On November 28, 2016, a charter flight carrying the first team crashed as it approached José María Córdova International Airport near Medellín, Colombia, where the team was traveling to play the first leg of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana final against Atlético Nacional, a match that was seen as the biggest in the history of the club. All but six of the 77 passengers died; three Chapecoense players survived (another, Danilo, survived the crash but later died in hospital). Following the crash, Atlético Nacional made a request to the governing body of the competition that Chapecoense be awarded the trophy