# 2024 Copa Libertadores Femenina

The 2024 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the 16th 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. Although the competition was originally scheduled to be held in Uruguay from 3 to 19 October 2024, on 29 August 2024, CONMEBOL announced that the competition would be moved to Paraguay.
The defending champions Corinthians defeated Santa Fe (Colombia) 2–0 in the final to win their fifth title.

## 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.

## Teams

The 16 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 2023 edition).
** Brazil: 280 points
** Chile: 156 points
** Colombia: 155 points
** Paraguay: 120 points
** Argentina: 108 points
** Venezuela: 80 points
** Ecuador: 68 points
** Uruguay: 54 points
** Bolivia: 41 points
** Peru: 39 points
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | Participation | Previous best result |
| Argentina | Boca Juniors | 2023 Torneo YPF and Copa YPF champions | 9th | Runners-up (2022) |
| Bolivia | Always Ready | 2024 Liga Femenina de Fútbol Boliviano champions | 3rd | Group stage (2022, 2023) |
| Brazil | Corinthians (Brazil 1) | 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions | 7th | Champions (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
| Brazil | Ferroviária (Brazil 2) | 2023 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia runners-up | 7th | Champions (2015, 2020) |
| Brazil | Santos (Brazil 3) | 2023 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia third place | 5th | Champions (2009, 2010) |
| Chile | Colo-Colo (Chile 1) | 2023 Campeonato Femenino SQM champions | 11th | Champions (2012) |
| Chile | Santiago Morning (Chile 2) | 2023 Campeonato Femenino SQM runners-up | 5th | Quarter-finals (2019, 2020, 2022) |
| Colombia | Deportivo Cali (Colombia 1) | 2024 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR champions | 3rd | Fourth place (2022) |
| Colombia | Santa Fe (Colombia 2) | 2024 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR runners-up | 5th | Runners-up (2021) |
| Ecuador | Dragonas IDV | 2024 Superliga Femenina Ecuabet champions | 2nd | Group stage (2022) |
| Paraguay (hosts) | Olimpia (Paraguay 1) | 2023 Torneo Clausura de Fútbol Femenino champions | 3rd | Quarter-finals (2023) |
| Paraguay (hosts) | Guaraní (Paraguay 2) | 2023 Torneo Clausura de Fútbol Femenino runners-up | 1st | — |
| Paraguay (hosts) | Libertad (Paraguay 3) | 2023 Torneo Clausura de Fútbol Femenino third place | 5th | Group stage (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023) |
| Peru | Alianza Lima | 2024 Liga Femenina Apuesta Total champions | 3rd | Quarter-finals (2021) |
| Uruguay | Peñarol | 2023 Torneo Rexona de Fútbol Femenino champions | 4th | Group stage (2018, 2019, 2020) |
| Venezuela | ADIFFEM | 2024 Liga FUTVE Femenina champions | 1st | — |

### Notes

* 1 2 Corinthians won the 2017 title as a partnership with Audax. They created their own team for the 2018 season.
* 1 2 As the title holders, Corinthians, were also the 2023 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia champions, runners-up Ferroviária and third place Santos qualified as Brazil 2 and Brazil 3 berths, respectively.
* ↑ Libertad finished third in the 2023 Torneo Clausura de Fútbol Femenino as a partnership with Sportivo Limpeño. The partnership ended in 2023.
* ↑ The first four participations were in a partnership with Sportivo Limpeño.

## Venues

Asunción, Luque and Ypané were selected by CONMEBOL as host cities. The group stage matches were played at the Estadio Arsenio Erico in Asunción and the CARFEM Stadium at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Fútbol Femenino in Ypané, each of which hosted two groups. The quarter-finals will be played at the Estadio Arsenio Erico and the CARFEM Stadium, the semi-finals and the third-place match at the CONMEBOL Stadium in Luque and the final at the Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción.
| Asunción | AsunciónLuqueYpané | Asunción |
| Estadio Arsenio Erico | AsunciónLuqueYpané | Estadio Defensores del Chaco |
| Capacity: 7,500 | AsunciónLuqueYpané | Capacity: 42,354 |
| Ypané | AsunciónLuqueYpané | Luque |
| CARFEM Stadium | AsunciónLuqueYpané | CONMEBOL Stadium |
| Capacity: 5,000 | AsunciónLuqueYpané | Capacity: 4,000 |

## Match officials

On 18 September 2024, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistant referees appointed for the tournament.
| Association | Referees | Assistant referees |
| Argentina | Roberta Echeverría | Gisela Trucco Carla López |
| Bolivia | Adriana Farfán Alejandra Quisbert | Elizabeth Blanco María Cabezas |
| Brazil | Charly Wendy Straub Deretti | Anne Kesy Gomes de Sá Brígida Cirilo Ferreira |
| Chile | Dione Rissios | Marcia Castillo Yomara Salazar |
| Colombia | Jenny Arias | Mayra Sánchez Jenny Torres |
| Ecuador | Marcelly Zambrano | Viviana Segura Stefanía Paguay Marianela Ramírez |
| Paraguay | Zulma Quiñónez | Laura Miranda Nadia Weiler |
| Peru | Elizabeth Tintaya | Mariana Aquino Diana Ruiz |
| Uruguay | Nadia Fuques | Adela Sánchez Sofía Sarzay |
| Venezuela | Stefani Escobar | Elibith Higuera Thaity Dugarte Francis García |

## Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 12 September 2024, 14:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.
Two teams were directly assigned to the head of groups A and B.
* To Group A: as 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions, Corinthians (Brazil 1)
* To Group B: the champions of the host association, Olimpia (Paraguay 1)
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 (Chile 1, Paraguay 2, Argentina and Ecuador) placed in Pot 2 and the lowest four (Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia and Uruguay) in Pot 3. The four additional teams from associations with the best historical performance (Brazil 3, Chile 2, Colombia 2 and Paraguay 3) were seeded into Pot 4. From Pot 1, the first team drawn were 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 were 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 |
| Ferroviária Deportivo Cali | Colo-Colo Guaraní Boca Juniors Dragonas IDV | Alianza Lima ADIFFEM Always Ready Peñarol | Santos Santa Fe Santiago Morning Libertad |
    $^1$ The draw was held before the identities of Ecuador (Dragonas IDV) and Venezuela (ADIFFEM) representatives were known.
The draw resulted in the following groups:
Group A :
| Group A PosTeam A1 Corinthians A2 Boca Juniors A3 ADIFFEM A4 Libertad | Group B PosTeam B1 Olimpia B2 Colo-Colo B3 Always Ready B4 Santos | Group C PosTeam C1 Ferroviária C2 Dragonas IDV C3 Peñarol C4 Santa Fe | Group D PosTeam D1 Deportivo Cali D2 Guaraní D3 Alianza Lima D4 Santiago Morning |

## 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 would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 23).
* 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, PYT (UTC−4) before 6 October 2024 and PYST (UTC−3) after 6 October 2024.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Corinthians | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Libertad | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | ADIFFEM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Santos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Olimpia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Colo-Colo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Always Ready | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Santa Fe | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Dragonas IDV | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Ferroviária | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Peñarol | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |

#### Notes

    a.^ The matches, originally scheduled for 17:30 local time, were delayed an hour due to rain.

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Deportivo Cali | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Alianza Lima | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Santiago Morning | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Guaraní | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | |

#### Notes

    b.^ The matches, originally scheduled for 20:00 local time, were delayed an hour due to rain.

## Final stages

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament. If tied after full time, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 26).

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 12 October – CARFEM Stadium | 12 October – CARFEM Stadium | | | |
| Corinthians | 2 | | | |
| Corinthians | 2 | 15 October – CONMEBOL Stadium | 15 October – CONMEBOL Stadium | | |
| Olimpia | 0 | 15 October – CONMEBOL Stadium | 15 October – CONMEBOL Stadium | |
| Olimpia | 0 | Corinthians | 1 | |
| 12 October – CARFEM Stadium | 12 October – CARFEM Stadium | | Corinthians | 1 | |
| 12 October – CARFEM Stadium | 12 October – CARFEM Stadium | Boca Juniors | 0 | |
| Santos | 0 (2) | Boca Juniors | 0 | |
| Santos | 0 (2) | | | | 19 October – Estadio Defensores del Chaco | 19 October – Estadio Defensores del Chaco |
| Boca Juniors (p) | 0 (4) | | | | 19 October – Estadio Defensores del Chaco | 19 October – Estadio Defensores del Chaco |
| Boca Juniors (p) | 0 (4) | | | | Corinthians | 2 |
| 13 October – Estadio Arsenio Erico | 13 October – Estadio Arsenio Erico | | | | | Corinthians | 2 |
| 13 October – Estadio Arsenio Erico | 13 October – Estadio Arsenio Erico | | | | Santa Fe | 0 |
| Santa Fe | 2 | | | | Santa Fe | 0 |
| Santa Fe | 2 | 16 October – CONMEBOL Stadium | 16 October – CONMEBOL Stadium | | | |
| Alianza Lima | 0 | 16 October – CONMEBOL Stadium | 16 October – CONMEBOL Stadium | | | |
| Alianza Lima | 0 | Santa Fe (p) | 1 (4) | | | |
| 13 October – Estadio Arsenio Erico | 13 October – Estadio Arsenio Erico | | Santa Fe (p) | 1 (4) | | | |
| 13 October – Estadio Arsenio Erico | 13 October – Estadio Arsenio Erico | Dragonas IDV | 1 (2) | | Third place | Third place |
| Deportivo Cali | 0 | Dragonas IDV | 1 (2) | | Third place | Third place |
| Deportivo Cali | 0 | | | | 19 October – CONMEBOL Stadium | 19 October – CONMEBOL Stadium |
| Dragonas IDV | 3 | | | | 19 October – CONMEBOL Stadium | 19 October – CONMEBOL Stadium |
| Dragonas IDV | 3 | | | | Boca Juniors | 2 |
| | | | | | Dragonas IDV | 0 |

### Quarter-finals
#### Notes

* 1 2 3 4 To protect the Estadio Arsenio Erico field, the matches scheduled for 12 October at the Estadio Arsenio Erico were moved to the CARFEM Stadium and the matches scheduled for 13 October at the CARFEM Stadium were moved to the Estadio Arsenio Erico.

### Final

Wendy Bonilla (Santa Fe) received a straight red card in the quarter-final and was ruled out of the semi-final and final.
| Corinthians | Santa Fe |
| GK | 1 | Nicole |
| DF | 6 | Belinha |
| DF | 99 | Érika | 81' |
| DF | 20 | Mariza |
| DF | 71 | Yasmim |
| MF | 8 | Vitória Yaya |
| MF | 27 | Duda Sampaio | 76' |
| MF | 17 | Victória |
| MF | 77 | Carol Nogueira | 81' |
| FW | 10 | Gabi Zanotti (c) | 75' |
| FW | 14 | Millene | 62' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Lelê |
| DF | 16 | Daniela Arias | 81' |
| DF | 21 | Paulinha |
| MF | 18 | Gabi Portilho |
| MF | 28 | Ju Ferreira | 76' |
| FW | 7 | Gisela Robledo | 81' |
| FW | 9 | Jheniffer | 75' |
| FW | 11 | Eudimilla | 62' |
| FW | 30 | Jaqueline |
| Manager: ||
| Lucas Piccinato ||
| GK | 12 | Yessica Velásquez |
| DF | 38 | Leury Basanta |
| DF | 3 | Natalia Gaitán (c) |
| DF | 4 | Andrea Pérez |
| DF | 6 | Viviana Acosta |
| MF | 10 | María Camila Reyes | 87' | 90' |
| MF | 5 | Micheel Baldallo | | 68' |
| MF | 19 | Gabriela Huertas | | 68' |
| FW | 7 | Mariana Zamorano |
| FW | 25 | María Paula Córdoba | | 46' |
| FW | 9 | Karla Torres |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Wendy Martínez |
| DF | 14 | Laura Tovar |
| DF | 17 | Cristina Motta |
| MF | 16 | Karen Hernández | | 68' |
| MF | 21 | Katherine Valbuena | | 90' |
| MF | 26 | Nicol Posada |
| FW | 8 | Nelly Córdoba | | 46' |
| FW | 11 | Heidy Mosquera | | 68' |
| Manager: ||
| Omar Ramírez ||
| Final MVP Award: Érika (Corinthians) Assistant referees: Adela Sánchez (Uruguay) Sofía Sarzay (Uruguay) Fourth official: Roberta Echeverría (Argentina) Fifth official: Carla López (Argentina) Video assistant referee: Antonio García (Uruguay) Assistant video assistant referees: Gisela Trucco (Argentina) | Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions. |

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Gabi Zanotti | Corinthians | 5 |
| 2 | Nayely Bolaños | Dragonas IDV | 4 |
| 2 | Ketlen | Santos | 4 |
| 4 | Eudimilla | Corinthians | 3 |
| 4 | Adriana Lúcar | Alianza Lima | 3 |
| 4 | Amada Peralta | Olimpia | 3 |
| 7 | Yenny Acuña | Colo-Colo | 2 |
| 7 | Agustina Arias | Boca Juniors | 2 |
| 7 | Javiera Grez | Colo-Colo | 2 |
| 7 | Ingrid Guerra | Deportivo Cali | 2 |
| 7 | Ju Ferreira | Corinthians | 2 |
| 7 | Kishi Núñez | Boca Juniors | 2 |
| 7 | María Camila Reyes | Santa Fe | 2 |
| 7 | Mary Valencia | Santiago Morning | 2 |

### 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 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 16 | Champions |
| | Santa Fe | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | Runners-up |
| | Boca Juniors | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 11 | Third place |
| 4 | Dragonas IDV | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Santos | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 10 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Olimpia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Alianza Lima | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 8 | Deportivo Cali | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 9 | Colo-Colo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | Ferroviária | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 11 | Santiago Morning | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 12 | Libertad | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 13 | Peñarol | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 14 | Guaraní | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 15 | ADIFFEM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 16 | Always Ready | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
* 1 2 3 4 Points in quarter-finals: Santos 1, Olimpia 0, Alianza Lima 0, Deportivo Cali 0 Goal difference in quarter-finals: Olimpia −2, Alianza Lima −2, Deportivo Cali −3 Red cards in quarter-finals: Olimpia 0, Alianza Lima 1