2022 Copa Libertadores group stage

The 2022 Copa Libertadores group stage was played from 5 April to 26 May 2022.^[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the final stages of the 2022 Copa Libertadores.^[2]

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 March 2022, 12:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.^[3][4]

Teams were seeded by their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking as of 16 December 2021 (shown in parentheses),^[5] taking into account the following three factors:^[6]

1. Performance in the last 10 years, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 2012–2021.
2. Historical coefficient, taking into account Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana results in the period 1960–2011 and 2002–2011 respectively.
3. 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. The defending champions Palmeiras were directly assigned as the top seed of Group A (position A1). The remaining teams were distributed into four pots according to their CONMEBOL Clubs ranking. 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
Palmeiras[TH] (2) River Plate (1) Boca Juniors (3) Flamengo (4) Nacional (6) Peñarol (7) Atlético Mineiro (11) Athletico Paranaense[CS] (12)	Cerro Porteño (15) Libertad (16) Independiente del Valle (21) Universidad Católica (26) Emelec (28) Corinthians (29) Colo-Colo (32) Vélez Sarsfield (33)	Sporting Cristal (35) Deportivo Cali (44) Red Bull Bragantino (45) Deportivo Táchira (46) Alianza Lima (54) Deportes Tolima (60) Colón (64) Caracas (67)	Always Ready (86) Talleres (105) Independiente Petrolero (178) Fortaleza (229) Olimpia[Q3] (14) Estudiantes[Q3] (34) The Strongest[Q3] (40) América Mineiro[Q3] (No rank)

Notes

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

Match	Third stage winners
G1	Olimpia
G2	Estudiantes
G3	The Strongest
G4	América Mineiro

In the group stage, each group is played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The teams are 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]

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 round of 16 of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana.

The schedule of each matchday was as follows (Regulations Article 2.2.2):^[2][7][1]

Matchday	Dates	Matches
Matchday 1	5–7 April 2022	Team 4 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 1
Matchday 2	12–14 April 2022	Team 2 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 4
Matchday 3	26–28 April 2022	Team 2 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 3
Matchday 4	3–5 May 2022	Team 3 vs. Team 2, Team 4 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5	17–19 May 2022	Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4
Matchday 6	24–26 May 2022	Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAL	EME	TAC	CIP
1	Palmeiras	6	6	0	0	25	3	+22	18	Round of 16		—	1–0	4–1	8–1
2	Emelec	6	2	2	2	14	7	+7	8			1–3	—	1–1	7–0
3	Deportivo Táchira	6	2	1	3	8	14	−6	7	Copa Sudamericana		0–4	1–4	—	3–0
4	Independiente Petrolero	6	0	1	5	3	26	−23	1			0–5	1–1	1–2	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIB	CAP	STR	CAR
1	Libertad	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10	Round of 16		—	1–0	4–1	2–1
2	Athletico Paranaense	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10			2–0	—	1–0	5–1
3	The Strongest	6	1	3	2	8	7	+1	6	Copa Sudamericana		1–1	5–0	—	1–1
4	Caracas	6	1	3	2	4	8	−4	6			1–0	0–0	0–0	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EST	VEL	NAC	RBB
1	Estudiantes	6	4	1	1	8	5	+3	13	Round of 16		—	4–1	1–0	2–0
2	Vélez Sarsfield	6	2	2	2	12	11	+1	8			4–0	—	1–2	2–2
3	Nacional	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7	Copa Sudamericana		0–0	2–3	—	3–0
4	Red Bull Bragantino	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5			0–1	1–1	2–0	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CAM	TOL	IDV	AMG
1	Atlético Mineiro	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11	Round of 16		—	1–2	3–1	1–1
2	Deportes Tolima	6	3	2	1	10	9	+1	11			0–2	—	1–0	2–2
3	Independiente del Valle	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	8	Copa Sudamericana		1–1	2–2	—	3–0
4	América Mineiro	6	0	2	4	6	13	−7	2			1–2	2–3	0–2	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BOC	COR	CAL	CAR
1	Boca Juniors	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	10	Round of 16		—	1–1	1–0	2–0
2	Corinthians	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9			2–0	—	1–0	1–1
3	Deportivo Cali	6	2	2	2	7	4	+3	8	Copa Sudamericana		2–0	0–0	—	3–0
4	Always Ready	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5			0–1	2–0	2–2	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RIV	FOR	CCL	ALI
1	River Plate	6	5	1	0	18	3	+15	16	Round of 16		—	2–0	4–0	8–1
2	Fortaleza	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10			1–1	—	1–2	2–1
3	Colo-Colo	6	2	1	3	9	13	−4	7	Copa Sudamericana		1–2	3–4	—	2–1
4	Alianza Lima	6	0	1	5	4	16	−12	1			0–1	0–2	1–1	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COL	CCP	OLI	PEÑ
1	Colón	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10	Round of 16		—	2–1	2–1	2–1
2	Cerro Porteño	6	2	2	2	5	4	+1	8			3–1	—	0–1	1–0
3	Olimpia	6	2	2	2	4	4	0	8	Copa Sudamericana		0–0	0–0	—	1–0
4	Peñarol	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7			2–1	0–0	2–1	—

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FLA	TAL