2010 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes

Copa Nissan Sudamericana de Clubes 2010 Copa Nissan Sul-americana da Clubes 2010
Tournament details
Dates	3 August – 8 December
Teams	39 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Independiente (1st title)
Runners-up	Goiás
Tournament statistics
Matches played	76
Goals scored	205 (2.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rafael Moura (8 goals)
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The 2010 Copa Sudamericana de Clubes (officially the 2010 Copa Nissan Sudamericana de Clubes for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th edition of CONMEBOL's secondary international club tournament. The winner qualified for the 2011 Copa Libertadores, the 2011 Recopa Sudamericana, and the 2011 Suruga Bank Championship. LDU Quito was the defending champion.

Starting with this edition, each country gained an additional berth, with the exception of Argentina and Brazil. Boca Juniors and River Plate were no longer invited to the competition without merit.^[1]

Association	Team (berth)	Qualification method
Argentina 6 berths	Banfield (Argentina 1)	2009–10 Primera División 1st place overall
	Argentinos Juniors (Argentina 2)	2009–10 Primera División 2nd place overall
	Estudiantes (Argentina 3)	2009–10 Primera División 3rd place overall
	Newell's Old Boys (Argentina 4)	2009–10 Primera División 4th place overall
	Independiente (Argentina 5)	2009–10 Primera División 5th place overall
	Vélez Sársfield (Argentina 6)	2009–10 Primera División 6th place overall
Bolivia 3 berths	San José (Bolivia 1)	2009 Apertura 3rd place
	Oriente Petrolero (Bolivia 2)	2009 Clausura 3rd place
	Universitario de Sucre (Bolivia 3)	2010 Apertura Loser's Hexagonal winner
Brazil 8 berths	Palmeiras (Brazil 1)	2009 Série A 5th place
	Avaí (Brazil 2)	2009 Série A 6th place
	Atlético Mineiro (Brazil 3)	2009 Série A 7th place
	Grêmio (Brazil 4)	2009 Série A 8th place
	Goiás (Brazil 5)	2009 Série A 9th place
	Grêmio Prudente (Brazil 6)	2009 Série A 11th place
	Santos (Brazil 7)	2009 Série A 12th place
	Vitória (Brazil 8)	2009 Série A 13th place
Chile 3 berths	Unión San Felipe (Chile 1)	2009 Copa Chile champion
	Colo-Colo (Chile 2)	Best-placed team after Round 1 of the 2010 Primera División
	Universidad de Chile (Chile 3)	2010 Copa Sudamericana playoff winner
Colombia 3 berths	Deportes Tolima (Colombia 1)	2009 Primera A 2nd best-placed non-champion
	Santa Fe (Colombia 2)	2009 Copa Colombia champion
	Atlético Huila (Colombia 3)	2009 Primera A 3rd best-placed non-champion
Ecuador 3 + 1 berths	LDU Quito (O8)	2009 Copa Sudamericana champion
	Emelec (Ecuador 1)	2010 Serie A first stage winner
	Barcelona (Ecuador 2)	2010 Serie A first stage 3rd place
	Deportivo Quito (Ecuador 3)	2010 Serie A first stage 4th place
Paraguay 3 berths	Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 1)	2009 Primera División best-placed champion
	Olimpia (Paraguay 2)	2009 Primera División 2nd best non-champion
	Guaraní (Paraguay 3)	2009 Primera División 3rd best non-champion
Peru 3 berths	Sport Huancayo (Peru 1)	2009 Descentralizado 2nd best-placed non-finalist
	Universidad San Martín (Peru 2)	2009 Descentralizado 3rd best-placed non-finalist
	Universidad César Vallejo (Peru 3)	2009 Descentralizado 4th best-placed non-finalist
Uruguay 3 berths	Peñarol (Uruguay 1)	2009–10 Primera División champion
	River Plate (Uruguay 2)	2009–10 Primera División 2nd best-placed non-finalist
	Defensor Sporting (Uruguay 3)	2009–10 Primera División 3rd best-placed non-finalist
Venezuela 3 berths	Caracas (Venezuela 1)	2009 Copa Venezuela champion
	Trujillanos (Venezuela 2)	2009 Copa Venezuela runner-up
	Deportivo Lara (Venezuela 3)	2009–10 Primera División 2nd best-placed non-finalist

The calendar shows the dates of the rounds and draw. All events occurred in 2010 unless otherwise stated. Dates in italics are only reference dates for the week the matches are to be played. The draw for this tournament took place on April 28 in Luque at the CONMEBOL Conventions Center.^[2][3]

The tournament is played as a single-elimination tournament, with each round played as two-legged ties. At each stage of the tournament teams receive 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and no points for a loss. If two or more teams are equal on points, the following criteria will be applied to determine which team advances to the next round:^[4]

1. better goal difference;
2. higher number of away goals scored;
3. penalty shootout.

The first two stages of the competition are the First Stage and Second Stage. Both stages are largely played concurrent to each other.

In the First Stage, 16 teams played two-legged ties (one game at home and one game away) against another opponent. The winner of each tie advanced to the Second Stage. Team #1 played the second leg at home. The stage began on August 3 and ended on September 2.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Colo-Colo	3–3 (a)	Universitario de Sucre	0–2	3–1
River Plate	4–4 (a)	Guaraní	0–2	4–2
Barcelona	5–2	Universidad César Vallejo	2–1	3–1
Trujillanos	2–5	Atlético Huila	1–4	1–1
Oriente Petrolero	3–2	Universidad de Chile	2–2	1–0
Olimpia	1–3	Defensor Sporting	0–2	1–1
Universidad San Martín	3–3 (a)	Deportivo Quito	2–3	2–1
Santa Fe	4–2	Deportivo Lara	0–2	4–0

In the Second Stage, 22 teams, along with eight winners from the First Stage, played two-legged ties (one game at home and one game away) against one another. The winner of each tie advanced to the round of 16. Team #1 played the second leg at home. The stage began on August 4 and ended on September 23.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
San José	5–1	Atlético Huila	1–1	4–0
Argentinos Juniors	1–2	Independiente	0–1	1–1
Peñarol	3–1	Barcelona	1–0	2–1
Palmeiras	3–2	Vitória	0–2	3–0
Caracas	1–2	Santa Fe	1–2	0–0
Avaí	3–2	Santos	3–1	0–1
Deportes Tolima	2–1	Oriente Petrolero	0–1	2–0
Unión San Felipe	2–2 (8–7 p)	Guaraní	1–1	1–1
Banfield	2–1	Vélez Sársfield	1–0	1–1
Emelec	6–2	Universidad San Martín	1–2	5–0
Atlético Mineiro	1–0	Grêmio Prudente	0–0	1–0
Cerro Porteño	2–3	Universitario de Sucre	0–1	2–2
Grêmio	1–3	Goiás	1–1	0–2
Sport Huancayo	2–9	Defensor Sporting	0–9	2–0
Estudiantes	1–2	Newell's Old Boys	0–1	1–1

Teams from the Round of 16 onwards will be seeded depending on which Second Stage tie they win (i.e. the winner of Match O1 will have the 1 seed).

	Round of 16							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	2	Independiente	0	4	4
	15	Defensor Sporting	1	2	3
								2	Independiente (a)	2	0	2
								7	Deportes Tolima	2	0	2
	7	Deportes Tolima	0	3	3
	10	Banfield	2	0	2
															2	Independiente (a)	2	2	4
															8	LDU Quito	3	1	4
	8	LDU Quito	2	6	8
	9	Unión San Felipe	4	1	5
								8	LDU Quito	0	1	1
								16	Newell's Old Boys	0	0	0
	1	San José	0	2	2
	16	Newell's Old Boys	6	0	6
																						2	Independiente (p)	0	3	3 (5)
																						14	Goiás	2	1	3 (3)
	4	Palmeiras	1	3	4
	13	Universitario de Sucre	0	1	1
								4	Palmeiras	1	2	3
								12	Atlético Mineiro	1	0	1
	5	Santa Fe	0	1	1
	12	Atlético Mineiro	2	0	2
															4	Palmeiras	1	1	2
															14	Goiás (a)	0	2	2
	6	Avaí	1	3	4
	11	Emelec	2	1	3
								6	Avaí	2	0	2
								14	Goiás	2	1	3
	3	Peñarol	0	3	3
	14	Goiás (a)	1	2	3

Note: The bracket was adjusted according to the rules of the tournament so that the two Brazilian teams would face each other in the semifinals.

The round of 16 began on September 28 and ended on October 21. Fifteen teams advanced to the Round of 16 from the Second Stage. LDU Quito, as the defending champion, entered directly into this stage and carries seed O8. In each tie, the team with the higher seed (Team #1) played at home in the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
San José	2–6	Newell's Old Boys	0–6	2–0
Independiente	4–3	Defensor Sporting	0–1	4–2
Peñarol	3–3 (a)	Goiás	0–1	3–2
Palmeiras	4–1	Universitario de Sucre	1–0	3–1
Santa Fe	1–2	Atlético Mineiro	0–2	1–0
Avaí	4–3	Emelec	1–2	3–1
Deportes Tolima	3–2	Banfield	0–2	3–0
LDU Quito	8–5	Unión San Felipe	2–4	6–1

The quarterfinals began on October 27 and ended on November 11. In each tie, the team with the higher seed (Team #1) played at home in the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
LDU Quito	1–0	Newell's Old Boys	0–0	1–0
Independiente	2–2 (a)	Deportes Tolima	2–2	0–0
Avaí	2–3	Goiás	2–2	0–1
Palmeiras	3–1	Atlético Mineiro	1–1	2–0

The semifinals began on November 17 and ended on November 25. Should two or more teams from a same country reach the semifinals, they were going to be forced to face each other. In each tie, the team with the higher seed (Team #1) played at home in the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Independiente	4–4 (a)	LDU Quito	2–3	2–1
Palmeiras	2–2 (a)	Goiás	1–0	1–2

In the finals, if the finalists are tied on points after the culmination of the second leg, the winner is the team who scored the most goals. If they are tied on goals, the game moves onto extra time and a penalty shootout if necessary. The away goals rule does not apply in the finals. The team with the higher seed played at home in the second leg.

December 1, 2010

22:00 (UTC-2)

Goiás	2–0	Independiente
Rafael Moura 14' Otacílio Neto 22'	Report

Estádio do Governo do Estado de Goiás (Serra Dourada), Goiânia

Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

December 8, 2010

21:00 (UTC-3)

Independiente	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Goiás
J. Velázquez 19' Parra 27', 34'	Report	Rafael Moura 22'
Penalties
M. Velázquez Parra Gracián Matheu Tuzzio	5–3	Toloi Éverton Santos Felipe Rafael Moura

Estadio Libertadores de América, Avellaneda

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Copa Nissan Sudamericana de Clubes 2010 Champion
Independiente First Title

Pos[5]	Player	Team	Goals
1	Rafael Moura	Goiás	8
2	Rodrigo Mora	Defensor Sporting	6
3	Marcos Assunção	Palmeiras	4
	Roberto Galindo	Universitario de Sucre	4
	Ángel Vildozo	Unión San Felipe	4
6	Hernán Barcos	LDU Quito	3
	Mauro Formica	Newell's Old Boys	3
	Luan	Palmeiras	3
	Wilder Medina	Deportes Tolima	3
	Obina	Atlético Mineiro	3
	Facundo Parra	Independiente	3
	Joao Rojas	Emelec	3
	Juan Manuel Salgueiro	LDU Quito	3
	Andrés Silvera	Independiente	3

• 2010 Copa Libertadores
• 2011 Recopa Sudamericana
• 2011 Suruga Bank Championship

• Copa Nissan Sudamericana 2010 (in Spanish)