2024 Copa Libertadores group stage

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The 2024 Copa Libertadores group stage was played from 2 April to 8 June 2024.^[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the final stages of the 2024 Copa Libertadores.^[2]

The draw for the group stage was held on 18 March 2024, 20:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[3]^[4]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 18 December 2023 (shown in parentheses),^[5] taking into account the following three factors:^[6]

Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2014–2023.
Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2013 and 2002–2013 respectively.
Local tournament champion, with bonus points awarded to domestic league champions of the last 10 years.

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 could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.

Group stage draw
Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Fluminense^[TH] (12) Palmeiras (1) River Plate (2) Flamengo (4) Grêmio (7) Peñarol (8) São Paulo (9) LDU Quito^[CS] (13)	Atlético Mineiro (14) Independiente del Valle (16) Libertad (17) Cerro Porteño (19) Estudiantes (23) Barcelona (24) Bolívar (27) Junior (31)	San Lorenzo (32) The Strongest (38) Universitario (42) Deportivo Táchira (47) Rosario Central (50) Alianza Lima (52) Millonarios (54) Talleres (58)	Caracas (59) Liverpool (103) Huachipato (105) Cobresal (154) Botafogo^[Q3] (49) Palestino^[Q3] (62) Nacional^[Q3] (5) Colo-Colo^[Q3] (26)

Notes

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^TH The defending Copa Libertadores champions were automatically allocated to Group A and the position A1.
^
^CS The defending Copa Sudamericana champions (normally seeded in Pot 2) were seeded in Pot 1 due to their CONMEBOL Clubs rank.
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^Q3 The third stage winners were seeded in Pot 4.

The following were the four winners of the third stage of qualifying which joined the 28 direct entrants in the group stage.

Match	Third stage winners
G1	Botafogo
G2	Palestino
G3	Nacional
G4	Colo-Colo

Format

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-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 2.4.2).^[2]^[7]

The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16 of the final stages. The third-placed teams of each group entered the knockout round play-offs of the 2024 Copa Sudamericana.

Schedule

The schedule of each matchday was as follows (Regulations Article 2.2.2).^[2]^[8]^[1]

Matchday	Dates	Matches
Matchday 1	2–4 April 2024	Team 4 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 1
Matchday 2	9–11 April 2024	Team 2 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 4
Matchday 3	23–25 April 2024	Team 2 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 3
Matchday 4	7–9 May 2024^{[note 1]}	Team 3 vs. Team 2, Team 4 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5	14–16 May 2024^{[note 2]}	Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4
Matchday 6	28–30 May 2024	Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FLU	CCL	CCP	ALI
1	Fluminense	6	4	2	0	9	5	+4	14	Advance to round of 16		—	2–1	2–1	3–2
2	Colo-Colo	6	1	3	2	4	5	−1	6^[a]		0–1	—	1–0	0–0
3	Cerro Porteño	6	1	3	2	4	5	−1	6^[a]	Transfer to Copa Sudamericana		0–0	1–1	—	1–0
4	Alianza Lima	6	0	4	2	5	7	−2	4			1–1	1–1	1–1	—

Colo-Colo	1–0	Cerro Porteño
Cepeda 90+4'	Report

Alianza Lima	1–1	Fluminense
Serna 35'	Report	Marquinhos 72'

Fluminense	2–1	Colo-Colo
Marquinhos 5' Cano 52'	Report	Paiva 19'

Cerro Porteño	1–0	Alianza Lima
Carrizo 90+6'	Report

Colo-Colo	0–0	Alianza Lima
	Report

Cerro Porteño	0–0	Fluminense
	Report

Alianza Lima	1–1	Cerro Porteño
Barcos 80'	Report	Iturbe 26'

Colo-Colo	0–1	Fluminense
	Report	Manoel 74'

Alianza Lima	1–1	Colo-Colo
Barcos 42'	Report	Vidal 78'

Fluminense	2–1	Cerro Porteño
Marcelo 14' Ganso 74'	Report	Viera 19'

Fluminense	3–2	Alianza Lima
Keno 47' Marcelo 52' John Kennedy 81'	Report	Arregui 7' Serna 50'

Cerro Porteño	1–1	Colo-Colo
Carrizo 35'	Report	Palacios 23' (pen.)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SPA	TAL	BSC	COB
1	São Paulo	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13	Advance to round of 16		—	2–0	0–0	2–0
2	Talleres	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13		2–1	—	3–1	1–0
3	Barcelona	6	1	3	2	6	9	−3	6	Transfer to Copa Sudamericana		0–2	2–2	—	2–1
4	Cobresal	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1			1–3	0–2	1–1	—

Cobresal	1–1	Barcelona
Valencia 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Fydriszewski 52' (pen.)

Talleres	2–1	São Paulo
Ruiz Rodríguez 45+6' Botta 53'	Report	Luciano 66'

São Paulo	2–0	Cobresal
André Silva 82' Calleri 88'	Report

Barcelona	2–2	Talleres
Díaz 28', 57' (pen.)	Report	Girotti 45' Rodríguez 90+6'

Cobresal	0–2	Talleres
	Report	Mantilla 19' Sosa 28'

Barcelona	0–2	São Paulo
	Report	Calleri 17' Alisson 64'

Talleres	3–1	Barcelona
Catalán 12' Botta 25' Bou 90+4'	Report	Rojas 61'

Cobresal	1–3	São Paulo
Coelho 23'	Report	Luciano 38' Rodrigo Nestor 60' Calleri 78'

Talleres	1–0	Cobresal
Girotti 82'	Report

São Paulo	0–0	Barcelona
	Report

São Paulo	2–0	Talleres
Lucas Moura 45+4' (pen.) Luciano 90'	Report

Barcelona	2–1	Cobresal
Fydriszewski 9' Díaz 18'	Report	Coelho 71'

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STR	GRE	HUA	EST
1	The Strongest	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10	Advance to round of 16		—	2–0	4–0	1–0
2	Grêmio	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10		4–0	—	0–2	1–1
3	Huachipato	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	8	Transfer to Copa Sudamericana		0–0	0–1	—	1–1
4	Estudiantes	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5			2–1	0–1	3–4	—

The Strongest	2–0	Grêmio
Ursino 16' Triverio 73'	Report

Huachipato	1–1	Estudiantes
C. Martínez 81'	Report	Correa 42'

Estudiantes	2–1	The Strongest
Carrillo 65' Cetré 81'	Report	Triverio 21'

Grêmio	0–2	Huachipato
	Report	Loyola 13' Montes 45+6'

Estudiantes	0–1	Grêmio
	Report	Nathan Fernandes 75'

Huachipato	0–0	The Strongest
	Report

The Strongest	1–0	Estudiantes
Ursino 13'	Report

The Strongest	4–0	Huachipato
Ramallo 35' Ortega 61' Quiroga 71' Angulo 90+1' (pen.)	Report

Grêmio	4–0	The Strongest
Soteldo 14' João Pedro 50' Everton Galdino 67' Gustavo Nunes 89'	Report

Estudiantes	3–4	Huachipato
Correa 12', 49' Ascacíbar 63'	Report	Rodríguez 37' Romero 45+1' (o.g.) M. Gutiérrez 51' Villanueva 90+5'

Huachipato	0–1	Grêmio
	Report	Diego Costa 6'

Grêmio	1–1	Estudiantes
Cristaldo 48'	Report	Méndez 83'

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JUN	BOT	LDQ	UNI
1	Junior	6	2	4	0	7	4	+3	10	Advance to round of 16		—	0–0	1–1	1–1
2	Botafogo	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10		1–3	—	2–1	3–1
3	LDU Quito	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	7	Transfer to Copa Sudamericana		0–1	1–0	—	2–0
4	Universitario	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5			1–1	0–1	2–1	—

Universitario	2–1	LDU Quito
Rivera 50', 70'	Report	Quiñónez 29'

Botafogo	1–3	Junior
Hugo 43'	Report	Bacca 13' (pen.), 41' Fuentes 28'

Junior	1–1	Universitario
Caicedo 44'	Report	Corzo 22'

LDU Quito	1–0	Botafogo
Alzugaray 4'	Report

Junior	1–1	LDU Quito
Bacca 12' (pen.)	Report	Arce 45' (pen.)

Botafogo	3–1	Universitario
Carlos Eduardo 47', 90+2' Luiz Henrique 57'	Report	Olivares 90+4'

Universitario	1–1	Junior
Flores 24'	Report	Castrillón 5'

Notes

↑ One match rescheduled to 4 June 2024.
↑ One match rescheduled to 8 June 2024.
1 2 3 Cobresal played their home matches at Estadio Zorros del Desierto, Calama instead of their regular stadium Estadio El Cobre, El Salvador which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
1 2 Grêmio's home matches against The Strongest and Estudiantes were moved from their regular stadium Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre to Estádio Couto Pereira, Curitiba due to the impact of the 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods.^[41]
1 2 The Huachipato v Grêmio match (originally scheduled for 8 May, 18:00 local time) and the Grêmio v Estudiantes match (originally scheduled for 15 May, 19:00 local time) were postponed to 4 and 8 June, respectively, due to the 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods.^[44]^[45]^[46]
↑ The Universitario v Botafogo match, originally scheduled for 16 May 2024, 21:00 local time, was rescheduled to 17:00 local time per request from the Brazilian TV broadcaster.^[57]
1 2 3 Palestino played their home matches at Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua and Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo instead of their regular stadium Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna, Santiago which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
1 2 3 Liverpool played their home matches at Estadio Centenario, Montevideo instead of their regular stadium Estadio Belvedere, Montevideo which did not meet CONMEBOL requirements.
↑ Rosario Central played their home match against Atlético Mineiro behind closed doors due to incidents in their group stage match against Peñarol.^[91]
↑ The Libertad v River Plate match, originally scheduled for 24 April 2024, 20:00 local time,^[1] was rescheduled to 20:30 local time.^[7]
↑ Libertad played their home match against River Plate at Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción instead of their regular stadium Estadio La Huerta, Asunción.
↑ The River Plate v Libertad match, originally scheduled for 14 May 2024, 21:00 local time,^[1] was rescheduled to 21:30 local time.

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2024 Copa Libertadores group stage

Format

Schedule

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Notes

References

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BOL	FLA	PAL	MIL
1	Bolívar	6	4	1	1	13	9	+4	13	Advance to round of 16	—	2–1	3–1	3–2
2	Flamengo	6	3	1	2	11	4	+7	10	Advance to round of 16	4–0	—	2–0	3–0
3	Palestino	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7	Transfer to Copa Sudamericana	0–4	1–0	—	3–1
4	Millonarios	6	0	3	3	6	12	−6	3		1–1	1–1	1–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAL	SLO	IDV	LIV
1	Palmeiras	6	4	2	0	14	5	+9	14	Advance to round of 16	—	0–0	2–1	3–1
2	San Lorenzo	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8	Advance to round of 16	1–1	—	2–0	3–2
3	Independiente del Valle	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	7	Transfer to Copa Sudamericana	2–3	2–0	—	2–1
4	Liverpool	6	1	1	4	6	14	−8	4		0–5	1–0	1–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CAM	PEÑ	ROS	CAR
1	Atlético Mineiro	6	5	0	1	14	6	+8	15	Advance to round of 16	—	3–2	2–1	4–0
2	Peñarol	6	4	0	2	12	5	+7	12	Advance to round of 16	2–0	—	2–1	5–0
3	Rosario Central	6	2	1	3	8	7	+1	7	Transfer to Copa Sudamericana	0–1	1–0	—	4–1
4	Caracas	6	0	1	5	3	19	−16	1		1–4	0–1	1–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RIV	NAC	LIB	TAC
1	River Plate	6	5	1	0	12	3	+9	16	Advance to round of 16	—	2–0	2–0	2–0
2	Nacional	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to round of 16	2–2	—	2–0	2–1
3	Libertad	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7	Transfer to Copa Sudamericana	1–2	2–1	—	3–0
4	Deportivo Táchira	6	0	1	5	2	11	−9	1		0–2	0–1	1–1	—