IFFHS MEN'S CONTINENTAL STATISTICS - COPA SUDAMERICANA
Copa Sudamericana final: statistics
Racing vs Cruzeiro 3-1
*Racing, the only non-Brazilian team reaching the final of major CONMEBOL club tournaments this year, have last appeared in an international final 32 years ago when they lost to ...Cruzeiro in 1992 Supercopa Libertadores.
*This is the Racing's first international title since the 1988 Super Cup (in which they also won the final against Cruzeiro).
*Cruzeiro has reached the final of a major CONMEBOL club tournament for 14th time: 2nd largest number of finals among Brazilian clubs, behind only São Paulo (18).
*Brazilian clubs have lost the last 3 Copa Sudamericana finals (São Paulo vs Independiente del Valle in 2022, Fortaleza vs LDU in 2023).
*Argentina is the country with the most Copa Sudamericana titles and already doubles Brazil in trophies (10-5).
*5 of the 8 teams that have both Copa Sudamericana and Copa Libertadores titles are Argentine: Racing, Independiente, San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors and River Plate.
*Racing became the first team in history to score 30+ goals in a single edition of Copa Sudamericana (36).
*For the first time, Copa Sudamericana final saw 2 goals scored in the first 20 minutes.
In a final of any major CONMEBOL competition, this last happened in the 2008 Copa Libertadores final’s second leg between Fluminense and LDU (3-1).
*Gustavo Costas, a Racing’s coach, wins his first CONMEBOL title and his first with an Argentine team. He had already won national titles in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Paraguay.