2019 Copa Colombia

The 2019 Copa Colombia, officially the 2019 Copa Águila for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs of DIMAYOR. The tournament was contested by 36 teams, beginning on 13 February and ending on 6 November, with Independiente Medellín winning their second title by defeating Deportivo Cali in the finals by a 4–3 aggregate score and qualifying for the 2020 Copa Libertadores. Atlético Nacional were the defending champions, but were knocked out of the competition by Deportes Tolima in the quarterfinals.

2019 Copa Colombia

Copa Águila 2019
Tournament details
Country	Colombia
Dates	13 February – 6 November 2019
Teams	36
Final positions
Champions	Independiente Medellín (2nd title)
Runner-up	Deportivo Cali
Copa Libertadores	Independiente Medellín
Tournament statistics
Matches played	114
Goals scored	284 (2.49 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Germán Cano (6 goals)
← 2018 2020 →

Format

This year the competition featured the return of the group stage, after being played under a single-elimination format in its entirety in the previous edition. The first stage was played by 28 teams, which were split into seven groups of four teams each based on a regional basis, where teams played each of the teams in their group twice. The seven group winners plus the best second-placed team qualified for the round of 16, where they were joined by the eight teams that qualified for CONMEBOL competitions for the 2019 season: Deportes Tolima, Junior, Independiente Medellín, Atlético Nacional, Once Caldas, La Equidad, Rionegro Águilas and Deportivo Cali. Starting from this point, the cup continued as a single-elimination tournament, with all subsequent rounds being played as double-legged series.^[1][2]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PER	LEO	ENV	JAG
1	Deportivo Pereira	6	4	2	0	16	7	+9	14	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	3–1	5–1
2	Leones	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8			2–4	—	0–0	1–0
3	Envigado	6	0	5	1	5	7	−2	5			0–0	1–1	—	1–1
4	Jaguares	6	0	3	3	7	14	−7	3			2–2	1–3	2–2	—

Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SFE	PAT	BOY	BOG
1	Santa Fe	6	2	4	0	10	7	+3	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–1	1–1	1–0
2	Patriotas	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9			1–3	—	0–0	1–0
3	Boyacá Chicó	6	1	4	1	6	6	0	7			2–2	1–1	—	2–1
4	Bogotá	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	4			2–2	0–3	1–0	—

Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MIL	TIG	LLA	FOR
1	Millonarios	6	5	1	0	10	3	+7	16	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–0	1–1	1–0
2	Tigres	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8			1–3	—	0–0	2–1
3	Llaneros	6	1	3	2	4	5	−1	6			1–2	0–1	—	1–0
4	Fortaleza	6	0	2	4	3	7	−4	2			0–1	1–1	1–1	—

Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BUC	CUC	APE	VAL
1	Atlético Bucaramanga	6	2	3	1	9	5	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–2	1–2	5–1
2	Cúcuta Deportivo	6	1	5	0	9	8	+1	8			0–0	—	2–1	1–1
3	Alianza Petrolera	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8			0–1	1–1	—	2–0
4	Valledupar	6	0	4	2	6	12	−6	4			0–0	3–3	1–1	—

Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RSA	RCA	MAG	BAR
1	Real San Andrés	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	3–3	3–1
2	Real Cartagena	6	2	3	1	8	4	+4	9			1–0	—	0–0	4–0
3	Unión Magdalena	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9			3–4	1–1	—	1–0
4	Barranquilla	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4			1–0	2–2	0–1	—

Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AME	PAS	UPO	ATL
1	América de Cali	6	5	1	0	8	2	+6	16	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–1	1–0	1–0
2	Deportivo Pasto	6	4	1	1	9	6	+3	13			0–2	—	1–0	2–0
3	Universitario	6	0	2	4	6	10	−4	2			1–2	2–3	—	2–2
4	Atlético	6	0	2	4	4	9	−5	2			0–1	1–2	1–1	—

Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ORS	HUI	COR	QUI
1	Orsomarso	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–0	3–1	3–1
2	Atlético Huila	6	3	2	1	7	6	+1	11			1–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	Cortuluá	6	1	2	3	5	7	−2	5			2–0	1–1	—	0–1
4	Deportes Quindío	6	1	1	4	4	7	−3	4			0–1	1–3	1–1	—

Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.

Ranking of second-placed teams

The best team among those ranked second qualified for the knockout stage.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	F	Deportivo Pasto	6	4	1	1	9	6	+3	13	Knockout stage
2	G	Atlético Huila	6	3	2	1	7	6	+1	11
3	E	Real Cartagena	6	2	3	1	8	4	+4	9
4	B	Patriotas	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2	9
5	D	Cúcuta Deportivo	6	1	5	0	9	8	+1	8
6	A	Leones	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
7	C	Tigres	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8

Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots

Knockout stage

Each tie in the knockout stage will be played in a home-and-away two-legged format. In each tie, the team which has the better overall record up to that stage will host the second leg, except in the round of 16 where the group winners automatically host the second leg. In case of a tie in aggregate score, neither the away goals rule nor extra time are applied, and the tie is decided by a penalty shoot-out. The teams that qualified for the 2019 Copa Libertadores and 2019 Copa Sudamericana entered the competition in the round of 16, being joined there by the seven group winners and the best second-placed team.^[2]

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	Deportivo Cali	1	1	2
	Real San Andrés	0	0	0
							Deportivo Cali (p)	2	1	3 (4)
							Junior	1	2	3 (3)
	Junior	2	2	4
	Atlético Bucaramanga	0	1	1
													Deportivo Cali	2	1	3
													Deportes Tolima	1	1	2
	Atlético Nacional	3	0	3
	Santa Fe	0	2	2
							Atlético Nacional	0	1	1
							Deportes Tolima	1	1	2
	Deportes Tolima	3	5	8
	Orsomarso	0	0	0
																			Deportivo Cali	2	1	3
																			Independiente Medellín	2	2	4
	La Equidad	3	1	4 (3)
	Deportivo Pasto (p)	2	2	4 (4)
							Deportivo Pasto	4	0	4
							Deportivo Pereira	0	2	2
	Rionegro Águilas	1	0	1
	Deportivo Pereira	1	1	2
													Deportivo Pasto	1	2	3
													Independiente Medellín	2	3	5
	Once Caldas	2	0	2
	América de Cali	1	0	1
							Once Caldas	2	0	2
							Independiente Medellín	3	1	4
	Independiente Medellín	2	2	4
	Millonarios	1	2	3

Round of 16

The teams qualifying from the group stage played the second leg at home. The first legs were played from 24 July to 8 August 2019, and the second legs were played on 14 and 15 August 2019.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rionegro Águilas	1–2	Deportivo Pereira	1–1	0–1
Atlético Nacional	3–2	Santa Fe	3–0	0–2
Independiente Medellín	4–3	Millonarios	2–1	2–2
Junior	4–1	Atlético Bucaramanga	2–0	2–1
Deportivo Cali	2–0	Real San Andrés	1–0	1–0
Once Caldas	2–1	América de Cali	2–1	0–0
Deportes Tolima	8–0	Orsomarso	3–0	5–0
La Equidad	4–4 (3–4 p)	Deportivo Pasto	3–2	1–2

First leg

Atlético Nacional v Santa Fe

24 July 2019 (2019-07-24)	Atlético Nacional	3–0	Santa Fe	Medellín
19:30	Barcos 11' (pen.), 28' Barrera 73' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Atanasio Girardot Referee: John Hinestroza

Rionegro Águilas v Deportivo Pereira

31 July 2019 (2019-07-31)	Rionegro Águilas	1–1	Deportivo Pereira	Rionegro
16:00	Rentería 75'	Report	Acevedo 32'	Stadium: Alberto Grisales Referee: Ferney Trujillo

Deportivo Cali v Real San Andrés

31 July 2019 (2019-07-31)	Deportivo Cali	1–0	Real San Andrés	Palmira
19:30	Mercado 2'	Report		Stadium: Deportivo Cali Referee: Ramiro Pabón

Once Caldas v América de Cali

31 July 2019 (2019-07-31)	Once Caldas	2–1	América de Cali	Manizales
19:30	Londoño 18' García 88'	Report	Vergara 19'	Stadium: Palogrande Referee: Never Manjarrés

La Equidad v Deportivo Pasto

31 July 2019 (2019-07-31)	La Equidad	3–2	Deportivo Pasto	Bogotá
19:30	Mahecha 30' Camacho 45' Murillo 74'	Report	Vanegas 16' Amaya 35'	Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo Referee: Jorge Tabares

Deportes Tolima v Orsomarso

7 August 2019 (2019-08-07)	Deportes Tolima	3–0	Orsomarso	Ibagué
15:45	Moya 27' Centeno 63' Hernández 90'	Report		Stadium: Manuel Murillo Toro Referee: Óscar Gómez

Independiente Medellín v Millonarios

7 August 2019 (2019-08-07)	Independiente Medellín	2–1	Millonarios	Medellín
19:30	Cadavid 28' Cano 86'	Report	Arango 82'	Stadium: Atanasio Girardot Referee: Carlos Ortega

Junior v Atlético Bucaramanga

8 August 2019 (2019-08-08)	Junior	2–0	Atlético Bucaramanga	Barranquilla
19:30	Cetré 16' Murillo 23'	Report		Stadium: Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Referee: Luis Fernando Trujillo

Second leg

Deportivo Pasto v La Equidad

14 August 2019 (2019-08-14)	Deportivo Pasto	2–1 (4–4 agg.) (4–3 p)	La Equidad	Ipiales
15:00	Hidalgo 19' (pen.) Ivey 40'	Report	Vargas 47'	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Ricardo García

Real San Andrés v Deportivo Cali

14 August 2019 (2019-08-14)	Real San Andrés	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Deportivo Cali	San Andrés Island
15:30		Report	Rivera 77'	Stadium: Erwin O'Neil Referee: Fernando Acuña

Orsomarso v Deportes Tolima

14 August 2019 (2019-08-14)	Orsomarso	0–5 (0–8 agg.)	Deportes Tolima	Palmira
15:30		Report	Plata 20', 63' Castro 61' Hernández 66' Centeno 89'	Stadium: Francisco Rivera Escobar Referee: Luis Matorel

Deportivo Pereira v Rionegro Águilas

14 August 2019 (2019-08-14)	Deportivo Pereira	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Rionegro Águilas	Pereira
16:00	Manzano 3'	Report		Stadium: Hernán Ramírez Villegas Referee: Luis Fernando Trujillo

América de Cali v Once Caldas

14 August 2019 (2019-08-14)	América de Cali	0–0 (1–2 agg.)	Once Caldas	Cali
18:00		Report		Stadium: Pascual Guerrero Referee: Leonard Mosquera

Millonarios v Independiente Medellín

14 August 2019 (2019-08-14)	Millonarios	2–2 (3–4 agg.)	Independiente Medellín	Bogotá
20:00	Ortiz 29', 32'	Report	Cano 16', 75'	Stadium: El Campín Referee: Edilson Ariza

Atlético Bucaramanga v Junior

15 August 2019 (2019-08-15)	Atlético Bucaramanga	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Junior	Bucaramanga
18:00	Pineda 42'	Report	T. Gutiérrez 44' Cetré 55'	Stadium: Alfonso López Referee: Jorge Tabares

Santa Fe v Atlético Nacional

15 August 2019 (2019-08-15)	Santa Fe	2–0 (2–3 agg.)	Atlético Nacional	Bogotá
20:00	Velásquez 69' Murillo 90'	Report		Stadium: El Campín Referee: Bismarks Santiago

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 28 and 29 August 2019, and the second legs were played on 11 and 12 September 2019. Team 2 hosted the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Pasto	4–2	Deportivo Pereira	4–0	0–2
Atlético Nacional	1–2	Deportes Tolima	0–1	1–1
Once Caldas	2–4	Independiente Medellín	2–3	0–1
Deportivo Cali	3–3 (4–3 p)	Junior	2–1	1–2

First leg

Once Caldas v Independiente Medellín

28 August 2019 (2019-08-28)	Once Caldas	2–3	Independiente Medellín	Manizales
19:30	Lemos 44' (pen.), 49'	Report	Díaz 28' Arregui 73' Cano 90+1'	Stadium: Palogrande Referee: Jorge Guzmán

Deportivo Pasto v Deportivo Pereira

29 August 2019 (2019-08-29)	Deportivo Pasto	4–0	Deportivo Pereira	Ipiales
14:00	Estupiñán 2', 26' Rendón 50' De La Rosa 65'	Report		Stadium: Municipal Referee: Keiner Jiménez

Atlético Nacional v Deportes Tolima

29 August 2019 (2019-08-29)	Atlético Nacional	0–1	Deportes Tolima	Medellín
18:00		Report	Ramos 59'	Stadium: Atanasio Girardot Referee: Bismarks Santiago

Deportivo Cali v Junior

29 August 2019 (2019-08-29)	Deportivo Cali	2–1	Junior	Palmira
20:00	Rosero 84' Arroyo 90+4'	Report	Pico 4'	Stadium: Deportivo Cali Referee: Jorge Tabares

Second leg

Deportes Tolima v Atlético Nacional

11 September 2019 (2019-09-11)	Deportes Tolima	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Atlético Nacional	Ibagué
18:00	Banguero 74' (pen.)	Report	Barrera 40'	Stadium: Manuel Murillo Toro Referee: Andrés Rojas

Independiente Medellín v Once Caldas

11 September 2019 (2019-09-11)	Independiente Medellín	1–0 (4–2 agg.)	Once Caldas	Medellín
20:15	Marulanda 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Atanasio Girardot Referee: Luis Matorel

Deportivo Pereira v Deportivo Pasto

12 September 2019 (2019-09-12)	Deportivo Pereira	2–0 (2–4 agg.)	Deportivo Pasto	Pereira
18:00	Cano 12' Navarro 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Hernán Ramírez Villegas Referee: Never Manjarrés

Junior v Deportivo Cali

12 September 2019 (2019-09-12)	Junior	2–1 (3–3 agg.) (3–4 p)	Deportivo Cali	Barranquilla
20:15	Acuña 15' Fernández 90+2'	Report	Rivera 36'	Stadium: Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Referee: Edilson Ariza
	Penalties
	Narváez Piedrahita Haydar Sandoval Hinestroza		Rivera Dinenno Arroyo Angulo Mercado

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 25 September, and the second legs were played on 16 October.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Cali	3–2	Deportes Tolima	2–1	1–1
Deportivo Pasto	3–5	Independiente Medellín	1–2	2–3

First leg

Deportivo Pasto v Independiente Medellín

25 September 2019 (2019-09-25)	Deportivo Pasto	1–2	Independiente Medellín	Ipiales
15:00	Estupiñán 85' (pen.)	Report	Arregui 40' Ricaurte 56'	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Luis Fernando Trujillo

Deportivo Cali v Deportes Tolima

25 September 2019 (2019-09-25)	Deportivo Cali	2–1	Deportes Tolima	Palmira
19:45	Rentería 76' Tapia 90'	Report	Vásquez 13'	Stadium: Deportivo Cali Referee: Alexander Ospina

Second leg

Deportes Tolima v Deportivo Cali

16 October 2019 (2019-10-16)	Deportes Tolima	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Deportivo Cali	Ibagué
18:30	Moya 85'	Report	Rivera 34'	Stadium: Manuel Murillo Toro Referee: Andrés Rojas

Independiente Medellín v Deportivo Pasto

16 October 2019 (2019-10-16)	Independiente Medellín	3–2 (5–3 agg.)	Deportivo Pasto	Medellín
20:30	Quiñónes 19' Murillo 37' Henao 44' (o.g.)	Report	Estupiñán 45+1' (pen.), 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Atanasio Girardot Referee: Wander Mosquera

Finals

Deportivo Cali	2–2	Independiente Medellín
Dinenno 34' Mercado 52'	Report	Moreno 10' Cano 45+3' (pen.)

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02)

18:00

Estadio Deportivo Cali, Palmira

Referee: Nicolás Rodríguez

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Independiente Medellín	2–1	Deportivo Cali
Arregui 20' Cano 35'	Report	Rosero 90+3'

6 November 2019 (2019-11-06)

19:30

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Referee: Mario Herrera

Independiente Medellín won 4–3 on aggregate.

See also

• 2019 Categoría Primera A season
• 2019 Categoría Primera B season

References

1. "Balance de la Asamblea Extraordinaria de la Dimayor" (in Spanish). Dimayor.com.co. 30 November 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
2. "REGLAMENTO COPA ÁGUILA 2019" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dimayor.com.co. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2019-04-10.

External links

• DIMAYOR's official website (in Spanish)