2015 Copa Colombia

2015 Copa Colombia

Copa Águila 2015
Tournament details
Country	Colombia
Teams	36
Final positions
Champions	Junior (1st title)
Runner-up	Santa Fe
2016 Copa Sudamericana	Junior
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Carlos Ibargüen (5 goals)

The 2015 Copa Colombia, officially the 2015 Copa Águila for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs of DIMAYOR. It began on 18 February and ended on 19 November. The tournament comprised a total of 36 teams, and the winner, Junior, who defeated Santa Fe 2–1 on aggregate score in the final, earned a berth to the 2016 Copa Sudamericana.

Format

Unlike the previous seven Copa Colombia editions, the 2015 competition featured a change in its format. According to the format approved by DIMAYOR at its Extraordinary Assembly on October 7, 2014, the first stage was played by 32 teams, which were split into eight groups of four teams each on a regional basis, where teams played each other of the teams in their group twice. The 8 group winners plus the best 4 second-placed teams joined the teams qualified for the 2015 Copa Libertadores (Atlético Nacional, Santa Fe, and Once Caldas) and the 2014 aggregate table best team not qualified for the Copa Libertadores (Águilas Doradas) in the round of 16, from where the cup continued on a home-and-away knockout basis.

Group stage

Ranking of second-placed teams

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

Knockout phase

Each tie in the knockout phase is played in home-and-away two-legged format. In each tie, the team which has the better overall record up to that stage 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 is applied, and the tie is decided by a penalty shoot-out. Atlético Nacional, Santa Fe, Once Caldas, and Águilas Doradas entered the competition in the Round of 16, being joined there by the eight group winners and the four best second-placed teams.

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	Cortuluá	1	1	2
	Águilas Doradas	0	0	0
							Cortuluá	0	0	0
							Santa Fe	3	0	3
	La Equidad	0	0	0
	Santa Fe	1	1	2
													Santa Fe	0	3	3
												Once Caldas	1	1	2
	Atlético Bucaramanga	0	1	1
	Once Caldas	1	2	3
							Once Caldas (p)	2	0	2 (3)
							Deportivo Pasto	2	0	2 (2)
	Deportivo Pasto	1	4	5
	Real Cartagena	1	1	2
																		Santa Fe	0	1	1
																			Junior	2	0	2
	Boyacá Chicó	0	1	1
	Deportivo Cali	2	2	4
							Deportivo Cali	0	0	0
							Independiente Medellín	2	0	2
	Independiente Medellín	2	2	4
	Envigado	1	1	2
													Independiente Medellín	1	2	3 (4)
												Junior (p)	2	1	3 (5)
	Deportes Tolima	2	2	4
	Patriotas	1	0	1
							Deportes Tolima	1	1	2
							Junior	2	1	3
	Junior	0	2	2
	Atlético Nacional	1	0	1

Round of 16

First legs: July 15; Second legs: July 29. Group winners (Team 2) hosted the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Cali	4–1	Boyacá Chicó	2–0	2–1
Águilas Doradas	0–2	Cortuluá	0–1	0–1
Patriotas	1–4	Deportes Tolima	1–2	0–2
Once Caldas	3–1	Atlético Bucaramanga	1–0	2–1
Envigado	2–4	Independiente Medellín	1–2	1–2
Santa Fe	2–0	La Equidad	1–0	1–0
Atlético Nacional	1–2	Junior	1–0	0–2
Real Cartagena	2–5	Deportivo Pasto	1–1	1–4

Quarterfinals

First legs: August 5, 12; Second legs: August 26, September 2. Team 2 hosted the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Independiente Medellín	2–0	Deportivo Cali	2–0	0–0
Santa Fe	3–0	Cortuluá	3–0	0–0
Junior	3–2	Deportes Tolima	2–1	1–1
Deportivo Pasto	2–2 (2–3 p)	Once Caldas	2–2	0–0

Semifinals

First legs: September 23, October 7; Second legs: September 30, October 15. Team 2 hosted the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Once Caldas	2–3	Santa Fe	1–0	1–3
Junior	3–3 (5–4 p)	Independiente Medellín	2–1	1–2

Final

First leg: November 11; Second leg: November 19. Team 2 hosted the second leg.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Junior	2–1	Santa Fe	2–0	0–1

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Carlos Ibargüen	Cortuluá	5
2	Feiver Mercado	América	4
	Antony Otero	Expreso Rojo	4
	Jesús Rodríguez	Barranquilla	4
5	11 players		3

Source: Soccerway.com

External links

• DIMAYOR's official website (Spanish)