IFFHS CONTINENTAL STATS - FINAL COPA LIBERTADORES
Copa Libertadores statistics: Final (29 November, Lima)
Palmeiras vs Flamengo 0-1
*Flamengo are the first Brazilian team to win Copa Libertadores 4 times (1981, 2019, 2022, 2025).
They went ahead of:
Grêmio - 3 (1983, 1995, 2017),
Santos - 3 (1962, 1963, 2011),
São Paulo - 3 (1992, 1993, 2005),
Palmeiras - 3 (1999, 2020, 2021).
*Brazil has won its 25th Copa Libertadores title, equaling Argentina's record. The next nation in the ranking is far behind (Uruguay, 8).
*It was the 8th final between teams from the same country in the history of the Copa Libertadores; 7 of them were all-Brazilian (including 5 in last 6 editions).
*It was the third final in CONMEBOL competitions between Palmeiras and Flamengo. They already faced each other in the 1999 Mercosur Cup (Flamengo was crowned champion) and in the 2021 Copa Libertadores (Palmeiras won the title).
*Palmeiras and Flamengo is the 5th pair of rivas that faced each other in two different Copa Libertadores finals, after:
Peñarol vs Santos (1962 and 2011),
Boca Juniors vs Santos (1963 and 2003),
Estudiantes vs Nacional (1969 and 1971),
América Cali vs River Plate (1986 and 1996).
*Rio de Janeiro has won all the last 4 editions of the Copa Libertadores (also Flamengo in 2022, Fluminense in 2023, Botafogo in 2024).
Rio de Janeiro thus equaled the competition’s record for consecutive titles gained by clubs from the same city set by Avellaneda between 1972 and 1975 (Independiente, 4 titles in a row).
*Flamengo are now joint-second in the raking of Brazilian teams with the most South American titles: 7, alongside Cruzeiro.
The most decorated São Paulo have 9 titles.
*Flamengo won the 2025 Copa Libertadores, scoring an exact average of one goal per game (13 goals in 13 matches).
Only one champion has won the title with a lower average: Boca Juniors in 1977 (10 goals in 13 matches, an average of 0.77).
*Bruno Henrique equaled the record for most Copa Libertadores titles among Brazilian players: 3, all with Flamengo (2019, 2022 and 2025), along with Fabiano Eller, Palhinha, Ronaldo Luís, Marcos Rocha, Willian and Felipe Melo.
*Saúl Ñíguez became the third Spanish player to win the Copa Libertadores, after Pablo Marí (with Flamengo, in 2019) and Raúl Amarilla (with Olimpia, in 1990).