2002 Copa Sudamericana Finals
# 2002 Copa Sudamericana Finals

The 2002 Copa Sudamericana Finals was a two-legged football match played to determine the champion of the 2002 Copa Sudamericana, the inaugural edition of this tournament. The tie was contested between Argentine side San Lorenzo de Almagro and Colombian side Atlético Nacional.

San Lorenzo won 4–0 on aggregate, achieving the first international title in their history.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Previous finals app. |
| - | - |
| Atlético Nacional | None |
| San Lorenzo | None |

## Route to the final

| Atlético Nacional | Atlético Nacional | Atlético Nacional | Atlético Nacional | Round | San Lorenzo | San Lorenzo | San Lorenzo | San Lorenzo |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | First round | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| América de Cali | 3–1 | 1–0 (H) | 2–1 (A) | Second round | Monagas | 8–1 | 3–0 (A) | 5–1 (H) |
| Santiago Wanderers | 2–2 (p) | 2–1 (H) | 0–1 (A) (a.e.t.) | Quarter-finals | Racing Club | 3–3 (p) | 3–1 (H) | 0–2 (A) (a.e.t.) |
| Nacional | 3–3 (p) | 2–1 (H) | 1–2 (A) (a.e.t.) | Semi-finals | Bolívar | 5–4 | 1–2 (A) | 4–2 (H) |

## Match details

### First leg

| Atlético Nacional | San Lorenzo |
| - | - |

note: Match was suspended at the 70th minute because a flare from the Atletico Nacional fans struck Aldo Paredes. A few minutes later, the match was resumed, but it was suspended at the 89th minute after Aquivaldo Mosquera was shown a red card. and Nacional fans started to throw objects onto the field.

### Second leg

| San Lorenzo | Atlético Nacional |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Sebastián Saja |
| DF | 12 | Celso Esquivel |
| DF | 24 | Gonzalo Rodríguez |
| DF | 3 | Claudio Morel Rodríguez |
| DF | 4 | Aldo Paredes |
| MF | 19 | José Chatruc | 65' |
| MF | 8 | Mariano Herrón |
| MF | 22 | Cristian Zurita |
| MF | 10 | Leandro Romagnoli | 65' |
| FW | 7 | Rodrigo Astudillo |
| FW | 9 | Alberto Acosta | 85' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 17 | Daniel Cordone | 65' |
| FW | 20 | Damián Luna | 65' |
| MF | 18 | Alexis Cabrera | 85' |
| Manager: ||
| Rubén Darío Insúa ||
| GK | 12 | Edigson Velásquez |
| DF | 24 | Elkin Calle |
| DF | 4 | Samuel Vanegas | |
| DF | 4 | Sergio Guzmán |
| DF | 2 | Carlos Díaz |
| MF | 16 | Felipe Chará |
| MF | 18 | Roberto Moreno | 61' |
| MF | 15 | Diego Toro |
| MF | 9 | Freddy Grisales |
| FW | 19 | Óscar Restrepo | |
| FW | 20 | Martín Echeverría | 80' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | | Jair Rambal | 61' |
| FW | | Robinson Rentería | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Alexis García ||
