2016 Recopa Sudamericana

2016 Recopa Sudamericana

2016 Recopa Santander Sudamericana
Santa Fe River Plate
First leg
Santa Fe River Plate
Date	TBC
Venue	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
Second leg
River Plate Santa Fe
Date	TBC
Venue	Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

The 2016 Recopa Sudamericana (Portuguese: 2016 Recopa Sul-Americana; officially the 2016 Recopa Santander Sudamericana for sponsorship reasons)^[1] will be the 24th edition of the Recopa Sudamericana, the football competition organized by CONMEBOL between the winners of the previous season's two major South American club tournaments, the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana.

The competition will be contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Argentine team River Plate, the 2015 Copa Libertadores champion, and Colombian team Santa Fe, the 2015 Copa Sudamericana champion. River are the defending champions.

Teams

Team	Qualification	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
River Plate	2015 Copa Libertadores champion	3 (1997, 1998, 2015)
Santa Fe	2015 Copa Sudamericana champion	None

Format

The Recopa Sudamericana is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the Copa Libertadores champion hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule is not used, and 30 minutes of extra time is played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner.

Match details

First leg

Santa Fe v River Plate

TBC 2016 TBC UTC−5

Santa Fe	v	River Plate
	Report

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Second leg

River Plate v Santa Fe

TBC 2016 TBC UTC−3

River Plate	v	Santa Fe
	Report

Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

References

1. "Banco Santander, patrocinador principal de la Recopa Sudamericana por las próximas tres ediciones" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. August 21, 2012. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013.

External links

• Recopa Santander Sudamericana (Spanish)
• Recopa Sudamericana, CONMEBOL.com (Spanish)