2007 Copa Sudamericana


The 2007 edition of the Copa Sudamericana was played by 34 teams; 30 teams from the CONMEBOL and 4 teams from the CONCACAF. 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.
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.

Qualified teams

The Copa Sudamericana 2007 tournament was the seventh edition of the Copa Sudamericana soccer tournament.
AssociationTeamQualify method
ArgentinaBoca JuniorsInvitee
ArgentinaRiver PlateInvitee
ArgentinaEstudiantes2006–07 Argentine Primera División 2nd place overall
ArgentinaSan Lorenzo2006–07 Argentine Primera División 3rd place overall
ArgentinaArsenal2006–07 Argentine Primera División 5th place overall
ArgentinaLanús2006–07 Argentine Primera División 6th place
BoliviaJorge Wilstermann2006 Segundo Torneo winner
BoliviaReal Potosí2006 Segundo Torneo runner-up
BrazilSão Paulo2006 Série A winner
BrazilVasco da Gama2006 Série A 6th place
BrazilFigueirense2006 Série A 7th place
BrazilGoiás2006 Série A 8th place
BrazilCorinthians2006 Série A 9th place
BrazilCruzeiro2006 Série A 10th place
BrazilBotafogo2006 Série A 12th place
BrazilAtlético Paranaense2006 Série A 13th place
ChileColo-Colo2007 Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana winner
ChileAudax Italiano2007 Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana runner-up
ColombiaAtlético Nacional2006 Reclasificacion 2nd place
ColombiaMillonarios2006 Reclasificacion 3rd place
EcuadorEl Nacional2006 Second Stage winner
EcuadorOlmedo2007 First Stage winner
MexicoPachuca2006 Copa Sudamericana champion
MexicoGuadalajara2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup runner-up
MexicoAméricaMost total points in 2007 Clausura & 2006 Apertura
ParaguayLibertad2006 Liga Paraguaya winner
ParaguayTacuary2006 Liguilla Pre-Sudamericana winner
PeruCoronel Bolognesi2006 Primera División 4th place
PeruUniversitario2006 Primera División 5th place
United StatesD.C. United2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup third place
UruguayDanubio2006–07 Liguilla 3rd place
UruguayDefensor Sporting2006–07 Liguilla 4th place
VenezuelaZamora2006–07 Primera División 4th place
VenezuelaCarabobo2006–07 Primera División 5th place

Fixture Dates

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.
!colspan="5"|Chile/Bolivia Preliminary
!colspan="5"|Venezuela/Ecuador Preliminary
!colspan="5"|Colombia/Perú Preliminary
!colspan="5"|Paraguay/Uruguay Preliminary

Second Stage

Final stages

Bracket

To prevent a final with two teams from the same country, CONMEBOL paired Arsenal with River Plate in the semifinals, thus reordering the bracket.