2023 Copa Libertadores final

The 2023 Copa Libertadores final was the final match which decided the winner of the 2023 Copa Libertadores. This was the 64th edition of the Copa Libertadores, the top-tier South American continental club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The match was played between Argentine team Boca Juniors and Brazilian side Fluminense on 4 November 2023 at the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[1]

2023 Copa Libertadores final

Promotional poster of the final
Event	2023 Copa Libertadores
Boca Juniors Fluminense 1 2
After extra time
Date	4 November 2023
Venue	Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
Referee	Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
Attendance	69,232
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Fluminense won their first ever Copa Libertadores after defeating Boca Juniors 2–1 after extra time.^[2][3][4]

As winners, Fluminense qualified for the 2023 and 2025 FIFA Club World Cups and earned the right to play against the 2023 Copa Sudamericana winners LDU in the 2024 Recopa Sudamericana (which Fluminense would later go on to win as well). They also automatically qualified for the 2024 Copa Libertadores group stage.

Venue

Estadio Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro hosted the final

Bidding Venues for the 2023 Copa Libertadores final^[5][6]

Association	Stadium	City	Capacity
Argentina	El Cilindro	Avellaneda	61,000
	Estadio Libertadores de América		48,069
	Estadio Monumental	Buenos Aires	70,074
	La Bombonera		54,000
	Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes	Córdoba	57,000
Brazil	Arena da Baixada	Curitiba	42,372
	Estádio Beira-Rio	Porto Alegre	50,128
	Maracanã	Rio de Janeiro	78,838
	Estádio do Morumbi	São Paulo	67,052
	Arena Corinthians		49,205
Chile	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos	Santiago	58,665
Ecuador	Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo	Guayaquil	59,283
Peru	Estadio Monumental	Lima	80,093
	Estadio Nacional del Perú		50,000
Uruguay	Estadio Centenario	Montevideo	60,235

Teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Boca Juniors	11 (1963, 1977, 1978, 1979, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2018)
Fluminense	1 (2008)

Road to the final

Further information: 2023 Copa Libertadores

Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.

Boca Juniors			Round	Fluminense
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
Bye			Qualifying stages	Bye
Group F			Group stage	Group D
Monagas	Away	0–0		Sporting Cristal	Away	1–3
Deportivo Pereira	Home	2–1		The Strongest	Home	1–0
Colo-Colo	Away	0–2		River Plate	Home	5–1
Deportivo Pereira	Away	1–0		The Strongest	Away	1–0
Colo-Colo	Home	1–0		River Plate	Away	2–0
Monagas	Home	4–0		Sporting Cristal	Home	1–1
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Boca Juniors 6 13 2 Deportivo Pereira 6 8 3 Colo-Colo 6 6 4 Monagas 6 5 Source: CONMEBOL				Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Fluminense 6 10 2 River Plate 6 10 3 Sporting Cristal 6 8 4 The Strongest 6 6 Source: CONMEBOL
Seed 4			Final stages	Seed 8
Nacional (tied 2–2 on aggregate, won on penalties)	Away	0–0	Round of 16	Argentinos Juniors (won 3–1 on aggregate)	Away	1–1
	Home	2–2 (4–2 p)			Home	2–0
Racing (tied 0–0 on aggregate, won on penalties)	Home	0–0	Quarter-finals	Olimpia (won 5–1 on aggregate)	Home	2–0
	Away	0–0 (1–4 p)			Away	1–3
Palmeiras (tied 1–1 on aggregate, won on penalties)	Home	0–0	Semi-finals	Internacional (won 4–3 on aggregate)	Home	2–2
	Away	1–1 (2–4 p)			Away	1–2

Match details

Marcos Rojo (sent off in the semi-final second leg) and Exequiel Zeballos (knee injury) from Boca Juniors and Manoel (doping suspension) from Fluminense were ruled out of the final.

Boca Juniors	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Fluminense
Advíncula 72'	Report	Cano 36' John Kennedy 99'

4 November 2023 (2023-11-04)

17:00 UTC−3

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 69,232

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)^[7]

Boca Juniors

Fluminense

GK 1 Sergio Romero (c) RB 17 Luis Advíncula CB 4 Nicolás Figal  68'  113' CB 15 Nicolás Valentini LB 18 Frank Fabra  105+7' DM 21 Ezequiel Fernández  106' RM 16 Miguel Merentiel  91' CM 36 Cristian Medina  106' CM 8 Pol Fernández LM 19 Valentín Barco  78' CF 10 Edinson Cavani  64'  78' Substitutes: GK 13 Javier García DF 2 Facundo Roncaglia DF 3 Marcelo Saracchi  120'  106' DF 25 Bruno Valdez  113' DF 57 Marcelo Weigandt MF 20 Juan Ramírez MF 23 Diego González MF 39 Vicente Taborda  106' MF 49 Jorman Campuzano FW 9 Darío Benedetto  78' FW 11 Lucas Janson  91' FW 41 Luca Langoni  94'  78' Manager: Jorge Almirón

GK 1 Fábio RB 2 Samuel Xavier  85' CB 33 Nino (c)  105+7' CB 30 Felipe Melo  52' LB 12 Marcelo  80' CM 8 Martinelli  80' CM 7 André RW 21 Jhon Arias AM 10 Ganso  80' LW 11 Keno  67'  103' CF 14 Germán Cano  120' Substitutes: GK 22 Pedro Rangel DF 4 Marlon  52' DF 23 Guga  85' DF 40 Diogo Barbosa  80' DF 44 David Braz  103' MF 5 Alexsander MF 19 Leo Fernández MF 20 Daniel MF 29 Thiago Santos MF 45 Lima  80' FW 9 John Kennedy  89'  101'  80' FW 38 Yony González Manager: Fernando Diniz

Assistant referees:[7] Alexander Guzmán (Colombia) Dionisio Ruiz (Colombia) Fourth official: Andrés Rojas (Colombia) Fifth official: Wilmar Navarro (Colombia) Video assistant referee: Juan Lara (Chile) Assistant video assistant referees: Ángelo Hermosilla (Chile) Edson Cisternas (Chile) Jhon Ospina (Colombia)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Twelve named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

See also

• 2023 Copa Sudamericana final
• 2024 Recopa Sudamericana