2023 Copa Sudamericana

The 2023 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 22nd edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the Copa Sudamericana), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.

2023 Copa Sudamericana

Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2023
The Estadio Domingo Burgueño in Maldonado hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	7 March – 28 October 2023
Teams	44+12 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions	LDU Quito (2nd title)
Runners-up	Fortaleza
Tournament statistics
Matches played	157
Goals scored	396 (2.52 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gonzalo Mastriani (9 goals)
← 2022 2024 →

The final was played in Maldonado, Uruguay on 28 October 2023. Originally scheduled to be held in Montevideo,^[1] on 15 April 2023 it was announced that the final would be played at Estadio Centenario,^[2] however the match was confirmed to have been moved to Estadio Domingo Burgueño in Maldonado on 15 September 2023.^[3]

Ecuadorian club LDU Quito were the champions, winning their second title in the competition after defeating Brazilian club Fortaleza 4–3 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time in the final.^[4] As winners of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana, LDU Quito earned the right to play against the winners of the 2023 Copa Libertadores in the 2024 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2024 Copa Libertadores group stage.

Independiente del Valle were the titleholders, but did not defend their title since they qualified for the 2023 Copa Libertadores group stage as Copa Sudamericana champions and later advanced to the knockout stage.

Format changes

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.

Teams

The following 44 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations qualified for the tournament:^[6]

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

The entry stage is determined as follows:^[7]

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

Association	Team (Berth)	Entry stage	Qualification method
Argentina (6 berths)	Gimnasia y Esgrima (Argentina 1)	Group stage	2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[8]
	Defensa y Justicia (Argentina 2)		2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[8]
	Tigre (Argentina 3)		2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[8]
	Newell's Old Boys (Argentina 4)		2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[8]
	Estudiantes (Argentina 5)		2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 5th best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[8]
	San Lorenzo (Argentina 6)		2022 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 6th best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[8]
Bolivia (4 berths)	Oriente Petrolero (Bolivia 1)	First stage	2022 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[Note BOL]
	Guabirá (Bolivia 2)		2022 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[Note BOL]
	Atlético Palmaflor (Bolivia 3)		2022 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[Note BOL]
	Blooming (Bolivia 4)		2022 Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[Note BOL]
Brazil (6 berths)	São Paulo (Brazil 1)	Group stage	2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[9]
	América Mineiro (Brazil 2)		2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2nd best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[9]
	Botafogo (Brazil 3)		2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[9]
	Santos (Brazil 4)		2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[9]
	Goiás (Brazil 5)		2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5th best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[9]
	Red Bull Bragantino (Brazil 6)		2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[9]
Chile (4 berths)	Palestino (Chile 1)	First stage	2022 Primera División best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[10]
	Cobresal (Chile 2)		2022 Primera División 2nd best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[10]
	Universidad Católica (Chile 3)		2022 Primera División 3rd best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[10]
	Audax Italiano (Chile 4)		2022 Primera División 4th best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[10]
Colombia (4 berths)	Deportes Tolima (Colombia 1)	First stage	2022 Primera A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[11]
	Junior (Colombia 2)		2022 Primera A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[11]
	Santa Fe (Colombia 3)		2022 Primera A aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[11]
	Águilas Doradas (Colombia 4)		2022 Primera A aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[11]
Ecuador (4 berths)	LDU Quito (Ecuador 1)	First stage	2022 Serie A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[12]
	Emelec (Ecuador 2)		2022 Serie A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[12]
	Deportivo Cuenca (Ecuador 3)		2022 Serie A aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[12]
	Delfín (Ecuador 4)		2022 Serie A aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[12]
Paraguay (4 berths)	Guaraní (Paraguay 1)	First stage	2022 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[13]
	Tacuary (Paraguay 2)		2022 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[13]
	General Caballero (JLM) (Paraguay 3)		2022 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[13]
	Sportivo Ameliano (Paraguay 4)		2022 Copa Paraguay champions[13]
Peru (4 berths)	Universitario (Peru 1)	First stage	2022 Liga 1 aggregate table best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[14]
	Universidad César Vallejo (Peru 2)		2022 Liga 1 aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[14]
	Cienciano (Peru 3)		2022 Liga 1 aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[14]
	Binacional (Peru 4)		2022 Liga 1 aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[Note PER]
Uruguay (4 berths)	River Plate (Uruguay 1)	First stage	2022 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[15]
	Peñarol (Uruguay 2)		2022 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[15]
	Defensor Sporting (Uruguay 3)		2022 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[15]
	Danubio (Uruguay 4)		2022 Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2023 Copa Libertadores[15]
Venezuela (4 berths)	Estudiantes de Mérida (Venezuela 1)	First stage	2022 Primera División Fase Final Sudamericana A winners[16]
	Deportivo Táchira (Venezuela 2)		2022 Primera División Fase Final Sudamericana B winners[16]
	Caracas (Venezuela 3)		2022 Primera División Fase Final Sudamericana A runners-up[16]
	Academia Puerto Cabello (Venezuela 4)		2022 Primera División Fase Final Sudamericana B runners-up[16]

Notes

1. Bolivia (BOL): Since the 2022 Copa Bolivia was cancelled and the 2022 Clausura tournament was abandoned due to civil unrest, the four Copa Sudamericana berths allocated to Bolivia were awarded through aggregate table placement at the time of abandonment.^[17]
2. Peru (PER): Due to the cancellation of the 2022 Copa Bicentenario, the Peru 4 berth which was originally allocated to the winners of said competition passed over to the 2022 Liga 1 aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for the 2023 Copa Libertadores.^[18]

A further 12 teams eliminated from the 2023 Copa Libertadores were transferred to the Copa Sudamericana, entering the group stage and the knockout round play-offs.

Teams eliminated in third stage	Entry stage
Millonarios	Group stage
Huracán
Fortaleza
Magallanes
Third-placed teams in group stage	Entry stage
Ñublense	Knockout round play-offs
Independiente Medellín
Barcelona
Sporting Cristal
Corinthians
Colo-Colo
Libertad
Patronato

Schedule

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

Stage	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
First stage	21 December 2022[22]	7–9 March 2023
Group stage	27 March 2023	Matchday 1: 4–6 April 2023 Matchday 2: 18–20 April 2023 Matchday 3: 2–4 May 2023 Matchday 4: 23–25 May 2023 Matchday 5: 6–8 June 2023 Matchday 6: 27–29 June 2023
Knockout round play-offs	No draw	11–13 July 2023	18–20 July 2023
Round of 16	5 July 2023[23]	1–3 August 2023	8–10 August 2023
Quarter-finals		22–24 August 2023	29–31 August 2023
Semi-finals		26–27 September 2023	3–4 October 2023
Final		28 October 2023 at Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

Draws

Buenos Aires

La Plata

Newell's

Patronato (L)

Atl. Palmaflor

Guabirá

Santa Cruz

América Mineiro

Botafogo

Fortaleza (L)

Goiás

RB Bragantino

Santos

São Paulo

Cobresal

Santiago

Ñublense (L)

Águilas Doradas

Dep. Tolima

Junior

Bogotá

Ind. Medellín (L)

Delfín

Dep. Cuenca

Guayaquil

LDU Quito

Asunción

G. Caballero

Binacional

Cienciano

Lima

U. César Vallejo

Montevideo

Pto. Cabello

Caracas

Dep. Táchira

Est. Mérida

Bogotá teams
Millonarios (L)
Santa Fe
Guayaquil teams
Barcelona (L)
Emelec
Lima teams
Sporting Cristal (L)
Universitario
Santiago teams
Audax Italiano
Colo-Colo (L)
Magallanes (L)
Palestino
Universidad Católica

Santa Cruz teams
Blooming
Oriente Petrolero
São Paulo teams
Corinthians (L)
São Paulo

Asunción teams
Guaraní
Libertad (L)
Sportivo Ameliano
Tacuary
Montevideo teams
Danubio
Defensor Sporting
Peñarol
River Plate
Gran Buenos Aires teams
Defensa y Justicia
Huracán (L)
San Lorenzo
Tigre
La Plata teams
Estudiantes
Gimnasia y Esgrima

Location of teams of the 2023 Copa Sudamericana.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C;
Yellow: Group D; Green: Group E; Blue: Group F;
Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H; White: First stage;
Turquoise: Knockout round play-offs entrants.
(L) Teams transferred from the 2023 Copa Libertadores.

The draw for the first stage was held on 21 December 2022, 12:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[24] For the first stage, the 32 teams involved were divided into eight pots according to their national association.

The 32 teams were drawn into 16 ties, with the four teams from each national association being drawn against a rival from the same association in two ties per association. The draw for the group stage was held on 27 March 2023, 20:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[25][26]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 9 December 2022 (shown in parentheses),^[27] taking into account the following three factors:^[28]

1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2013–2022.
2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2012 and 2002–2012 respectively.
3. Local tournament champion, with bonus points awarded to domestic league champions of the last 10 years.

For the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups A–H) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. The four losers of the Copa Libertadores third stage were seeded into Pot 4. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

Group stage draw

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Peñarol (8) São Paulo (9) Santos (10) LDU Quito (21) Estudiantes (23) Emelec (29) San Lorenzo (31) Santa Fe (34)	Defensa y Justicia (37) Guaraní (41) Red Bull Bragantino (45) Universitario (46) Deportes Tolima (47) Botafogo (59) Newell's Old Boys (61) Palestino (67)	Oriente Petrolero (81) Estudiantes de Mérida (96) Danubio (103) Tigre (108) América Mineiro (118) Blooming (121) Goiás (136) Universidad César Vallejo (149)	Audax Italiano (153) Gimnasia y Esgrima (162) Academia Puerto Cabello (232) Tacuary (No rank) Millonarios[CLQ3] (57) Huracán[CLQ3] (58) Fortaleza[CLQ3] (78) Magallanes[CLQ3] (215)

Notes

1. ^
   ^CLQ3 The Copa Libertadores third stage losers were seeded in Pot 4.

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 5 July 2023, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4) at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay.^[23][29] For the round of 16, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (A–H) between a Copa Sudamericana group winner (Pot 1) and a knockout round play-offs winner (Pot 2), with the group winners hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association or the same group could be drawn into the same tie (Regulations Article 2.2.3.2).^[6]

First stage

Main article: 2023 Copa Sudamericana first stage

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

Group stage

Main article: 2023 Copa Sudamericana group stage

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.

Group A

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	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group B

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	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group C

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	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group D

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	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group E

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	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group F

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	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group G

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	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Group H

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	—

Source: CONMEBOL

Final stages

Main article: 2023 Copa Sudamericana final stages

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).

Seeding

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

Source: CONMEBOL Sudamericana, CONMEBOL Libertadores
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 2.4.3).^[6]

Bracket

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 (28 October 2023 – Maldonado)
								19	Corinthians	2	0	2
	19	Corinthians	1	2	3			2	Newell's Old Boys	1	0	1
	14	Universitario	0	1	1										19	Corinthians (p)	1	0	1 (3)
															9	Estudiantes	0	1	1 (2)
								9	Estudiantes	3	2	5
	24	Barcelona	2	0	2			7	Goiás	0	0	0
	9	Estudiantes	1	4	5																	19	Corinthians	1	0	1
																						3	Fortaleza	1	2	3
								12	América Mineiro (p)	1	3	4 (4)
	21	Colo-Colo	2	1	3			5	Red Bull Bragantino	1	3	4 (3)
	12	América Mineiro	1	5	6										12	América Mineiro	1	1	2
															3	Fortaleza	3	2	5
								20	Libertad	0	1	1
	20	Libertad	2	1	3			3	Fortaleza	1	1	2
	13	Tigre	1	0	1																								3	Fortaleza	1 (3)
																													6	LDU Quito (p)	1 (4)
								23	Ñublense	0	3	3 (3)
	23	Ñublense	0	1	1			6	LDU Quito (p)	1	2	3 (4)
	10	Audax Italiano	0	0	0										6	LDU Quito (p)	2	0	2 (5)
															1	São Paulo	1	1	2 (4)
								16	San Lorenzo	1	0	1
	17	Independiente Medellín	0	0	0			1	São Paulo	0	2	2
	16	San Lorenzo	1	2	3																	6	LDU Quito	3	0	3
																						4	Defensa y Justicia	0	0	0
								11	Botafogo	2	0	2
	22	Patronato	0	1	1			8	Guaraní	1	0	1
	11	Botafogo	2	1	3										11	Botafogo	1	1	2
															4	Defensa y Justicia	1	2	3
								15	Emelec	1	0	1
	18	Sporting Cristal	0	0	0			4	Defensa y Justicia	2	1	3
	15	Emelec	1	0	1

Knockout round play-offs

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

Round of 16

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

Quarter-finals

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

Semi-finals

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

Final

Main article: 2023 Copa Sudamericana final

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

28 October 2023 (2023-10-28)

17:00 UTC−3

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado

Attendance: 17,420^[30]

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)^[31]

Statistics

Top scorers

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

See also

• 2023 Copa Libertadores

References

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External links

• CONMEBOL Sudamericana
• CONMEBOL.com