UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge

European/South American football match

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Football tournament

UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge

Organising bodies|

* CONMEBOL
* UEFA

Founded| 2023 (2023)
Region| South America
Europe
Number of teams| 2
Current champions| Sevilla (1st title)
Most successful team(s)| Sevilla (1 title)
2023 UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge

The UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge[1] (Spanish: UEFA–CONMEBOL Desafío de Clubes; Portuguese: UEFA–CONMEBOL Desafio de Clubes) is a football match organised by CONMEBOL and UEFA. The match is contested by the winners of the South American and European second-tier competitions UEFA Europa League and CONMEBOL Sudamericana, respectively. Organised as an annual one-off match, it is a equivalent to the former Supercopa Euroamericana, which featured the winners of the South American and European second-tier competitions. The competition was launched in 2023 as part of a renewed partnership between CONMEBOL and UEFA.

## History

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On 12 February 2020, UEFA and CONMEBOL signed a renewed memorandum of understanding meant to enhance cooperation between the two organisations. As part of the agreement, a joint UEFA–CONMEBOL committee examined the possibility of staging European–South American intercontinental matches, for both men's and women's football and across various age groups.[2] On 15 December 2021, UEFA and CONMEBOL again signed a renewed memorandum of understanding lasting until 2028, which included specific provisions on opening a joint office in London and the potential organisation of various football events.[3]

Following a series of new events between teams from the two confederations, on 7 July 2023, UEFA and CONMEBOL confirmed that the UEFA Europa League and CONMEBOL Sudamericana winners would face each other in an intercontinental match, with the agreement initially for a pilot edition starting on 19 July 2023 at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in Seville, Spain.[1] The UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge can be considered a successor to the Supercopa Euroamericana, played in 2015 for the first time and organised by American satellite-television company DirecTV, as a friendly football tournament, until in 2017, when the match was cancelled, after the crash of LaMia Flight 2933, carrying the majority of the Chapecoense squad on their way to the first leg of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana finals.[4]

## Supercopa Euroamericana (predecessor)

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Main article: Supercopa Euroamericana

There are two previous encounters between the champions of the UEFA Europa League and the Copa Sudamericana that took place in 2015 and 2016 under the name of Supercopa Euroamericana, but both are considered friendlies.[5] The two matches were as follows:

### 2015

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In the 2015 Supercopa Euroamericana: River Plate, the 2014 Copa Sudamericana champions, faced Sevilla, the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League champions.

26 March 2015

20:30 (UTC−03:00)

River Plate | 1–0|  Sevilla

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Kaprof 83' | Report |

Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Attendance: 54,000[6]

Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)

### 2016

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In the 2016 Supercopa Euroamericana: Sevilla, the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League champions, faced Santa Fe, the 2015 Copa Sudamericana champions.

24 July 2016

20:00 (UTC−05:00)

Sevilla | 2–1|  Santa Fe

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* Konoplyanka 20'
* Gameiro 21'

| Report | Moya 61'

ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Bay Lake, Florida, United States

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Vincent Apple-Chiarella (United States)

## Results

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List of UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge matches  Year  | Winners  | Score  | Runners-up  | Venue  | Location  | Attendance

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2023 | Sevilla | 1–1
(4–1 p)  | Independiente del Valle | Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | Seville, Spain | 19,407

### Results by confederation

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Results by confederation  Confederation  | Winners  | Runners-up

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CONMEBOL | 0  | 1
UEFA | 1  | 0

## See also

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* Supercopa Euroamericana, former friendly tournament between the same contestants
* UEFA–CONMEBOL MoU
* Finalissima
* Women's Finalissima
* Futsal Finalissima
* UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge
* Under-20 Intercontinental Cup

## References

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1. ^ a b "UEFA and CONMEBOL launch Club Challenge between winners of UEFA Europa League and CONMEBOL Sudamericana". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
2. ^ "UEFA and CONMEBOL renew Memorandum of Understanding to enhance cooperation". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
3. ^ "UEFA and CONMEBOL renew and extend Memorandum of Understanding". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
4. ^ "Brazil football team Chapecoense in Colombia plane crash". BBC. 29 November 2016.
5. ^ "El UEFA CONMEBOL Desafío de Clubes 2023: Todo lo que necesitas saber" [UEFA CONMEBOL 2023 Club Challenge: all you need to know] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
6. ^ Parejo, Jaime (27 March 2015). "Una espuela monumental le da la victoria a River ante el Sevilla FC (1-0)" [A monumental spur gives River victory over Sevilla FC (1-0)] (in Spanish). ABC. Retrieved 18 July 2023.

## External links

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* Official website

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Football in South America (CONMEBOL)

Argentina (AFA)|

* Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17)
* Women's national team (U-20, U-17)
* Primera División
* Copa Argentina
* Supercopa Argentina
* Copa de la Liga Profesional
* Trofeo de Campeones
* Supercopa Internacional

Bolivia (FBF)|

* Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17)
* Women's national team
* División Profesional
* Copa Bolivia

Brazil (CBF)|

* Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17)
* Women's national team (U-20, U-17)
* Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
* Copa do Brasil
* Supercopa do Brasil

Chile (FFC)|

* Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17)
* Women's national team (U-17)
* Primera División
* Copa Chile
* Supercopa de Chile

Colombia (FCF)|

* Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17)
* Women's national team (U-20, U-17)
* Primera A
* Copa Colombia
* Superliga Colombiana

Ecuador (FEF)|

* Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17)
* Women's national team
* Serie A
* Copa Ecuador
* Supercopa Ecuador

Paraguay (APF)|

* Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17)
* Women's national team (U-20, U-17)
* Primera División
* Copa Paraguay
* Supercopa Paraguay

Peru (FPF)|

* Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17)
* Women's national team
* Primera División

Uruguay (AUF)|

* Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17)
* Women's national team (U-17)
* Primera División
* Copa Uruguay
* Supercopa Uruguaya

Venezuela (FVF)|

* Men's national team (U-23, U-20, U-17)
* Women's national team (U-20, U-17)
* Primera División
* Copa Venezuela

National team
competitions|

| Men|

* Copa América
* Copa América Centenario
* Pre-Olympic Tournament
* Under-20 Football Championship
* Under-17 Football Championship
* Under-15 Football Championship
* Pan American Games
* CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
* Superclásico de las Américas
* Copa América de Futsal
* Futsal Finalissima
* Futsal World Cup qualifiers
* Under-20 Futsal Championship
* Under-17 Futsal Championship
* Copa América de Beach Soccer
* Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers
* Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship
* South American Beach Games
* Bolivarian Beach Games

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Women|

* Copa América Femenina
* Women's Finalissima
* Under-20 Women's Football Championship
* Under-17 Women's Football Championship
* Pan American Games
* South American Games
* Copa América Femenina de Futsal
* Under-20 Women's Futsal Championship

Defunct|

* Panamerican Championship

Club competitions|

| Men|

* Copa Libertadores
* Copa Sudamericana
* Recopa Sudamericana
* UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge
* Copa Libertadores de Futsal
* U-20 Copa Libertadores
* Under-20 Intercontinental Cup
* Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer

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Women|

* Copa Libertadores Femenina
* Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal

Defunct|

* Intercontinental Cup
* Intercontinental Champions' Supercup
* J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship
* Copa CONMEBOL
* Copa Interamericana
* Copa Iberoamericana
* Copa Mercosur
* Copa Merconorte
* Supercopa Libertadores
* Copa Master de Supercopa
* Copa de Oro
* Copa Master de CONMEBOL
* Copa Ganadores de Copa

Related topics|

* Footballer of the Year
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* Top-division clubs
* Club competition winning teams
* UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding

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Football|

| National teams|

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* Nations League
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* Women's Nations League
* Women's Finalissima
* Meridian Cup (defunct)

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Clubs|

* Champions League
* Europa League
* Conference League
* Super Cup
* Club Challenge
* Youth League
* Under-20 Intercontinental Cup
* Women's Champions League
* Second tier competition
* Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
* Intertoto Cup (defunct)
* Intercontinental Cup (defunct)
* Intercontinental Champions' Supercup (defunct)

Amateurs|

* Regions' Cup
* Amateur Cup (defunct)

Futsal|

| National teams|

* Futsal Championship
* U-21 (defunct)
* U-19
* Futsal Finalissima
* Women's Futsal Championship

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Clubs|

* Futsal Champions League

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