2015 Copa Sudamericana finals

2015 Copa Sudamericana finals
Event	2015 Copa Sudamericana
	on aggregate; Santa Fe won 3–1 on penalties
First leg
Date	2 December 2015
Venue	Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó, Buenos Aires
Referee	Antonio Arias (Paraguay)
Second leg
	After extra time
Date	9 December 2015
Venue	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
Referee	Héber Lopes (Brazil)
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The 2015 Copa Sudamericana finals were the two-legged final that decided the winner of the 2015 Copa Sudamericana, the 14th edition of the Copa Sudamericana, South America's secondary international club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.

The finals were contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Argentine team Huracán and Colombian team Santa Fe. The first leg was hosted by Huracán at Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó in Buenos Aires on 2 December 2015, while the second leg was hosted by Santa Fe at Estadio El Campín in Bogotá on 9 December.^[1] The winner qualified for the 2016 Copa Libertadores, and earned the right to play against the 2015 Copa Libertadores winners in the 2016 Recopa Sudamericana, and against the 2015 J. League Cup winners in the 2016 Suruga Bank Championship.^[2]

As both the first leg^[3] and the second leg^[4] were tied 0–0, the champion was decided by penalty shoot-out in which Santa Fe won 3–1, winning the tournament for the first time in their history.

Teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Huracán	None
Santa Fe	None

Venues

Estadio Tomás Ducó in Buenos Aires, Argentina, hosted the first leg

Estadio El Campín in Bogotá, Colombia, hosted the second leg

Road to the finals

Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.

Huracán			Round	Santa Fe
Opponent	Venue	Score	Elimination stages	Opponent	Venue	Score
Bye			First stage	LDU Loja (won 3–0 on aggregate)	Away	0–0
Bye			First stage	LDU Loja (won 3–0 on aggregate)	Home	3–0
Tigre (won 6–2 on aggregate)	Away	2–5	Second stage	Nacional (won 2–1 on aggregate)	Away	0–2
Tigre (won 6–2 on aggregate)	Home	1–0	Second stage	Nacional (won 2–1 on aggregate)	Home	0–1
Seed 7			final stages	Seed 3
Sport Recife (won 4–1 on aggregate)	Away	1–1	Round of 16	Emelec (tied 2–2 on aggregate, won on away goals)	Away	2–1
Sport Recife (won 4–1 on aggregate)	Home	3–0	Round of 16	Emelec (tied 2–2 on aggregate, won on away goals)	Home	1–0
Defensor Sporting (won 1–0 on aggregate)	Home	1–0	Quarter-finals	Independiente (won 2–1 on aggregate)	Away	0–1
Defensor Sporting (won 1–0 on aggregate)	Away	0–0	Quarter-finals	Independiente (won 2–1 on aggregate)	Home	1–1
River Plate (won 3–2 on aggregate)	Away	0–1	Semi-finals	Sportivo Luqueño (tied 1–1 on aggregate, won on away goals)	Away	1–1
River Plate (won 3–2 on aggregate)	Home	2–2	Semi-finals		Home	0–0

Format

The finals were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the higher-seeded team hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the away goals rule would not be used, and 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.^[2]

Matches

First leg

2 December 2015

21:00 UTC−3

Huracán	0–0	Santa Fe
	Report

Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó, Buenos Aires

Referee: Antonio Arias (Paraguay)

Huracán

Santa Fe


GK	1	Marcos Díaz
RB	13	José San Román
CB	21	Hugo Nervo (c)
CB	2	Federico Mancinelli	28'
LB	15	Luciano Balbi
RM	26	Mauro Bogado
CM	5	Federico Vismara	30'
LM	18	Patricio Toranzo
AM	30	Daniel Montenegro		81'
CF	7	Cristian Espinoza		61'
CF	9	Ramón Ábila
Substitutes:
GK	22	Matías Giordano
DF	3	Carlos Arano
DF	19	Santiago Echeverría
MF	8	Lucas Villarruel
MF	16	Iván Moreno y Fabianesi
MF	20	David Distéfano		81'
FW	24	Ezequiel Miralles	82'	61'
Manager:
Eduardo Domínguez


GK	1	Róbinson Zapata
RB	18	Almir Soto
CB	21	Francisco Meza
CB	26	Yerry Mina
LB	11	Leyvin Balanta	67'
RM	5	Yulián Anchico (c)		89'
CM	30	Yeison Gordillo
CM	14	Baldomero Perlaza
LM	20	Luis Manuel Seijas	38'
CF	19	Wilson Morelo		73'
CF	28	Daniel Angulo		84'
Substitutes:
GK	22	Leandro Castellanos
DF	3	Harold Cummings
DF	4	Sergio Otálvaro	90'	89'
MF	8	Dario Rodríguez Parra
MF	10	Omar Pérez		84'
MF	13	Sebastián Salazar
FW	9	Miguel Borja		73'
Manager:
Gerardo Pelusso

Assistant referees:^[5]
Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay)
Milcíades Saldívar (Paraguay)
Fourth official:
Ulises Mereles (Paraguay)

Second leg

9 December 2015

19:00 UTC−5

Santa Fe	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Huracán
	Report
Penalties
Pérez Seijas Balanta	3–1	Bogado Nervo Mancinelli Toranzo

Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

Referee: Héber Lopes (Brazil)