| Tourney Name: | Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenina |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Dates: | 13–27 November 2011 |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Associations: | 10 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion Other: |  São José |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second Other: | Colo Colo |
| Third Other: | Santos |
| Fourth Other: |  Caracas |
| Matches: | 22 |
| Goals: | 94 |
| Top Scorer: | Ysaura Viso (9 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2010 |
| Nextseason: | 2012 |
The 2011 Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino was the third edition of the Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino, CONMEBOL's premier annual international women's football club tournament. It was again held in Brazil from 13 to 27 November 2011.[1] [2] Santos were the defending champions.
The competition was won by the local team São José for the first time. Two-time champion Santos finished in third place. Caracas' Ysaura Viso won the top-scorer award, having scored nine goals in her team's five matches.[3]
The twelve teams are divided in three groups of four. The teams then play each other once. After that the group winners and the best runner-up qualify for the semi-finals. Those as well as the final are single-legged, i.e. no home and away matches.
There have been talks to expand the competition to 12 teams, give one spot to title holders Santos and one spot to the Japanese 2011 L. League champion.[5] Ultimately it was decided to give the twelfth spot to a local team of the host city.
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina | Boca Juniors | 2010–11 Clausura and Apertura champions[6] | |
 Bolivia | 2011 Bolivian League champion | ||
| Brazil | CEPE-Caxias | 2010 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino champion[7] | |
| Santos | Title holder | ||
| São José | Host city team | ||
| Chile | Colo Colo | 2010 Chilean League champion[8] | |
 Colombia | Formas Íntimas | won play-off match (no national league)[9] | |
 Ecuador | LDU Quito | 2010 Copa Credifé femenina champion[10] | |
| Paraguay | Universidad Autónoma | 2010 Paraguayan League champion[11] | |
 Peru | JC Sport Girls | 2011 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Femenino champion[12] | |
| Uruguay | Nacional | 2010 Campeonato Uruguayo Femenino champion[13] | |
| Venezuela | Caracas | 2011 Venezuelan League champions[14] |
Each team was allowed to nominate 20 players for the tournament.[15]
The group winner and the best runners-up advanced to the semifinals. The draw and fixtures were announced on 1 November 2011.[16]
Tie-breaker in case of equal points is:
If still tied the organisers may decide how to proceed. In case two team are tied after having played each other the last matchday, the tie is decided by a penalty shootout.
| width=165 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=25 | width=20 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colo Colo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 | |||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| CEPE-Caxias | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | |||||||||
| JC Sport Girls | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 |
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| width=165 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 | |||||||||
| Caracas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 6 | |||||||||
| Gerimex | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 | |||||||||
| Nacional | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 1 |
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| width=165 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| São José | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | |||||||||
| Formas Íntimas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| Boca Juniors | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| LDU Quito | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 |
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In the ranking of group runners-ups all matches do count towards the ranking. Caracas finished as best runners-up and advanced to the semi-finals.
| width=20 | width=165 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Caracas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 6 | ||||||||||
| A | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | |||||||||||
| C | Formas Íntimas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
Santos meets São José in the semi-finals.[17] That is contrary to the initial regulations, as only on 14 November 2011, during the tournament, it was decided that if two teams from the same country make the semi-finals they would be paired in the semi-final so there would be no national final.[18]