| 2021 Copa Libertadores final | |
| Event: | 2021 Copa Libertadores |
| Team1: | Palmeiras |
| Team1score: | 2 |
| Team2: | Flamengo |
| Team2score: | 1 |
| Details: | After extra time |
| Stadium: | Estadio Centenario |
| City: | Montevideo |
| Man Of The Match1a: | Deyverson (Palmeiras) |
| Referee: | Néstor Pitana (Argentina) |
| Attendance: | 55,023 |
| Previous: | 2020 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The 2021 Copa Libertadores final was the final match which decided the winner of the 2021 Copa Libertadores. This was the 62nd edition of the Copa Libertadores, the top-tier South American continental club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.
The match was played on 27 November 2021 at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay,[1] between Brazilian sides Palmeiras and Flamengo.
Palmeiras defeated Flamengo by a 2–1 score after extra time in the final to win their third title in the tournament, and second in a row.[2] [3] As winners of the 2021 Copa Libertadores, they qualified for the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2021 Copa Sudamericana in the 2022 Recopa Sudamericana. They also automatically qualified for the 2022 Copa Libertadores group stage.
| El Cilindro | Avellaneda | 61,000 | ||
| Estadio Libertadores de América | 48,069 | |||
| Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti | Buenos Aires | 70,074 | ||
| La Bombonera | 54,000 | |||
| Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes | Córdoba | 57,000 | ||
| Arena da Baixada | Curitiba | 42,372 | ||
| Estádio Beira-Rio | Porto Alegre | 50,128 | ||
| Estádio do Morumbi | São Paulo | 67,052 | ||
| Arena Corinthians | 49,205 | |||
| Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos | Santiago | 58,665 | ||
| Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo | Guayaquil | 59,283 | ||
| Estadio Centenario | Montevideo | 60,235 |
| Team | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) | |
|---|---|---|
| Palmeiras | 5 (1961, 1968, 1999, 2000, 2020) | |
 Flamengo | 2 (1981, 2019) |
Note: In all scores below, the score of the home team is given first.
| Palmeiras | Round | Flamengo | |||||||||||
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| width=25% | Opponent | width=10% | Venue | width=10% | Score | width=10% | width=25% | Opponent | width=10% | Venue | width=10% | Score | |
| Bye | Qualifying stages | Bye | |||||||||||
| Group A | Group stage | Group G | |||||||||||
| Universitario | Away | 2–3 | Vélez Sarsfield | Away | 2–3 | ||||||||
| Independiente del Valle | Home | 5–0 | Unión La Calera | Home | 4–1 | ||||||||
| Defensa y Justicia | Away | 1–2 | LDU Quito | Away | 2–3 | ||||||||
| Independiente del Valle | Away | 0–1 | Unión La Calera | Away | 2–2 | ||||||||
| Defensa y Justicia | Home | 3–4 | LDU Quito | Home | 2–2 | ||||||||
| Universitario | Home | 6–0 | Vélez Sarsfield | Home | 0–0 | ||||||||
| Seed 2 | final stages | Seed 5 | |||||||||||
| Universidad Católica (won 2–0 on aggregate) | Away | 0–1 | Round of 16 | Defensa y Justicia (won 5–1 on aggregate) | Away | 0–1 | |||||||
| Home | 1–0 | Home | 4–1 | ||||||||||
| São Paulo (won 4–1 on aggregate) | Away | 1–1 | Quarter-finals | Olimpia (won 9–2 on aggregate) | Away | 1–4 | |||||||
| Home | 3–0 | Home | 5–1 | ||||||||||
| Atlético Mineiro (tied 1–1 on aggregate, won on away goals) | Home | 0–0 | Semi-finals | Barcelona (won 4–0 on aggregate) | Home | 2–0 | |||||||
| Away | 1–1 | Away | 0–2 | ||||||||||
Marcos Rocha (Palmeiras) and Léo Pereira (Flamengo) were ruled out of the final due to suspensions.
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| Man of the Match: Deyverson (Palmeiras)
| Match rules
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