2019 Copa Libertadores

2019 Copa Libertadores
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores 2019
The Estadio Monumental in Lima hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates22 January – 23 November 2019
Teams47 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsBrazil Flamengo (2nd title)
Runners-upArgentina River Plate
Tournament statistics
Matches played155
Goals scored365 (2.35 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Gabriel Barbosa
(9 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Bruno Henrique
2018
2020

The 2019 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 60th edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the Copa Libertadores), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.[1]

The 2019 Copa Libertadores trophy awarded to Flamengo exhibited at the club's museum.

Flamengo defeated defending champions River Plate in the final by a 2–1 score to win their second Copa Libertadores title. As champions, they qualified as the CONMEBOL representative at the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar, and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2019 Copa Sudamericana in the 2020 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2020 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 the 2019 final would be played in Santiago, Chile at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos,[5] however, due to safety concerns derived from the 2019 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 the Estadio Monumental in Lima, Peru.[6]

  1. ^ "Reglamento CONMEBOL Libertadores 2019" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-20. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  2. ^ "Copa Libertadores 2017 se jugará todo el año y con final en cancha neutral" (in Spanish). pulzo.com. 27 September 2016.
  3. ^ "La CONMEBOL Libertadores se definirá en final única a partir de 2019 con mayores beneficios a los clubes y la competencia". CONMEBOL.com. 23 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Definida la fecha de la final de la Copa Conmebol Libertadores 2019" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 11 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Histórica decisión: Final Única de la Libertadores 2019 en Santiago y Final Única de la Sudamericana 2019 en Lima". CONMEBOL.com. 14 August 2018.
  6. ^ "La final única de Copa Libertadores será en Lima". copalibertadores.com. 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.