| Tourney Name: | Copa Sudamericana |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Size: | 275px |
| Dates: | 5 February – 9 November 2019 |
| Num Teams: | 44+10 |
| Associations: | 10 |
| Champion Other: |  Independiente del Valle |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second Other: |  Colón |
| Matches: | 105 |
| Goals: | 221 |
| Top Scorer: | Silvio Romero (5 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2018 |
| Nextseason: | 2020 |
The 2019 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 18th edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the Copa Sudamericana, or Portuguese: Copa Sul-Americana), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.[1]
Ecuadorian club Independiente del Valle defeated Argentine club Colón by a 3–1 score in the final to win their first tournament title.[2] As champions, Independiente del Valle earned the right to play against the winners of the 2019 Copa Libertadores in the 2020 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2020 Copa Libertadores group stage. They would also have played the winners of the 2019 J.League Cup in the 2020 J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship, but it would not be held due to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics scheduled at the same time.[3]
On 14 August 2018, CONMEBOL decided that starting from the 2019 edition, the final will be played as a single match, and although it was originally stated that the final would be played in Lima, Peru at the Estadio Nacional,[4] on 9 May 2019 the confederation's Council decided to switch the venue to Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción, Paraguay.[5] On 21 June 2019, APF announced that Estadio General Pablo Rojas in Asunción will host the 2019 final due to remodeling works at the Estadio Defensores del Chaco.[6]
Athletico Paranaense were the defending champions, but did not play this edition as they qualified for the 2019 Copa Libertadores group stage as Copa Sudamericana champions and later advanced to the knockout stage.
The following 44 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations qualified for the tournament, entering the first stage:[7]
| Association | Team | Qualification method |
|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 Superliga Argentina best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[8] | ||
| 2017–18 Superliga Argentina 2nd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2017–18 Superliga Argentina 3rd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2017–18 Superliga Argentina 4th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2017–18 Superliga Argentina 5th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2017–18 Superliga Argentina 6th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[9] | ||
| 2018 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Apertura Copa Sudamericana playoff winners | ||
| 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[10] | ||
| 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2nd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Primera División best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[11] | ||
| 2018 Primera División 2nd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Primera División 3rd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Primera División 4th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Primera A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[12] | ||
| 2018 Primera A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Primera A aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Primera A aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Serie A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[13] | ||
| 2018 Serie A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Serie A aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Serie A Copa Sudamericana playoff winners | ||
| 2018 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[14] | ||
| 2018 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Copa Paraguay champions | ||
| 2018 Torneo Descentralizado aggregate table best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[15] | ||
| 2018 Torneo Descentralizado aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Torneo Descentralizado aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Torneo Descentralizado aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores[16] | ||
| 2018 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Copa Venezuela champions[17] | ||
| 2018 Apertura runners-up | ||
| 2018 Clausura classification table best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores | ||
| 2018 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2019 Copa Libertadores |
A further 10 teams eliminated from the 2019 Copa Libertadores were transferred to the Copa Sudamericana, entering the second stage.
| Best teams eliminated in third stage | |
|---|---|
 Atlético Nacional | |
 Caracas | |
| Third-placed teams in group stage | |
| Palestino | |
| Deportivo Lara | |
 Sporting Cristal | |
| Peñarol | |
 Atlético Mineiro | |
| Melgar | |
| Deportes Tolima | |
| Universidad Católica |
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[18] [19] After changing the dates of the 2019 Copa América, the Brazilian Football Confederation released on 3 October 2018 its calendar for the following year, with new dates for the Copa Sudamericana.[20]
| Stage | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| First stage | 17 December 2018 (Luque, Paraguay) | ||
| Second stage | 13 May 2019 (Luque, Paraguay) | 21–23 May 2019 | 28–30 May 2019 |
| Round of 16 | 23–25 July 2019 | 30 July – 1 August 2019 | |
| Quarter-finals | 20–22 August 2019 | 27–29 August 2019 | |
| Semi-finals | 18–19 September 2019 | 25–26 September 2019 | |
| Final | 9 November 2019 at Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Asunción | ||
See main article: article and 2019 Copa Sudamericana first stage.
See main article: article and 2019 Copa Sudamericana second stage.
See main article: 2019 Copa Sudamericana final stages.
See main article: 2019 Copa Sudamericana Final.
| Rank | Player | Team | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silvio Romero | Independiente | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| 2 | Alejandro Cabeza | Independiente del Valle | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Cristian Dájome | Independiente del Valle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Erik | Botafogo | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Brayan Moya | Zulia | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Luis Miguel Rodríguez | Colón | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Vágner Love | Corinthians | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rank | Player | Team | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Miguel Rodríguez | Colón | 4 |
| 2 | Alejandro Cabeza | Independiente del Valle | 3 |
| Yony González | Fluminense | ||
| Cristian Pellerano | Independiente del Valle | ||
 Omar Siles | Royal Pari | ||
| Armando Vargas | La Equidad |