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2007 Copa Sudamericana
Copa Nissan Sudamericana 2007
Tournament details
Dates	July 31 - December 5
Teams	34 (from 12 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Arsenal (1st title)
Runner-up	América
Tournament statistics
Matches played	66
Goals scored	155 (2.35 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ricardo Ciciliano (6)

The 2007 edition of the Copa Sudamericana was played by 34 teams; 30 teams from the CONMEBOL and 4 teams from the CONCACAF.^[1] CONMEBOL organized the tournament and invited three North American clubs which were the best three of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007; the fourth North American club was the defending champion Pachuca. The official draw took place on May 22 in Buenos Aires.^[1]

The Argentine club Arsenal de Sarandí won their first international title by defeating América in the final, winning 3-2 in the first leg and losing 2-1 in the second leg, which was the only game that they lost. Arsenal scored at least three goals in their opponents stadium in four of the five games they played. They defeated San Lorenzo, an Argentine club that recently won the 2007 Clausura, the Brazilian club Goiás, Argentine giant River Plate and the strongest rivals of Mexican football, Guadalajara and America.

This is the third time a Mexican club has reached the final, and the fourth title for Argentine clubs in the competition. Arsenal became only the third Argentine club to win a major international tournament without winning the Argentine league first, after Lanús and Talleres de Córdoba. They were also the first Argentine club other than Boca Juniors to win an international title since San Lorenzo won the Copa Sudamericana 2002.

[edit] Qualified teams

The Copa Sudamericana 2007 tournament was the seventh edition of the Copa Sudamericana soccer tournament.

Country	Team	Qualify method^[2]
Argentina	Boca Juniors	Invitee
	River Plate	Invitee
	Estudiantes	2nd place in 2006–07 season
	San Lorenzo	3rd place in 2006–07 season
	Arsenal	5th place in 2006–07 season
	Lanús	6th place in 2006–07 season
Bolivia	Jorge Wilstermann	1st place Clausura 2006
Bolivia	Real Potosí	2nd place Clausura 2006
Brazil	São Paulo	1st place Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2006
	Vasco da Gama	6th place Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2006
	Figueirense	7th place Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2006
	Goiás	8th place Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2006
	Corinthians	9th place Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2006
	Cruzeiro	10th place Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2006
	Botafogo	12th place Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2006
	Atlético Parananense	13th place Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2006
Chile	Colo-Colo	1st place Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana
Chile	Audax Italiano	2nd place Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana
Colombia	Atlético Nacional	2nd Place Reclasificacion 2006
Colombia	Millonarios	3rd Place Reclasificacion 2006
Ecuador	El Nacional	2006 Second Stage winner
Ecuador	Olmedo	2007 First Stage winner
Mexico	Pachuca	Copa Sudamericana 2006 defending champion
	Chivas de Guadalajara	CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007 Runner-Up
	Club América^[3]	Total points in Clausura 2007 & Apertura 2006
Paraguay	Libertad	1st Place in Liga Paraguaya 2006
Paraguay	Tacuary	Winner of Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana 2006 APF
Peru	Coronel Bolognesi	4th place Primera División Peruana 2006
Peru	Universitario	5th place Primera División Peruana 2006
United States	DC United^[4]	CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007 Third Place
Uruguay	Danubio F.C.	3rd place Liguilla 2006–07
Uruguay	Defensor Sporting Club	4th place Liguilla 2006–07
Venezuela	Zamora Fútbol Club	4th place Venezuelan football 2006–07
Venezuela	Carabobo Fútbol Club	5th place Venezuelan football 2006–07

Preliminary Round
Estudiantes	San Lorenzo	Arsenal	Lanús
São Paulo	Vasco da Gama	Figueirense	Goiás
Corinthians	Cruzeiro	Botafogo	Paranaense
Jorge Wilstermann	Colo-Colo	Nacional	El Nacional
Real Potosí	Audax Italiano	Millonarios	Olmedo
Libertad	Coronel Bolognesi	Danubio F.C.	Zamora
Tacuary	Universitario	Defensor SC	Carabobo

[edit] Preliminary round

The table gives the teams in the first round gathered in elimination groups of 2 teams or 4 teams. Teams hosting the first game are on the left. Advancing teams are in bold.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Argentina I Preliminary
Arsenal	4-1	San Lorenzo	1-1	3-0
Argentina IV Preliminary
Lanús	3-2	Estudiantes	2-0	1-2
Brazil I Preliminary
Atlético Paranaense	2-6	Vasco da Gama	2-4	0-2
Brazil II Preliminary
Figueirense	3-3(a)	São Paulo	2-2	1-1
Brazil III Preliminary
Botafogo	5-2	Corinthians	3-1	2-1
Brazil IV Preliminary
Goiás	2-1	Cruzeiro	2-0	0-1
Chile/Bolivia Preliminary
Audax Italiano	3-1	Jorge Wilstermann	2-0	1-1
Real Potosí	2-4	Colo-Colo	1-1	1-3
Colo-Colo	1-1(a)	Audax Italiano	0-0	1-1
Venezuela/Ecuador Preliminary
Olmedo	3-1	Zamora	1-0	2-1
Carabobo	0-5	El Nacional	0-1	0-4
El Nacional	3-0	Olmedo	2-0	1-0
Colombia/Perú Preliminary
Millonarios	1-1(5-4p)	Coronel Bolognesi	0-1	1-0
Universitario	0-2	Atlético Nacional	0-1	0-1
Atlético Nacional	2-3	Millonarios	2-3	0-0
Paraguay/Uruguay Preliminary
Defensor Sporting	4-3	Libertad	2-1	2-2
Tacuary	2-2(4-1p)	Danubio	1-1	1-1
Tacuary	1-4	Defensor Sporting	1-1	0-3

[edit] Bracket

Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals

Lanús	2	0	2
Vasco da Gama	0	3	3
				Vasco da Gama	0	1	1

				América	2	0	2
Pachuca	1	2	3

América	4	0	4
								América	3	2	5

								Millonarios	2	0	2
D.C. United	2	0	2

Guadalajara (a)	1	1	2
				Guadalajara	0	1	1

				Arsenal ¹	0	3	3
Goiás	2	1	3

Arsenal	3	1	4
												América	2	2	4

												Arsenal (a)	3	1	4
Boca Juniors	2	0	2

São Paulo (a)	1	1	2
				São Paulo	0	0	0

				Millonarios	1	2	3
Millonarios (p)	1	1	1 (7)

Colo Colo	1	1	1 (6)
								Arsenal (p) ¹	0	0	0 (4)

								River Plate	0	0	0 (2)
Defensor Sporting	3	0	3

El Nacional	0	2	2
				Defensor Sporting	2	0	2

				River Plate (a)	2	0	2
Botafogo	1	2	3

River Plate	0	4	4

¹ To prevent a final with two teams from the same country, CONMEBOL paired Arsenal with River Plate in the semi-finals.

[edit] Round of 16

2007-09-19 17:15	Goiás	2 – 3	Arsenal	Serra Dourada, Goiania Attendance: 10,416 Referee: Amarilla (Paraguay)
	Baier 25' 76'	(Report)	Damonte 16' Casteglione 78' Garnier 79'

2007-09-19 19:30	Botafogo	1 – 0	River Plate	Engenhão, Río de Janeiro Attendance: 39,500 Referee: Ruiz (Colombia)
	Joilson 44'	(Report)

2007-09-19 21:45	Boca Juniors	2 – 1	São Paulo	Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires Attendance: 24,790 Referee: Larrionda (Uruguay)
	Palermo 26' 83'	(Report)	Borges 89'

2007-09-19 21:45	Lanús	2 – 0	Vasco da Gama	Ciudad de Lanús Néstor Díaz Pérez, Buenos Aires Attendance: 6,112 Referee: Chandía (Chile)
	Pelletieri 32' Sand 77'	(Report)

2007-09-20 21:15	Defensor Sporting	3 – 0	El Nacional	Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 14,368 Referee: Pozo (Chile)
	De Souza 14' González 64' De Souza 90' (pen)	(Report)

2007-09-25 19:00	Millonarios	1 – 1	Colo Colo	Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá Attendance: 28,819 Referee: Rivera (Peru)
	Ciciliano 66'	(Report)	Rubio 30'

2007-09-25 21:15	Pachuca	1 – 4	América	Hidalgo, Pachuca Attendance: 9,765 Referee: Rodríguez (Mexico)
	Giménez 39'	(Report)	Insúa 33' Cabañas 47' López 56' 57'

2007-09-26 19:15	Arsenal	1 – 1	Goiás	Julio Humberto Grondona, Avellaneda Attendance: 3,424 Referee: Selman (Chile)
	Gómez 36'	(Report)	Harison 45+'

2007-09-26 21:45	Vasco da Gama	3 – 0	Lanús	São Januário, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,739 Referee: Larrionda (Uruguay)
	Leandro Amaral 29' 90' Wagner Diniz 75'	(Report)

2007-09-26 20:45	DC United	2 – 1	Guadalajara	RFK Stadium, Washington DC Attendance: 21,022 Referee: Baldassi (ARG)
	Olsen 23' Simms 54'	(Report)	Santana 60'

2007-09-26 21:45	São Paulo FC	1 – 0	Boca Juniors	Morumbí, São Paulo Attendance: 45,906 Referee: Chandía (Chile)
	Aloísio 53'	(Report)

2007-09-27 20:15	River Plate	4 – 2	Botafogo	Monumental de Nuñez, Buenos Aires Attendance: 20,708 Referee: Amarilla (Paraguay)
	Falcao 31' 74' 92' Ríos 80'	(Report)	Lúcio Flávio 11' Dodô 65'

2007-10-02 20:15	Guadalajara	1 – 0	DC United	Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: ? Referee: Haro (Ecuador)
	Morales 63'	(Report)		Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: ? Referee: Haro (Ecuador)

2007-10-03 21:15	América	0 – 2	Pachuca	Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 44,477 Referee: Glower (Mexico)
		(Report)	Álvarez 57' Giménez 59'

2007-10-04 18:00	El Nacional	2 – 0	Defensor Sporting	Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 2029 Referee: Rivera (Peru)
	Ordoñez 15' 35'	(Report)		Atahualpa, Quito Attendance: 2029 Referee: Rivera (Peru)

2007-10-04 21:30	Colo Colo	1 – 1	Millonarios	Monumental David Arellano, Santiago Attendance: 18164 Referee: Baldassi (Argentina)
	Biscayzacú 41'	(Report)	Mosquera 37'

		Penalties
	Cereceda Biscayzacú Millar Mena Fierro Bieler Sanhueza	6 – 7	Ricardo Ciciliano Bedoya Martinez Villagra Quintero Mosquera Estrada

Millonarios won in the penalties for 7-6

Copa Sudamericana 2007 Champion
Arsenal First Title

[edit] Fixture Dates

Preliminary Rounds: Between July 31 and September 6
Round of 16: Between September 11 and October 4
Quarter-finals: Between October 9 and November 1
Semi-finals: Between November 6 and November 15
Final: Between November 28 and December 5

Full Schedule

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b "Draw for the Nissan South American Cup 2007". www.conmebol.com. 2007-05-08. http://www.conmebol.com/comunicados_ver.jsp?id=60575&slangab=E. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
^ "Copa Nissan Sudamericana 2007: cuadro general de los clasificados (Spanish)". www.conmebol.com. 2007-05-21. http://www.conmebol.com/comunicados_ver.jsp?id=60608&slangab=S. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
^ "Double the dominance". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 2007-05-11. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/luis_bueno/05/11/club.america/1.html. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
^ "United invited to Copa Nissan Sudamericana". dcunited.mlsnet.com. 2007-05-21. http://dcunited.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20070521&content_id=94658&vkey=pr_dcu&fext=.jsp&team=t103. Retrieved 2007-05-21.

[CONMEBOL_article-0] "Draw for the Nissan South American Cup 2007". www.conmebol.com. 2007-05-08. http://www.conmebol.com/comunicados_ver.jsp?id=60575&slangab=E. Retrieved 2007-05-15.

[Qualification-1] "Copa Nissan Sudamericana 2007: cuadro general de los clasificados (Spanish)". www.conmebol.com. 2007-05-21. http://www.conmebol.com/comunicados_ver.jsp?id=60608&slangab=S. Retrieved 2007-05-23.

[SI_article-2] "Double the dominance". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 2007-05-11. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/luis_bueno/05/11/club.america/1.html. Retrieved 2007-05-15.

[DC_United_article-3] "United invited to Copa Nissan Sudamericana". dcunited.mlsnet.com. 2007-05-21. http://dcunited.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20070521&content_id=94658&vkey=pr_dcu&fext=.jsp&team=t103. Retrieved 2007-05-21.

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