2008 Recopa Sudamericana

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.

2008 Recopa Sudamericana
Arsenal Boca Juniors
3 5
First leg
Arsenal Boca Juniors
1 3
DateAugust 13, 2008
VenueEstadio Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda
RefereeGabriel Favale (Argentina)
Attendance10,359
Second leg
Boca Juniors Arsenal
2 2
DateAugust 27, 2008
VenueEstadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires
RefereeSaúl Laverni (Argentina)
Attendance32,357

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). The title ties them in first place for the most international titles won by a club with 18.

Qualified teams
Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Arsenal None
Boca Juniors 1990, 2004, 2005, 2006

Matches

First leg
Arsenal 1 – 3 Boca Juniors
Sava  25' Report Palermo  21'
Palacio  32'
Battaglia  90'
Estadio Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda
Attendance: 10,359
Arsenal
Boca Juniors
ARSENAL:
GK1 Mario Cuenca 46'
MF5 Cristian Pellerano
MF10 Alejandro Gómez
FW11 Facundo Sava
MF13 Carlos Casteglione (c) 37'
DF14 Javier Gandolfi 33'
MF15 Damián Pérez 41' 66'
DF6 Aníbal Matellán 76'
DF21 Josimar Mosquera 20'
MF23 Sebastián Carrera 81'
DF24 Javier Yacuzzi
Substitutes:
GK12 Cristian Campestrini 46'
DF3 Carlos Báez
DF4 Darío Espínola 66'
MF7 Andrés San Martín
FW9 Luciano Leguizamón 90' 81'
MF17 Facundo Coria
DF20 Nicolás Aguirre
Manager:
Daniel Garnero
BOCA JUNIORS:
GK1 Mauricio Caranta
DF4 Hugo Ibarra
DF2 Julio Cáceres
DF16 Gabriel Paletta
DF3 Claudio Morel
MF22 Fabián Vargas
MF5 Sebastián Battaglia 82'
MF23 Jesús Dátolo 81' 90'
MF11 Leandro Gracián 75'
FW9 Martín Palermo (c)
FW14 Rodrigo Palacio 75'
Substitutes:
GK12 Javier Hernán García
DF13 Facundo Roncaglia
DF15 Álvaro González 90'
MF19 Neri Cardozo 75'
MF21 Cristian Chávez
FW17 Ricardo Noir 75'
Manager:
Carlos Ischia

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

Second leg
Boca Juniors 2 – 2 Arsenal
Palacio  7'
Riquelme  90+1'		 Report Carrera  58'
Matos  69'
Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera), Buenos Aires
Attendance: 32,357
Referee: Saúl Laverni (Argentina)
Boca Juniors
Arsenal
BOCA JUNIORS:
GK1 Mauricio Caranta 85'
DF4 Hugo Ibarra (c)
DF2 Julio Cáceres
DF16 Gabriel Paletta
DF3 Claudio Morel
MF22 Fabián Vargas
MF5 Sebastián Battaglia
MF23 Jesús Dátolo 72'
MF10 Juan Román Riquelme
FW14 Rodrigo Palacio 75'
FW7 Lucas Viatri
Substitutes:
GK12 Javier Hernán García
MF11 Leandro Gracián
DF13 Facundo Roncaglia
DF15 Álvaro González
FW17 Ricardo Noir 75'
MF21 Cristian Chávez 72'
FW24 Lucas Castromán
Manager:
Carlos Ischia
ARSENAL:
GK12 Cristian Campestrini
DF4 Darío Espínola
DF3 Carlos Báez 64'
DF6 Aníbal Matellán 37'
DF18 Christian Díaz
MF23 Sebastián Carrera 89'
MF13 Carlos Casteglione (c)
DF24 Javier Yacuzzi 5'
MF10 Alejandro Gómez
FW9 Luciano Leguizamón 46'
FW16 Mauro Matos 85'
Substitutes:
GK19 Matías Alasia
FW8 Sergio Sena 89'
DF2 Mariano Brau
MF5 Cristian Pellerano
MF15 Damián Pérez
MF17 Facundo Coria 85'
DF7 José Manuel Contreras 46'
Manager:
Daniel Garnero

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

Recopa Sudamericana
2008 Winner

Boca Juniors
Fourth Title

References
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