Copa Libertadores Femenina

CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina
Organizing body	CONMEBOL
Founded	2009; 15 years ago
Region	South America
Number of teams	16 (from 10 associations)
Related competitions	Copa Libertadores
Current champion(s)	Corinthians; (5th title)
Most successful club(s)	Corinthians; (5 titles)
Website	conmebol.com/libfemenina
	2024 Copa Libertadores Femenina

The CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina, commonly known as "Copa Libertadores Femenina" (Portuguese: Copa/Taça Libertadores Feminina), is an annual international women's association football club competition in South America. It is organized by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL). The competition started in the 2009 season in response to the increased interest in women's football. It is the only CONMEBOL club competition for women.

The tournament is the women's version of the Copa Libertadores, which has been organized since 1960.

Since 2019, clubs in the men's Libertadores are required to have a women's team: failure to do so leads to rejection of their entry.^[1] This change was made in order to strengthen the women's competition.

History

The competition was officially announced in March 2009,^[2] and it was approved by CONMEBOL's Executive Committee on July 3 of that year.^[3] CONMEBOL decided that the competition's first edition would be played in Santos and Guarujá, Brazil from October 3 to October 18, 2009.^[3]^[4] The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, FPF, CBF and Santos Futebol Clube.^[3]

Format

Chile's former president Sebastián Piñera with Colo-Colo (2012), the first non-Brazilian club to win the trophy.

In 2009 and 2010 the tournament was played by ten teams, one from each CONMEBOL country, divided in two groups of five clubs each.^[5] The two best-placed teams of each group qualify to play the semifinal and the winners then play the final, while the losers play the third-place game.^[5]

From 2011 to 2018 twelve teams played the tournament and were divided into three groups of four. The group winners and best runner-up advanced to the semi-finals.

The 2015 edition was the first to be held outside Brazil. Medellin in Colombia made an official bid, with cities in Paraguay, Chile and again Brazil interested as well.^[6] Medellin was then announced as host just before the 2014 edition.^[7]

Starting in 2019, the tournament was expanded from 12 to 16 teams.^[8]

Results

Ed.	Year	Host	First place match			Third place match			Num. teams
Ed.	Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Num. teams
1	2009	Brazil	Santos	9–0	Universidad Autónoma	Formas Íntimas	2–0	Everton	10
2	2010	Brazil	Santos	1–0	Everton	Boca Juniors	2–1	Deportivo Quito	10
3	2011	Brazil	São José	1–0	Colo-Colo	Santos	6–0	Caracas	12
4	2012	Brazil	Colo-Colo	0–0 (4–2 p)	Foz Cataratas	São José	1–0	Vitória das Tabocas	12
5	2013	Brazil	São José	3–1	Formas Íntimas	Colo-Colo	6–3	Mundo Futuro	12
6	2014	Brazil	São José	5–1	Caracas	Cerro Porteño	0–0 (5–3 p)	Formas Íntimas	12
7	2015	Colombia	Ferroviária	3–1	Colo-Colo	UAI Urquiza	1–1 (6–5 p)	São José	12
8	2016	Uruguay	Sportivo Limpeño	2–1	Estudiantes de Guárico	Foz Cataratas	0–0 (3–1 p)	Colón	12
9	2017	Paraguay	Audax/Corinthians	0–0 (5–4 p)	Colo-Colo	River Plate	2–1	Cerro Porteño	12
10	2018	Brazil	Atlético Huila	1–1 (5–3 p)	Santos	Iranduba	1–1 (2–0 p)	Colo-Colo	12
11	2019	Ecuador	Corinthians	2–0	Ferroviária	América	3–1	Cerro Porteño	16
12	2020	Argentina	Ferroviária	2–1	América	Corinthians	4–0	Universidad de Chile	16
13	2021	Paraguay Uruguay	Corinthians	2–0	Santa Fe	Ferroviária	1–1 (3–1 p)	Nacional	16
14	2022	Ecuador	Palmeiras	4–1	Boca Juniors	América	5–0	Deportivo Cali	16
15	2023	Colombia	Corinthians	1–0	Palmeiras	Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas	3–2	Internacional	16
16	2024	Paraguay	Corinthians	2–0	Santa Fe	Boca Juniors	2–0	Dragonas IDV	16
17	2025	Argentina

Notes

Performances

By club

Team	Won	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Corinthians^{[note 1]}	5	0	2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024	—
São José	3	0	2011, 2013, 2014	—
Santos	2	1	2009, 2010	2018
Ferroviária	2	1	2015, 2020	2019
Colo-Colo	1	3	2012	2011, 2015, 2017
Palmeiras	1	1	2022	2023
Sportivo Limpeño	1	0	2016	—
Audax	1	0	2017	—
Atlético Huila	1	0	2018	—
Santa Fe	0	2	—	2021, 2024
Universidad Autónoma	0	1	—	2009
Everton	0	1	—	2010
Foz Cataratas	0	1	—	2012
Formas Íntimas	0	1	—	2013
Caracas	0	1	—	2014
Estudiantes de Guárico	0	1	—	2016
América	0	1	—	2020
Boca Juniors	0	1	—	2022

Performance by nation

After the 2024 edition. So far only Peruvian teams have not reached a semi-final.

Nation	Winners	Runners-up	Third	Fourth	Winner	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
Brazil	13	4	6	3	Corinthians (5)^{[note 1]} São José (3) Santos (2) Ferroviária (2) Palmeiras (1)	Foz Cataratas Santos Ferroviária Palmeiras	Santos São José Foz Cataratas Iranduba Corinthians Ferroviária	Vitória das Tabocas São José Internacional
Colombia	1	4	4	2	Atlético Huila	Formas Íntimas América Santa Fe (2)	Formas Íntimas América (2) Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas	Formas Íntimas Deportivo Cali
Chile	1	4	1	3	Colo-Colo	Colo-Colo (3) Everton	Colo-Colo	Everton Colo-Colo Universidad de Chile
Paraguay	1	1	1	2	Sportivo Limpeño	Universidad Autónoma	Cerro Porteño	Cerro Porteño (2)
Venezuela	—	2	—	1		Caracas Estudiantes de Guárico		Caracas
Argentina	—	1	4	—		Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors (2) UAI Urquiza River Plate
Uruguay	—	—	—	2				Colón Nacional
Ecuador	—	—	—	2				Deportivo Quito Dragonas IDV
Bolivia	—	—	—	1				Mundo Futuro

Notes

^ ^a ^b Corinthians won the 2017 title as a partnership with Audax. They created their own team for the 2018 season.

Top scorers

Seven players have won the award twice Cristiane, Gloria Villamayor, Catalina Usme, Maitté Zamorano, Oriana Altuve, Ysaura Viso and Victória. Viso and Victória did it with the same club.

Year	Name	Team	Goals
2009	Cristiane	Santos	15
2010	Gloria Villamayor	Everton	8
2010	Noelia Cuevas	Universidad Autónoma	8
2011	Ysaura Viso	Caracas	9
2012	Cristiane	São José	7
2013^[9]	Maitté Zamorano	Mundo Futuro	7
2014	Diana Ospina	Formas Íntimas	6
	Andressa Alves	São José
	Ysaura Viso	Caracas
2015	Catalina Usme	Formas Íntimas	8
2016	Oriana Altuve	Colón	4
2016	Manuela González	Generaciones Palmiranas	4
2017	Oriana Altuve	Santa Fe	4
	Amanda Brunner	Audax/Corinthians
	Carolina Birizamberri	River Plate
	Catalina Usme	Santa Fe
	Gloria Villamayor	Colo-Colo
	Maitté Zamorano	Deportivo ITA
2018	Brena	Santos	4
2019	Nathane	Ferroviária	9
2020	Gabi Nunes	Corinthians	7
	Grazi
	Victória
2021	Tatiana Ariza	Deportivo Cali	4
	Linda Caicedo	Deportivo Cali
	Jheniffer	Corinthians
	Victória	Corinthians
	Esperanza Pizarro	Nacional
2022	Rebeca Fernández	Universidad de Chile	5
2023	Priscila	Internacional	8
2024	Gabi Zanotti	Corinthians	5

References

^ Jonathan, Duarte (2 October 2016). "Fútbol femenino obligatorio para participar de la Libertadores". Metro Ecuador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
^ "Vem aí a Libertadores Feminina" (in Portuguese). Justiça Desportiva. March 17, 2009. Archived from the original on March 21, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Aprobada la celebración de la Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. July 31, 2009. Archived from the original on August 7, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
^ "Santos estreia contra White Star, do Peru, na Libertadores Feminina" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. September 6, 2009. Archived from the original on September 9, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Definidos os grupos da primeira Taça Libertadores da América Feminina" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. September 6, 2009. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2009.
^ "Medellín quiere ser sede de la Copa Libertadores Femenina de 2015". diarioadn.co. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
^ "Libertadores Femenina 2015 tendrá acento paisa". 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
^ "Se viene una renovada CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina 2019" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 9 August 2019. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
^ "Sao José se consagró bicampeón de la Copa Libertadores". lanacion.com.py. 8 November 2013. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013. La jugadora Maitté Zamorano de Mundo Futuro marcó dos goles, convirtiéndose por el momento en la goleadora del torneo con 7 tantos.

External links

Official website
Women's Copa Libertadores at the RSSSF

[Corinthians-9] Corinthians won the 2017 title as a partnership with Audax. They created their own team for the 2018 season.

[1] Jonathan, Duarte (2 October 2016). "Fútbol femenino obligatorio para participar de la Libertadores". Metro Ecuador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2020-05-25.

[2] "Vem aí a Libertadores Feminina" (in Portuguese). Justiça Desportiva. March 17, 2009. Archived from the original on March 21, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2009.

[conmebol-3] "Aprobada la celebración de la Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. July 31, 2009. Archived from the original on August 7, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2009.

[Santos_estreia_contra_White_Star,_do_Peru,_na_Libertadores_Feminina-4] "Santos estreia contra White Star, do Peru, na Libertadores Feminina" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. September 6, 2009. Archived from the original on September 9, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2009.

[Definidos_os_grupos_da_primeira_Taça_Libertadores_da_América_Feminina-5] "Definidos os grupos da primeira Taça Libertadores da América Feminina" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. September 6, 2009. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2009.

[6] "Medellín quiere ser sede de la Copa Libertadores Femenina de 2015". diarioadn.co. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

[7] "Libertadores Femenina 2015 tendrá acento paisa". 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2014-10-30.

[8] "Se viene una renovada CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina 2019" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 9 August 2019. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.

[10] "Sao José se consagró bicampeón de la Copa Libertadores". lanacion.com.py. 8 November 2013. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013. La jugadora Maitté Zamorano de Mundo Futuro marcó dos goles, convirtiéndose por el momento en la goleadora del torneo con 7 tantos.

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