2023 Copa Sudamericana

On 19 December 2022, CONMEBOL announced format changes to the Copa Sudamericana starting from this edition while maintaining the same number of matches to be played. The following changes were implemented:^[5]

• The first stage of the tournament, where teams from all associations (except Argentina and Brazil) play against a team from their same association, was played over a single match instead of a home-and-away two-legged basis.
• The eight group runner-ups were not eliminated, but instead played a play-off round prior to the round of 16 against the eight third-placed teams of the Copa Libertadores group stage, which previously advanced directly to the round of 16. The winners of this round advanced to the round of 16 along with the Copa Sudamericana group winners.

The schedule of the competition was as follows:^[19][20][21]

In the first stage, each tie was played as a single-leg match.^[5] If tied after 90 minutes, extra time would not be played, and a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.2).

The 16 winners of the first stage advanced to the group stage to join the 12 teams directly qualified for that stage (six from Argentina and six from Brazil), and four teams transferred from the Copa Libertadores (the four teams eliminated in the third stage of qualifying).

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Guabirá	0–1	Oriente Petrolero
Blooming	6–0	Atlético Palmaflor
Cobresal	0–1	Palestino
Audax Italiano	3–2	Universidad Católica
Deportes Tolima	1–0	Junior
Águilas Doradas	1–2	Santa Fe
LDU Quito	4–0	Delfín
Emelec	2–1	Deportivo Cuenca
Guaraní	3–1	Sportivo Ameliano
Tacuary	2–2 (4–2 p)	General Caballero (JLM)
Universidad César Vallejo	3–1	Binacional
Universitario	2–0	Cienciano
Defensor Sporting	0–0 (3–4 p)	Danubio
River Plate	0–4	Peñarol
Caracas	0–1	Academia Puerto Cabello
Estudiantes de Mérida	1–1 (3–1 p)	Deportivo Táchira

In the group stage, each group is played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams are ranked according to the following criteria: 1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss); 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Away goals scored; 5. CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 2.4.2).^[6]

The winners of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the final stages, whilst the runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout round play-offs of the final stages.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LDQ	BOT	MAG	UCV
1	LDU Quito	6	3	3	0	10	2	+8	12	Round of 16		—	0–0	4–0	3–0
2	Botafogo	6	2	4	0	10	5	+5	10	Knockout round play-offs		0–0	—	1–1	4–0
3	Magallanes	6	0	4	2	8	13	−5	4			1–1	2–2	—	2–2
4	Universidad César Vallejo	6	1	1	4	8	16	−8	4			1–2	2–3	3–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GUA	EME	DAN	HUR
1	Guaraní	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11	Round of 16		—	1–1	2–1	2–0
2	Emelec	6	2	3	1	7	7	0	9	Knockout round play-offs		1–1	—	2–1	1–0
3	Danubio	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	7			0–2	2–0	—	1–0
4	Huracán	6	1	2	3	7	8	−1	5			4–1	2–2	1–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RBB	EST	TAC	ORI
1	Red Bull Bragantino	6	4	2	0	21	3	+18	14	Round of 16		—	0–0	7–1	5–0
2	Estudiantes	6	4	2	0	14	1	+13	14	Knockout round play-offs		1–1	—	4–0	4–0
3	Tacuary	6	2	0	4	8	21	−13	6			1–4	0–4	—	3–1
4	Oriente Petrolero	6	0	0	6	2	20	−18	0			0–4	0–1	1–3	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SPA	TIG	TOL	APC
1	São Paulo	6	5	1	0	13	0	+13	16	Round of 16		—	2–0	5–0	2–0
2	Tigre	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10	Knockout round play-offs		0–2	—	0–0	2–1
3	Deportes Tolima	6	2	2	2	6	8	−2	8			0–0	1–2	—	3–1
4	Academia Puerto Cabello	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0			0–2	0–3	0–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NOB	AUD	SAN	BLO
1	Newell's Old Boys	6	5	1	0	11	4	+7	16	Round of 16		—	1–1	1–0	3–0
2	Audax Italiano	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11	Knockout round play-offs		0–1	—	2–1	2–0
3	Santos	6	1	2	3	3	5	−2	5			1–2	0–0	—	0–0
4	Blooming	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1			2–3	1–2	0–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DYJ	AMG	MIL	PEÑ
1	Defensa y Justicia	6	5	0	1	15	8	+7	15	Round of 16		—	2–1	3–1	4–1
2	América Mineiro	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10	Knockout round play-offs		2–3	—	2–0	4–1
3	Millonarios	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10			3–0	1–1	—	3–1
4	Peñarol	6	0	0	6	4	18	−14	0			0–3	1–2	0–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GOI	UNI	SFE	GLP
1	Goiás	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12	Round of 16		—	1–0	0–0	0–0
2	Universitario	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10	Knockout round play-offs		2–2	—	2–0	1–0
3	Santa Fe	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7			1–2	2–0	—	2–1
4	Gimnasia y Esgrima	6	1	1	4	2	6	−4	4			0–2	0–1	1–0	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FOR	SLO	PAL	EDM
1	Fortaleza	6	5	0	1	17	5	+12	15	Round of 16		—	3–2	4–0	6–1
2	San Lorenzo	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8	Knockout round play-offs		0–2	—	0–0	4–1
3	Palestino	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8			1–2	0–0	—	1–0
4	Estudiantes de Mérida	6	1	0	5	4	17	−13	3			1–0	0–1	1–5	—

Starting from the knockout round play-offs, the teams play a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:^[6]

• In the knockout round play-offs, round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg (Regulations Article 2.2.3). If tied on aggregate, extra time will not be played, and a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 2.4.4).
• The final is played as a single match at a venue pre-selected by CONMEBOL, with the higher-seeded team designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes (Regulations Article 2.2.6). If tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time will be played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 2.4.5).

For the final stages, the teams are seeded according to their results in the group stage, with the Copa Sudamericana group winners seeded 1–8, the Copa Sudamericana group runners-up seeded 9–16, and the Copa Libertadores group third-placed teams seeded 17–24. For the round of 16 draw, the seeds 1–8 made up Pot 1, and the eight knockout round play-offs winners (seeds 9–24) made up Pot 2, keeping their seed. Teams from the same association may play each other from the knockout round play-offs onwards.

Seed	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SD1	São Paulo	6	5	1	0	13	0	+13	16	Round of 16
2	SE1	Newell's Old Boys	6	5	1	0	11	4	+7	16
3	SH1	Fortaleza	6	5	0	1	17	5	+12	15
4	SF1	Defensa y Justicia	6	5	0	1	15	8	+7	15
5	SC1	Red Bull Bragantino	6	4	2	0	21	3	+18	14
6	SA1	LDU Quito	6	3	3	0	10	2	+8	12
7	SG1	Goiás	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12
8	SB1	Guaraní	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11
9	SC2	Estudiantes	6	4	2	0	14	1	+13	14	Play-off Match A
10	SE2	Audax Italiano	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11	Play-off Match B
11	SA2	Botafogo	6	2	4	0	10	5	+5	10	Play-off Match C
12	SF2	América Mineiro	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10	Play-off Match D
13	SD2	Tigre	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10	Play-off Match E
14	SG2	Universitario	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10	Play-off Match F
15	SB2	Emelec	6	2	3	1	7	7	0	9	Play-off Match G
16	SH2	San Lorenzo	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8	Play-off Match H
17	LB	Independiente Medellín	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10	Play-off Match H
18	LD	Sporting Cristal	6	2	2	2	8	10	−2	8	Play-off Match G
19	LE	Corinthians	6	2	1	3	7	6	+1	7	Play-off Match F
20	LG	Libertad	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	7	Play-off Match E
21	LF	Colo-Colo	6	1	3	2	3	5	−2	6	Play-off Match D
22	LH	Patronato	6	2	0	4	6	11	−5	6	Play-off Match C
23	LA	Ñublense	6	1	2	3	3	10	−7	5	Play-off Match B
24	LC	Barcelona	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4	Play-off Match A

The bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 5 July 2023.

	Knockout round play-offs							Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	19	Corinthians	1	2	3
	14	Universitario	0	1	1			19	Corinthians	2	0	2
								2	Newell's Old Boys	1	0	1
															19	Corinthians (p)	1	0	1 (3)
	24	Barcelona	2	0	2
															9	Estudiantes	0	1	1 (2)
	9	Estudiantes	1	4	5			9	Estudiantes	3	2	5
								7	Goiás	0	0	0
																						19	Corinthians	1	0	1
	21	Colo-Colo	2	1	3
																						3	Fortaleza	1	2	3
	12	América Mineiro	1	5	6			12	América Mineiro (p)	1	3	4 (4)
								5	Red Bull Bragantino	1	3	4 (3)
															12	América Mineiro	1	1	2
	20	Libertad	2	1	3
															3	Fortaleza	3	2	5
	13	Tigre	1	0	1			20	Libertad	0	1	1
																													28 October – Maldonado
								3	Fortaleza	1	1	2
																													3	Fortaleza	1 (3)
	23	Ñublense	0	1	1
																													6	LDU Quito (p)	1 (4)
	10	Audax Italiano	0	0	0			23	Ñublense	0	3	3 (3)
								6	LDU Quito (p)	1	2	3 (4)
															6	LDU Quito (p)	2	0	2 (5)
	17	Independiente Medellín	0	0	0
															1	São Paulo	1	1	2 (4)
	16	San Lorenzo	1	2	3			16	San Lorenzo	1	0	1
								1	São Paulo	0	2	2
																						6	LDU Quito	3	0	3
	22	Patronato	0	1	1
																						4	Defensa y Justicia	0	0	0
	11	Botafogo	2	1	3			11	Botafogo	2	0	2
								8	Guaraní	1	0	1
															11	Botafogo	1	1	2
	18	Sporting Cristal	0	0	0
															4	Defensa y Justicia	1	2	3
	15	Emelec	1	0	1			15	Emelec	1	0	1
								4	Defensa y Justicia	2	1	3

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	2–5	Estudiantes	2–1	0–4
Ñublense	1–0	Audax Italiano	0–0	1–0
Patronato	1–3	Botafogo	0–2	1–1
Colo-Colo	3–6	América Mineiro	2–1	1–5
Libertad	3–1	Tigre	2–1	1–0
Corinthians	3–1	Universitario	1–0	2–1
Sporting Cristal	0–1	Emelec	0–1	0–0
Independiente Medellín	0–3	San Lorenzo	0–1	0–2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Emelec	1–3	Defensa y Justicia	1–2	0–1
Estudiantes	5–0	Goiás	3–0	2–0
América Mineiro	4–4 (4–3 p)	Red Bull Bragantino	1–1	3–3
San Lorenzo	1–2	São Paulo	1–0	0–2
Ñublense	3–3 (3–4 p)	LDU Quito	0–1	3–2
Libertad	1–2	Fortaleza	0–1	1–1
Corinthians	2–1	Newell's Old Boys	2–1	0–0
Botafogo	2–1	Guaraní	2–1	0–0

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Botafogo	2–3	Defensa y Justicia	1–1	1–2
Corinthians	1–1 (3–2 p)	Estudiantes	1–0	0–1
América Mineiro	2–5	Fortaleza	1–3	1–2
LDU Quito	2–2 (5–4 p)	São Paulo	2–1	0–1

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
LDU Quito	3–0	Defensa y Justicia	3–0	0–0
Corinthians	1–3	Fortaleza	1–1	0–2

28 October 2023 (2023-10-28)

17:00 UTC−3

Fortaleza	1–1 (a.e.t.)	LDU Quito
Lucero 48'	Report	Alzugaray 56'
Penalties
Thiago Galhardo Yago Pikachu Romero Tinga Pedro Augusto Brítez	3–4	Guerrero Alzugaray Martínez Julio Alvarado Piovi

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

Attendance: 17,420^[30]

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)^[31]

Rank	Player	Team	1S	GS1	GS2	GS3	GS4	GS5	GS6	KPO1	KPO2	⅛F1	⅛F2	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F	Total
1	Gonzalo Mastriani	América Mineiro		2			1				2	1	2	1					9
2	Nicolás Fernández	Defensa y Justicia				1		1	3			1			2				8
3	Adam Bareiro	San Lorenzo							2	1	2	1							6
	Benjamín Rollheiser	Estudiantes						1	1		1	2	1
	Federico Santander	Guaraní	1	1	1	1	1		1
6	Eduardo Sasha	Red Bull Bragantino			1		1		3										5
	Sorriso	Red Bull Bragantino			1				2				2
	Gastón Togni	Defensa y Justicia				1	2	1				1

Source: CONMEBOL