Copa Sudamericana
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Copa Sudamericana

Football Tournament
Founded2002
RegionSouth America (CONMEBOL)
Number of teams39
Current championsEC LDU Quito
(1st title)
Most successful clubAR
Boca Juniors (2 titles)
Current season2010 Copa Sudamericana qualification

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The Copa Sudamericana de Clubes (officially Copa Nissan Sudamericana de Clubes for sponsorship reasons) is an annual CONMEBOL-organised club football cup competition. It is now the second most important competition in South American club football. Despite being organized by CONMEBOL, they invited CONCACAF clubs betweens 2004 and 2008. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions.

The competition began in 2002 after the discontinuation of the Copa Merconorte and Copa Mercosur. Since its introduction, the competition has been a pure elimination tournament with the number of rounds and teams varying from year to year. As of April 2010, 39 teams qualify to the Copa Sudamericana, with the champion qualifying to the subsequent Copa Libertadores and contesting the Recopa Sudamericana with the Copa Libertadores champion the following year. The tournament has been won by seven different teams and played eight times. It can be said that the Copa Sudamericana is formed by the merger of Copa Conmebol, Copa Mercosur and Copa Merconorte, that are its precursors. The winner faces the Copa Libertadores' champion the following year in the Recopa Sudamericana.

The holders are Ecuadorian club LDU Quito, and the most successful team in the competition is Argentine side Boca Juniors, who have won the trophy twice. Boca Juniors is also the only team to have successfully defended the title.

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Tournament :
Year Player Club Goals
2002 AR Rodrigo Astudillo
BO Gonzalo Galindo
CM Pierre Webó
AR San Lorenzo de Almagro
BO Bolívar
UY Nacional
4
2003 PE Germán Carty PE Cienciano 6
2004 AR Horacio Chiorazzo BO Bolívar 5
2005 AR Bruno Marioni MX UNAM 7
2006 CL Humberto Suazo CL Colo-Colo 10
2007 CO Ricardo Ciciliano CO Millonarios 6
2008 BR Alex
BR Nilmar
BR Internacional
BR Internacional
5
2009 AR Claudio Bieler EC LDU Quito 8

Copa Sudamericana de Clubes

Seasons2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Finals2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

International club football

AsiaAFC - Champions League , AFC Cup , President's Cup
AfricaCAF - Champions League , Confederation Cup , Super Cup
EuropeUEFA - Champions League , Europa League , Super Cup
North,
Central America
and the Caribbean
CONCACAF - Champions League
OceaniaOFC - Champions League
South AmericaCONMEBOL - Copa Libertadores , Copa Sudamericana , Recopa Sudamericana



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