2002 Copa Sudamericana finals

The 2002 Copa Sudamericana finals was a two-legged football match played to determine the champion of the 2002 Copa Sudamericana, the inaugural edition of this tournament. The tie was contested between Argentine side San Lorenzo de Almagro and Colombian side Atlético Nacional.

2002 Copa Sudamericana finals
Event2002 Copa Sudamericana
on aggregate
First leg
Date27 November 2002
VenueEstadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
RefereeMárcio Rezende
Second leg
Date11 December 2002
VenueEstadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires
RefereeEpifanio González
Attendance40,779
2003

San Lorenzo won 4–0 on aggregate,[1] achieving the first international title in their history.[2][3]

Qualified teams

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Team Previous finals app.
  Atlético Nacional None
  San Lorenzo None

Venues

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Estadio Atanasio Girardot (left) and Estadio Pedro Bidegain, venues for the series

Route to the final

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Atlético Nacional Round San Lorenzo
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye First round Bye
  América de Cali 3–1 1–0 (H) 2–1 (A) Second round   Monagas 8–1 3–0 (A) 5–1 (H)
  Santiago Wanderers 2–2 (p) 2–1 (H) 0–1 (A) (a.e.t.) Quarter-finals   Racing Club 3–3 (p) 3–1 (H) 0–2 (A) (a.e.t.)
  Nacional 3–3 (p) 2–1 (H) 1–2 (A) (a.e.t.) Semi-finals   Bolívar 5–4 1–2 (A) 4–2 (H)

Match details

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First leg

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2002 Copa Sudamericana finals
First leg
Atlético Nacional  0–4  San Lorenzo
Report Saja   2' (pen.)
Michelini   25'
Romagnoli   52'
Astudillo   67'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Atlético Nacional
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
San Lorenzo

note: Match was suspended at the 70th minute because a flare from the Atletico Nacional fans struck Aldo Paredes. A few minutes later, the match was resumed, but it was suspended at the 89th minute after Aquivaldo Mosquera was shown a red card. and Nacional fans started to throw objects onto the field.


Second leg

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Second leg
San Lorenzo  0–0  Atlético Nacional
Report
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
San Lorenzo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Atlético Nacional

References

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