All set: São Paulo discover Copa Sudamericana group and rivals | OneFootball

On the night of Thursday (19), after a draw at the Conmebol headquarters in Luque, Paraguay, São Paulo learned its group and opponents for this initial phase of the 2026 Copa Sudamericana.

The Tricolor is the top seed of Group C, and will face as rivals in this stage Millonarios from Colombia, Boston River from Uruguay, and O’Higgins from Chile, the last two being teams that have never faced São Paulo in history.

The Morumbi team will make its debut in the South American competition against Boston River in Uruguay, then will host O’Higgins, and will close the first round of the group stage against Millonarios on Colombian soil.

There will be 32 clubs participating in the group stage, divided into eight groups with four teams each, who will play home and away matches between April and May. Only the leaders of each group advance directly to the round of 16. Remember that teams from the same country cannot be in the same group.

The runners-up will play a playoff against the third-placed teams from the Copa Libertadores group stage. The winners of these matchups will join the Sudamericana group leaders in the round of 16.

The champion of the continental tournament secures a spot in the group stage of the 2027 Copa Libertadores and will also play in the Recopa Sudamericana against this year’s Libertadores winner. The 2026 Sudamericana will begin on April 7 and its final will be held on November 21, in Colombia.

This will be São Paulo’s 15th participation in the Sudamericana, a tournament in which it was undefeated champion in 2012. In 2022, the team reached the final but finished as runner-up after losing to Independiente del Valle. It also reached the semifinals three times.

The Tricolor played in the Sudamericana in the years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2023.

See how all the tournament groups turned out:

Group A: América de Cali (Colombia), Tigre (Argentina), Macará (Ecuador), and Alianza Atlético (Peru)

Group B: Atlético Mineiro (Brazil), Cienciano (Peru), Academia Puerto Cabello (Venezuela), and Juventud (Uruguay).

Group C: São Paulo (Brazil), Millonarios (Colombia), Boston River (Uruguay), and O’Higgins (Chile).

Group D: Santos (Brazil), San Lorenzo (Argentina), Deportivo Cuenca (Ecuador), and Recoleta (Paraguay).

Group E: Racing (Argentina), Caracas (Venezuela), Independiente (Bolivia), and Botafogo (Brazil).

Group F: Grêmio (Brazil), Palestino (Chile), Montevideo City Torque (Uruguay), and Deportivo Riestra (Argentina).

Group G: Olimpia (Paraguay), Vasco da Gama (Brazil), Audax Italiano (Chile), and Barracas Central (Argentina).

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