Copa Sudamericana 2015

The Copa Sudamericana 2015 was the 14th staging of the second most important South American football competition for club teams after the Copa Libertadores , which since 2013 has been known as the “Copa Total Sudamericana” due to the sponsorship of the French mineral oil company Total . As in the previous year, 47 teams from the 10 member associations of CONMEBOL , including defending champion CA River Plate, took part. Argentina had seven participants and Brazil eight; the other eight countries each have four participants in the competition. As before, this was played in the second half of the year.

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As in the previous year, there were two rounds before the round of 16. In the first round, the eight countries (with the exception of Argentina and Brazil) start with their four teams each. The participants from Argentina and Brazil only joined in the second round, with the teams from both countries playing against each other. Defending champion CA River Plate had a bye to 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 game. 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 . The away goals rule did not apply in the final. If the goal difference was the same after the first and second leg, there was extra time and only then, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.

1 round

Participants were four teams each from eight countries in South America, with the exception of the teams from Argentina and Brazil. The first legs took place between August 11 and 13, and the second legs between August 18 and 20, 2015.

	total		First leg	Return leg
CA Juventud de Las Piedras	4: 3	Real Potosí	4: 1	0: 2
Oriente Petrolero	0: 3	Nacional Montevideo	0: 3	0-0
Santiago Wanderers	1: 2	Club Libertad	0-0	1: 2
Club Nacional	5: 2	CD Universidad de Concepción	2: 1	3: 1
Defensor Sporting Club	3: 2	Club Bolívar	3-0	0: 2
CD Universidad Católica	3: 1	Danubio FC	1-0	2: 1
Club Olimpia	4-0	CD Huachipato	2-0	2-0
Club Aurora	2: 7	Sportivo Luqueño	1: 2	1: 5
Carabobo FC	0: 0 (1: 3 iE)	Deportes Tolima	0-0	0-0
Universidad Católica del Ecuador	1: 2	Deportivo La Guaira	1: 1	0: 1
Leon de Huánuco	1: 6	CS Emelec	1: 3	0: 3
Atlético Junior	5: 4	FBC Melgar	5-0	0: 4
Universitario de Deportes	6: 2	Deportivo Anzoátegui	3: 1	3: 1
Zamora FC	1: 3	LDU Quito	1: 1	0: 2
Águilas Doradas	3: 1	Unión Comercio	2-0	1: 1
Liga de Loja	0: 3	Independiente Santa Fe	0-0	0: 3

2nd round

The sixteen winners of the first round as well as the six teams from Argentina and eight teams from Brazil qualified for the second round, with the clubs from these two countries each competing separately. The first legs took place on August 26th and 27th, the second legs between September 15th and 17th, 2015.

	total		First leg	Return leg
LDU Quito	2-0	Club Nacional	1-0	1-0
Defensor Sporting Club	4-0	Universitario de Deportes	3-0	1-0
Nacional Montevideo	1: 2	Independiente Santa Fe	0: 2	1-0
Deportivo La Guaira	2: 5	Sportivo Luqueño	1: 1	0: 4
Brasília FC	2-0	Goiás EC	0-0	2-0
Club Olimpia	3: 2	Águilas Doradas	1: 1	2: 1
CA Tigre	2: 6	Club Atlético Huracán	2: 5	0: 1
AA Ponte Preta	1: 4	Chapecoense	1: 1	0: 3
CD Universidad Católica	2: 4	Club Libertad	2: 3	0: 1
EC Bahia	2: 4	Sport Recife	1-0	1: 4
Arsenal de Sarandí	1: 2	CA Independiente	1: 1	0: 1
Joinville EC	0: 3	Athletico Paranaense	0: 2	0: 1
Deportes Tolima	2: 1	Junior	0: 1	2-0
CS Emelec	0: 0 (3: 2 iE)	CA Juventud de Las Piedras	0-0	0-0
CA Belgrano	2: 6	CA Lanus	1: 1	1: 5

Round of 16

The 15 winners of the second round and defending champions CA River Plate qualified for the round of 16. The first legs took place between September 22 and 24, and the second legs between September 29 and October 1, 2015.

	total		First leg	Return leg
River Plate	2: 1	LDU Quito	2-0	0: 1
CA Lanus	0: 0 (3: 5 iE)	Defensor Sporting Club	0-0	0-0
CS Emelec	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Independiente Santa Fe	2: 1	0: 1
Deportes Tolima	1: 2	Sportivo Luqueño	1: 1	0: 1
Athletico Paranaense	1-0	Brasília FC	1-0	0-0
CA Independiente	1-0	Club Olimpia	1-0	0-0
Sport Recife	1: 4	Club Atlético Huracán	1: 1	0: 3
Club Libertad	2: 2 (3: 5 iE)	Chapecoense	1: 1	1: 1

Quarter finals

The first legs took place between October 20 and 22, the second legs between October 27 and 29, 2015.

	total		First leg	Return leg
River Plate	4: 3	Chapecoense	3: 1	1: 2
Club Atlético Huracán	1-0	Defensor Sporting Club	1-0	0-0
CA Independiente	1: 2	Independiente Santa Fe	0: 1	1: 1
Athletico Paranaense	1: 2	Sportivo Luqueño	1-0	0: 2

Semifinals

The first leg took place on November 4th and 5th, the second leg on November 25th and 26th.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sportivo Luqueño	1: 1 ( a )	Independiente Santa Fe	1: 1	0-0
River Plate	2: 3	Club Atlético Huracán	0: 1	2: 2

final

First leg

Club Atlético Huracán		Independiente Santa Fe
	December 2nd, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. ( ART ) in Buenos Aires ( Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó ) Result : 0-0 Referee: Antonio Arias ( Paraguay )
	Marcos Díaz - José San Román , Hugo Nervo , Federico Mancinelli , Luciano Balbi - Mauro Bogado , Federico Vismara , Patricio Toranzo - Daniel Montenegro (81st David Distéfano ) - Cristian Espinoza (61st Ezequiel Miralles ), Ramón Ábila Coach: Eduardo Domínguez	Róbinson Zapata - Almir Soto , Yerry Mina , Francisco Meza , Leyvin Balanta - Yulián Anchico (89th Sergio Otálvaro ), Yeison Gordillo , Baldomero Perlaza , Luis Manuel Seijas - Wilson Morelo (73rd Miguel Borja ), Daniel Angulo (84th Omar Sebastián Pérez ) Coach: Gerardo Pelusso ( Uruguay )
	Federico Mancinelli (28th), Federico Vismara (30th)	Luis Manuel Seijas (38th), Leyvin Balanta (67th), Sergio Otálvaro (90th)

Return leg

Independiente Santa Fe		Club Atlético Huracán
	December 9, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. ( COT ) in Bogotá ( Estadio Nemesio Camacho ) Result: 0: 0 n.v., 3: 1 i. E. Referee: Héber Lopes ( Brazil )
	Róbinson Zapata - Yulián Anchico (107th Sergio Otálvaro ), Francisco Meza , Yerry Mina , Leyvin Balanta - Juan Daniel Roa , Yeison Gordillo (71st Omar Sebastián Pérez ), Baldomero Perlaza , Luis Manuel Seijas - Wilson Morelo , Daniel Angulo (46. Miguel Borja ) Coach: Gerardo Pelusso ( Uruguay )	Marcos Díaz - José San Román , Federico Mancinelli , Hugo Nervo , Luciano Balbi - Federico Vismara , Mauro Bogado , Cristian Espinoza (96th Agustín Torassa , 119th Carlos Arano ), Daniel Montenegro (76th David Distéfano ), Patricio Toranzo - Ramón Ábila Coach: Eduardo Domínguez
	penalties shoot
	1-0 Omar Sebastián Pérez 2-0 Luis Manuel Seijas 3-1 Leyvin Balanta	Mauro Bogado Hugo Nervo 2-1 Federico Mancinelli Patricio Toranzo
	Luis Manuel Seijas (90. + 4 '), Miguel Borja (118.)	Cristian Espinoza (88.)
		Ramón Ábila (116.)

Best goal scorers

Below are the top scorers of the 2015 Copa Sudamericana. They are initially sorted alphabetically according to the number of their hits, with the same number of goals.

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Ramón Ábila	Club Atlético Huracán	5
	Miller Bolaños	CS Emelec	5
	Wilson Morelo	Independiente Santa Fe	5
	José Ariel Nuñez	Club Olimpia	5
5	Guido Di Vanni	Sportivo Luqueño	4th
	Cristian Espinoza	Club Atlético Huracán	4th
	Jorge Miguel Ortega	Sportivo Luqueño	4th

→ Main article : List of Copa Sudamericana top scorers

See also

• Copa Libertadores 2015

Web links

• Official website of CONMEBOL for the Copa Sudamericana (span.)