Copa Sudamericana 2004

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The Copa Sudamericana 2004 was the third edition of the second most important South American soccer competition for club teams, which was also known as the "Copa Nissan Sudamericana" due to the sponsorship of the automobile manufacturer Nissan . In this third season, 35 teams, including defending champions Club Sportivo Cienciano , from all 10 member associations of CONMEBOL participated. As before, the competition was held in the second half of the year. It began on August 10, 2004 with the preliminary round in Argentina and ended on December 17, 2004 with the final second leg in Buenos Aires . The Boca Juniors won the title .

mode

Compared to the previous year, there were only minor changes to the competition mode. As usual, the respective winners of the regional elimination rounds qualified for the quarter-finals, although here too, as from the quarter-finals, the game was played exclusively in a knockout system with a return leg. In the event of a tie for points and goals , the away goal rule applied . If the number of goals scored away from home was the same, a penalty shoot-out followed immediately after the second leg . This rule also applied to the final.

Elimination Argentina

Argentina provided six participants, who determined the two participants in the quarterfinals in two rounds in the knockout system.

1 round

Byes:

• Boca Juniors
• CA River Plate

The first legs took place on August 18 and 10, the second legs on September 1 and 2, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Quilmes AC	0: 2	CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	0: 2	0-0
Arsenal de Sarandí	5: 4	CA Banfield	1: 1	4: 3

2nd round

The first legs took place on September 7 and 16, the second legs on September 30 and 29, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Arsenal de Sarandí	2: 1	CA River Plate	2: 1	0-0
CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	2: 2 (1: 4 i.E. )	Boca Juniors	1-0	1: 2

Argentina's representatives for the quarter-finals were Arsenal de Sarandí and Boca Juniors .

Elimination from Brazil

1 round

Byes:

• Flamengo Rio de Janeiro ,
• Gremio Porto Alegre ,
• Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte
• Sao Paulo FC .

The first legs took place on August 25 and 26, and the second legs on September 4 and 5, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Paraná Clube	2: 4	FC Santos	2: 1	0: 3
Figueirense FC	1: 1 (2: 4 i.E. )	SC Internacional	0-0	1: 1
Goiás EC	5: 3	Atlético Mineiro	4: 2	1: 1
Coritiba FC	2: 4	AD Sao Caetano	1: 2	2: 2

2nd round

The first legs took place on the 15th and 16th, the second legs on September 22nd, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Santos	2: 2 (5: 4 on account )	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	0-0	2: 2
SC Internacional	3: 2	Gremio Porto Alegre	2-0	1: 2
Goiás EC	4: 5	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	2: 2	2: 3
AD Sao Caetano	2: 2 (1: 4 i.E. )	Sao Paulo FC	1: 1	1: 1

3rd round

The first leg took place on October 10, the second leg on October 20, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Santos	2: 1	Sao Paulo FC	1-0	1: 1
SC Internacional	4: 1	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	3: 1	1-0

Brazil's representatives for the quarter-finals were therefore FC Santos and SC Internacional .

Elimination from Ecuador / Venezuela / Club Sportivo Cienciano

In this round, two representatives each from Ecuador and Venezuela and defending champion Club Sportivo Cienciano from Peru identified a participant in the quarter-finals.

1 round

Byes:

• Club Sportivo Cienciano
• LDU Quito
• SD Aucas

The first leg took place on August 12, the second leg on August 17, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Deportivo Italia	0: 2	Carabobo FC	0-0	0: 2

2nd round

The first leg took place on August 24th and 11th, the second leg on August 31st and September 14th, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Carabobo FC	2: 8	Club Sportivo Cienciano	1: 2	1: 6
LDU Quito	2: 1	SD Aucas	1-0	1: 1

3rd round

The first leg took place on September 28, the second leg on October 5, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
LDU Quito	6: 2	Club Sportivo Cienciano	4-0	2: 2

LDU Quito from Ecuador qualified for the quarter-finals .

Elimination from Bolivia / Chile

1 round

The first legs took place on August 12 and 31, and the second legs on August 19 and September 8, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Club Aurora	2: 5	Club Bolívar	1: 2	1: 3
CD Universidad de Concepción	3: 1	CD Santiago Wanderers	2: 1	1-0

2nd round

The first leg took place on September 28, the second leg on October 19, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
CD Universidad de Concepción	2: 4	Club Bolívar	0-0	2: 4

Club Bolívar La Paz from Bolivia qualified for the quarter-finals .

Elimination from Colombia / Peru

1 round

The first leg took place on August 17 and 19, and the second leg on September 14 and 9, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Coronel Bolognesi FC	2: 4	Alianza Atlético	1-0	1: 4
Los Millonarios CD	1: 2	Atlético Junior	1-0	0: 2

2nd round

The first leg took place on September 30, the second leg on October 19, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Alianza Atlético	1: 6	Atlético Junior	0: 2	1: 4

Atlético Junior Barranquilla from Colombia qualified for the quarter-finals .

Elimination Paraguay / Uruguay

1 round

The first legs took place on August 11 and September 9, the second legs on August 24 and September 21, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Club Cerro Porteño	3: 1	Club Libertad	1: 1	2-0
Danubio FC	2: 3	Club Atlético Peñarol	1: 2	1: 1

2nd round

The first leg took place on October 7, the second leg on October 21, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Club Atlético Peñarol	3: 4	Club Cerro Porteño	1: 3	2: 1

The Club Cerro Porteño Asunción from Paraguay qualified for the quarter-finals .

Quarter finals

Participants were the eight winners of the regional competitions.

The first leg took place on November 3rd, the second leg on November 10th, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Boca Juniors	1: 1 (8: 7 on account )	Club Cerro Porteño	1: 1	0-0
Arsenal de Sarandí	1: 3	Club Bolívar	1-0	0: 3
LDU Quito	5: 3	FC Santos	3: 2	2: 1
SC Internacional	2: 1	Atlético Junior	1-0	1: 1

Semifinals

The first leg took place on November 24th and 25th, the second leg on December 1st and 2nd, 2004.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Boca Juniors	4: 2	SC Internacional	4: 2	0-0
LDU Quito	2: 3	Club Bolívar	1: 1	1: 2

final

First leg

Club Bolívar		Boca Juniors
	December 8, 2004 in La Paz ( Estadio Hernando Siles ) Result: 1: 0 (0: 0) Spectators: 42,798 Referee: Carlos Simon ( Brazil )
	Mauro Machado - Daner Pachi , Oscar Sánchez , Julio Ferreira , Marco Sandy - Gonzalo Galindo (66th Percy Colque ), Rubén Tufiño , Ronald García (74th Pedro Guiberguis ), Limberg Gutiérrez - Roger Suárez , Horacio Chiorazzo Trainer: Vladimir Soria	Roberto Abbondanzieri - Rolando Schiavi , Aníbal Matellán , José Calvo , Cristian Traverso - Diego Cagna , Raúl Cascini , Fabián Vargas (66th Neri Cardozo ), Andrés Guglielminpietro (82nd Matías Donnet ) - Guillermo Barros Schelotto (88th Ariel Carreño ), Carlos Carreño Tévez coach: Jorge Benítez
	1-0 Horacio Chiorazzo (75.)
	Julio Ferreira (26th), Mauro Machado (71st)	Roberto Abbondanzieri (22nd), Fabián Vargas (42nd), José Calvo (56th)

Return leg

Boca Juniors		Club Bolívar
	December 17, 2004 in Buenos Aires ( La Bombonera ) Result: 2: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 55,000 Referee: Carlos Chandía ( Chile )
	Roberto Abbondanzieri - José Calvo , Rolando Schiavi , Cristian Traverso , Aníbal Matellán - Diego Cagna (67th Pablo Ledesma ), Raúl Cascini , Andrés Guglielminpietro (82nd Neri Cardozo ) - Carlos Tévez (75th Fabián Vargas ), Guillermo Barros Schelotto , Martín Palermo , Coach: Jorge Benítez	Mauro Machado - Oscar Sánchez , Julio Ferreira , Marco Sandy , Percy Colque (46th Roger Suárez ) - Rubén Tufiño , Limbert Pizarro , Gonzalo Galindo , Ronald García - Limberg Gutiérrez , Horacio Chiorazzo Trainer: Vladimir Soria
	1-0 Martín Palermo (14th) 2-0 Carlos Tévez (28th)
	Cristian Traverso (33.)	Julio Ferreira (29th), Limbert Pizarro (72nd), Marco Sandy (75th)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Horacio Chiorazzo	Club Bolívar	5
2	Carlos Casteglione	Arsenal de Sarandí	4th
	Álex Aguinaga	LDU Quito	4th

→ Main article : List of Copa Sudamericana top scorers

See also

• Copa Libertadores 2004

Web links

• Game details on rsssf.com (English)