The Copa Argentina (English: ''Argentine Cup''), officially known as the "Copa Argentina AXION energy" due to sponsorship reasons, is an official
football cup competition organized by the
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association ( es, Asociación del Fútbol Argentino, ; AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires. It organises the main divisions of Argentine league system (from Primera División to Torn ...
(AFA), with the aim of qualifying one club to the
Copa Libertadores
The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...
.
The first editions of the championship were contested by teams playing in
Primera División that did not earn eligibility to participate in the Copa Libertadores of the following year, and the best placed clubs playing in
regional leagues
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.
The tournament was re-launched in 2011, with teams of all divisions that form the
Argentine football league system
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taking part of the championship. The winner of Copa Argentina qualifies for the
Supercopa Argentina
The Supercopa Argentina (English: Argentine Super Cup) is an official National association football cup of Argentina organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). The annual football match was played for the first time in 2012, being cont ...
against the reigning champions of
Primera División.
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...
is the most successful team with four titles won, the latest in
2019–20.
History
Background
The "Campeonato de la República" (or
Copa General Pedro Ramírez)
[''Asociación del Fútbol Argentino: Memoria y Balance General 1943'', p. 135-137]
AFA Library) had been the first Argentine cup contested by clubs playing not only in Primera División but in
regional leagues
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as well, with a total of 35 teams in the first edition. The cup was held from 1943 to 1945.
A new international competition, "
Copa Ganadores de Copa
The Copa Ganadores de Copa, also known as Recopa Sudamericana de Clubes, was a South American football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Its first edition was held in 1970 and was won by Bolivian club Mariscal Santa Cruz. The second edition was ...
(also known as "Recopa Sudamericana"), organised by
CONMEBOL
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in 1970 as a
South America
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n counterpart of
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
, served as inspiration to the Argentine Association to create a new competition, with the winner team being eligible to play the 1970 edition of Copa Ganadores de Copa.
First edition: 1969
![Copa argentina 1969](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Copa_argentina_1969.png)
The competition was contested by 32 teams using a two-legged elimination format. Two points were awarded for winning a leg, one for a draw and null for a loss. The teams having more points would qualify to the next round. If both teams had same number of points, it would be determined by the total number of goals, total number of goals conceded, and
penalty shootout
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accordingly.
All teams in the
Primera División Argentina
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participated the competition with some top teams from the regional leagues, except teams that had already qualified to the Copa Libertadores, namely,
Vélez Sársfield and
River Plate, the winners and runners-up of
1968 Nacional respectively, and
Estudiantes (LP), the champions of
1968 Copa Libertadores.
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Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...
and Atlanta
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entered the final. Boca won the tournament by defeating Atlanta 3–2 on aggregate after two matches were played.
However, as Boca later won the 1969 Nacional and qualified to the 1970 Copa Libertadores, Atlanta qualified to the 1970 "Copa Ganadores de Copa" as the runner-up.[
]
Second edition: 1970
Apart from teams that had got the Copa Libertadores eligibility, namely Boca Juniors
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and River Plate, the champions and runners-up of Nacional
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1969, and Estudiantes (LP), who won the Copa Libertadores 1969, all clubs in the Primera División Argentina
Primera may refer to
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* Primera, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas
* Alí Primera, Venezuelan musician, c ...
participated this competition. The champions of Primera B, Ferro, also took part in the tournament, along with 13 top clubs from regional leagues.
Copa Argentina 1970 never finished. 32 teams played the competition and San Lorenzo
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Places Argentina
* San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
* San Lorenzo Department, Chaco
* Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...
and Vélez Sársfield entered the final. The tournament had been lasting for a long period in that year. Starting in March 1970, the first leg of the final was played in March 1971. At that time, the Copa Ganadores de Copa, which the winner of Copa Argentina would be qualifying for, had already started. Moreover, as Huracán Buceo
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and Deportes Concepción, the two other team in the same group with the Argentine representative in the Copa Ganadores de Copa, had not confirmed their participation, so the organizer announced the Copa Ganadores de Copa would become a friendly tournament. Therefore, after the first leg of the Copa Argentina final was held, which the teams drew 2-2, the second leg was never played. No Argentine teams participated in the Copa Ganadores de Copa 1971.
Relaunch
The reschedule of the Copa Argentina –officialized in 2011– included 186 teams of 7 divisions of the Argentine football league system
The Argentine football league system include tournaments organised by the Argentine Football Association. Clubs affiliated to the body compete in the tournaments, which are split into categories or divisions.
Rules establish a system of promotion ...
in a knock-out system competition. All the matches were disputed in neutral locations. The teams of the first division were included in rounds of 32. The champion of the tournament qualified for the next edition of Copa Sudamericana
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.
For the relaunching of the tournament, a new trophy was designed. The cup, made of aluminium, was manufactured at the Norberto Ambrosetti factory of Lobos, Buenos Aires
Lobos is the headquarters city of the Lobos Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It was founded on 2 June 1802 by José Salgado.
Background
Located 100 km from Buenos Aires, Lobos is currently a fertile agricultural area known m ...
.
The 2012 final between Boca and Racing was scheduled many times due to fixture congestion. The match was finally played on August 8, 2012, at the Estadio del Bicentenario in San Juan. Boca Juniors won its second trophy after defeating Racing Club by 2-1.
The 2012–13 Copa Argentina was scheduled to begin October 23, 2012 in a new two-phase knock-out competition. Arsenal
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defeated San Lorenzo
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Places Argentina
* San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
* San Lorenzo Department, Chaco
* Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...
and won its first trophy of this competition.
Champions
The following is the list of Copa Argentina winners with the finals played:
Notes:
Titles by club
Topscorers
Source:Argentina - List of Topscorers - Domestic Cups
by Pablo Kersevan and Pablo Ciullini on the RSSSF
See also
* Argentine Primera División
The Primera División (; en, "First Division"), known officialy as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).
Th ...
* Supercopa Argentina
The Supercopa Argentina (English: Argentine Super Cup) is an official National association football cup of Argentina organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). The annual football match was played for the first time in 2012, being cont ...
* List of Argentine football national cups
Since the creation of the first league in 1891, several official cups have been played in Argentina apart from the main competition, the Primera División championship. The first cup held in the country was the Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buen ...
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Copa Argentina de Futbol
Football competitions in Argentina
Recurring sporting events established in 1969
Argentina
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