The 2022 CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana ( pt, CONMEBOL Recopa Sul-Americana de 2022) was the 30th edition of the CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana (also referred to as the ''Recopa Sudamericana''), the

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

competition organized by

CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...

between the winners of the previous season's two major

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

n club tournaments, the

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...

and the

Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ''Copa Sudamericana'' (; pt, Copa Sul-Americana ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American ...

. The competition was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Brazilian teams

Palmeiras Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around ...

, the

2021 Copa Libertadores The 2021 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 62nd edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the ''Copa Libertadores''), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Starting from this season, teams must ...

champions, and

Athletico Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (commonly known as Athletico and formerly known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The team ...

, the

2021 Copa Sudamericana The 2021 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 20th edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the ''Copa Sudamericana'', or pt, Copa Sul-Americana), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Starting ...

champions. The first leg was hosted by Athletico Paranaense on 23 February 2022 at

Arena da Baixada Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães, known commonly as Arena da Baixada, is a stadium located in Curitiba, the state capital of Paraná, Brazil. It is the home stadium of Club Athletico Paranaense, and has a capacity of 42,372 people. The sta ...

Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in ...

, while the second leg was hosted by Palmeiras on 2 March 2022 at

Allianz Parque Allianz Parque (), also known as Palestra Itália Arena, is a multipurpose stadium in São Paulo, Brazil, built to receive shows, concerts, corporate events, and especially football matches of Palmeiras, the site owner. The stadium has a capac ...

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

. Palmeiras defeated Athletico Paranaense 4–2 on aggregate to win their first Recopa Sudamericana title.

Teams

Format

The Recopa Sudamericana is played on a home-and-away

two-legged In sports (particularly association football), a two-legged tie is a contest between two teams which comprises two matches or "legs", with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum o ...

basis, with the Copa Libertadores champions hosting the second leg. If tied on aggregate, the

away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...

would not be used, and 30 minutes of

extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...

would be played. If still tied after extra time, the

penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 17).

Matches

Kawan Kawan Gabriel da Silva (born 6 March 2002), simply known as Kawan, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Athletico Paranaense. Career statistics Club Honours Athletico Paranaense * Campeonato Paranaense: 2020 ...

Matheus Babi Matheus Barcelos da Silva (born 18 March 1997), known as Matheus Babi, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Portuguese club Santa Clara, on loan from Athletico Paranaense. Club career Born in Macaé, Rio de Jane ...

Matheus Felipe Matheus Felipe Santos Nascimento (born 9 November 1998), known as Matheus Felipe, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Athletico Paranaense as a central defender. Club career Born in Teresina, Piauí, Matheus Felipe joined Mirassol's youth ...

, Pedro Rocha and Reinaldo (Athletico Paranaense) and

Gabriel Menino Gabriel Vinicius Menino (born 29 September 2000), known as Gabriel Menino, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Palmeiras. Primarily a midfielder, he can also play as a right-back. Club career Born in Morungaba, São Paulo, Men ...

and Luan (Palmeiras) were ruled out of the matches due to injuries.

Vitor Bueno Vitor Frezarin Bueno (born 5 September 1994) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Athletico Paranaense. Club career Botafogo-SP Born in Monte Alto, São Paulo, Bueno started his career at Monte Azul's ...

(Athletico Paranaense) was not available due to suspension.

Pablo Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul. People * Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer *Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer *Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer * Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist *Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer * Pablo Bren ...

(Athletico Paranaense) and Gustavo Scarpa (Palmeiras) were ruled out of the first leg due to injuries. Julimar (Athletico Paranaense) and Gustavo Gómez (Palmeiras) did not play the first leg after testing

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

positive. Marcinho (Athletico Paranaense), who committed the penalty into stoppage time during the first leg, was excluded of the team by the president Mario Celso Petraglia and was ruled out of the second leg.

First leg

Second leg

References

{{Authority control

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

2022 in South American football 2022 in Brazilian football

Recopa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana ( pt, CONMEBOL Recopa Sul-Americana), known also as the Recopa Sudamericana or CONMEBOL Recopa, and simply as the Recopa (, ; "Winners' Cup"), is an annual international club association football, football compe ...

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras matches Club Athletico Paranaense matches