| Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores 2019 | |
|---|---|
TheEstadio Monumental inLima hosted the final | |
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | 22 January – 23 November 2019 |
| Teams | 47 (from 10 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 155 |
| Goals scored | 365 (2.35 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | (9 goals) |
| Best player | |
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The2019 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 60th edition of theCONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as theCopa Libertadores),South America's premier clubfootball tournament organized byCONMEBOL.[1]

Flamengo defeated defending championsRiver Plate in thefinal by a 2–1 score to win their second Copa Libertadores title. As champions, they qualified as the CONMEBOL representative at the2019 FIFA Club World Cup inQatar, and earned the right to play against the winners of the2019 Copa Sudamericana in the2020 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the2020 Copa Libertadores group stage.
In 2016, CONMEBOL proposed that the Copa Libertadores final to be played as a single match instead of over two legs.[2] It was only on 23 February 2018 that CONMEBOL was able to confirm that starting from this edition, the final will be played as a single match at a venue chosen in advance,[3] and on 11 June 2018 after its Council meeting in Moscow, the confederation confirmed that the final would be played on 23 November 2019.[4] On 14 August 2018, CONMEBOL announced that the2019 final would be played inSantiago,Chile at theEstadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos,[5] however, due to safety concerns derived from the2019 Chilean protests, and after consultations with the finalist clubs and their respective football associations, CONMEBOL announced on 5 November 2019 that the match was moved to theEstadio Monumental inLima,Peru.[6]
The following 47 teams from the 10 CONMEBOL member associations qualified for the tournament:[7]
The entry stage is determined as follows:[7]
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[18][19] After changing the dates of the2019 Copa América, theBrazilian Football Confederation released on 3 October 2018 its calendar for the following year, with new dates for theCopa Libertadores.[20] The first stage matches were played on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday instead of Monday and Friday in the last two seasons. The group stage matches were played in six matchdays instead of being spread over a longer period.
| Stage | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| First stage | 17 December 2018 (Luque,Paraguay) | 22–24 January 2019 | 29–31 January 2019 |
| Second stage | 5–7 February 2019 | 12–14 February 2019 | |
| Third stage | 19–21 February 2019 | 26–28 February 2019 | |
| Group stage |
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| Round of 16 | 13 May 2019 (Luque,Paraguay) | 23–25 July 2019 | 30 July – 1 August 2019 |
| Quarter-finals | 20–22 August 2019 | 27–29 August 2019 | |
| Semi-finals | 1–2 October 2019 | 22–23 October 2019 | |
| Final | 23 November 2019 atEstadio Monumental,Lima | ||
The draw for the qualifying stages and group stage was held on 17 December 2018, 20:30PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre inLuque,Paraguay.[21][22][23]
Teams were seeded by theirCONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores as of 15 December 2018 (shown in parentheses), taking into account the following three factors:[24][25][26]
For the first stage, the six teams were drawn into three ties (E1–E3), with the teams from Pot 1 hosting the second leg.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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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 allocated to 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.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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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. As their identity was not known at the time of the draw, they could be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.
For the group stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups (Groups A–H) of four containing a team from each of the four pots. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group, excluding the four winners of the third stage, which were allocated to Pot 4 and whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, and could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 May 2019, 20:30PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre inLuque,Paraguay.[27] For the round of 16, the 16 teams were drawn into eight ties (A–H) between a group winner (Pot 1) and a group runner-up (Pot 2), with the group winners hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association or the same group could be drawn into the same tie.
In the qualifying stages, each tie was played on a home-and-awaytwo-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, theaway goals rule was used. If still tied,extra time was not played, and apenalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 29).[1]
The qualifying stages were structured as follows:
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delfín | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| Deportivo La Guaira | 2–2 (a) | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Bolívar | 5–6 | 2–4 | 3–2 |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danubio | 4–5 | 2–2 | 2–3 | |
| Melgar | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| The Strongest | 2–6 | 1–1 | 1–5 | |
| Palestino | 2–2(4–1p) | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Talleres | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Deportivo La Guaira | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Delfín | 1–1 (a) | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Defensor Sporting | 3–1 | 3–0[A] | 0–1 |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defensor Sporting | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
| Melgar | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Libertad | 1–1(5–4p) | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Talleres | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
The two best teams eliminated in the third stage entered theCopa Sudamericana second stage. Only matches in the third stage were considered for the ranking of teams.
| Pos | Third stage losers | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Copa Sudamericana | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 |
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-awayround-robin basis. The teams were ranked according to the following criteria: 1.Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss); 2.Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Away goals scored; 5. CONMEBOL ranking (Regulations Article 28).[1]
The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to theround of 16 of thefinal stages. The third-placed teams of each group entered theCopa Sudamericana second stage.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | INT | RIV | PAL | ALI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 14 | Round of 16 | — | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 10 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | Copa Sudamericana | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CRU | EME | LAR | HUR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 15 | Round of 16 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 5 | Copa Sudamericana | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OLI | GOD | CRI | UDC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | Round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 | Copa Sudamericana | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 5–4 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FLA | LDQ | PEÑ | SJO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 | Round of 16 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 6–1 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 10 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | Copa Sudamericana | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 4 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CPO | NAC | CAM | ZAM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 13 | Round of 16 | — | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 13 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 6 | Copa Sudamericana | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAL | SLO | MEL | JUN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 15 | Round of 16 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 10 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 7 | Copa Sudamericana | 0–4 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BOC | CAP | TOL | WIL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 11 | Round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 9 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 8 | Copa Sudamericana | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 5 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIB | GRE | UCA | ROS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | Round of 16 | — | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 7 | Copa Sudamericana | 2–3 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
Starting from the round of 16, the teams played asingle-elimination tournament with the following rules:[1]
Starting from the round of 16, the teams are seeded according to their results in the group stage, with the group winners (Pot 1) seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up (Pot 2) seeded 9–16.[29]
| Seed | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Round of 16 draw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 15 | Pot 1 | |
| 2 | B | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 15 | ||
| 3 | A | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 14 | ||
| 4 | E | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 13 | ||
| 5 | H | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | ||
| 6 | G | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | D | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 | ||
| 8 | C | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | ||
| 9 | E | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 13 | Pot 2 | |
| 10 | A | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 10 | ||
| 11 | D | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 10 | ||
| 12 | H | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | ||
| 13 | F | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 10 | ||
| 14 | G | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 9 | ||
| 15 | C | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | ||
| 16 | B | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 |
The bracket was decided based on the round of 16 draw, which was held on 13 May 2019.
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 November –Lima | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Plate | 0–0 (4–2p) | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Godoy Cruz | 2–6 | 2–2 | 0–4 | |
| Emelec | 2–2 (2–4p) | 2–0 | 0–2 | |
| LDU Quito | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Athletico Paranaense | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
| Nacional | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
| Grêmio | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| San Lorenzo | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Plate | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Grêmio | 2–2 (a) | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Flamengo | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| LDU Quito | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Plate | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| Grêmio | 1–6 | 1–1 | 0–5 |
| Flamengo | 2–1 | |
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| Report |
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| Rank | Player | Team | 1Q1 | 1Q2 | 2Q1 | 2Q2 | 3Q1 | 3Q2 | GS1 | GS2 | GS3 | GS4 | GS5 | GS6 | ⅛F1 | ⅛F2 | QF1 | QF2 | SF1 | SF2 | F | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Source: CONMEBOL.com[30]
Source: CONMEBOL.com[31]
OptaJavier Stats Perform selected the following 11 players as the team of the tournament.[32]