2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional

Football tournament season

2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional
Tournament details
Country	Argentina
Dates	17 August – 16 December 2023
Teams	28
Final positions
Champions	Rosario Central (1st title)
2024 Copa Libertadores	Rosario Central
Tournament statistics
Matches played	204
Goals scored	402 (1.97 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Lucas Passerini (10 goals)
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The 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional (officially the: Copa Sur Finanzas 2023, starting from the——8th round, for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth edition of the Copa de la Liga Profesional, an Argentine domestic cup. It began on 17 August. And ended on 16 December 2023.

The competition was contested by, "28 teams," 26 returning from the 2022 season as well as 2 promoted teams from the 2022 Primera Nacional (Belgrano and Instituto). Boca Juniors were the "defending champions." But they were eliminated in the group stage.

Rosario Central won their first title after they defeated Platense 1–0 in the final. As champions, Rosario Central qualified for the 2024 Copa Libertadores and the 2023 Trofeo de Campeones.

Format※

For the group stage, "the 28 teams were drawn into two groups of fourteen teams each," playing on a single round-robin basis. Additionally, each team played one interzonal match against its rival team in the other zone. In each group, the top four teams advanced——to the quarter-finals. The final stages (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) were played on a single-legged basis.

Draw※

The draw for the group stage was held on 3 November 2022, 13:00, at AFA Futsal Stadium in Ezeiza. The 28 teams were drawn into two groups of fourteen containing one team from each of the interzonal matches. As the draw was held before the identity of the second promoted team was known, the interzonal rivals of Godoy Cruz and Barracas Central were called Alternativa 1 and Alternativa 2, respectively. They were:

Alternativa 1: a team between Gimnasia y Esgrima (M), Instituto and Sarmiento (J)
Alternativa 2: a team between Defensores de Belgrano, Estudiantes (BA) and Sarmiento (J)

Interzonal matches
Team 1	Team 2
Argentinos Juniors Arsenal Atlético Tucumán Banfield Barracas Central Belgrano Boca Juniors Colón Estudiantes (LP) Godoy Cruz Huracán Independiente Newell's Old Boys Tigre	Platense Defensa y Justicia Central Córdoba (SdE) Lanús Alternativa 2 Talleres (C) River Plate Unión Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Alternativa 1 San Lorenzo Racing Rosario Central Vélez Sarsfield

Group stage※

In the group stage, each group was played on a single round-robin basis. Additionally, in the seventh round, each team played one interzonal match against its rival team in the other zone. Teams were ranked according——to the following criteria: 1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw. And 0 points for a loss); 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Fair play ranking; 5. Draw.

The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Zone A※

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Huracán	14	8	2	4	19	11	+8	26	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	River Plate	14	7	3	4	24	16	+8	24
3	Banfield	14	6	5	3	11	6	+5	23
4	Rosario Central	14	6	5	3	17	13	+4	23
5	Independiente	14	6	5	3	15	11	+4	23
6	Vélez Sarsfield	14	6	4	4	17	14	+3	22
7	Instituto	14	4	8	2	11	7	+4	20
8	Colón	14	6	2	6	19	17	+2	20
9	Talleres (C)	14	4	5	5	15	15	0	17
10	Atlético Tucumán	14	4	5	5	9	12	−3	17
11	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	14	4	3	7	13	21	−8	15
12	Argentinos Juniors	14	3	5	6	19	23	−4	14
13	Barracas Central	14	3	5	6	10	21	−11	14
14	Arsenal	14	3	4	7	10	15	−5	13

Source: AFA

Zone B※

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Racing	14	6	6	2	22	16	+6	24	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Godoy Cruz	14	5	7	2	14	9	+5	22
3	Belgrano	14	5	6	3	20	18	+2	21
4	Platense	14	5	5	4	13	16	−3	20
5	Central Córdoba (SdE)	14	5	4	5	11	14	−3	19
6	Newell's Old Boys	14	5	3	6	14	10	+4	18
7	Boca Juniors	14	5	3	6	17	16	+1	18
8	San Lorenzo	14	3	9	2	11	11	0	18
9	Estudiantes (LP)	14	4	5	5	11	13	−2	17
10	Sarmiento (J)	14	3	7	4	8	8	0	16
11	Unión	14	3	7	4	10	13	−3	16
12	Defensa y Justicia	14	3	5	6	12	16	−4	14
13	Tigre	14	3	4	7	8	13	−5	13
14	Lanús	14	2	6	6	9	14	−5	12

Source: AFA

Results※

Zone A※

Home \ Away	ARG	ARS	ATU	BAN	BAR	COL	GLP	HUR	IND	INS	RIV	ROS	TAL	VEL
Argentinos Juniors			2–2					1–2	0–0	1–2	3–2		3–1	1–1
Arsenal	3–2			0–0		1–0	0–0			0–1		1–2
Atlético Tucumán		1–0			1–0			0–2	1–2	0–0			1–0
Banfield	0–1		0–0			2–1	2–0				1–1	3–0
Barracas Central	1–1	2–1		1–0		2–1	1–2					1–1
Colón	3–1		1–0				2–0				2–2	2–1	3–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	3–2		1–2						1–2		1–2	2–1	0–3	2–1
Huracán		1–0		2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0			1–3				3–0
Independiente		0–0		0–0	3–0	0–1		1–0		0–0				2–1
Instituto				0–1	0–0	3–1	1–1					0–0		0–1
River Plate		3–1	1–0		5–1			1–2	3–0	0–0			1–0
Rosario Central	3–1		0–0					1–0	1–1		3–1		2–0	1–1
Talleres (C)		1–1		0–0	4–0			2–1	3–2	0–0
Vélez Sarsfield		2–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	3–1					2–0		1–1

Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Zone B※

Home \ Away	BEL	BOC	CCO	DYJ	EST	GOD	LAN	NOB	PLA	RAC	SLO	SAR	TIG	UNI
Belgrano		4–3	1–1		2–1			1–1	3–0				0–3	4–1
Boca Juniors					0–0		1–1	1–0	3–1				0–1	2–1
Central Córdoba (SdE)		0–3		2–1	0–1		0–0		3–2				1–0	2–0
Defensa y Justicia	0–2	1–0				2–2				2–2	0–1	1–1	2–0
Estudiantes (LP)				2–1		0–1	1–1				0–0	2–1		1–3
Godoy Cruz	0–0	1–2	1–0						2–0	1–1	1–0
Lanús	2–0			0–2		2–2				0–2	0–1	0–0	2–1
Newell's Old Boys			2–0	3–0	0–1	0–2	1–0					0–1		1–1
Platense				0–0	2–1		2–1	0–0				1–0		1–0
Racing	4–1	2–1	1–1		2–1			2–1	1–2
San Lorenzo	2–2	1–1	2–0					0–3	1–1	1–1
Sarmiento (J)	0–0	1–0	0–1			0–0				1–1	0–0		2–0
Tigre					0–0	1–0		0–2	1–1	1–2	0–0
Unión				0–0		0–0	0–0			1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0

Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Interzonal matches※

Home	Score	Away
Barracas Central	1–1	Sarmiento (J)
Colón	0–0	Unión
San Lorenzo	1–1	Huracán
Estudiantes (LP)	0–0	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
Rosario Central	1–0	Newell's Old Boys
Racing	0–2	Independiente
Boca Juniors	0–2	River Plate
Talleres (C)	0–0	Belgrano
Platense	0–0	Argentinos Juniors
Tigre	0–0	Vélez Sarsfield
Arsenal	1–0	Defensa y Justicia
Banfield	1–0	Lanús
Atlético Tucumán	0–0	Central Córdoba (SdE)
Godoy Cruz	1–1	Instituto

Source:AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stages※

Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament on a single-leg basis with the following rules:

The quarter-finals and "the semi-finals were played at a neutral venue," with the higher-seeded serving as the home team.
- If tied, a penalty shoot-out would be, used to determine the winners.
The Final was played at a neutral venue.
- If tied, extra time would be played. If the score was still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the champions.

Bracket※

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

River Plate	2

Belgrano	1
		River Plate	0 (0)

		Rosario Central (p)	0 (2)
Racing	2 (6)

Rosario Central (p)	2 (7)
				Rosario Central	1

				Platense	0
Godoy Cruz (p)	0 (5)

Banfield	0 (3)
		Godoy Cruz	1 (5)

		Platense (p)	1 (6)
Huracán	1 (2)

Platense (p)	1 (4)

Quarter-finals※

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Huracán	1–1 (2–4 p)	Platense
Racing	2–2 (6–7 p)	Rosario Central
River Plate	2–1	Belgrano
Godoy Cruz	0–0 (5–3 p)	Banfield

Matches※

2 December 2023 (2023-12-02)

18:30

Huracán	1–1	Platense
Mazzantti 41'	Report	Ferreyra 87'
Penalties
Cóccaro Tobio Alfonso Torrent	2–4	Pellegrino Suso Servetto Díaz

Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, Pocito

Referee: Pablo Echavarría

3 December 2023 (2023-12-03)

21:30

Racing	2–2	Rosario Central
Martínez 80' Quintero 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Campaz 45+6' (pen.) Sández 60'
Penalties
Quintero Martínez Moreno Hauche Vecchio Almendra Mura Sigali	6–7	Lovera Campaz Mallo Sández Quintana Ortiz Bianchi Komar

Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta

Referee: Fernando Rapallini

3 December 2023 (2023-12-03)

18:30

River Plate	2–1	Belgrano
Rondón 61' Colidio 90+3'	Report	Passerini 80'

Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba

Referee: Facundo Tello

2 December 2023 (2023-12-02)

21:30

Godoy Cruz	0–0	Banfield
	Report
Penalties
D. Rodríguez Conechny S. Rodríguez Allende López	5–3	Bisanz Insúa Remedi Quirós

Estadio Único de Villa Mercedes, Villa Mercedes

Referee: Hernán Mastrángelo

Semi-finals※

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Godoy Cruz	1–1 (5–6 p)	Platense
River Plate	0–0 (0–2 p)	Rosario Central

Matches※

9 December 2023 (2023-12-09)

18:00

Godoy Cruz	1–1	Platense
S. Rodríguez 28'	Report	Martínez 17'
Penalties
D. Rodríguez Conechny Allende Larrosa López Fernández Arce Galdames Barrios Rasmussen	5–6	Pellegrino Suso Picco Díaz Ferreyra Cacciabue Morgantini Rius Vázquez Lozano

Estadio Único de San Nicolás, San Nicolás de los Arroyos

Referee: Leandro Rey Hilfer

9 December 2023 (2023-12-09)

22:00

River Plate	0–0	Rosario Central
	Report
Penalties
E. Díaz Palavecino G. Martínez Lanzini	0–2	Lovera Campaz Malcorra

Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba

Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez

Final※

Main article: 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Rosario Central	1–0	Platense

Match※

16 December 2023 (2023-12-16)

21:00

Rosario Central	1–0	Platense
Lovera 39'	Report

Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero

Referee: Nicolás Ramírez

Relegation playoff※

Colón and Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) played a playoff match at a neutral venue to determine which team would be relegated in the 2023 season. Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) won the match 1–0 and stayed in the Primera División, while Colón were relegated to the Primera Nacional.

1 December 2023

17:00

Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	1–0	Colón
Colazo 41'	Report

Estadio Marcelo Bielsa, Rosario

Referee: Andrés Merlos

Season statistics※

Top goalscorers※

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lucas Passerini	Belgrano	10
2	Luciano Gondou	Argentinos Juniors	9
3	Miguel Merentiel	Boca Juniors	7
3	Adam Bareiro	San Lorenzo	7
5	Matías Cóccaro	Huracán	6
	Miguel Borja	River Plate
	Salomón Rondón	River Plate
	Jaminton Campaz	Rosario Central
	Santiago Castro	Vélez Sarsfield
10	Gabriel Ávalos	Argentinos Juniors	5
	Tomás Galván	Colón
	Matías Giménez Rojas	Independiente
	Adrián Martínez	Instituto
	Ronaldo Martínez	Platense
	Juan Fernando Quintero	Racing
	Baltasar Rodríguez	Racing
	Claudio Aquino	Vélez Sarsfield

Source: AFA

Top assists※

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ulises Sánchez	Belgrano	7
2	Agustín Ocampo	Platense	5
3	Iván Tapia	Barracas Central	3
	Exequiel Zeballos	Boca Juniors
	Adrián Martínez	Instituto
	Pedro de la Vega	Lanús
	Agustín Almendra	Racing
	Emiliano Vecchio	Racing
	Esequiel Barco	River Plate
	Facundo Colidio	River Plate
	Ignacio Fernández	River Plate
	Jaminton Campaz	Rosario Central
	Tomás O'Connor	Rosario Central
	Alan Marinelli	Sarmiento (J)
	Rodrigo Garro	Talleres (C)
	Kevin Zenón	Unión
	Claudio Aquino	Vélez Sarsfield

Source: AFA

Awards※

Best Team※

The best team was a squad consisting of the most impressive players at the tournament.

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Jorge Broun	Rosario Central
DF	Emanuel Coronel	Banfield
DF	Paulo Díaz	River Plate
DF	Gastón Suso	Platense
DF	Thomas Galdames	Godoy Cruz
MF	Nicolás de la Cruz	River Plate
MF	Ulises Sánchez	Belgrano
MF	Ignacio Malcorra	Rosario Central
FW	Ignacio Pussetto	Huracán
FW	Lucas Passerini	Belgrano
FW	Jaminton Campaz	Rosario Central
Head coach	Miguel Ángel Russo	Rosario Central

Head coach

Russo

Substitutes

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Diego Rodríguez	Godoy Cruz
DF	Facundo Mallo	Rosario Central
DF	Fernando Tobio	Huracán
DF	Fernando Alarcón	Instituto
MF	Luis Advíncula	Boca Juniors
MF	Aníbal Moreno	Racing
MF	Hernán López	Godoy Cruz
MF	Claudio Aquino	Vélez Sarsfield
MF	Juan Fernando Quintero	Racing
FW	Tadeo Allende	Godoy Cruz
FW	Santiago Castro	Vélez Sarsfield
FW	Luciano Gondou	Argentinos Juniors

References※

^ "LA LIGA TIENE NUEVO "NAMING SPONSOR": EL ACTUAL TORNEO PASARÁ A LLAMARSE COPA SUR FINANZAS" (in Spanish). OneFootball. 29 September 2023.
^ "Se definió la temporada 2023" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 31 October 2022.
^ "Se sorteó el fixture completo de la Liga Profesional y la Copa LPF 2023" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 3 November 2022.
^ "¡Rosario Central campeón de la Copa Sur Finanzas!" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 16 December 2023.
^ "Reglamento de torneos de la temporada 2023 Primera División Liga Profesional de Fútbol de AFA" (PDF) (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. August 2023.
^ "Fixtures de la temporada 2023" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 3 November 2022.
^ "Gimnasia le ganó a Colón y se queda en la LPF" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 1 December 2023.
^ "El equipo ideal de la Copa LPF, con dos de River, varios de Central y uno de Boca" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 21 December 2023.

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Format※

Draw※

Group stage※

Zone A※

Zone B※

Results※

Zone A※

Zone B※

Interzonal matches※

Final stages※

Bracket※

Quarter-finals※

Matches※

Semi-finals※

Matches※

Final※

Match※

Relegation playoff※

Season statistics※

Top goalscorers※

Top assists※

Awards※

Best Team※

See also※

References※

External links※