Copa Sudamericana
Current Copa Sudamericana official logo, in use since 2017
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| Founded | 2002 |
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| Region | South America (CONMEBOL) |
| Number of teams | 47 (from 10 associations) |
| Related competitions |
Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship Copa Libertadores |
| Current champions |
Chapecoense (1st title) |
| Most successful club(s) |
Boca Juniors (2 titles) |
| Website | www |
 2017 Copa Sudamericana
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The CONMEBOL Sudamericana (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkopa suðameɾiˈkana]; Portuguese: CONMEBOL Sul-Americana [ˈkɔpɐ ˈsuw ɐmeɾiˈkɐnɐ]) is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004 and 2008. The CONMEBOL Sudamericana began in 2002, replacing the separate competitions Copa Merconorte and Copa Mercosur (that before replaced Copa CONMEBOL) by a single competition. Since its introduction, the competition has been a pure elimination tournament with the number of rounds and teams varying from year to year.
The CONMEBOL Sudamericana is considered a merger of defunct tournaments such as the Copa CONMEBOL, Copa Mercosur and Copa Merconorte. The winner of the Copa Sudamericana becomes eligible to play in the Recopa Sudamericana. They gain entry onto the next edition of the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier club competition. They also contest in the Supercopa Euroamericana and the Suruga Bank Championship.
The reigning champion of the competition is Brazilian club Chapecoense, who were awarded the title in tribute, following the deaths of 19 members of their team in a plane crash in Colombia en route to the first leg of the 2016 final.
Argentine club Boca Juniors is the most successful club in the cup history, having won the tournament twice. Argentine clubs have accumulated the most victories with seven while containing the largest number of different winning teams, with a total of six clubs having won the title. The cup has been won by 11 different clubs and won consecutively once, by Boca Juniors in 2004 and 2005.
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