# 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina

The 2023 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the 15th 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 tournament was held in Colombia from 5 to 21 October 2023.
Corinthians (Brazil) defeated the defending champions Palmeiras (Brazil) 1–0 in the final to win their fourth 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 2022 edition).
** Brazil: 260 points
** Chile: 148 points
** Colombia: 145 points
** Paraguay: 115 points
** Argentina: 105 points
** Venezuela: 79 points
** Ecuador: 66 points
** Uruguay: 53 points
** Bolivia: 40 points
** Peru: 38 points
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | Participation | Previous best result |
| Argentina | Boca Juniors | 2022 Campeonato Femenino YPF champions | 8th | Runners-up (2022) |
| Bolivia | Always Ready | 2023 Copa Simón Bolívar Femenina champions | 2nd | Group stage (2022) |
| Brazil | Palmeiras (Brazil 1) | 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions | 2nd | Champions (2022) |
| Brazil | Corinthians (Brazil 2) | 2022 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia champions | 6th | Champions (2017, 2019, 2021) |
| Brazil | Internacional (Brazil 3) | 2022 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia runners-up | 1st | — |
| Chile | Colo-Colo (Chile 1) | 2022 Campeonato Femenino Caja Los Andes champions | 10th | Champions (2012) |
| Chile | Universidad de Chile (Chile 2) | 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina qualifying play-off winners | 4th | Fourth place (2020) |
| Colombia (hosts) | Santa Fe (Colombia 1) | 2023 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR champions | 4th | Runners-up (2021) |
| Colombia (hosts) | América (Colombia 2) | 2023 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR runners-up | 4th | Runners-up (2020) |
| Colombia (hosts) | Atlético Nacional/ Formas Íntimas (Colombia 3) | 2023 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR aggregate table best team not yet qualified (Host association additional entry) | 9th | Runners-up (2013) |
| Ecuador | Barcelona | 2023 Superliga Femenina DoradoBet champions | 1st | — |
| Paraguay | Olimpia (Paraguay 1) | 2023 Torneo Apertura de Fútbol Femenino champions | 2nd | Group stage (2022) |
| Paraguay | Libertad/Limpeño (Paraguay 2) | 2023 Torneo Apertura de Fútbol Femenino runners-up | 6th | Champions (2016) |
| Peru | Universitario | 2023 Liga Femenina Apuesta Total champions | 5th | Group stage (2015, 2016, 2017, 2020) |
| Uruguay | Nacional | 2022 Torneo Rexona de Fútbol Femenino champions | 6th | Fourth place (2021) |
| Venezuela | Caracas | 2023 Liga FUTVE Femenina champions | 6th | Runners-up (2014) |

### Notes

* 1 2 Corinthians won the 2017 title as a partnership with Audax. They created their own team for the 2018 season.
* ↑ The qualifying play-off was played on 30 July 2023 at Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida between Universidad de Chile (2022 Campeonato runners-up and 2023 Campeonato first stage winners) and Santiago Morning (2023 Campeonato first stage third place).
* 1 2 Formas Íntimas were runners-up in 2013. In 2023 they started a partnership with Atlético Nacional (1st participation).
* 1 2 Sportivo Limpeño won the 2016 title. In 2018 they started a partnership with Libertad (4th participation).

## Venues

On 11 August 2023, the Colombian Football Federation announced that Bogotá and Cali had been selected as host cities by CONMEBOL. Matches were played at Estadio Metropolitano de Techo in Bogotá and Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, each hosting two groups.
| Bogotá | BogotáCali | Cali |
| Estadio Metropolitano de Techo | BogotáCali | Estadio Pascual Guerrero |
| Capacity: 8,000 | BogotáCali | Capacity: 35,405 |
The tournament registered a total attendance of 25,300 spectators, or the average of 790 per game, which was below expectations.

## Match officials

On 19 September 2023, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistant referees appointed for the tournament.
| Association | Referees | Assistant referees |
| Argentina | Laura Fortunato | Mariana de Almeida Gisela Trucco |
| Bolivia | Adriana Farfán | Inés Choque Elizabeth Blanco |
| Brazil | Edina Alves Batista | Neuza Back Fabrini Bevilaqua |
| Chile | María Belén Carvajal | Marcia Castillo Leslie Vásquez |
| Colombia | Jenny Arias | Mary Blanco Mayra Sánchez |
| Ecuador | Susana Corella | Mónica Amboya Viviana Segura |
| Paraguay | Zulma Quiñónez | Nancy Fernández Nadia Weiler |
| Peru | Milagros Arruela | Vera Yupanqui Gabriela Moreno |
| Uruguay | Anahí Fernández | Daiana Fernández Belén Clavijo |
| Venezuela | Emikar Calderas | Migdalia Rodríguez Thaity Dugarte |

## Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 15 September 2023, 12:00 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 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions, Palmeiras (Brazil 1)
* To Group B: the champions of the host association, Santa Fe (Colombia 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 Argentina) placed in Pot 1, the next four (Colombia 2, Chile 1, Ecuador and Paraguay 1) placed in Pot 2 and the lowest four (Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay and Bolivia) in Pot 3. The four additional teams from associations with the best historical performance (Brazil 3, Chile 2, Colombia 3 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 |
| Boca Juniors Corinthians | América Colo-Colo Barcelona Olimpia | Universitario Caracas Nacional Always Ready | Internacional Universidad de Chile Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas Libertad/Limpeño |
The draw resulted in the following groups:
Group A :
| Group A PosTeam A1 Palmeiras A2 Barcelona A3 Caracas A4 Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas | Group B PosTeam B1 Santa Fe B2 Olimpia B3 Universitario B4 Universidad de Chile | Group C PosTeam C1 Corinthians C2 Colo-Colo C3 Always Ready C4 Libertad/Limpeño | Group D PosTeam D1 Boca Juniors D2 América D3 Nacional D4 Internacional |

## 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 24).
* 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, COT (UTC−5).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Palmeiras | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Barcelona | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Caracas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universidad de Chile | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Olimpia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Santa Fe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Universitario | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Corinthians | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Colo-Colo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Libertad/Limpeño | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Always Ready | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Internacional | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | América | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Boca Juniors | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Nacional | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | |

## 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 27).

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 14 October – Bogotá | 14 October – Bogotá | | | |
| Palmeiras | 6 | | | |
| Palmeiras | 6 | 17 October – Bogotá | 17 October – Bogotá | | |
| Olimpia | 0 | 17 October – Bogotá | 17 October – Bogotá | |
| Olimpia | 0 | Palmeiras | 3 | |
| 14 October – Bogotá | 14 October – Bogotá | | Palmeiras | 3 | |
| 14 October – Bogotá | 14 October – Bogotá | Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas | 1 | |
| Universidad de Chile | 1 | Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas | 1 | |
| Universidad de Chile | 1 | | | | 21 October – Cali | 21 October – Cali |
| Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas | 2 | | | | 21 October – Cali | 21 October – Cali |
| Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas | 2 | | | | Palmeiras | 0 |
| 15 October – Cali | 15 October – Cali | | | | | Palmeiras | 0 |
| 15 October – Cali | 15 October – Cali | | | | Corinthians | 1 |
| Corinthians | 4 | | | | Corinthians | 1 |
| Corinthians | 4 | 18 October – Cali | 18 October – Cali | | | |
| América | 0 | 18 October – Cali | 18 October – Cali | | | |
| América | 0 | Corinthians (p) | 1 (4) | | | |
| 15 October – Cali | 15 October – Cali | | Corinthians (p) | 1 (4) | | | |
| 15 October – Cali | 15 October – Cali | Internacional | 1 (3) | | Third place | Third place |
| Internacional | 4 | Internacional | 1 (3) | | Third place | Third place |
| Internacional | 4 | | | | 21 October – Cali | 21 October – Cali |
| Colo-Colo | 2 | | | | 21 October – Cali | 21 October – Cali |
| Colo-Colo | 2 | | | | Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas | 3 |
| | | | | | Internacional | 2 |

### Final

Andressinha (Palmeiras) was ruled out of the final due to ACL injury of her right knee.
| Palmeiras | Corinthians |
| GK | 1 | Amanda |
| DF | 2 | Bruna Calderan |
| DF | 3 | Poliana | | 88' |
| DF | 23 | Flávia Mota |
| DF | 6 | Katrine |
| MF | 5 | Lorena Benítez | | 73' |
| MF | 7 | Duda Santos |
| MF | 9 | Camilinha | 17' | 34' |
| FW | 10 | Bia Zaneratto (c) |
| FW | 8 | Amanda Gutierres | 45+1' |
| FW | 26 | Laís Estevam |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 22 | Alicia Bobadilla |
| DF | 4 | Sorriso |
| DF | 12 | Juliete | | 34' |
| MF | 16 | Rosa Miño |
| MF | 18 | Sâmia Pryscila |
| FW | 11 | Yamila Rodríguez | | 73' |
| FW | 15 | Bianca Gomes |
| FW | 19 | Letícia Moreno | | 88' |
| Manager: ||
| Ricardo Belli | 61' |
| GK | 12 | Lelê |
| DF | 2 | Katiuscia |
| DF | 20 | Mariza |
| DF | 3 | Tarciane | 24' 66' |
| DF | 71 | Yasmim | 50' |
| MF | 5 | Luana | | 78' |
| MF | 17 | Victória | | 65' |
| MF | 10 | Gabi Zanotti | | 78' |
| FW | 18 | Gabi Portilho | | 90+3' |
| FW | 14 | Millene | | 78' |
| FW | 37 | Tamires (c) | 88' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 24 | Kemelli |
| DF | 6 | Belinha | | 78' |
| DF | 21 | Paulinha |
| DF | 74 | Andressa Pereira | | 78' |
| MF | 27 | Duda Sampaio | | 78' |
| MF | 28 | Ju Ferreira | | 90+3' |
| FW | 9 | Jheniffer | | 65' |
| FW | 22 | Fernandinha |
| FW | 30 | Jaqueline |
| Manager: ||
| Arthur Elias ||
*Victória (Corinthians) missed a penalty kick in the 17th minute.
| Assistant referees: Nancy Fernández (Paraguay) Nadia Weiler (Paraguay) Fourth official: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela) Fifth official: Migdalia Rodríguez (Venezuela) Video assistant referee: Jenny Arias (Colombia) Assistant video assistant referees: Mónica Amboya (Ecuador) Susana Corella (Ecuador) | 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 | Priscila | Internacional | 8 |
| 2 | Bia Zaneratto | Palmeiras | 6 |
| 2 | Millene | Corinthians | 6 |
| 4 | Amanda Gutierres | Palmeiras | 5 |
| 4 | Manuela González | Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas | 5 |
| 6 | Diana Celis | Santa Fe | 4 |
| 6 | Laís Estevam | Palmeiras | 4 |
| 8 | Yastin Jiménez | Colo-Colo | 3 |
| 8 | Letícia Monteiro | Internacional | 3 |
| 8 | Madelin Riera | Barcelona | 3 |
| 8 | Soll | Internacional | 3 |
| 8 | Catalina Usme | América | 3 |
| 8 | Victória | Corinthians | 3 |

### 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 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 16 | Champions |
| | Palmeiras | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | +19 | 15 | Runners-up |
| | Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 12 | Third place |
| 4 | Internacional | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 13 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Universidad de Chile | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | Colo-Colo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 6 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 7 | América | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 4 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 8 | Olimpia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 6 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 9 | Santa Fe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | Boca Juniors | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 11 | Barcelona | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 12 | Libertad/Limpeño | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 13 | Universitario | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 14 | Caracas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 15 | Always Ready | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 16 | Nacional | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
* 1 2 3 4 Goal difference in quarter-finals: Universidad de Chile −1, Colo-Colo −2, América −4, Olimpia −6