2025 Copa Libertadores Femenina

2025 Copa Libertadores Femenina
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
CityMorón and Banfield
Dates2–18 October 2025
Teams16 (from 10 associations)
Venue2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Corinthians (6th title)
Runners-up Deportivo Cali
Third place Ferroviária
Fourth place Colo-Colo
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored61 (1.91 per match)
Top scorerGabi Zanotti (6 goals)
2024
2026

The 2025 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the 17th 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 competition was held in Argentina from 2 to 18 October 2025.[1][2]

Brazilian club Corinthians were the champions, winning their sixth Copa Libertadores Femenina title and third in a row after defeating Colombian club Deportivo Cali on penalty kicks in the final.[3] As champions, Corinthians qualified for the inaugural FIFA Women's Champions Cup to be held in 2026.[4]

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.[5]

Teams

The 16 participating 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 2024 edition).[5]
    1. Brazil: 300 points
    2. Colombia: 170 points
    3. Chile: 160 points
    4. Paraguay: 127 points
    5. Argentina: 118 points
    6. Venezuela: 81 points
    7. Ecuador: 77 points
    8. Uruguay: 55 points
    9. Peru: 45 points
    10. Bolivia: 42 points
Association Team Qualifying method Participation Previous best result
 Argentina (hosts) Boca Juniors (Argentina 1) 2024 Apertura champions[6] 10th Runners-up (2022)
San Lorenzo (Argentina 2) 2024 Clausura champions[6] 3rd Group stage (2009, 2021)
 Bolivia Always Ready 2025 Liga Femenina de Fútbol Boliviano champions[7] 4th Group stage (2022, 2023, 2024)
 Brazil Corinthians (Brazil 1) 2024 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions[8] 8th[note 1] Champions (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024)[note 1]
São Paulo (Brazil 2) 2024 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia runners-up[9][note 2] 1st
Ferroviária (Brazil 3) 2024 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia third place[note 2] 8th Champions (2015, 2020)
 Chile Colo-Colo (Chile 1) 2024 Campeonato Femenino SQM champions[10] 11th Champions (2012)
Universidad de Chile (Chile 2) 2024 Campeonato Femenino SQM runners-up[10] 5th Fourth place (2020)
 Colombia Deportivo Cali (Colombia 1) 2025 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR champions[11] 4th Fourth place (2022)
Santa Fe (Colombia 2) 2025 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR runners-up[11] 6th Runners-up (2021, 2024)
 Ecuador Dragonas IDV 2025 Superliga Femenina Ecuabet champions[12] 3rd Fourth place (2024)
 Paraguay Libertad (Paraguay 1) 2024 Campeonato Anual FEM champions[13] 6th[note 3] Group stage (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Olimpia (Paraguay 2) 2024 Campeonato Anual FEM runners-up[13] 4th Quarter-finals (2023, 2024)
 Peru Alianza Lima 2025 Liga Femenina Apuesta Total Apertura winners[14] 4th Quarter-finals (2021, 2024)
 Uruguay Nacional 2024 Torneo Rexona de Fútbol Femenino champions[15] 7th Fourth place (2021)
 Venezuela ADIFFEM 2025 Liga FUTVE Femenina champions[16] 2nd Group stage (2024)
Notes
  1. ^ a b Corinthians won the 2017 title in a partnership with Audax. They created their own team for the 2018 season.
  2. ^ a b As the title holders, Corinthians, were also the 2024 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia champions, runners-up São Paulo and third place Ferroviária qualified for the Brazil 2 and Brazil 3 berths, respectively.
  3. ^ Libertad's first four participations were in a partnership with Sportivo Limpeño.

Venues

On 3 September 2025, CONMEBOL announced Estadio Nuevo Francisco Urbano in Morón and Estadio Florencio Sola in Banfield, both in Greater Buenos Aires, as the venues for the event.[17]

Morón Banfield
Estadio Nuevo Francisco Urbano Estadio Florencio Sola
Capacity: 32,000 Capacity: 34,900

Match officials

On 22 September 2025, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistant referees appointed for the tournament.[18]

Association Referees Assistant referees
 Argentina Laura Fortunato
Salomé di Iorio
Gisela Trucco
Carla López
 Bolivia Adriana Farfán
Alejandra Quisbert
Wilma Balderrama
Elizabeth Blanco
María Cabezas
 Brazil Edina Alves
Daiane Muniz
Neuza Back
Fabrini Bevilaqua
 Chile Dione Rissios Leslie Vásquez
Yomara Salazar
 Colombia Danna Victorino
María Victoria Daza
Jenny Torres
Carolina Vicuña
 Ecuador Marcelly Zambrano
Susana Corella
Mónica Amboya
Stefanía Paguay
 Paraguay Zulma Quiñónez Nadia Weiler
Nancy Fernández
 Peru Elizabeth Tintaya Diana Ruiz
 Uruguay Nadia Fuques
Anahí Fernández
Adela Sánchez
Sofía Sarzay
 Venezuela Emikar Calderas
Stefani Escobar
Migdalia Rodríguez
Thaity Dugarte
Elibith Higuera

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 4 September 2025, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay.[19] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.

Two teams were directly assigned as seeds of groups A and B:

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 Colombia 1) placed in Pot 1, the next four (Argentina 2, Ecuador, Paraguay 1, and Peru) placed in Pot 2 and the lowest four (Chile 1, Uruguay, Venezuela and Bolivia) in Pot 3. The four additional teams from associations with the best historical performance (Brazil 3, Chile 2, Colombia 2 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 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  • São Paulo
  • Deportivo Cali[1]
1 The draw was held before the identities of Colombia 1 (Deportivo Cali), Colombia 2 (Santa Fe), and Ecuador (Dragonas IDV) were known.

The draw resulted in the following groups:[20]

Group A
Pos Team
A1 Corinthians
A2 Dragonas IDV
A3 Always Ready
A4 Santa Fe
Group B
Pos Team
B1 Boca Juniors
B2 Alianza Lima
B3 ADIFFEM
B4 Ferroviária
Group C
Pos Team
C1 São Paulo
C2 San Lorenzo
C3 Colo-Colo
C4 Olimpia
Group D
Pos Team
D1 Deportivo Cali
D2 Libertad
D3 Nacional
D4 Universidad de Chile

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 were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 23).[5]

  1. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
    1. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
    2. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
    3. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Number of red cards;
  5. Number of yellow cards;
  6. Drawing of lots.

The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

All times are local, ART (UTC−3).[21]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Corinthians 3 2 1 0 13 1 +12 7 Quarter-finals
2 Dragonas IDV 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7
3 Santa Fe 3 1 0 2 7 2 +5 3
4 Always Ready 3 0 0 3 0 23 −23 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Corinthians 1–1 Dragonas IDV
  • Gabi Zanotti 12' (pen.)
Report
  • Valencia 90+4'
Always Ready 0–7 Santa Fe
Report
  • Viancha 1', 56'
  • Viso 13'
  • Carvajal 15'
  • Garavito 26'
  • Muñoz 49'
  • Hernández 62' (pen.)
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)

Corinthians 11–0 Always Ready
Report
Dragonas IDV 1–0 Santa Fe
Report

Santa Fe 0–1 Corinthians
Report
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
Dragonas IDV 5–0 Always Ready
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ferroviária 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Quarter-finals
2 Boca Juniors 3 1 2 0 2 0 +2 5
3 Alianza Lima 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4 ADIFFEM 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: CONMEBOL
Boca Juniors 0–0 Alianza Lima
Report
ADIFFEM 0–1 Ferroviária
Report

Boca Juniors 2–0 ADIFFEM
Report
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
Alianza Lima 1–2 Ferroviária
  • Molina 77'
Report
  • Júlia Beatriz 58'
  • Mylena Carioca 83'
Referee: Marcelly Zambrano (Ecuador)

Ferroviária 0–0 Boca Juniors
Report
Alianza Lima 1–1 ADIFFEM
  • Porras 90+4'
Report
  • Reyes 17'

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Colo-Colo 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9 Quarter-finals
2 São Paulo 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
3 San Lorenzo 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
4 Olimpia 3 0 0 3 0 4 −4 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Colo-Colo 2–0 Olimpia
Report
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
São Paulo 2–0 San Lorenzo
Report
Referee: Nadia Fuques (Uruguay)

San Lorenzo 1–0 Olimpia
Report
Referee: María Victoria Daza (Colombia)
São Paulo 0–1 Colo-Colo
Report
Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)

Olimpia 0–1 São Paulo
Report
Referee: Marcelly Zambrano (Ecuador)
San Lorenzo 0–1 Colo-Colo
Report
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Cali 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Quarter-finals
2 Libertad 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 3
3 Nacional 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2
4 Universidad de Chile 3 0 2 1 0 2 −2 2
Source: CONMEBOL
Deportivo Cali 1–1 Libertad
  • Salazar 15'
Report
  • Tamay 60'
Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)
Nacional 0–0 Universidad de Chile
Report

Deportivo Cali 1–0 Nacional
Report
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
Libertad 0–0 Universidad de Chile
Report

Universidad de Chile 0–2 Deportivo Cali
Report
  • Aponzá 7'
  • Ibargüen 60'
Referee: Daiane Muniz (Brazil)
Libertad 0–0 Nacional
Report

Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament. If tied after full time, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 27).[5]

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 October – Morón
 
 
Corinthians4
 
15 October – Banfield
 
Boca Juniors0
 
Corinthians (p)1 (6)
 
11 October – Morón
 
Ferroviária1 (5)
 
Ferroviária3
 
18 October – Banfield
 
Dragonas IDV0
 
Corinthians (p)0 (5)
 
12 October – Banfield
 
Deportivo Cali0 (3)
 
Colo-Colo1
 
15 October – Banfield
 
Libertad0
 
Colo-Colo0 (4)
 
12 October – Banfield
 
Deportivo Cali (p)0 (5) Third place
 
Deportivo Cali2
 
18 October – Banfield
 
São Paulo0
 
Ferroviária1
 
 
Colo-Colo0
 

Quarter-finals

Corinthians 4–0 Boca Juniors
Report

Ferroviária 3–0 Dragonas IDV
Report
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)

Colo-Colo 1–0 Libertad
Report
Referee: Marcelly Zambrano (Ecuador)

Deportivo Cali 2–0 São Paulo
  • Marquínez 34'
  • García 64' (pen.)
Report

Semi-finals

Colo-Colo 0–0 Deportivo Cali
Report
Penalties
4–5
  • García
  • Ibargüen
  • Aponzá
  • Fisgativa
  • Perlaza
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)

Third place match

Ferroviária 1–0 Colo-Colo
Report
Referee: Danna Victorino (Colombia)

Final

Paula Medina (Deportivo Cali) was ruled out of the final due to accumulation of yellow cards.[24]

Corinthians 0–0 Deportivo Cali
Report
Penalties
5–3
  • García
  • Ibargüen
  • Aponzá
  • Perlaza
Corinthians
Deportivo Cali

Assistant referees:
Gisella Trucco (Argentina)
Carla López (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Dione Rissios (Chile)
Video assistant referee:
Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Leslie Vásquez (Chile)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Eleven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Gabi Zanotti Corinthians 6
2 Mary Valencia Colo-Colo 5
3 Ámbar Torres Dragonas IDV 3
4 Ariel Godoi Corinthians 2
Jhonson Corinthians
Letícia Monteiro Corinthians
Thaís Regina Corinthians
Andressa Ferroviária
Karla Viancha Santa Fe

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
Corinthians 6 3 3 0 18 2 +16 12 Champions
Deportivo Cali 6 3 3 0 6 1 +5 12 Runners-up
Ferroviária 6 4 2 0 8 2 +6 14 Third place
4 Colo-Colo 6 4 1 1 5 1 +4 13 Fourth place
5 Libertad 4 0 3 1 1 2 −1 3[a] Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6 São Paulo 4 2 0 2 3 3 0 6[a]
7 Dragonas IDV 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7[a]
8 Boca Juniors 4 1 2 1 2 4 −2 5[a]
9 Santa Fe 3 1 0 2 7 2 +5 3 Eliminated in
Group stage
10 San Lorenzo 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
11 Alianza Lima 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
12 Nacional 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2
13 Universidad de Chile 3 0 2 1 0 2 −2 2
14 ADIFFEM 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
15 Olimpia 3 0 0 3 0 4 −4 0
16 Always Ready 3 0 0 3 0 23 −23 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: For 5th to 8th place: 1) Points in quarter-finals; 2) Goal difference in quarter-finals; 3) Goals scored in quarter-finals; 4) Fewest red cards received in quarter-finals; 5) Fewest yellow cards received in quarter-finals; 6) Fewest red cards received in all matches; 7) Fewest yellow cards received in all matches; 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 24).[5]
For 9th to 16th place: 1) Points in group stage; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fewest red cards received; 5) Fewest yellow cards received; 6) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 25).[5]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d Points in quarter-finals: Libertad 0, São Paulo 0, Dragonas IDV 0, Boca Juniors 0.
    Goal difference in quarter-finals: Libertad −1, São Paulo −2, Dragonas IDV −3, Boca Juniors –4.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Ferroviária vs. Dragonas IDV match, originally scheduled for 20:00 local time, was delayed for 45 minutes due to adverse weather conditions.[22]
  2. ^ a b The third place and final matches, originally scheduled for 16:00 and 20:00 local time, were brought forward to 11:00 and 16:30 local time.[23]

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