2024 Copa Libertadores
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores 2024
Tournament details
Dates6 February – 30 November 2024
Teams47 (from 10 associations)

The 2024 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores will be 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 will begin on 6 February and the final is scheduled to be played on 30 November 2024.[1]

The winners of the 2024 Copa Libertadores will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2024 Copa Sudamericana in the 2025 Recopa Sudamericana. They will also automatically qualify for the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup, the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2025 Copa Libertadores group stage.

Fluminense will be the defending champions.

Teams

The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL member associations qualified for the tournament:

  • Copa Libertadores champions
  • Copa Sudamericana champions
  • Brazil: 7 berths
  • Argentina: 6 berths
  • All other associations: 4 berths each

The entry stage is determined as follows:[2]

  • Group stage: 28 teams
    • Copa Libertadores champions
    • Copa Sudamericana champions
    • Teams which qualified for berths 1–5 from Argentina and Brazil
    • Teams which qualified for berths 1–2 from all other associations
  • Second stage: 13 teams
    • Teams which qualified for berths 6–7 from Brazil
    • Team which qualified for berth 6 from Argentina
    • Teams which qualified for berths 3–4 from Chile and Colombia
    • Teams which qualified for berth 3 from all other associations
  • First stage: 6 teams
    • Teams which qualified for berth 4 from Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela
Association Team (Berth) Entry stage Qualification method
 Argentina
(6 berths)		 River Plate (Argentina 1) Group stage 2023 Primera División champions[3]
Rosario Central (Argentina 2) 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional champions[3]
Estudiantes (Argentina 3) 2023 Copa Argentina champions[3]
Talleres (Argentina 4) 2023 Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional aggregate table best team not yet qualified[3]
San Lorenzo (Argentina 5) 2023 Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[3]
Godoy Cruz (Argentina 6) Second stage 2023 Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional aggregate table 3rd best team not yet qualified[3]
 Bolivia
(4 berths)		 The Strongest (Bolivia 1) Group stage 2023 Primera División champions[4]
Bolívar (Bolivia 2) 2023 Primera División and Copa de la División Profesional aggregate table best team not yet qualified[4]
Always Ready (Bolivia 3) Second stage 2023 Primera División and Copa de la División Profesional aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[4]
Aurora (Bolivia 4) First stage 2023 Primera División and Copa de la División Profesional aggregate table 3rd best team not yet qualified[4]
 Brazil
(7 + 1 berths)		 Fluminense (Title holders) Group stage 2023 Copa Libertadores champions
São Paulo (Brazil 1) 2023 Copa do Brasil champions[5]
Palmeiras (Brazil 2) 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A champions[5]
Grêmio (Brazil 3) 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A runners-up[5]
Atlético Mineiro (Brazil 4) 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 3rd place[5]
Flamengo (Brazil 5) 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 4th place[5]
Botafogo (Brazil 6) Second stage 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 5th place[5]
Red Bull Bragantino (Brazil 7) 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 6th place[5]
 Chile
(4 berths)		 Huachipato (Chile 1) Group stage 2023 Primera División champions[6]
Cobresal (Chile 2) 2023 Primera División runners-up[6]
Colo-Colo (Chile 3) Second stage 2023 Primera División 3rd place[6]
Palestino (Chile 4) 2023 Primera División 4th place[6]
 Colombia
(4 berths)		 Millonarios (Colombia 1) Group stage 2023 Apertura champions[7]
Junior (Colombia 2) 2023 Finalización champions[7]
Águilas Doradas (Colombia 3) Second stage 2023 Primera A aggregate table best team not yet qualified[7]
Atlético Nacional (Colombia 4) 2023 Copa Colombia champions[7]
 Ecuador
(4 + 1 berths)		 LDU Quito (Copa Sudamericana) Group stage 2023 Copa Sudamericana champions
Independiente del Valle (Ecuador 1) 2023 Serie A runners-up[8]
Barcelona (Ecuador 2) 2023 Serie A aggregate table best team not yet qualified[8]
El Nacional (Ecuador 3) Second stage 2023 Serie A aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[8]
Aucas (Ecuador 4) First stage 2023 Serie A aggregate table 3rd best team not yet qualified[8]
 Paraguay
(4 berths)		 Libertad (Paraguay 1) Group stage 2023 Apertura and 2023 Clausura champions
Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 2) 2023 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified
Sportivo Trinidense (Paraguay 3) Second stage 2023 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified
Nacional (Paraguay 4) First stage 2023 Copa Paraguay 3rd place
 Peru
(4 berths)		 Universitario (Peru 1) Group stage 2023 Liga 1 champions[9]
Alianza Lima (Peru 2) 2023 Liga 1 runners-up[9]
Sporting Cristal (Peru 3) Second stage 2023 Liga 1 3rd place[9]
Melgar (Peru 4) First stage 2023 Liga 1 4th place[9]
 Uruguay
(4 berths)		 Liverpool (Uruguay 1) Group stage 2023 Primera División champions[10]
Peñarol (Uruguay 2) 2023 Primera División runners-up[10]
Nacional (Uruguay 3) Second stage 2023 Primera División aggregate table best team not yet qualified[10]
Defensor Sporting (Uruguay 4) First stage 2023 Primera División aggregate table 2nd best team not yet qualified[10]
 Venezuela
(4 berths)		 Deportivo Táchira (Venezuela 1) Group stage 2023 Primera División champions[11]
Caracas (Venezuela 2) 2023 Primera División runners-up[11]
Portuguesa (Venezuela 3) Second stage 2023 Primera División 3rd place[11]
Academia Puerto Cabello (Venezuela 4) First stage 2023 Primera División 4th place[11]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition will be as follows:[12][13]

Schedule for 2024 Copa Libertadores
Stage Draw date First leg Second leg
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 TBC 2024
  • Matchday 1: 2–4 April 2024
  • Matchday 2: 9–11 April 2024
  • Matchday 3: 23–25 April 2024
  • Matchday 4: 7–9 May 2024
  • Matchday 5: 14–16 May 2024
  • Matchday 6: 28–30 May 2024
Round of 16 31 July 2024 13–15 August 2024 20–22 August 2024
Quarter-finals 17–19 September 2024 24–26 September 2024
Semi-finals 22–24 October 2024 29–31 October 2024
Final 30 November 2024

Draws

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.[14][15]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 18 December 2023 (shown in parentheses),[16] taking into account the following three factors:[17]

  1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2014–2023.
  2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2013 and 2002–2013 respectively.
  3. Local tournament champion, with bonus points awarded to domestic league champions of the last 10 years.

For the first stage, the six teams were drawn into three ties (E1–E3), with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg.[18]

First stage draw
Pot 1 Pot 2
  1. † The identity of the team Bolivia 4 was not known at the time the pots were announced and it was seeded in Pot 2.

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.[18]

Second stage draw
Pot 1 Pot 2

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.[18]

  • Second stage winner C1 vs. Second stage winner C8
  • Second stage winner C2 vs. Second stage winner C7
  • Second stage winner C3 vs. Second stage winner C6
  • Second stage winner C4 vs. Second stage winner C5

Qualifying stages

In the qualifying stages, each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, extra time will not be played, and a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 2.4.3).[2] The qualifying stages are structured as follows:

  • First stage (6 teams): The three winners of the first stage advance to the second stage to join the 13 teams which are given byes to the second stage.
  • Second stage (16 teams): The eight winners of the second stage advance to the third stage.
  • Third stage (8 teams): The four winners of the third stage advance to the group stage to join the 28 direct entrants. The four teams eliminated in the third stage enter the Copa Sudamericana group stage.

First stage

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Academia Puerto Cabello Venezuela E1 Uruguay Defensor Sporting 6 Feb 13 Feb
Aurora Bolivia E2 Peru Melgar 7 Feb 14 Feb
Aucas Ecuador E3 Paraguay Nacional 8 Feb 15 Feb

Second stage

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Águilas Doradas Colombia C1 Brazil Red Bull Bragantino 20 Feb 27 Feb
Winner E3 C2 Colombia Atlético Nacional 21 Feb 28 Feb
Always Ready Bolivia C3 Peru Sporting Cristal 20 Feb 27 Feb
Godoy Cruz Argentina C4 Chile Colo-Colo 22 Feb 29 Feb
Sportivo Trinidense Paraguay C5 Ecuador El Nacional 22 Feb 29 Feb
Winner E1 C6 Uruguay Nacional 21 Feb 28 Feb
Portuguesa Venezuela C7 Chile Palestino 20 Feb 27 Feb
Winner E2 C8 Brazil Botafogo 21 Feb 28 Feb

Third stage

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner C1 G1[†] Winner C8 5–7 Mar 12–14 Mar
Winner C2 G2[†] Winner C7 5–7 Mar 12–14 Mar
Winner C3 G3[†] Winner C6 5–7 Mar 12–14 Mar
Winner C4 G4[†] Winner C5 5–7 Mar 12–14 Mar
  1. † Order of legs to be decided, with the second stage winners with the higher CONMEBOL ranking hosting the second leg.

Group stage

The following 32 teams will be involved in the group stage (CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 18 December 2023 shown in parentheses):

Notes
  1. ^
    TH The defending Copa Libertadores champions will be automatically allocated to Group A and the position A1.
  2. ^
    CS The defending Copa Sudamericana champions (normally seeded in Pot 2) will be seeded in Pot 1 due to their CONMEBOL Clubs rank.
  3. ^
    Q3 The third stage winners will be seeded in Pot 4.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Sorteos, fases y más: la Conmebol informó el calendario de la Copa Libertadores y Sudamericana 2024" [Draws, stages and more: CONMEBOL informed the schedule for the 2024 Copa Libertadores and Sudamericana] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Manual de Clubes CONMEBOL Libertadores 2024" (PDF). CONMEBOL. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Reglamento de Torneos de la Temporada 2023 Primera División Liga Profesional de Fútbol de AFA" [Liga Profesional de Fútbol de AFA – Tournament Regulations for the 2023 First Division Season] (PDF) (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Campeonatos División Profesional 2023 | Convocatoria 2023" [2023 División Profesional Championships | 2023 Call-up] (PDF) (in Spanish). FBF. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Regulamento Específico da Competição Brasileiro Série A 2023" [Specific Regulations for the 2023 Brasileiro Série A Competition] (PDF) (in Brazilian Portuguese). CBF. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Bases Campeonato Nacional de Primera División Temporada 2023" [Campeonato Nacional de Primera División 2023 Season Regulations] (PDF) (in Spanish). ANFP. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Reglamento Liga BetPlay DIMAYOR II-2023" [Liga BetPlay DIMAYOR II-2023 Regulations] (PDF) (in Spanish). DIMAYOR. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Liga de Quito clasificado a la Libertadores 2024: ¿cómo queda la pelea por las copas en Ecuador?" [Liga de Quito qualified for the 2024 Libertadores: how is the fight for the cups in Ecuador left?] (in Spanish). Olé. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Reglamento Liga 1 2023" [2023 Liga 1 Regulations] (PDF) (in Spanish). FPF. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Régimen de disputa de los torneos oficiales - vigente desde el 2018" [Regime of play for official tournaments – in force since 2018] (in Spanish). AUF. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Liga Futve tendrá un nuevo formato de competición" [Liga Futve will have a new competition format] (in Spanish). Líder en Deportes. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Calendario de la CONMEBOL Libertadores y CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2024" [2024 CONMEBOL Libertadores and CONMEBOL Sudamericana schedule] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "CALENDÁRIO 2024: CONMEBOL Libertadores - CONMEBOL Sudamericana - RECOPA" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "Cuándo es el sorteo de la Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores 2024 y la Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana 2024" [When is the draw for the 2024 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores and Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana] (in Spanish). DSports. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "Los cruces de la Fase Preliminar en la CONMEBOL Libertadores 2024" [The Preliminary Stage matchups in the 2024 CONMEBOL Libertadores] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "Ranking de Clubes de la CONMEBOL 2024" [2024 CONMEBOL Clubs Ranking] (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "RANKING DE CLUBES DE LA CONMEBOL 2021 SISTEMA DE PUNTAJE" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 2 February 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021.
  18. 1 2 3 "Pautas de sorteo para la CONMEBOL Libertadores y Sudamericana 2024" [Draw guidelines for the 2024 CONMEBOL Libertadores and Sudamericana] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
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