Copa Colombia
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| Copa Colombia | |
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| Current season or competition: Copa Colombia 2008 |
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| Sport | Football |
| Founded | 1950 |
| No. of teams | 38 |
| Country(ies) |  Colombia |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Santa Fe |
| Official website | www.dimayor.com |
The Copa Colombia is a soccer competition of club members of the DIMAYOR.
Copa Colombia has only been played five times since its first edition in 1950-51 until its last time in 1989. The tournament for 2008 has just been approved, to make a new edition in 2008.
The biggest champions of the tournament are Millonarios, and the defunct team Boca Juniors de Cali, both with two championships and one runner-up.
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[edit] History
The Copa Colombia was played in Colombia in five ocassions, four of them between 1950-51, 1951-52, 1952-53, and 1962-63 ( the first three were in the El Dorado of Colombian football) like an eliminatory tournament similar to Copa del Rey in Spain (with home & away games). Caused to the economy of the teams and the Colombian League back then, the teams could afford large rosters for both tournaments and international games.
It is to be notable that after the 1962-63 edition, the Copa Colombia trophy was given definetively to Millonarios for winning consecutive times the editions of Fútbol Profesional Colombiano of 1951, 1952, and 1953 and the Copa Colombia of 1952-52 and then other editions of Fútbol Profesional Colombiano of 1961, 1962, and 1963 and again the Copa Colombia of 1962-63.
After 26 year, until 1989 there was a new edition for Copa Colombia, as part of the Fútbol Profesional Colombiano. The 1989 tournament was played in halfway between the first and second round of the tournament and it was counted agaisnt the clasification standings, which qulifies the semifinalist. Santa Fe won the competition, being the champion of the latest Copa Colombia edition.
[edit] New beginning
In February 14, 2008, the 36 members of the DIMAYOR approved a re-start for the Copa Colombia. It will be contested by all teams from the First and Second Division of the Futbol Colombian. It will schedule a yearlong fixture 2008 and the champion will get a berth for the Copa Sudamericana. The tournament will start in March and is to get done in November.
The official sponsor of the tournament for the next 5 years will be the Postobon company, which is also part owner of one of the competing teams, Atletico Nacional.
[edit] Copa Colombia Champions
| Year | Champion | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | Runner-up |
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| 1950-51 | Boca Juniors de Cali |
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Santa Fe |
| 1951-52 | Boca Juniors de Cali |
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Millonarios |
| 1952-53 | Millonarios |
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Boca Juniors de Cali |
| 1962-63 | Millonarios |
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Deportivo Cali |
| 1989 | Santa Fe |
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Unión Magdalena |
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[edit] External links
- http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/colcuphist.html
- Dimayor Official Site
- Rules of the Tournament of Association of Professional Football Soccer Clubs of Colombia
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