| Tourney Name: | Copa Libertadores Femenina |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Size: | 225 |
| Dates: | 5–21 October 2023 |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Associations: | 10 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Country: | Colombia |
| City: | Bogotá and Cali |
| Champion Other: |  Corinthians |
| Count: | 4 |
| Second Other: | Palmeiras |
| Fourth Other: | Internacional |
| Matches: | 32 |
| Goals: | 132 |
| Attendance: | 25300 |
| Top Scorer: | Priscila (8 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2022 |
| Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2023 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the 15th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores Femenina), South America's premier women's club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Colombia from 5 to 21 October 2023.[1]
Corinthians (Brazil) defeated the defending champions Palmeiras (Brazil) 1–0 in the final to win their fourth title.[2]
For the group stage, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups. Teams in each group played one another in a round-robin basis, with the top two teams of each group advancing to the quarter-finals. Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament.[3]
The 16 teams were:
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | data-sort-type="number" | Participation | Previous best result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boca Juniors | 2022 Campeonato Femenino YPF champions[4] | 8th | data-sort-value="2" | Runners-up (2022) | ||
| Always Ready | 2023 Copa Simón Bolívar Femenina champions[5] | 2nd | data-sort-value="9" | Group stage (2022) | ||
| 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions[6] | 2nd | data-sort-value=1 | Champions (2022) | |||
| 2022 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia champions[7] | 6th | data-sort-value=1 | Champions (2017, 2019, 2021) | |||
| 2022 Brasileirão Feminino Neonergia runners-up | 1st | data-sort-value="17" | — | |||
| 2022 Campeonato Femenino Caja Los Andes champions[8] | 10th | data-sort-value="1" | Champions (2012) | |||
| 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina qualifying play-off winners[9] | 4th | data-sort-value=4 | Fourth place (2020) | |||
| (hosts) | 2023 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR champions[10] | 4th | data-sort-value="2" | Runners-up (2021) | ||
| 2023 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR runners-up | 4th | data-sort-value="2" | Runners-up (2020) | |||
| 2023 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR aggregate table best team not yet qualified (Host association additional entry)[11] | 9th | data-sort-value="2" | Runners-up (2013) | |||
| Barcelona | 2023 Superliga Femenina DoradoBet champions | 1st | data-sort-value="17" | — | ||
| 2023 Torneo Apertura de Fútbol Femenino champions[12] | 2nd | data-sort-value="9" | Group stage (2022) | |||
| 2023 Torneo Apertura de Fútbol Femenino runners-up | 6th | data-sort-value="1" | Champions (2016) | |||
| Universitario | 2023 Liga Femenina Apuesta Total champions[13] | 5th | data-sort-value="9" | Group stage (2015, 2016, 2017, 2020) | ||
| Nacional | 2022 Torneo Rexona de Fútbol Femenino champions[14] | 6th | data-sort-value=4 | Fourth place (2021) | ||
| Caracas | 2023 Liga FUTVE Femenina champions[15] | 6th | data-sort-value="2" | Runners-up (2014) |
On 11 August 2023, the Colombian Football Federation announced that Bogotá and Cali had been selected as host cities by CONMEBOL. Matches were played at Estadio Metropolitano de Techo in Bogotá and Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, each hosting two groups.[16]
| Bogotá | Cali | |
|---|---|---|
| Estadio Metropolitano de Techo | Estadio Pascual Guerrero | |
| Capacity: 8,000 | Capacity: 35,405 | |
The tournament registered a total attendance of 25,300 spectators, or the average of 790 per game, which was below expectations.[17]
On 19 September 2023, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistant referees appointed for the tournament.[18] [19]
| Association | Referees | Assistant referees | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Fortunato | Mariana de Almeida Gisela Trucco | ||
| Adriana Farfán | Inés Choque Elizabeth Blanco | ||
| Edina Alves Batista | Neuza Back Fabrini Bevilaqua | ||
| María Belén Carvajal | Marcia Castillo Leslie Vásquez | ||
| Jenny Arias | Mary Blanco Mayra Sánchez | ||
| Susana Corella | Mónica Amboya Viviana Segura | ||
| Zulma Quiñónez | Nancy Fernández Nadia Weiler | ||
| Milagros Arruela | Vera Yupanqui Gabriela Moreno | ||
| Anahí Fernández | Daiana Fernández Belén Clavijo | ||
| Emikar Calderas | Migdalia Rodríguez Thaity Dugarte |
The draw for the tournament was held on 15 September 2023, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay.[20] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.
Two teams were directly assigned to the head of groups A and B.
The remaining teams (excluding the four teams from national associations with an extra berth) were seeded into three pots based on the final placement of their national association's club in the previous edition of the tournament, with the highest two (Brazil 2 and Argentina) placed in Pot 1, the next four (Colombia 2, Chile 1, Ecuador and Paraguay 1) placed in Pot 2 and the lowest four (Peru, Venezuela, Uruguay and Bolivia) in Pot 3. The four additional teams from associations with the best historical performance (Brazil 3, Chile 2, Colombia 3 and Paraguay 2) were seeded into Pot 4. From Pot 1, the first team drawn was placed into group C and the second team drawn placed into group D, both teams assigned to position 1 in their group. From each remaining pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A, the second team drawn placed into Group B, the third team drawn placed into Group C and the final team drawn placed into Group D, with teams from Pot 2, 3 and 4 assigned to positions 2, 3 and 4 in their group. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
The draw resulted in the following groups:
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In the group stage, the teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 24).[3]
The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
All times are local, COT (UTC−5).[21]
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Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament. If tied after full time, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winners (Regulations Article 27).[3]
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Andressinha (Palmeiras) was ruled out of the final due to ACL injury of her right knee.[22]
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| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | ||
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| 1 | Priscila | Internacional | 8 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 2 | Bia Zaneratto | Palmeiras | align=center rowspan=2 | 6 |
| Millene | Corinthians | ||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 4 | Amanda Gutierres | Palmeiras | align=center rowspan=2 | 5 |
 Manuela González | Atlético Nacional/Formas Íntimas | ||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 6 | Diana Celis | Santa Fe | align=center rowspan=2 | 4 |
| Laís Estevam | Palmeiras | ||||
| align=center rowspan=6 | 8 | Yastin Jiménez | Colo-Colo | align=center rowspan=6 | 3 |
| Letícia Monteiro | Internacional | ||||
 Madelin Riera | Barcelona | ||||
| Soll | Internacional | ||||
| Catalina Usme | América | ||||
| Victória | Corinthians |
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.