| 2022 Copa Libertadores final | |
| Event: | 2022 Copa Libertadores |
| Team1: | Flamengo |
| Team1score: | 1 |
| Team2: | Athletico Paranaense |
| Team2score: | 0 |
| Date: | 29 October 2022 |
| Stadium: | Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo |
| City: | Guayaquil[1] |
| Man Of The Match1a: | Gabriel Barbosa (Flamengo) |
| Referee: | Patricio Loustau (Argentina) |
| Attendance: | 42,517 |
| Previous: | 2021 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The 2022 Copa Libertadores final was the final match which decided the winner of the 2022 Copa Libertadores. This was the 63rd edition of the Copa Libertadores, the top-tier South American continental club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.
The match was played on 29 October 2022 at the Estadio Monumental in Guayaquil, Ecuador,[2] [3] between Brazilian sides Flamengo and Athletico Paranaense.
Flamengo defeated Athletico Paranaense by a 1–0 score to win their third title in the tournament.[4] As winners of the 2022 Copa Libertadores, they qualified for the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana in the 2023 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2023 Copa Libertadores group stage.
| El Cilindro | Avellaneda | 61,000 | ||
| Estadio Monumental | Buenos Aires | 70,074 | ||
| La Bombonera | 54,000 | |||
| Estadio Libertadores de América | 48,069 | |||
| Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes | Córdoba | 57,000 | ||
| Arena da Baixada | Curitiba | 42,372 | ||
| Estádio Beira-Rio | Porto Alegre | 50,128 | ||
| Maracanã | Rio de Janeiro | 78,838 | ||
| Estádio do Morumbi | São Paulo | 67,052 | ||
| Arena Corinthians | 49,205 | |||
| Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos | Santiago | 58,665 | ||
| Estadio Monumental | Guayaquil | 59,283 | ||
| Estadio Monumental | Lima | 80,093 | ||
| Estadio Nacional del Perú | 50,000 | |||
| Estadio Centenario | Montevideo | 60,235 |
| Team | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) | |
|---|---|---|
| Flamengo | 3 (1981, 2019, 2021) | |
 Athletico Paranaense | 1 (2005) |
Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.
| Flamengo | Round | Athletico Paranaense | |||||||||||
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| width=25% | Opponent | width=10% | Venue | width=10% | Score | width=10% | width=25% | Opponent | width=10% | Venue | width=10% | Score | |
| Bye | Qualifying stages | Bye | |||||||||||
| Group H | Group stage | Group B | |||||||||||
| Sporting Cristal | Away | 0–2 | Caracas | Away | 0–0 | ||||||||
| Talleres | Home | 3–1 | The Strongest | Home | 1–0 | ||||||||
| Universidad Católica | Away | 2–3 | Libertad | Away | 1–0 | ||||||||
| Talleres | Away | 2–2 | The Strongest | Away | 5–0 | ||||||||
| Universidad Católica | Home | 3–0 | Libertad | Home | 2–0 | ||||||||
| Sporting Cristal | Home | 2–1 | Caracas | Home | 5–1 | ||||||||
| Seed 3 | Final stages | Seed 12 | |||||||||||
| Deportes Tolima (won 8–1 on aggregate) | Away | 0–1 | Round of 16 | Libertad (won 3–2 on aggregate) | Home | 2–1 | |||||||
| Home | 7–1 | Away | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| Corinthians (won 3–0 on aggregate) | Away | 0–2 | Quarter-finals | Estudiantes (won 1–0 on aggregate) | Home | 0–0 | |||||||
| Home | 1–0 | Away | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| Vélez Sarsfield (won 6–1 on aggregate) | Away | 0–4 | Semi-finals | Palmeiras (won 3–2 on aggregate) | Home | 1–0 | |||||||
| Home | 2–1 | Away | 2–2 | ||||||||||
Guillermo Varela, Rodrigo Caio, Bruno Henrique (Flamengo), Julimar, Reinaldo and Marcelo Cirino (Athletico Paranaense) were ruled out of the final due to injuries. Gabriel Barbosa got the only goal of the game in added time in the first half when he side-footed in a low cross from the right at the far post.[7]
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| Man of the Match: Gabriel Barbosa (Flamengo)
| Match rules
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