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]
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]
- Brazil: 300 points
- Colombia: 170 points
- Chile: 160 points
- Paraguay: 127 points
- Argentina: 118 points
- Venezuela: 81 points
- Ecuador: 77 points
- Uruguay: 55 points
- Peru: 45 points
- Bolivia: 42 points
| Association
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Team
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Qualifying method
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Participation
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Previous best result
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| Argentina (hosts)
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Boca Juniors (Argentina 1)
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2024 Apertura champions[6]
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10th |
Runners-up (2022)
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| San Lorenzo (Argentina 2)
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2024 Clausura champions[6]
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3rd |
Group stage (2009, 2021)
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| Bolivia
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Always Ready
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2025 Liga Femenina de Fútbol Boliviano champions[7]
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4th |
Group stage (2022, 2023, 2024)
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| Brazil
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Corinthians (Brazil 1)
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2024 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions[8]
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8th[note 1] |
Champions (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024)[note 1]
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| São Paulo (Brazil 2)
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2024 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia runners-up[9][note 2]
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1st |
—
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| Ferroviária (Brazil 3)
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2024 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia third place[note 2]
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8th |
Champions (2015, 2020)
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| Chile
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Colo-Colo (Chile 1)
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2024 Campeonato Femenino SQM champions[10]
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11th |
Champions (2012)
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| Universidad de Chile (Chile 2)
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2024 Campeonato Femenino SQM runners-up[10]
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5th |
Fourth place (2020)
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| Colombia
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Deportivo Cali (Colombia 1)
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2025 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR champions[11]
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4th |
Fourth place (2022)
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| Santa Fe (Colombia 2)
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2025 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR runners-up[11]
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6th |
Runners-up (2021, 2024)
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| Ecuador
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Dragonas IDV
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2025 Superliga Femenina Ecuabet champions[12]
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3rd |
Fourth place (2024)
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| Paraguay
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Libertad (Paraguay 1)
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2024 Campeonato Anual FEM champions[13]
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6th[note 3] |
Group stage (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)
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| Olimpia (Paraguay 2)
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2024 Campeonato Anual FEM runners-up[13]
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4th |
Quarter-finals (2023, 2024)
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| Peru
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Alianza Lima
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2025 Liga Femenina Apuesta Total Apertura winners[14]
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4th |
Quarter-finals (2021, 2024)
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| Uruguay
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Nacional
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2024 Torneo Rexona de Fútbol Femenino champions[15]
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7th |
Fourth place (2021)
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| Venezuela
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ADIFFEM
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2025 Liga FUTVE Femenina champions[16]
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2nd |
Group stage (2024)
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- Notes
- ^ a b Corinthians won the 2017 title in a partnership with Audax. They created their own team for the 2018 season.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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]
Match officials
On 22 September 2025, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistant referees appointed for the tournament.[18]
| Association
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Referees
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Assistant referees
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| Argentina
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Laura Fortunato Salomé di Iorio
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Gisela Trucco Carla López
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| Bolivia
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Adriana Farfán Alejandra Quisbert Wilma Balderrama
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Elizabeth Blanco María Cabezas
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| Brazil
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Edina Alves Daiane Muniz
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Neuza Back Fabrini Bevilaqua
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| Chile
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Dione Rissios
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Leslie Vásquez Yomara Salazar
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| Colombia
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Danna Victorino María Victoria Daza
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Jenny Torres Carolina Vicuña
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| Ecuador
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Marcelly Zambrano Susana Corella
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Mónica Amboya Stefanía Paguay
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| Paraguay
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Zulma Quiñónez
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Nadia Weiler Nancy Fernández
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| Peru
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Elizabeth Tintaya
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Diana Ruiz
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| Uruguay
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Nadia Fuques Anahí Fernández
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Adela Sánchez Sofía Sarzay
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| Venezuela
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Emikar Calderas Stefani Escobar
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Migdalia Rodríguez Thaity Dugarte Elibith Higuera
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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.
- 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 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]
- Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
- Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Number of red cards;
- Number of yellow cards;
- 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
Group B
Group C
Group D
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-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Paula Medina (Deportivo Cali) was ruled out of the final due to accumulation of yellow cards.[24]
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| GK |
1 |
Luisa Agudelo
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| DF |
24 |
Jessica Bermeo |
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90+2'
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| DF |
5 |
Stefanía Perlaza |
45'
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| DF |
17 |
Kelly Caicedo
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| DF |
2 |
Angie Salazar
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| MF |
23 |
Zharick Montoya |
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90+2'
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| MF |
20 |
Paola García (c)
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| MF |
21 |
Kelly Ibargüen
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| FW |
19 |
Melanin Aponzá
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| FW |
14 |
Michelle Vásquez |
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34'
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| FW |
9 |
María Marquínez |
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78'
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| Substitutes:
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| GK |
12 |
Andrea Vera
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| GK |
22 |
Paula Montañez
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| DF |
3 |
Lina Arboleda
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| DF |
4 |
Ana Fisgativa |
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78'
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| MF |
8 |
Natalia Hernández |
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90+2'
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| MF |
13 |
Valeria Cárdenas
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| FW |
7 |
Belkis Niño
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| FW |
11 |
Loren Sánchez
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| FW |
15 |
Eidy Ruiz |
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90+2'
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| FW |
16 |
Sindy Sánchez
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| FW |
30 |
Lorena Cobos |
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34'
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| Manager:
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| Jhon Alber Ortiz
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Statistics
Top goalscorers
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.
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:
- ^ 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
- ^ The Ferroviária vs. Dragonas IDV match, originally scheduled for 20:00 local time, was delayed for 45 minutes due to adverse weather conditions.[22]
- ^ 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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