The CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina, named as "Copa Libertadores Femenina" ( pt, Copa Libertadores Feminina or Taça Libertadores Feminina) is an annual international

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club competition in South America. It is organized by the South American Football Federation (

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). The competition started in the 2009 season in response to the increased interest in women's football. It is the only CONMEBOL club competition for women. The tournament is the women's version of the

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...

, which is organized since 1960. Since 2019, clubs in the men's Libertadores have been required to have a women's team: failure to do so means their entry will be rejected. This change was made in order to strengthen the women's competition.

History

The competition was officially announced in March 2009, and it was approved by CONMEBOL's Executive Committee on July 3 of that year. CONMEBOL decided that the competition's first edition will be played in Santos and

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from October 3 to October 18, 2009. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, FPF, CBF and

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Format

Colo-Colo femenino y Sebastián Piñera (1), 2012

In 2009 and 2010 the tournament was played by ten teams, one from each CONMEBOL country, divided in two groups of five clubs each. The two best-placed teams of each group qualify to play the semifinal and the winners then play the final, while the losers play the third-place game. From 2011 to 2018 twelve teams played the tournament and were divided into three groups of four. The group winners and best runner-up advanced to the semi-finals. The 2015 edition was the first to be held outside Brazil. Medellin in Colombia have made an official bid, with cities in Paraguay, Chile and again Brazil interested as well. Medellin was then announced host just before the 2014 edition. From 2019 the tournament was expanded from 12 to 16 teams.

Results

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Performances

By club

Performance by nation

After the 2021 edition. So far only Peruvian teams have not reached a semi-final. ;Notes

Top scorers

Seven players have won the award twice Cristiane,

Gloria Villamayor Gloria Ester “Loli” Villamayor Jara (born 10 April 1992) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil club Deportivo Toluca and the Paraguay women's national team. She previously played for Colo-Colo in the Chilea ...

Catalina Usme María Catalina Usme Pineda (born 25 December 1989), known as Catalina Usme, is a Colombian footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for América de Cali (women), América de Cali and the Colombia women's national foo ...

Maitté Zamorano Maitté Miozotty Zamorano Cardona (born 6 January 1981) is a Bolivian footballer who plays as a forward for Deportivo ITA and the Bolivia women's national team. She is also a former athlete, who has appeared in three South American Championship ...

, Oriana Altuve,

Ysaura Viso Ysaura Candelaria Viso Garrido (born 17 June 1993) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a forward for Chilean club Colo-Colo and the Venezuela women's national team. International career Viso represented Venezuela at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Wome ...

and Victória. Viso and Victória did it with the same club.

References

External links

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Women's Copa Libertadores
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