2008 Recopa Sudamericana

Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other 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.

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.Template:Refn

Qualified teams

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

Bold indicates winning years

Match details

First leg

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

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

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

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Second leg

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

GK 12 Template:Flagicon Cristian Campestrini DF 4 Template:Flagicon Darío Espínola DF 3 Template:Flagicon Carlos Báez Red card 64' DF 6 Template:Flagicon Aníbal Matellán Template:Yel DF 18 Template:Flagicon Christian Díaz Red card 80' MF 23 Template:Flagicon Sebastián Carrera downward-facing red arrow 89' MF 13 Template:Flagicon Carlos Casteglione (c) DF 24 Template:Flagicon Javier Yacuzzi Template:Yel MF 10 Template:Flagicon Alejandro Gómez FW 9 Template:Flagicon Luciano Leguizamón downward-facing red arrow 46' FW 16 Template:Flagicon Mauro Matos downward-facing red arrow 85' Substitutes: GK 19 Template:Flagicon Matías Alasia FW 8 Template:Flagicon Sergio Sena upward-facing green arrow 89' DF 2 Template:Flagicon Mariano Brau MF 5 Template:Flagicon Cristian Pellerano MF 15 Template:Flagicon Damián Pérez MF 17 Template:Flagicon Facundo Coria upward-facing green arrow 85' DF 7 Template:Flagicon José Manuel Contreras upward-facing green arrow 46' Manager: Template:Flagicon Daniel Garnero

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