2025 Copa Sudamericana first stage

The 2025 Copa Sudamericana first stage was played from 4 to 6 March 2025. ^{[1] [2]} A total of 32 teams competed in the first stage to decide 16 of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2025 Copa Sudamericana. ^[3]

Draw

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. ^{[4] [5]}

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. ^[6]

First stage draw

Bolivia	Chile	Colombia	Ecuador
Universitario de Vinto Aurora [†] Nacional Potosí [†] GV San José [†]	Palestino Universidad Católica Unión Española Everton	Millonarios [†] Once Caldas Junior América de Cali	Universidad Católica Aucas Mushuc Runa Orense
Paraguay	Peru	Uruguay	Venezuela
Guaraní 2 de Mayo Sportivo Luqueño Sportivo Ameliano	Cusco Cienciano Atlético Grau ADT	Cerro Largo Danubio Racing Montevideo Wanderers	Metropolitanos Deportivo La Guaira Academia Puerto Cabello Caracas

1. ^† The identity of the teams Bolivia 2, Bolivia 3, Bolivia 4 and Colombia 1 was not known at the time of the draw.

Format

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. ^[3]

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).

Matches

Matches were played on 4–6 March 2025. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

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

4 March 2025 (2025-3-4)

20:30  UTC−4 ^{[note 1]}

Universitario de Vinto	0–1	Nacional Potosí
	Report	Camacho 31' (o.g.)

Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba ^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 1,047 ^[11]

Referee: Augusto Aragón (Ecuador)

Nacional Potosí advanced to the group stage (BOL 1).

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5 March 2025 (2025-3-5)

18:00  UTC−4

Aurora	0–1	GV San José
	Report	Calero 62'

Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba

Attendance: 3,870 ^[12]

Referee: José Cabero (Chile)

GV San José advanced to the group stage (BOL 2).

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4 March 2025 (2025-3-4)

21:30  UTC−3

Universidad Católica	1–1	Palestino
Zampedri 88'	Report	Carrasco 11'
Penalties
Zampedri Jader Cuevas D. Valencia Ampuero	4–5	Martínez Tapia Meza Zúñiga Marabel

Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo ^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 2,706 ^[16]

Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)

Palestino advanced to the group stage (CHI 1).

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5 March 2025 (2025-3-5)

19:00  UTC−3

Unión Española	2–2	Everton
Jeraldino 8' Aránguiz 45+1' (pen.)	Report	I. Ramírez 2', 81' (pen.)
Penalties
Uribe Suárez Carvallo Díaz	3–1	Baeza Moya Soto Piñeiro

Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida, Santiago ^{[note 4]}

Attendance: 3,959 ^[18]

Referee: Paulo Zanovelli (Brazil)

Unión Española advanced to the group stage (CHI 2).

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6 March 2025 (2025-3-6) ^{[note 5]}

19:30  UTC−5

Junior	2–2	América de Cali
Paiva 54', 71'	Report	Lucumí 38' Vergara 44'
Penalties
González Barrera Rodríguez Báez Paiva	3–4	Quintero Holgado Soto Barrios Carrascal

Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

Attendance: 18,702 ^[20]

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

América de Cali advanced to the group stage (COL 1).

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5 March 2025 (2025-3-5)

19:30  UTC−5

Once Caldas	1–0	Millonarios
Barrios 80'	Report

Estadio Palogrande, Manizales

Attendance: 26,535 ^[21]

Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

Once Caldas advanced to the group stage (COL 2).

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5 March 2025 (2025-3-5)

21:00  UTC−5

Mushuc Runa	2–1	Orense
Bentaberry 17' Simisterra 56'	Report	Achilier 39'

Estadio Olímpico Fernando Guerrero, Riobamba ^{[note 6]}

Attendance: 2,989 ^[22]

Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

Mushuc Runa advanced to the group stage (ECU 1).

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6 March 2025 (2025-3-6)

21:00  UTC−5

Universidad Católica	0–0	Aucas
	Report
Penalties
Cangá I. Díaz Martínez Cacciabue	4–2	Montenegro Jaramillo Porozo Almagro

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 4,070 ^[23]

Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

Universidad Católica advanced to the group stage (ECU 2).

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4 March 2025 (2025-3-4) ^{[note 7]}

21:30  UTC−3

Sportivo Luqueño	2–0	Sportivo Ameliano
E. Vera 47' Ayala 86'	Report

Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción ^{[note 8]}

Attendance: 2,003 ^[26]

Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

Sportivo Luqueño advanced to the group stage (PAR 1).

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6 March 2025 (2025-3-6)

19:00  UTC−3

Guaraní	2–0	2 de Mayo
Mendieta 38' Torales 90+3'	Report

Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción ^{[note 9]}

Attendance: 1,389 ^[29]

Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

Guaraní advanced to the group stage (PAR 2).

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4 March 2025 (2025-3-4)

21:00  UTC−5

ADT	1–1	Cienciano
Cedrón 67'	Report	Choi 90+2' (o.g.)
Penalties
Choi Bersano Robles Cabello Fuentes Pérez Moyano	5–6	Garcés Cueva Valoyes Da Silva Estrada Neira Bolado

Estadio Huancayo, Huancayo ^{[note 10]}

Attendance: 3,055 ^[30]

Referee: Derlis López (Paraguay)

Cienciano advanced to the group stage (PER 1).

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6 March 2025 (2025-3-6)

19:30  UTC−5

Atlético Grau	0–0	Cusco
	Report
Penalties
Álvarez Rostaing Vásquez Olivares	4–2	Colman Colitto Ruidías Ampuero

Estadio Mansiche, Trujillo ^{[note 11]}

Attendance: 0 ^{[note 12]}

Referee: Bryan Loayza (Ecuador)

Atlético Grau advanced to the group stage (PER 2).

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5 March 2025 (2025-3-5)

19:00  UTC−3

Racing	0–0	Montevideo Wanderers
	Report
Penalties
Sosa Ferreira Pereira Severo	4–2	Veglio Lima T. Viudez Royón

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo ^{[note 13]}

Referee: Roberto Pérez (Peru)

Racing advanced to the group stage (URU 1).

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6 March 2025 (2025-3-6)

19:00  UTC−3

Cerro Largo	2–2	Danubio
Affonso 20', 45+6'	Report	Cardozo 49' S. Fernández 86' (pen.)
Penalties
Bertocchi Otormín Di Pippa Contrera	4–3	S. Fernández Millán Romero Femia Peralta

Estadio Arquitecto Antonio Eleuterio Ubilla, Melo

Attendance: 1,452 ^[33]

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

Cerro Largo advanced to the group stage (URU 2).

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5 March 2025 (2025-3-5) ^{[note 14]}

18:00  UTC−4

Academia Puerto Cabello	3–0	Metropolitanos
Manzambi 52' Padrón 90+1' Paredes 90+9'	Report

Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia ^{[note 15]}

Attendance: 5,111 ^[34]

Referee: Carlos Benítez (Paraguay)

Academia Puerto Cabello advanced to the group stage (VEN 1).

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6 March 2025 (2025-3-6)

20:30  UTC−4

Deportivo La Guaira	0–2	Caracas
	Report	Echenique 23', 56'

Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas

Referee: Carlos Betancur (Colombia)

Caracas advanced to the group stage (VEN 2).

Notes

1. The Universitario de Vinto v Nacional Potosí match, originally scheduled for 4 March 2025, 18:00 local time, was pushed back to 20:30 local time. ^[10]
2. Universitario de Vinto played their home match at Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba instead of their regular stadium Estadio Hipólito Lazarte, Vinto which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
3. Universidad Católica played their home match at Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo (originally scheduled at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago and later moved to Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar) instead of their regular stadium Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago which is being rebuilt. ^{[13] [14] [15]}
4. Unión Española played their home match at Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida, Santiago instead of their regular stadium Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK, Santiago. ^[17]
5. The Junior v América de Cali match, originally scheduled for 4 March 2025, was rescheduled to 6 March 2025 to avoid a clash with the Barranquilla Carnival. ^[19]
6. Mushuc Runa played their home match at Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba, Riobamba instead of their regular stadium Estadio COAC Mushuc Runa, Ambato which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
7. The Sportivo Luqueño v Sportivo Ameliano match, originally scheduled for 5 March 2025, was rescheduled to 4 March 2025. ^[14]
8. Sportivo Luqueño played their home match at Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción (originally scheduled at Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción) instead of their regular stadium Estadio Feliciano Cáceres, Luque which is closed for remodeling works. ^{[14] [24] [25]}
9. Guaraní played their home match at Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción (originally scheduled at Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción) instead of their regular stadium Estadio Rogelio Livieres, Asunción which is being rebuilt. ^{[14] [27] [28]}
10. ADT played their home match at Estadio Huancayo, Huancayo instead of their regular stadium Estadio Unión Tarma, Tarma which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
11. Atlético Grau played their home match at Estadio Mansiche, Trujillo instead of their regular stadium Estadio Miguel Grau, Piura which has been abandoned for years. ^[31]
12. The Atlético Grau v Cusco match was played behind closed doors due to security concerns. ^[32]
13. Racing played their home match at Estadio Centenario, Montevideo instead of their regular stadium Estadio Osvaldo Roberto, Montevideo which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
14. The Academia Puerto Cabello v Metropolitanos match, originally scheduled for 4 March 2025, was rescheduled to 5 March 2025. ^[14]
15. Academia Puerto Cabello played their home match at Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia instead of their regular stadium Estadio La Bombonerita, Puerto Cabello which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.

References

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18. "Unión Española 2-2 Everton CD (5 de mar, 2025) Placar Final" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
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24. "Luqueño anuncia remodelación y modernización del Feliciano Cáceres" [Luqueño announces remodeling and modernization of the Feliciano Cáceres stadium] (in Spanish). Amambay News. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
25. "Luqueño despide al «viejo» Feliciano Cáceres con una derrota ante el 2 de Mayo" [Luqueño bids farewell to the "old" Feliciano Cáceres with a loss to 2 de Mayo] (in Spanish). Megacadena. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
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27. "Remodelación del estadio, en marcha" [Remodeling of the stadium, underway] (in Spanish). La Nación. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
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29. "Guarani 2-0 2 de Mayo (6 de mar, 2025) Placar Final" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
30. "Cienciano 1-1 ADT (4 de mar, 2025) Placar Final" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
31. "Piura: Estadio Miguel Grau lleva abandonado 10 años" [Piura: Miguel Grau Stadium has been abandoned for 10 years] (in Spanish). América Televisión. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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External links

• CONMEBOL Sudamericana
• CONMEBOL.com