2015–16 Copa Argentina

2015–16 Copa Argentina

Country	Argentina
Teams	75
Champions	River Plate
Runners-up	Rosario Central
2017 Copa Libertadores	River Plate
Matches played	85
Goals scored	204 (2.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Lucas Alario (7 goals)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Copa Argentina was 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. By winning the competition, River Plate won the right to play in the 2017 Copa Libertadores and the 2016 Supercopa Argentina.

Teams[]

Seventy-five teams took part in this competition: All teams from the Primera División (30); twelve teams of the Primera B Nacional; five from the Primera B Metropolitana, four from the Primera C; two from the Primera D; ten teams from Federal A and twelve (12) from Torneo Federal B.^[1]

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 5–20, 2016
Final stage	Round of 64	7 April 2016[3]	May 4 – July 31, 2016
	Round of 32		August 2–31, 2016
	Round of 16		September 3 – October 19, 2016
	Quarterfinals		October 5 – November 17, 2016
	Semifinals		November 30, 2016 – December 1, 2016
	Final		December 15, 2016

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
	5–1		2–1	3–0
Defensores de Belgrano (VR)	5–3	La Emilia	4–1	1–2
Unión (S)	3–1		1–0	2–1
	3–1		0–1	3–0
San Martín (M)	2–2 (a)		0–1	2–1
Deportivo Madryn	5–0		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		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
			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)
		(p)	2 (4)
								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)
			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[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lucas Alario	River Plate	7
2	José Antonio Michelena	Deportivo Madryn	4
	Marco Ruben	Rosario Central
2	Maxi Rodríguez	Newell's Old Boys	3
	Nicolás Blandi	San Lorenzo
	Cristian Pavón	Boca Juniors
	Diego Martínez
	Ramiro Carrera	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)

Source:^[4]

References[]

External links[]

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