This page details the records and statistics of the Copa Libertadores. The Copa Libertadores is an international premier club tournament played annually by the top football clubs of South America. It includes 3–5 teams from all ten CONMEBOL members. It is usually held from January to November. The data below does not include the 1948 South American Championship of Champions, as it is not listed by CONMEBOL either as a Copa Libertadores edition or as 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. Vasco da Gama were allowed to participate in the Supercopa Libertadores, a CONMEBOL official competition for former Libertadores champions (not admitting participation for champions of the Copa CONMEBOL).

General performances

By club

By country

By department, province or state

By city

All-time top ten table

The list is current as of the end of 2021 edition. Last updated 6 December 2021.

CONMEBOL club ranking

This ranking is used for seeding in the qualifying and group stage draws of the Copa Libertadores, and is based on a club's performance in the last 10 years of the Copa Libertadores, its historic performance in the competition, and its performance in local championship tournaments. Starting from 2021, the CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores was updated to also include Copa Sudamericana performances, and thus was rebranded as the CONMEBOL Clubs Ranking. This list is current as of 18 December 2023.

Number of participating clubs by country

The following is a list of the 219 clubs that have played at least one match in the Copa Libertadores, updated to the 2024 edition.

Clubs

By semi-final appearances

Clubs were finalists in years that are in bold.

By country

By quarter-final appearances

By country

By round of 16 appearances

By country

Specific group stage records

Best group stage

Worst group stage

Unbeaten sides

Finals success rate

Only one club have appeared in the finals of the Copa Libertadores more than once with a 100% success rate: Nine clubs have appeared in the final once, being victorious on that occasion: On the other end, eighteen clubs have appeared in the finals and have never won the tournament. Five of those clubs have appeared in the finals more than once, losing on each occasion:

Consecutive participations

Nacional have the record number of consecutive participations, with 25 from 1997 to 2021.

Consecutive finals

Two clubs have appeared in a record four consecutive finals:

Defending the trophy

Successful title-holder campaigns

As of 2021, 12 of the 61 attempts to defend the trophy (19.6%) have been successful, and this has been accomplished by seven clubs. Until 1999, the title-holders started the competition in the second stage (sometimes third, depending on the format). Since then, only Boca Juniors (in 2001) and Palmeiras (in 2021) have defended their title in the current format, with the previous year's champions starting the tournament in the group stage.

Unsuccessful title-holder campaigns

Of the 25 clubs to win the tournament, 19 have never defended it. Seven of those clubs have won the trophy more than once and had more than one attempt to do so. In 2000 title-holders started participating on group stage, four title-holders have failed to advance past this stage since.

Title-holder campaign by stage

As of 2024, these are the stages the title holders advanced to in the following competition:

Defeating title-holders

Defeated champions in a single tournament

By number of champions defeated

By number of titles combined

Winning other trophies

Only 2 clubs have the distinction of winning the Copa Libertadores, their national league, and another domestic tournament in the same year/season, known colloquially as the treble: <references group="T" /> In addition to Santos, seven other clubs have achieved a continental double, in which a club won the Copa Libertadores in addition to their domestic league in the same year: In addition to the double, the following clubs have gone on to win other trophies in that same time frame:

Biggest wins

Biggest two-leg win

Most goals in a match

Most goals over two legs or more

Players

Appearances

Ever Almeida holds the record for most matches played with 113 games, all for Olimpia. He is also the only person to have made over 100 appearances in the tournament.

Goalscoring

All-time top scorers

Alberto Spencer is the all-time goalscorer of the Copa Libertadores with 54 goals to his name between 1960 and 1972.

Top scorer award

The top scorer award is for the player who amasses the most goals in the tournament.

Hat-tricks

Other goalscoring records

Other records

Most finals victories

Most finals defeats

Awards

From 1999 to 2007, Toyota, the main sponsor of the tournament, awarded the best player of the finals. However, in 2008, the company decided to recognise the manager, understanding that they are the main ones responsible for leading the entire team towards victory, combining concepts of reading the game, training, setting goals and strategy, until the final whistle. The last Toyota award was given to Renato Portaluppi in the 2017 edition. Besides the Toyota Awards, from 2008 to 2012, Banco Santander was the main sponsor of the tournament and elected the best player of the competition; the players awarded were Joffre Guerrón in 2008, Juan Sebastián Verón in 2009, Giuliano in 2010, Neymar in 2011 and Emerson in 2012.

Players

Managers

Coaches

Records

Locals

Countries

Cities

Stadiums