2019 Recopa Sudamericana

2019 Recopa Sudamericana

CONMEBOL Recopa 2019
Event	Recopa Sudamericana
Athletico Paranaense River Plate 1 3
on aggregate
First leg
Athletico Paranaense River Plate 1 0
Date	22 May 2019 (2019-05-22)
Venue	Arena da Baixada, Curitiba
Referee	Wilmar Roldán (Colombia) [1]
Attendance	30,406
Second leg
River Plate Athletico Paranaense 3 0
Date	30 May 2019 (2019-05-30)
Venue	Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires
Referee	Roberto Tobar (Chile)
Attendance	66,500
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The 2019 CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana (Portuguese : CONMEBOL Recopa Sul-Americana de 2019) was the 27th edition of the CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana (also referred to as the Recopa Sudamericana), the football competition organized by CONMEBOL between the winners of the previous season's two major South American club tournaments, the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana.

The competition was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Argentine team River Plate, the 2018 Copa Libertadores champions, and Brazilian team Athletico Paranaense, the 2018 Copa Sudamericana champions. The first leg was hosted by Athletico Paranaense at the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil on 22 May 2019, while the second leg was hosted by River Plate on 30 May 2019 at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ^{[2] [3]}

River Plate won 3–1 on aggregate for their third Recopa Sudamericana title.

Teams

Team	Qualification	Previous app.
River Plate	2018 Copa Libertadores champions	4 (1997, 1998, 2015 , 2016 )
Athletico Paranaense	2018 Copa Sudamericana champions	None

Bold indicates winning years

Venues

The Arena da Baixada in Curitiba (left) and Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Buenos Aires (right), venues for the series

Format

The Recopa Sudamericana was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the Copa Libertadores champions (River Plate) 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. ^[4]

Matches

First leg

22 May 2019 (2019-05-22)

21:30  UTC−3

First leg

Athletico Paranaense	1–0	River Plate
Ruben 25'	Report

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Attendance: 30,406

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Athletico Paranaense

River Plate

GK 1 Santos RB 2 Jonathan  65' CB 13 Paulo André  71' CB 4 Léo Pereira  90+4' LB 12 Renan Lodi CM 5 Wellington  76'  86' CM 16 Bruno Guimarães RW 11 Nikão AM 3 Lucho González (c)  75' LW 7 Rony CF 9 Marco Ruben Substitutes: GK 25 Caio DF 6 Márcio Azevedo DF 21 Lucas Halter DF 23 Mádson  65' MF 15 Erick MF 18 Léo Cittadini  75' MF 20 Matheus Rossetto MF 22 Thonny Anderson  86' FW 8 Bruno Nazário FW 10 Marcelo Cirino FW 17 Braian Romero FW 19 Vitinho Manager: Tiago Nunes

GK 1 Franco Armani RB 18 Camilo Mayada  61' CB 22 Javier Pinola (c) CB 21 Lucas Martínez Quarta  45+3' LB 20 Milton Casco  81' CM 11 Nicolás De La Cruz CM 24 Enzo Pérez CM 15 Exequiel Palacios  71' AM 10 Ignacio Fernández CF 7 Matías Suárez  68'  75' CF 9 Lucas Pratto Substitutes: GK 14 Germán Lux GK 25 Enrique Bologna DF 2 Robert Rojas DF 3 Nahuel Gallardo DF 4 Fabrizio Angileri  89'  61' DF 6 Luciano Lollo DF 16 Kevin Sibille MF 5 Bruno Zuculini  71' MF 8 Jorge Carrascal MF 23 Leonardo Ponzio FW 19 Rafael Santos Borré  75' Manager: Marcelo Gallardo

Assistant referees: [1] Alexander Guzmán (Colombia) John Alexander León (Colombia) Fourth official: Carlos Herrera (Colombia) Video assistant referee: Daniel Fedorczuk (Uruguay) Assistant video assistant referees: Nicolás Gallo (Colombia) Nicolás Tarán (Uruguay)

Match rules [4] 90 minutes. Twelve named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

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Second leg

30 May 2019 (2019-05-30)

21:30  UTC−3

Second leg

River Plate	3–0	Athletico Paranaense
Fernández 65' Pratto 90+1' Suárez 90+5'	Report

Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 66,500

Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

River Plate

Athletico Paranaense

GK 1 Franco Armani RB 13 Gonzalo Montiel  58' CB 21 Lucas Martínez Quarta  55' CB 22 Javier Pinola LB 4 Fabrizio Angileri  86' DM 23 Leonardo Ponzio (c) CM 24 Enzo Pérez CM 15 Exequiel Palacios  46' AM 10 Ignacio Fernández CF 19 Rafael Santos Borré  71' CF 9 Lucas Pratto Substitutes: GK 14 Germán Lux DF 2 Robert Rojas DF 3 Nahuel Gallardo DF 6 Luciano Lollo MF 5 Bruno Zuculini MF 8 Jorge Carrascal MF 11 Nicolás De La Cruz  46' MF 18 Camilo Mayada  86' FW 7 Matías Suárez  71' Manager: Marcelo Gallardo

GK 1 Santos RB 2 Jonathan  90+3' CB 13 Paulo André CB 4 Léo Pereira LB 12 Renan Lodi  69' RM 11 Nikão  78' CM 5 Wellington  80' CM 16 Bruno Guimarães  66' LM 7 Rony AM 3 Lucho González (c)  45+2'  87' CF 9 Marco Ruben Substitutes: GK 25 Caio DF 6 Márcio Azevedo DF 21 Lucas Halter DF 23 Mádson MF 15 Erick MF 18 Léo Cittadini  87' MF 20 Matheus Rossetto MF 22 Thonny Anderson FW 8 Bruno Nazário FW 10 Marcelo Cirino  78' FW 17 Braian Romero  90+3' FW 19 Vitinho Manager: Tiago Nunes

Assistant referees: Christian Scheimann (Chile) Claudio Ríos (Chile) Fourth official: Eduardo Gamboa (Chile) Video assistant referee: Diego Haro (Peru) Assistant video assistant referees: Víctor Carrillo (Peru) Jonny Bossio (Peru)

Match rules [4] 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if tied on aggregate (away goals rule not applied). Penalty shoot-out if still tied on aggregate after extra time. Twelve named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time.

See also

• 2019 Copa Libertadores final
• 2019 Copa Sudamericana final

References

1. "Árbitros para la CONMEBOL Recopa - Ida". CONMEBOL.com. 13 May 2019.
2. "La CONMEBOL Recopa tiene fecha confirmadas". CONMEBOL.com. 24 January 2019.
3. "Cambio de fecha del partido River Plate vs. Athletico Paranaense por la CONMEBOL RECOPA 2019". CONMEBOL.com. 15 May 2019.
4. "Reglamento CONMEBOL Recopa 2019" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.

External links

• CONMEBOL Recopa, CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish)