List of Copa Libertadores finals

The Copa Libertadores is a seasonal association football competition that was established in 1960. It begins in mid-January and ends with the final in November of the same year. The Copa Libertadores is open to the league champions of CONMEBOL member associations; clubs finishing from second to fourth position in the stronger leagues of the region, such as the Brazilian league, are also included. Originally, only the champions of their respective national league could participate in the competition. However, in 1966 this was changed to allow the runners-up of the leagues to compete.[1] Until 2018, the final was contested over two legs, one at each participating club's stadium. From 2019, the format was changed, with the final being a single game played at a pre-determined venue.[2]

Copa Libertadores
The Copa Libertadores trophy won by Brazilian club Palmeiras in 2020
Organizing bodyCONMEBOL
Founded1960
RegionSouth America
Number of teams38 (first round)
2 (finalists)
Qualifier forFIFA Club World Cup
Current champion(s)Brazil Fluminense
(1st title)
Most successful team(s)Argentina Independiente
(7 titles)
2023 Copa Libertadores

The data below does not include the 1948 South American Championship of Champions, as it is not listed by CONMEBOL either as a Libertadores edition or an official competition. It must be pointed out, however, that at least in the years 1996 and 1997, CONMEBOL entitled equal status to both the Copa Libertadores and the 1948 tournament, in that the 1948 champions (Vasco da Gama) were allowed to participate in the Supercopa Libertadores, a CONMEBOL official competition that allowed participation for former Libertadores champions only (for example, not admitting participation for champions of other CONMEBOL official competitions, such as the Copa CONMEBOL).

Independiente hold the record for the most victories, with seven wins since the competition's inception. They have also won the competition the most times consecutively, winning four in a row from 1972 to 1975. Boca Juniors are second with six wins; they won their last title in 2007. Peñarol are third with five wins, their most recent of which was in 1987. Boca Juniors have lost the most finals, having lost on six occasions.[3] Overall, 26 clubs have won the competition since its inception in 1960. Clubs from Argentina have won the most Copas Libertadores, with 25 titles among them. Brazilian clubs are second with 23 victories, and Uruguayan clubs are third with 8.[1]

List of finals

Key
Finals decided in a playoff
*Finals decided by a penalty shoot-out
Match went to extra time
  • The "Year" column refers to the season the competition was held, and wikilinks to the article about that season.
  • Finals are listed in the order they were played.
List of Copa de Campeones de América and Copa Libertadores de América finals
YearCountryWinnerScoreRunner-upCountryVenueAttendance
1960  UruguayPeñarol1–0Olimpia  Paraguay Estadio Centenario, Montevideo44,690
1–1 Estadio de Puerto Sajonia, Asunción35,000
1961  UruguayPeñarol1–0Palmeiras  Brazil Estadio Centenario, Montevideo64,376
1–1 Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo50,000
1962  BrazilSantos2–1Peñarol  Uruguay Estadio Centenario, Montevideo48,105
2–3 Vila Belmiro, Santos18,000
3–0 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires60,000
1963  BrazilSantos3–2Boca Juniors  Argentina Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro100,000
2–1 Estadio Boca Juniors, Buenos Aires50,000
1964  ArgentinaIndependiente0–0Nacional  Uruguay Estadio Centenario, Montevideo60,000
1–0 La Doble Visera, Avellaneda80,000
1965  ArgentinaIndependiente1–0Peñarol  Uruguay La Doble Visera, Avellaneda45,000
1–3 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo45,000
4–1 Estadio Nacional, Santiago40,000
1966  UruguayPeñarol2–0River Plate  Argentina Estadio Centenario, Montevideo46,041
2–3 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires100,000
4–2‡† Estadio Nacional, Santiago40,240
1967  ArgentinaRacing0–0Nacional  Uruguay Estadio Juan Domingo Perón, Avellaneda55,000
0–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo60,000
2–1 Estadio Nacional, Santiago
1968  ArgentinaEstudiantes2–1Palmeiras  Brazil Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata35,000
1–3 Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo40,000
2–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo55,000
1969  ArgentinaEstudiantes1–0Nacional  Uruguay Estadio Centenario, Montevideo65,000
2–0 Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata55,000
1970  ArgentinaEstudiantes1–0Peñarol  Uruguay Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata40,000
0–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo60,000
1971  UruguayNacional0–1Estudiantes  Argentina Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata30,000
1–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo70,000
2–0 Estadio Nacional, Lima
1972  ArgentinaIndependiente0–0Universitario  Peru Estadio Nacional, Lima45,000
2–1 La Doble Visera, Avellaneda55,000
1973  ArgentinaIndependiente1–1Colo-Colo  Chile La Doble Visera, Avellaneda40,000
0–0 Estadio Nacional, Santiago80,000
2–1 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
1974  ArgentinaIndependiente1–2São Paulo  Brazil Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo50,000
2–0 La Doble Visera, Avellaneda55,000
1–0 Estadio Nacional, Santiago60,000
1975  ArgentinaIndependiente0–1Unión Española  Chile Estadio Nacional, Santiago43,200
3–1 La Doble Visera, Avellaneda60,000
2–0 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
1976  BrazilCruzeiro4–1River Plate  Argentina Mineirão, Belo Horizonte58,720
1–2 Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires90,000
3–2 Estadio Nacional, Santiago40,000
1977  ArgentinaBoca Juniors1–0Cruzeiro  Brazil Estadio Boca Juniors, Buenos Aires60,000
0–1 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte80,000
0–0*[a] Estadio Centenario, Montevideo60,000
1978  ArgentinaBoca Juniors0–0Deportivo Cali  Colombia Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali50,000
4–0 Estadio Boca Juniors, Buenos Aires80,000
1979  ParaguayOlimpia2–0Boca Juniors  Argentina Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción50,000
0–0 Estadio Boca Juniors, Buenos Aires65,000
1980  UruguayNacional0–0Internacional  Brazil Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre70,000
1–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo65,000
1981  BrazilFlamengo2–1Cobreloa  Chile Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro93,985
0–1 Estadio Nacional, Santiago61,721
2–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo30,200
1982  UruguayPeñarol0–0Cobreloa  Chile Estadio Centenario, Montevideo55,248
1–0 Estadio Nacional, Santiago70,400
1983  BrazilGrêmio1–1Peñarol  Uruguay Estadio Centenario, Montevideo70,000
2–1 Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre80,000
1984  ArgentinaIndependiente1–0Grêmio  Brazil Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre
0–0 La Doble Visera, Avellaneda
1985  ArgentinaArgentinos Juniors1–0América de Cali  Colombia Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires
0–1 Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali35,350
1–1*[b] Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
1986  ArgentinaRiver Plate2–1América de Cali  Colombia Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali50,000
1–0 Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires74,300
1987  UruguayPeñarol0–2América de Cali  Colombia Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali65,000
2–1 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo60,000
1–0‡† Estadio Nacional, Santiago25,000
1988  UruguayNacional0–1Newell's Old Boys  Argentina El Coloso del Parque, Rosario45,000
3–0 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo75,000
1989  ColombiaAtlético Nacional0–2Olimpia  Paraguay Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
2–0*[c] Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
1990  ParaguayOlimpia2–0Barcelona  Ecuador Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción
1–1 Estadio Monumental de Barcelona, Guayaquil
1991  ChileColo-Colo0–0Olimpia  Paraguay Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción48,000
3–0 Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago66,517
1992  BrazilSão Paulo0–1Newell's Old Boys  Argentina El Coloso del Parque, Rosario35,000
1–0*[d] Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo105,185
1993  BrazilSão Paulo5–1Universidad Católica  Chile Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo99,000
0–2 Estadio Nacional, Santiago50,000
1994  ArgentinaVélez Sársfield1–0São Paulo  Brazil José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires35,000
0–1*[e] Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo90,000
1995  BrazilGrêmio3–1Atlético Nacional  Colombia Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre
1–1 Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
1996  ArgentinaRiver Plate0–1América de Cali  Colombia Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali
2–0 Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires
1997  BrazilCruzeiro0–0Sporting Cristal  Peru Estadio Nacional, Lima45,000
1–0 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte95,472
1998  BrazilVasco da Gama2–0Barcelona  Ecuador Estádio São Januário, Rio de Janeiro35,000
2–1 Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo, Guayaquil72,000
1999  BrazilPalmeiras0–1Deportivo Cali  Colombia Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali46,000
2–1*[f] Estádio Palestra Itália, São Paulo32,000
2000  ArgentinaBoca Juniors2–2Palmeiras  Brazil Estadio Camilo Cichero, Buenos Aires50,580
0–0*[g] Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo75,000
2001  ArgentinaBoca Juniors1–0Cruz Azul  Mexico Estadio Azteca, Mexico City115,000
0–1*[h] Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires60,000
2002  ParaguayOlimpia0–1São Caetano  Brazil Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción40,000
2–1*[i] Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo55,000
2003  ArgentinaBoca Juniors2–0Santos  Brazil Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires57,000
3–1 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo75,000
2004  ColombiaOnce Caldas0–0Boca Juniors  Argentina Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires57,000
1–1*[j] Estadio Palogrande, Manizales
2005  BrazilSão Paulo1–1Atlético Paranaense  Brazil Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre35,000
4–0 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo80,000
2006  BrazilInternacional2–1São Paulo  Brazil Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo71,745
2–2 Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre55,000
2007  ArgentinaBoca Juniors3–0Grêmio  Brazil Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires39,993
2–0 Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre55,000
2008  EcuadorLDU Quito4–2Fluminense  Brazil Estadio Casa Blanca, Quito45,000
1–3*[k] Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro86,027
2009  ArgentinaEstudiantes0–0Cruzeiro  Brazil Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata52,000
2–1 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte70,000
2010  BrazilInternacional2–1Guadalajara  Mexico Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara49,500
3–2 Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre56,000
2011  BrazilSantos0–0Peñarol  Uruguay Estadio Centenario, Montevideo65,000
2–1 Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo40,200
2012  BrazilCorinthians1–1Boca Juniors  Argentina Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires51,901
2–0 Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo37,959
2013  BrazilAtlético Mineiro0–2Olimpia  Paraguay Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción35,000
2–0*[l] Mineirão, Belo Horizonte56,557
2014  ArgentinaSan Lorenzo1–1Nacional  Paraguay Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción35,000
1–0 Estadio Pedro Bidegain, Buenos Aires42,000
2015  ArgentinaRiver Plate0–0UANL  Mexico Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza42,000
3–0 Estadio Antonio V. Liberti, Buenos Aires70,000
2016  ColombiaAtlético Nacional1–1Independiente del Valle  Ecuador Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito38,500
1–0 Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín45,000
2017  BrazilGrêmio1–0Lanús  Argentina Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre55,188
2–1 Estadio Ciudad de Lanús, Lanús45,000
2018  ArgentinaRiver Plate2–2Boca Juniors  Argentina Estadio Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires49,000
3–1 Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid[m]62,282
Single match format
2019  BrazilFlamengo2–1River Plate  Argentina Estadio Monumental, Lima[n]78,573
2020  BrazilPalmeiras1–0Santos  Brazil Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro5,000
2021  BrazilPalmeiras2–1Flamengo  Brazil Estadio Centenario, Montevideo55,023
2022  BrazilFlamengo1–0Athletico Paranaense  Brazil Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha, Guayaquil42,517
2023  BrazilFluminense2–1Boca Juniors  Argentina Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro69,232
Upcoming matches
YearCountryTeam 1MatchTeam 2CountryVenueAttendance
2024 TBA, Buenos Aires

Performances

By club

Performance in the Copa Libertadores by club
ClubTitlesRunners-upSeasons wonSeasons runner-up
Independiente701964, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1984
Boca Juniors661977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2003, 20071963, 1979, 2004, 2012, 2018, 2023
Peñarol551960, 1961, 1966, 1982, 19871962, 1965, 1970, 1983, 2011
River Plate431986, 1996, 2015, 20181966, 1976, 2019
Estudiantes411968, 1969, 1970, 20091971
Olimpia341979, 1990, 20021960, 1989, 1991, 2013
Nacional331971, 1980, 19881964, 1967, 1969
São Paulo331992, 1993, 20051974, 1994, 2006
Palmeiras331999, 2020, 20211961, 1968, 2000
Santos321962, 1963, 20112003, 2020
Grêmio321983, 1995, 20171984, 2007
Flamengo311981, 2019, 20222021
Cruzeiro221976, 19971977, 2009
Atlético Nacional211989, 20161995
Internacional212006, 20101980
Colo-Colo1119911973
Fluminense1120232008
Racing101967
Argentinos Juniors101985
Vélez Sársfield101994
Vasco da Gama101998
Once Caldas102004
LDU Quito102008
Corinthians102012
Atlético Mineiro102013
San Lorenzo102014
América de Cali04
1985, 1986, 1987, 1996
Deportivo Cali02
1978, 1999
Cobreloa02
1981, 1982
Newell's Old Boys02
1988, 1992
Barcelona02
1990, 1998
Athletico Paranaense02
2005, 2022
Universitario01
1972
Unión Española01
1975
Universidad Católica01
1993
Sporting Cristal01
1997
Cruz Azul01
2001
São Caetano01
2002
Guadalajara01
2010
Nacional01
2014
UANL01
2015
Independiente del Valle01
2016
Lanús01
2017

By nation

As of 2023 final.
Performance by nation
NationWonLost
 Argentina2513
 Brazil2318
 Uruguay88
 Colombia37
 Paraguay35
 Chile15
 Ecuador13
 Mexico03
 Peru02

See also

Notes

References

General
  • Stokkermans, Karel (15 July 2011). "Copa Libertadores de América". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
Specific

External links