Copa Libertadores
The Copa Libertadores trophy won by Brazilian club Palmeiras in 2020
Organizer(s)CONMEBOL
Founded1960
RegionSouth America
Teams38 (first round)
2 (finalists)
Qualifier forFIFA Club World Cup
Current champion(s) Flamengo
(4th title)
Most championships Independiente
(7 titles)
2025 Copa Libertadores

The Copa Libertadores is a seasonal association football competition that was established in 1960. It begins in mid-January and ends with the final in November of the same year. The Copa Libertadores is open to the league champions of CONMEBOL member associations; clubs finishing from second to fourth position in the stronger leagues of the region, such as the Brazilian league, are also included. Originally, only the champions of their respective national league could participate in the competition. However, in 1966 this was changed to allow the runners-up of the leagues to compete.[1] Until 2018, the final was contested over two legs, one at each participating club's stadium. From 2019, the format was changed, with the final being a single game played at a predetermined venue.[2]

The data below does not include the 1948 South American Championship of Champions, as it is not listed by CONMEBOL either as a Libertadores edition or an official competition. It must be pointed out, however, that at least in the years 1996 and 1997, CONMEBOL entitled equal status to both the Copa Libertadores and the 1948 tournament, in that the 1948 champions (Vasco da Gama) were allowed to participate in the Supercopa Libertadores, a CONMEBOL official competition that allowed participation for former Libertadores champions only (for example, not admitting participation for champions of other CONMEBOL official competitions, such as the Copa CONMEBOL). The 1948 competition is referred to at the Conmebol website as the competition that, 12 years later, would become the Copa Libertadores.[3]

Independiente hold the record for the most victories, with seven wins since the competition's inception. They have also won the competition the most times consecutively, winning four in a row from 1972 to 1975. Boca Juniors are second with six wins; they won their last title in 2007. Peñarol are third with five wins, the most recent being in 1987. Boca Juniors have lost the most finals, having lost on six occasions.[4] Overall, 27 clubs have won the competition since its inception in 1960. Clubs from Argentina have won 25 Copas Libertadores titles among them. Brazilian clubs are second with 24 victories, and Uruguayan clubs are third with 8 titles.[1] Since the inception of the tournament, two finals have been derbies: an Argentine one (Superclásico in 2018 - the only time, as of 2025, both finalists represented the same country other than Brazil) and a Brazilian one (Clássico da Saudade in 2020). As of 2025, there have been six all-Brazilian Copa Libertadores finals, including three back-to-back ones from 2020 to 2022. Brazilian clubs are currently holding a record-breaking winning streak (six in a row, starting in 2019).

List of finals

Key
‡ Finals decided in a playoff
* Finals decided by a penalty shoot-out
† Match went to extra time
List of Copa de Campeones de América and Copa Libertadores de América finals
Year Country Winner Score Runner-up Country Venue Attendance
1960  Uruguay Peñarol 1–0 Olimpia  Paraguay Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 44,690
1–1 Estadio de Puerto Sajonia, Asunción 35,000
1961  Uruguay Peñarol 1–0 Palmeiras  Brazil Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 64,376
1–1 Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo 50,000
1962  Brazil Santos 2–1 Peñarol  Uruguay Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 48,105
2–3 Vila Belmiro, Santos 18,000
3–0‡ Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires 60,000
1963  Brazil Santos 3–2 Boca Juniors  Argentina Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro 100,000
2–1 La Bombonera, Buenos Aires 50,000
1964  Argentina Independiente 0–0 Nacional  Uruguay Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 60,000
1–0 La Doble Visera, Avellaneda 80,000
1965  Argentina Independiente 1–0 Peñarol  Uruguay La Doble Visera, Avellaneda 45,000
1–3 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 45,000
4–1‡ Estadio Nacional, Santiago 40,000
1966  Uruguay Peñarol 2–0 River Plate  Argentina Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 46,041
2–3 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires 100,000
4–2‡† Estadio Nacional, Santiago 40,240
1967  Argentina Racing 0–0 Nacional  Uruguay El Cilindro, Avellaneda 99,148
0–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 60,000
2–1‡ Estadio Nacional, Santiago 50,000
1968  Argentina Estudiantes 2–1 Palmeiras  Brazil Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata 35,000
1–3 Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo 40,000
2–0‡ Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 55,000
1969  Argentina Estudiantes 1–0 Nacional  Uruguay Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 65,000
2–0 Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata 55,000
1970  Argentina Estudiantes 1–0 Peñarol  Uruguay Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata 40,000
0–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 60,000
1971  Uruguay Nacional 0–1 Estudiantes  Argentina Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata 30,000
1–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 70,000
2–0‡ Estadio Nacional, Lima —
1972  Argentina Independiente 0–0 Universitario  Peru Estadio Nacional, Lima 45,000
2–1 La Doble Visera, Avellaneda 55,000
1973  Argentina Independiente 1–1 Colo-Colo  Chile La Doble Visera, Avellaneda 40,000
0–0 Estadio Nacional, Santiago 80,000
2–1‡† Estadio Centenario, Montevideo —
1974  Argentina Independiente 1–2 São Paulo  Brazil Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo 50,000
2–0 La Doble Visera, Avellaneda 55,000
1–0‡ Estadio Nacional, Santiago 60,000
1975  Argentina Independiente 0–1 Unión Española  Chile Estadio Nacional, Santiago 43,200
3–1 La Doble Visera, Avellaneda 60,000
2–0‡ Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción —
1976  Brazil Cruzeiro 4–1 River Plate  Argentina Mineirão, Belo Horizonte 58,720
1–2 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires 90,000
3–2‡ Estadio Nacional, Santiago 40,000
1977  Argentina Boca Juniors 1–0 Cruzeiro  Brazil Estadio Boca Juniors, Buenos Aires 60,000
0–1 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte 80,000
0–0‡*[a] Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 60,000
1978  Argentina Boca Juniors 0–0 Deportivo Cali  Colombia Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali 50,000
4–0 Estadio Boca Juniors, Buenos Aires 80,000
1979  Paraguay Olimpia 2–0 Boca Juniors  Argentina Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción 50,000
0–0 Estadio Boca Juniors, Buenos Aires 65,000
1980  Uruguay Nacional 0–0 Internacional  Brazil Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre 70,000
1–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 65,000
1981  Brazil Flamengo 2–1 Cobreloa  Chile Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro 93,985
0–1 Estadio Nacional, Santiago 61,721
2–0‡ Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 30,200
1982  Uruguay Peñarol 0–0 Cobreloa  Chile Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 55,248
1–0 Estadio Nacional, Santiago 70,400
1983  Brazil Grêmio 1–1 Peñarol  Uruguay Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 70,000
2–1 Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre 80,000
1984  Argentina Independiente 1–0 Grêmio  Brazil Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre —
0–0 La Doble Visera, Avellaneda —
1985  Argentina Argentinos Juniors 1–0 América de Cali  Colombia Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires —
0–1 Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali 35,350
1–1‡*[b] Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción —
1986  Argentina River Plate 2–1 América de Cali  Colombia Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali 50,000
1–0 Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires 74,300
1987  Uruguay Peñarol 0–2 América de Cali  Colombia Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali 65,000
2–1 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 60,000
1–0‡† Estadio Nacional, Santiago 25,000
1988  Uruguay Nacional 0–1 Newell's Old Boys  Argentina Gigante de Arroyito, Rosario 45,000
3–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 75,000
1989  Colombia Atlético Nacional 0–2 Olimpia  Paraguay Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción —
2–0*[c] Estadio El Campín, Bogotá —
1990  Paraguay Olimpia 2–0 Barcelona  Ecuador Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción —
1–1 Estadio Monumental de Barcelona, Guayaquil —
1991  Chile Colo-Colo 0–0 Olimpia  Paraguay Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción 48,000
3–0 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago 66,517
1992  Brazil São Paulo 0–1 Newell's Old Boys  Argentina El Coloso del Parque, Rosario 35,000
1–0*[d] Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo 105,185
1993  Brazil São Paulo 5–1 Universidad Católica  Chile Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo 99,000
0–2 Estadio Nacional, Santiago 50,000
1994  Argentina Vélez Sársfield 1–0 São Paulo  Brazil José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires 35,000
0–1*[e] Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo 90,000
1995  Brazil Grêmio 3–1 Atlético Nacional  Colombia Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre —
1–1 Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín —
1996  Argentina River Plate 0–1 América de Cali  Colombia Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali —
2–0 Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires —
1997  Brazil Cruzeiro 0–0 Sporting Cristal  Peru Estadio Nacional, Lima 45,000
1–0 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte 95,472
1998  Brazil Vasco da Gama 2–0 Barcelona  Ecuador Estádio São Januário, Rio de Janeiro 35,000
2–1 Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil 72,000
1999  Brazil Palmeiras 0–1 Deportivo Cali  Colombia Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali 46,000
2–1*[f] Estádio Palestra Itália, São Paulo 32,000
2000  Argentina Boca Juniors 2–2 Palmeiras  Brazil Estadio Camilo Cichero, Buenos Aires 50,580
0–0*[g] Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo 75,000
2001  Argentina Boca Juniors 1–0 Cruz Azul  Mexico Estadio Azteca, Mexico City 115,000
0–1*[h] Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires 60,000
2002  Paraguay Olimpia 0–1 São Caetano  Brazil Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción 40,000
2–1*[i] Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo 55,000
2003  Argentina Boca Juniors 2–0 Santos  Brazil Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires 57,000
3–1 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo 75,000
2004  Colombia Once Caldas 0–0 Boca Juniors  Argentina Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires 57,000
1–1*[j] Estadio Palogrande, Manizales —
2005  Brazil São Paulo 1–1 Atlético Paranaense  Brazil Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre 35,000
4–0 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo 80,000
2006  Brazil Internacional 2–1 São Paulo  Brazil Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo 71,745
2–2 Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre 55,000
2007  Argentina Boca Juniors 3–0 Grêmio  Brazil Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires 39,993
2–0 Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre 55,000
2008  Ecuador LDU Quito 4–2 Fluminense  Brazil Estadio Casa Blanca, Quito 45,000
1–3*[k] Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro 86,027
2009  Argentina Estudiantes 0–0 Cruzeiro  Brazil Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata 52,000
2–1 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte 70,000
2010  Brazil Internacional 2–1 Guadalajara  Mexico Estadio Chivas, Guadalajara 49,500
3–2 Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre 56,000
2011  Brazil Santos 0–0 Peñarol  Uruguay Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 65,000
2–1 Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo 40,200
2012  Brazil Corinthians 1–1 Boca Juniors  Argentina Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires 51,901
2–0 Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo 37,959
2013  Brazil Atlético Mineiro 0–2 Olimpia  Paraguay Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción 35,000
2–0*[l] Mineirão, Belo Horizonte 56,557
2014  Argentina San Lorenzo 1–1 Nacional  Paraguay Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción 35,000
1–0 Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires 42,000
2015  Argentina River Plate 0–0 UANL  Mexico Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza 42,000
3–0 Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires 70,000
2016  Colombia Atlético Nacional 1–1 Independiente del Valle  Ecuador Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito 38,500
1–0 Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín 45,000
2017  Brazil Grêmio 1–0 Lanús  Argentina Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre 55,188
2–1 Estadio Ciudad de Lanús, Lanús 45,000
2018  Argentina River Plate 2–2 Boca Juniors  Argentina Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires 49,000
3–1† Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid[m] 62,282
Single match format
2019  Brazil Flamengo 2–1 River Plate  Argentina Estadio Monumental, Lima[n] 64,000
2020  Brazil Palmeiras 1–0 Santos  Brazil Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro 5,000
2021  Brazil Palmeiras 2–1† Flamengo  Brazil Estadio Centenario, Montevideo 55,023
2022  Brazil Flamengo 1–0 Athletico Paranaense  Brazil Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha, Guayaquil 42,517
2023  Brazil Fluminense 2–1† Boca Juniors  Argentina Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro 69,232
2024  Brazil Botafogo 3–1 Atlético Mineiro  Brazil Estadio Mâs Monumental, Buenos Aires 72,000
2025  Brazil Flamengo 1–0 Palmeiras  Brazil Estadio Monumental, Lima 70,048
Upcoming matches
Year Country Team 1 Match Team 2 Country Venue Attendance
2026 – Estadio Centenario, Montevideo

Performances

By club

Performance in the Copa Libertadores by club
Club Titles Runners-up Seasons won Seasons runner-up
Independiente 7 0 1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1984 —
Boca Juniors 6 6 1977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007 1963, 1979, 2004, 2012, 2018, 2023
Peñarol 5 5 1960, 1961, 1966, 1982, 1987 1962, 1965, 1970, 1983, 2011
River Plate 4 3 1986, 1996, 2015, 2018 1966, 1976, 2019
Estudiantes 4 1 1968, 1969, 1970, 2009 1971
Flamengo 4 1 1981, 2019, 2022, 2025 2021
Olimpia 3 4 1979, 1990, 2002 1960, 1989, 1991, 2013
Palmeiras 3 4 1999, 2020, 2021 1961, 1968, 2000, 2025
Nacional 3 3 1971, 1980, 1988 1964, 1967, 1969
São Paulo 3 3 1992, 1993, 2005 1974, 1994, 2006
Santos 3 2 1962, 1963, 2011 2003, 2020
Grêmio 3 2 1983, 1995, 2017 1984, 2007
Cruzeiro 2 2 1976, 1997 1977, 2009
Atlético Nacional 2 1 1989, 2016 1995
Internacional 2 1 2006, 2010 1980
Colo-Colo 1 1 1991 1973
Atlético Mineiro 1 1 2013 2024
Fluminense 1 1 2023 2008
Racing 1 0 1967 —
Argentinos Juniors 1 0 1985 —
Vélez Sársfield 1 0 1994 —
Vasco da Gama 1 0 1998 —
Once Caldas 1 0 2004 —
LDU Quito 1 0 2008 —
Corinthians 1 0 2012 —
San Lorenzo 1 0 2014 —
Botafogo 1 0 2024 —
América de Cali 0 4 — 1985, 1986, 1987, 1996
Deportivo Cali 0 2 — 1978, 1999
Cobreloa 0 2 — 1981, 1982
Newell's Old Boys 0 2 — 1988, 1992
Barcelona 0 2 — 1990, 1998
Athletico Paranaense 0 2 — 2005, 2022
Universitario 0 1 — 1972
Unión Española 0 1 — 1975
Universidad Católica 0 1 — 1993
Sporting Cristal 0 1 — 1997
Cruz Azul 0 1 — 2001
São Caetano 0 1 — 2002
Guadalajara 0 1 — 2010
Nacional 0 1 — 2014
UANL 0 1 — 2015
Independiente del Valle 0 1 — 2016
Lanús 0 1 — 2017

By nation

As of the 2025 final
Performance by nation
Nation Won Lost
 Brazil 25 20
 Argentina 25 13
 Uruguay 8 8
 Colombia 3 7
 Paraguay 3 5
 Chile 1 5
 Ecuador 1 3
 Mexico 0 3
 Peru 0 2
 Bolivia 0 0
 Venezuela 0 0

See also

Notes

  1. Score was 0–0 after 90 minutes. Boca Juniors won the penalty shoot-out 5–4.
  2. Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes. Argentinos Juniors won the penalty shoot-out 5–4.
  3. Score was 2–2 on aggregate after 90 minutes. Atlético Nacional won the penalty shoot-out 5–4.
  4. Score was 1–1 on aggregate after 90 minutes. São Paulo won the penalty shoot-out 3–2.
  5. Score was 1–1 on aggregate after 90 minutes. Vélez Sársfield won the penalty shoot-out 5–3.
  6. Score was 2–2 on aggregate after 90 minutes. Palmeiras won the penalty shoot-out 4–3.
  7. Score was 2–2 on aggregate after 90 minutes. Boca Juniors won the penalty shoot-out 4–2.
  8. Score was 1–1 on aggregate after 90 minutes. Boca Juniors won the penalty shoot-out 3–1.
  9. Score was 2–2 on aggregate after 90 minutes. Olimpia won the penalty shoot-out 4–2.
  10. Score was 1–1 on aggregate after 90 minutes. Once Caldas won the penalty shoot-out 2–0.
  11. Score was 5–5 on aggregate after 120 minutes. LDU Quito won the penalty shoot-out 3–1.
  12. Score was 2–2 on aggregate after 120 minutes. Atlético Mineiro won the penalty shoot-out 4–3.
  13. The match, originally scheduled to be hosted by River Plate at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, took place in Spain at the Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid due to safety concerns.[5]
  14. The match was originally planned to be held at the Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile, but was moved due to the 2019–2021 Chilean protests.

References

General
Specific
  1. "Copa Libertadores de América". RSSSF. 3 July 2008. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015.
  2. "Copa Libertadores final to be played in single match in 2019". USA Today. 23 February 2018. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20180615191520/http://www.conmebol.com/en/content/vasco-da-gama-celebrates-116-years
  4. "Copa Libertadores Trivia". RSSSF. 11 September 2004. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022.
  5. "Final de la CONMEBOL Libertadores 2018 se jugará el domingo 9 de diciembre en el Santiago Bernabéu de Madrid" [Final of the 2018 CONMEBOL Libertadores will be played on Sunday, 9 December at the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid]. CONMEBOL (in Spanish). Luque. 29 November 2018. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018.