2024 Copa Sudamericana Explained

Tourney Name:	Copa Sudamericana
Year:	2024
Other Titles:	Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2024
Dates:	5 March – 23 November 2024
Num Teams:	44+12
Associations:	10
Matches:	141
Goals:	353
Prevseason:	2023
Nextseason:	2025
Updated:	21 August 2024

The 2024 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana is the 23rd edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the Copa Sudamericana), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The competition began on 5 March and is scheduled to end on 23 November 2024, with the final to be played in Asunción, Paraguay.^[1]

The winners of the 2024 Copa Sudamericana will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2024 Copa Libertadores in the 2025 Recopa Sudamericana. They will also automatically qualify for the 2025 Copa Libertadores group stage.

LDU Quito were the titleholders, defending their title after placing third in their Copa Libertadores group, but they were eliminated by Lanús in the round of 16.

Teams

The following 44 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations qualified for the tournament:^[2]

• Argentina and Brazil: 6 berths each
• All other associations: 4 berths each

The entry stage is determined as follows:^{[3] [4]}

• Group stage: 12 teams (teams from Argentina and Brazil)
• First stage: 32 teams (teams from all other associations)

Association	Team	Entry stage	Qualification method
		Group stage	2023 Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional aggregate table best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores^[5]
			2023 Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional aggregate table 5th best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional aggregate table 6th best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
		First stage	2023 Copa de la División Profesional runners-up^[6]
			2023 Primera División and Copa de la División Profesional aggregate table best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Primera División and Copa de la División Profesional aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Primera División and Copa de la División Profesional aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
		Group stage	2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores^[7]
			2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2nd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5th best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
		First stage	2023 Primera División best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores^[8]
			2023 Primera División 2nd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Primera División 3rd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Primera División 4th best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
		First stage	2023 Primera A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores^[9]
			2023 Primera A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Primera A aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Primera A aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
		First stage	2023 Serie A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores^[10]
			2023 Serie A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Serie A aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Serie A aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
		First stage	2023 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
		First stage	2023 Liga 1 aggregate table best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores^[11]
			2023 Liga 1 aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Liga 1 aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Liga 1 aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
		First stage	2023 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores^[12]
			2023 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
		First stage	2023 Primera División best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores^[13]
			2023 Primera División 2nd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Primera División 3rd best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores
			2023 Primera División 4th best team not qualified for 2024 Copa Libertadores

Notes

A further 12 teams eliminated from the 2024 Copa Libertadores will be transferred to the Copa Sudamericana, entering the group stage and the knockout round play-offs.

Teams eliminated in third stage	Entry stage
Red Bull Bragantino	Group stage
Nacional
Always Ready
Sportivo Trinidense
Third-placed teams in group stage	Entry stage
Cerro Porteño	Knockout round play-offs
Barcelona
Huachipato
LDU Quito
Palestino
Independiente del Valle
Rosario Central
Libertad

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows:^{[14] [15]}

Stage	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
First stage	19 December 2023^[16]	5–7 March 2024
Group stage	18 March 2024^[17]
Knockout round play-offs	No draw	16–18 July 2024	23–25 July 2024
Round of 16	3 June 2024	13–15 August 2024	20–22 August 2024
Quarter-finals		17–19 September 2024	24–26 September 2024
Semi-finals		22–24 October 2024	29–31 October 2024
Final		23 November 2024 in Asunción

Draws

First stage

See main article: 2024 Copa Sudamericana first stage.

Group stage

See main article: 2024 Copa Sudamericana group stage.

Group H

Final stages

See main article: 2024 Copa Sudamericana final stages.

Final

See main article: 2024 Copa Sudamericana final.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team																	Total
1	Adrián Martínez	Racing		1	1	1		2	1		1	1						8
2	Juan Martín Lucero	Fortaleza			2	2	1		1			1						7
	Walter Bou	Lanús			1	2	1	2				1
4	Brayan León	Independiente Medellín			1	1	2	1	1									6
	Gonzalo Mastriani	Athletico Paranaense		2	1		2				1
	Yuri Alberto	Corinthians		1	1		1	2	1
7	Edinson Cavani	Boca Juniors					1	1	1		1	1							5
	Helinho	Red Bull Bragantino						2	1	1		1
	Ismael Díaz	Universidad Católica	2		1	1	1
	José Angulo	Delfín	2	1			1		1
	Tomás Verón Lupi	Racing	1		2	1	1
	Yago Pikachu	Fortaleza		1	1	2						1						-		13	Emerson Batalla	Alianza	1		2	1					4
Isidro Pitta	Cuiabá				1	2		1
Iván Valdez	Sportivo Ameliano				2	1	1
Pablo Erustes	Deportivo Garcilaso		1	1			1	1
17	Charlis Ortiz	Metropolitanos	1	2							3
	Deyverson	Cuiabá			2					1
	Fernando Sobral	Cuiabá		1			1	1
	Jairo Vélez	Universidad César Vallejo	1		1		1
	Jhon Cifuente	Universidad Católica	1			1	1
	José Fajardo	Universidad Católica					2					1
	Ménder García	Independiente Medellín			1		1		1
	Cris Martínez	Huachipato		2	1
	Roger Martínez	Racing		1	1				1
	Thiago Borbas	Red Bull Bragantino					2					1
	Wesley Tanque	Always Ready		1			1	1
	Yorleys Mena	Universidad César Vallejo	1		1			1
29	Agustín Canobbio	Athletico Paranaense			2														2
	Ángel Romero	Corinthians			2
	Braian Oyola	Delfín Barcelona	1			1
	Facundo Callejo	Nacional Potosí	1				1
	Fernandinho	Athletico Paranaense		1	1
	Franco Jara	Belgrano			1		1
	Héctor Cuéllar	Always Ready				1	1
	Ignacio Gariglio	Delfín	1	1
	Jhon Vásquez	Independiente Medellín			2
	Julio González	Sportivo Ameliano	1				1
	Kevin Zenón	Boca Juniors			1				1
	Lucas Alario	Internacional					1	1
	Lucas Di Yorio	Athletico Paranaense					1	1
	Lucas Esquivel	Athletico Paranaense			1		1
	Marcelo Pereira	Sportivo Luqueño				1		1
	Matheus Pereira	Cruzeiro			1			1
	Maximiliano Romero	Argentinos Juniors		2
	Maximiliano Salas	Racing			1				1
	Miguel Monsalve	Independiente Medellín				1	1
	Pablo Chavarría	Belgrano							2
	Raúl Becerra	Deportivo Cuenca	2
	Santiago Solari	Racing				1	1
	William Álvarez	Nacional Potosí					1	1
52	Alejandro Samudio	Sportivo Ameliano	1															1
	Cristian Barrios	América de Cali	1
	Diego Fernández	Sportivo Luqueño	1
	Gustavo Cristaldo	Nacional Potosí	1
	Juan Carlos Ortiz	Carabobo	1
	Matías Fracchia	Danubio	1
	Nicolás Ferreyra	Unión La Calera	1
	Nicolás Johansen	Coquimbo Unido	1
	Nicolás Sosa	Racing	1									-->

See also

• 2024 Copa Libertadores
• 2024 Recopa Sudamericana

External links

• CONMEBOL Sudamericana
• CONMEBOL.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: ¡Asunción y Santa Cruz recibirán a la Gran Conquista! . Asunción and Santa Cruz will host the Great Conquest! . CONMEBOL . es . 10 April 2024 . 10 April 2024.
2. Web site: Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2024: equipos clasificados, cuándo se juega, formato y fechas. 2024 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana: qualified teams, when is it played, format and dates. DSports. es. 30 October 2023. 7 November 2023.
3. Web site: Se viene una CONMEBOL Sudamericana más competitiva y representativa. A more competitive and representative CONMEBOL Sudamericana is coming. CONMEBOL. es. 2 October 2020.
4. Web site: Manual de Clubes CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2024. CONMEBOL. 13 December 2023. 18 December 2023.
5. Web site: Reglamento de Torneos de la Temporada 2023 Primera División Liga Profesional de Fútbol de AFA. Liga Profesional de Fútbol de AFA – Tournament Regulations for the 2023 First Division Season. Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 7 November 2023. es.
6. Web site: Campeonatos División Profesional 2023 Convocatoria 2023 . 2023 División Profesional Championships 2023 Call-up . . es . 7 November 2023.
7. Web site: Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Série A 2023 . Specific Regulations for the 2023 Brasileiro Série A Competition . . pt-br . 7 November 2023.
8. Web site: Bases Campeonato Nacional de Primera División Temporada 2023 . Campeonato Nacional de Primera División 2023 Season Regulations . 7 November 2023 . . es.
9. Web site: Reglamento Liga BetPlay DIMAYOR II-2023 . Liga BetPlay DIMAYOR II-2023 Regulations . 7 November 2023 . . es.
10. Web site: Liga de Quito clasificado a la Libertadores 2024: ¿cómo queda la pelea por las copas en Ecuador? . Liga de Quito qualified for the 2024 Libertadores: how is the fight for the cups in Ecuador left? . . 30 October 2023 . 7 November 2023 . es.
11. Web site: Reglamento Liga 1 2023. 2023 Liga 1 Regulations. FPF. es. 7 November 2023.
12. Web site: Régimen de disputa de los torneos oficiales - vigente desde el 2018. Regime of play for official tournaments – in force since 2018. es. AUF. 7 November 2023.
13. Web site: Liga Futve tendrá un nuevo formato de competición. Liga Futve will have a new competition format. es. Líder en Deportes. 31 January 2023. 7 November 2023.
14. Web site: Calendario de la CONMEBOL Libertadores y CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2024. 2024 CONMEBOL Libertadores and CONMEBOL Sudamericana schedule. CONMEBOL. es. 30 November 2023. 30 November 2023.
15. Web site: CALENDÁRIO 2024: CONMEBOL Libertadores - CONMEBOL Sudamericana - RECOPA. CONMEBOL.com. 10 July 2023. 30 November 2023.
16. Web site: Sorteos, fases y más: la Conmebol informó el calendario de la Copa Libertadores y Sudamericana 2024 . Draws, stages and more: CONMEBOL informed the schedule for the 2024 Copa Libertadores and Sudamericana . . es . 29 November 2023 . 30 November 2023.
17. Web site: ¡Oficial! La fecha del sorteo de la fase de grupos de la Libertadores y Sudamericana . Official! The date for the group stage draw of the Libertadores and Sudamericana . . es . 6 February 2024 . 6 February 2024.