2018 Copa Colombia

2018 Copa Colombia
Copa Águila 2018
Tournament details
Country	Colombia
Teams	36
Final positions
Champions	Atlético Nacional (4th title)
Runner-up	Once Caldas
Copa Libertadores	Atlético Nacional
Tournament statistics
Matches played	70
Goals scored	135 (1.93 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	David Lemos; Michael Rangel; Ricardo Steer; (3 goals each)
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Copa Colombia, officially the 2018 Copa Águila for sponsorship reasons, was the 16th edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs of DIMAYOR. The tournament was contested by 36 teams. Junior were the defending champions, but were knocked out by Atlético Nacional in the quarterfinals. Atlético Nacional were the champions after beating Once Caldas 4–3 on aggregate in the final, and qualified for the 2019 Copa Libertadores.

Format

For the 2018 season, the Copa Colombia had a change in its format. Unlike previous editions, there was no group stage and the competition was played in a single-elimination format in its entirety, with the 16 teams from the Categoría Primera B entering the first stage and being drawn into eight ties. After two stages, four Primera B teams qualified for the third stage, along with the twelve Categoría Primera A teams that did not enter international competition in the 2018 season, which entered the cup at that stage. Finally, in the round of 16, the eight third stage winners were joined by the four Copa Libertadores qualifiers (Atlético Nacional, Junior, Millonarios and Santa Fe), as well as the four Copa Sudamericana qualifiers (Independiente Medellín, América de Cali, Deportivo Cali, and Jaguares), which entered the competition at this point.^[1]

First stage

The first stage was played by the 16 Categoría Primera B clubs, eight of which were seeded in the ties according to their position in the 2017 season aggregate table. The two relegated clubs from the Categoría Primera A (Cortuluá and Tigres) along with the remaining Primera B clubs were drawn into each tie. The seeded clubs hosted the second leg. The first legs were played on 21–22 February and 10 March 2018, while the second legs were played on 13 and 14 March 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético	0–2	Cúcuta Deportivo	0–1	0–1
Fortaleza	3–4	Deportivo Pereira	3–1	0–3
Bogotá	1–4	Deportes Quindío	1–1	0–3
Unión Magdalena	1–1 (5–6 p)	Llaneros	0–0	1–1
Tigres	0–1	Barranquilla	0–0	0–1
Universitario	1–0	Orsomarso	1–0	0–0
Cortuluá	3–1	Real Santander	2–1	1–0
Valledupar	2–3	Real Cartagena	1–2	1–1

First leg

21 February 2018	Universitario	1–0	Orsomarso	Popayán
11:30	Cuenú 47' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Ciro López Referee: Alexander Arias

21 February 2018	Bogotá	1–1	Deportes Quindío	Bogotá
14:00	Castillo 30'	Report	Cambindo 89'	Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo Referee: Camilo Colmenares

21 February 2018	Valledupar	1–2	Real Cartagena	Valledupar
19:45	Herazo 89'	Report	González 38' Murillo 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Armando Maestre Pavajeau Referee: Alexander Ortíz

22 February 2018	Tigres	0–0	Barranquilla	Bogotá
14:00		Report		Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo Referee: Cristian Guzmán

22 February 2018	Fortaleza	3–1	Deportivo Pereira	Cota
14:30	Acosta 22' Alcarcel 55' Chaves 75'	Report	Meléndez 77'	Stadium: Municipal de Cota Referee: Yeison Garzón

22 February 2018	Cortuluá	2–1	Real Santander	Palmira
16:00	Mercado 12' Mosquera 81'	Report	Castañeda 14'	Stadium: Francisco Rivera Escobar Referee: Jeison Abril

22 February 2018	Atlético	0–1	Cúcuta Deportivo	Cali
19:00		Report	Rangel 52'	Stadium: Pascual Guerrero Referee: Esneider Pontón

10 March 2018	Unión Magdalena	0–0	Llaneros	Santa Marta
15:15		Report		Stadium: Sierra Nevada Referee: Carlos Márquez

Second leg

13 March 2018	Barranquilla	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Tigres	Barranquilla
15:00	González 71'	Report		Stadium: Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Referee: Gabriel Matorel

13 March 2018	Orsomarso	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Universitario	Palmira
15:00		Report		Stadium: Francisco Rivera Escobar Referee: Héctor Rivera

13 March 2018	Real Cartagena	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	Valledupar	Cartagena
19:45	Murillo 40'	Report	Rengifo 88'	Stadium: Jaime Morón León Referee: Carlos García

14 March 2018	Deportivo Pereira	3–0 (4–3 agg.)	Fortaleza	Pereira
15:30	Palomino 33' Echeverri 40' Mejía 60'	Report		Stadium: Hernán Ramírez Villegas Referee: Juan Roldán

14 March 2018	Deportes Quindío	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Bogotá	Armenia
15:30	Guerrero 16' Carpintero 26' Gómez 70'	Report		Stadium: Centenario Referee: Juan Pablo Alba

14 March 2018	Llaneros	1–1 (1–1 agg.) (6–5 p)	Unión Magdalena	Villavicencio
15:30	Arias 16'	Report	Vega 51'	Stadium: Manuel Calle Lombana Referee: Wilmer Gantiva

14 March 2018	Real Santander	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Cortuluá	Floridablanca
18:00		Report	Sotero 67'	Stadium: Álvaro Gómez Hurtado Referee: Wilmar Montaño

14 March 2018	Cúcuta Deportivo	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Atlético	Cúcuta
20:00	Caballero 38'	Report		Stadium: General Santander Referee: Fernando Acuña

Second stage

The second stage was played by the 8 first stage winners. In each tie, the clubs with the best performance after the first stage hosted the second leg. The first legs were played on 28–29 March and 12 April 2018, and the second legs were played on 11–12 and 26 April 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Cartagena	1–3	Cúcuta Deportivo	0–1	1–2
Deportivo Pereira	4–1	Cortuluá	4–0	0–1
Universitario	2–3	Deportes Quindío	1–3	1–0
Llaneros	1–3	Barranquilla	0–1	1–2

First leg

28 March 2018	Universitario	1–3	Deportes Quindío	Popayán
11:30	Torres 44'	Report	Carabalí 17' Gómez 27' Carpintero 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Ciro López Referee: Liz Maír Suárez

29 March 2018	Llaneros	0–1	Barranquilla	Villavicencio
15:00		Report	Colpa 52'	Stadium: Manuel Calle Lombana Referee: Carlos Betancur

29 March 2018	Deportivo Pereira	4–0	Cortuluá	Pereira
15:30	Mena 20' (pen.) Castillo 30' Cano 43' Navarro 56'	Report		Stadium: Hernán Ramírez Villegas Referee: Jorge Guzmán

12 April 2018	Real Cartagena	0–1	Cúcuta Deportivo	Cartagena
19:30		Report	Carrero 7'	Stadium: Jaime Morón León Referee: Diego Rendón

Second leg

11 April 2018	Deportes Quindío	0–1 (3–2 agg.)	Universitario	Armenia
15:30		Report	Montaño 57'	Stadium: Centenario Referee: Lisandro Castillo

12 April 2018	Barranquilla	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Llaneros	Barranquilla
15:30	Sarmiento 18' Díaz 43' (pen.)	Report	Orozco 83'	Stadium: Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Referee: Never Manjarrés

12 April 2018	Cortuluá	1–0 (1–4 agg.)	Deportivo Pereira	Cali
18:00	Sotero 87'	Report		Stadium: Pascual Guerrero Referee: Nicolás Rodríguez

26 April 2018	Cúcuta Deportivo	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Real Cartagena	Cúcuta
19:45	Carrero 48' Caballero 74'	Report	Salcedo 32'	Stadium: General Santander Referee: Leonard Mosquera

Third stage

The third stage was played by the four second stage winners and the 12 Categoría Primera A clubs that did not qualify for international competition, which were seeded in the ties according to their position in the 2017 season aggregate table. The two promoted clubs from the Categoría Primera B (Leones and Boyacá Chicó) were the last two seeded teams, with Leones taking the 11th position and Boyacá Chicó the 12th position. The four second stage winners as well as the best four teams according to the 2017 Primera A aggregate table hosted the second leg. The first legs were played on 2–3 and 9 May 2018, while the second legs were played on 9–10 and 16 May 2018.

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Boyacá Chicó	4–3	Cúcuta Deportivo	2–1	2–2
Leones	3–3 (4–2 p)	Deportivo Pereira	0–1	3–2
Rionegro Águilas	0–1	Deportes Quindío	0–1	0–0
Once Caldas	4–1	Barranquilla	2–0	2–1
Envigado	2–1	Deportivo Pasto	0–0	2–1
Patriotas	1–1 (4–3 p)	Deportes Tolima	1–1	0–0
Alianza Petrolera	1–1 (4–5 p)	La Equidad	1–1	0–0
Atlético Huila	3–4	Atlético Bucaramanga	1–0	2–4

First leg

2 May 2018	Patriotas	1–1	Deportes Tolima	Tunja
18:00	Velásquez 16'	Report	Villa 90'	Stadium: La Independencia Referee: Nicolás Rodríguez

2 May 2018	Once Caldas	2–0	Barranquilla	Manizales
19:00	Guzmán 72' Vanegas 88'	Report		Stadium: Palogrande Referee: Óscar Gómez

2 May 2018	Alianza Petrolera	1–1	La Equidad	Barrancabermeja
19:00	Santa 53'	Report	Riquett 57'	Stadium: Daniel Villa Zapata Referee: Carlos Ortega

3 May 2018	Leones	0–1	Deportivo Pereira	Itagüí
15:00		Report	Cano 28'	Stadium: Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí Referee: Harold Perilla

3 May 2018	Atlético Huila	1–0	Atlético Bucaramanga	Neiva
18:00	Boló 57'	Report		Stadium: Guillermo Plazas Alcid Referee: Diego Rendón

3 May 2018	Rionegro Águilas	0–1	Deportes Quindío	Rionegro
19:00		Report	Sevillano 24' (pen.)	Stadium: Alberto Grisales Referee: Jorge Guzmán

3 May 2018	Boyacá Chicó	2–1	Cúcuta Deportivo	Tunja
20:00	Romaña 38' Canizales 60'	Report	Núñez 90'	Stadium: La Independencia Referee: Never Manjarrés

9 May 2018	Envigado	0–0	Deportivo Pasto	Envigado
16:00		Report		Stadium: Polideportivo Sur Referee: Never Manjarrés

Second leg

9 May 2018	Deportes Tolima	0–0 (1–1 agg.) (3–4 p)	Patriotas	Ibagué
19:30		Report		Stadium: Manuel Murillo Toro Referee: Jorge Duarte

9 May 2018	La Equidad	0–0 (1–1 agg.) (5–4 p)	Alianza Petrolera	Bogotá
19:30		Report		Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo Referee: Óscar Gómez

9 May 2018	Atlético Bucaramanga	4–2 (4–3 agg.)	Atlético Huila	Bucaramanga
20:00	Mojica 47' Rangel 52', 81', 90'	Report	Figueroa 66' Amaya 71'	Stadium: Alfonso López Referee: Nicolás Rodríguez

10 May 2018	Barranquilla	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Once Caldas	Barranquilla
15:00	Díaz 89' (pen.)	Report	Lemos 36', 69'	Stadium: Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Referee: Éder Vergara

10 May 2018	Deportes Quindío	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Rionegro Águilas	Armenia
19:00		Report		Stadium: Centenario Referee: Lisandro Castillo

10 May 2018	Cúcuta Deportivo	2–2 (3–4 agg.)	Boyacá Chicó	Cúcuta
19:30	Agudelo 47' Castro 72' (pen.)	Report	Valdés 13' Mena 58'	Stadium: General Santander Referee: Harold Perilla

10 May 2018	Deportivo Pereira	2–3 (3–3 agg.) (2–4 p)	Leones	Pereira
19:45	Echeverri 60' Mena 85'	Report	Gómez 40' (pen.) Aguirre 45' Jaramillo 53'	Stadium: Hernán Ramírez Villegas Referee: Luis Fernando Trujillo

16 May 2018	Deportivo Pasto	1–2 (1–2 agg.)	Envigado	Pasto
20:00	Rodríguez 15'	Report	Guzmán 48', 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Departamental Libertad Referee: Nolberto Ararat

Final stages

Each tie in the final stages will be played in a home-and-away two-legged format. In each tie, the team with the better overall record up to that stage will host the second leg, except in the round of 16 where the third stage winners will host the second leg. The teams entering this stage will be the ones that qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores and 2018 Copa Sudamericana, and were drawn into each of the eight ties. 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.

Bracket

Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

Deportes Quindío	0	1	1

Junior	1	3	4
				Junior	0	0	0

				Atlético Nacional	1	0	1
Patriotas	0	0	0

Atlético Nacional	1	1	2
								Atlético Nacional	1	3	4

								Leones	0	1	1
La Equidad	2	1	3

Deportivo Cali	0	0	0
				La Equidad	0	3	3 (2)

				Leones (p)	0	3	3 (4)
Leones (p)	0	2	2 (4)

América de Cali	2	0	2 (3)
												Atlético Nacional	2	2	4

												Once Caldas	2	1	3
Boyacá Chicó	0	0	0

Millonarios	2	2	4
				Millonarios (p)	0	1	1 (3)

				Jaguares	0	1	1 (1)
Atlético Bucaramanga	1	1	2 (5)

Jaguares (p)	2	0	2 (6)
								Millonarios	0	1	1

								Once Caldas	1	1	2
Once Caldas	1	2	3

Independiente Medellín	0	1	1
				Once Caldas (p)	1	0	1 (6)

				Santa Fe	1	0	1 (5)
Envigado	0	2	2

Santa Fe	1	2	3

Round of 16

The third stage winners (Team 2) hosted the second leg. The first legs were played from 15 to 22 August, and the second legs were played from 21 to 30 August 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Millonarios	4–0	Boyacá Chicó	2–0	2–0
América de Cali	2–2 (3–4 p)	Leones	2–0	0–2
Junior	4–1	Deportes Quindío	1–0	3–1
Independiente Medellín	1–3	Once Caldas	0–1	1–2
Santa Fe	3–2	Envigado	1–0	2–2
Atlético Nacional	2–0	Patriotas	1–0	1–0
Deportivo Cali	0–3	La Equidad	0–2	0–1
Jaguares	2–2 (6–5 p)	Atlético Bucaramanga	2–1	0–1

First leg

15 August 2018	Jaguares	2–1	Atlético Bucaramanga	Montería
19:30	García 4' Vogliotti 44'	Report	Vallecilla 90'	Stadium: Jaraguay Referee: Jorge Tabares

15 August 2018	América de Cali	2–0	Leones	Cali
19:30	Aristeguieta 17', 70'	Report		Stadium: Pascual Guerrero Referee: Edilson Ariza

15 August 2018	Junior	1–0	Deportes Quindío	Barranquilla
19:30	Moreno 19'	Report		Stadium: Romelio Martínez Referee: Never Manjarrés

15 August 2018	Atlético Nacional	1–0	Patriotas	Medellín
19:30	Rivas 82'	Report		Stadium: Atanasio Girardot Referee: Jorge Duarte

16 August 2018	Santa Fe	1–0	Envigado	Bogotá
19:00	Moya 18'	Report		Stadium: El Campín Referee: Mauricio Mercado

16 August 2018	Independiente Medellín	0–1	Once Caldas	Medellín
19:30		Report	Lemos 67'	Stadium: Atanasio Girardot Referee: Lisandro Castillo

16 August 2018	Deportivo Cali	0–2	La Equidad	Palmira
20:00		Report	Peralta 62', 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Deportivo Cali Referee: Éder Vergara

22 August 2018	Millonarios	2–0	Boyacá Chicó	Bogotá
19:30	Palacios 8' Salazar 10'	Report		Stadium: El Campín Referee: Edilson Ariza

Second leg

21 August 2018	Patriotas	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Atlético Nacional	Tunja
19:30		Report	Lucumí 83'	Stadium: La Independencia Referee: Andrés Rojas

29 August 2018	Envigado	2–2 (2–3 agg.)	Santa Fe	Envigado
15:30	Rojas 24' Vergara 71'	Report	Burbano 47', 67'	Stadium: Polideportivo Sur Referee: Edilson Ariza

29 August 2018	Leones	2–0 (2–2 agg.) (4–3 p)	América de Cali	Itagüí
19:00	Angulo 76', 80'	Report		Stadium: Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí Referee: Ricardo García

29 August 2018	Boyacá Chicó	0–2 (0–4 agg.)	Millonarios	Tunja
19:30		Report	Ovelar 13' Carrillo 21'	Stadium: La Independencia Referee: Jorge Duarte

29 August 2018	La Equidad	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Deportivo Cali	Bogotá
19:30	Quintero 37' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo Referee: John Hinestroza

30 August 2018	Deportes Quindío	1–3 (1–4 agg.)	Junior	Armenia
19:00	Figueroa 23'	Report	Serje 52' González 75' Sánchez 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Centenario Referee: Luis Sánchez

30 August 2018	Once Caldas	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Independiente Medellín	Manizales
19:30	Perea 55' Carreazo 90'	Report	Cano 2'	Stadium: Palogrande Referee: Carlos Betancur

30 August 2018	Atlético Bucaramanga	1–0 (2–2 agg.) (5–6 p)	Jaguares	Bucaramanga
19:30	Pernía 43'	Report		Stadium: Alfonso López Referee: Luis Fernando Trujillo

Quarterfinals

Team 2 hosted the second leg. The first legs were played on 12 and 13 September 2018, and the second legs were played on 19 and 26 September 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jaguares	1–1 (1–3 p)	Millonarios	0–0	1–1
Leones	3–3 (4–2 p)	La Equidad	0–0	3–3
Atlético Nacional	1–0	Junior	1–0	0–0
Santa Fe	1–1 (5–6 p)	Once Caldas	1–1	0–0

First leg

12 September 2018	Jaguares	0–0	Millonarios	Montería
19:00		Report		Stadium: Jaraguay Referee: Ricardo García

12 September 2018	Leones	0–0	La Equidad	Itagüí
19:00		Report		Stadium: Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí Referee: Carlos Betancur

12 September 2018	Santa Fe	1–1	Once Caldas	Bogotá
19:45	Morelo 90'	Report	Nieto 52'	Stadium: El Campín Referee: Éder Vergara

13 September 2018	Atlético Nacional	1–0	Junior	Medellín
19:45	Bocanegra 53'	Report		Stadium: Atanasio Girardot Referee: Gustavo Murillo

Second leg

19 September 2018	Junior	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Atlético Nacional	Barranquilla
19:30		Report		Stadium: Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Referee: Mario Herrera

26 September 2018	Once Caldas	0–0 (1–1 agg.) (6–5 p)	Santa Fe	Manizales
18:30		Report		Stadium: Palogrande Referee: Bismark Santiago

26 September 2018	La Equidad	3–3 (3–3 agg.) (2–4 p)	Leones	Bogotá
19:30	Motta 47', 55' Camacho 68'	Report	Rendón 15' Otero 82', 90+3'	Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo Referee: Nolberto Ararat

26 September 2018	Millonarios	1–1 (1–1 agg.) (3–1 p)	Jaguares	Bogotá
20:30	Barreto 72'	Report	Roa 43'	Stadium: El Campín Referee: Mario Herrera

Semifinals

Team 2 will host the second leg. The first legs were played on 3 and 5 October, and the second legs were played on 11 and 12 October 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Once Caldas	2–1	Millonarios	1–0	1–1
Leones	1–4	Atlético Nacional	0–1	1–3

First leg

3 October 2018	Leones	0–1	Atlético Nacional	Itagüí
19:30		Report	Moreno 4'	Stadium: Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí Referee: John Hinestroza

5 October 2018	Once Caldas	1–0	Millonarios	Manizales
19:45	Steer 9'	Report		Stadium: Palogrande Referee: Nolberto Ararat

Second leg

11 October 2018	Atlético Nacional	3–1 (4–1 agg.)	Leones	Medellín
19:45	Moreno 28' Rivas 50' J. Ramírez 79'	Report	Otero 73'	Stadium: Atanasio Girardot Referee: Luis Sánchez

12 October 2018	Millonarios	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Once Caldas	Bogotá
19:45	Salazar 7'	Report	Amaya 33' (pen.)	Stadium: El Campín Referee: Carlos Betancur

Finals

24 October 2018

19:00

Once Caldas	2–2	Atlético Nacional
Steer 41', 48'	Report	A. Ramírez 31', 78'

Estadio Palogrande, Manizales

Referee: Carlos Betancur

1 November 2018

19:00

Atlético Nacional	2–1	Once Caldas
Hernández 45+2' Bocanegra 90+1'	Report	Carbonero 75'

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín

Referee: Mario Herrera

Atlético Nacional won 4–3 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

As of 1 November 2018^[2]

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	David Lemos	Once Caldas	3
	Michael Rangel	Atlético Bucaramanga
	Ricardo Steer	Once Caldas
4	Fernando Aristeguieta	América de Cali	2
	Roque Caballero	Cúcuta Deportivo
	Mateo Cano	Deportivo Pereira
	Wilson Carpintero	Deportes Quindío
	Darwin Carrero	Cúcuta Deportivo
	Camilo Díaz	Barranquilla
	Johan Gómez	Deportes Quindío
	Yeison Guzmán	Envigado
	Lucas Sotero	Cortuluá
	Yorleys Mena	Deportivo Pereira
	Miguel Antonio Murillo	Real Cartagena
	Rafael Navarro	Deportivo Pereira
	Carlos Peralta	La Equidad
	Diego Sevillano	Deportes Quindío

References

^ "Balance de la Asamblea Extraordinaria de la Dimayor" (in Spanish). Dimayor.com. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
^ "Copa Águila". mismarcadores.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

External links

DIMAYOR's official website (in Spanish)

[Format-1] "Balance de la Asamblea Extraordinaria de la Dimayor" (in Spanish). Dimayor.com. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[2] "Copa Águila". mismarcadores.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

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Format

First stage

First leg

Second leg

Second stage

First leg

Second leg

Third stage

First leg

Second leg

Final stages

Bracket

Round of 16

First leg

Second leg

Quarterfinals

First leg

Second leg

Semifinals

First leg

Second leg

Finals

Top goalscorers

See also

References

External links