Copa Sudamericana 2016

The Copa Sudamericana 2016 was the 15th staging of the second most important South American football competition for club teams after the Copa Libertadores , which has been known as the "Copa Total Sudamericana" since 2013 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 Independiente Santa Fe from Colombia, took part. In addition to this, Argentina had six and Brazil eight participants; the other eight countries each have four participants in the competition. As before, this was played in the second half of the year.

The competition was overshadowed by the crash of LaMia flight 2933 , in which 19 players and 26 officials of the finalist Chapecoense died on their way to Medellín , the first leg of the final pairing.

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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) started 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 Independiente Santa Fe 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 .

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 9 and 11 and the second legs between August 16 and 18.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Centro Atlético Fénix	1: 2	Club Cerro Porteño	1-0	0: 2
Sportivo Luqueño	(a)1: 1 ( a )	Club Atlético Peñarol	0-0	1: 1
CD Universidad de Concepción	2: 3	Club Bolívar	2-0	0: 3
Real Potosí	4: 2	CD Universidad Católica	3: 1	1: 1
Club blooming	1: 1 (4: 1 i.E.)	Plaza Colonia	1-0	0: 1 a.d.
Club Sol de America	2: 2 (5: 4 on account)	Club Jorge Wilstermann	1: 1	1: 1 a.d.
Montevideo Wanderers	0: 0 (5: 4 on perk)	CD O'Higgins	0-0	0: 0 a.d.
CD Palestino	4-0	Club Libertad	1-0	3-0
Universitario de Deportes	1: 6	Club Sport Emelec	0: 3	1: 3
SD Aucas	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Real Garcilaso	2: 1	0: 1
Deportivo Lara	2: 5	Atlético Junior	1: 3	1: 2
Deportes Tolima	0: 1	Deportivo La Guaira	0-0	0: 1
Barcelona Sporting Club	1: 1 (0: 3 i.E.)	Zamora FC	1: 1	1: 1 a.d.
Independiente Medellin	2: 1	Universidad Católica del Ecuador	1: 1	1-0
Deportivo Anzoátegui	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Sports Huancayo	2: 1	0: 1
Deportivo Municipal	0: 6	Atlético Nacional	0: 5	0: 1

2nd round

The sixteen winners of the first round as well as the six teams from Argentina and eight teams from Brazil qualify for the second round, with the clubs from these two countries competing against each other separately. The first legs took place between August 23rd and 25th, the second leg on August 31st and between September 13th and 15th.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Santa Cruz FC	1-0	Sport Recife	0-0	1-0
Deportivo La Guaira	4: 2	Club Sport Emelec	4: 2	0-0
Cuiabá EC	2: 3	Chapecoense	1-0	1: 3
Club Bolívar	1: 2	Atlético Nacional	1: 1	0: 1
Estudiantes de La Plata	1: 2	CA Belgrano	1-0	0: 2
Club blooming	1: 3	Atlético Junior	0: 2	1: 1
Figueirense FC	(a)5: 5 ( a )	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	4: 2	1: 3
Club Cerro Porteño	7-0	Real Potosí	6-0	1-0
Real Garcilaso	2: 3	CD Palestino	2: 2	0: 1
Zamora FC	0: 2	Montevideo Wanderers	0: 1	0: 1
EC Vitória	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Coritiba FC	2: 1	0: 1
Club Sol de America	2: 1	Sports Huancayo	1-0	1: 1
CA Lanus	0: 3	CA Independiente	0: 2	0: 1
CA Banfield	3: 4	CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	2-0	1: 4
Independiente Medellin	3: 2	Sportivo Luqueño	3-0	0: 2

Round of 16

The 15 winners of the second round and defending champion Santa Fe qualified for the round of 16. The first legs took place between September 20-22 and the second legs between September 27-29.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Independiente Medellin	( a ) 3: 3(a)	Santa Cruz FC	2-0	1: 3
Independiente Santa Fe	3: 4	Club Cerro Porteño	2-0	1: 4
Club Sol de America	1: 3	Atlético Nacional	1: 1	0: 2
Coritiba FC	3: 3 (4: 3 in good condition)	CA Belgrano	1: 2	2: 1 a.d.
CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	4: 1	Deportivo La Guaira	2: 1	2-0
CD Palestino	( a ) 2: 2(a)	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	0: 1	2: 1
Montevideo Wanderers	0: 0 (3: 4 on perk)	Atlético Junior	0-0	0: 0 a.d.
Chapecoense	0: 0 (5: 4 on perk)	CA Independiente	0-0	0: 0 a.d.

Quarter finals

The first legs took place between October 18 and 20, the second legs between October 25 and 27.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Independiente Medellin	0: 2	Club Cerro Porteño	0-0	0: 2
Atlético Nacional	4: 2	Coritiba FC	1: 1	3: 1
CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	2: 1	CD Palestino	2-0	0: 1
Atlético Junior	1: 3	Chapecoense	1-0	0: 3

Semifinals

The first legs took place on November 1st and 2nd, the second leg on November 23rd and 24th.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Club Cerro Porteño	(a)1: 1 ( a )	Atlético Nacional	1: 1	0-0
CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	(a)1: 1 ( a )	Chapecoense	1: 1	0-0

Canceled final

On November 29, 2016, the final was canceled by the South American football association CONMEBOL because the Chapecoense team had crashed in the plane a few hours earlier and 19 players and 26 officials had died. Only three players survived, along with three other passengers, seriously injured in the crash.

Despite the cancellation of the final, the stadium in Medellín was full of seats. Atlético Nacional supporters sang the club anthem Semper Chapecó ( Forever Chapecó ) by Chapecoense. "It was 90 minutes of football atmosphere without a ball rolling, perhaps one of the greatest moments in recent sports history."

The final opponent Atlético Nacional announced that they would forego the title and demanded that it be given to Chapecoense instead as a "posthumous tribute" . The South American football association CONMEBOL declared Chapecoense the title holder on December 2, 2016.

Best goal scorers

Below are the top scorers of the Copa Sudamericana 2016. They are initially sorted alphabetically according to the number of their hits, with the same number of goals.

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Miguel Borja	Atlético Nacional	6th
	Cecilio Domínguez	Club Cerro Porteño	6th
3	José Nicolás Blandi	CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	5
4th	Claudio Bieler	CA Belgrano	4th
	Leonardo Valencia	CD Palestino	4th

→ Main article : List of Copa Sudamericana top scorers

See also

• Copa Libertadores 2016

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.sueddeutsche.de from November 29, 2016: Plane crash in Colombia: First survivors rescued from the accident machine , accessed on November 29, 2016
2. ↑ faz.net of November 29, 2016: Five survivors of a plane crash in Colombia , accessed on November 29, 2016
3. ↑ Boris Herrmann: Life goes on. Six months ago, the Brazilian first division team Chapecoense had an accident on the flight to Colombia . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of June 3, 2017, p. 3.
4. ↑ CAMPEÓN DE LA SUDAMERICANA ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on atlnacional.com, accessed November 29, 2016.  
5. ↑ Title allocation report from December 2, 2016 on globoesporte.globo.com, page in portug., Accessed on December 2, 2016