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. This change was made in order to strengthen the women's competition.
History The competition was officially announced in March 2009, and it was approved by CONMEBOL's Executive Committee on July 3 of that year. CONMEBOL decided that the competition's first edition would be played in Santos and Guarujá, Brazil from October 3 to October 18, 2009. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, FPF, CBF and Santos Futebol Clube.
Format
In 2009 and 2010 the tournament was played by ten teams, one from each CONMEBOL country, divided in two groups of five clubs each. 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.
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. Medellin was then announced as host just before the 2014 edition.
Starting in 2019, the tournament was expanded from 12 to 16 teams.
Records and statistics List of finals YearHost First place match Third place match ChampionsScore Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place 1 2009 Santos9–0 Universidad Autónoma Formas Íntimas2–0 Everton 10 2 2010 Santos1–0 Everton Boca Juniors2–1 Deportivo Quito 10 3 2011 São José1–0 Colo-Colo Santos6–0 Caracas 12 4 2012 Colo-Colo0–0 Foz Cataratas São José 1–0 Vitória das Tabocas 12 5 2013 São José3–1 Formas Íntimas Colo-Colo6–3 Mundo Futuro 12 6 2014 São José5–1 Caracas Cerro Porteño0–0 Formas Íntimas 12 7 2015 Ferroviária3–1 Colo-Colo UAI Urquiza1–1 São José 12 8 2016 Sportivo Limpeño2–1 Estudiantes de Guárico Foz Cataratas0–0 Colón 12 9 2017 Audax/Corinthians0–0 Colo-Colo River Plate2–1 Cerro Porteño 12 10 2018 Atlético Huila1–1 Santos Iranduba1–1 Colo-Colo 12 11 2019 Corinthians2–0 Ferroviária América de Cali 3–1 Cerro Porteño 16 12 2020 Ferroviária2–1 América de Cali Corinthians4–0 Universidad de Chile 1613 2021 Corinthians2–0 Santa Fe Ferroviária1–1 Nacional 16 14 2022 Palmeiras4–1 Boca Juniors América de Cali 5–0 Deportivo Cali 16 15 2023 Corinthians1–0 Palmeiras 3–2 Internacional 16 16 2024 Corinthians2–0 Santa Fe Boca Juniors2–0 Dragonas IDV 16 17 2025 Corinthians0–0 Deportivo Cali Ferroviária1–0 Colo-Colo 16 18 2026 16
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Performances by club
ClubTitlesRunners-upSeasons wonSeasons runner-up Corinthians 6 0 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 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 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 de Cali 0 1 2020 Boca Juniors0 1 2022 Deportivo Cali 0 1 2025
Performance by nation After the 2025 edition. So far only Peruvian teams have not reached a semi-final.
NationWinnersRunners-upThird FourthWinnerRunners-upThird placeFourth place 14473154214141112—2—1—14————2———2———1
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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.
YearNameTeamGoals2009 Cristiane Santos152010 Gloria Villamayor Everton 8 Noelia Cuevas Universidad Autónoma2011 Ysaura Viso Caracas92012 Cristiane São José72013 Maitté Zamorano Mundo Futuro72014 Diana Ospina Formas Íntimas 6 Andressa Alves São José Ysaura Viso Caracas2015 Catalina Usme Formas Íntimas82016 Oriana Altuve Colón 4 Manuela González Generaciones Palmiranas2017 Oriana Altuve Santa Fe 4 Amanda Brunner Audax/Corinthians Carolina Birizamberri River Plate Catalina Usme Santa Fe Gloria Villamayor Colo-Colo Maitté Zamorano Deportivo ITA2018 Brena Santos42019 Nathane Ferroviária92020 Gabi Nunes Corinthians 7 Grazi Victória2021 Tatiana Ariza Deportivo Cali 4 Linda Caicedo Jheniffer Corinthians Victória Esperanza Pizarro Nacional2022 Rebeca Fernández Universidad de Chile52023 Priscila Internacional82024 Gabi Zanotti Corinthians52025 Gabi Zanotti Corinthians6
See also FIFA Women's Club World Cup AFC Women's Champions League WAFF Women's Clubs Championship CAF Women's Champions League UEFA Women's Champions League OFC Women's Champions League
References
External links
Women's Copa Libertadores at the RSSSF