2015–16 Copa Argentina

2015-16 Copa Argentina

Country	Argentina
Teams	75
Matches played	84
Goals scored	197 (2.35 per match)
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All statistics correct as of December 2, 2016.

The 2015–16 Copa Argentina is the seventh edition of the Copa Argentina, and the fifth since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on January 29, 2016. Defending champions Boca Juniors were eliminated by Rosario Central in the Quarterfinals. The champion will qualify for the 2017 Copa Libertadores and the 2017 Supercopa Argentina.

Teams

Seventy five (75) teams will take part in this competition: All teams from the Primera División (30); twelve (12) teams of the Primera B Nacional; five (5) from the Primera B, four (4) from the Primera C; two (2) from the Primera D; ten (10) teams from Federal A and twelve (12) from Federal B.^[1]

Teams in bold are still in competition

First Level

Primera División

All thirty teams qualified.

Second Level

The first twelve teams from 2015 tournament qualified.

Primera B Nacional

Third Level

Primera B Metropolitana

The champion and the four teams that reached the semifinals of the Torneo Reducido qualified.

Torneo Federal A

The two teams promoted, the losing team of the seventh stage, two losing teams of the sixth stage, four losing teams of the fifth stage, and the best losing team of the fourth stage of the 2015 tournament qualified.

Fourth Level

Primera C Metropolitana

The first 4 teams from 2015 tournament qualified.

Torneo Federal B

The three teams promoted, the three losing teams of the fifth stage, and six losing teams of the fourth stage of the 2015 tournament qualified.

Fifth Level

Primera D Metropolitana

The champion and the runners-up of the 2015 tournament qualified.

Round and draw dates

Stage	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying stage	Regional Round	29 January 2016[2]	January 29 - February 17, 2016	February 5 - February 20, 2016
Final stage	Round of 64	7 April 2016[3]	May 4 - July 31, 2016
	Round of 32		August 2 - August 31, 2016
	Round of 16		September 3 - October 19, 2016
	Quarterfinals		October 5 - November 17, 2016
	Semifinals		November 30, 2016 - December 1, 2016
	Final		TBD

Regional Round

This round is organized by the Consejo Federal.

Group A

In this first round, 7 teams from the Torneo Federal A and 9 teams from the Torneo Federal B participated. The round was played between January 31 and February 20, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Final Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gimnasia y Tiro	2–1	Central Norte	2–0	0–1
Unión Aconquija	5–1	San Lorenzo (A)	2–1	3–0
Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	5–3	La Emilia	4–1	1–2
Unión (S)	3–1	Unión Santiago	1–0	2–1
San Martín (F)	3–1	Sportivo Guzmán	0–1	3–0
San Martín (M)	2–2 (a)	Sportivo Rivadavia	0–1	2–1
Deportivo Madryn	5–0	Germinal	1–0	4–0
Cipolletti	1–2	Sansinena	1–1	0–1

First leg

Second leg

Gimnasia y Tiro won 2–1 on aggregate.

Unión Aconquija won 5–1 on aggregate.

Defensores de Belgrano (VR) won 5–3 on aggregate.

Unión (S) won 3–1 on aggregate.

San Martín (F) won 3–1 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate. Sportivo Rivadavia won on away goals.

Deportivo Madryn won 5–0 on aggregate.

Sansiena won 2–1 on aggregate.

Group B

In this round, 3 teams from the Torneo Federal A and 3 teams from the Torneo Federal B participated. The round was played between January 29 and February 17, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 3 winning teams advanced to the Final Round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Güemes	5–3	Juventud Antoniana	4–1	1–2
Talleres (C)	4–2	Defensores (P)	1–0	3–2
Juventud Unida Universitario	2–2 (4–5 p)	Villa Mitre	0–2	2–0

First leg

Second leg

Güemes won 5–3 on aggregate.

Talleres (C) won 4–2 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate. Villa Mitre won 5–4 on penalties.

Final Round

Bracket

Upper bracket

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals
		River Plate	3
		Sportivo Rivadavia	0
							River Plate	2
							Estudiantes (SL)	1
		Temperley	1
		Estudiantes (SL)	2
												River Plate	1
												Arsenal	0
		Atlético Tucumán	0
		Defensores de Belgrano	1
							Defensores de Belgrano	1
							Arsenal	2
		Arsenal	2
		Talleres (RdE)	1
																	River Plate	3
																	Unión	0
		Quilmes	2 (2)
		Unión Aconquija (p)	2 (4)
							Unión Aconquija	1
							Unión	3
		Unión (p)	1 (4)
		Atlético Paraná	1 (3)
												Unión (p)	0 (5)
												Estudiantes (LP)	0 (4)
		Sarmiento	1
		Los Andes	2
							Los Andes	0
							Estudiantes (LP)	2
		Estudiantes (LP)	3
		Atlas	0
																						River Plate	2
																						Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	0
		Racing Club	2
		Gimnasia y Tiro	0
							Racing Club	2
							Olimpo	1
		Olimpo	1 (3)
		Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)	1 (1)
												Racing Club	0
												Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	1
		San Martín (SJ)	0
		Instituto	1
							Instituto	0
							Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	2
		Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	2
		Deportivo Madryn	1
																	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	2 (4)
																	San Lorenzo	2 (2)
		Banfield	1
		Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	0
							Banfield	0
							Godoy Cruz	1
		Godoy Cruz	2
		Estudiantes (BA)	0
												Godoy Cruz	1
												San Lorenzo	3
		Tigre	0 (2)
		Douglas Haig (p)	0 (4)
							Douglas Haig	1
							San Lorenzo	3
		San Lorenzo	3
		Unión (S)	1

Lower bracket

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals
		Independiente	2
		San Telmo	1
							Independiente	0
							Defensa y Justicia	1
		Defensa y Justicia	2
		Talleres (C)	0
												Defensa y Justicia	1
												Belgrano	2
		Belgrano	1
		Brown	0
							Belgrano (p)	1 (5)
							Huracán	1 (3)
		Huracán	2
		Central Córdoba (R)	1
																	Belgrano	2
																	Juventud Unida (G)	0
		Argentinos Juniors	1 (3)
		Laferrere (p)	1 (4)
							Laferrere	1 (3)
							Almagro (p)	1 (4)
		Colón	0
		Almagro	1
												Almagro	0
												Juventud Unida (G)	2
		Crucero del Norte	0 (1)
		Juventud Unida (G) (p)	0 (3)
							Juventud Unida (G) (p)	1 (4)
							Vélez Sársfield	1 (3)
		Vélez Sársfield	1
		Sportivo Barracas	0
																						Belgrano	0
																						Rosario Central	2
		Newell's Old Boys	5
		Sansinena	2
							Newell's Old Boys	0
							Deportivo Morón	1
		Aldosivi	0 (3)
		Deportivo Morón (p)	0 (5)
												Deportivo Morón	0
												Rosario Central	2
		Atlético de Rafaela	2 (3)
		Ferro Carril Oeste	2 (2)
							Atlético de Rafaela	2 (1)
							Rosario Central (p)	2 (3)
		Rosario Central	1
		Villa Mitre	0
																	Rosario Central	2
																	Boca Juniors	1
		Lanús (p)	1 (6)
		San Martín (F)	1 (5)
							Lanús	2
							Patronato	0
		Patronato (p)	0 (4)
		Villa Dálmine	0 (2)
												Lanús	2 (2)
												Boca Juniors (p)	2 (4)
		Nueva Chicago	0
		Santamarina	2
							Santamarina	1
							Boca Juniors	2
		Boca Juniors	4
		Güemes	0

Round of 64

This round will have 11 qualified teams from the Regional Round, 11 qualified teams from the Metropolitan Zone (5 teams from Primera B Metro; 4 teams from Primera C and 2 teams from Primera D), 12 teams from Primera B Nacional and 30 teams from Primera División. The round was played between May 4 and July 31, in a single knock-out match format. The 32 winning teams advanced to the Round of 32. The draw took place on April 7, 2016.

Round of 32

This round will have the 32 qualified teams from the Round of 64. The round was played between August 2 and August 31, in a single knock-out match format. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round of 16.

Round of 16

This round will have the 16 qualified teams from the Round of 32. The round was played between September 3 and October 19, in a single knock-out match format. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

This round will have the 8 qualified teams from the Round of 16. The round was played between October 5 and November 17, in a single knock-out match format. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Semifinals.

Semifinals

This round will have the 4 qualified teams from the Quarterfinals. The round was played between November 30 and December 1, in a single knock-out match format. The 2 winning teams advanced to the Final.

Final

Top goalscorers

Note: Players in bold are still active in the competition.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	José Antonio Michelena	Deportivo Madryn	4
	Lucas Alario	River Plate
2	Maxi Rodríguez	Newell's Old Boys	3
	Nicolás Blandi	San Lorenzo
	Cristian Pavón	Boca Juniors
	Diego Martínez	Unión Aconquija
3	Mauro Bogado	Huracán	2
	Martin Michel	Santamarina
	Ignacio Fernández	River Plate
	Carlos Tevez	Boca Juniors
	Roberto Moreira Aldana	Estudiantes (SL)

Source:^[4]

References

External links

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