2025 Copa Libertadores

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2025 Copa Libertadores
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores 2025
Tournament details
Dates4 February – 29 November 2025
Teams47 (from 10 associations)
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The 2025 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores will be the 66th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The competition will begin on 4 February and is scheduled to end on 29 November 2025. [1]

Contents

The winners of the 2025 Copa Libertadores will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2025 Copa Sudamericana in the 2026 Recopa Sudamericana. They will also automatically qualify for the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2026 Copa Libertadores group stage.

Botafogo will be the defending champions.

Teams

The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL member associations qualified for the tournament:

The entry stage is determined as follows:

AssociationTeam (Berth)Entry stageQualification method
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
(6 + 1 berths)		 Racing (Copa Sudamericana) Group stage 2024 Copa Sudamericana champions
Vélez Sarsfield (Argentina 1) 2024 Primera División champions [2]
Estudiantes (Argentina 2) 2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional champions [2]
Central Córdoba (Argentina 3) 2024 Copa Argentina champions [2]
Talleres (Argentina 4) 2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified [2]
River Plate (Argentina 5)2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified [2]
Boca Juniors (Argentina 6) Second stage 2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional and Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not yet qualified [2]
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia
(4 berths)		 San Antonio Bulo Bulo (Bolivia 1) Group stage 2024 Apertura winners [3]
Bolívar (Bolivia 2) 2024 Clausura winners [3]
The Strongest (Bolivia 3) Second stage 2024 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified [3]
Blooming (Bolivia 4) First stage 2024 Primera División aggregate table 5th best team not yet qualified [3]
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
(7 + 1 berths)		 Botafogo (Title holders) Group stage 2024 Copa Libertadores champions
Flamengo (Brazil 1) 2024 Copa do Brasil champions
Palmeiras (Brazil 2) 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runners-up
Fortaleza (Brazil 3)2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place
Internacional (Brazil 4)2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5th place
São Paulo (Brazil 5)2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th place
Corinthians (Brazil 6) Second stage 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 7th place
Bahia (Brazil 7)2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 8th place
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
(4 berths)		 Colo-Colo (Chile 1) Group stage 2024 Primera División champions [4]
Universidad de Chile (Chile 2)2024 Primera División runners-up [4]
Deportes Iquique (Chile 3) Second stage 2024 Primera División 3rd place [4]
Ñublense (Chile 4) 2024 Copa Chile runners-up [4]
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
(4 berths)		 Atlético Bucaramanga (Colombia 1) Group stage 2024 Apertura champions [5]
Atlético Nacional (Colombia 2) 2024 Finalización champions [5]
Deportes Tolima (Colombia 3) Second stage 2024 Primera A aggregate table best team not yet qualified [5]
Santa Fe (Colombia 4)2024 Primera A aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified [5]
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
(4 berths)		 LDU Quito (Ecuador 1) Group stage 2024 Serie A champions [6]
Independiente del Valle (Ecuador 2)2024 Serie A runners-up [6]
Barcelona (Ecuador 3) Second stage 2024 Serie A aggregate table best team not yet qualified [6]
El Nacional (Ecuador 4) First stage 2024 Copa Ecuador champions [7]
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
(4 berths)		 Olimpia (Paraguay 1) Group stage 2024 Primera División tournament (Apertura or Clausura) champions with better record in aggregate table [8]
Libertad (Paraguay 2)2024 Primera División tournament (Apertura or Clausura) champions with worse record in aggregate table [8]
Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 3) Second stage 2024 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified [8]
Nacional (Paraguay 4) First stage 2024 Copa Paraguay runners-up [8]
Flag of Peru (state).svg  Peru
(4 berths)		 Universitario (Peru 1) Group stage 2024 Liga 1 champions [9]
Sporting Cristal (Peru 2)2024 Liga 1 runners-up [9]
Melgar (Peru 3) Second stage 2024 Liga 1 3rd place [9]
Alianza Lima (Peru 4) First stage 2024 Liga 1 4th place [9]
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
(4 berths)		 Peñarol (Uruguay 1) Group stage 2024 Primera División champions [10]
Nacional (Uruguay 2)2024 Primera División runners-up [10]
Boston River (Uruguay 3) Second stage 2024 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified [10]
Defensor Sporting (Uruguay 4) First stage 2024 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified [10]
Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
(4 berths)		 Deportivo Táchira (Venezuela 1) Group stage 2024 Primera División champions [11]
Carabobo (Venezuela 2)2024 Primera División runners-up [11]
Universidad Central (Venezuela 3) Second stage 2024 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified [11]
Monagas (Venezuela 4) First stage 2024 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified [11]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition will be as follows: [12]

Schedule for 2025 Copa Libertadores
StageDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
First stage19 December 2024 [13] 4–6 February 202511–13 February 2025
Second stage18–20 February 202525–27 February 2025
Third stage4–6 March 202511–13 March 2025
Group stage19 March 20252 April – 28 May 2025
Round of 164 June 202512–14 August 202519–21 August 2025
Quarter-finals16–18 September 202523–25 September 2025
Semi-finals21–23 October 202528–30 October 2025
Final29 November 2025

Draws

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The draw for the qualifying stages was held on 19 December 2024, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. [14]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 16 December 2024 (shown in parentheses), [15] taking into account the following three factors: [16]

  1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2015–2024.
  2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2014 and 2002–2014 respectively.
  3. Local tournament champion, with bonus points awarded to domestic league champions of the last 10 years.

For the first stage, the six teams were drawn into three ties (E1–E3), with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg. [13]

First stage draw
Pot 1Pot 2
  1. † The identity of the team from Bolivia was not known at the time the pots were announced and it was seeded in Pot 2.

For the second stage, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (C1–C8), with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie, excluding the three winners of the first stage, which were seeded in Pot 2 and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association. [13]

Second stage draw
Pot 1Pot 2
  1. † The identity of the team from Bolivia and the second team from Colombia was not known at the time the pots were announced and they were seeded in Pot 2.

For the third stage, the eight winners of the second stage were allocated without any draw into the following four ties (G1–G4), with the team in each tie with the higher CONMEBOL ranking hosting the second leg. [13]

Qualifying stages

In the qualifying stages, each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, extra time will not be played, and a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.3). [17] The qualifying stages are structured as follows:

First stage

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Blooming   Flag of Bolivia.svg E1 Flag of Ecuador.svg   El Nacional 6 Feb 13 Feb
Nacional   Flag of Paraguay.svg E2 Flag of Peru (state).svg   Alianza Lima 5 Feb 12 Feb
Monagas   Flag of Venezuela (state).svg E3 Flag of Uruguay.svg   Defensor Sporting 4 Feb 11 Feb

Second stage

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Deportes Iquique   Flag of Chile.svg C1 Flag of Colombia.svg   Santa Fe 18 Feb 25 Feb
The Strongest   Flag of Bolivia.svg C2 Flag of Brazil.svg   Bahia 18 Feb 25 Feb
Winner E3C3 Flag of Paraguay.svg   Cerro Porteño 20 Feb 27 Feb
Winner E1C4 Flag of Ecuador.svg   Barcelona 19 Feb 26 Feb
Universidad Central   Flag of Venezuela (state).svg C5 Flag of Brazil.svg   Corinthians 19 Feb 26 Feb
Deportes Tolima   Flag of Colombia.svg C6 Flag of Peru (state).svg   Melgar 20 Feb 27 Feb
Boston River   Flag of Uruguay.svg C7 Flag of Chile.svg   Ñublense 19 Feb 26 Feb
Winner E2C8 Flag of Argentina.svg   Boca Juniors 18 Feb 25 Feb

Third stage

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Winner C1G1 [†] Winner C8 4–6 Mar 11–13 Mar
Winner C2G2 [†] Winner C7 4–6 Mar 11–13 Mar
Winner C3G3 [†] Winner C6 4–6 Mar 11–13 Mar
Winner C4G4 [†] Winner C5 4–6 Mar 11–13 Mar
  1. † Order of legs to be decided, with the second stage winners with the higher CONMEBOL ranking hosting the second leg.

Group stage

The following 32 teams will be involved in the group stage (CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 16 December 2024 shown in parentheses): [15]

Notes
  1. ^
    TH The defending Copa Libertadores champions will be automatically allocated to Group A and the position A1.
  2. ^
    CS The defending Copa Sudamericana champions (normally seeded in Pot 2) will be seeded in Pot 1 due to their CONMEBOL Clubs rank.
  3. ^
    Q3 The third stage winners will be seeded in Pot 4.

See also

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