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 matchesTeam 1Team 2
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
Zone B
Results Zone A
Zone B
Interzonal matches HomeScoreAwayBarracas Central1–1Sarmiento (J)Colón0–0UniónSan Lorenzo1–1HuracánEstudiantes (LP)0–0Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)Rosario Central1–0Newell's Old BoysRacing0–2IndependienteBoca Juniors0–2River PlateTalleres (C)0–0BelgranoPlatense0–0Argentinos JuniorsTigre0–0Vélez SarsfieldArsenal1–0Defensa y JusticiaBanfield1–0LanúsAtlético Tucumán0–0Central Córdoba (SdE)Godoy Cruz1–1Instituto
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
Matches
Semi-finals
Matches
Final
Match
Season statistics
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Lucas PasseriniBelgrano 10 2 Luciano GondouArgentinos Juniors 9 3 Miguel MerentielBoca Juniors 7 Adam BareiroSan Lorenzo 5 Matías CóccaroHuracán 6 Miguel BorjaRiver Plate Salomón RondónRiver Plate Jaminton CampazRosario Central Santiago CastroVélez Sarsfield 10 Gabriel ÁvalosArgentinos Juniors 5 Tomás GalvánColón Matías Giménez RojasIndependiente Adrián MartínezInstituto Ronaldo MartínezPlatense Juan Fernando QuinteroRacing Baltasar RodríguezRacing Claudio AquinoVélez Sarsfield Source: AFA
Top assists Rank Player Club Goals 1 Ulises SánchezBelgrano 7 2 Agustín OcampoPlatense 5 3 Iván TapiaBarracas Central 3 Exequiel ZeballosBoca Juniors Adrián MartínezInstituto Pedro de la VegaLanús Agustín AlmendraRacing Emiliano VecchioRacing Esequiel BarcoRiver Plate Facundo ColidioRiver Plate Ignacio FernándezRiver Plate Jaminton CampazRosario Central Tomás O'ConnorRosario Central Alan MarinelliSarmiento (J) Rodrigo GarroTalleres (C) Kevin ZenónUnión Claudio AquinoVélez 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 BrounRosario Central DF Emanuel CoronelBanfield DF Paulo DíazRiver Plate DF Gastón SusoPlatense DF Thomas GaldamesGodoy Cruz MF Nicolás de la CruzRiver Plate MF Ulises SánchezBelgrano MF Ignacio MalcorraRosario Central FW Ignacio PussettoHuracán FW Lucas PasseriniBelgrano FW Jaminton CampazRosario Central Head coach Miguel Ángel RussoRosario Central
Substitutes Pos. Player Team GK Diego RodríguezGodoy Cruz DF Facundo MalloRosario Central DF Fernando TobioHuracán DF Fernando AlarcónInstituto MF Luis AdvínculaBoca Juniors MF Aníbal MorenoRacing MF Hernán LópezGodoy Cruz MF Claudio AquinoVélez Sarsfield MF Juan Fernando QuinteroRacing FW Tadeo AllendeGodoy Cruz FW Santiago CastroVélez Sarsfield FW Luciano GondouArgentinos Juniors
See also 2023 Argentine Primera División 2023 Copa Argentina
References
External links LPF official site