# 2008 Recopa Sudamericana

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.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Previous finals app. |
| Arsenal | None |
| Boca Juniors | 1990, 2004, 2005, 2006 |
Bold indicates winning years

## Match details
### First leg

| Arsenal | Boca Juniors |
46' :
| MF | 5 | Cristian Pellerano |
| MF | 10 | Alejandro Gómez |
| FW | 11 | Facundo Sava |
| MF | 13 | Carlos Casteglione (c) | 37' |
| DF | 14 | Javier Gandolfi | 33' |
| MF | 15 | Damián Pérez | 41' 66' |
| DF | 6 | Aníbal Matellán | 76' |
| DF | 21 | Josimar Mosquera | 20' |
| MF | 23 | Sebastián Carrera | 81' |
| DF | 24 | Javier Yacuzzi |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 12 | Cristian Campestrini | 46' |
| DF | 3 | Carlos Báez |
| DF | 4 | Darío Espínola | 66' |
| MF | 7 | Andrés San Martín |
| FW | 9 | Luciano Leguizamón | 90' 81' |
| MF | 17 | Facundo Coria |
| DF | 20 | Nicolás Aguirre |
| Manager: |||
| Daniel Garnero ||||
Mauricio Caranta :
| DF | 4 | Hugo Ibarra |
| DF | 2 | Julio Cáceres |
| DF | 16 | Gabriel Paletta |
| DF | 3 | Claudio Morel |
| MF | 22 | Fabián Vargas |
| MF | 5 | Sebastián Battaglia | 82' |
| MF | 23 | Jesús Dátolo | 81' 90' |
| MF | 11 | Leandro Gracián | 75' |
| FW | 9 | Martín Palermo (c) |
| FW | 14 | Rodrigo Palacio | 75' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 12 | Javier Hernán García |
| DF | 13 | Facundo Roncaglia |
| DF | 15 | Álvaro González | 90' |
| MF | 19 | Neri Cardozo | 75' |
| MF | 21 | Cristian Chávez |
| FW | 17 | Ricardo Noir | 75' |
| Manager: |||
| Carlos Ischia ||||
* Assistant referees:
* Horacio Herrero
* Ariel Bustos
* Fourth official:
* Juan Pablo Pompei

### Second leg

| Boca Juniors | Arsenal |
85' :
| DF | 4 | Hugo Ibarra (c) |
| DF | 2 | Julio Cáceres |
| DF | 16 | Gabriel Paletta |
| DF | 3 | Claudio Morel |
| MF | 22 | Fabián Vargas |
| MF | 5 | Sebastián Battaglia |
| MF | 23 | Jesús Dátolo | 72' |
| MF | 10 | Juan Román Riquelme |
| FW | 14 | Rodrigo Palacio | 75' |
| FW | 7 | Lucas Viatri |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 12 | Javier Hernán García |
| MF | 11 | Leandro Gracián |
| DF | 13 | Facundo Roncaglia |
| DF | 15 | Álvaro González |
| FW | 17 | Ricardo Noir | 75' |
| MF | 21 | Cristian Chávez | 72' |
| FW | 24 | Lucas Castromán |
| Manager: |||
| Carlos Ischia ||||
Cristian Campestrini :
| DF | 4 | Darío Espínola |
| DF | 3 | Carlos Báez | 64' |
| DF | 6 | Aníbal Matellán | 37' |
| DF | 18 | Christian Díaz | 80' |
| MF | 23 | Sebastián Carrera | 89' |
| MF | 13 | Carlos Casteglione (c) |
| DF | 24 | Javier Yacuzzi | 5' |
| MF | 10 | Alejandro Gómez |
| FW | 9 | Luciano Leguizamón | 46' |
| FW | 16 | Mauro Matos | 85' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 19 | Matías Alasia |
| FW | 8 | Sergio Sena | 89' |
| DF | 2 | Mariano Brau |
| MF | 5 | Cristian Pellerano |
| MF | 15 | Damián Pérez |
| MF | 17 | Facundo Coria | 85' |
| DF | 7 | José Manuel Contreras | 46' |
| Manager: |||
| Daniel Garnero ||||
* Assistant referees:
* Francisco Rocchio
* Gustavo Esquivel
* Fourth official:
* Federico Beligoy