2004 Copa Sudamericana finals

2004 Copa Sudamericana finals

Event	2004 Copa Sudamericana
Bolívar Boca Juniors 1 2
on aggregate
First leg
Bolívar Boca Juniors 1 0
Date	8 December 2004
Venue	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz
Referee	Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)
Second leg
Boca Juniors Bolívar 2 0
Date	17 December 2004
Venue	La Bombonera, Buenos Aires
Referee	Carlos Chandía (Chile)

The 2004 Copa Sudamericana finals was a two-legged football match-up to determine the 2004 Copa Sudamericana champion. It was contested by Bolivian club Bolívar and Argentinian club Boca Juniors. Both teams were playing in their first Copa Sudamericana finals. The first leg was played in Estadio Hernando Siles in La Paz on 8 December and the host team Bolívar won 1–0. The second leg was played in La Bombonera in Buenos Aires on 17 December and the host team Boca Juniors won 2–0, thus being crowned the champions.

It was also the first Copa Sudamericana trophy won by Boca Juniors, which as winners, earned the right to play in the 2005 Recopa Sudamericana against the winner of the 2004 Copa Libertadores.

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Bolívar	None
Boca Juniors	None

Road to the final

Main article: 2004 Copa Sudamericana

Bolívar			Round	Boca Juniors
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
Aurora (won 5–2 on aggregate)	Away	2–1	Preliminary phase	Bye
	Home	3–1
Universidad de Concepción (won 4–2 on aggregate)	Away	0–0	Quarter-finals qualification	San Lorenzo (won 2–0 on aggregate)	Away	0–0
	Home	4–2			Home	2–0
Arsenal (won 3–1 on aggregate)	Away	0–1	Quarter-finals	Cerro Porteño (tied 1–1 on aggregate, won on penalties)	Away	0–0 (8–7 p)
	Home	3–0			Home	1–1
LDU Quito (won 3–2 on aggregate)	Away	1–1	Semi-finals	Internacional (won 4–2 on aggregate)	Away	0–0
	Home	2–1			Home	4–2

Match details

First leg

8 December 2004

20:15 (UTC-4)

First leg

Bolívar	1–0	Boca Juniors
Chiorazzo 75'	Report

Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz

Attendance: 42,800

Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)

Bolívar

Boca Juniors

GK	1	Mauro Machado	71'
RB	14	Júlio César	26'
CB	6	Óscar Sánchez
CB	3	Marco Sandy (c)
LB	24	Gonzalo Galindo		66'
DM	21	Rubén Tufiño
RM	18	Limberg Gutiérrez
CM	22	Ronald García		74'
LM	16	Daner Pachi
CF	17	Roger Suárez
CF	8	Horacio Chiorazzo
Substitutes:
DF	11	Percy Colque		66'
MF	10	Pedro Guiberguis		74'
Manager:
Vladimir Soria

GK	1	Roberto Abbondanzieri	22'
RB	15	José María Calvo	56'
CB	2	Rolando Schiavi
CB	13	Cristian Traverso
LB	6	Aníbal Matellán
DM	5	Raúl Cascini
RM	8	Diego Cagna (c)
CM	11	Fabián Vargas	42'	65'
LM	23	Andrés Guglielminpietro		82'
CF	7	Guillermo Barros Schelotto		89'
CF	10	Carlos Tévez
Substitutes:
MF	19	Neri Cardozo		65'
MF	18	Matías Donnet		82'
FW	16	Ariel Carreño		89'
Manager:
Jorge José Benítez

Assistant referees: Aristeu Tavares Nilton Rodrigues Fourth official: Edilson Carvalho

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Second leg

17 December 2004

21:15 (UTC-3)

Second leg

Boca Juniors	2–0	Bolívar
Palermo 14' Tévez 28'	Report

La Bombonera, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

Boca Juniors

Bolívar

GK	1	Roberto Abbondanzieri
RB	15	José María Calvo
CB	2	Rolando Schiavi
CB	13	Cristian Traverso	33'
LB	6	Aníbal Matellán
DM	5	Raúl Cascini
RM	8	Diego Cagna (c)		67'
LM	23	Andrés Guglielminpietro		82'
AM	7	Guillermo Barros Schelotto
CF	9	Martín Palermo
CF	10	Carlos Tévez		75'
Substitutes:
MF	14	Pablo Ledesma		67'
MF	11	Fabián Vargas		75'
MF	19	Neri Cardozo		82'
Manager:
Jorge José Benítez

GK	1	Mauro Machado
RB	14	Júlio César	29'
CB	6	Óscar Sánchez
CB	3	Marco Sandy (c)	75'
LB	11	Percy Colque		46'
DM	21	Rubén Tufiño
CM	2	Limbert Pizarro	72'
CM	22	Ronald García
RF	18	Limberg Gutiérrez
CF	8	Horacio Chiorazzo
LF	24	Gonzalo Galindo
Substitutes:
FW	12	Roger Suárez		46'
Manager:
Vladimir Soria

Assistant referees: Rodrigo González Mario Vargas Fourth official: Pablo Pozo