2015 Copa Libertadores
| 2015 Copa Bridgestone Libertadores de América | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | February 3 – August 5, 2015 |
| Teams | 38 (from 11 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 River Plate (3rd title)
|
| Runners-up |
 UANL
|
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 138 |
| Goals scored | 342 (2.48 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Gustavo Bou (8 goals)
|
| Best player |
 Joffre Guerrón
|
The 2015 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2015 Copa Bridgestone Libertadores for sponsorship reasons) was the 56th edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.
Argentine team River Plate qualified to play in the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2016 Recopa Sudamericana as the best-placed South American team, before winning the final against Mexican team UANL 3–0 on aggregate to win their third title.San Lorenzo were the defending champions, but they were eliminated in the group stage.
The following 38 teams from 11 associations (the 10 CONMEBOL members plus Mexico which were invited to compete) qualified for the tournament:
The entry stage is determined as follows:
The draw of the tournament was held on December 2, 2014 at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.
For the first stage, the 12 teams were drawn into six ties containing a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, with the former hosting the second leg. The seeding of each team was determined by which associations reached the furthest stage in the previous Copa Libertadores.
For the second stage, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding pots. The seeding of each team was determined by their association and qualifying berth (as per the rotational agreement established by CONMEBOL, the teams which qualified through berths 1 from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela were seeded into Pot 1 for odd-numbered years, while the teams which qualified through berths 1 from Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay were seeded into Pot 1 for even-numbered years). Teams from the same association in Pots 1 and 2 could not be drawn into the same group. However, a first stage winner, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, could be drawn into the same group with another team from the same association.
...
Wikipedia