The 2023 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the 15th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores Femenina), South America's premier women's club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Colombia from 5 to 21 October 2023.
Corinthians (Brazil) defeated the defending champions Palmeiras (Brazil) 1–0 in the final to win their fourth title.
Format For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups. Teams in each group played one another in a round-robin basis, with the top two teams of each group advancing to the quarter-finals. Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament.
Teams The 16 teams were: the champions of all ten CONMEBOL associations the title holders an additional team from the host association four additional teams from associations with the best historical performance in the tournament (associations in bold receive two berths according to the points total until the 2022 edition). Brazil: 260 points Chile: 148 points Colombia: 145 points Paraguay: 115 points Argentina: 105 points Venezuela: 79 points Ecuador: 66 points Uruguay: 53 points Bolivia: 40 points Peru: 38 points
AssociationTeamQualifying methodParticipationPrevious best resultBoca Juniors2022 Campeonato Femenino YPF champions8th Runners-up (2022)Always Ready2023 Copa Simón Bolívar Femenina champions2nd Group stage (2022)Palmeiras 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions2nd Champions (2022)Corinthians 2022 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia champions6th Champions (2017, 2019, 2021)2022 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia runners-up1st —Colo-Colo 2022 Campeonato Femenino Caja Los Andes champions10th Champions (2012)Universidad de Chile 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina qualifying play-off winners4th Fourth place (2020) (hosts)Santa Fe 2023 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR champions4th Runners-up (2021)América 2023 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR runners-up4th Runners-up (2020)Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas 2023 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR aggregate table best team not yet qualified (Host association additional entry)9th Runners-up (2013)Barcelona2023 Superliga Femenina DoradoBet champions1st —Olimpia 2023 Torneo Apertura de Fútbol Femenino champions2nd Group stage (2022)2023 Torneo Apertura de Fútbol Femenino runners-up6th Champions (2016)Universitario2023 Liga Femenina Apuesta Total champions5th Group stage (2015, 2016, 2017, 2020)Nacional2022 Torneo Rexona de Fútbol Femenino champions6th Fourth place (2021)Caracas2023 Liga FUTVE Femenina champions6th Runners-up (2014) Notes
Venues On 11 August 2023, the Colombian Football Federation announced that Bogotá and Cali had been selected as host cities by CONMEBOL. Matches were played at Estadio Metropolitano de Techo in Bogotá and Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, each hosting two groups.
BogotáCaliEstadio Metropolitano de TechoEstadio Pascual GuerreroCapacity: 8,000Capacity: 35,405
The tournament registered a total attendance of 25,300 spectators, or the average of 790 per game, which was below expectations.
Match officials On 19 September 2023, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistant referees appointed for the tournament.
AssociationRefereesAssistant refereesLaura FortunatoMariana de AlmeidaGisela TruccoAdriana FarfánInés ChoqueElizabeth BlancoEdina Alves BatistaNeuza BackFabrini BevilaquaMaría Belén CarvajalMarcia CastilloLeslie VásquezJenny AriasMary BlancoMayra SánchezSusana CorellaMónica AmboyaViviana SeguraZulma QuiñónezNancy FernándezNadia WeilerMilagros ArruelaVera YupanquiGabriela MorenoAnahí FernándezDaiana FernándezBelén ClavijoEmikar CalderasMigdalia RodríguezThaity Dugarte
Draw The draw for the tournament was held on 15 September 2023, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.
Two teams were directly assigned to the head of groups A and B.
To Group A: as 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions, Palmeiras (Brazil 1) To Group B: the champions of the host association, Santa Fe (Colombia 1)
The remaining teams (excluding the four teams from national associations with an extra berth) were seeded into three pots based on the final placement of their national association's club in the previous edition of the tournament, with the highest two (Brazil 2 and Argentina) placed in Pot 1, the next four (Colombia 2, Chile 1, Ecuador and Paraguay 1) placed in Pot 2 and the lowest four (Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay and Bolivia) in Pot 3. The four additional teams from associations with the best historical performance (Brazil 3, Chile 2, Colombia 3 and Paraguay 2) were seeded into Pot 4. From Pot 1, the first team drawn was placed into group C and the second team drawn placed into group D, both teams assigned to position 1 in their group. From each remaining pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A, the second team drawn placed into Group B, the third team drawn placed into Group C and the final team drawn placed into Group D, with teams from Pot 2, 3 and 4 assigned to positions 2, 3 and 4 in their group. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
The draw resulted in the following groups: + Group ATeamA1 PalmeirasA2 BarcelonaA3 CaracasA4+ Group B TeamB1 Santa FeB2 OlimpiaB3 UniversitarioB4 Universidad de Chile+ Group C TeamC1 CorinthiansC2 Colo-ColoC3 Always ReadyC4 Libertad/Limpeño+ Group D TeamD1 Boca JuniorsD2 AméricaD3 NacionalD4 Internacional
Group stage In the group stage, the teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 24). Head-to-head result in games between tied teams; Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Number of red cards; Number of yellow cards; Drawing of lots.
The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
All times are local, COT (UTC−5).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Final stages Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament. If tied after full time, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 27).
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final Andressinha (Palmeiras) was ruled out of the final due to ACL injury of her right knee.
GK 1 AmandaDF 2 Bruna CalderanDF 3 Poliana DF 23 Flávia MotaDF 6 KatrineMF 5 Lorena Benítez MF 7 Duda SantosMF 9 Camilinha FW 10 Bia Zaneratto (c)FW 8 Amanda Gutierres FW 26 Laís EstevamSubstitutes:GK 22 Alicia BobadillaDF 4 SorrisoDF 12 Juliete MF 16 Rosa MiñoMF 18 Sâmia PryscilaFW 11 Yamila Rodríguez FW 15 Bianca GomesFW 19 Letícia Moreno Manager: Ricardo Belli GK 12 LelêDF 2 KatiusciaDF 20 MarizaDF 3 Tarciane DF 71 Yasmim MF 5 Luana MF 17 Victória MF 10 Gabi Zanotti FW 18 Gabi Portilho FW 14 Millene FW 37 Tamires (c) Substitutes:GK 24 KemelliDF 6 Belinha DF 21 PaulinhaDF 74 Andressa Pereira MF 27 Duda Sampaio MF 28 Ju Ferreira FW 9 Jheniffer FW 22 FernandinhaFW 30 JaquelineManager: Arthur Elias
Assistant referees: Nancy Fernández (Paraguay) Nadia Weiler (Paraguay) Fourth official: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela) Fifth official: Migdalia Rodríguez (Venezuela) Video assistant referee: Jenny Arias (Colombia) Assistant video assistant referees: Mónica Amboya (Ecuador) Susana Corella (Ecuador)Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.
Statistics Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Priscila Internacional82 Bia Zaneratto Palmeiras6 Millene Corinthians4 Amanda Gutierres Palmeiras5 Manuela González Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas6 Diana Celis Santa Fe4 Laís Estevam Palmeiras8 Yastin Jiménez Colo-Colo3 Letícia Monteiro Internacional Madelin Riera Barcelona Soll Internacional Catalina Usme América Victória Corinthians
Final ranking As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.
2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina team The 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.
Pos. Player Team GK Lelê Corinthians DF Bruna Calderan Palmeiras DF Poliana Palmeiras DF Daniela Arias América de Cali DF Yasmin Corinthians MF Joselyn Espinales Atlético Nacional MFDaniela MontoyaAtlético Nacional MF Gabi Portilho Corinthians FW Millene Corinthians FW Bia Zaneratto Palmeiras FW Priscila Internacional
See also 2023 AFC Women's Club Championship 2023 CAF Women's Champions League 2023 OFC Women's Champions League 2022–23 and 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League 2023 Copa Libertadores
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