Copa Libertadores Femenina

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CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina
Organizing bodyCONMEBOL
Founded2009; 15 years ago (2009)
RegionSouth America
Number of teams16 (from 10 associations)
Related competitionsCopa Libertadores
Current champion(s)Brazil Corinthians
(4th title)
Most successful club(s)Brazil Corinthians
(4 titles)
Websiteconmebol.com/libfemenina
2023 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[edit]

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 will 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[edit]

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 have made an official bid, with cities in Paraguay, Chile and again Brazil interested as well.[6] Medellin was then announced host just before the 2014 edition.[7]

From 2019 the tournament was expanded from 12 to 16 teams.[8]

Results[edit]

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

Performances[edit]

By club[edit]

Team Won Runner-up Years won Years runner-up
Brazil Corinthians[note 1] 4 0 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
Brazil São José 3 0 2011, 2013, 2014
Brazil Santos 2 1 2009, 2010 2018
Brazil Ferroviária 2 1 2015, 2020 2019
Chile Colo-Colo 1 3 2012 2011, 2015, 2017
Brazil Palmeiras 1 1 2022 2023
Paraguay Sportivo Limpeño 1 0 2016
Colombia Atlético Huila 1 0 2018
Paraguay Universidad Autónoma 0 1
2009
Chile Everton 0 1
2010
Brazil Foz Cataratas 0 1
2012
Colombia Formas Íntimas 0 1
2013
Venezuela Caracas 0 1
2014
Venezuela Estudiantes de Guárico 0 1
2016
Colombia América de Cali 0 1
2020
Colombia Santa Fe 0 1
2021
Argentina Boca Juniors 0 1
2022

Performance by nation[edit]

After the 2023 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 12 4 6 3
 Chile 1 4 1 3
 Colombia 1 3 4 2
 Paraguay 1 1 1 2
 Venezuela 2 1
 Argentina 1 3
 Uruguay 2
 Bolivia 1
 Ecuador 1
Notes
  1. ^ a b Corinthians won the 2017 title as a partnership with Audax. They created their own team for the 2018 season.

Top scorers[edit]

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jonathan, Duarte. "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  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.
  5. ^ 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.
  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.
  9. ^ "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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