2021 Copa Libertadores Femenina

The 2021 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina was the 13th 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.

For the Copa Libertadores Femenina tournament planned for 2020 and postponed to early 2021, see 2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina.
2021 Copa Libertadores Femenina
Tournament details
Host countryParaguay
Uruguay (final match)
Dates3–21 November 2021
Teams16 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions Corinthians (3rd title)
Runners-up Santa Fe
Third place Ferroviária
Fourth place Nacional
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored102 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s) Tatiana Ariza
Linda Caicedo
Jheniffer
Esperanza Pizarro
Victória
(4 goals each)

The competition initially was scheduled to be played from 30 September to 16 October 2021 in Chile.[1] On 29 July 2021, CONMEBOL announced that although the other rounds would be played in Chile, the final match would be played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay on 24 November 2021.[2] Thus, the final would be played between the 2021 Copa Sudamericana and the men's 2021 Copa Libertadores finals that would also be played in Montevideo. The tournament organizers did not agree with this decision and on 3 August 2021 they communicated to CONMEBOL that Chile would not host the championship.[3] On 13 August 2021, CONMEBOL confirmed that the competition would be played from 3 to 21 November 2021, with Paraguay hosting the competition up to the third place play-off and the final being played at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo.[4] Finally, on 10 September 2021, CONMEBOL announced that the final match was moved to the Estadio Gran Parque Central in Montevideo.[5] Ferroviária were the defending champions, but they were eliminated in the semi-finals.

Corinthians (Brazil) defeated Santa Fe (Colombia) 2–0 to win their third title.[6] In the Final, VAR was used for the first time in a Copa Libertadores Femenina match.[7]

Alianza Lima became first peruvian team to qualify for the single-elimination stages.[8] After their elimination in the quarter-finals, Kindermann ended their partnership with Avaí and the team was disbanded in November 2021.[9] In January 2022 Avaí took control and assured the continuity of the team during 2022.[10]

Format

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.[11]

Teams

The competition was contested by 16 teams:

  • the champions of all ten CONMEBOL associations
  • the title holders
  • an additional team from the host association
  • four additional teams from associations with the best historical performance in the tournament (associations in bold receive two berths according to the points total until the 2020 edition).[4]
    1. Brazil: 220 points
    2. Chile: 136 points
    3. Colombia: 120 points
    4. Paraguay: 104 points
    5. Argentina: 90 points
    6. Venezuela: 77 points
    7. Ecuador: 60 points
    8. Uruguay: 43 points
    9. Bolivia: 38 points
    10. Peru: 29 points
Association Team Qualifying method Participation Previous best result
 Argentina San Lorenzo 2021 Torneo Apertura de Fútbol Femenino champions[12] 2ndGroup stage (2009)
 Bolivia Real Tomayapo 2021 Copa Simón Bolívar Femenina champions[13] 1st—
 Brazil Ferroviária (Brazil 1) 2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina champions[14] 5thChampions (2015, 2020)
Corinthians (Brazil 2) 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A1 champions[15] 4th[note 1]Champions (2017, 2019)[note 1]
Kindermann/Avaí (Brazil 3) 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino A1 runners-up[15] 2ndGroup stage (2020)
 Chile Santiago Morning (Chile 1) 2020 Campeonato Femenino de Transición champions[16] 3rdQuarter-finals (2019, 2020)
Universidad de Chile (Chile 2) 2020 Campeonato Femenino de Transición runners-up[17] 2ndFourth place (2020)
 Colombia Deportivo Cali (Colombia 1) 2021 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR champions[18] 1st—
Santa Fe (Colombia 2) 2021 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR runners-up[18] 3rdQuarter-finals (2020)
 Ecuador Deportivo Cuenca 2021 SuperLiga Femenina DirecTV champions[19] 2ndQuarter-finals (2019)
 Paraguay
(hosts)		 Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 1) 2021 Campeonato Femenino champions[20] 7thThird place (2014)
Sol de América (Paraguay 2) 2021 Campeonato Femenino runners-up[21] 2ndGroup stage (2020)
Deportivo Capiatá (Paraguay 3) 2021 Campeonato Femenino third place
(Host association additional entry)[21]		 2ndGroup stage (2017)
 Peru Alianza Lima 2021 Liga Femenina FPF champions[22] 1st—
 Uruguay Nacional 2020 Primera División "Torneo Rexona de Fútbol Femenino" champions[23] 5thGroup stage (2011, 2012, 2013, 2016)
 Venezuela Yaracuyanos 2021 Liga FUTVE Fem – Torneo de Adecuación champions[24] 1st—
Notes
  1. Corinthians won the 2017 title as a partnership with Audax. They created their own team for the 2018 season.

Venues

Matches in the competition were played at Estadio Manuel Ferreira and Estadio Arsenio Erico, both in Asunción, Paraguay, except for the final which was played at Estadio Gran Parque Central in Montevideo, Uruguay.[5]

Match officials

On 21 September 2021, CONMEBOL announced the referees and assistant referees appointed for the tournament.[25]

Association Referees Assistant referees Support referees
 Argentina Laura Fortunato Mariana de Almeida
Daiana Milone		 Salomé di Iorio
 Bolivia Adriana Farfán Inés Choque
Maricela Urapuca
 Brazil Edina Alves Batista Neuza Back
Leila Moreira		 Daiane Muniz
 Chile María Belén Carvajal Loreto Toloza
Cindy Nahuelcoy
 Colombia María Victoria Daza Mary Blanco
Nataly Arteaga
 Ecuador Susana Corella Mónica Amboya
Viviana Segura
 Paraguay Zulma Quiñónez Nancy Fernández
Laura Miranda
 Peru Elizabeth Tintaya Gabriela Moreno
Mariana Aquino
 Uruguay Anahí Fernández Adela Sánchez
Daiana Fernández
 Venezuela Emikar Calderas Migdalia Rodríguez
Laura Cárdenas

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 24 September 2021, 12:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL Convention Center in Luque, Paraguay.[5][26] 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, excluding the champions, with the highest two (Colombia 1 and Brazil 2) placed in Pot 1, the next four (Chile 1, Argentina, Paraguay 2 and Peru) placed in Pot 2 and the lowest four (Uruguay, Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia) in Pot 3. The four additional teams from associations with the best historical performance (Brazil 3, Chile 2, Colombia 2 and Paraguay 3) 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.[27]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
1 The draw was held before the identities of Paraguay 2 (Sol de América), Paraguay 3 (Deportivo Capiatá), and Bolivia (Real Tomayapo) were known.

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A
PosTeam
A1 Ferroviária
A2 Sol de América
A3 Deportivo Cuenca
A4 Santa Fe
Group B
PosTeam
B1 Cerro Porteño
B2 Santiago Morning
B3 Yaracuyanos
B4 Kindermann/Avaí
Group C
PosTeam
C1 Deportivo Cali
C2 Alianza Lima
C3 Real Tomayapo
C4 Universidad de Chile
Group D
PosTeam
D1 Corinthians
D2 San Lorenzo
D3 Nacional
D4 Deportivo Capiatá

Group stage

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 23).[11]

  1. Goal difference;
  2. Goals scored;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. Number of red cards;
  5. Number of yellow cards;
  6. Drawing of lots.

The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

All times are local, PYST (UTC−3).[28]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ferroviária 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Quarter-finals
2 Santa Fe 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
3 Deportivo Cuenca 3 1 0 2 5 3 +2 3
4 Sol de América 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Ferroviária 3–0 Sol de América
Suzane 51'
Carol Tavares 57'
Raquel 75'		 Report
Deportivo Cuenca 0–1 Santa Fe
Report Gauto 79'
Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)
Ferroviária 2–1 Deportivo Cuenca
Rafa Mineira 49' (pen.)
Luana Sartório 59'		 Report Riera 53'
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
Sol de América 0–2 Santa Fe
Report Guarecuco 16'
Chacón 90+4'
Santa Fe 0–0 Ferroviária
Report
Sol de América 0–4 Deportivo Cuenca
Report Riera 20', 90+2' (pen.)
Ibarra 33' (o.g.)
Bolaños 70'
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kindermann/Avaí 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Quarter-finals
2 Cerro Porteño 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3 Santiago Morning 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 4
4 Yaracuyanos 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Cerro Porteño 1–0 Santiago Morning
González 37' Report
Referee: María Victoria Daza (Colombia)
Yaracuyanos 0–4 Kindermann/Avaí
Report Caty 14'
Patrícia 22'
Lelê 63'
Cássia 85'
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya (Peru)
Cerro Porteño 2–0 Yaracuyanos
González 76'
Mendoza 90'		 Report
Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)
Santiago Morning 0–0 Kindermann/Avaí
Report
Kindermann/Avaí 2–1 Cerro Porteño
Camila 36'
Bárbara Melo 87'		 Report Riveros 81'
Santiago Morning 5–1 Yaracuyanos
Araya 20'
Acuña 68'
Vázquez 76'
Hernández 89'
Galaz 90+1'		 Report Higuera 45+2'
Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Cali 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 9 Quarter-finals
2 Alianza Lima 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3 Universidad de Chile 3 1 0 2 7 5 +2 3
4 Real Tomayapo 3 0 0 3 0 19 −19 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Deportivo Cali 2–0 Alianza Lima
Ariza 36'
F. Caicedo 66'		 Report
Real Tomayapo 0–6 Universidad de Chile
Report Soto 15'
Fernández 45+1', 66', 84'
López 80'
Orellana 82' (pen.)
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
Deportivo Cali 8–0 Real Tomayapo
L. Caicedo 6', 90+1'
Medina 10', 43'
Ariza 30', 66'
F. Caicedo 69'
Orozco 86'		 Report
Referee: Daiane Muniz (Brazil)
Alianza Lima 1–0 Universidad de Chile
Lúcar 84' Report
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
Universidad de Chile 1–4 Deportivo Cali
Keefe 72' (pen.) Report Ariza 23' (pen.)
Montoya 66'
L. Caicedo 68'
Carabalí 80'
Alianza Lima 5–0 Real Tomayapo
Dorador 8'
Bonilla 16'
Tristán 34'
Vilca 71'
Reyes 84'		 Report
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Corinthians 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Quarter-finals
2 Nacional 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
3 San Lorenzo 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
4 Deportivo Capiatá 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Corinthians 2–0 San Lorenzo
Érika 45'
Yasmim 64'		 Report
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
Nacional 3–0 Deportivo Capiatá
Pizarro 12', 22' (pen.)
Ferradans 57'		 Report
Corinthians 5–1 Nacional
Tamires 1', 37'
Victória 6'
Gabi Zanotti 54'
Jheniffer 67'		 Report Poliana 42' (o.g.)
Referee: María Victoria Daza (Colombia)
San Lorenzo 1–0 Deportivo Capiatá
Ramírez 78' Report
Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)
Deportivo Capiatá 0–4 Corinthians
Report Jheniffer 8', 35'
Diany 58'
Grazi 63'
Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)
San Lorenzo 0–2 Nacional
Report Badell 70'
Pizarro 71'

Final stages

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 25).[11]

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
12 November – Estadio Arsenio Erico
 
 
 Ferroviária3
 
15 November – Estadio Manuel Ferreira
 
 Cerro Porteño0
 
 Ferroviária1 (2)
 
12 November – Estadio Arsenio Erico
 
 Santa Fe (p)1 (4)
 
 Kindermann/Avaí2 (5)
 
21 November – Estadio Gran Parque Central
 
 Santa Fe (p)2 (6)
 
 Santa Fe0
 
13 November – Estadio Manuel Ferreira
 
 Corinthians2
 
 Deportivo Cali1
 
16 November – Estadio Manuel Ferreira
 
 Nacional2
 
 Nacional0
 
13 November – Estadio Manuel Ferreira
 
 Corinthians8 Third place
 
 Corinthians3
 
18 November – Estadio Arsenio Erico
 
 Alianza Lima1
 
 Ferroviária (p)1 (3)
 
 
 Nacional1 (1)
 

Quarter-finals
Ferroviária 3–0 Cerro Porteño
Patrícia Sochor 45', 67'
Laryh 49'		 Report
Kindermann/Avaí 2–2 Santa Fe
Lelê 53'
Cássia 79'		 Report Salazar 70'
Gauto 75' (pen.)
Penalties
Camila
Cássia
Tuani
Zóio
Caty
Lelê
Vilma
Geovana 		5–6 Gauto
Salazar
Acosta
Robledo
M. Ramos
Romero
Guarecuco
Rangel
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
Deportivo Cali 1–2 Nacional
L. Caicedo 10' Report Badell 19'
Pizarro 77'
Referee: Zulma Quiñónez (Paraguay)
Corinthians 3–1 Alianza Lima
Tamires 1'
Victória 45+1', 53'		 Report Dorador 12'

Semi-finals
Ferroviária 1–1 Santa Fe
Rafa Mineira 75' Report Robledo 42' (pen.)
Penalties
Rafa Mineira
Daiane
Monalisa
Raquel 		2–4 Gauto
Salazar
Robledo
Celis
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
Nacional 0–8 Corinthians
Report Giovanna Campiolo 11'
Diany 49'
Victória 54'
Gabi Portilho 62'
Jheniffer 65'
Adriana 72' (pen.)
Juliete 83'
Grazi 89'
Referee: Susana Corella (Ecuador)

Third place match
Ferroviária 1–1 Nacional
Rafa Mineira 63' Report Badell 21'
Penalties
Rafa Mineira
Daiane
Duda Batista
Géssica 		3–1 Bermúdez
Lemos
Pizarro
Ferrada
Referee: Adriana Farfán (Bolivia)

Final

Daniela Arias (Santa Fe) was inscribed on the tournament but she did not play due to injury.[29] Érika (Corinthians) was ruled out of the final due to ACL injury of her right knee.[30]

Santa Fe 0–2 Corinthians
Report Adriana 10'
Gabi Portilho 42'
Santa Fe
Corinthians
GK12 Katherine Tapia
RB20 Nairelis Gutiérrez 86'
RCB5 Nubiluz Rangel
LCB14 Mónica Ramos
LB6 Viviana Acosta
CDM11 Liana Salazar 35'
RAM15 Gisela Robledo
LAM10 Fany Gauto (c)
RW18 Kena Romero 46'
LW7 Diana Celis 60'
CF9 Joemar Guarecuco 60'
Substitutes:
GK1 Yessica Velásquez
DF2 Johannys Muñoz
DF3 Leivis Ramos 86'
MF13 Jessica Peña 60'
FW8 Nelly Córdoba
FW16 Ivonne Chacón 46'
FW17 Yisela Cuesta 60'
FW19 Heidy Mosquera
Manager:
Albeiro Erazo
GK12 Kemelli
RB2 Katiuscia 68'
RCB4 Giovanna Campiolo
LCB15 Yasmim 26'
LB6 Juliete
RCM8 Diany 78'
LCM10 Gabi Zanotti
RW18 Gabi Portilho 86'
LW14 Tamires (c) 86'
RS17 Victória 68'
LS16 Adriana
Substitutes:
GK1 Natascha Honegger
DF3 Pardal
DF19 Poliana 68'
MF5 Ingryd 78'
MF7 Grazi 86'
MF20 Andressinha 86'
FW9 Jheniffer 68'
FW13 Cacau
Manager:
Arthur Elias

Final MVP Award:
Gabi Zanotti (Corinthians)

Assistant referees:[31]
Mariana de Almeida (Argentina)
Daiana Milone (Argentina)
Fourth official:
Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
Video assistant referee:
Salomé di Iorio (Argentina)
Assistant video assistant referees:
María Belén Carvajal (Chile)
Loreto Toloza (Chile)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Nine named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Tatiana Ariza Deportivo Cali 4
Linda Caicedo Deportivo Cali
Jheniffer Corinthians
Esperanza Pizarro Nacional
Victória Corinthians
6 Yamila Badell Nacional 3
Rebeca Fernández Universidad de Chile
Rafa Mineira Ferroviária
Madelin Riera Deportivo Cuenca
Tamires Corinthians

2021 Copa Libertadores Femenina team

The 2021 Copa Libertadores Femenina team was a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the tournament.

See also

References
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  2. "Montevideo vibrará con tres Finales Únicas en una semana" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 29 July 2021.
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  18. "DEPORTIVO CALI CAMPEÓN EN LA LIGA FEMENINA BETPLAY DIMAYOR 2021" (in Spanish). DIMAYOR. 12 September 2021.
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  21. "Celebración unicolor" (in Spanish). APF. 27 September 2021.
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  26. "Los grupos de la CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina 2021" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 24 September 2021.
  27. "Sistema de disputa y pautas del sorteo de la CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 20 September 2021.
  28. "CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina 2021. Fixture" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.
  29. "Daniela Arias se pierde la Copa Libertadores Femenina" (in Spanish). El Deportivo. 2 November 2021.
  30. "Erika sofre lesão ligamentar em noite de terceira vitória seguida do Corinthians na Libertadores" (in Portuguese). Globo. 10 November 2021.
  31. "Árbitras designadas para la Final" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 16 November 2021.
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