Brazil and Venezuela close out the first round of the CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina 2025™ group stage
The Canarinho and La Vinotinto are looking for their first points in this new edition in Ecuador
- The most successful team in the tournament’s history, Brazil aims for a ninth continental title
- La Vinotinto seeks a historic result against the current champions.
Brazil and Venezuela make their debut in the CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina 2025™ as they face off at 7:00 p.m. local time on Sunday, July 13, at Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda in Quito, Ecuador. This will be the seventh meeting between the two teams in the tournament’s history.
They close out the first round of Group B, which also features Bolivia and Paraguay facing each other earlier that day. Colombia completes the group and will debut on July 16.
Brazil is chasing its ninth title in its 10th participation in the CONMEBOL Copa América™, having also won the 2022 edition. That same year, Venezuela finished in sixth place.
Key facts
- Brazil and Venezuela have faced each other six times previously in the CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina™, with Brazil winning all matches. Moreover, La Vinotinto has never scored a goal against the Verde-Amarela.
- Brazil remains unbeaten in 48 of their 50 matches in CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina™ history (47 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses), scoring 268 goals and conceding only 18. They also hold the record for most clean sheets in the tournament, with 36.
- Brazil has scored more headers than any other team in the last two editions of the CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina™, with 12 goals — three times more than the next best, Colombia, with four.
- Brazil also averaged the highest ball possession in the CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina 2022™, with 61%, leading all teams in this category.
- If either Arthur Elias (Brazil) or Ricardo Belli (Venezuela) wins the title in this edition, they would become the first coach to win both the CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina™ and the CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina since Kleiton Lima, who won both with Brazil and Santos. Elias has won the club title three times with Corinthians, while Belli won it with Palmeiras.
Source: OPTA
Referee appointments
- Referee: Milagros Arruela (PER)
- Assistant 1: Mariana Aquino (PER)
- Assistant 2: Vera Yupanqui (PER)
- Fourth official: Roberta Echeverria (ARG)
- Fifth official: Gisela Trucco (ARG)
- Referee assessor: Sandra Zambrano (ECU)
Match information
Date and time: Sunday, July 13, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. local time (GMT-5) – 9:00 p.m. in Brasília, 8:00 p.m. in Caracas.
Venue: Estadio Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda, Quito (Ecuador).
