2025 Copa Libertadores Femenina

2025 Copa Libertadores Femenina
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
Dates2–18 October 2025
Teams16 (from 10 associations)
2024
2026

The 2025 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina will be 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 will be held in Argentina from 2 to 18 October 2025.[1][2] The champions will qualify for the inaugural 2026 FIFA Women's Champions Cup.[3]

Brazilian club Corinthians are the defending champions.[4]

Format

For the group stage, the 16 teams will be drawn into four groups. Teams in each group will play 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 will play a single-elimination tournament.[5]

Teams

The 16 teams will be:

  • 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 2025 Liga Femenina de Fútbol Boliviano champions
 Brazil Corinthians (Brazil 1) 2024 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions[7] 8th[note 1] Champions (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024)[note 1]
São Paulo (Brazil 2) 2024 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia runners-up[8][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[9] 11th Champions (2012)
Universidad de Chile (Chile 2) 2024 Campeonato Femenino SQM runners-up[9] 5th Fourth place (2020)
 Colombia (Colombia 1) 2025 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR champions
(Colombia 2) 2025 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR runners-up
 Ecuador 2025 Superliga Femenina Ecuabet champions
 Paraguay Libertad (Paraguay 1) 2024 Campeonato Anual FEM champions[10] 6th[note 3] Group stage (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Olimpia (Paraguay 2) 2024 Campeonato Anual FEM runners-up[10] 4th Quarter-finals (2023, 2024)
 Peru Alianza Lima 2025 Liga Femenina Apuesta Total Apertura winners[11] 4th Quarter-finals (2021, 2024)
 Uruguay Nacional 2024 Torneo Rexona de Fútbol Femenino champions[12] 7th Fourth place (2021)
 Venezuela 2025 Liga FUTVE Femenina champions
Notes
  1. ^ a b Corinthians won the 2017 title as 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. ^ The first four participations were in a partnership with Sportivo Limpeño.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Argentina será sede de la Copa Libertadores Femenina 2025" [Argentina will host the 2025 Copa Libertadores Femenina] (in Spanish). Olé. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  2. ^ "LIBERTADORES EN CASA EN 2025" [Libertadores at home in 2025] (in Spanish). El Femenino. 18 September 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Timelines and formats of landmark FIFA women's club competitions confirmed". FIFA. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Corinthians, campeonas por quinta vez en la Libertadores femenina" [Corinthians, five-time champions in the women's Libertadores]. France 24 (in Spanish). 20 October 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Reglamento CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina 2025" [2025 CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina regulations] (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Culmina un 2024 con Boca y San Lorenzo como protagonistas en el fútbol femenino" [2024 concludes with Boca and San Lorenzo as protagonists in women's football] (in Spanish). AFA. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  7. ^ "¡Corinthians alcanza su quinta CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina!" [Corinthians achieve their fifth CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina!] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Corinthians é campeão do Brasileirão Neoenergia" [Corinthians are Brasileirão Neoenergia champions] (in Brazilian Portuguese). CBF. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Colo Colo obtiene el tricampeonato tras ganar el superclásico" [Colo Colo claim the three-time championship after winning the superclásico] (in Spanish). Campeonato Chileno. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Fútbol femenino: Libertad, campeón del primer Torneo Anual de la APF" [Women's football: Libertad, champion of the APF's first Annual Tournament] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Alianza Lima derrotó 2-0 a Universitario, ganó el Torneo Apertura y clasificó a la Copa Libertadores Femenina 2025" [Alianza Lima defeated Universitario 2–0, won the Torneo Apertura and qualified for the 2025 Copa Libertadores Femenina] (in Spanish). Infobae. 23 June 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Fútbol femenino: Nacional venció 5-0 a Montevideo City Torque y se convirtió en campeón del Uruguayo 2024" [Women's football: Nacional beat Montevideo City Torque 5–0 and became 2024 Uruguayo champions] (in Spanish). El País. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2025.