2008 Recopa Sudamericana

2008 Recopa Sudamericana
Event	Recopa Sudamericana
	(on aggreate)
First leg
Date	August 13, 2008
Venue	Juan D. Perón, Avellaneda
Referee	Gabriel Favale (Argentina)
Attendance	10,359
Second leg
Date	August 27, 2008
Venue	Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires
Referee	Saúl Laverni (Argentina)
Attendance	32,357
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The 2008 Recopa Sudamericana (officially the 2008 Recopa Visa Sudamericana for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana competitions.^[1]

The match was contested by Boca Juniors, winners of the 2007 Copa Libertadores, and Arsenal, winners of the 2007 Copa Sudamericana. Boca Juniors won their 4th Recopa Sudamericana title after accumulating the most points over the two legs (4-1).^[2] The title ties them in first place for the most international titles won by a club with 18.^{[note 1]}^[4]^[5]

Qualified teams[]

Team	Previous finals app.
Arsenal	None
Boca Juniors	1990, 2004, 2005, 2006

Bold indicates winning years

Venues[]

La Bombonera (left) and Estadio Juan D. Perón, venues of the series

Match details[]

First leg[]

2008 Recopa Sudamericana

August 13, 2008

19:30 (UTC−3)

First leg

Arsenal	1–3	Boca Juniors
Sava 25'	Report	Palermo 21' Palacio 32' Battaglia 90'

Estadio Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda

Attendance: 10,359

Referee: Gabriel Favale (Argentina)

Arsenal

Boca Juniors



GK	1	Mario Cuenca	46'
MF	5	Cristian Pellerano
MF	10	Alejandro Gómez
FW	11	Facundo Sava
MF	13	Carlos Casteglione (c)	37'
DF	14	Javier Gandolfi	33'
MF	15	Damián Pérez	41' 66'
DF	6	Aníbal Matellán	76'
DF	21	Josimar Mosquera	20'
MF	23	Sebastián Carrera	81'
DF	24	Javier Yacuzzi
Substitutes:
GK	12	Cristian Campestrini	46'
DF	3	Carlos Báez
DF	4	Darío Espínola	66'
MF	7	Andrés San Martín
FW	9	Luciano Leguizamón	90' 81'
MF	17	Facundo Coria
DF	20	Nicolás Aguirre
Manager:
Daniel Garnero



GK	1	Mauricio Caranta
DF	4	Hugo Ibarra
DF	2	Julio Cáceres
DF	16	Gabriel Paletta
DF	3	Claudio Morel
MF	22	Fabián Vargas
MF	5	Sebastián Battaglia	82'
MF	23	Jesús Dátolo	81' 90'
MF	11	Leandro Gracián	75'
FW	9	Martín Palermo (c)
FW	14	Rodrigo Palacio	75'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Javier Hernán García
DF	13	Facundo Roncaglia
DF	15	Álvaro González	90'
MF	19	Neri Cardozo	75'
MF	21	Cristian Chávez
FW	17	Ricardo Noir	75'
Manager:
Carlos Ischia

Assistant referees:
Horacio Herrero
Ariel Bustos
Fourth official:
Juan Pablo Pompei

Second leg[]

August 27, 2008

20:00 (UTC−3)

Second leg

Boca Juniors	2–2	Arsenal
Palacio 7' Riquelme 90+1'	Report	Carrera 58' Matos 69'

Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 32,357

Referee: Saúl Laverni (Argentina)

Boca Juniors

Arsenal



GK	1	Mauricio Caranta	85'
DF	4	Hugo Ibarra (c)
DF	2	Julio Cáceres
DF	16	Gabriel Paletta
DF	3	Claudio Morel
MF	22	Fabián Vargas
MF	5	Sebastián Battaglia
MF	23	Jesús Dátolo	72'
MF	10	Juan Román Riquelme
FW	14	Rodrigo Palacio	75'
FW	7	Lucas Viatri
Substitutes:
GK	12	Javier Hernán García
MF	11	Leandro Gracián
DF	13	Facundo Roncaglia
DF	15	Álvaro González
FW	17	Ricardo Noir	75'
MF	21	Cristian Chávez	72'
FW	24	Lucas Castromán
Manager:
Carlos Ischia



GK	12	Cristian Campestrini
DF	4	Darío Espínola
DF	3	Carlos Báez	64'
DF	6	Aníbal Matellán	37'
DF	18	Christian Díaz
MF	23	Sebastián Carrera	89'
MF	13	Carlos Casteglione (c)
DF	24	Javier Yacuzzi	5'
MF	10	Alejandro Gómez
FW	9	Luciano Leguizamón	46'
FW	16	Mauro Matos	85'
Substitutes:
GK	19	Matías Alasia
FW	8	Sergio Sena	89'
DF	2	Mariano Brau
MF	5	Cristian Pellerano
MF	15	Damián Pérez
MF	17	Facundo Coria	85'
DF	7	José Manuel Contreras	46'
Manager:
Daniel Garnero

Assistant referees:
Francisco Rocchio
Gustavo Esquivel
Fourth official:
Federico Beligoy

Notes[]

^ This count only include tournaments organised by Conmebol and other associations so Boca Juniors had won a total of 22 titles by then.^[3]

References[]

^ Recopa 2008 overview on Historia de Boca
^ Recopa 2008 by Juan Pablo Andrés on the RSSSF
^ Boca alcanza los 70 títulos by Juampi Reynoso on As, 18 Jan 2021
^ Boca y otro título para volver a quedar en lo más alto La Nación, Aug 27, 2008
^ A 10 años de la Copa 18 on Olé, 23 Aug 2018

[count-4] This count only include tournaments organised by Conmebol and other associations so Boca Juniors had won a total of 22 titles by then.^[3]

[1] Recopa 2008 overview on Historia de Boca

[2] Recopa 2008 by Juan Pablo Andrés on the RSSSF

[3] Boca alcanza los 70 títulos by Juampi Reynoso on As, 18 Jan 2021

[5] Boca y otro título para volver a quedar en lo más alto La Nación, Aug 27, 2008

[6] A 10 años de la Copa 18 on Olé, 23 Aug 2018

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