| Tourney Name: | Copa Libertadores |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Size: | 275 |
| Num Teams: | 47 |
| Associations: | 10 |
| Champion Other: |  Palmeiras |
| Count: | 2 |
| Second Other: | Santos |
| Matches: | 155 |
| Goals: | 405 |
| Top Scorer: |  Fidel Martínez(8 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2019 |
| Nextseason: | 2021 |
The 2020 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 61st edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.[1]
On 17 October 2019, CONMEBOL announced that the final would be played at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 21 November 2020.[2] Brazilian club Palmeiras defeated fellow Brazilian club Santos by a 1–0 score in the final to win their second tournament title.[3] As champions, Palmeiras qualified for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar, and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2020 Copa Sudamericana in the 2021 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores group stage. Flamengo were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Racing in the round of 16.
In March 2018, the Liga MX President, Enrique Bonilla, said that Liga MX and Major League Soccer (MLS) were open to start talks to have Mexican teams return and MLS teams from Canada and the United States to join if they could agree on terms with the CONMEBOL officials.[4] Teams from Mexico had withdrawn from the Copa Libertadores since 2017, but could return in the future if the issue of schedule conflicts could be solved.[5]
On 21 May 2019, CONMEBOL announced that clubs must pass certain eligibility requirements in order to compete in the 2020 Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.[6] One of the original requirements was that teams must be in the top division of their member association, but this was removed after many associations stated that they had not adapted the regulations of their qualifying competitions for the 2020 Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana.[7]
The tournament was suspended after group stage matchday 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and resumed on 15 September 2020, ending with the final on 30 January 2021.[8] [9]
The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL member associations qualified for the tournament:[10]
The entry stage was determined as follows:[10]
| Association | Team | Entry stage | Qualification method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group stage | 2018–19 Superliga Argentina champions[11] | ||
| 2018–19 Superliga Argentina runners-up | |||
| 2018–19 Copa Argentina champions | |||
| 2019 Copa de la Superliga champions | |||
| 2018–19 Superliga Argentina 3rd place | |||
| Second stage | 2018–19 Superliga Argentina 5th place | ||
| Group stage | 2019 Apertura champions[12] | ||
| 2019 Clausura champions | |||
| Second stage | 2019 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified | ||
| First stage | 2019 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified | ||
| Group stage | 2019 Copa Libertadores and 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champions[13] | ||
| 2019 Copa do Brasil champions | |||
| 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runners-up | |||
| 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place | |||
| 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place | |||
| 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th place | |||
| Second stage | 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 7th place | ||
| 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 8th place | |||
| Group stage | 2019 Primera División champions[14] | ||
| 2019 Primera División runners-up | |||
| Second stage | 2019 Primera División 3rd place | ||
| 2019 Copa Chile runners-up | |||
| Group stage | 2019 Apertura champions[15] | ||
| 2019 Finalización champions | |||
| Second stage | 2019 Primera A aggregate table best team not yet qualified | ||
| 2019 Copa Colombia champions | |||
| Group stage | 2019 Copa Sudamericana champions | ||
| 2019 Serie A champions[16] | |||
| 2019 Serie A runners-up | |||
| Second stage | 2019 Serie A classification table best team not yet qualified | ||
| First stage | 2019 Serie A classification table 2nd best team not yet qualified | ||
| Group stage | 2019 Apertura and 2019 Clausura champions | ||
| 2019 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified | |||
| Second stage | 2019 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified | ||
| First stage | 2019 Primera División aggregate table 3rd best team not yet qualified | ||
| Group stage | 2019 Liga 1 champions[17] | ||
| 2019 Liga 1 runners-up | |||
| Second stage | 2019 Liga 1 3rd place | ||
| First stage | 2019 Liga 1 aggregate table best team not yet qualified | ||
| Group stage | 2019 Primera División champions[18] | ||
| 2019 Primera División runners-up | |||
| Second stage | 2019 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified | ||
| First stage | 2019 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified | ||
| Group stage | 2019 Primera División champions[19] | ||
| 2019 Primera División runners-up | |||
| Second stage | 2019 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified | ||
| First stage | 2019 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified |
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[20] [21]
On 12 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be temporarily suspended after matchday 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with matches on matchday 3, originally scheduled for 17–19 March 2020, postponed to a later date yet to be confirmed.[22] On 18 March 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be suspended until 5 May 2020.[23] On 17 April 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the tournament would be suspended indefinitely, and no date had been set for its resumption.[24] On 10 July 2020, CONMEBOL announced the new schedule for the remainder of the competition.[8] [25]
| Stage | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| First stage | 17 December 2019[26] | 21–22 January 2020 | 28–29 January 2020 |
| Second stage | 4–6 February 2020 | 11–13 February 2020 | |
| Third stage | 18–20 February 2020 | 25–27 February 2020 | |
| Group stage | |||
| Round of 16 | 23 October 2020[27] (originally 13 May 2020) | 24–26 November & 2 December 2020 (originally 21–23 July 2020) | 1–3 & 9 December 2020 (originally 28–30 July 2020) |
| Quarter-finals | 8–10 & 16 December 2020 (originally 18–20 August 2020) | 15–17 & 23 December 2020 (originally 25–27 August 2020) | |
| Semi-finals | 5–7 January 2021 (originally 22–24 September 2020) | 12–14 January 2021 (originally 29 September – 1 October 2020) | |
| Final | 30 January 2021 (originally 21 November 2020) at Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro | ||
See main article: 2020 Copa Libertadores qualifying stages.
See main article: 2020 Copa Libertadores group stage.
See main article: 2020 Copa Libertadores final stages.
The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage advanced to the round of 16.
See main article: 2020 Copa Libertadores Final.
| Rank | Player | Team | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fidel Martínez | Barcelona | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | River Plate | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Eduardo Salvio | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Luiz Adriano | Palmeiras | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Julián Álvarez | River Plate | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kaio Jorge | Santos | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rony | Palmeiras | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Óscar Cardozo | Libertad | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bruno Henrique | Flamengo | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marinho | Santos | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
 Javier Reina | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
 José Rivas | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Gabriel Torres | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Willian | Palmeiras | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Fernando Zampedri | 1 | 1 | 2 |
The CONMEBOL technical study group; conformed by Nery Pumpido, Gerardo Pelusso, Diego Gavilán, Faryd Mondragón, Francisco Maturana, Dorival Júnior, Daniel Bañales and César Sampaio, selected the following 11 players as the team of the tournament.[28] All players belong to one of the 4 semi-finalist teams.
| Position | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Weverton | Palmeiras | |
| align=center rowspan=4 | Defenders | Gonzalo Montiel | River Plate |
| Lucas Veríssimo | Santos | ||
| Gustavo Gómez | Palmeiras | ||
| Matías Viña | Palmeiras | ||
| align=center rowspan=3 | Midfielders | Gabriel Menino | Palmeiras |
| Enzo Pérez | River Plate | ||
| Yeferson Soteldo | Santos | ||
| align=center rowspan=3 | Forwards | Marinho | Santos |
| Rafael Santos Borré | River Plate | ||
| Carlos Tévez | Boca Juniors |