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2007 Copa Sudamericana

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Champions
  
Arsenal (1st title)

Champion
  
Arsenal de Sarandí

Top scorer
  
Ricardo Ciciliano

Goals scored
  
155

Runners-up
  
América

Dates
  
31 Jul 2007 – 5 Dec 2007

Teams
  
34

Matches played
  
66

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The 2007 edition of the Copa Sudamericana was played by 34 teams; 30 teams from the CONMEBOL and 4 teams from the CONCACAF. CONMEBOL organized the tournament and invited three North American clubs which were the best three of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007; the fourth North American club was the defending champion Pachuca. The official draw took place on May 22 in Buenos Aires.

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The Argentine club Arsenal de Sarandí won their first international title by defeating América in the final, winning 3-2 in the first leg and losing 2-1 in the second leg, which was the only game that they lost. Arsenal scored at least three goals in their opponents stadium in four of the five games they played. They defeated San Lorenzo, an Argentine club that recently won the 2007 Clausura, the Brazilian club Goiás, Argentine giant River Plate and the strongest rivals of Mexican football, Guadalajara and America.

This is the third time a Mexican club has reached the final, and the fourth title for Argentine clubs in the competition. Arsenal became only the third Argentine club to win a major international tournament without winning the Argentine league first, after Lanús and Talleres de Córdoba. They were also the first Argentine club other than Boca Juniors to win an international title since San Lorenzo won the Copa Sudamericana 2002.

Qualified teams

The Copa Sudamericana 2007 tournament was the seventh edition of the Copa Sudamericana soccer tournament.

Fixture Dates

  • Preliminary Rounds: Between July 31 and September 6
  • Round of 16: Between September 11 and October 4
  • Quarterfinals: Between October 9 and November 1
  • Semifinals: Between November 6 and November 15
  • Finals: Between November 28 and December 5
  • Full Schedule
  • First Stage

    The table gives the teams in the first round gathered in elimination groups of 2 teams or 4 teams. Teams hosting the first game are on the left. Advancing teams are in bold.

    Bracket

    To prevent a final with two teams from the same country, CONMEBOL paired Arsenal with River Plate in the semifinals, thus reordering the bracket.

    References

    2007 Copa Sudamericana Wikipedia