Copa de la Liga Profesional

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Copa de la Liga Profesional
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The trophy awarded to the champions
Organiser(s)Liga Profesional de Fútbol (LPF)
Founded2020; 6 years ago (2020)
Abolished2025; 1 year ago (2025)
RegionArgentina
Qualifier forCopa Libertadores
Trofeo de Campeones
Last championsEstudiantes (LP) (2024)
Most championshipsBoca Juniors (2 titles)
Broadcasters
  • ESPN Premium
  • TNT Sports
  • ESPN
  • TyC Sports
Websiteligaprofesional.ar
2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional

The Copa de la Liga Profesional (English: Professional League Cup; officially named "Copa Diego Armando Maradona" in its first edition)[1] was 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 (AFA) that replaced the defunct Superliga Argentina.[2] This cup was conceived as a contingency competition after the schedule for a regular league season had been repeatedly delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

After the death of Diego Maradona in November 2020, the competition was named after him.[3] 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.[4][5]

Boca Juniors was the first champion of the competition, after beating Banfield in the final.[6]

Format

[edit | edit source]

The first edition was contested by the 24 teams that had taken part in the 2019–20 Primera División championship, drawn into six groups of four teams each, playing on a double round-robin basis. In each zone, the top two teams advanced to the "Fase Campeón" while the bottom two teams advanced to the "Fase Complementación".[7]

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.[7]

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.[7]

The second edition had a similar format with a total of 26 teams including two promoted from Primera Nacional. Teams were drawn into two groups of 13 teams each, playing on a single round-robin a total of 13 rounds.[8]

List of champions

[edit | edit source]
  • (In bracket, title count):
Ed. Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue Province
1
 2020 Boca Juniors (1)
1–1 (5–3 (p))
 Banfield del Bicentenario San Juan
2
 2021 Colón (1)
3–0
 Racing del Bicentenario San Juan
3
 2022 Boca Juniors (2)
3–0
 Tigre Mario Kempes Córdoba
4
 2023 Rosario Central (1)
1–0
 Platense Madre de Ciudades Santiago del Estero
5
 2024 Estudiantes (LP) (1) 1–1 (4–3 (p)) Vélez Sarsfield Madre de Ciudades Santiago del Estero

Titles by club

[edit | edit source]
Rank Club Titles Runn. Seasons won Seasons run.
1
 Boca Juniors
2
 — 2020, 2022 —
2
 Colón 1 — 2021 —
Rosario Central 1 — 2023 —
Estudiantes (LP) 1 — 2024 —
—
 Banfield 0 1 — 2020
Racing 0 1 — 2021
Tigre 0 1 — 2022
Platense 0 1 — 2023
Vélez Sarsfield 0 1 — 2024

Top scorers

[edit | edit source]

Top 5 goalscorers, all-time (only group stage games)

Updated as of 8 January 2024

Rank Nat. Player Years Goals Apps Ratio
1 Uruguay Miguel Merentiel 2020– 21 41 0.51
2 Argentina Luis Rodríguez 2020– 21 44 0.48
3 Argentina Cristian Tarragona 2020- 18 54 0.33
4 Paraguay Gabriel Ávalos 2020- 16 42 0.38
5 Argentina Mauro Boselli 2022–2023 14 20 0.7

Historical table

[edit | edit source]
Pos. Club Part. Titles Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 River Plate 5 0 71 37 18 16 131 68 +63 129
2 Vélez Sarsfield 5 0 71 35 21 15 89 66 +23 126
3 Boca Juniors 5 2 74 33 26 15 106 66 +40 125
4 Racing 5 0 72 31 24 17 107 72 +35 117
5 Estudiantes (LP) 5 1 71 28 23 20 90 67 +23 107
6 Argentinos Juniors 5 0 70 27 25 18 93 76 +17 106
7 Banfield 5 0 68 27 23 18 79 61 +18 104
8 Independiente 5 0 68 26 23 19 77 62 +15 101
9 Talleres (C) 5 0 67 23 24 20 84 79 +5 93
10 Rosario Central 5 1 70 25 17 28 80 88 -8 92
11 Newell's Old Boys 5 0 66 25 14 17 75 77 -2 89
12 Godoy Cruz 5 0 69 22 23 24 78 87 -9 89
13 Huracán 5 0 67 23 19 25 79 80 -1 88
14 Defensa y Justicia 5 0 68 22 22 24 85 93 -8 88
15 San Lorenzo 5 0 66 19 29 18 67 70 -3 86
16 Unión 5 0 66 21 23 22 67 73 -6 86
17 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 5 0 66 23 17 26 85 95 -10 86
18 Colón 4 1 55 23 16 16 83 58 +25 85
19 Lanús 5 0 66 22 18 26 78 80 -2 84
20 Atlético Tucumán 5 0 66 19 21 26 76 94 -18 78
21 Central Córdoba (SdE) 5 0 66 16 24 26 63 92 -29 72
22 Platense 4 0 58 15 19 24 49 75 -26 64
23 Barracas Central 3 0 43 16 11 16 47 63 -16 59
24 Sarmiento (J) 4 0 55 13 19 23 44 70 -26 58
25 Arsenal 4 0 52 13 17 22 56 72 -16 56
26 Aldosivi 3 0 39 12 7 20 43 69 -17 43
27 Tigre 3 0 45 10 12 23 34 55 -21 42
28 Instituto 2 0 28 9 10 9 29 24 +5 37
29 Belgrano 2 0 29 8 11 10 40 41 -1 35
30 Patronato 3 0 38 8 4 26 27 58 -31 28
31 Deportivo Riestra 1 0 14 3 4 7 8 16 -8 13
32 Independiente Rivadavia 1 0 14 2 2 10 13 25 -12 8

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ El nombre "Diego Maradona" no va más on TyC
  5. ^ La AFA, forzada a cambiar el nombre del torneo por el litigio de la herencia on La Nación, 1 Feb 2021
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  7. ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  8. ^ El fixture completo de la Copa on Olé, 3 Feb 2021
[edit | edit source]
Retrieved from "http://70.231.62.181/index.php?title=Copa_de_la_Liga_Profesional&oldid=2811518"