2012 Copa Colombia

2012 Copa Colombia

Copa Postobón 2012
Country	Colombia
Teams	36
Champions	Atlético Nacional (1st title)
Runners-up	Deportivo Pasto
2013 Copa Sudamericana	Atlético Nacional
Top goal scorer(s)	Andrés Javier Mosquera (9 goals)
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The 2012 Copa Colombia, officially the 2012 Copa Postobón for sponsorship reasons, was the 12th edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs of DIMAYOR. It began on February 14 and ended on November 7. The tournament comprised a total of 36 teams. The winner earned a berth to the 2013 Copa Sudamericana.^[1]

Group phase

The 36 teams are divided into six groups based on each separate region of Colombia. The group winners and runners-up advance to the Round of 16, along with the four best third-placed teams. The matches were played from February 14 to June 21.

	Teams advance to knockout phase

Group A

Comprises teams from the Caribbean and Atlantic regions.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Uniautónoma 10 5 4 1 18 12 +6 19 Valledupar 10 5 3 2 16 8 +8 18 Junior 10 5 2 3 20 11 +9 17 Real Cartagena 10 3 4 3 12 16 −4 13 Barranquilla 10 3 3 4 14 17 −3 12 Unión Magdalena 10 0 2 8 7 23 −16 2

BAR JUN RCA UAU UMA VAL Barranquilla – 0–2 3–3 1–2 3–1 1–1 Junior 4–1 – 0–1 4–1 4–2 0–3 Real Cartagena 1–2 0–5 – 0–2 2–0 0–0 Uniautónoma 1–1 0–0 3–3 – 2–0 1–1 Unión Magdalena 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–4 – 1–4 Valledupar 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 –

Group B

Comprises teams from the Paisa region and Sucre.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Atlético Nacional 10 5 4 1 17 11 +6 19 Itagüí Ditaires 10 4 4 2 15 13 +2 16 Independiente Medellín 10 4 2 4 18 14 +4 14 Sucre 10 3 4 3 8 10 −2 13 Deportivo Rionegro 10 2 3 5 7 10 −3 9 Envigado 10 1 5 4 11 18 −7 8

NAC RIO ENV MED ITA SUC Atlético Nacional – 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 D. Rionegro 2–0 – 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 Envigado 1–1 2–2 – 2–5 1–1 1–0 Indepen. Medellín 1–2 1–0 2–2 – 1–1 3–0 Itagüí Ditaires 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–2 – 1–1 Sucre 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 –

Group C

Comprises teams from the Santander and Boyacá regions.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Boyacá Chicó 10 6 1 3 19 14 +5 19 Cúcuta Deportivo 10 4 4 2 14 11 +3 16 Atlético Bucaramanga 10 4 3 3 10 11 −1 15 Patriotas 10 4 2 4 17 12 +5 14 Alianza Petrolera 10 3 4 3 13 13 0 13 Real Santander 10 1 2 7 7 19 −12 5

ALP BUC BOY CUC PAT RSA Alianza Petrolera – 1–1 3–3 1–0 3–2 2–0 Atl. Bucaramanga 2–1 – 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 Boyacá Chicó 2–1 2–0 – 3–1 0–2 3–0 Cúcuta Deportivo 0–0 2–0 4–2 – 1–0 2–1 Patriotas 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 – 5–0 Real Santander 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 –

Group D

Comprises teams from the capital district of Bogotá and Soacha.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts La Equidad 10 5 4 1 14 9 +5 19 Bogotá 10 4 4 2 19 12 +7 16 Santa Fe 10 5 1 4 17 12 +5 16 Academia 10 3 4 3 14 15 −1 13 Millonarios 10 2 5 3 11 15 −4 11 Expreso Rojo 10 1 2 7 6 18 −12 5

ACA BOG EXR EQU MIL SAF Academia – 2–2 3–1 0–0 5–2 0–3 Bogotá 1–1 – 3–0 2–2 2–0 2–3 Expreso Rojo 1–2 0–2 – 0–2 0–0 0–2 La Equidad 2–0 2–2 2–1 – 2–1 2–1 Millonarios 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 – 1–1 Santa Fe 2–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–3 –

Group E

Comprises teams from the Pacific region.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts América 10 6 4 0 16 7 +9 22 Deportivo Pasto 10 5 4 1 19 9 +10 19 Deportivo Cali 10 4 3 3 9 8 +1 15 Cortuluá 10 2 4 4 11 16 −5 10 Depor 10 2 3 5 11 19 −8 9 Universitario de Popayán 10 1 2 7 9 16 −7 5

AME COR DEP CAL PAS UPO América – 1–0 3–3 1–0 3–0 2–0 Cortuluá 0–0 – 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 Depor 0–1 2–2 – 1–1 0–4 1–0 Deportivo Cali 0–0 2–1 1–2 – 1–1 2–1 Deportivo Pasto 2–2 5–1 3–0 1–0 – 0–0 U. Popayán 2–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 –

Group F

Comprises teams in the Coffee Zone, Great Tolima, and Zipaquirá town.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Deportes Tolima 10 5 3 2 19 9 +10 18 Once Caldas 10 4 2 4 14 14 0 14 Deportes Quindío 10 4 2 4 14 16 −2 14 Fortaleza 10 4 1 5 19 19 0 13 Atlético Huila 10 3 4 3 14 15 −1 13 Deportivo Pereira 10 3 2 5 11 18 −7 11

HUI QUI TOL PER FOR OCA Atlético Huila – 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–1 0–0 Deportes Quindío 1–1 – 1–0 0–0 1–4 1–0 Deportes Tolima 1–1 3–4 – 2–0 2–0 3–0 Deportivo Pereira 3–1 2–1 0–3 – 2–2 2–1 Fortaleza 2–0 2–3 1–3 2–1 – 3–1 Once Caldas 4–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–2 –

Ranking of third-placed teams

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
A	Junior	10	5	2	3	20	11	+9	17
D	Santa Fe	10	5	1	4	17	12	+5	16
E	Deportivo Cali	10	4	3	3	9	8	+1	15
C	Atlético Bucaramanga	10	4	3	3	10	11	−1	15
B	Independiente Medellín	10	4	2	4	18	14	+4	14
F	Deportes Quindío	10	4	2	4	14	16	−2	14

Knockout phase

All ties in the knockout phase are played in two-legged format. In case of a tie in points and goal difference (i.e., aggregate score), neither the away goals rule nor extra time is applied, and the tie is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Bracket

Teams playing the second leg at home marked by †. This is determined by which team have the better overall record up to the stage they meet each other, except in the round of 16 where the group winners automatically play the second leg at home.

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	Atlético Nacional †	2	3	5
	Santa Fe	2	0	2
							Atlético Nacional †	2	2	4
							Deportes Tolima	1	1	2
	Deportes Tolima †	1	4	5(4)
	Itagüí Ditaires	4	1	5(3)
													Atlético Nacional †	1	1	2
												Boyacá Chicó	0	0	0
	Boyacá Chicó †	1	2	3
	Deportivo Cali	1	0	1
							Boyacá Chicó †	1	3	4 (5)
							Cúcuta Deportivo	3	1	4 (3)
	Cúcuta Deportivo	2	0	2 (4)
	Bogotá †	1	1	2 (3)
																		Atlético Nacional †	0	2	2
																			Deportivo Pasto	0	0	0
	Uniautónoma †	2	1	3 (2)
	Atlético Bucaramanga	2	1	3 (4)
							Atlético Bucaramanga	1	1	2
							América †	0	1	1
	América †	3	2	5
	Valledupar	2	0	2
													Atlético Bucaramanga	1	0	0
												Deportivo Pasto †	0	3	3
	La Equidad †	0	1	1
	Junior	0	2	2
							Junior	2	0	2
							Deportivo Pasto †	3	3	6
	Deportivo Pasto †	1	4	5
	Once Caldas	0	0	0

Round of 16

First legs: August 8, 9, 15; Second legs: August 22 and 23.^[2]

Teams					Scores		Tie-breakers
Key	1st leg away team	Points		2nd leg away team	1st leg	2nd leg	GF	Pen.
1	Uniautónoma	2	2	Atlético Bucaramanga	2–2	1–1	3–3	2–4
2	Atlético Nacional	4	1	Santa Fe	2–2	3–0	—	—
3	Boyacá Chicó	4	1	Deportivo Cali	1–1	2–0	—	—
4	La Equidad	1	4	Junior	0–0	1–2	—	—
5	América	6	0	Valledupar	3–2	2–0	—	—
6	Deportes Tolima	3	3	Itagüí Ditaires	1–4	4–1	5–5	4–3
7	Bogotá	3	3	Cúcuta Deportivo	1–2	1–0	2–2	3–4
8	Deportivo Pasto	6	0	Once Caldas	1–0	4–0	—	—

Quarterfinals

First legs: September 5, 6 and 12;^[3] Second legs: September 12 and 19.^[4]

Teams					Scores		Tie-breakers
Key	1st leg away team	Points		2nd leg away team	1st leg	2nd leg	GF	Pen.
S1	Atlético Nacional	6	0	Deportes Tolima	2–1	2–1	—	—
S2	América	1	4	Atlético Bucaramanga	0–1	1–1	—	—
S3	Boyacá Chicó	3	3	Cúcuta Deportivo	1–3	3–1	4–4	5–3
S4	Deportivo Pasto	6	0	Junior	3–2	3–0	—	—

Semifinals

First legs: October 17; Second legs: October 24.

Teams					Scores		Tie-breakers
Key	1st leg away team	Points		2nd leg away team	1st leg	2nd leg	GF	Pen.
F1	Deportivo Pasto	3	3	Atlético Bucaramanga	0–1	3–0	3–1	—
F2	Atlético Nacional	6	0	Boyacá Chicó	1–0	1–0	—	—

Final

First leg: October 31; Second leg: November 7.

Teams				Scores		Tie-breakers
1st leg away team	Points		2nd leg away team	1st leg	2nd leg	GF	Pen.
Atlético Nacional	4	1	Deportivo Pasto	0–0	2–0	—	—

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Andrés Javier Mosquera	Bogotá	9
2	Oscar Iván Méndez	Deportivo Pasto	8
3	Jefferson Duque	Atlético Nacional	6
	Jeysen Núñez	Boyacá Chicó	6
	Paulo César Arango	América	6
	Robinson Aponzá	Atlético Bucaramanga	6
7	Francisco Delgado	Bogotá	5
	Edwin Cardona	Santa Fe	5
	José Largacha	Atlético Bucaramanga	5
	Juan Gilberto Núñez	Junior	5
	Wilmer Parra	Deportivo Pasto	5

References

1. "Sistema Copa Postobón 2012". DIMAYOR.
2. "Programación de la Fase II (vuelta) en la Copa Postobón 2012" (in Spanish). DIMAYOR. Aug 14, 2012.
3. "Programación de la Fase III – Ida por la Copa Postobón". DIMAYOR.
4. "Queda conformada la fase III de la Copa Postobón". DIMAYOR.

External links

• Copa Postobón
• Copa Postobón, DIMAYOR.com
  • Official regulations (Spanish)
• Copa Colombia 2012, Soccerway.com