Copa Sudamericana 2005

The Copa Sudamericana 2005 was the 4th edition of the second most important South American football competition for club teams, which was also known as the "Copa Nissan Sudamericana" due to the sponsorship of the automobile manufacturer Nissan . In this fourth season, a total of 34 teams, including defending champion Boca Juniors, took part. Including 31 teams from the 10 member associations of CONMEBOL and for the first time 3 teams from the CONCACAF area . These were Club América and UNAM Pumas from Mexico and DC United from the USA. As before, the competition was held in the second half of the year. He started on 9 August 2005 with the elimination in Bolivia and Uruguay and ended on 18 December 2005 with the final second leg in Buenos Aires . The Boca Juniors was able to defend its title and win the Copa Sudamericana a second time as the first team.

mode

Compared to the previous year, there were some changes to the competition mode. For the first time a round of 16 was played for which the respective winners of the regional elimination rounds qualified as usual. Another six teams qualified directly for the round of 16. These were three teams from Argentina and the three teams from the CONCACAF division. From the last sixteen onwards, the game was played in a pure 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

The first legs took place on August 10th and 18th, the second legs on August 25th and 28th, 2005.

	total		First leg	Return leg
CA Banfield	3: 2	Estudiantes de La Plata	2-0	1: 2
Newell's Old Boys	0: 1	Rosario Central	0-0	0: 1

Argentina's representatives for the round of 16 were CA Banfield and Rosario Central .

Elimination from Brazil

The first leg took place on August 17, the second leg on August 31, 2005.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	3: 3 (4: 2 in good condition )	FC Santos	2: 1	1: 2
Goiás EC	1: 3	Corinthians São Paulo	0: 2	1: 1
SC Internacional	3: 2	Sao Paulo FC	2: 1	1: 1
EC Juventude	2: 3	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	1: 3	1-0

Brazil's representatives for the round of 16 were thus FC Santos , Corinthians São Paulo , SC Internacional and Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte .

Elimination from Chile / Peru

1 round

The first legs took place on August 10th and 11th, the second legs on August 24th and 25th, 2005.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Universitario de Deportes	2: 2 (1: 4 i.E. )	Alianza Atlético	1: 1	1: 1
CF Universidad de Chile	(a)2: 2 ( a )	CD Universidad Católica	1: 2	1-0

2nd round

The first leg took place on August 30, the second leg on September 7, 2005.

	total		First leg	Return leg
CD Universidad Católica	5: 2	Alianza Atlético	5-0	0: 2

CD Universidad Católica Santiago from Chile qualified for the second round .

Elimination from Bolivia / Ecuador

1 round

The first legs took place on the 9th and 11th, the second leg on August 25, 2005.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Club The Strongest	4: 2	Club Bolívar	2: 1	2: 1
CD El Nacional	(a)5: 5 ( a )	LDU Quito	3: 4	2: 1

2nd round

The first leg took place on August 30, the second leg on September 8, 2005.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Club The Strongest	5: 1	LDU Quito	2: 1	3-0

Club The Strongest from Bolivia qualified for the round of 16 .

Elimination Paraguay / Uruguay

1 round

The first leg took place on August 9th and 16th, the second leg on August 23, 2005.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Club Guaraní	3: 3 (3: 4 on behalf )	Club Cerro Porteño	1: 2	2: 1
Defensor Sporting Club	5: 4	Danubio FC	2: 3	3: 1

2nd round

The first leg took place on August 30, the second leg on September 6, 2005.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Club Cerro Porteño	3: 1	Defensor Sporting Club	2-0	1: 1

Club Cerro Porteño Asunción from Paraguay qualified for the round of 16 .

Elimination Colombia / Venezuela

1 round

The first legs took place on August 16 and 18, the second legs on August 23 and 24, 2005.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Deportivo Cali	2: 2 (6: 7 on behalf )	Atlético Nacional	2-0	0: 2
Trujillanos FC	5: 2	AC Mineros de Guiana	3: 1	2: 1

2nd round

The first leg took place on August 30, the second leg on September 8, 2005.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Trujillanos FC	1: 7	Atlético Nacional	1: 5	0: 2

Atlético Nacional Medellín from Colombia qualified for the round of 16 .

Round of 16

Participants were the ten winners of the regional eliminations and the following six teams who were automatically qualified by a bye: Boca Juniors CA River Plate CA Vélez Sársfield Club America UNAM Pumas D.C. United
 
 
 
 
 
 

The first legs took place from September 13 to 21, the second legs from September 22 to October 5, 2005.

	total		First leg	Return leg
DC United	3: 4	CD Universidad Católica	1: 1	2: 3
Corinthians São Paulo	(a)1: 1 ( a )	CA River Plate	0-0	1: 1
CA Vélez Sarsfield	3: 2	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	2-0	1: 2
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	3: 1	CA Banfield	3: 1	0-0
Rosario Central	1: 2	SC Internacional	0: 1	1: 1
Club Cerro Porteño	3: 7	Boca Juniors	2: 2	1: 5
UNAM Pumas	4: 3	Club The Strongest	3: 1	1: 2
Club America	7: 4	Atlético Nacional	3: 3	4: 1

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on October 18, 19 and 26, and the second legs on November 9, 10 and 2, 2005.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	2: 3	CD Universidad Católica	2: 1	0: 2
Corinthians São Paulo	2: 4	UNAM Pumas	2: 1	0: 3
SC Internacional	2: 4	Boca Juniors	1-0	1: 4
Club America	0: 4	CA Vélez Sarsfield	0: 2	0: 2

Semifinals

The first legs took place on November 23 and 24, the second legs on November 30 and December 1, 2005.

	total		First leg	Return leg
CA Vélez Sarsfield	0: 4	UNAM Pumas	0-0	0: 4
Boca Juniors	3: 2	CD Universidad Católica	2: 2	1-0

final

First leg

UNAM Pumas		Boca Juniors
	December 6, 2005 in Mexico City , ( Estadio Olímpico Universitario ) Result: 1: 1 (0: 1) Spectators: 65,000 Referee: Jorge Larrionda ( Uruguay )
	Sergio Bernal - Israel Castro , Joaquín Beltrán , Darío Verón , Marco Antonio Palacios - Gonzalo Pineda , Gerardo Galindo , Leandro Augusto , Aílton (46th Joaquín Botero ) - Bruno Marioni , Antonio de Nigris (46th Ismael Íñiguez ) Coach: Miguel España	Roberto Abbondanzieri - Juan Krupoviesa , Rolando Schiavi , Daniel Díaz , Hugo Ibarra - Pablo Ledesma , Fernando Gago , Federico Insúa , (87th Matías Silvestre ), Daniel Bilos (76th Neri Cardozo ) - Martín Palermo (85th Marcelo Delgado ), Rodrigo Palacio Trainer: Alfio Basile
	1: 1 Joaquín Botero (53rd)	0: 1 Rodrigo Palacio (30.)
	Darío Verón (49th), Israel Castro (58th), Gonzalo Pineda (86th)	Rolando Schiavi (58.), Fernando Gago (82.), Hugo Ibarra (83.)

Return leg

Boca Juniors		UNAM Pumas
	December 18, 2005 in Buenos Aires ( La Bombonera ) Result: 1: 1 n.V. (1: 0, 1; 0), 4: 3 iE Spectators: 56,000 Referee: Carlos Amarilla ( Paraguay )
	Roberto Abbondanzieri - Hugo Ibarra , Rolando Schiavi , Daniel Díaz , Juan Krupoviesa - Sebastián Battaglia , Fernando Gago (71st Pablo Ledesma ), Daniel Bilos , (85th Guillermo Barros Schelotto ), Federico Insúa - Martín Palermo , Rodrigo Palacio (87th Marcelo Delgado ) Trainer: Alfio Basile	Sergio Bernal - Marco Antonio Palacios , Joaquín Beltrán , Darío Verón , Israel Castro - Gerardo Galindo , Gonzalo Pineda , Joaquín Botero (79th Martín Cardetti ), Leandro Augusto - Aílton (46th Ismael Íñiguez ), Bruno Marioni Trainer: Miguel España
	1-0 Martín Palermo (31st)	1: 1 Bruno Marioni (54th, penalties)
	penalties shoot
	Guillermo Barros Schelotto 1: 1 Federico Insúa Martin Palermo 2: 2 Rolando Schiavi 3: 3 Marcelo Delgado 4: 3 Roberto Abbondanzieri	Leandro Augusto 0-1 Gonzalo Pineda Joaquín Beltrán 1-2 Martín Cardetti 2-3 Bruno Marioni Gerardo Galindo
	Hugo Ibarra (32nd), Roberto Abbondanzieri (61st), Rodrigo Palacio (65th), Martín Palermo (87th)	Ailton (46.), Bruno Marioni (50.), Gerardo Galindo (79.)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Bruno Marioni	UNAM Pumas	7th
2	Jorge Quinteros	CD Universidad Católica	6th
3	Rodrigo Palacio	Boca Juniors	5
4th	Kléber Pereira	Club America	4th
	Martin Palermo	Boca Juniors	4th
	Diego	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	4th
	Tuta	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	4th
	Pablo Escobar	Club The Strongest	4th

→ Main article : List of Copa Sudamericana top scorers

See also

• Copa Libertadores 2005

Web links

• Game details on rsssf.com (English)