4	Cerro	1–1	1–3
Deportivo Santaní	3–1	Once Caldas	1–1	2–0
Universidad Católica	1–1 (3–0 p)	Colo-Colo	0–1	1–0
River Plate	1–1 (a)	Santos	0–0	1–1
Macará	5–1	Guabirá	2–1	3–0
Royal Pari	3–3 (4–2 p)	Monagas	2–1	1–2
Mineros de Guayana	1–1 (3–4 p)	Sol de América	1–0	0–1
Unión La Calera	1–1 (a)	Chapecoense	0–0	1–1
Deportivo Cali	1–1 (4–1 p)	Guaraní	1–0	0–1
Nacional Potosí	1–1 (0–2 p)	Zulia	0–1	1–0
Corinthians	2–2 (5–4 p)	Racing	1–1	1–1
Independiente	0–0 (3–4 p)	La Equidad	0–0	0–0
Fluminense	2–1	Deportes Antofagasta	0–0	2–1
Unión	2–2 (2–4 p)	Independiente del Valle	2–0	0–2
Botafogo	4–0	Defensa y Justicia	1–0	3–0

Second stage

Main article: 2019 Copa Sudamericana second stage

In the second stage, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 27).^[1]

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
La Equidad	4–1	Deportivo Santaní	2–0	2–1
Independiente del Valle	7–3	Universidad Católica	5–0	2–3
Fluminense	4–2	Atlético Nacional	4–1	0–1
Unión Española	0–6	Sporting Cristal	0–3	0–3
Argentinos Juniors	1–0	Deportes Tolima	1–0	0–0
Montevideo Wanderers	1–0	Cerro	0–0	1–0
Universidad Católica	6–0	Melgar	6−0	0–0
Unión La Calera	1–1 (0–3 p)	Atlético Mineiro	1–0	0–1
Sol de América	0–5	Botafogo	0–1	0–4
Rionegro Águilas	3–4	Independiente	3–2	0–2
Corinthians	4–0	Deportivo Lara	2–0	2–0
River Plate	1–3	Colón	0−0	1–3
Zulia	3–1	Palestino	2−1	1–0
Deportivo Cali	1–3	Peñarol	1–1	0–2
Liverpool	1–2	Caracas	1–0	0–2
Royal Pari	3–3 (a)	Macará	1−0	2–3

Final stages

Main article: 2019 Copa Sudamericana final stages

Starting from the round of 16, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:^[1]

• In the round of 16, quarter-finals, and semi-finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg (Regulations Article 22.d). If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 27).
• The final was played as a single match at a venue pre-selected by CONMEBOL, with the higher-seeded team designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes (Regulations Article 25). If tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time were played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 28).

Seeding

Starting from the round of 16, the teams were seeded according to the second stage draw, with each team assigned a "seed" 1–16 corresponding to the tie they won (O1–O16) (Regulations Article 22.c).^[1]

Bracket

The bracket was decided based on the second stage draw, which was held on 13 May 2019.

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	11	Corinthians	2	2	4
	6	Montevideo Wanderers	0	1	1
								11	Corinthians (a)	0	1	1
								3	Fluminense	0	1	1
	14	Peñarol	1	1	2
	3	Fluminense	2	3	5
															11	Corinthians	0	2	2
															2	Independiente del Valle	2	2	4
	10	Independiente (a)	1	2	3
	7	Universidad Católica	0	3	3
								10	Independiente	2	0	2
								2	Independiente del Valle (a)	1	1	2
	15	Caracas	0	0	0
																						9 November – Asunción
	2	Independiente del Valle	0	2	2
																						2	Independiente del Valle	3
																						12	Colón	1
	13	Zulia (a)	1	2	3
	4	Sporting Cristal	0	3	3
								13	Zulia	1	0	1
								12	Colón	0	4	4
	12	Colón (p)	0	1	1 (4)
	5	Argentinos Juniors	1	0	1 (3)
															12	Colón (p)	2	1	3 (4)
															8	Atlético Mineiro	1	2	3 (3)
	9	Botafogo	0	0	0
	8	Atlético Mineiro	1	2	3
								8	Atlético Mineiro	2	3	5
								1	La Equidad	1	1	2
	16	Royal Pari	1	1	2
	1	La Equidad	2	2	4

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Royal Pari	2–4	La Equidad	1–2	1–2
Caracas	0–2	Independiente del Valle	0–0	0–2
Peñarol	2–5	Fluminense	1–2	1–3
Zulia	3–3 (a)	Sporting Cristal	1–0	2–3
Colón	1–1 (4–3 p)	Argentinos Juniors	0–1	1–0
Corinthians	4–1	Montevideo Wanderers	2–0	2–1
Independiente	3–3 (a)	Universidad Católica	1–0	2–3
Botafogo	0–3	Atlético Mineiro	0–1	0–2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Mineiro	5–2	La Equidad	2–1	3–1
Independiente	2–2 (a)	Independiente del Valle	2–1	0–1
Corinthians	1–1 (a)	Fluminense	0–0	1–1
Zulia	1–4	Colón	1–0	0–4

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Colón	3–3 (4–3 p)	Atlético Mineiro	2–1	1–2
Corinthians	2–4	Independiente del Valle	0–2	2–2

Final

Main article: 2019 Copa Sudamericana Final

Independiente del Valle	3–1	Colón
León 24' Sánchez 41' Dájome 90+5'	Report	Olivera 88'

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09)

17:30 UTC−3

Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción

Attendance: 44,828

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	1S1	1S2	2S1	2S2	⅛F1	⅛F2	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F	Total
1	Silvio Romero	Independiente	1		1	1			2					5
2	Alejandro Cabeza	Independiente del Valle		1	2							1		4
	Cristian Dájome	Independiente del Valle			1	1		1					1
	Erik	Botafogo	1	2	1
	Brayan Moya	Zulia	1		2			1
	Luis Miguel Rodríguez	Colón		1						1	1	1
	Vágner Love	Corinthians		1	1			2

Source: CONMEBOL.com^[28]

Top assists

Rank	Player	Team	Assists
1	Luis Miguel Rodríguez	Colón	4
2	Alejandro Cabeza	Independiente del Valle	3
	Yony González	Fluminense
	Cristian Pellerano	Independiente del Valle
	Omar Siles	Royal Pari
	Armando Vargas	La Equidad

Source: CONMEBOL.com^[29]

See also

• 2019 Copa Libertadores
• 2020 Recopa Sudamericana