Participation of non-top flight clubs in CONMEBOL club competitions
The CONMEBOL club competitions are tournaments in which clubs affiliated with CONMEBOL can participate, including clubs from non-top-flight leagues across South America. This is a list of non-top-flight clubs that played a match in a CONMEBOL club competition.
Clubs are listed when they played at least one CONMEBOL match while competing below the highest tier of their domestic league system. A club that began a CONMEBOL competition in the top flight but was relegated before a later round is included only for the round or rounds played after its relegation. Brazilian clubs which competed only in a state championship and not in any national division are identified as being outside the national league pyramid.
Results
Season |
CONMEBOL competition |
League tier |
Non-top-flight club |
First round entered |
Final round reached |
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1992 |
Copa Libertadores |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Tier 2) |
Criciúma |
Group stage |
Quarter-finals |
Copa CONMEBOL |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Tier 2) |
Grêmio |
First round |
Quarter-finals |
|
Supercopa Libertadores |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Tier 2) |
Grêmio |
First round |
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1994 |
Supercopa Libertadores |
Primera B Nacional (Tier 2) |
Estudiantes de La Plata |
Round of 16 |
Quarter-finals |
1995 |
Copa CONMEBOL |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Tier 2) |
Ceará |
First round |
|
1996 |
Supercopa Libertadores |
Primera B Nacional (Tier 2) |
Argentinos Juniors |
Group stage |
|
1997 |
Copa CONMEBOL |
Campeonato Acreano (outside the national pyramid) |
Rio Branco-AC |
First round |
|
1998 |
Copa CONMEBOL |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Tier 2) |
Sampaio Corrêa |
First round |
Semi-finals |
1999 |
Copa CONMEBOL |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Tier 2) |
Vila Nova |
First round |
|
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (Tier 3) |
CSA |
First round |
Final |
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Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (Tier 3) |
São Raimundo-AM |
First round |
Semi-finals |
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2003 |
Copa Sudamericana |
Primera B de Chile (Tier 2) |
Provincial Osorno |
First round |
|
2005 |
Copa Libertadores |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Tier 2) |
Santo André |
Group stage |
|
2006 |
Copa Libertadores |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Tier 2) |
Paulista |
Group stage |
|
2010 |
Copa Sudamericana |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Tier 2) |
Goiás |
Final |
|
2011 |
Copa Libertadores |
Copa Simón Bolívar (Tier 2) |
Jorge Wilstermann |
Group stage |
|
2013 |
Copa Libertadores |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Tier 2) |
Palmeiras |
Group stage |
Round of 16 |
Copa Sudamericana |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Tier 2) |
Sport Recife |
First round |
Second round |
|
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Tier 2) |
Ponte Preta |
Final |
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2015 |
Copa Sudamericana |
Campeonato Brasiliense (outside the national pyramid) |
Brasília |
Second round |
Third round |
2016 |
Copa Sudamericana |
Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (Tier 3) |
Cuiabá |
Second round |
|
2017 |
Copa Sudamericana |
Venezuelan Segunda División (Tier 2) |
Estudiantes de Caracas |
First stage |
|
2018 |
Copa Libertadores |
Primera B de Chile (Tier 2) |
Santiago Wanderers |
Second qualifying stage |
Third qualifying stage |
2019 |
Copa Sudamericana |
Paraguayan División Intermedia (Tier 2) |
Independiente (Campo Grande) |
First stage |
|
2020 |
Copa Libertadores |
Primera Nacional (Tier 2) |
Tigre |
Group stage |
|
2023 |
Copa Libertadores |
Primera Nacional (Tier 2) |
Patronato |
Group stage |
|
Copa Sudamericana |
Primera Nacional (Tier 2) |
Patronato |
Knockout round play-offs |
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