# List of top-division football clubs in CONMEBOL countries

The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) is the administrative and controlling body for association football in most of South America. It consists of 10 member associations, each of which is responsible for governing football in their respective countries. It includes all countries and territories within South America, with the exceptions of Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, which are part of CONCACAF, and the disputed British and Argentine territory of the Falkland Islands, which is not a member of any confederation. Each CONMEBOL member has its own football league system. Clubs playing in each top-level league compete for the title as the country's club champion. Clubs also compete in the league and national cup competitions (if applicable) for places in the following season's CONMEBOL club competitions, the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana. Due to promotion and relegation, the clubs playing in the top-level league are different every season.
| Club name | Club finished the previous season as the league champion. |
| Club name | Club won the most recent Apertura championship. |
| Club name | Club won the most recent Clausura championship. |
| Club name | Club won the most recent Apertura and Clausura championships. |
For clubs playing at lower divisions, see the separate articles linked to in the relevant sections.

## Argentina

* Country: Argentina
* Football association: Argentine Football Association
* Top-level league: Primera División
The Primera División is the top level of Argentine football league, and is organized by the Argentine Football Association. Founded in 1893, it currently consists of 30 teams. The professional era started in 1931 when professionalism was instituted. Teams from Argentina have won the most international titles with a tally of 73, which includes 25 Copa Libertadores. Currently, the league is regarded as one of the strongest leagues in the world.
As of the 2025 season:
| Club | City |
| Aldosivi | Mar del Plata |
| Argentinos Juniors | Buenos Aires |
| Atlético Tucumán | Tucumán |
| Banfield | Banfield |
| Barracas Central | Buenos Aires |
| Belgrano | Córdoba |
| Boca Juniors | Buenos Aires |
| Central Córdoba (SdE) | Santiago del Estero |
| Defensa y Justicia | Florencio Varela |
| Deportivo Riestra | Buenos Aires |
| Estudiantes (LP) | La Plata |
| Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) | La Plata |
| Godoy Cruz | Godoy Cruz |
| Huracán | Buenos Aires |
| Independiente | Avellaneda |
| Independiente Rivadavia | Mendoza |
| Instituto | Córdoba |
| Lanús | Lanús |
| Newell's Old Boys | Rosario |
| Platense | Florida |
| Racing | Avellaneda |
| River Plate | Buenos Aires |
| Rosario Central | Rosario |
| San Lorenzo | Buenos Aires |
| San Martín (SJ) | San Juan |
| Sarmiento (J) | Junín |
| Talleres (C) | Córdoba |
| Tigre | Victoria |
| Unión | Santa Fe |
| Vélez Sarsfield | Buenos Aires |

## Bolivia

* Country: Bolivia
* Football association: Bolivian Football Federation
* Top-level league: Bolivian Primera División
Bolivia's first division started in 1977 as the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano (English: Bolivian Professional Football League), though football had been played in Bolivia since the early 1900s, specially in La Paz and Oruro.
As of the 2025 season:
| Club | City |
| ABB | El Alto |
| Always Ready | El Alto |
| Aurora | Cochabamba |
| Blooming | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Bolívar | La Paz |
| Guabirá | Montero |
| GV San José | Oruro |
| Independiente Petrolero | Sucre |
| Jorge Wilstermann | Cochabamba |
| Nacional Potosí | Potosí |
| Oriente Petrolero | Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Real Tomayapo | Tarija |
| San Antonio Bulo Bulo | Entre Ríos |
| The Strongest | La Paz |
| Totora Real Oruro | Oruro |
| Universitario de Vinto | Vinto |

## Brazil

* Country: Brazil
* Football association: Brazilian Football Confederation
* Top-level league: Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro was created in 1959 as a knockout tournament between state champions. From 1967 to 1987 the best clubs of each state championships were separated in several groups with final play-offs or a final group stage. Every year some aspects of format, number of entrants and rules were changed. Promotion and relegation rules were adopted in 1988, and since 2003 a double round robin format is played every year from May to December.
As of the 2025 season:
| Club | City |
| Atlético Mineiro | Belo Horizonte |
| Bahia | Salvador |
| Botafogo | Rio de Janeiro |
| Ceará | Fortaleza |
| Corinthians | São Paulo |
| Cruzeiro | Belo Horizonte |
| Flamengo | Rio de Janeiro |
| Fluminense | Rio de Janeiro |
| Fortaleza | Fortaleza |
| Grêmio | Porto Alegre |
| Internacional | Porto Alegre |
| Juventude | Caxias do Sul |
| Mirassol | Mirassol |
| Palmeiras | São Paulo |
| Red Bull Bragantino | Bragança Paulista |
| Santos | Santos |
| São Paulo | São Paulo |
| Sport | Recife |
| Vasco da Gama | Rio de Janeiro |
| Vitória | Salvador |

## Chile

* Country: Chile
* Football association: Chilean Football Federation
* Top-level league: Primera División
The Primera División del Fútbol Profesional Chileno was founded on January 24, 1926. In 2016, the league is also known as Campeonato Scotiabank.
As of the 2025 season:
| Club | City (Commune) |
| Audax Italiano | Santiago (La Florida) |
| Cobresal | El Salvador |
| Colo-Colo | Santiago (Macul) |
| Coquimbo Unido | Coquimbo |
| Deportes Iquique | Iquique |
| Deportes La Serena | La Serena |
| Deportes Limache | Limache |
| Everton | Viña del Mar |
| Huachipato | Talcahuano |
| Ñublense | Chillán |
| O'Higgins | Rancagua |
| Palestino | Santiago (La Cisterna) |
| Unión Española | Santiago (Independencia) |
| Unión La Calera | La Calera |
| Universidad Católica | Santiago (Las Condes) |
| Universidad de Chile | Santiago (Ñuñoa) |

## Colombia

* Country: Colombia
* Football association: Colombian Football Federation
* Top-level league: Primera A
The Categoría Primera A has been in existence since 1948. As of 2025, brewery company BetPlay sponsors the league, which is currently called Liga BetPlay Dimayor.
    As of 2025 season:
| Club | City |
| Águilas Doradas | Rionegro |
| Alianza Petrolera | Barrancabermeja |
| América de Cali | Cali |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | Bucaramanga |
| Atlético Nacional | Medellín |
| Boyacá Chicó | Tunja |
| Deportes Tolima | Ibagué |
| Deportivo Cali | Cali |
| Deportivo Pasto | Pasto |
| Deportivo Pereira | Pereira |
| Envigado | Envigado |
| Fortaleza | Bogotá |
| Independiente Medellín | Medellín |
| Junior | Barranquilla |
| La Equidad | Bogotá |
| Llaneros | Villavicencio |
| Millonarios | Bogotá |
| Once Caldas | Manizales |
| Santa Fe | Bogotá |
| Unión Magdalena | Santa Marta |

## Ecuador

* Country: Ecuador
* Football association: Ecuadorian Football Federation
* Top-level league: Serie A
The Serie A has its roots in the national championship between the top teams of Ecuador's two regional leagues. Since the first tournament in 1957, a national champion has been crowned 51 times on a yearly basis (except 1958 & 1959), and twice in 2005. Starting from the 2010 season a new format consisting of three stages was used. This format lasted until 2018, when it was decided that the league would expand from 12 to 16 teams.
As of the 2025 season:
| Club | City |
| Aucas | Quito |
| Barcelona | Guayaquil |
| Delfín | Manta |
| Deportivo Cuenca | Cuenca |
| El Nacional | Quito |
| Emelec | Guayaquil |
| Independiente del Valle | Sangolquí |
| LDU Quito | Quito |
| Libertad | Loja |
| Macará | Ambato |
| Manta | Manta |
| Mushuc Runa | Ambato |
| Orense | Machala |
| Técnico Universitario | Ambato |
| Universidad Católica | Quito |
| Vinotinto Ecuador | Quito |

## Paraguay

* Country: Paraguay
* Football association: Paraguayan Football Association
* Top-level league: Primera División
Liga Paraguaya's first game was played in 1906. It joined CONMEBOL in 1921, and FIFA in 1925. The professional era of the competition in the Liga started in 1941. During the 1990s, the FA changed its denomination from Liga Paraguaya del Futbol to Asociacion Paraguaya de Futbol.
As of the 2025 season:
| Club | City |
| 2 de Mayo | Pedro Juan Caballero |
| Cerro Porteño | Asunción |
| Deportivo Recoleta | Asunción |
| General Caballero (JLM) | Juan León Mallorquín |
| Guaraní | Asunción |
| Libertad | Asunción |
| Nacional | Asunción |
| Olimpia | Asunción |
| Sportivo Ameliano | Asunción |
| Sportivo Luqueño | Luque |
| Sportivo Trinidense | Asunción |
| Tembetary | Villa Elisa |

## Peru

* Country: Peru
* Football association: Peruvian Football Federation
* Top-level league: Liga 1
The Liga Peruana de Football (Peruvian Football League) was first founded in 1912 and organized the Primera División, as well as the Segunda División, until 1921. Due to disagreements in the organization of the Liga Peruana de Football, the Peruvian Football Federation was founded in 1922 and organized its first league in 1926. In 1941 the Asociación No Amateur took the stand as the league's organizer and renamed the league Campeonato de Selección y Competencia.
As of the 2025 season:
| Club | City |
| ADT | Tarma |
| Alianza Atlético | Sullana |
| Alianza Lima | Lima |
| Alianza Universidad | Huánuco |
| Atlético Grau | Piura |
| Ayacucho | Ayacucho |
| Binacional | Juliaca |
| Cienciano | Cusco |
| Comerciantes Unidos | Cutervo |
| Cusco | Cusco |
| Deportivo Garcilaso | Cusco |
| Juan Pablo II College | Trujillo |
| Los Chankas | Andahuaylas |
| Melgar | Arequipa |
| Sport Boys | Callao |
| Sport Huancayo | Huancayo |
| Sporting Cristal | Lima |
| Universitario | Lima |
| UTC | Cajamarca |

## Uruguay

* Country: Uruguay
* Football association: Uruguayan Football Association
* Top-level league: Primera División
Liga Profesional de Primera División, the top-flight professional football league in Uruguay, was founded in 1900 and is currently contested by 16 teams. In 2016, the league underwent a transition from the European calendar to a year calendar, which is used from the 2017 season onwards.
As of the 2025 season:
| Club | City |
| Boston River | Montevideo |
| Cerro | Montevideo |
| Cerro Largo | Melo |
| Danubio | Montevideo |
| Defensor Sporting | Montevideo |
| Juventud | Las Piedras |
| Liverpool | Montevideo |
| Miramar Misiones | Montevideo |
| Montevideo City Torque | Montevideo |
| Montevideo Wanderers | Montevideo |
| Nacional | Montevideo |
| Peñarol | Montevideo |
| Plaza Colonia | Colonia |
| Progreso | Montevideo |
| Racing | Montevideo |
| River Plate | Montevideo |

## Venezuela

* Country: Venezuela
* Football association: Venezuelan Football Federation
* Top-level league: Primera División
The Primera División was created in 1921 and turned professional in 1957. The 2016 season consisted of 20 clubs, a number that was reduced to 18 for the following season. As of the 2025 season, the number of clubs is 14.
As of the 2025 season:
| Club | City |
| Academia Puerto Cabello | Puerto Cabello |
| Anzoátegui | Puerto La Cruz |
| Carabobo | Valencia |
| Caracas | Caracas |
| Deportivo La Guaira | Caracas |
| Deportivo Táchira | San Cristóbal |
| Estudiantes de Mérida | Mérida |
| Metropolitanos | Caracas |
| Monagas | Maturín |
| Portuguesa | Acarigua |
| Rayo Zuliano | Maracaibo |
| Universidad Central | Caracas |
| Yaracuyanos | San Felipe |
| Zamora | Barinas |