2015 Copa Libertadores Femenina

2015 Copa Libertadores Femenina

Copa Libertadores Femenina 2015 Colombia
Tournament details
Host country	Colombia
Dates	28 October – 8 November
Teams	12 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Ferroviária (1st title)
Runners-up	Colo-Colo
Third place	UAI Urquiza
Fourth place	São José
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	94 (4.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Catalina Usme (8 goals)
Fair play award	Colo-Colo
← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 Copa Libertadores Femenina was the 7th edition of the Copa Libertadores Femenina, South America's premier women's club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Colombia, from 28 October to 8 November 2015. ^{[1] [2]} It was the first time the tournament was hosted outside Brazil.

The final was won by Ferroviária 3–1 over Colo-Colo the sixth time a Brazilian team has won the title. ^[3]

Teams

The competition was contested by 12 teams: the title holder, the champion club from each of the ten CONMEBOL member associations, and one additional team from the host association Colombia. ^[4]

Association	Team	Qualifying method	Participation	Best result
Argentina	UAI Urquiza	2014 Torneo Final and 2015 Torneo play-off winner [5]	1st	n/a
Bolivia	San Martín de Porres	2015 Campeonato Boliviano champion [6]	1st	n/a
Brazil	São José	Title holder (2014 champion) [7]	5th	Champion (2011, 2013, 2014)
	Ferroviária	2014 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino champion [8]	1st	n/a
Chile	Colo-Colo	2014 Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura champion [9]	5th	Champion (2012)
Colombia	Formas Íntimas	2015 Copa Prelibertadores winner [10]	7th	Runner-up (2013)
	Real Pasión	2015 Copa Prelibertadores runner-up [10]	1st	n/a
Ecuador	Espuce	2015 Campeonato Ecuatoriano first stage winner [11] [note 1]	1st	n/a
Paraguay	Cerro Porteño	2014 Campeonato Paraguayo champion [12]	3rd	Third place (2014)
Peru	Universitario	2015 Campeonato Peruano champion [13]	1st	n/a
Uruguay	Colón	2014 Copa de Oro winner [14]	2nd	Group stage (2014)
Venezuela	Estudiantes de Guárico	2015 Campeonato Venezolano champion [15]	2nd	Group stage (2013)

Notes

1. Because the 2015 season only finished in December, the leading team after the first stage qualified to the tournament. Eventually second stage winner Unión Española won the Ecuatorian championship that year.

Venues

The tournament was played in four venues in three cities, all in the Metropolitan Area of Medellín:

• Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
• Estadio Cincuentenario, Medellín
• Estadio Municipal, Girardota
• Estadio Polideportivo Sur, Envigado

Match officials

A total of 10 referees and 10 assistant referees (one each per association) were appointed for the tournament. ^[16]

Association	Referee	Assistant referee
Argentina	María Laura Fortunato	Daiana Milone
Bolivia	Janette Vera	Claudia Mollinedo
Brazil	Ana Marques	Janette Arcanjo
Chile	Paola Barría	Marcia Castillo
Colombia	Yeimi Martínez	Luz Amalia Ruiz
Ecuador	Johana Haro	Dayana Paredes
Paraguay	Zulma Quiñónez	Nilda Gamarra
Peru	Melany Bermejo	Carmen Retuerto
Uruguay	Claudia Umpiérrez	Luciana Mascaraña
Venezuela	Eryelizt Escalona	Yoleida Lara

Format

Prize money

Rank	US Dollar
1st	25,000
2nd	20,000
3rd	15,000
4th	10,000
5–12th	5,000

The same format as last year was used: ^[4]

• The 12 teams were divided into three groups of four in the first stage, where each group was played on a round-robin basis.
• The winners of each group and the best runner-up among all groups advanced to the second stage, which were played on a single-elimination basis.
• The semifinal matchups were:
  • Group A winner vs. Group B winner
  • Group C winner vs. Best runner-up
• The semifinal winners and losers played in the final and third place match respectively.

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 16 October 2015 during the CONMEBOL Executive Committee meeting at the Hyatt Hotel in Santiago, Chile. ^[17] The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding pots.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
UAI Urquiza São José Formas Íntimas	Ferroviária Colo-Colo Real Pasión	Espuce Cerro Porteño Universitario	San Martín de Porres Colón Estudiantes de Guárico

First stage

The schedule of the tournament was announced on 20 October 2015. ^[18]

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: ^[4]

1. Goal difference in all games;
2. Goals scored in all games;
3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
4. Drawing of lots.

All times local, COT (UTC−5).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	São José	3	2	1	0	12	1	+11	7	Second stage
2	Estudiantes de Guárico	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Cerro Porteño	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4
4	Real Pasión (H)	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts

29 October 2015 (2015-10-29)

14:00

Real Pasión	0–0	Cerro Porteño
	Report

Estadio Cincuentenario, Medellín

Referee: María Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

29 October 2015 (2015-10-29)

16:00

São José	1–1	Estudiantes de Guárico
Renata Diniz 86'	Report	Viso 41' (pen.)

Estadio Cincuentenario, Medellín

Referee: Melany Bermejo (Peru)

---

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31)

12:00

Real Pasión	1–2	Estudiantes de Guárico
Balcázar 13'	Report	Astudillo 43' Guzmán 88'

Estadio Cincuentenario, Medellín

Referee: Janette Vera (Bolivia)

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31)

15:30

São José	5–0	Cerro Porteño
Rita Bove 7', 65', 67' (pen.) Michele Carioca 14' Ludmila 90+2'	Report

Estadio Cincuentenario, Medellín

Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay)

São José v Cerro Porteño was suspended after 50 minutes due to heavy rain. It was resumed on 1 November 2015, 14:15, at the Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín.

---

2 November 2015 (2015-11-02)

11:00

Cerro Porteño	3–2	Estudiantes de Guárico
Safuan 27' Álvarez 66' Fleitas 90+4'	Report	Villamizar 85' Mendoza 90+3'

Estadio Municipal, Girardota

Referee: Paola Barría (Chile)

2 November 2015 (2015-11-02)

11:00

São José	6–0	Real Pasión
Rita Bove 1', 45' (pen.) Pepê 30' Chú 51', 52', 67'	Report

Estadio Cincuentenario, Medellín

Referee: Johana Haro (Ecuador)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ferroviária	3	2	1	0	9	0	+9	7	Second stage
2	UAI Urquiza	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
3	Colón	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	3
4	Espuce	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Source: CONMEBOL

29 October 2015 (2015-10-29)

09:00

Ferroviária	5–0	Espuce
Juliana Santos 11' Nenê 17', 20', 67', 90'	Report

Estadio Municipal, Girardota

Referee: Eryelizt Escalona (Venezuela)

29 October 2015 (2015-10-29)

12:00

UAI Urquiza	4–3	Colón
Ugarte 46', 51', 55' Bonsegundo 84' (pen.)	Report	Domeniguini 22', 79' Viana 32'

Estadio Municipal, Girardota

Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)

---

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31)

09:00

Ferroviária	4–0	Colón
Daiane 30' (pen.) Barrinha 35' Tábatha 40' Rafa Mineira 54'	Report

Estadio Municipal, Girardota

Referee: Yeimi Martínez (Colombia)

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31)

12:00

UAI Urquiza	2–1	Espuce
Ugarte 26' Bedini 53'	Report	Pulla 86'

Estadio Municipal, Girardota

Referee: Paola Barría (Chile)

---

2 November 2015 (2015-11-02)

13:30

UAI Urquiza	0–0	Ferroviária
	Report

Estadio Municipal, Girardota

Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)

2 November 2015 (2015-11-02)

14:00

Espuce	1–3	Colón
Rodríguez 55'	Report	Suárez 2' Viana 12', 90'

Estadio Cincuentenario, Medellín

Referee: Melany Bermejo (Peru)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colo-Colo	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Second stage
2	Formas Íntimas (H)	3	2	0	1	20	3	+17	6
3	San Martín de Porres	3	1	0	2	8	16	−8	3
4	Universitario	3	0	0	3	2	21	−19	0

Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts

28 October 2015 (2015-10-28)

11:00

Colo-Colo	4–0	Universitario
C. Soto 12', 68' Villamayor 49' Guerrero 79'	Report

Estadio Polideportivo Sur, Envigado

Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay)

28 October 2015 (2015-10-28)

17:00

Formas Íntimas	9–1	San Martín de Porres
Cuesta 3' Velásquez 12' Usme 15', 71', 77', 90' Castañeda 23' G. Cardona 48' Peñaloza 73'	Report	López 65'

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Referee: Ana Marques (Brazil)

---

30 October 2015 (2015-10-30)

12:00

Colo-Colo	5–1	San Martín de Porres
Villamayor 19' (pen.), 26' Aedo 69' Sáez 72' Guerrero 90+2'	Report	O. Sandoval 13'

Estadio Polideportivo Sur, Envigado

Referee: Johana Haro (Ecuador)

30 October 2015 (2015-10-30)

15:00

Formas Íntimas	11–0	Universitario
Vanegas 7' Cuesta 20', 45', 48', 70' Peñaloza 46', 60' Usme 50', 85', 88', 90+1'	Report

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Referee: Ana Marques (Brazil)

---

1 November 2015 (2015-11-01)

12:00

Universitario	2–6	San Martín de Porres
Flores 56' Fernández 90'	Report	López 15', 71', 85' Cárdenas 17' O. Sandoval 45', 53'

Estadio Polideportivo Sur, Envigado

Referee: Eryelizt Escalona (Venezuela)

1 November 2015 (2015-11-01)

12:00

Formas Íntimas	0–2	Colo-Colo
	Report	Villamayor 6', 57'

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Referee: María Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	UAI Urquiza	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Second stage
2	C	Formas Íntimas	3	2	0	1	20	3	+17	6
3	A	Estudiantes de Guárico	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) drawing of lots.

Second stage

If tied after regulation time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played). ^[4]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	5 November – Envigado
	São José	0
					8 November – Medellín
	Ferroviária	1
					Ferroviária	3
	5 November – Envigado
					Colo-Colo	1
	Colo-Colo	2
	UAI Urquiza	0
					Third place
					8 November – Medellín
					São José	1 (5)
					UAI Urquiza (p)	1 (6)

Semifinals

5 November 2015 (2015-11-05)

10:00

São José	0–1	Ferroviária
	Report	Nenê 1'

Estadio Polideportivo Sur, Envigado

Referee: Eryelizt Escalona (Venezuela)

---

5 November 2015 (2015-11-05)

13:00

Colo-Colo	2–0	UAI Urquiza
Sáez 41' F. Lara 79'	Report

Estadio Polideportivo Sur, Envigado

Referee: Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay)

Third place match

8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)

09:00

São José	1–1	UAI Urquiza
Rita Bove 89'	Report	Bonsegundo 90'
Penalties
	5–6

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)

Final

Colo-Colo played in their third final. They lost in 2011 and won the trophy in 2012. For Ferroviária it was their first final. As in every previous edition, a Brazilian team was playing in the final.

8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)

12:00

Ferroviária	3–1	Colo-Colo
Tábatha 18', 25' Barrinha 43'	Report	Villamayor 45+2' (pen.)

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Referee: María Laura Fortunato (Argentina)

GK 18 Amanda DF 2 Daiane (c) DF 3 Mimi  45+1' DF 4 Juliana Santos DF 6 Barrinha MF 7 Nicoly MF 5 Julia Bianchi  83' MF 8 Patrícia Llanos  80' MF 10 Rafa Mineira  51' FW 9 Nenê FW 11 Tábatha  72' Substitutes: GK 1 Bruna GK 12 Thaís Helena DF 13 Kemely DF 14 Luana Sartório  90+3'  83' DF 15 Isabela Queiroz MF 16 Thaíni FW 17 Cacau  80' FW 20 Nuty  72' Manager: Leonardo André Mendes

GK 1 Christiane Endler (c) DF 2 Rocío Soto DF 18 Camila Sáez DF 3 Carla Guerrero DF 11 Geraldine Leyton  61' MF 7 Yanara Aedo MF 6 Claudia Soto MF 4 Francisca Lara FW 5 Melisa Rodríguez  59' FW 9 Francisca Moroso  71' FW 17 Gloria Villamayor Substitutes: GK 12 Romina Parraguirre DF 13 Tyare Ríos DF 14 Victoria Osorio DF 20 Yesenia Arenas MF 8 Yusmery Ascanio  61' MF 16 Ana Gutiérrez FW 15 Paulina Lara  71' FW 19 Yessenia Huenteo  59' Manager: Eduardo Míguez

Top goalscorers

Catalina Usme won the top-scorer award with eight goals in three matches. ^[19]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Catalina Usme	Formas Íntimas	8
2	Gloria Villamayor	Colo-Colo	6
3	Yisela Cuesta	Formas Íntimas	5
	Rita Bove	São José
5	Nenê	Ferroviária	4
	Paula Ugarte	UAI Urquiza
7	Chú	São José	3
	Yanina López	San Martín de Porres
	Jennifer Peñaloza	Formas Íntimas
	Olga Sandoval	San Martín de Porres
	Tábatha	Ferroviária
	Lourdes Viana	Colón

Source: ^[20]

References

1. "Exitoso inicio de la Copa Pre Libertadores Femenina 2015" (in Spanish). laf.com.co. 21 September 2015. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
2. "La ciudad de Medellín recibirá a la Copa Libertadores Femenina 2015" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 5 October 2015.
3. "3-1. Ferroviaria se corona campeón de Libertadores tras vencer al Colo Colo" (in Spanish). deportes.terra.com.co. 8 November 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
4. "Reglamento – Copa Libertadores de América Femenina 2015" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.
5. "Fútbol Femenino: UAI Urquiza disputará la Copa Libertadores" (in Spanish). tycsports.com. 4 October 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
6. "San Martín logra el título nacional del fútbol femenino" (in Spanish). paginasiete.bo. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
7. "São José is three-time winner of the Women's Copa Libertadores!". CONMEBOL. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
8. "COPA DO BRASIL DE FUTEBOL FEMININO/ 2014 REGULAMENTO ESPECÍFICO DA COMPETIÇÃO" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Brazilian Football Confederation.
9. "Colo Colo se titula campeón de Primera División en fútbol femenino" (in Spanish). latercera.com. 7 December 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
10. "Real Pasión y Formas Íntimas clasifican a la Copa Libertadores Femenina" (in Spanish). capsulas.com.co. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
11. "Espuce representará a Ecuador en la Copa Libertadores Femenina" (in Spanish). andes.info.ec. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
12. "Cerro Porteño tricampeón de fútbol femenino de Paraguay" (in Spanish). conmebol.com. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
13. "Universitario de Deportes: equipo femenino es campeón y clasificó a la Copa Libertadores" (in Spanish). depor.pe. 8 May 2015. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
14. "FÚTBOL FEMENINO: COLÓN CAMPEÓN URUGUAYO" (in Spanish). futbol.com.uy. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
15. "Home » Noticias » Deportes » Estudiantes de Guárico campeonas absolutas Estudiantes de Guárico campeonas absolutas" (in Spanish). eltubazodigital.com. 26 September 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-28. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
16. "Árbitras convocadas para la Copa Libertadores Femenina" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 14 October 2015.
17. "Se realizó el sorteo de grupos de la Copa Libertadores Femenina, Sudamericano Femenino Sub-20 y Sudamericano Masculino Sub-15" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 17 October 2015.
18. "La Copa Libertadores Femenina con calendario establecido". CONMEBOL.com. 20 October 2015.
19. "Catalina Usme es la goleadora de la Copa Libertadores Femenina 2015" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
20. "Copa Libertadores Femenina 2015 — Goleadores" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.

External links

• Copa Libertadores Femenina Colombia 2015, CONMEBOL.com