Atletico Nacional have asked that Chapecoense be awarded the Copa Sudamericana title after a plane carrying the Brazilian team crashed on route to Colombia.

The Chapecoense team were travelling to play Atletico Nacional in Medellin, Colombia, in the first leg of their maiden Copa Sudamericana final before an electrical failure caused their plane to crash, killing 71 out of the 77 passengers on board.

Chapecoense were scheduled to play Atletico Nacional on Wednesday this week after beating Cerro Porteno in the semi-finals of the Copa Sudamericana.

However a source close to the South American Football Federation said the match was unlikely to played after Atletico Nacional called on the federation to take the unprecedented move of awarding the trophy Chapecoense.

The Colombian club confirmed they had asked CONMEBOL to award the Copa Sudamericana trophy to the Brazilian club in an official statement.

“Pain overwhelms our hearts and invades our thinking in mourning. It has been unfortunate hours in which we have been dismayed by news that we never wanted to hear.

Chapecoense were travelling to play Atletico Nacional in the first leg of their cup final tie.

“The accident of our football brothers, Chapecoense, will mark us for life and will leave an indelible mark on Latin-American and world football. All this has been completely unexpected, that's why the pain. They were all footballers, technical staff, journalists and crew, people with many dreams, that's why the tears.

“After being very worried about the human part we thought about the competitive aspect and we want to publish this statement in which Atletico Nacional ask Conmebol to give the title of Copa Sudamericana be given to the Chapecoense as an honorary award for this great loss, and in posthumous homage to the victims of the fatal accident that impute our sport. For our part, and forever, Chapecoense are champions of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana.”

CONMEBOL are yet to confirm whether the request will be granted, but it is widely expected that the club will awarded the trophy in the next few days.