Copa Sudamericana 2017

Copa Sudamericana 2017
Cup winners	CA Independiente (2nd title)
Beginning	February 28, 2017
The End	December 13, 2017
final	Rio de Janeiro
Final stadium	Maracanã
Teams	54
Games	106  (of which 106 played)
Gates	262  (ø 2.47 per game)
Top scorer	Jhon Cifuentes Luis Rodríguez Felipe Vizeu (5 goals each)
← Copa Sudamericana 2016 Copa Sudamericana 2018 →
↑ Copa Libertadores 2017

The Copa Sudamericana 2017 is the 16th edition 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 . Due to a major change in mode, a total of 54 teams from the 10 member associations of CONMEBOL will take part for the first time , including 10 teams eliminated from the current 2017 Copa Libertadores competition . For the first time, like the Libertadores 2017, the competition will be held over the entire calendar year and not in the second half of the year as before. Six participants from Argentina and Brazil each qualify for the competition, and four from each of the other 8 countries.

Attendees

country	society	Qualification reason	Result
Argentina 6 starting places	CA Independiente	Primera División 2016 Best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	winner
	Arsenal de Sarandí	Primera División 2016 Second best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	2nd round
	CSD Defensa y Justicia	Primera División 2016 Third best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	2nd round
	Club Atlético Huracán	Primera División 2016 Fourth-best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	2nd round
	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	Primera División 2016 Fifth-best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	1 round
	Racing Club (Avellaneda)	Primera División 2016 Sixth-best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	Quarter finals
Bolivia 4 starting places	Club Bolívar	Best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores from the overall table of the Primera División 2015/16	2nd round
	Oriente Petrolero	Second-best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores in the overall table of the Primera División 2015/16	2nd round
	Nacional Potosí	Third-best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores in the overall table of the Primera División 2015/16	2nd round
	Club Petrolero	Fourth-best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores in the overall table of the Primera División 2015/16	1 round
Brazil 6 starting places	Corinthians São Paulo	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2016 Best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
	AA Ponte Preta	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2016 Second best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
	Sao Paulo FC	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2016 Third best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	1 round
	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2016 fourth-best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	1 round
	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2016 Fifth best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	Quarter finals
	Sport Recife	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2016 Sixth-best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	Quarter finals
Chile 4 starting places	CD O'Higgins	Primera División 2016 Best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	1 round
	CD Palestino	Apertura 2016 Best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	2nd round
	CF Universidad de Chile	Apertura 2016 Second best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	1 round
	CD Everton de Viña del Mar	Copa Chile 2016 Best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	1 round
Ecuador 4 starting places	LDU Quito	Best team from the overall table that did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
	Deportivo Cuenca	Second best team from the overall table that did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores	1 round
	Universidad Católica del Ecuador	Third best team from the overall table that did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores	2nd round
	Fuerza Amarilla Sporting Club	Fourth-best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores in the overall table	2nd round
Colombia 4 starting places	Deportes Tolima	Best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores of the Copa Colombia 2016	1 round
	Deportivo Cali	Best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores in the overall table of the Categoría Primera A 2016	2nd round
	Patriotas Boyacá	Second best team of the Categoría Primera A 2016 not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	2nd round
	Rionegro Águilas	Third best team of the Categoría Primera A 2016 not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	1 round
Paraguay 4 starting places	Club Cerro Porteño	Best team from the overall table that did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores	Round of 16
	Club Sol de America	Second best team from the overall table that did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores	2nd round
	Club Nacional	Third best team from the overall table that did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores	Quarter finals
	Sportivo Luqueño	Fourth-best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores in the overall table	1 round
Peru 4 starting places	Alianza Lima	Best team from the overall table that did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores	1 round
	Comerciantes Unidos	Second best team from the overall table that did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores	1 round
	Sports Huancayo	Third best team from the overall table that did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores	1 round
	Juan Aurich	Fourth-best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores in the overall table	1 round
Uruguay 4 starting places	Danubio FC	Best team from the overall table that did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores	1 round
	Defensor Sporting Club	Second team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores in the overall table	1 round
	Liverpool Montevideo	Third best team from the overall table that did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores	1 round
	Boston River	Fourth-best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores in the overall table	2nd round
Venezuela 4 starting places	Estudiantes de Caracas	Copa Venezuela 2016 Best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	1 round
	Atlético Venezuela	Clausura 2016 Best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores	1 round
	Caracas FC	Best team from the overall table that did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores	1 round
	Deportivo Anzoátegui	Second best team from the overall table that did not qualify for the Copa Libertadores	1 round

In addition, teams eliminated from the Copa Libertadores have been added since this year .

Best teams eliminated in the 2017 Copa Libertadores play-offs	Result
Club Olimpia	2nd round
Atlético Junior	Semifinals
Third-placed teams in the group stage of the 2017 Copa Libertadores	Result
Club Libertad	Semifinals
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	Runner-up
Independiente Santa Fe	Round of 16
Chapecoense	Round of 16
Atlético Tucumán	Round of 16
Estudiantes de La Plata	Round of 16
Independiente Medellin	2nd round
Deportes Iquique	2nd round

mode

As before, the competition will be held in a pure knockout system and there will be two rounds before the round of 16, but with more participants. In the first round, the 44 directly qualified participants from all 10 member countries of CONMEBOL start for the first time. In the 2nd round, the 10 teams from the Copa Libertadores are added to the 22 winners of the 1st round. These are made up of the two best losers in the third qualifying round and the eight thirds in the group stage. The defending champion no longer takes part in the competition because he has automatic right to start in the Copa Libertadores, which is being held at the same time. 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 also the same, a penalty shoot-out followed immediately after the second leg .

On October 11, 2017, COMMEBOL announced that video evidence would be used as an aid for Finale . With the help of video evidence, the decisions: goal or not goal, red card or not, as well as the identification of players should be made easier.

1 round

Participants were six teams each from Argentina and Brazil as well as four teams each from the other eight countries in South America. The draw took place on January 30th, the games between February 28th and June 1st.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Nacional Potosí	4: 3	Sports Huancayo	3: 1	1: 2
Deportivo Cali	( a ) 2: 2(a)	Sportivo Luqueño	1-0	1: 2
Club Petrolero	1: 6	Universidad Católica del Ecuador	1: 3	0: 3
LDU Quito	4: 3	Defensor Sporting Club	2: 2	2: 1
CD Everton de Viña del Mar	1: 1 (3: 4 on account)	Patriotas Boyacá	1-0	0: 1
Estudiantes de Caracas	3:10	Club Sol de America	2: 3	1: 7
Club Cerro Porteño	3: 2	Caracas FC	1: 1	2: 1
Deportivo Anzoátegui	3: 4	Club Atlético Huracán	3-0	0: 4
Oriente Petrolero	2: 2 (8: 7 on behalf)	Deportivo Cuenca	1: 1	1: 1 a.d.
Corinthians São Paulo	4: 1	CF Universidad de Chile	2-0	2: 1
CA Independiente	1-0	Alianza Lima	0-0	1-0
AA Ponte Preta	( a ) 1: 1(a)	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	0-0	1: 1
Boston River	4: 2	Comerciantes Unidos	3: 1	1: 1
Juan Aurich	1: 8	Arsenal de Sarandí	0: 2	1: 6
CD O'Higgins	1: 2	Fuerza Amarilla Sporting Club	1-0	0: 2
Deportes Tolima	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Club Bolívar	2: 1	0: 1
CD Palestino	1: 1 (7: 6 i.E.)	Atlético Venezuela	0: 1	1-0
Sport Recife	3: 3 (4: 2 in good condition)	Danubio FC	3-0	0: 3
Racing Club (Avellaneda)	2: 1	Rionegro Águilas	1-0	1: 1
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	3: 3 (2: 3 in good condition)	Club Nacional	2: 1	1: 2
CSD Defensa y Justicia	( a ) 1: 1(a)	Sao Paulo FC	0-0	1: 1
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	2: 1	Liverpool Montevideo	2-0	0: 1

2nd round

Participants were the 22 winners of the 1st round and the 10 teams eliminated from the Copa Libertadores 2017 . The games took place between June 27th and August 3rd. The draw took place on June 14, 2017.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Racing Club (Avellaneda)	6: 3	Independiente Medellin	3: 1	3: 2
Deportivo Cali	2: 2 (2: 3 i.E.)	Atlético Junior	1: 1	1: 1
CD Palestino	2:10	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	2: 5	0: 5
Nacional Potosí	0: 3	Estudiantes de La Plata	0: 1	0: 2
CA Independiente	6: 3	Deportes Iquique	4: 2	2: 1
Club Bolívar	1: 1 (5: 6 i.E.)	LDU Quito	1-0	0: 1
AA Ponte Preta	4: 1	Club Sol de America	1-0	3: 1
Fuerza Amarilla Sporting Club	1: 2	Independiente Santa Fe	1: 1	0: 1
Club Atlético Huracán	1: 7	Club Libertad	1: 5	0: 2
Sport Recife	3: 2	Arsenal de Sarandí	2-0	1: 2
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	6: 1	Universidad Católica del Ecuador	4-0	2: 1
Oriente Petrolero	2: 6	Atlético Tucumán	2: 3	0: 3
Club Nacional	( a ) 3: 3(a)	Club Olimpia	1: 1	2: 2
CSD Defensa y Justicia	1: 1 (2: 4 i.E.)	Chapecoense	1-0	0: 1
Club Cerro Porteño	6: 2	Boston River	2: 1	4: 1
Patriotas Boyacá	1: 3	Corinthians São Paulo	1: 1	0: 2

Round of 16

The games will take place between August 22nd and September 21st.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Corinthians São Paulo	1: 1	Racing Club (Avellaneda)	1: 1	0-0
Club Cerro Porteño	1: 3	Atlético Junior	0-0	1: 3
Chapecoense	0: 4	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	0-0	0: 4
Club Nacional	2-0	Estudiantes de La Plata	1-0	1-0
Atlético Tucumán	1: 2	CA Independiente	1-0	0: 2
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	2: 2	LDU Quito	1-0	1: 2
Sport Recife	3: 2	AA Ponte Preta	3: 1	0: 1
Club Libertad	2: 1	Independiente Santa Fe	1-0	1: 1

Quarter finals

The games took place between October 24th and November 2nd.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Club Libertad	1-0	Racing Club (Avellaneda)	1-0	0-0
Sport Recife	0: 2	Atlético Junior	0: 2	0-0
Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	3: 4	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	0: 1	3: 3
Club Nacional	1: 6	CA Independiente	1: 4	0: 2

Semifinals

The games took place between November 21st and 30th.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Club Libertad	2: 3	CA Independiente	1-0	1: 3
Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	4: 1	Atlético Junior	2: 1	2-0

final

First leg

CA Independiente		Flamengo Rio de Janeiro		Lineup
	December 6, 2017 in Estadio Libertadores de América , Avellaneda (Buenos Aires) Result: 2: 1 Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar ( Paraguay )
	25 Martín Campaña - 3 Nicolás Tagliafico , 5 Gastón Silva , 2 Alan Franco 85th , 16 Fabricio Bustos - 6 Juan Sánchez Miño , 15 Diego Martín Rodríguez - 27 Ezequiel Barco , 8 Maximiliano Meza 79th , 7 Martín Benítez 73rd - 9 Emanuel Gigliotti Reserve 1 Damián Albil , 14 Fernando Amorebieta 85th , 29 Nicolás Domingo 79th , 23 Nery Domínguez , 10 Walter Erviti , 11 Leandro Miguel Fernández , 24 Juan Martínez 73. Trainer: Ariel Holan	24 César - 21 Pará , 15 Réver , 4 Juan , 13 Miguel Trauco - 5 Willian Arão , 26 Gustavo Cuéllar - 7 Éverton Ribeiro , 10 Diego 73. , 29 Lucas Paquetá 57. - 25 Felipe Vizeu Reserve 8 Márcio Araújo , 22 Éverton 57th , 30 Rhodolfo , 20 Vinícius Júnior 73rd , 2 Rodinei , 1 Thiago , 27 Rômulo Coach: Reinaldo Rueda
	29 ′ Emanuel Gigliotti 53 ′ Maximiliano Meza	9 ′ Diego
	Tagliafico (20th), Amorebieta (86th), Bustos (91st)	Diego (24.)

Return leg

Flamengo Rio de Janeiro		CA Independiente		Lineup
	December 13, 2017 in Maracanã , Rio de Janeiro Result: 1: 1 Referee: Wilmar Roldán ( Colombia )
	24 César - 21 Pará , 15 Réver , 4 Juan , 13 Miguel Trauco 55. - 5 Willian Arão , 26 Gustavo Cuéllar 79. - 22 Éverton , 10 Diego , 29 Lucas Paquetá 85. - 25 Felipe Vizeu Reserve 8 Márcio Araújo , 16 Lincoln 85th , 30 Rhodolfo , 20 Vinícius Júnior 55th , 7 Éverton Ribeiro 79th , 2 Rodinei , 1 Thiago Trainer: Reinaldo Rueda	25 Martín Campaña - 3 Nicolás Tagliafico , 14 Fernando Amorebieta , 2 Alan Franco , 16 Fabricio Bustos 85. - 15 Diego Martín Rodríguez , 29 Nicolás Domingo - 27 Ezequiel Barco , 8 Maximiliano Meza 83. , 7 Martín Benítez 34. - 9 Emanuel Gigliotti Reserve 1 Damián Albil , 18 Lucas Albertengo 34th , 23 Nery Domínguez , 10 Walter Erviti , 11 Leandro Miguel Fernández , 5 Gastón Silva 85th , 6 Juan Sánchez Miño 83. Trainer: Ariel Holan
	30 ′ Lucas Paquetá	40 ′ ( penalty ) Ezequiel Barco
	Éverton Ribeiro (74.), Vinícius Júnior (78.), Juan (91.)	Albertengo (73.), Meza (78.), Campaña (80.)

Best goal scorers

Below are the top scorers of the 2017 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	Jhon Cifuentes	Universidad Católica del Ecuador	5
	Luis Rodríguez	Atlético Tucumán	5
	Felipe Vizeu	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	5
4th	André	Sport Recife	4th
	Henrique Dourado	Fluminense Rio de Janeiro	4th
	Leandro Fernández	CA Independiente	4th
	Emanuel Gigliotti	CA Independiente	4th
	Maximiliano Freitas	Oriente Petrolero	4th
	Santiago Salcedo	Club Libertad	4th
	Óscar Cardozo	Club Libertad	4th
Source:

→ Main article : List of Copa Sudamericana top scorers

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Resolution to change the mode on conmebol.com (span.)
2. ↑ Video evidence in the final , report on globoesporte.globo.com from October 11, 2017, page in portug., Accessed on October 11, 2017
3. ↑ Copa Sudamericana 2017: goal scorers. Retrieved December 14, 2017 .