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Recopa Sudamericana
Founded	1989
Region	CONMEBOL; (South America)
Number of teams	2
Current champions	LDU Quito
Most successful club	Boca Juniors; (4 titles)
Website	(Official Website)

The Recopa Sudamericana (English: South American Winners' Cup, Recopa, or Cup Winners' Cup; Portuguese: Recopa Sul-Americana) is an annual football match-up between the reigning champions of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana. It is analogous to its European counterpart, the UEFA Super Cup.

Since the competition takes place in the mid-summer, it's disputed between the champions of the previous year's forementioned competitions. Because of this, some count the year of the championship by the qualification year rather than that of the competition itself. Thus, CONMEBOL states that Nacional from Uruguay won the first Recopa of 1989, whereas the RSSSF refers to that championship as Recopa 1988.

[edit] Format

The Recopa is contested over a two-legged tie, usually no more than two weeks apart. The first leg is held at the home field of the Copa Sudamericana champion, and the second leg is played at the home field of the Copa Libertadores champion. The teams accumulate points as per the results of the match (3 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss). The team with the most points after both legs wins the Recopa. Ties in points will be broken first by goal difference, then by away goals, and lastly by a penalty shootout after regulation of the second leg.

[edit] History

The tournament has been played since 1989. From 1989 to 1998, the match was played between the reigning champions of Copa Libertadores de America and the defunct Supercopa Sudamericana, which was last disputed in 1997. The 1990 edition was played in Miami, USA. The 1991 edition was not played because Olimpia won both Copa Libertadores and Supercopa Sudamericana.

From 1992 to 1997, the competition was played in Japan. The 1993 edition was played also as part of the Campeonato Brasileiro, between Cruzeiro and São Paulo, due to schedule congestion. The 1994 edition was played between São Paulo and Copa CONMEBOL reigning champion Botafogo, because São Paulo had won both Copa Libertadores and Supercopa. The 1998 edition matches were only played in 1999, also as part of Copa Mercosur, between Cruzeiro and River Plate.

The competition was not played from 1999 to 2002. The 2003 edition was played in Los Angeles, USA, between the reigning champions of Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. The 2004 edition was played in Fort Lauderdale, USA. The 2005 edition was again played on a home-and-away basis.

[edit] Finals

Season	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Venue	Location
1989 Details	Nacional	1–0	Racing	Estadio Centenario	Montevideo, Uruguay
	Nacional	0–0	Racing	Estadio José Amalfitani	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Nacional won 4–1 on points
1990 Details	Boca Juniors	1–0	Atlético Nacional	Miami Orange Bowl	Miami, Florida, USA
1990 Details	Boca Juniors won the single final
1991 Details	Olimpia won both Copa Libertadores 1990 and Supercopa Sudamericana 1990. Declared champion.
1992 Details	Colo-Colo	0–0	Cruzeiro	Unknown	Kobe, Japan
1992 Details	Colo-Colo won 5–4 in a penalty shootout *
1993 Details	São Paulo	0–0	Cruzeiro	Estádio do Morumbi	São Paulo, Brazil
	São Paulo	0–0	Cruzeiro	Estádio Mineirão	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
	2–2 on points, 0–0 on aggregate, São Paulo won 4–2 in a penalty shootout *
1994 Details	São Paulo	3–1	Botafogo	Unknown	Kobe, Japan
1994 Details	São Paulo won the single final
1995 Details	Independiente	1–0	Vélez Sársfield	Unknown	Tokyo, Japan
1995 Details	Independiente won the single final
1996 Details	Grêmio	4–1	Independiente	Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium	Kobe, Japan
1996 Details	Grêmio won the single final
1997 Details	Vélez Sársfield	1–1	River Plate	Unknown	Tokyo, Japan
1997 Details	Vélez Sársfield won 4–2 in a penalty shootout *
1998 Details	Cruzeiro	2–0	River Plate	Estádio Mineirão	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
	Cruzeiro	3–0	River Plate	Estadio Antonio V. Liberti	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Cruzeiro won 6–0 on points
2003 Details	Olimpia	2–0	San Lorenzo	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Los Angeles, California, USA
2003 Details	Olimpia won the single final
2004 Details	Cienciano	1–1	Boca Juniors	Lockhart Stadium	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
2004 Details	Cienciano won 4–2 in a penalty shootout *
2005 Details	Boca Juniors	3–1	Once Caldas	Estadio Alberto J. Armando	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Boca Juniors	1–2	Once Caldas	Estadio Palogrande	Manizales, Colombia
	3–3 on points, Boca Juniors won 4–3 on aggregate
2006 Details	Boca Juniors	2–1	São Paulo	Estadio Alberto J. Armando	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Boca Juniors	2–2	São Paulo	Estádio do Morumbi	São Paulo, Brazil
	Boca Juniors won 4–1 on points
2007 Details	Internacional	1–2	Pachuca	Estadio Hidalgo	Pachuca, Mexico
	Internacional	4–0	Pachuca	Estádio José P. Borba	Porto Alegre, Brazil
	3–3 on points, Internacional won 5–2 on aggregate
2008 Details	Boca Juniors	1–3	Arsenal	Estadio Juan D. Perón	Avellaneda, Argentina
	Boca Juniors	2–2	Arsenal	Estadio Alberto J. Armando	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Boca Juniors won 4–1 on points
2009 Details	LDU Quito	1–0	Internacional	Estádio José P. Borba	Porto Alegre, Brazil
	LDU Quito	3–0	Internacional	Estadio La Casa Blanca	Quito, Ecuador
	LDU Quito won 6–0 on points

Key

*	Winner won by a penalty shootout after extra time

[edit] Performances

[edit] By club

Team	Winners	Runners-Up	Years Won	Years Runner-Up
Boca Juniors	4	1	(1990, 2005, 2006, 2008)	(2004)
São Paulo	2	1	(1993, 1994)	(2006)
Olimpia	2	0	(1991, 2003)	-
Cruzeiro	1	2	(1998)	(1992, 1993)
Independiente	1	1	(1995)	(1996)
Internacional	1	1	(2007)	(2009)
Vélez Sarsfield	1	1	(1997)	(1995)
LDU Quito	1	0	(2009)	-
Grêmio	1	0	(1996)	-
Nacional	1	0	(1989)	-
Cienciano	1	0	(2004)	-
Colo-Colo	1	0	(1992)	-

[edit] By country

Nation	Winners	Runners-up
Argentina	6	8
Brazil	5	5
Paraguay	2	0
Ecuador	1	0
Uruguay	1	0
Chile	1	0
Peru	1	0

[edit] See also

International club competition records

[edit] External links

Conmebol (Spanish)
RSSSF

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