List of Copa Sudamericana winning managers

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This is a list of Copa Sudamericana winning football managers. Argentine manager Rubén Darío Insúa led San Lorenzo to success in the inaugural Copa Sudamericana final in 2002. Argentine clubs have been the most successful in the tournament, winning it nine times.

No manager has won the tournament more than once. Argentine managers have led the winning team ten times.

By year

Final		Winning manager		Club	Ref
2002	ARG	Rubén Darío Insúa	ARG	San Lorenzo
2003	PER	Freddy Ternero	PER	Cienciano
2004	ARG	Jorge José Benítez	ARG	Boca Juniors
2005	ARG	Alfio Basile	ARG	Boca Juniors	^[1]
2006	MEX	Enrique Meza	MEX	Pachuca
2007	ARG	Gustavo Alfaro	ARG	Arsenal
2008	BRA	Tite	BRA	Internacional
2009	URU	Jorge Fossati	ECU	LDU Quito	^[2]
2010	ARG	Antonio Mohamed	ARG	Independiente
2011	ARG	Jorge Sampaoli	CHI	Universidad de Chile
2012	BRA	Ney Franco	BRA	São Paulo
2013	ARG	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	ARG	Lanús
2014	ARG	Marcelo Gallardo	ARG	River Plate
2015	URU	Gerardo Pelusso	COL	Santa Fe
2016	BRA	Caio Júnior^{[note 1]}	BRA	Chapecoense	^[3]
2017	ARG	Ariel Holan	ARG	Independiente
2018	BRA	Tiago Nunes	BRA	Athletico Paranaense
2019	ESP	Miguel Ángel Ramírez	ECU	Independiente del Valle
2020	ARG	Hernán Crespo	ARG	Defensa y Justicia
2021	BRA	Alberto Valentim	BRA	Athletico Paranaense
2022	ARG	Martín Anselmi	ECU	Independiente del Valle
2023	ARG	Luis Zubeldía	ECU	LDU Quito
2024	ARG	Gustavo Costas	ARG	Racing

^ The title was awarded to Chapecoense by CONMEBOL via the request of finalists Atlético Nacional, following LaMia Flight 2933.^[3]

This table lists the total number of titles won by managers of each nationality.

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2002: Insúa 2003: Ternero 2004: Benítez 2005: Basile 2006: Meza 2007: Alfaro 2008: Tite 2009: Fossati 2010: Mohamed 2011: Sampaoli 2012: Franco 2013: Barros Schelotto 2014: Gallardo 2015: Pelusso 2016: Caio Jr. 2017: Holan 2018: Nunes 2019: Ramírez 2020: Crespo 2021: Valentim 2022: Anselmi 2023: Zubeldía 2024: Costas

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