The Copa de la Liga Profesional (English: ''Professional League Cup''; officially named "Copa Diego Armando Maradona" in its first edition) is an official Argentine football cup competition. The cup was planned and organised by the "Liga Profesional de Fútbol", a body linked to 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 Tor ...

(AFA) that replaced the defunct

Superliga Argentina The Superliga Argentina de Fútbol, (officially "Superliga Profesional del Fútbol Argentino") was an Argentine sports association responsible for administering the main professional league of Argentine football, the Primera División, between ...

. This cup was conceived as a contingency competition after the schedule for a regular league season had been repeatedly delayed because of the

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. After the death of

Diego Maradona Diego Armando Maradona (; 30 October 196025 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the F ...

in November 2020, the competition was named after him. Nevertheless, the LPF executives decided to suppress the "Diego Maradona" name to keep distance from the conflict between Maradona's heirs and lawyer Matías Morla, owner of the brand and former representative of Maradona. In the ''Fase Campeón'', the 12 qualified teams were split into two groups of six teams each, where they played a single round-robin tournament. The winners of each group played the final match at a neutral venue. The winner of the ''Fase Campeón'' final were crowned champion of the cup also qualifying for Copa Libertadores. On the other hand, teams in ''Fase Complementación'' played under the same format as in the ''Fase Campeón''. The winners of the ''Fase Complementación'' final played a match against the ''Fase Campeón'' runners-up with the winners qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana. The second edition had a similar format with a total of 26 teams including two promoted from

Primera Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 team ...

. Teams were drawn into two groups of 13 teams each, playing on a single round-robin a total of 13 rounds.El fixture completo de la Copa
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List of champions

Titles by club

Top scorers

References

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