2025 Copa Sudamericana

The 2025 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana is the 24th 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 4 March and is scheduled to end on 22 November 2025, with the final to be played at Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.^[1][2]

2025 Copa Sudamericana

Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2025
The Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera in Santa Cruz de la Sierra will host the final
Tournament details
Dates	4 March – 22 November 2025
Teams	44+12 (from 10 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	79
Goals scored	200 (2.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ismael Díaz (Universidad Católica) (6 goals)
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 8 May 2025 (3 of 4 matches finished).

The winners of the 2025 Copa Sudamericana will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2025 Copa Libertadores in the 2026 Recopa Sudamericana. They will also automatically qualify for the 2026 Copa Libertadores group stage.

Argentine club Racing are the titleholders, but since they qualified for the 2025 Copa Libertadores group stage as Copa Sudamericana champions, they will only be able to defend their title if they place third in their Copa Libertadores group.

Teams

The following 44 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL associations qualified for the tournament:

• 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 (Berth)	Entry stage	Qualification method
Argentina (6 berths)	Godoy Cruz (Argentina 1)	Group stage	2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[5]
	Independiente (Argentina 2)		2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[5]
	Huracán (Argentina 3)		2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[5]
	Unión (Argentina 4)		2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[5]
	Lanús (Argentina 5)		2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 5th best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[5]
	Defensa y Justicia (Argentina 6)		2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 6th best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[5]
Bolivia (4 berths)	Universitario de Vinto (Bolivia 1)	First stage	2024 Apertura runners-up[6]
	Aurora (Bolivia 2)		2024 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[6]
	Nacional Potosí (Bolivia 3)		2024 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[6]
	GV San José (Bolivia 4)		2024 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[6]
Brazil (6 berths)	Cruzeiro (Brazil 1)	Group stage	2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores
	Vasco da Gama (Brazil 2)		2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2nd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores
	Vitória (Brazil 3)		2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores
	Atlético Mineiro (Brazil 4)		2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores
	Fluminense (Brazil 5)		2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5th best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores
	Grêmio (Brazil 6)		2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores
Chile (4 berths)	Palestino (Chile 1)	First stage	2024 Primera División best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[7]
	Universidad Católica (Chile 2)		2024 Primera División 2nd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[7]
	Unión Española (Chile 3)		2024 Primera División 3rd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[7]
	Everton (Chile 4)		2024 Primera División 4th best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[7]
Colombia (4 berths)	Millonarios (Colombia 1)	First stage	2024 Primera A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[8]
	Once Caldas (Colombia 2)		2024 Primera A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[8]
	Junior (Colombia 3)		2024 Primera A aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[8]
	América de Cali (Colombia 4)		2024 Primera A aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[8]
Ecuador (4 berths)	Universidad Católica (Ecuador 1)	First stage	2024 Serie A aggregate table best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[9]
	Aucas (Ecuador 2)		2024 Serie A aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[9]
	Mushuc Runa (Ecuador 3)		2024 Serie A aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[9]
	Orense (Ecuador 4)		2024 Serie A aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[9]
Paraguay (4 berths)	Guaraní (Paraguay 1)	First stage	2024 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[10]
	2 de Mayo (Paraguay 2)		2024 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[10]
	Sportivo Luqueño (Paraguay 3)		2024 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[10]
	Sportivo Ameliano (Paraguay 4)		2024 Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[10]
Peru (4 berths)	Cusco (Peru 1)	First stage	2024 Liga 1 aggregate table best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[11]
	Cienciano (Peru 2)		2024 Liga 1 aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[11]
	Atlético Grau (Peru 3)		2024 Liga 1 aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[11]
	ADT (Peru 4)		2024 Liga 1 aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[11]
Uruguay (4 berths)	Cerro Largo (Uruguay 1)	First stage	2024 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[12]
	Danubio (Uruguay 2)		2024 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[12]
	Racing (Uruguay 3)		2024 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[12]
	Montevideo Wanderers (Uruguay 4)		2024 Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[12]
Venezuela (4 berths)	Metropolitanos (Venezuela 1)	First stage	2024 Apertura runners-up[13]
	Deportivo La Guaira (Venezuela 2)		2024 Primera División aggregate table best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[13]
	Academia Puerto Cabello (Venezuela 3)		2024 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[13]
	Caracas (Venezuela 4)		2024 Primera División aggregate table 4th best team not qualified for 2025 Copa Libertadores[13]

A further 12 teams eliminated from the 2025 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
Deportes Iquique	Group stage
Boston River
Melgar
Corinthians
Third-placed teams in group stage	Entry stage
	Knockout round play-offs

Schedule

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

Schedule for 2025 Copa Sudamericana

Stage	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
First stage	19 December 2024[15]	4–6 March 2025
Group stage	17 March 2025[16]	Matchday 1: 1–3 April 2025 Matchday 2: 8–10 April 2025 Matchday 3: 22–24 April 2025 Matchday 4: 6–8 May 2025 Matchday 5: 13–15 May 2025 Matchday 6: 27–29 May 2025
Knockout round play-offs	No draw	15–17 July 2025	22–24 July 2025
Round of 16	4 June 2025	12–14 August 2025	19–21 August 2025
Quarter-finals		16–18 September 2025	23–25 September 2025
Semi-finals		21–23 October 2025	28–30 October 2025
Final		22 November 2025 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Draws

Buenos Aires

Godoy Cruz

Unión

Aurora

GV San José

Nacional Potosí

U. de Vinto

Belo Horizonte

Rio de Janeiro

Grêmio

Vitória

Corinthians (L)

Santiago

Everton

Dep. Iquique (L)

América de Cali

Junior

Millonarios

Once Caldas

Mushuc Runa

Orense

Quito

Asunción

2 de Mayo

Cusco

ADT

Atlético Grau

Melgar (L)

Cerro Largo

Montevideo

Pto. Cabello

Caracas

Quito teams
Aucas
Universidad Católica
Cusco teams
Cienciano
Cusco
Santiago teams
Palestino
Unión Española
Universidad Católica

Caracas teams
Caracas
Deportivo La Guaira
Metropolitanos
Belo Horizonte teams
Atlético Mineiro
Cruzeiro
Rio de Janeiro teams
Fluminense
Vasco da Gama

Gran Asunción teams
Guaraní
Sportivo Ameliano
Sportivo Luqueño
Montevideo teams
Boston River (L)
Danubio
Montevideo Wanderers
Racing
Gran Buenos Aires teams
Defensa y Justicia
Huracán
Independiente
Lanús

Location of teams of the 2025 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.
(L) Teams transferred from the 2025 Copa Libertadores.

The draw for the first stage was held on 19 December 2024, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[17][18]

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 first team drawn in each tie hosted the match.^[19] The draw for the group stage was held on 17 March 2025, 20:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[20][21]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 16 December 2024 (shown in parentheses),^[22] taking into account the following three factors:^[23]

1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2015–2024.
2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2014 and 2002–2014 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.^[24]

Group stage draw

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Atlético Mineiro (7) Fluminense (10) Grêmio (11) Independiente (22) Cruzeiro (26) Lanús (30) Defensa y Justicia (33) América de Cali (40)	Guaraní (47) Palestino (55) Caracas (58) Vasco da Gama (66) Huracán (70) Universidad Católica (71) Unión Española (79) Godoy Cruz (80)	Once Caldas (96) Racing (100) Unión (101) Nacional Potosí (113) Cienciano (118) Sportivo Luqueño (123) Academia Puerto Cabello (159) Cerro Largo (192)	Mushuc Runa (232) Atlético Grau (250) Vitória (256) GV San José (No rank) Deportes Iquique[CLQ3] (153) Boston River[CLQ3] (206) Melgar[CLQ3] (51) Corinthians[CLQ3] (18)

Notes

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

First stage

Main article: 2025 Copa Sudamericana first stage

In the first stage, each tie was played on a single-leg basis, with the winner being decided in a penalty shoot-out in case of a draw after 90 minutes.^[4]

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
Universitario de Vinto	0–1	Nacional Potosí
Aurora	0–1	GV San José
Universidad Católica	1–1 (4–5 p)	Palestino
Unión Española	2–2 (3–1 p)	Everton
Junior	2–2 (3–4 p)	América de Cali
Once Caldas	1–0	Millonarios
Mushuc Runa	2–1	Orense
Universidad Católica	0–0 (4–2 p)	Aucas
Sportivo Luqueño	2–0	Sportivo Ameliano
Guaraní	2–0	2 de Mayo
ADT	1–1 (5–6 p)	Cienciano
Atlético Grau	0–0 (4–2 p)	Cusco
Racing	0–0 (4–2 p)	Montevideo Wanderers
Cerro Largo	2–2 (4–3 p)	Danubio
Academia Puerto Cabello	3–0	Metropolitanos
Deportivo La Guaira	0–2	Caracas

Group stage

Main article: 2025 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).^[4]

The winners of each group will advance to the round of 16 of the final stages, whilst the runners-up of each group will advance 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		GUA	IND	NAP	BOS
1	Guaraní	4	2	2	0	9	6	+3	8	Round of 16		—	2–1	2–0	28 May
2	Independiente	4	2	0	2	8	6	+2	6	Knockout round play-offs		15 May	—	28 May	2–1
3	Nacional Potosí	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4			2–2	2–0	—	13 May
4	Boston River	4	1	1	2	7	11	−4	4			3–3	1–5	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2025. Source: CONMEBOL

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		UCA	CRL	VIT	DYJ
1	Universidad Católica (X)	4	3	1	0	10	4	+6	10	Round of 16		—	3–1	28 May	3–1
2	Cerro Largo	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	4	Knockout round play-offs		1–3	—	14 May	0–0
3	Vitória (Y)	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3			1–1	0–1	—	1–1
4	Defensa y Justicia (Y)	4	0	3	1	2	4	−2	3			14 May	28 May	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2025. Source: CONMEBOL
(X) Assured of at least a place in the knockout round play-offs; (Y) May at best reach the knockout round play-offs

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HUR	AME	COR	RCM
1	Huracán	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	10	Round of 16		—	0–0	27 May	5–0
2	América de Cali	4	1	3	0	5	3	+2	6	Knockout round play-offs		14 May	—	1–1	27 May
3	Corinthians	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5			1–2	1–1	—	1–0
4	Racing (Y)	4	0	0	4	2	12	−10	0			1–3	1–3	15 May	—

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2025. Source: CONMEBOL
(Y) May at best reach the knockout round play-offs

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GOD	GRE	CAG	SLU
1	Godoy Cruz (X)	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	10	Round of 16		—	2–2	29 May	2–0
2	Grêmio	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	8	Knockout round play-offs		13 May	—	2–0	29 May
3	Atlético Grau (Y)	4	0	2	2	2	6	−4	2			0–2	0–0	—	2–2
4	Sportivo Luqueño (E)	4	0	1	3	3	7	−4	1			0–1	1–2	13 May	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2025. Source: CONMEBOL
(E) Eliminated; (X) Assured of at least a place in the knockout round play-offs; (Y) May at best reach the knockout round play-offs

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MUS	PAL	UNI	CRU
1	Mushuc Runa (X)	4	3	1	0	9	4	+5	10	Round of 16		—	3–2	3–0	1–1
2	Palestino	4	3	0	1	8	5	+3	9	Knockout round play-offs		28 May	—	2–0	2–1
3	Unión (Y)	4	1	0	3	2	7	−5	3			13 May	1–2	—	1–0
4	Cruzeiro (E)	4	0	1	3	3	6	−3	1			1–2	14 May	28 May	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2025. Source: CONMEBOL
(E) Eliminated; (X) Assured of at least a place in the knockout round play-offs; (Y) May at best reach the knockout round play-offs

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ONC	FLU	GVS	UES
1	Once Caldas	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9	Round of 16		—	0–1	15 May	1–0
2	Fluminense	4	2	1	1	7	2	+5	7	Knockout round play-offs		29 May	—	5–0	14 May
3	GV San José	4	1	1	2	4	9	−5	4			2–3	1–0	—	1–1
4	Unión Española (Y)	4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	2			0–2	1–1	29 May	—

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2025. Source: CONMEBOL
(Y) May at best reach the knockout round play-offs

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LAN	VAS	APC	MEL
1	Lanús	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	8	Round of 16		—	13 May	27 May	3–0
2	Vasco da Gama	4	1	2	1	5	7	−2	5	Knockout round play-offs		0–0	—	1–0	27 May
3	Academia Puerto Cabello	4	1	1	2	6	5	+1	4			2–2	4–1	—	13 May
4	Melgar	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4			0–1	3–3	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2025. Source: CONMEBOL

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CAM	CAR	DIQ	CIE
1	Atlético Mineiro	4	1	2	1	7	4	+3	5	Round of 16		—	15 May	4–0	29 May
2	Caracas	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5	Knockout round play-offs		1–1	—	29 May	2–2
3	Deportes Iquique	4	1	1	2	6	10	−4	4			3–2	1–2	—	2–2
4	Cienciano	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3			0–0	8 May	15 May	—

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2025 (1 of 2 matches finished). Source: CONMEBOL

Statistics

As of 8 May 2025 (3 of 4 matches finished)

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	1S	GS1	GS2	GS3	GS4	GS5	GS6	KPO1	KPO2	⅛F1	⅛F2	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F	Total
1	Ismael Díaz	Universidad Católica			2	2	2												6
2	Dayro Moreno	Once Caldas			1	3													4
	Junior Marabel	Palestino		1	1		2
	Junior Paredes	Academia Puerto Cabello	1	1			2
5	Germán Cano	Fluminense		1	2														3
	Carlos Garcés	Cienciano			2	1
	Ender Echenique	Caracas	2	1
	Pablo Vegetti	Vasco da Gama		2	1
	Bryan Carrasco	Palestino	1	1	1
	Carlos Orejuela	Mushuc Runa			1	1	1
	Gustavo Vargas	Guaraní		1		2

Source: CONMEBOL

See also

• 2025 Copa Libertadores