Recopa Sudamericana

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The Recopa Sudamericana (also known as Recopa VISA Sudamericana) (English: South American Recup, Portuguese: Recopa Sul-Americana) is at stake in an annual football series (2 legs) between the reigning champions of the Copa Libertadores de América and Copa Sudamericana. It is the South American equivalent to UEFA's European Super Cup

Since the competition takes place in August, it's disputed between the champions of the previous year's forementioned competitions. Because of this, some count the year of the championship by the qualification year rather than that of the competition itself. Thus, CONMEBOL states that Nacional from Uruguay won the first Recopa of 1989, whereas the RSSSF refers to that championship as Recopa 1988.

1 History
2 List of champions
3 Cups by team
4 Cups by country
5 External links

[edit] History

The tournament has been played since 1989. From 1989 to 1998, the match was played between the reigning champions of Copa Libertadores de America and Supercopa Sudamericana. The 1990 edition was played in Miami, USA. The 1991 edition was not played because Olimpia won both Copa Libertadores and Supercopa Sudamericana.

From 1992 to 1997, the competition was played in Japan. The 1993 edition was played also as part of the Campeonato Brasileiro, between Cruzeiro and São Paulo, due to schedule congestion. The 1994 edition was played between São Paulo and Copa CONMEBOL reigning champion Botafogo, because São Paulo had won both Copa Libertadores and Supercopa. The 1998 edition matches were only played in 1999, also as part of Copa Mercosur, between Cruzeiro and River Plate.

The competition was not played from 1999 to 2002. The 2003 edition was played in Los Angeles, USA, between the reigning champions of Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. The 2004 edition was played in Fort Lauderdale, USA. The 2005 edition was again played on a home-and-away basis.

[edit] List of champions

Year	Dates and Locations	Final
Year	Dates and Locations	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1989 Details	1st Leg: Montevideo, Uruguay (January 31, 1989) 2nd Leg: Buenos Aires, Argentina (February 6, 1989)	Nacional (URU)	1 - 0 0 - 0 Aggregate 1 - 0	Racing Club (ARG)
1990 Details	Miami, FL (March 17, 1990)	Boca Juniors (ARG)	1 - 0	Atlético Nacional (COL)
1991 Details	Olimpia automatically declared as champions (see Details)	Olimpia (PAR)
1992 Details	Kobe, Japan (April 19, 1992)	Colo-Colo (CHI)	0 - 0 (pen) 5 - 4	Cruzeiro (BRA)
1993 Details	1st Leg: São Paulo, Brazil (September 22,1993) 2nd Leg: Belo Horizonte, Brazil (September 29, 1993)	São Paulo FC (BRA)	0 - 0 0 - 0 (pen) 4 - 2	Cruzeiro (BRA)
1994 Details	Kobe, Japan (April 3, 1994)	São Paulo FC (BRA)	3 - 1	Botafogo (BRA)
1995 Details	Tokyo, Japan (April 9, 1995)	Independiente (ARG)	1 - 0	Vélez Sársfield (ARG)
1996 Details	Kobe, Japan (April 7, 1996)	Grêmio (BRA)	4 - 1	Independiente (ARG)
1997 Details	Tokyo, Japan (April 13, 1997)	Vélez Sársfield (ARG)	1 - 1 (pen) 4 - 2	River Plate (ARG)
1998 Details	1st Leg: Belo Horizonte, Brazil (August 3, 1999) 2nd Leg: Buenos Aires, Argentina (September 23, 1999)	Cruzeiro (BRA)	2 - 0 3 - 0 Aggregate 5 - 0	River Plate (ARG)
2003 Details	Los Angeles, CA (December 7, 2003)	Olimpia (PAR)	2 - 0	San Lorenzo (ARG)
2004 Details	Fort Lauderdale, FL (September 7, 2004)	Cienciano (PER)	1 - 1 (pen) 4 - 2	Boca Juniors (ARG)
2005 Details	1st Leg: Buenos Aires, Argentina (August 24, 2005) 2nd Leg: Manizales, Colombia (August 31, 2005)	Boca Juniors (ARG)	3 - 1 1 - 2 Aggregate 4 - 3	Once Caldas (COL)
2006 Details	1st Leg: Buenos Aires, Argentina (September 07, 2006) 2nd Leg: São Paulo, Brazil (September 14, 2006)	Boca Juniors (ARG)	2 - 1 2 - 2 Aggregate 4 - 3	São Paulo (BRA)