📊 Are Brazilians struggling? See the Copa Sudamericana winners ranking | OneFootball

In the Libertadores, Brazilian football has become the “boogeyman,” after all, there have been six titles in the last six years (Flamengo 2019 and 2022, Palmeiras 2020 and 2021, Fluminense 2023, and Botafogo 2024). 

In fact, next Saturday (29), Flamengo and Palmeiras will face each other in Lima to decide which will be the first Brazilian club to win the continent’s main club tournament four times.

This recent strong performance has even allowed Brazilian football to catch up with Argentina as the biggest Libertadores champions, with 25 titles (already counting that either Mengão or Verdão will lift the trophy).

However, when we turn the spotlight to the Copa Sudamericana, the situation gets much more complicated.

Despite the same technical and financial imbalance that exists in the Libertadores, Brazilian clubs have been piling up embarrassments in Sudamericana finals.

The Sudamericana has existed since 2002 and only four Brazilian clubs have been champions (Internacional 2008, São Paulo 2012, Chapecoense 2016, and Athletico-PR 2018 and 2021).

In the last five editions, only Furacão has been champion—even though their opponent was fellow Brazilian RB Bragantino.

In 2022, São Paulo lost to Independiente del Valle, then Fortaleza was defeated by LDU, last year Cruzeiro fell to Racing, and this Saturday (22), Atlético-MG was beaten by modest Lanús.

Check out the updated ranking of Sudamericana champions below

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