2015 Copa Sudamericana

2015 Copa Sudamericana

2015 Copa Sudamericana 2015 Copa Sul-Americana
Tournament details
Dates	August 11 – December 9, 2015
Teams	47 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Santa Fe (1st title)
Runners-up	Huracán
Tournament statistics
Matches played	92
Goals scored	186 (2.02 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ramón Ábila Miller Bolaños Wilson Morelo José Ariel Núñez (5 goals each)
Best player	Ramón Ábila[1]

The 2015 Copa Sudamericana was the 14th edition of the Copa Sudamericana, South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.

Colombian team Santa Fe qualified to play in the 2016 Copa Libertadores, the 2016 Recopa Sudamericana, and the 2016 Suruga Bank Championship,^[2] after winning the final against Argentinian team Huracán 3–1 on penalties (0–0 on aggregate after extra time).^[3] River Plate was the defending champion, but was eliminated by Huracán in the semifinals.

Teams

The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations qualified for the tournament:

• Title holders
• Brazil: 8 berths
• Argentina: 6 berths
• All associations other than Argentina and Brazil: 4 berths each

Among them, 32 teams (from the eight associations other than Argentina and Brazil, excluding the title holders) were entered in the first stage, 14 teams (from Argentina and Brazil, excluding the title holders) were entered in the second stage, and the title holders were entered in the round of 16.

Association	Team (Berth)	Entry stage	Qualification method
Argentina 6 + 1 berths	River Plate (Title holders)	Round of 16	2014 Copa Sudamericana champion
	Huracán (Argentina 1)	Second stage	2014 Supercopa Argentina champion[4]
	Lanús (Argentina 2)		2014 Torneo Transición best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores second stage[4]
	Independiente (Argentina 3)		2014 Torneo Transición 2nd best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores second stage[4]
	Tigre (Argentina 4)		2014 Torneo Transición 3rd best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores second stage[4]
	Arsenal (Argentina 5)		2014 Torneo Transición 4th best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores second stage[4]
	Belgrano (Argentina 6)		2014 Torneo Transición 5th best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores second stage[4]
Bolivia 4 berths	Real Potosí (Bolivia 1)	First stage	2014 Clausura 4th place[5]
	Bolívar (Bolivia 2)		2014 Clausura 5th place[5]
	Aurora (Bolivia 3)		2014 Clausura 6th place[5]
	Oriente Petrolero (Bolivia 4)		2014 Clausura 7th place[5]
Brazil 8 berths	Atlético Paranaense (Brazil 1)	Second stage	2014 Série A or 2014 Série B best team eliminated before 2015 Copa do Brasil round of 16[6]
	Sport Recife (Brazil 2)		2014 Série A or 2014 Série B 2nd best team eliminated before 2015 Copa do Brasil round of 16[6]
	Goiás (Brazil 3)		2014 Série A or 2014 Série B 3rd best team eliminated before 2015 Copa do Brasil round of 16[6]
	Chapecoense (Brazil 4)		2014 Série A or 2014 Série B 4th best team eliminated before 2015 Copa do Brasil round of 16[6]
	Joinville (Brazil 5)		2014 Série A or 2014 Série B 5th best team eliminated before 2015 Copa do Brasil round of 16[6]
	Ponte Preta (Brazil 6)		2014 Série A or 2014 Série B 6th best team eliminated before 2015 Copa do Brasil round of 16[6]
	Bahia (Brazil 7)		2015 Copa do Nordeste runner-up[7]^[Note BRA]
	Brasília (Brazil 8)		2014 Copa Verde champion[8]
Chile 4 berths	Universidad de Concepción (Chile 1)	First stage	2014–15 Copa Chile champion[9]
	Huachipato (Chile 2)		2014–15 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores second stage[9]
	Universidad Católica (Chile 3)		2015 Clausura Liguilla winner[9]
	Santiago Wanderers (Chile 4)		2014 Apertura Liguilla runner-up[9]
Colombia 4 berths	Deportes Tolima (Colombia 1)	First stage	2014 Copa Colombia champion[10]
	Santa Fe (Colombia 2)		2015 Superliga Colombiana champion[10]
	Águilas Doradas (Colombia 3)		2014 Primera A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores[10]
	Junior (Colombia 4)		2014 Primera A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores[10]
Ecuador 4 berths	Emelec (Ecuador 1)	First stage	2014 Serie A champion[11]
	LDU Quito (Ecuador 2)		2014 Serie A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores[11]
	LDU Loja (Ecuador 3)		2014 Serie A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores[11]
	Universidad Católica (Ecuador 4)		2014 Serie A aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores[11]
Paraguay 4 berths	Libertad (Paraguay 1)	First stage	2014 Apertura champion and 2014 Clausura champion[12]
	Sportivo Luqueño (Paraguay 2)		2014 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores[12]
	Olimpia (Paraguay 3)		2014 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores[12]
	Nacional (Paraguay 4)		2014 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores[12]
Peru 4 berths	Melgar (Peru 1)	First stage	2014 Descentralizado aggregate table best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores[13]
	Unión Comercio (Peru 2)		2014 Descentralizado aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores[13]
	Universitario (Peru 3)		2014 Descentralizado aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores[13]
	León de Huánuco (Peru 4)		2014 Descentralizado aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2015 Copa Libertadores[13]
Uruguay 4 berths	Nacional (Uruguay 1)	First stage	2014–15 Primera División champion[14]
	Danubio (Uruguay 2)		2014–15 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores[14]
	Defensor Sporting (Uruguay 3)		2014–15 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores[14]
	Juventud (Uruguay 4)		2014–15 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores[14]
Venezuela 4 berths	Deportivo La Guaira (Venezuela 1)	First stage	2014 Copa Venezuela champion[15]
	Deportivo Anzoátegui (Venezuela 2)		2014–15 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2016 Copa Libertadores[15]
	Zamora (Venezuela 3)		2014–15 Primera División Serie Sudamericana winner with better record in aggregate table[15]
	Carabobo (Venezuela 4)		2014–15 Primera División Serie Sudamericana winner with worse record in aggregate table[15]

Notes

1. Brazil (BRA): Ceará (2015 Copa do Nordeste champion) were originally qualified to the 2015 Copa Sudamericana. However, they qualified also to the 2015 Copa do Brasil round of 16, thus losing their Copa Sudamericana berth. As a result, Bahia (2015 Copa do Nordeste runner-up) qualified to the 2015 Copa Sudamericana as 2015 Copa do Nordeste best team eliminated before 2015 Copa do Brasil round of 16.^[7]

Draw

Arsenal
Huracán
Independiente
Lanús
River Plate
Tigre

Belgrano

Real Potosí

Bolívar

Aurora

Oriente Petrolero

Atl. Paranaense

Sport Recife

Goiás

Chapecoense

Joinville

Ponte Preta

Bahia

Brasília

U. de Concepción

Huachipato

U. Católica

Santiago Wanderers

Dep. Tolima

Santa Fe

Águilas Doradas

Junior

Emelec

LDU Quito
U. Católica

LDU Loja

Libertad
Nacional
Olimpia

Sp. Luqueño

Melgar

Unión Comercio

Universitario

León de Huánuco

Danubio
Defensor Sporting
Nacional

Juventud

Dep. La Guaira

Dep. Anzoátegui

Zamora

Carabobo

Location of teams of the 2015 Copa Sudamericana.

The draw of the tournament was held on 16 July 2015 at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[16][17]

Excluding the defending champion (entering in the round of 16), the other 46 teams were divided into four zones:

• South Zone: Teams from Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay (entering in the first stage)
• North Zone: Teams from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela (entering in the first stage)
• Brazil Zone: Teams from Brazil (entering in the second stage)
• Argentina Zone: Teams from Argentina (entering in the second stage)

For the first stage, the 16 teams from the South Zone were drawn into eight ties, and the 16 teams from the North Zone were drawn into the other eight ties. Teams which qualified for berths 1 were drawn against teams which qualified for berths 4, and teams which qualified for berths 2 were drawn against teams which qualified for berths 3, with the former hosting the second leg in both cases. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie.

For the second stage:

• The 16 winners of the first stage (eight from South Zone, eight from North Zone) were drawn into eight ties.
• The eight teams from Brazil Zone were drawn into four ties. Teams which qualified for berths 1–4 were drawn against teams which qualified for berths 5–8, with the former hosting the second leg.
• The six teams from Argentina Zone were drawn into three ties. Teams which qualified for berths 1–3 were drawn against teams which qualified for berths 4–6, with the former hosting the second leg.

To determine the bracket of the final stages starting from the round of 16, the 15 winners of the second stage (eight from ties between South Zone and North Zone, four from Brazil Zone, three from Argentina Zone) and the defending champion were each assigned a "seed" by draw.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all dates listed were Wednesdays, but matches could also be played on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well).

Stage	First leg	Second leg
First stage	August 12	August 19
Second stage	August 19^[†], 26	August 26^[†] September 16
Round of 16	September 23	September 30
Quarterfinals	October 21	October 28
Semifinals	November 4	November 25
Finals	December 2	December 9

Notes

1. ^† For matches involving teams from Brazil.

Elimination stages

In the elimination stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule was used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played). The 15 winners of the second stage advanced to the round of 16 to join the defending champion (River Plate).^[2]

First stage

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Zone
Juventud	4–3	Real Potosí	4–1	0–2
Oriente Petrolero	0–3	Nacional	0–3	0–0
Santiago Wanderers	1–2	Libertad	0–0	1–2
Nacional	5–2	Universidad de Concepción	2–1	3–1
Defensor Sporting	3–2	Bolívar	3–0	0–2
Universidad Católica	3–1	Danubio	1–0	2–1
Olimpia	4–0	Huachipato	2–0	2–0
Aurora	2–7	Sportivo Luqueño	1–2	1–5
North Zone
Carabobo	0–0 (1–3 p)	Deportes Tolima	0–0	0–0
Universidad Católica	1–2	Deportivo La Guaira	1–1	0–1
León de Huánuco	1–6	Emelec	1–3	0–3
Junior	5–4	Melgar	5–0	0–4
Universitario	6–2	Deportivo Anzoátegui	3–1	3–1
Zamora	1–3	LDU Quito	1–1	0–2
Águilas Doradas	3–1	Unión Comercio	2–0	1–1
LDU Loja	0–3	Santa Fe	0–0	0–3

Second stage

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
LDU Quito	2–0	Nacional	1–0	1–0
Defensor Sporting	4–0	Universitario	3–0	1–0
Nacional	1–2	Santa Fe	0–2	1–0
Deportivo La Guaira	1–5	Sportivo Luqueño	1–1	0–4
Brasília	2–0	Goiás	0–0	2–0
Olimpia	3–2	Águilas Doradas	1–1	2–1
Tigre	2–6	Huracán	2–5	0–1
Ponte Preta	1–4	Chapecoense	1–1	0–3
Universidad Católica	2–4	Libertad	2–3	0–1
Bahia	2–4	Sport Recife	1–0	1–4
Arsenal	1–2	Independiente	1–1	0–1
Joinville	0–3	Atlético Paranaense	0–2	0–1
Deportes Tolima	2–1	Junior	0–1	2–0
Emelec	0–0 (3–2 p)	Juventud	0–0	0–0
Belgrano	2–6	Lanús	1–1	1–5

Final stages

In the final stages, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the following rules:^[2]

• Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg.
• In the round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would be used. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).
• In the finals, if tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.
• If there were two semifinalists from the same association, they would have to play each other.

Bracket

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	16	River Plate	2	0	2
	1	LDU Quito	0	1	1
								16	River Plate	3	1	4
								8	Chapecoense	1	2	3
	9	Libertad	1	1	2 (3)
	8	Chapecoense (p)	1	1	2 (5)
															16	River Plate	0	2	2
														7	Huracán	1	2	3
	10	Sport Recife	1	0	1
	7	Huracán	1	3	4
								7	Huracán	1	0	1
								2	Defensor Sporting	0	0	0
	15	Lanús	0	0	0 (3)
	2	Defensor Sporting (p)	0	0	0 (5)
																						7	Huracán	0	0	0 (1)
																						3	Santa Fe (p)	0	0	0 (3)
	12	Atlético Paranaense	1	0	1
	5	Brasília	0	0	0
								12	Atlético Paranaense	1	0	1
								4	Sportivo Luqueño	0	2	2
	13	Deportes Tolima	1	0	1
	4	Sportivo Luqueño	1	1	2
															4	Sportivo Luqueño	1	0	1
														3	Santa Fe (a)	1	0	1
	11	Independiente	1	0	1
	6	Olimpia	0	0	0
								11	Independiente	0	1	1
								3	Santa Fe	1	1	2
	14	Emelec	2	0	2
	3	Santa Fe (a)	1	1	2

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	2–1	LDU Quito	2–0	0–1
Lanús	0–0 (3–5 p)	Defensor Sporting	0–0	0–0
Emelec	2–2 (a)	Santa Fe	2–1	0–1
Deportes Tolima	1–2	Sportivo Luqueño	1–1	0–1
Atlético Paranaense	1–0	Brasília	1–0	0–0
Independiente	1–0	Olimpia	1–0	0–0
Sport Recife	1–4	Huracán	1–1	0–3
Libertad	2–2 (3–5 p)	Chapecoense	1–1	1–1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
River Plate	4–3	Chapecoense	3–1	1–2
Huracán	1–0	Defensor Sporting	1–0	0–0
Independiente	1–2	Santa Fe	0–1	1–1
Atlético Paranaense	1–2	Sportivo Luqueño	1–0	0–2

Semifinals

Since there were two semifinalists from Argentina, they had to play each other instead of their original opponents as determined by the seeding.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sportivo Luqueño	1–1 (a)	Santa Fe	1–1	0–0
River Plate	2–3	Huracán	0–1	2–2

Finals

The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.^[2]

Huracán v Santa Fe

December 2, 2015 21:00 UTC−3

Huracán	0–0	Santa Fe
	Report

Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó, Buenos Aires Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

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Santa Fe v Huracán

December 9, 2015 19:00 UTC−5

Santa Fe	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Huracán
	Report
	Penalties
Pérez Seijas Balanta	3–1	Bogado Nervo Mancinelli Toranzo

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)

Tied 0–0 on aggregate, Santa Fe won on penalties.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Ramón Ábila	Huracán	5
	Miller Bolaños	Emelec	5
	Wilson Morelo	Santa Fe	5
	José Ariel Núñez	Olimpia	5
5	Guido Di Vanni	Sportivo Luqueño	4
	Cristian Espinoza	Huracán	4
	Jorge Ortega	Sportivo Luqueño	4
8	Mauro Bogado	Huracán	3
	José Leguizamón	Sportivo Luqueño	3
	Hernán Rodrigo López	Libertad	3
	Matías Mirabaje	Juventud	3
	Rodrigo Mora	River Plate	3
	Carlos Andrés Sánchez	River Plate	3

Source:^[18]

See also

• 2015 Copa Libertadores
• 2016 Recopa Sudamericana
• 2016 Suruga Bank Championship

References

1. "Sudamericana: La figura del torneo que nunca olvidaremos" (in Spanish). foxdeportes.com.
2. "Copa Sudamericana 2015 – Reglamento" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.
3. "Copa Sudamericana: Independiente Santa Fe es campeón tras vencer en penales a Huracán" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 10 December 2015.
4. "Reglamento del Campeonato de Primera División 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). AFA.
5. "En el Clausura se repartirán siete premios internacionales" (in Spanish). JornadaNet.com. 2 January 2014.
6. "Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A de 2014 REC - REGULAMENTO ESPECÍFICO DA COMPETIÇÃO" (PDF). CBF.
7. "Copa do Nordeste de 2015 REC - REGULAMENTO ESPECÍFICO DA COMPETIÇÃO" (PDF). CBF.
8. "Copa Verde de 2014 REC - REGULAMENTO ESPECÍFICO DA COMPETIÇÃO" (PDF). CBF.
9. "Bases Campeonato Nacional Primera División 2014-2015" (PDF) (in Spanish). ANFP.
10. "Reglamento Liga Postobon 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). dimayor.com.
11. "Reglamento del Comité Ejecutivo de fútbol Profesional" (PDF) (in Spanish). FEF.
12. "Reglamento del Campeonato Oficial Año 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). APF.
13. "Bases del Torneo Descentralizado 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). ADFP.
14. "Reglamento de Primera División" (PDF) (in Spanish). AUF.
15. "Comisión de Torneos Nacionales Normas Reguladoras de Categoría Nacional Temporada 2014–2015" (PDF) (in Spanish). FVF.
16. "¡Bienvenidos! Hoy se lleva a cabo la ceremonia del sorteo de la Sudamericana" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 16 July 2015.
17. "Quedó establecido el calendario de la Copa Sudamericana 2015". CONMEBOL.com. 16 July 2015.
18. "Copa Sudamericana 2015 — Goleadores" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.

External links

• Copa Sudamericana 2015, CONMEBOL.com (Spanish)