| Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2022 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes in Córdoba hosted the final | |
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | 8 March – 1 October 2022 |
| Teams | 44+12 (from 10 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Independiente del Valle (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  São Paulo |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 157 |
| Goals scored | 392 (2.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Bernardo Cuesta (8 goals) |
← 2021 2023 → | |
The 2022 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 21st edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the Copa Sudamericana), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.[1]
On 14 May 2020, CONMEBOL announced the candidate venues for the 2021, 2022 and 2023 club competition finals.[2][3] On 13 May 2021, CONMEBOL's Council decided that the final would be played at the Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in Brasília, Brazil on 1 October 2022.[4] However, on 23 June 2022 the confederation announced that a change of venue was requested by the Brazilian Football Confederation due to the 2022 Brazilian general election taking place one day after the date of the final, and confirmed Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes in Córdoba, Argentina as the new host for the match.[5]
On 25 November 2021, CONMEBOL announced the abolition of the away goals rule in all of its club competitions including the Copa Sudamericana, which had been used since 2005.[6] Accordingly, if in a two-legged tie two teams score the same number of aggregate goals, the winner of the tie would not be decided by the number of away goals scored by each team but by a penalty shoot-out.
Ecuadorian club Independiente del Valle won their second title in the competition after defeating Brazilian side São Paulo by a 2–0 score in the final.[7] As winners of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana, they earned the right to play against the winners of the 2022 Copa Libertadores in the 2023 Recopa Sudamericana and they also automatically qualified for the 2023 Copa Libertadores group stage. Furthermore, in their condition of Copa Sudamericana champions, Independiente del Valle were later invited to play the 2023 UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge against the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League champions. Athletico Paranaense were the previous champions, but did not defend their title since they qualified for the 2022 Copa Libertadores group stage as Copa Sudamericana champions and later advanced to the knockout stage.
- ^ "Manual de Clubes / Reglamento CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2022". CONMEBOL.com.
- ^ "Ciudades postulantes para las Finales Únicas de los próximos tres años". CONMEBOL.com. 14 May 2020.
- ^ "POSTULANTES A LAS FINALES 2021, 2022 Y 2023" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
- ^ "Montevideo será la sede de las finales únicas de la CONMEBOL". CONMEBOL.com. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Córdoba será una fiesta con la Final de la CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2022" [Córdoba will be a party with the 2022 CONMEBOL Sudamericana Final] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "South America scraps away-goals rule for club competitions". Yahoo News. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "Independiente del Valle, bicampeón de la CONMEBOL Sudamericana" [Independiente del Valle, two-time champion of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.