| 2021 Copa Sudamericana final | |
| Event: | 2021 Copa Sudamericana |
| Team1: | Athletico Paranaense |
| Team1score: | 1 |
| Team2: | Red Bull Bragantino |
| Team2score: | 0 |
| Stadium: | Estadio Centenario |
| City: | Montevideo |
| Referee: | Andrés Matonte (Uruguay) |
| Attendance: | 20,000 |
| Previous: | 2020 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The 2021 Copa Sudamericana final was the final match which decided the winner of the 2021 Copa Sudamericana. This was the 20th edition of the Copa Sudamericana, the second-tier South American continental club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.
The match was played on 20 November 2021 at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay,[1] between Brazilian sides Athletico Paranaense and Red Bull Bragantino.
On 13 May 2021, CONMEBOL announced that the final would be played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay on 6 November 2021.[2]
Athletico Paranaense defeated Red Bull Bragantino by a 1–0 score in the final to win their second title in the tournament.[3] As winners of the 2021 Copa Sudamericana, they earned the right to play against the winners of the 2021 Copa Libertadores in the 2022 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2022 Copa Libertadores group stage.
| Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón | Avellaneda | 61,000 | ||
| Estadio Libertadores de América | 48,069 | |||
| Estadio Monumental Antonio V. Liberti | Buenos Aires | 70,074 | ||
| La Bombonera | 54,000 | |||
| Estadio Pedro Bidegain | 47,964 | |||
| Estadio Único | Santiago del Estero | 57,000 | ||
| Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha | Brasília | 69,432 | ||
| Arena da Baixada | Curitiba | 42,372 | ||
| Castelão | Fortaleza | 60,348 | ||
| Estádio Beira-Rio | Porto Alegre | 50,128 | ||
| Arena Pernambuco | Recife | 42,583 | ||
| Maracanã | Rio de Janeiro | 74,738 | ||
| Arena Fonte Nova | Salvador | 51,708 | ||
| Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos | Santiago | 58,665 | ||
| Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado | Quito | 41,575 | ||
| Estadio Centenario | Montevideo | 60,235 |
Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.
 Athletico Paranaense | Round | Red Bull Bragantino | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=25% | Opponent | width=10% | Venue | width=10% | Score | width=10% | width=25% | Opponent | width=10% | Venue | width=10% | Score | |
| Bye | First stage | Bye | |||||||||||
| Group D | Group stage | Group G | |||||||||||
| Aucas | Away | 0–1 | Deportes Tolima | Home | 2–1 | ||||||||
| Metropolitanos | Home | 1–0 | Emelec | Away | 3–0 | ||||||||
| Melgar | Away | 1–0 | Talleres | Home | 0–1 | ||||||||
| Metropolitanos | Away | 0–1 | Emelec | Home | 2–0 | ||||||||
| Melgar | Home | 1–0 | Talleres | Away | 0–1 | ||||||||
| Aucas | Home | 4–0 | Deportes Tolima | Away | 1–2 | ||||||||
| Seed 2 | Final stages | Seed 6 | |||||||||||
| América de Cali (won 5–1 on aggregate) | Away | 0–1 | Round of 16 | Independiente del Valle (won 3–1 on aggregate) | Away | 0–2 | |||||||
| Home | 4–1 | Home | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| LDU Quito (won 4–3 on aggregate) | Away | 1–0 | Quarter-finals | Rosario Central (won 5–3 on aggregate) | Away | 3–4 | |||||||
| Home | 4–2 | Home | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| Peñarol (won 4–1 on aggregate) | Away | 1–2 | Semi-finals | Libertad (won 5–1 on aggregate) | Home | 2–0 | |||||||
| Home | 2–0 | Away | 1–3 | ||||||||||
| GK | 1 | Santos | ||
| RCB | 34 | Pedro Henrique | ||
| CB | 44 | Thiago Heleno (c) | ||
| LCB | 22 | |||
| RM | 5 | Marcinho | ||
| RDM | 26 | |||
| LDM | 18 | |||
| LM | 16 | |||
| RW | 11 | Nikão | ||
| LW | 20 | |||
| CF | 9 | |||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 24 | Bento | ||
| DF | 6 | Márcio Azevedo | ||
| DF | 13 | Khellven | ||
| DF | 27 | |||
| DF | 30 | |||
| DF | 38 | Lucas Fasson | ||
| DF | 48 | Pedrinho | ||
| MF | 8 | |||
| MF | 39 | |||
| FW | 15 | Jader | ||
| FW | 28 | |||
| FW | 37 | Bissoli | ||
| Manager: | ||||
| Alberto Valentim | ||||
| GK | 18 | Cleiton | ||
| RB | 13 | |||
| RCB | 14 | |||
| LCB | 3 | Léo Ortiz (c) | ||
| LB | 6 | |||
| CDM | 5 | Jadsom | ||
| RCM | 25 | |||
| LCM | 28 | |||
| RW | 7 | |||
| LW | 11 | Helinho | ||
| CF | 15 | |||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 1 | Júlio César | ||
| DF | 17 | Weverton | ||
| DF | 21 | Natan | ||
| DF | 29 | |||
| DF | 31 | Guilherme Lopes | ||
| MF | 23 | Cristiano | ||
| FW | 9 | |||
| FW | 19 | Bruno Gonçalves | ||
| FW | 22 | |||
| FW | 27 | |||
| FW | 33 | Pedrinho | ||
| FW | 34 | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Maurício Barbieri | ||||
| Man of the Match: Nikão (Athletico Paranaense)
| Match rules
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