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The 2024 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 65th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The competition began on 6 February and ended on 30 November 2024,[1] with the final played at Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2][3]
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores 2024 | |
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Tournament details | |
Dates | 6 February – 30 November 2024 |
Teams | 47 (from 10 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Botafogo (1st title) |
Runners-up | Atlético Mineiro |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 155 |
Goals scored | 370 (2.39 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Júnior Santos (10 goals) |
← 2023 2025 → |
Brazilian club Botafogo won their first Copa Libertadores title, defeating fellow Brazilian side Atlético Mineiro 3–1 in the final.[4] As winners of the 2024 Copa Libertadores, Botafogo earned the right to play against the winners of the 2024 Copa Sudamericana in the 2025 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2025 Copa Libertadores group stage.
Fluminense were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Atlético Mineiro in the quarter-finals.
This edition was marred by the death of Juan Izquierdo, a Uruguayan footballer who was playing for Nacional, during a round of 16 match against São Paulo. Izquierdo collapsed on the pitch due to cardiac arrhythmia and passed away at the hospital five days after the incident.[5]
The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL member associations qualified for the tournament:
The entry stage is determined as follows:[6]
Association | Team (Berth) | Entry stage | Qualification method |
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Argentina (6 berths) |
River Plate (Argentina 1) | Group stage | 2023 Primera División champions[7] |
Rosario Central (Argentina 2) | 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional champions[7] | ||
Estudiantes (Argentina 3) | 2023 Copa Argentina champions[7] | ||
Talleres (Argentina 4) | 2023 Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional aggregate table best team not yet qualified[7] | ||
San Lorenzo (Argentina 5) | 2023 Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[7] | ||
Godoy Cruz (Argentina 6) | Second stage | 2023 Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional aggregate table 3rd best team not yet qualified[7] | |
Bolivia (4 berths) |
The Strongest (Bolivia 1) | Group stage | 2023 Primera División champions[8] |
Bolívar (Bolivia 2) | 2023 Primera División and Copa de la División Profesional aggregate table best team not yet qualified[8] | ||
Always Ready (Bolivia 3) | Second stage | 2023 Primera División and Copa de la División Profesional aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[8] | |
Aurora (Bolivia 4) | First stage | 2023 Primera División and Copa de la División Profesional aggregate table 3rd best team not yet qualified[8] | |
Brazil (7 + 1 berths) |
Fluminense (Title holders) | Group stage | 2023 Copa Libertadores champions |
São Paulo (Brazil 1) | 2023 Copa do Brasil champions[9] | ||
Palmeiras (Brazil 2) | 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champions[9] | ||
Grêmio (Brazil 3) | 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runners-up[9] | ||
Atlético Mineiro (Brazil 4) | 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place[9] | ||
Flamengo (Brazil 5) | 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place[9] | ||
Botafogo (Brazil 6) | Second stage | 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5th place[9] | |
Red Bull Bragantino (Brazil 7) | 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th place[9] | ||
Chile (4 berths) |
Huachipato (Chile 1) | Group stage | 2023 Primera División champions[10] |
Cobresal (Chile 2) | 2023 Primera División runners-up[10] | ||
Colo-Colo (Chile 3) | Second stage | 2023 Primera División 3rd place[10] | |
Palestino (Chile 4) | 2023 Primera División 4th place[10] | ||
Colombia (4 berths) |
Millonarios (Colombia 1) | Group stage | 2023 Apertura champions[11] |
Junior (Colombia 2) | 2023 Finalización champions[11] | ||
Águilas Doradas (Colombia 3) | Second stage | 2023 Primera A aggregate table best team not yet qualified[11] | |
Atlético Nacional (Colombia 4) | 2023 Copa Colombia champions[11] | ||
Ecuador (4 + 1 berths) |
LDU Quito (Copa Sudamericana) | Group stage | 2023 Copa Sudamericana champions |
Independiente del Valle (Ecuador 1) | 2023 Serie A runners-up[12] | ||
Barcelona (Ecuador 2) | 2023 Serie A aggregate table best team not yet qualified[12] | ||
El Nacional (Ecuador 3) | Second stage | 2023 Serie A aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[12] | |
Aucas (Ecuador 4) | First stage | 2023 Serie A aggregate table 3rd best team not yet qualified[12] | |
Paraguay (4 berths) |
Libertad (Paraguay 1) | Group stage | 2023 Apertura and 2023 Clausura champions[13] |
Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 2) | 2023 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[13] | ||
Sportivo Trinidense (Paraguay 3) | Second stage | 2023 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[13] | |
Nacional (Paraguay 4) | First stage | 2023 Copa Paraguay 3rd place[14] | |
Peru (4 berths) |
Universitario (Peru 1) | Group stage | 2023 Liga 1 champions[15] |
Alianza Lima (Peru 2) | 2023 Liga 1 runners-up[15] | ||
Sporting Cristal (Peru 3) | Second stage | 2023 Liga 1 3rd place[15] | |
Melgar (Peru 4) | First stage | 2023 Liga 1 4th place[15] | |
Uruguay (4 berths) |
Liverpool (Uruguay 1) | Group stage | 2023 Primera División champions[16] |
Peñarol (Uruguay 2) | 2023 Primera División runners-up[16] | ||
Nacional (Uruguay 3) | Second stage | 2023 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[16] | |
Defensor Sporting (Uruguay 4) | First stage | 2023 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[16] | |
Venezuela (4 berths) |
Deportivo Táchira (Venezuela 1) | Group stage | 2023 Primera División champions[17] |
Caracas (Venezuela 2) | 2023 Primera División runners-up[17] | ||
Portuguesa (Venezuela 3) | Second stage | 2023 Primera División 3rd place[17] | |
Academia Puerto Cabello (Venezuela 4) | First stage | 2023 Primera División 4th place[17] |
The schedule of the competition is as follows:[18][19]
Stage | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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First stage | 19 December 2023[1] | 6–8 February 2024 | 13–15 February 2024 |
Second stage | 20–22 February 2024 | 27–29 February 2024 | |
Third stage | 5–7 March 2024 | 12–14 March 2024 | |
Group stage | 18 March 2024[20] |
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Round of 16 | 3 June 2024 | 13–15 August 2024 | 20–22 August 2024 |
Quarter-finals | 17–19 September 2024 | 24–26 September 2024 | |
Semi-finals | 22–23 October 2024 | 29–30 October 2024 | |
Final | 30 November 2024 at Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires |
The draw for the qualifying stages was held on 19 December 2023, 12:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[21][22]
Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 18 December 2023 (shown in parentheses),[23] taking into account the following three factors:[24]
For the first stage, the six teams were drawn into three ties (E1–E3), with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg.[25]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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For the second stage, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (C1–C8), with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie, excluding the three winners of the first stage, which were seeded in Pot 2 and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.[25]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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For the third stage, the eight winners of the second stage were allocated without any draw into the following four ties (G1–G4), with the team in each tie with the higher CONMEBOL ranking hosting the second leg.[25]
For the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups A–H) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group, excluding the four winners of the third stage, which were allocated to Pot 4 and could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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The draw for the round of 16 was held on 3 June 2024, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4) in Asunción, Paraguay.[26][27] For the round of 16, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (A–H) between a group winner (Pot 1) and a group runner-up (Pot 2), with the group winners hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association or the same group could be drawn into the same tie (Regulations Article 2.2.3.2).[6]
In the qualifying stages, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, extra time would not be played, and a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.3).[6] The qualifying stages are structured as follows:
Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Águilas Doradas | 0–0 (3–4 p) | Red Bull Bragantino | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Nacional | 4–0 | Atlético Nacional | 1–0 | 3–0 |
Always Ready | 7–4 | Sporting Cristal | 6–1 | 1–3 |
Godoy Cruz | 0–1 | Colo-Colo | 0–1 | 0–0 |
Sportivo Trinidense | 2–1 | El Nacional | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Academia Puerto Cabello | 0–4 | Nacional | 0–2 | 0–2 |
Portuguesa | 2–4 | Palestino | 1–2 | 1–2 |
Aurora | 1–7 | Botafogo | 1–1 | 0–6 |
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to the following criteria: 1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss); 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Away goals scored; 5. CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 2.4.2).[6][28]
The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the final stages. The third-placed teams of each group entered the knockout round play-offs of the 2024 Copa Sudamericana.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FLU | CCL | CCP | ALI | |
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1 | Fluminense | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 14 | Round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
2 | Colo-Colo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6[a] | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | ||
3 | Cerro Porteño | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6[a] | Copa Sudamericana | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | |
4 | Alianza Lima | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STR | GRE | HUA | EST | |
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1 | The Strongest | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | Round of 16 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |
2 | Grêmio | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | 4–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | ||
3 | Huachipato | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 8 | Copa Sudamericana | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | |
4 | Estudiantes | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | — |
Starting from the round of 16, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules:[6]
The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage advance to the round of 16.
Group | Winners | Runners-up |
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A | Fluminense | Colo-Colo |
B | São Paulo | Talleres |
C | The Strongest | Grêmio |
D | Junior | Botafogo |
E | Bolívar | Flamengo |
F | Palmeiras | San Lorenzo |
G | Atlético Mineiro | Peñarol |
H | River Plate | Nacional |
Starting from the round of 16, the teams were seeded according to their results in the group stage, with the group winners (Pot 1) seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up (Pot 2) seeded 9–16.
Seed | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Round of 16 draw |
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1 | H | River Plate | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 16 | Pot 1 |
2 | G | Atlético Mineiro | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 15 | |
3 | F | Palmeiras | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 14 | |
4 | A | Fluminense | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 14 | |
5 | B | São Paulo | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 | |
6 | E | Bolívar | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 13 | |
7 | D | Junior | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | |
8 | C | The Strongest | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | |
9 | B | Talleres | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 13 | Pot 2 |
10 | G | Peñarol | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 12 | |
11 | E | Flamengo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 10 | |
12 | C | Grêmio | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | |
13 | H | Nacional | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | |
14 | D | Botafogo | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | |
15 | F | San Lorenzo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |
16 | A | Colo-Colo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 |
The bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 3 June 2024.[29]
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final (30 November 2024 – Buenos Aires) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Grêmio | 2 | 1 | 3 (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Fluminense (p) | 1 | 2 | 3 (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Fluminense | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Atlético Mineiro | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | San Lorenzo | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Atlético Mineiro | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Atlético Mineiro | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | River Plate | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Colo-Colo | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Junior | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Colo-Colo | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | River Plate | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Talleres | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | River Plate | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Atlético Mineiro | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Botafogo | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Botafogo | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Palmeiras | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Botafogo (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | São Paulo | 0 | 1 | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | São Paulo | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Botafogo | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Peñarol | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Flamengo | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Bolívar | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Flamengo | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Peñarol | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Peñarol | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | The Strongest | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Atlético Mineiro | 3–0 | River Plate | 3–0 | 0–0 |
Botafogo | 6–3 | Peñarol | 5–0 | 1–3 |
Atlético Mineiro | 1–3 | Botafogo |
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Rank | Player | Team | 1Q1 | 1Q2 | 2Q1 | 2Q2 | 3Q1 | 3Q2 | GS1 | GS2 | GS3 | GS4 | GS5 | GS6 | ⅛F1 | ⅛F2 | QF1 | QF2 | SF1 | SF2 | F | Total |
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1 | Júnior Santos | Botafogo | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||||
2 | Paulinho | Atlético Mineiro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||
3 | Maximiliano Silvera | Peñarol | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
Miguel Borja | River Plate | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Francisco da Costa | Bolívar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Jonathan Calleri | São Paulo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Pedro | Flamengo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Agustín Módica | Rosario Central | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Bruno Sávio | Bolívar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Carlos Bacca | Junior | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Deyverson | Atlético Mineiro | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Diego Duarte | Nacional | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jefferson Savarino | Botafogo | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Martín Cauteruccio | Sporting Cristal | 1 | 3 |
Source: CONMEBOL
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