Copa Sudamericana 2006

The Copa Sudamericana 2006 was the 5th edition of this second most important South American football competition for club teams, which also operated under the name "Copa Nissan Sudamericana" due to the sponsorship of the automobile manufacturer Nissan . In this fifth 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 division . These were CF Pachuca and Deportivo Toluca from Mexico and LD Alajuelense from Costa Rica. As before, the competition was held in the second half of the year. He started on August 22, 2006 with the elimination rounds and ended on December 13, 2006 with the final second leg in Santiago de Chile . The title won the Mexican club CF Pachuca.

mode

Compared to the previous year, there were no changes to the mode of competition. As usual, the respective winners of the regional elimination rounds qualified for the round of 16. 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 22 and 30, and the second legs on September 12 and 20, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	2: 1	CA Banfield	2: 1	0-0
CA Lanus	3-0	CA Vélez Sarsfield	2-0	1-0

Argentina's representatives for the round of 16 were CA San Lorenzo de Almagro and CA Lanús .

Elimination from Brazil

The first legs took place on August 6th and 7th, the second legs on August 13th and 14th, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
CR Vasco da Gama	1: 4	Corinthians São Paulo	0: 1	1: 3
FC Santos	1: 1 (4: 3 i.E. )	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	1-0	0: 1
Paraná Clube	1: 4	Athletico Paranaense	1: 3	0: 1
Botafogo FR	2: 2 (2: 4 on behalf )	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	1: 1	1: 1

Brazil's representatives for the round of 16 were Corinthians São Paulo , FC Santos , Athletico Paranaense and Fluminense Rio de Janeiro .

Elimination from Chile / Peru

1 round

The first leg took place on August 24th, the second leg on August 31st, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
CD Huachipato	3: 3 (3: 5 in good condition )	CSD Colo-Colo	1: 2	2: 1
Coronel Bolognesi FC	(a)3: 3 ( a )	Universidad San Martín	1-0	2: 3

2nd round

The first leg took place on September 12, the second leg on September 19, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Coronel Bolognesi FC	(a)2: 2 ( a )	CSD Colo-Colo	2: 1	0: 1

CSD Colo-Colo Santiago from Chile qualified for the round of 16 .

Elimination from Bolivia / Ecuador

1 round

The first leg took place on August 22nd and 24th, the second leg on August 30th and 31st, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
LDU Quito	3: 4	CD El Nacional	2: 3	1: 1
Universitario de Sucre	5: 4	Club Bolívar	2: 2	3: 2

2nd round

The first leg took place on September 12, the second leg on September 21, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Universitario de Sucre	2: 5	CD El Nacional	1: 3	1: 2

CD El Nacional Quito from Ecuador qualified for the round of 16 .

Elimination Paraguay / Uruguay

1 round

The first leg took place on August 23, 2006, the second leg on August 29, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Club Libertad	4: 1	Club Cerro Porteño	3: 1	1-0
Central Español FC	0: 1	Nacional Montevideo	0: 1	0-0

2nd round

The first leg took place on September 5, the second leg on September 9, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Club Libertad	2: 4	Nacional Montevideo	1: 2	1: 2

The Nacional Montevideo from Uruguay qualified for the round of 16 .

Elimination Colombia / Venezuela

1 round

The first leg took place on August 22nd and 23rd, the second leg on August 30th and 29th, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
AC Mineros de Guiana	6: 1	Carabobo FC	3-0	3: 1
Deportes Tolima	4: 2	Independiente Medellin	3: 1	1: 1

2nd round

The first leg took place on September 5, the second leg on September 21, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Deportes Tolima	(a)2: 2 ( a )	AC Mineros de Guiana	0-0	2: 2

Deportes Tolima 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 (defending champions) CA River Plate Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Deportivo Toluca CF Pachuca LD Alajuelense
 
 
 
 
 
 

The first legs took place from September 26 to October 4, the second legs from October 10 to 12, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Deportes Tolima	3: 6	CF Pachuca	2: 1	1: 5
Deportivo Toluca	3-0	CD El Nacional	1-0	2-0
Corinthians São Paulo	2: 4	CA Lanus	0-0	2: 4
CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	3: 1	FC Santos	3-0	0: 1
CA River Plate	2: 3	Athletico Paranaense	0: 1	2: 2
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	1: 3	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	1: 1	0: 2
Nacional Montevideo	3: 3 (3: 1 i. E. )	Boca Juniors	2: 1	1: 2
LD Alajuelense	02:11	CSD Colo-Colo	0: 4	2: 7

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on October 18, 19 and 25, the second legs on October 31, 25 and 26 and November 1, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
CA Lanus	2: 5	CF Pachuca	0: 3	2: 2
Nacional Montevideo	2: 6	Athletico Paranaense	1: 2	1: 4
CSD Colo-Colo	6: 1	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	*4: 1 *	2-0
CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	(a)3: 3 ( a )	Deportivo Toluca	3: 1	0: 2

^* First leg canceled when the score was 4: 1 in the 86th minute of the game because a player from Gimnasia y Esgrima was hit by an object.

Semifinals

The first legs took place on November 15 and 16, the second legs on November 22 and 21, 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Athletico Paranaense	1: 5	CF Pachuca	0: 1	1: 4
CSD Colo-Colo	4: 1	Deportivo Toluca	2: 1	2-0

final

First leg

CF Pachuca		CSD Colo-Colo
	November 30, 2006 in Pachuca de Soto ( Estadio Hidalgo ) Result: 1: 1 (1: 0) Spectators: 25,000 Referee: Roberto Silvera ( Uruguay )
	Miguel Calero - Fernando Salazar , Leobardo López (71st Roberto Saucedo ), Aquivaldo Mosquera , Fausto Pinto - Paul Aguilar (46th Carlos Rodríguez ), Jaime Correa , Gabriel Caballero (58th Damián Ariel Álvarez ), Andrés Chitiva - Christian Giménez , Juan Carlos Cacho Trainer: Enrique Meza	Sebastian Cejas - Miguel Riffo , David Henriques , Arturo Vidal , Alvaro Ormeño (78 Moisés Villarroel ) - Rodrigo Meléndez , Arturo Sanhueza , Gonzalo Fierro (88th Luis Mena ), Matías Fernández - Alexis Sánchez (60th Andrés González ), Humberto Suazo Coach: Claudio Borghi ( Argentina )
	1-0 Andrés Chitiva (27.)	1: 1 Humberto Suazo (50th)
	Andrés Chitiva (43.), Christian Giménez (69.)	Arturo Sanhueza (40th), Alexis Sánchez (45th), Arturo Vidal (76th), Gonzalo Fierro (88th), Humberto Suazo (89th)

Return leg

CSD Colo-Colo		CF Pachuca
	December 13, 2006 in Santiago de Chile ( Estadio Nacional de Chile ) Result: 1: 2 (1: 0) Spectators: 70,000 Referee: Héctor Baldassi ( Argentina )
	Sebastián Cejas - Miguel Riffo , Arturo Vidal , David Henríques , Álvaro Ormeño (79th Mario Cáceres ) - Rodrigo Meléndez (86th Andrés González ), Arturo Sanhueza , Gonzalo Fierro Matías Fernández - Humberto Suazo , Alexis Sáncheo (83rd Miguel Cález ) coaches : Claudio Borghi ( Argentina )	Miguel Calero - Leobardo López , Aquivaldo Mosquera , Fausto Pinto , Marvin Cabrera - Fernando Salazar (46th Damián Ariel Álvarez ), Jaime Correa , Gabriel Caballero , Andrés Chitiva - Christian Giménez (83rd Juan Pablo Alfaro ), Juan Carlos Cacho (46th) Carlos Rodríguez ) Coach: Enrique Meza
	1-0 Humberto Suazo (35th)	1: 1 Gabriel Caballero (53.) 1: 2 Christian Giménez (72.)
	Arturo Vidal (59.), Rodrigo Meléndez (61.), David Henríques (74.)	Damián Álvarez (51st), Christian Giménez (74th)
	Gonzalo Fierro (76th)	Andrés Chitiva (76.)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Humberto Suazo	CSD Colo-Colo	10
2	Matías Fernández	CSD Colo-Colo	9
3	Christian Giménez	CF Pachuca	5
4th	Marcos Aurélio	Athletico Paranaense	4th
	Juan Carlos Cacho	CF Pachuca	4th
	Rodrigo Archubi	CA Lanus	4th

→ Main article : List of Copa Sudamericana top scorers

See also

• Copa Libertadores 2006

Web links

• Game details on rsssf.com (English)