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Copa Libertadores
Conmebol libertadores
Founded 1960
Region South America
Number of teams 47 (from 10 associations)
Tournament information
Current champions Brazil Botafogo
(1st title)
Most successful team(s) Flag of Argentina Independiente (7 titles)
Football current event Current
Website Official website

The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América, is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournament is named after the Libertadores (Spanish and Portuguese for liberators), the leaders of the Latin American wars of independence, so a literal translation of its former name into English is "Americas' Liberators Cup".

The competition has had several formats over its lifetime. Initially, only the champions of the South American leagues participated. In 1966, the runners-up of the South American leagues began to join. In 1998, Mexican teams were invited to compete and contested regularly from 2000 until 2016. In 2000 the tournament was expanded from 20 to 32 teams. Today at least four clubs per country compete in the tournament, with Argentina and Brazil having the most representatives (six and seven clubs, respectively). A group stage has always been used but the number of teams per group has varied.

In the present format, the tournament consists of eight stages, with the first stage taking place in late January. The four surviving teams from the first three stages join 28 teams in the group stage, which consists of eight groups of four teams each. The eight group winners and eight runners-up enter the knockout stages, which end with the final in November. The winner of the Copa Libertadores becomes eligible to play in the FIFA Club World Cup and the Recopa Sudamericana.

Independiente of Argentina is the most successful club in the cup's history, having won the tournament seven times. Argentine clubs have accumulated the most victories with 25 wins, while Brazil has the largest number of winning teams, with 11 clubs having won the title. The cup has been won by 26 clubs, 15 of them more than once, and seven clubs have won two years in a row.

Performances by club[]

Bolivia and Venezuela are the only countries never to reach a final. Beyond them, Peru (and Mexico in their invitational period) are the only ones never to win a final.

Performance in the Copa Libertadores by club
Club Titles Runners-up Seasons won Seasons runner-up
Argentina Independiente 7 0 1964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1984
Argentina Boca Juniors 6 5 1977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007 1963, 1979, 2004, 2012, 2018
Uruguay Peñarol 5 5 1960, 1961, 1966, 1982, 1987 1962, 1965, 1970, 1983, 2011
Argentina River Plate 4 3 1986, 1996, 2015, 2018 1966, 1976, 2019
Argentina Estudiantes 4 1 1968, 1969, 1970, 2009 1971
Paraguay Olimpia 3 4 1979, 1990, 2002 1960, 1989, 1991, 2013
Uruguay Nacional 3 3 1971, 1980, 1988 1964, 1967, 1969
Brazil São Paulo 3 3 1992, 1993, 2005 1974, 1994, 2006
Brazil Palmeiras 3 3 1999, 2020, 2021 1961, 1968, 2000
Brazil Santos 3 2 1962, 1963, 2011 2003, 2020
Brazil Grêmio 3 2 1983, 1995, 2017 1984, 2007
Brazil Flamengo 3 1 1981, 2019, 2022 2021
Brazil Cruzeiro 2 2 1976, 1997 1977, 2009
Brazil Internacional 2 1 2006, 2010 1980
Colombia Atlético Nacional 2 1 1989, 2016 1995




Chile Colo-Colo 1 1 1991 1973
Argentina Racing 1 0 1967
Argentina Argentinos Juniors 1 0 1985
Argentina Vélez Sársfield 1 0 1994
Brazil Vasco da Gama 1 0 1998
Colombia Once Caldas 1 0 2004
Ecuador LDU Quito 1 0 2008
Brazil Corinthians 1 0 2012
Brazil Atlético Mineiro 1 0 2013
Argentina San Lorenzo 1 0 2014
Colombia América de Cali 0 4 1985, 1986, 1987, 1996
Brazil Athletico Paranaense 0 2 2005, 2022
Chile Cobreloa 0 2 1981, 1982
Argentina Newell's Old Boys 0 2 1988, 1992
Ecuador Barcelona 0 2 1990, 1998
Colombia Deportivo Cali 0 2 1978, 1999
Peru Universitario 0 1 1972
Chile Unión Española 0 1 1975
Chile Universidad Católica 0 1 1993
Peru Sporting Cristal 0 1 1997
Mexico Cruz Azul 0 1 2001
Brazil São Caetano 0 1 2002
Brazil Fluminense 0 1 2008
Mexico Guadalajara 0 1 2010
Paraguay Nacional 0 1 2014
Mexico UANL 0 1 2015
Ecuador Independiente del Valle 0 1 2016
Argentina Lanús 0 1 2017

External links[]

Template:Copa Libertadores seasons

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