2023 Copa Colombia

2023 Copa Colombia

Copa BetPlay Dimayor 2023
Tournament details
Country	Colombia
Dates	14 February – 23 November 2023
Teams	36
Final positions
Champions	Atlético Nacional (6th title)
Runner-up	Millonarios
Copa Libertadores	Atlético Nacional
Tournament statistics
Matches played	70
Goals scored	152 (2.17 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Leonardo Castro (7 goals)
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The 2023 Copa Colombia, officially the Copa BetPlay Dimayor 2023 for sponsorship reasons, was the 21st edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs affiliated to DIMAYOR, the governing body of professional club football in Colombia. The tournament was contested by 36 teams, beginning on 14 February 2023 and ending on 23 November 2023.

Atlético Nacional won their sixth title in the competition, defeating the defending champions Millonarios in the finals on penalty kicks after a 2–2 draw on aggregate.^[1] As champions, Atlético Nacional qualified for the 2024 Copa Libertadores.

Format

The format for the 2023 Copa Colombia featured changes in the entry points of the teams in each phase with respect to previous editions, while keeping its double-legged, single-elimination format. The first stage was contested by the eight lowest placed teams in the aggregate tables of both the 2022 Primera A and 2022 Primera B tournaments, with the Primera B teams drawn against a Primera A side in eight ties. The first stage winners then faced the remaining Primera B teams in the second round of the competition, with the eight winners advancing to the third stage where they were drawn against each other. The four third stage winners qualified for the round of 16, where they were joined by the remaining 12 Primera A teams which entered the competition at that point.^[2] In another departure from previous editions, the order of legs was drawn for each phase of competition, except for the second stage in which the first stage winners played the second leg at home.^[3]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows:^[4]

Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
First stage	12 January 2023[5]	14–16 February 2023	21–23 February 2023
Second stage		15–16 March 2023	28–30 March 2023
Third stage	31 March 2023	5–6 and 12 April 2023	2–4 May 2023
Round of 16	5 July 2023[6]	25 July – 10 August 2023	16–17 August 2023
Quarter-finals	22 August 2023[7]	27–28 September 2023	4–5 October 2023
Semi-finals	6 October 2023[8]	19 October – 2 November 2023	2–5 November 2023
Finals	8 November 2023[9]	15 November 2023	23 November 2023

First stage

The first stage was played by eight Categoría Primera A and eight Categoría Primera B clubs, with the latter seeded in the ties according to their placement in the 2022 season aggregate table. The Primera A clubs were drawn into each tie.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Boyacá Chicó (1)	1–1 (7–8 p)	Real Cartagena (2)	1–1	0–0
Alianza Petrolera (1)	4–2	Real Santander (2)	4–1	0–1
Atlético (2)	2–2 (2–4 p)	Envigado (1)	2–0	0–2
Barranquilla (2)	3–9	Deportivo Cali (1)	3–3	0–6
Valledupar (2)	0–3	Jaguares (1)	0–2	0–1
Boca Juniors de Cali (2)	0–4	Unión Magdalena (1)	0–1	0–3
Orsomarso (2)	1–0	Atlético Huila (1)	1–0	0–0
Cúcuta Deportivo (2)	3–2	Once Caldas (1)	3–1	0–1

First leg

Second leg

Second stage

The second stage was played by the eight first stage winners as well as the top eight teams in the 2022 Primera B aggregate table, which were seeded into this stage according to their placement in the aggregate table. The first stage winners hosted the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportes Quindío (2)	0–2	Cúcuta Deportivo (2)	0–2	0–0
Patriotas (2)	0–1	Orsomarso (2)	0–0	0–1
Fortaleza (2)	4–5	Unión Magdalena (1)	2–1	2–4
Llaneros (2)	1–2	Jaguares (1)	1–1	0–1
Leones (2)	0–2	Deportivo Cali (1)	0–0	0–2
Tigres (2)	1–1 (4–1 p)	Envigado (1)	1–1	0–0
Bogotá (2)	2–3	Alianza Petrolera (1)	2–2	0–1
Cortuluá (2)	2–5	Real Cartagena (2)	1–3	1–2

First leg

Second leg

Third stage

The third stage was played by the eight second stage winners.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Cartagena (2)	0–1	Cúcuta Deportivo (2)	0–1	0–0
Orsomarso (2)	2–4	Alianza Petrolera (1)	1–1	1–3
Unión Magdalena (1)	1–1 (2–4 p)	Tigres (2)	1–0	0–1
Deportivo Cali (1)	1–1 (5–3 p)	Jaguares (1)	1–0	0–1

First leg

Second leg

Final stages

Each round in the final stages was played under a home-and-away two-legged format. The teams entering the competition at this stage were the top 12 teams in the aggregate table of the 2022 Primera A season. The order of legs of each tie was decided by draw. In case of a draw on aggregate score at the end of the second leg, extra time was not played and the winner was decided in a penalty shoot-out.

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Finals
	Millonarios	3	0	3
	Atlético Bucaramanga	1	0	1
							Millonarios	2	2	4
							Alianza Petrolera	0	1	1
	Alianza Petrolera (p)	2	0	2 (3)
	Deportes Tolima	0	2	2 (1)
													Millonarios	1	1	2
													Cúcuta Deportivo	0	1	1
	Cúcuta Deportivo (p)	4	1	5 (4)
	Junior	3	2	5 (3)
							Cúcuta Deportivo (p)	0	2	2 (5)
							Independiente Medellín	1	1	2 (4)
	Independiente Medellín (p)	3	1	4 (4)
	Deportivo Pasto	1	3	4 (3)
																			Millonarios	1	1	2 (4)
																			Atlético Nacional (p)	1	1	2 (5)
	Deportivo Cali	2	0	2 (1)
	Santa Fe (p)	1	1	2 (3)
							Santa Fe	0	0	0
							Deportivo Pereira	0	2	2
	Tigres	0	0	0
	Deportivo Pereira	1	1	2
													Deportivo Pereira	2	1	3 (4)
													Atlético Nacional (p)	0	3	3 (5)
	La Equidad	1	1	2 (4)
	Águilas Doradas (p)	0	2	2 (5)
							Águilas Doradas	0	1	1
							Atlético Nacional	3	2	5
	América de Cali	1	1	2
	Atlético Nacional	3	2	5

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América de Cali (1)	2–5	Atlético Nacional (1)	1–3	1–2
Deportivo Cali (1)	2–2 (1–3 p)	Santa Fe (1)	2–1	0–1
Cúcuta Deportivo (2)	5–5 (4–3 p)	Junior (1)	4–3	1–2
Tigres (2)	0–2	Deportivo Pereira (1)	0–1	0–1
Millonarios (1)	3–1	Atlético Bucaramanga (1)	3–1	0–0
Alianza Petrolera (1)	2–2 (3–1 p)	Deportes Tolima (1)	2–0	0–2
La Equidad (1)	2–2 (4–5 p)	Águilas Doradas (1)	1–0	1–2
Independiente Medellín (1)	4–4 (4–3 p)	Deportivo Pasto (1)	3–1	1–3

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cúcuta Deportivo (2)	2–2 (5–4 p)	Independiente Medellín (1)	0–1	2–1
Águilas Doradas (1)	1–5	Atlético Nacional (1)	0–3	1–2
Santa Fe (1)	0–2	Deportivo Pereira (1)	0–0	0–2
Millonarios (1)	4–1	Alianza Petrolera (1)	2–0	2–1

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Millonarios (1)	2–1	Cúcuta Deportivo (2)	1–0	1–1
Deportivo Pereira (1)	3–3 (4–5 p)	Atlético Nacional (1)	2–0	1–3

First leg

Second leg

Finals

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Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Atlético Nacional won on penalties.

Copa BetPlay Dimayor 2023 champions
Atlético Nacional 6th title

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Leonardo Castro	Millonarios	7
2	Jefferson Duque	Atlético Nacional	4
	Jonathan Agudelo	Cúcuta Deportivo
4	Darwin López	Deportivo Pasto	3
	Kevin Viveros	Deportivo Cali
	Jefry Zapata	Cúcuta Deportivo

Source: Besoccer

See also

• 2023 Categoría Primera A season
• 2023 Categoría Primera B season

References

External links

• DIMAYOR's official website (in Spanish)