2019–20 Copa Argentina

Tournament details
Country	Argentina
Dates	15 January 2020 – 8 December 2021
Teams	77
Final positions
Champions	Boca Juniors (4th title)
Runner-up	Talleres (C)
2022 Copa Libertadores	Boca Juniors
Tournament statistics
Matches played	89
Goals scored	201 (2.26 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Michael Santos (4 goals)
Best player	Agustín Rossi [1]
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The 2019–20 Copa Argentina (officially the Copa Argentina AXION energy 2019–20 for sponsorship reasons) ^[2] was the eleventh edition of the Copa Argentina, and the ninth since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on 15 January 2020 and ended on 8 December 2021. On 17 March 2020, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) announced the suspension of the tournament to prevent the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. ^[3] After several months the tournament resumed on 23 December 2020. ^[4]

Originally, the champions would have qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores, however on 11 December 2020 the Copa Argentina organizers announced that the 2019–20 edition would not end before the beginning of the 2021 Copa Libertadores. Therefore, AFA decided that the Copa Argentina berth for the 2021 Copa Libertadores would be reallocated to the best team of the 2019–20 Superliga Argentina and 2020 Copa de la Superliga aggregate table not yet qualified and that the champions would qualify for the 2022 Copa Libertadores instead, as proposed to AFA by the Copa Argentina organizers. ^[5] River Plate, the defending champions, were eliminated in the round of 16.

Boca Juniors defeated Talleres (C) in the final on penalties to win their fourth tournament title. ^[6] As champions, they qualified for the 2022 Copa Libertadores group stage and the 2021 Supercopa Argentina.

Teams

Seventy-seven teams took part in this competition: All twenty-four teams from the Primera División; fourteen teams of the Primera Nacional; six from the Primera B, four from the Primera C; three from the Primera D and twenty-six teams from Federal A. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

First Level

Primera División

All twenty-four teams of 2019–20 tournament qualified.

Second Level

Primera Nacional

The top-seven teams of each zone at the 15th round of 2019–20 tournament qualified.

Third Level

Primera B Metropolitana

The top-six teams at the 17th round of 2019–20 Primera B tournament qualified.

Torneo Federal A

The top-thirteen teams of each zone at the 15th round of 2019–20 tournament qualified.

Fourth Level

Primera C Metropolitana

The top-four teams at the 19th round of 2019–20 Primera C tournament qualified.

Fifth Level

Primera D Metropolitana

The top-three teams at the 13th round of 2019–20 Primera D tournament qualified.

Round and draw dates

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Regional Round	Round I	11 December 2019	15 January–11 February 2020	19 January–19 February 2020
Final Stage	Round of 64	30 January 2020	25 February 2020 – 17 March 2021
	Round of 32		17 March–4 August 2021
	Round of 16		13 July–22 September
	Quarterfinals		22 September–13 October 2021
	Semifinals		3 November–1 December 2021
	Final		8 December 2021

Regional Round

This round was organized by the Consejo Federal.

Round I

In the Round I, 26 teams from Torneo Federal A participated. The round was played between 15 January and 19 February 2020, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 13 winning teams advanced to the Final Round. ^{[11] [12]}

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sarmiento (R)	1–2	Chaco For Ever	1–1	0–1
Desamparados	1–5	Sportivo Peñarol	0–1	1–4
Huracán Las Heras	4–1	Deportivo Maipú	1–0	3–1
Sansinena	2–3	Villa Mitre	2–2	0–1
Sol de Mayo	1–7	Deportivo Madryn	0–2	1–5
Cipolletti	1–1 ( a)	Ferro Carril Oeste (GP)	0–0	1–1
Círculo Deportivo	3–3 (0–3 p)	Deportivo Camioneros	2–1	1–2
Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	0–1	Douglas Haig	0–0	0–1
Central Norte	3–3 ( a)	Güemes (SdE)	2–2	1–1
San Martín (F)	1–3	Boca Unidos	1–2	0–1
Crucero del Norte	4–4 ( a)	Defensores (P)	2–3	2–1
Sportivo Belgrano	2–0	Unión (S)	1–0	1–0
Estudiantes (SL)	3–2	Sportivo Las Parejas	1–1	2–1

First leg

Second leg

Final Rounds

Draw

The draw for the Final Rounds was held on 30 January 2020, 18:00 at AFA Futsal Stadium in Ezeiza. The 64 qualified teams were divided in four groups. Teams were seeded by their historical performance and Division. Champions of AFA tournaments playing in Argentine Primera División were allocated to Group A. The matches were drawn from the respective confronts: A vs. C; B vs. D. Some combinations were avoided for security reasons. ^[13]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Argentinos Juniors Arsenal Banfield Boca Juniors Estudiantes (LP) Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Huracán Independiente Lanús Newell's Old Boys Racing River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo Vélez Sarsfield	Aldosivi Atlanta Atlético Tucumán Central Córdoba (SdE) Colón Defensa y Justicia Defensores de Belgrano Estudiantes (RC) Godoy Cruz Patronato Platense San Martín (T) Sarmiento (J) Talleres (C) Temperley Tigre Unión	Boca Unidos [1] Cañuelas Claypole Defensores (P) Deportivo Camioneros Estudiantes (SL) [1] Güemes (SdE) Huracán Las Heras Laferrere Liniers Real Pilar Sportivo Barracas Sportivo Belgrano [1] Sportivo Peñarol [1] Villa Mitre	Almirante Brown Alvarado Atlético de Rafaela Chaco For Ever [1] Cipolletti [1] Comunicaciones Deportivo Madryn Deportivo Riestra Dock Sud Douglas Haig [1] Estudiantes (BA) Instituto J. J. Urquiza San Martín (SJ) San Telmo Talleres (RdE) Villa San Carlos

¹ The identity of seven teams from Torneo Federal A were not known at the time of the draw.

Bracket

Upper bracket

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals
	Newell's Old Boys		2
	Sportivo Peñarol		0
						Newell's Old Boys		0
						Sarmiento (J)		1
	Sarmiento (J)		3
	Douglas Haig		0
											Sarmiento (J)		0
											Temperley		1
	Aldosivi		1
	Talleres (RdE)		3
						Talleres (RdE)		0
						Temperley		4
	Temperley ( p)		0 (4)
	Deportivo Riestra		0 (2)
																Temperley		1
																Talleres (C)		2
	Arsenal		0
	Huracán Las Heras		1
						Huracán Las Heras		1
						Estudiantes (RC)		4
	Estudiantes (RC)		1
	Chaco For Ever		0
											Estudiantes (RC)		1 (5)
											Talleres (C) ( p)		1 (6)
	Talleres (C) ( p)		0 (6)
	Atlético de Rafaela		0 (5)
						Talleres (C) ( p)		1 (3)
						Vélez Sarsfield		1 (1)
	Vélez Sarsfield		3
	Deportivo Camioneros		1
																					Talleres (C)		1
																					Godoy Cruz		0
	Rosario Central		0
	Boca Unidos		3
						Boca Unidos		0
						Godoy Cruz		2
	Godoy Cruz		3
	J. J. Urquiza		1
											Godoy Cruz ( p)		3 (5)
											Racing		3 (4)
	San Martín (T)		0
	San Martín (SJ)		1
						San Martín (SJ)		2 (1)
						Racing ( p)		2 (4)
	Racing		3
	Sportivo Belgrano		1
																Godoy Cruz		1
																Tigre		0
	San Lorenzo		3
	Liniers		0
						San Lorenzo		0
						Defensa y Justicia		2
	Defensa y Justicia		1
	Estudiantes (BA)		0
											Defensa y Justicia		0 (4)
											Tigre ( p)		0 (5)
	Tigre ( p)		1 (5)
	Alvarado		1 (3)
						Tigre		2
						Independiente		1
	Independiente		1
	Villa Mitre		0

Lower bracket

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals
	Boca Juniors		2
	Claypole		1
						Boca Juniors		3
						Defensores de Belgrano		0
	Defensores de Belgrano		4
	Almirante Brown		2
											Boca Juniors ( p)		0 (4)
											River Plate		0 (1)
	Atlético Tucumán		3
	Comunicaciones		0
						Atlético Tucumán		1
						River Plate		2
	River Plate		4
	Defensores (P)		0
																Boca Juniors ( p)		0 (4)
																Patronato		0 (2)
	Huracán		1 (4)
	Estudiantes (SL) ( p)		1 (5)
						Estudiantes (SL)		1
						Villa San Carlos		2
	Atlanta		0 (3)
	Villa San Carlos ( p)		0 (4)
											Villa San Carlos		0
											Patronato		1
	Patronato ( p)		1 (5)
	Instituto		1 (3)
						Patronato ( p)		2 (5)
						Lanús		2 (3)
	Lanús		3
	Real Pilar		1
																					Boca Juniors		1
																					Argentinos Juniors		0
	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)		2
	Sportivo Barracas		0
						Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)		5
						Dock Sud		0
	Unión		1 (5)
	Dock Sud ( p)		1 (6)
											Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)		2
											Argentinos Juniors		3
	Colón		1
	Cipolletti		0
						Colón		0
						Argentinos Juniors		1
	Argentinos Juniors		1
	Cañuelas		0
																Argentinos Juniors		2
																San Telmo		1
	Estudiantes (LP)		1 (4)
	Laferrere ( p)		1 (5)
						Laferrere		0
						San Telmo		2
	Central Córdoba (SdE)		0
	San Telmo		1
											San Telmo		1
											Banfield		0
	Platense		0
	Deportivo Madryn		1
						Deportivo Madryn		0
						Banfield		1
	Banfield		2
	Güemes (SdE)		0

Round of 64

The Round of 64 had 13 qualified teams from the Regional Round (13 teams from Torneo Federal A), 13 qualified teams from the Metropolitan Zone (6 teams from Primera B Metropolitana; 4 teams from Primera C and 3 teams from Primera D), 14 teams from Primera B Nacional and 24 teams from Primera División. The round was played between 25 February 2020 and 17 March 2021, in a single knock-out match format. The 32 winning teams advanced to the Round of 32.

Round of 32

This round had 32 qualified teams from the Round of 64. The round was played between 17 March and 4 August 2021, in a single knock-out match format. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round of 16.

Round of 16

This round had the 16 qualified teams from the Round of 32. The round was played between 13 July and 22 September 2021, in a single knock-out match format. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

This round had the 8 qualified teams from the Round of 16. The round was played between 22 September and 13 October 2021, in a single knock-out match format. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Semifinals.

Semifinals

This round had the 4 qualified teams from the Quarterfinals. The round was played between 3 November and 1 December 2021, in a single knock-out match format. The 2 winning teams advanced to the Final.

Final

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Michael Santos	Talleres (C)	4
2	Enzo Copetti	Racing	3
	Federico Girotti	River Plate
4	Lucas Agüero	Huracán Las Heras	2
	Thomas Amilivia	San Telmo
	Alejandro Aranda	Talleres (RdE)
	Junior Arias	Patronato
	Ezequiel Bullaude	Godoy Cruz
	Alan Cantero	Sportivo Peñarol
	Carlos Alfredo Fernández	Sportivo Peñarol
	Javier Ferreira	Estudiantes (RC)
	Fabio Giménez	Deportivo Madryn
	Cristian Lucero	Huracán Las Heras
	Pablo Magnín	Sarmiento (J)/ Tigre
	Mauricio Martínez	Racing
	Martín Ojeda	Godoy Cruz
	Claudio Pombo	Sarmiento (J)
	Luciano Pons	Banfield
	Facundo Quiroga	Estudiantes (SL)
	Eric Ramírez	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
	Ricardo Ezequiel Ramírez	San Telmo
	Gonzalo Ríos	Central Norte/ Boca Unidos
	Lautaro Robles	Defensores (P)
	Óscar Romero	San Lorenzo
	Silvio Romero	Independiente
	Mauro Zárate	Boca Juniors

Source: Copa Argentina

Team of the tournament

Team
Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Agustín Rossi ( Boca Juniors)	Kevin Mac Allister ( Argentinos Juniors) Carlos Izquierdoz ( Boca Juniors) Marcos Rojo ( Boca Juniors) Enzo Díaz ( Talleres (C))	Agustín Allione ( Temperley) Gabriel Carabajal ( Argentinos Juniors) Martín Ojeda ( Godoy Cruz)	Enzo Copetti ( Racing) Thomas Amilivia ( San Telmo) Michael Santos ( Talleres (C))
Substitutes
Alan González ( San Telmo)	Nahuel Tenaglia ( Talleres (C))	Mauricio Martínez ( Racing) Jorman Campuzano ( Boca Juniors) Juan Ignacio Silva ( Villa San Carlos) Gabriel Florentín ( Argentinos Juniors)	Alan Cantero ( Sportivo Peñarol/ Godoy Cruz) Eric Ramírez ( Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)) Federico Girotti ( River Plate) Junior Arias ( Patronato) Luciano Pons ( Banfield) Pablo Magnín ( Sarmiento (J)/ Tigre)
Coach
Alexander Medina ( Talleres (C))

Source: Copa Argentina

See also

• 2019–20 Argentine Primera División
• 2019–20 Primera B Nacional
• 2019–20 Torneo Federal A

References

External links

• Official site (in Spanish)
• Copa Argentina on the Argentine Football Association's website (in Spanish)