Copa Sudamericana 2010

The Copa Sudamericana 2010 was the 9th staging of the second most important South American football competition for club teams, which was also known as the "Copa Nissan Sudamericana" due to the last sponsorship of the automobile manufacturer Nissan . This season, 39 teams from the 10 member associations of CONMEBOL , including defending champions Liga de Quito, took part as the number of participants per country (except Argentina and Brazil) increased from two to three. As in the previous year, teams from the CONCACAF area did not start. As before, the competition was held in the second half of the year. It started on August 3, 2010 with the 1st round and ended on December 8, 2010 with the final second leg in Avellaneda.

mode

Due to the increased number of participants, there were again two rounds before the round of 16. As usual, the competition was held from the first round to the final in a pure knockout system with a return leg. In the event of a tie for points and goals , the away goal rule applies . If the number of goals scored away from home is the same, a penalty shoot-out follows immediately after the second leg . The away goals rule does not apply in the final. If the goal difference is the same after the first and second leg, there is extra time and only then, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out. The participants from Argentina and Brazil only started in the second round, defending champion Liga de Quito only in the second round.

1 round

Participants were two teams each from eight countries in South America (except Argentina and Brazil). The first legs took place between August 3 and 24, the second legs between August 10 and September 2, 2010.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Universitario de Sucre	( a ) 3: 3(a)	Colo Colo Santiago	2-0	1: 3
Club Guaraní	( a ) 4: 4(a)	River Plate	2-0	2: 4
CD Universidad César Vallejo	2: 5	Barcelona SC Guayaquil	1: 2	1: 3
Atlético Huila	5: 2	Trujillanos FC	4: 1	1: 1
CF Universidad de Chile	2: 3	Oriente Petrolero	2: 2	0: 1
Defensor Sporting	3: 1	Olimpia Asunción	2-0	1: 1
Deportivo Quito	(a)4: 4 ( a )	Universidad San Martín	3: 2	1: 2
Deportivo Lara	2: 4	Independiente Santa Fe	2-0	0: 4

2nd round

The eight winners of the first round qualified for the second round, a third club each from the eight countries of the first round, six teams from Argentina and eight teams from Brazil, with the clubs from these two countries each competing against each other. The first legs took place between August 4 and September 16, the second legs between August 12 and September 23, 2010.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Atlético Huila	1: 5	Club San José	1: 1	0: 4
Barcelona SC Guayaquil	1: 3	Club Atlético Peñarol	0: 1	1: 2
Independiente Santa Fe	2: 1	Caracas FC	2: 1	0-0
Oriente Petrolero	1: 2	Deportes Tolima	1-0	0: 2
Club Guaraní	2: 2 (7: 8 on behalf )	Unión San Felipe	1: 1	1: 1
Universidad San Martín	2: 6	CS Emelec	2: 1	0: 5
Universitario de Sucre	3: 2	Club Cerro Porteño	1-0	2: 2
Defensor Sporting	9: 2	Sports Huancayo	9-0	0: 2
CA Independiente	2: 1	Argentinos Juniors	1-0	1: 1
CA Vélez Sarsfield	1: 2	CA Banfield	0: 1	1: 1
Newell's Old Boys	2: 1	Estudiantes de La Plata	1-0	1: 1
EC Vitória	2: 3	Palmeiras São Paulo	2-0	0: 3
FC Santos	2: 3	Avaí FC	1: 3	1-0
Gremio Prudente	0: 1	Atlético Mineiro	0-0	0: 1
Goiás EC	3: 1	Gremio Porto Alegre	1: 1	2-0

Round of 16

The 15 winners of the second round and defending champions Liga de Quito qualified for the round of 16. The first legs took place between September 28 and October 14, the second legs between October 12 and 21, 2010.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Newell's Old Boys	6: 2	Club San José	6-0	0: 2
Defensor Sporting	3: 4	CA Independiente	1-0	2: 4
Goiás EC	( a ) 3: 3(a)	Club Atlético Peñarol	1-0	2: 3
Universitario de Sucre	1: 4	Palmeiras São Paulo	0: 1	1: 3
Atlético Mineiro	2: 1	Independiente Santa Fe	2-0	0: 1
CS Emelec	3: 4	Avaí FC	2: 1	1: 3
CA Banfield	2: 3	Deportes Tolima	2-0	0: 3
Unión San Felipe	5: 7	LDU Quito	4: 2	1: 6

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on October 27th and 2/3. November, the second legs will take place on November 10 and 11, 2010.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Atlético Mineiro	1: 3	Palmeiras São Paulo	1: 1	0: 2
Goiás EC	3: 2	Avaí FC	2: 2	1-0
Newell's Old Boys	0: 1	LDU Quito	0-0	0: 1
Deportes Tolima	(a)2: 2 ( a )	CA Independiente	2: 2	0-0

Semifinals

The first legs took place on November 17 and 18, the second legs on November 24 and 25, 2010.

	total		First leg	Return leg
LDU Quito	(a)4: 4 ( a )	CA Independiente	3: 2	1: 2
Goiás EC	( a ) 2: 2(a)	Palmeiras São Paulo	0: 1	2: 1

final

First leg

Goiás EC		Independiente Avellaneda
	December 1, 2010 in Goiânia ( Estádio Serra Dourada ) Result: 2: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 35,500 Referee: Carlos Torres ( Paraguay )
	Harlei - Marcão , Ernando , Wellington Saci , Douglas , Rafael Tolói - Amaral , Marcelo Costa (88th Felipe ), Carlos Alberto - Rafael Moura , Otacílio Neto (70th Éverton Santos ) Coach: Arthur Neto	Hilario Navarro - Lucas Mareque , Eduardo Tuzzio , Leonel Galeano , Julián Velázquez - Roberto Battión , Hernán Fredes (87th Maximiliano Velázquez ), Nicolás Cabrera (80th Carlos Matheu ), Fernando Godoy (46th Patricio Rodríguez ) - Andrés Silvera , Facundo Parra Coach: Antonio Mohamed
	1-0 Rafael Moura (14th) 2-0 Otacílio Neto (22nd)
	Otacílio Neto (44th), Carlos Alberto (87th)	Julián Velázquez (10th), Leonel Galeano (12th)
		Andrés Silvera (58th)

Return leg

Independiente Avellaneda		Goiás EC
	December 8, 2010 in Avellaneda ( Estadio Libertadores de América ) Result: 3: 1 n.V. (3: 1, 3: 1), 5: 3 i. E. Spectators: 38,000 Referee: Óscar Ruiz ( Colombia )
	Hilario Navarro - Julián Velázquez , Lucas Mareque , Eduardo Tuzzio , Carlos Matheu - Roberto Battión , Hernán Fredes (108th Maximiliano Velázquez ), Patricio Rodríguez (71st Leandro Gracián ) Nicolás Cabrera - Nicolás Martínez (66th Martín Góra Parra coach ), : Antonio Mohamed	Harlei - Rafael Tolói , Wellington Saci , Marcão , Ernando , Douglas (65th Éverton Santos ) - Marcelo Costa , Carlos Alberto , Amaral - Otacílio Neto (76th Felipe ), Rafael Moura Trainer: Arthur Neto
	1-0 Julián Velázquez (19th) 2-1 Facundo Parra (27th) 3-1 Facundo Parra (34th)	1: 1 Rafael Moura (22nd)
	penalties shoot
	1: 0 Maximiliano Velázquez 2: 1 Facundo Parra 3: 2 Leandro Gracián 4: 2 Carlos Matheu 5: 3 Eduardo Tuzzio	1: 1 Rafael Tolói 2: 2 Éverton Santos Felipe (shoots at the post) 4: 3 Rafael Moura
	Eduardo Tuzzio (13th), Carlos Matheu (25th), Julián Velázquez (44th), Hilario Navarro (115th)	Otacílio Neto (12th), Rafael Moura (115), Rafael Tolói (120th),

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Rafael Moura	Goiás EC	8th
2	Rodrigo Mora	Defensor Sporting Club	6th
3	Marcos Assunção	Palmeiras São Paulo	4th
	Roberto Galindo	Universitario de Sucre	4th
	Ángel Vildozo	Unión San Felipe	4th
6th	Hernán Barcos	LDU Quito	3
	Mauro Formica	Newell's Old Boys	3
	Luan	Palmeiras São Paulo	3
	Wild medina	Deportes Tolima	3
	Obina	Atlético Mineiro	3
	Facundo Parra	CA Independiente	3
	Joao Rojas	CS Emelec	3
	Juan Manuel Salgueiro	Liga de Quito	3
	Andrés Silvera	CA Independiente	3

→ Main article : List of Copa Sudamericana top scorers

See also

• Copa Libertadores 2010

Web links

• Game details on rsssf.com (English)