2024 Copa Sudamericana group stage

The 2024 Copa Sudamericana group stage was played from 2 April to 8 June 2024.^[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide 16 of the 24 places in the final stages of the 2024 Copa Sudamericana.^[2]

The draw for the group stage was held on 18 March 2024, 20:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[3][4]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 18 December 2023 (shown in parentheses),^[5] taking into account the following three factors:^[6]

1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2014–2023.
2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2013 and 2002–2013 respectively.
3. Local tournament champion, with bonus points awarded to domestic league champions of the last 10 years.

For the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups A–H) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. The four losers of the Copa Libertadores third stage were seeded into Pot 4. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

Group stage draw

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Boca Juniors (3) Athletico Paranaense (6) Internacional (11) Racing (20) Corinthians (22) Defensa y Justicia (29) Cruzeiro (33) Lanús (35)	Fortaleza (39) Argentinos Juniors (46) Independiente Medellín (51) Delfín (78) Unión La Calera (80) Danubio (87) Metropolitanos (91) Coquimbo Unido (95)	Universidad Católica (99) Universidad César Vallejo (118) Sportivo Luqueño (133) Cuiabá (142) Nacional Potosí (167) Belgrano (195) Racing (210) Sportivo Ameliano (236)	Real Tomayapo (No rank) Alianza (No rank) Deportivo Garcilaso (No rank) Rayo Zuliano (No rank) Red Bull Bragantino[CLQ3] (41) Nacional[CLQ3] (84) Always Ready[CLQ3] (74) Sportivo Trinidense[CLQ3] (No rank)

Notes

The following were the four losers of the third stage of the 2024 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages which joined the 12 direct entrants and the 16 Copa Sudamericana first stage winners in the group stage.

Match	Third stage losers
G1	Red Bull Bragantino
G2	Nacional
G3	Always Ready
G4	Sportivo Trinidense

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to the following criteria: 1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss); 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Away goals scored; 5. CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 2.4.2).^[2]

The winners of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the final stages, whilst the runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout round play-offs of the final stages.

The schedule of each matchday was as follows (Regulations Article 2.2.2).^[2][7][1]

Matchday	Dates	Matches
Matchday 1	2–4 April 2024	Team 4 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 1
Matchday 2	9–11 April 2024	Team 2 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 4
Matchday 3	23–25 April 2024	Team 2 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 3
Matchday 4	7–9 May 2024[note 1]	Team 3 vs. Team 2, Team 4 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5	14–16 May 2024[note 2]	Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4
Matchday 6	28–30 May 2024	Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DIM	CAR	DYJ	UCV
1	Independiente Medellín	6	4	1	1	16	7	+9	13	Advance to round of 16		—	4–0	2–1	4–2
2	Always Ready	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs		2–0	—	3–0	2–0
3	Defensa y Justicia	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	5			1–1	1–1	—	0–1
4	Universidad César Vallejo	6	1	1	4	6	14	−8	4			1–5	2–2	0–1	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CRU	UCA	ALI	ULC
1	Cruzeiro	6	3	3	0	8	3	+5	12	Advance to round of 16		—	1–0	3–3	1–0
2	Universidad Católica	6	3	2	1	8	2	+6	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs		0–0	—	0–0	4–0
3	Alianza	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5			0–3	1–3	—	0–1
4	Unión La Calera	6	1	1	4	1	7	−6	4			0–0	0–1	0–1	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BEL	INT	DEL	RTO
1	Belgrano	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12	Advance to round of 16		—	0–0	1–1	1–0
2	Internacional	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs		1–2	—	1–0	0–0
3	Delfín	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8			1–1	1–2	—	4–3
4	Real Tomayapo	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1			0–2	0–2	0–2	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FOR	BOC	NAP	TRI
1	Fortaleza	6	4	1	1	15	8	+7	13	Advance to round of 16		—	4–2	5–0	2–1
2	Boca Juniors	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs		1–1	—	4–0	1–0
3	Nacional Potosí	6	2	1	3	6	13	−7	7			4–1	0–0	—	2–1
4	Sportivo Trinidense	6	1	0	5	5	9	−4	3			0–2	1–2	2–0	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SPA	CAP	DAN	DRZ
1	Sportivo Ameliano	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	13	Advance to round of 16		—	1–4	2–1	1–0
2	Athletico Paranaense	6	4	0	2	17	5	+12	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs		0–1	—	1–2	6–0
3	Danubio	6	2	2	2	5	4	+1	8			0–0	0–1	—	0–0
4	Rayo Zuliano	6	0	1	5	1	18	−17	1			0–4	1–5	0–2	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COR	RCM	ARG	NAC
1	Corinthians	6	4	1	1	14	2	+12	13	Advance to round of 16		—	3–0	4–0	4–0
2	Racing	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11	Advance to knockout round play-offs		1–1	—	2–1	2–1
3	Argentinos Juniors	6	3	0	3	7	12	−5	9			1–0	0–3	—	2–1
4	Nacional	6	0	1	5	6	15	−9	1			0–2	2–2	2–3	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LAN	CUI	GAR	MET
1	Lanús	6	4	1	1	12	3	+9	13	Advance to round of 16		—	0–1	2–1	5–0
2	Cuiabá	6	3	3	0	9	3	+6	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs		1–1	—	1–1	3–0
3	Deportivo Garcilaso	6	1	3	2	7	9	−2	6			0–2	1–1	—	3–2
4	Metropolitanos	6	0	1	5	3	16	−13	1			0–2	0–2	1–1	—

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