Copa Libertadores Femenina
Introduction The '''CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina''', commonly known as "Copa Libertadores Femenina" (Portuguese: ''Copa/Taça Libertadores Feminina''), is an annual international women's association football club competition in South America. It is organized by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL). The competition started in the 2009 season in response to the increased interest in women's football. It is the only CONMEBOL club competition for women.The tournament is the women's version of the Copa Libertadores, which has been organized since 1960.Since 2019, clubs in the men's Libertadores are required to have a women's team: failure to do so leads to rejection of their entry. This change was made in order to strengthen the women's competition.
History The competition was officially announced in March 2009, and it was approved by CONMEBOL's Executive Committee on July 3 of that year. CONMEBOL decided that the competition's first edition will be played in Santos and Guarujá, Brazil from October 3 to October 18, 2009.The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, FPF, CBF and Santos Futebol Clube.
Format Chile's former president Sebastián Piñera with Colo-Colo (2012), the first non-Brazilian club to win the trophy.In 2009 and 2010 the tournament was played by ten teams, one from each CONMEBOL country, divided in two groups of five clubs each. The two best-placed teams of each group qualify to play the semifinal and the winners then play the final, while the losers play the third-place game.From 2011 to 2018 twelve teams played the tournament and were divided into three groups of four. The group winners and best runner-up advanced to the semi-finals.The 2015 edition was the first to be held outside Brazil. Medellin in Colombia have made an official bid, with cities in Paraguay, Chile and again Brazil interested as well. Medellin was then announced host just before the 2014 edition.From 2019 the tournament was expanded from 12 to 16 teams.
Results   YearHost First place match Third place match   ChampionsScore   Runners-up  Third place Score Fourth place 1  2009  '''Santos''''''9–0'''Universidad AutónomaFormas Íntimas2–0Everton  10 2  2010  '''Santos''''''1–0'''EvertonBoca Juniors2–1Deportivo Quito  10 3  2011 '''São José''''''1–0'''Colo-ColoSantos6–0Caracas  12 4  2012 '''Colo-Colo''''''0–0''' Foz CataratasSão José 1–0Vitória das Tabocas  12 5  2013 '''São José''''''3–1'''Formas ÍntimasColo-Colo6–3Mundo Futuro 12 6  2014'''São José''''''5–1'''CaracasCerro Porteño0–0 Formas Íntimas  12 7  2015 '''Ferroviária''''''3–1'''Colo-ColoUAI Urquiza1–1 São José  12 8  2016  '''Sportivo Limpeño''''''2–1'''Estudiantes de GuáricoFoz Cataratas0–0 Colón  12 9  2017  '''Audax/Corinthians''''''0–0''' Colo-ColoRiver Plate2–1Cerro Porteño  12 10  2018  '''Atlético Huila''''''1–1''' SantosIranduba1–1 Colo-Colo  12 11  2019 '''Corinthians''''''2–0'''FerroviáriaAmérica 3–1Cerro Porteño  16 12  2020'''Ferroviária''''''2–1'''AméricaCorinthians4–0Universidad de Chile  1613  2021'''Corinthians''''''2–0'''Santa FeFerroviária1–1 Nacional  16 14  2022 '''Palmeiras''''''4–1'''Boca JuniorsAmérica 5–0Deportivo Cali   16 15  2023 '''Corinthians''''''1–0''' Palmeiras 3–2 Internacional 16 16  2024  16;Notes
Performances ===By club===TeamWonRunner-upYears wonYears runner-up Corinthians 4 0  2017, 2019, 2021, 2023   São José 3 0  2011, 2013, 2014   Santos 2 1  2009, 2010  2018  Ferroviária 2 1  2015, 2020  2019  Colo-Colo 1 3   2012  2011, 2015, 2017 Palmeiras 1 1  2022  2023 Sportivo Limpeño 1 0  2016    Atlético Huila 1 0  2018    Universidad Autónoma 0 1      2009 Everton 0 1      2010 Foz Cataratas 0 1      2012 Formas Íntimas 0 1      2013 Caracas 0 1      2014 Estudiantes de Guárico 0 1      2016 América de Cali 0 1      2020 Santa Fe 0 1      2021 Boca Juniors0 1      2022===Performance by nation===After the 2023 edition. So far only Peruvian teams have not reached a semi-final.NationWinnersRunners-upThird FourthWinnerRunners-upThird PlaceFourth Place 12463141313421112—2—1—13————2———1———1;Notes
Top scorers Seven players have won the award twice Cristiane, Gloria Villamayor, Catalina Usme, Maitté Zamorano, Oriana Altuve, Ysaura Viso and Victória. Viso and Victória did it with the same club.YearNameTeamGoals2009 Cristiane Santos'''15'''2010  Gloria Villamayor  Everton '''8''' Noelia Cuevas Universidad Autónoma2011 Ysaura Viso Caracas'''9'''2012 Cristiane São José'''7'''2013 Maitté Zamorano Mundo Futuro'''7'''2014  Diana Ospina  Formas Íntimas '''6''' Andressa Alves  São José Ysaura Viso  Caracas2015 Catalina Usme Formas Íntimas'''8'''2016  Oriana Altuve  Colón '''4''' Manuela González  Generaciones Palmiranas2017  Oriana Altuve  Santa Fe '''4''' Amanda Brunner Audax/Corinthians Carolina Birizamberri  River Plate Catalina Usme  Santa Fe Gloria Villamayor  Colo-Colo Maitté Zamorano  Deportivo ITA2018 Brena Santos'''4'''2019 Nathane Ferroviária'''9'''2020  Gabi Nunes  Corinthians '''7''' Grazi Victória2021  Tatiana Ariza  Deportivo Cali '''4''' Linda Caicedo Jheniffer Corinthians Victória Esperanza Pizarro  Nacional2022 Rebeca Fernández Universidad de Chile'''5'''2023 Priscila Internacional'''8'''
See also *FIFA Women's Club World Cup**AFC Women's Club Championship***WAFF Women's Clubs Championship**CAF Women's Champions League**UEFA Women's Champions League**OFC Women's Champions League
References
External links * *  Women's Copa Libertadores at the RSSSF