2005 Copa Sudamericana finals

2005 Copa Sudamericana finals

Event	2005 Copa Sudamericana
UNAM Boca Juniors 2 2
on aggregate Boca Juniors won 4–3 on penalties
First leg
UNAM Boca Juniors 1 1
Date	6 December 2005
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City
Man of the Match	Rodrigo Palacio
Referee	Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
Second leg
Boca Juniors UNAM 1 1
Date	18 December 2005
Venue	La Bombonera, Buenos Aires
Man of the Match	Roberto Abbondanzieri
Referee	Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
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The 2005 Copa Sudamericana finals was a two-legged football match-up to determine the 2005 Copa Sudamericana champion. It was contested by Mexican club UNAM and Argentinian club Boca Juniors. Boca was defending their trophy and Pumas UNAM were playing in their first Copa Sudamericana finals.

The first leg was played in Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico D.F. on 6 December 6, and the match was tied 1–1. The second leg was played in La Bombonera ("Estadio Alberto J. Armando"), in Buenos Aires on December 18, and, again, the match was tied 1–1, so in the penalty shoot-out Boca won 4–3 and was thus crowned the champions, successfully defending their title.^[1] As the winner, Boca earned the right to play in the 2006 Recopa Sudamericana against the winner of the 2005 Copa Libertadores.^[2][3]

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals app.
UNAM	None
Boca Juniors	2004

Bold indicates winning years

Road to the finals

UNAM			Round	Boca Juniors
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
The Strongest (won 4–3 on aggregate)	Away	1–2	Round of 16	Cerro Porteño (won 7–3 on aggregate)	Away	2–2
	Home	3–1			Home	5–1
Corinthians (won 4–2 on aggregate)	Away	1–2	Quarterfinals	Internacional (won 4–2 on aggregate)	Away	0–1
	Home	3–0			Home	4–1
Vélez Sársfield (won 4–0 on aggregate)	Away	0–0	Semifinals	Universidad Católica (won 3–2 on aggregate)	Away	1–0
	Home	4–0			Home	2–2

Matches

First leg

2005 Copa Sudamericana finals

6 December 2005

19.15 (UTC-6)

First leg

UNAM	1–1	Boca Juniors
Botero 53'		Palacio 30'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

UNAM	Boca Juniors

GK 12 Sergio Bernal DF 3 Joaquín Beltrán (c) DF 4 Darío Verón  49' DF 5 Israel Castro  58' DF 23 Marco Antonio Palacios MF 6 Gonzalo Pineda  86' MF 16 Gerardo Galindo MF 7 Leandro Augusto MF 10 José Aílton da Silva  45' FW 9 Bruno Marioni FW 8 Antonio de Nigris  45' Substitutes: FW 20 Ismael Íñiguez  45' FW 15 Joaquín Botero  45' Manager: Miguel España

GK 1 Roberto Abbondanzieri (c) DF 3 Juan Krupoviesa DF 2 Rolando Schiavi  58' DF 6 Daniel Díaz DF 4 Hugo Ibarra  83' MF 21 Pablo Ledesma MF 5 Fernando Gago  82' MF 10 Federico Insúa  86' MF 23 Daniel Bilos  75' FW 9 Martín Palermo  85' FW 14 Rodrigo Palacio Substitutes: MF 19 Neri Cardozo  75' FW 16 Marcelo Delgado  85' DF 22 Matías Silvestre  86' Manager: Alfio Basile

Second leg

18 December 2005

21:45 (UTC-3)

Second leg

Boca Juniors	1–1	UNAM
Palermo 31'		Marioni 54' (pen.)
Penalties
Barros Schelotto Insúa Palermo Schiavi Delgado Abbondanzieri	4–3	Leandro Augusto Pineda Beltrán Cardetti Marioni Galindo

La Bombonera, Buenos Aires

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Boca Juniors

UNAM

GK 1 Roberto Abbondanzieri  61' DF 4 Hugo Ibarra  32' DF 2 Rolando Schiavi DF 6 Daniel Díaz DF 3 Juan Krupoviesa MF 8 Sebastián Battaglia (c) MF 5 Fernando Gago  70' MF 23 Daniel Bilos  84' MF 10 Federico Insúa FW 9 Martín Palermo  87' FW 14 Rodrigo Palacio  65'  86' Substitutes: MF 21 Pablo Ledesma  70' FW 7 Guillermo Barros Schelotto  84' FW 16 Marcelo Delgado  86' Manager: Alfio Basile

GK 12 Sergio Bernal DF 23 Marco Antonio Palacios DF 3 Joaquín Beltrán (c) DF 4 Darío Verón DF 5 Israel Castro MF 16 Gerardo Galindo  79' MF 6 Gonzalo Pineda MF 15 Joaquín Botero  78' MF 7 Leandro Augusto FW 10 José Aílton da Silva  45+1'  46' FW 9 Bruno Marioni  50' Substitutes: FW 20 Ismael Íñiguez  46' FW 22 Martín Cardetti  78' Manager: Miguel España

References