2021 Copa Sudamericana group stage

The 2021 Copa Sudamericana group stage was played from 20 April to 27 May 2021.^[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide eight of the 16 places in the final stages of the 2021 Copa Sudamericana.^[2]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 9 April 2021, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[3][4]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 1 February 2021 (shown in parentheses),^[5][6] taking into account the following three factors:^[7]

1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2011–2020.
2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2010 and 2002–2010 respectively.
3. Local tournament champion, with bonus points awarded to domestic league champions of the last 10 years.

For the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups A–H) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group, excluding the four losers of the Copa Libertadores third stage, which were seeded in Pot 4 and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.

Group stage draw

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Independiente (10) Lanús (17) Corinthians (23) Athletico Paranaense (24) Emelec (25) Jorge Wilstermann (38) Rosario Central (43) Newell's Old Boys (56)	Palestino (62) Deportes Tolima (63) Arsenal (65) Bahia (67) Melgar (71) La Equidad (99) Huachipato (116) Sport Huancayo (122)	Guabirá (172) Talleres (178) 12 de Octubre (180) Aucas (195) Atlético Goianiense (199) Aragua (217) River Plate (217) Ceará (262)	Red Bull Bragantino (no rank) Metropolitanos (no rank) Montevideo City Torque[URU] (no rank) Peñarol[URU] (8) Copa Libertadores Third stage loser G1 Copa Libertadores Third stage loser G2 Copa Libertadores Third stage loser G3 Copa Libertadores Third stage loser G4

Notes

The following were the four losers of the third stage of the 2021 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages which joined the 12 direct entrants and the 16 Copa Sudamericana first stage winners in the group stage.

Match	Third stage losers
G1	Libertad (14)
G2	Grêmio (3)
G3	Bolívar (29)
G4	San Lorenzo (15)

Format

In the group stage, each group is played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams are ranked according to the following criteria: 1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss); 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Away goals scored; 5. CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 2.4.3).^[2]

The winners of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the final stages.

Schedule

The schedule of each matchday was as follows (Regulations Article 2.2.2).^{[1][2][8][9][10][11]}

Matchday	Dates	Matches
Matchday 1	20–22 April 2021	Team 4 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 1
Matchday 2	27–29 April 2021	Team 2 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 4
Matchday 3	4–6 May 2021	Team 2 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 3
Matchday 4	11–13 May 2021	Team 3 vs. Team 2, Team 4 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5	18–20 May 2021	Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4
Matchday 6	25–27 May 2021	Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROS	HUA	SLO	12O
1	Rosario Central	6	3	2	1	10	3	+7	11	Round of 16		—	5–0	2–0	0–0
2	Huachipato	6	2	2	2	4	10	−6	8			1–1	—	0–3	0–0
3	San Lorenzo	6	2	1	3	7	6	+1	7			1–2	0–1	—	1–1
4	12 de Octubre	6	1	3	2	3	5	−2	6			1–0	1–2	0–2	—

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Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		IND	MCT	BAH	GUA
1	Independiente	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14	Round of 16		—	3–1	1–0	1–0
2	Montevideo City Torque	6	3	2	1	15	7	+8	11			1–1	—	1–1	4–0
3	Bahia	6	2	2	2	11	8	+3	8			2–2	2–4	—	5–0
4	Guabirá	6	0	0	6	1	18	−17	0			1–3	0–4	0–1	—

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Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	CEA	BOL	WIL
1	Arsenal	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11	Round of 16		—	0–0	3–1	3–0
2	Ceará	6	2	3	1	5	2	+3	9			0–0	—	2–0	3–1
3	Bolívar	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6			2–1	0–0	—	2–2
4	Jorge Wilstermann	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5			1–2	1–0	0–0	—

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Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CAP	MEL	AUC	MET
1	Athletico Paranaense	6	5	0	1	8	1	+7	15	Round of 16		—	1–0	4–0	1–0
2	Melgar	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10			1–0	—	2–0	0–0
3	Aucas	6	2	0	4	7	11	−4	6			0–1	2–1	—	3–0
4	Metropolitanos	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4			0–1	2–3	3–2	—

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Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PEÑ	COR	RIV	SHU
1	Peñarol	6	4	1	1	15	3	+12	13	Round of 16		—	4–0	3–0	5–1
2	Corinthians	6	3	1	2	12	6	+6	10			0–2	—	4–0	5–0
3	River Plate	6	3	1	2	6	10	−4	10			2–1	0–0	—	2–1
4	Sport Huancayo	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1			0–0	0–3	1–2	—

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Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIB	ACG	NOB	PAL
1	Libertad	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13	Round of 16		—	1–2	1–0	2–0
2	Atlético Goianiense	6	2	4	0	4	2	+2	10			0–0	—	0–0	0–0
3	Newell's Old Boys	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8			1–3	1–1	—	3–1
4	Palestino	6	0	1	5	2	9	−7	1			1–2	0–1	0–1	—

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Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RBB	EME	TAL	TOL
1	Red Bull Bragantino	6	4	0	2	7	6	+1	12	Round of 16		—	2–0	0–1	2–1
2	Emelec	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10			3–0	—	1–4	2–0
3	Talleres	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8			0–1	1–2	—	0–0
4	Deportes Tolima	6	0	3	3	4	8	−4	3			1–2	1–1	1–1	—

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Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GRE	LAN	EQU	ARA
1	Grêmio	6	5	1	0	21	5	+16	16	Round of 16		—	3–1	2–1	8–0
2	Lanús	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10			1–2	—	4–1	0–0
3	La Equidad	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7			0–0	0–1	—	2–1
4	Aragua	6	0	1	5	4	19	−15	1			2–6	0–1	1–2	—

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Notes

References

External links

• CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2021, CONMEBOL.com