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)
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored56 (2.55 per match)
Top scorer(s) Hernán Barcos (Alianza Lima)
Tomás Rodríguez (Monagas)
(3 goals each)
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2026→
All statistics correct as of 27 February 2025.

The 2025 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores is 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 began 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 are 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.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 is 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 stage17 March 2025 [14]
  • Matchday 1: 1–3 April 2025
  • Matchday 2: 8–10 April 2025
  • Matchday 3: 22–24 April 2025
  • Matchday 4: 6–8 May 2025
  • Matchday 5: 13–15 May 2025
  • Matchday 6: 27–29 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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Rio de Janeiro
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Santiago
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Location of teams of the 2025 Copa Libertadores.
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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. [15] [16]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 16 December 2024 (shown in parentheses), [17] taking into account the following three factors: [18]

  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). [19] The qualifying stages are structured as follows:

First stage

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Blooming   Flag of Bolivia.svg 4–4 (3–4 p) Flag of Ecuador.svg   El Nacional 3–2 1–2
Nacional   Flag of Paraguay.svg 2–4 Flag of Peru.svg   Alianza Lima 1–1 1–3
Monagas   Flag of Venezuela (state).svg 4–0 Flag of Uruguay.svg   Defensor Sporting 2–0 2–0

Second stage

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Deportes Iquique   Flag of Chile.svg 3–3 (2–1 p) Flag of Colombia.svg   Santa Fe 2–1 1–2
The Strongest   Flag of Bolivia.svg 1–4 Flag of Brazil.svg   Bahia 1–1 0–3
Monagas   Flag of Venezuela (state).svg 1–7 Flag of Paraguay.svg   Cerro Porteño 0–4 1–3
El Nacional   Flag of Ecuador.svg 1–2 Flag of Ecuador.svg   Barcelona 0–1 1–1
Universidad Central   Flag of Venezuela (state).svg 3–4 Flag of Brazil.svg   Corinthians 1–1 2–3
Deportes Tolima   Flag of Colombia.svg 0–2 Flag of Peru.svg   Melgar 0–1 0–1
Boston River   Flag of Uruguay.svg 2–1 Flag of Chile.svg   Ñublense 1–0 1–1
Alianza Lima   Flag of Peru.svg 2–2 (5–4 p) Flag of Argentina.svg   Boca Juniors 1–0 1–2

Third stage

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Deportes Iquique   Flag of Chile.svg G1 Flag of Peru.svg   Alianza Lima 4–6 Mar 11–13 Mar
Boston River   Flag of Uruguay.svg G2 Flag of Brazil.svg   Bahia 4–6 Mar 11–13 Mar
Melgar   Flag of Peru.svg G3 Flag of Paraguay.svg   Cerro Porteño 4–6 Mar 11–13 Mar
Barcelona   Flag of Ecuador.svg G4 Flag of Brazil.svg   Corinthians 4–6 Mar 11–13 Mar

Group stage

The following 32 teams will be involved in the group stage (CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 16 December 2024 shown in parentheses): [17]

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.

Statistics

As of 27 February 2025

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeam1Q11Q22Q12Q23Q13Q2GS1GS2GS3GS4GS5GS6⅛F1⅛F2QF1QF2SF1SF2 F Total
1 Flag of Argentina.svg Hernán Barcos Flag of Peru.svg Alianza Lima 1113
Flag of Panama.svg Tomás Rodríguez Flag of Venezuela (state).svg Monagas 111
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Ademir Flag of Brazil.svg Bahia 22
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ángel Ledesma Flag of Ecuador.svg El Nacional 11
Flag of Chile.svg Edson Puch Flag of Chile.svg Deportes Iquique 2
Flag of Ecuador.svg Jawer Guisamano Flag of Ecuador.svg El Nacional 11
Flag of Peru.svg Kevin Quevedo Flag of Peru.svg Alianza Lima 2
Flag of Paraguay.svg Wilder Viera Flag of Paraguay.svg Cerro Porteño 11
Flag of Brazil.svg Yuri Alberto Flag of Brazil.svg Corinthians 2

Source: CONMEBOL

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Reglamento de Torneos de la Temporada 2024 Primera División Liga Profesional de Fútbol de AFA" [Liga Profesional de Fútbol de AFA – Tournament Regulations for the 2024 First Division Season](PDF) (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Bolivia 4 a la Libertadores es "menos atractiva" que las cuatro plazas a la Sudamericana" [Bolivia 4 to the Libertadores is "less appealing" than the four berths to the Sudamericana] (in Spanish). Visión 360. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Bases Campeonato Nacional de Primera División Temporada 2024" [Campeonato Nacional de Primera División 2024 Season Regulations](PDF) (in Spanish). ANFP . Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Reglamento Liga BetPlay DIMAYOR II-2024" [Liga BetPlay DIMAYOR II-2024 Regulations](PDF) (in Spanish). DIMAYOR . Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 "LigaPro: así avanza la clasificación en Ecuador a la Libertadores y la Sudamericana 2025" [LigaPro: this is how Ecuador's qualification for the 2025 Libertadores and Sudamericana is progressing] (in Spanish). Olé. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "El Nacional o Mushuc Runa irán a la Copa Libertadores: Así se definirá el cuarto cupo de Ecuador" [El Nacional or Mushuc Runa will go to the Copa Libertadores: this is how Ecuador's fourth berth will be decided] (in Spanish). Primicias. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Reglamento de la División de Honor 2024" [2024 División de Honor Regulations](PDF) (in Spanish). APF . Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Reglamento Liga 1 2024" [2024 Liga 1 Regulations](PDF) (in Spanish). FPF . Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Régimen de disputa de los torneos oficiales - vigente desde el 2018" [Regime of play for official tournaments – in force since 2018] (in Spanish). AUF . Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "La Liga FutVe presentó la Gala de los Mejores 2023 y la Temporada 2024" [Liga FutVe presented the Best of 2023 Gala and the 2024 Season] (in Spanish). Balonazos. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  12. ↑ "Libertadores 2025: com Racing garantido, veja os classificados até agora" [2025 Libertadores: with Racing assured, check the qualified ones so far] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  13. 1 2 3 4 "Pautas de sorteo para la CONMEBOL Libertadores y CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2025" [Draw guidelines for the 2025 CONMEBOL Libertadores and CONMEBOL Sudamericana] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  14. ↑ "¿Cuándo es el sorteo de la fase de grupos de la CONMEBOL Libertadores 2025?" [When is the 2025 CONMEBOL Libertadores group stage draw?] (in Spanish). ESPN. 10 February 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  15. ↑ "Cuándo es el sorteo de la Copa Libertadores 2025" [When is the draw for the 2025 Copa Libertadores] (in Spanish). La Nación. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
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  18. ↑ "RANKING DE CLUBES DE LA CONMEBOL 2021 SISTEMA DE PUNTAJE" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 2 February 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021.
  19. ↑
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