2025 Copa Colombia

2025 Copa Colombia
Copa BetPlay Dimayor 2025
Tournament details
CountryColombia
Dates28 May – 12 November 2025
Teams36
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored130 (2.41 per match)

All statistics correct as of 13 August 2025.

The 2025 Copa Colombia, officially the Copa BetPlay Dimayor 2025 for sponsorship reasons, is the 23rd edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs affiliated to DIMAYOR, the governing body of professional club football in Colombia. The tournament, which is contested by 36 teams, began on 28 May and is scheduled to end on 12 November 2025. The winners will qualify for the 2026 Copa Sudamericana.[1]

Atlético Nacional are the defending champions.

Format

For this edition, the competition had a change in its format to allow the teams that failed to advance to the final stages of Dimayor's league tournaments to maintain competitive pace and reduce their mid-season downtime.[2] The first stage of the competition was split into Stage 1A and Stage 1B, with Stage 1A featuring the 12 Categoría Primera A and the 8 Categoría Primera B teams that did not advance to the semi-finals of their league tournament, which were distributed into four groups of five teams (three Primera A teams and the remaining two from Primera B) according to their position in the first stage of the league. In each group, teams had one bye day and played two matches at home and two away, with the top two advancing to the round of 16. Subsequently, Stage 1B was contested by the 16 teams that advanced to the semi-finals of the Primera A and Primera B tournaments, which were allocated into eight ties according to their position in the first stage of the league, with the eight winners advancing to the round of 16. The round of 16 will be played by the eight teams advancing from Stage 1A and the eight Stage 1B winners, in which the teams coming from Stage 1A will play the Stage 1B winners in eight two-legged ties. The winners will advance to the subsequent knockout stages of the competition (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals).[3] Unlike the previous editions, no draws were performed for any phase of the competition.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows:[4]

Round First leg Second leg
First stage[5] Stage 1A
  • Matchday 1: 28–30 May 2025
  • Matchday 2: 1–4 June 2025
  • Matchday 3: 5–8 June 2025
  • Matchday 4: 9–12 June 2025
  • Matchday 5: 13–16 June 2025
Stage 1B 29–31 July 2025 5–26 August 2025
Round of 16 26 August – TBD 2025 2 September – TBD 2025
Quarter-finals 10 September 2025 1 October 2025
Semi-finals 8 October 2025 15 October 2025
Finals 5 November 2025 12 November 2025

First stage

For this season, the first stage was split into two phases in which the 36 participating clubs were allocated according to their position in the first stage of their respective leagues.

Stage 1A

Stage 1A was contested by the 20 clubs that failed to advance to the semi-final stages of the Apertura tournaments of the 2025 Primera A and 2025 Primera B: 12 Primera A clubs and 8 Primera B ones.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BUC QUI BOY BOC CAL
1 Atlético Bucaramanga 4 3 1 0 9 5 +4 10 Advance to the round of 16 3–2 3–1
2 Deportes Quindío 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7 2–2 2–1
3 Boyacá Chicó 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 6 1–0 1–0
4 Boca Juniors de Cali 4 1 0 3 3 4 −1 3 0–1 2–0
5 Deportivo Cali 4 1 0 3 3 7 −4 3 0–2 2–1
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ENV ALI AGU BAR ORS
1 Envigado 4 3 1 0 8 4 +4 10 Advance to the round of 16 2–0 2–1
2 Alianza 4 2 2 0 10 5 +5 8 3–3 4–0
3 Águilas Doradas 4 2 0 2 3 7 −4 6 1–0 2–1
4 Barranquilla 4 1 0 3 3 4 −1 3 0–1 2–0
5 Orsomarso 4 0 1 3 3 7 −4 1 0–1 2–2
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATL PAS MAG LLA RSA
1 Atlético 4 2 2 0 5 3 +2 8 Advance to the round of 16 1–0 3–2
2 Deportivo Pasto 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7 3–1 3–0
3 Unión Magdalena 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5 0–0 0–0
4 Llaneros 4 1 2 1 3 5 −2 5 1–1 2–1
5 Real Santander 4 0 1 3 4 8 −4 1 1–1 0–2
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PER FOR BOG LEO EQU
1 Deportivo Pereira 4 2 2 0 7 2 +5 8 Advance to the round of 16 0–0 2–0
2 Fortaleza 4 2 2 0 5 1 +4 8 2–0 1–1
3 Bogotá 4 1 1 2 2 6 −4 4 0–3 0–0
4 Leones 4 0 3 1 4 5 −1 3 2–2 1–2
5 La Equidad 4 1 0 3 3 7 −4 3 0–2 1–2
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.

Stage 1B

Stage 1B is contested by the eight Categoría Primera A and the eight Categoría Primera B clubs that advanced to the semi-finals in their respective leagues.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Independiente Medellín2–1Jaguares1–11–0
Santa Fe2–0Internacional2–00–0
Deportes Tolima1–3Real Cundinamarca1–20–1
MillonariosDReal Cartagena3–126 Aug
América de Cali6–0Tigres5–01–0
Junior3–3 (4–2 p)Atlético Huila2–21–1
Atlético Nacional4–0Cúcuta Deportivo1–03–0
Once CaldasHPatriotas6–022 Aug

First leg

29 July 2025 (2025-07-29) Santa Fe 2–0 Internacional Bogotá
18:00 UTC−5
  • Rodríguez 28'
  • S. Mosquera 33'
Report Stadium: El Campín
Referee: Héctor Rivera
29 July 2025 (2025-07-29) Atlético Nacional 1–0 Cúcuta Deportivo Medellín
18:00 UTC−5
Report Stadium: Atanasio Girardot
Referee: Ferney Trujillo
29 July 2025 (2025-07-29) Deportes Tolima 1–2 Real Cundinamarca Ibagué
19:30 UTC−5
Report
  • Asprilla 34'
  • Rubiano 53'
Stadium: Manuel Murillo Toro
Referee: Yair Cárdenas
29 July 2025 (2025-07-29) Junior 2–2 Atlético Huila Barranquilla
19:30 UTC−5 Report
  • Lora 37', 59'
Stadium: Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
Referee: Esnaider Pontón
29 July 2025 (2025-07-29) América de Cali 5–0 Tigres Cali
20:20 UTC−5
Report Stadium: Pascual Guerrero
Referee: Sebastián Toro
30 July 2025 (2025-07-30) Once Caldas 6–0 Patriotas Manizales
19:30 UTC−5
Report Stadium: Palogrande
Referee: Álvaro Meléndez
31 July 2025 (2025-07-31) Independiente Medellín 1–1 Jaguares Medellín
18:00 UTC−5 Report
  • Padilla 59'
Stadium: Atanasio Girardot
Referee: Wilmar Montaño
31 July 2025 (2025-07-31) Millonarios 3–1 Real Cartagena Bogotá
20:10 UTC−5
Report
  • Acosta 90+1'
Stadium: El Campín
Referee: Luis Delgado

Second leg

5 August 2025 (2025-08-05) Cúcuta Deportivo0–3
(0–4 agg.)
Atlético Nacional Cúcuta
16:00 UTC−5 Report
Stadium: General Santander
Referee: Jhon Ospina
5 August 2025 (2025-08-05) Internacional0–0
(0–2 agg.)
Santa Fe Palmira
20:00 UTC−5 Report Stadium: Francisco Rivera Escobar
Referee: Mauricio Mercado
6 August 2025 (2025-08-06) Tigres0–1
(0–6 agg.)
América de Cali Yumbo
17:00 UTC−5 Report
Stadium: Municipal Raúl Miranda
Referee: David Espinosa
Note: Match originally scheduled for 5 August 2025, 20:00 local time at Estadio Metropolitano de Techo in Bogotá but rescheduled due to documentation issues.[6]
6 August 2025 (2025-08-06) Atlético Huila1–1
(3–3 agg.)
(2–4 p)
Junior Neiva
19:30 UTC−5
  • Castro 87'
Report Stadium: Guillermo Plazas Alcid
Referee: Steven Camargo
Penalties
7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) Jaguares0–1
(1–2 agg.)
Independiente Medellín Montería
18:00 UTC−5 Report
Stadium: Jaraguay
Referee: Diego Ulloa
13 August 2025 (2025-08-13) Real Cundinamarca 1–0
(3–1 agg.)
Deportes TolimaBogotá
19:00 UTC−5
  • Asprilla 90+5'
Report Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo
Referee: Lizmair Suárez
22 August 2025 (2025-08-22) Patriotas v Once Caldas Tunja
16:00 UTC−5 Stadium: La Independencia
Referee: Alejandro Moncada
Note: Match originally scheduled for 6 August 2025, 18:00 local time but postponed to 22 August due to a miners' strike in the Boyacá Department.[7][8]
26 August 2025 (2025-08-26) Real Cartagena v Millonarios Cartagena
20:10 UTC−5 Stadium: Jaime Morón León

Final stages

Each round in the final stages is played under a home-and-away two-legged format. The second leg in all rounds will be hosted by the team better placed in the league's aggregate table at the end of the Apertura tournament if both teams play in the same tier, or by the Primera B team if both teams play in different tiers. In case of a draw on aggregate score at the end of the second leg, extra time will not be played and the winner will be decided in a penalty shoot-out.[9]

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
                
Fortaleza
Independiente Medellín
 
 
Alianza
Santa Fe
 
 
Deportivo Pereira
Real Cundinamarca
 
 
Envigado
Stage 1B winners D
 
 
Atlético Bucaramanga
América de Cali
 
 
Junior
Atlético
 
 
Atlético Nacional
Deportes Quindío
 
 
Deportivo Pasto
Stage 1B winners H

Round of 16

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Fortaleza1Independiente Medellín27 Aug3 Sep
Alianza2Santa Fe28 Aug9 Sep
Deportivo Pereira3Real Cundinamarca26 Aug2 Sep
Envigado4Stage 1B winners DTBDTBD
Atlético Bucaramanga5América de Cali27 Aug3 Sep
Junior6Atlético26 Aug2 Sep
Atlético Nacional7Deportes Quindío27 Aug3 Sep
Deportivo Pasto8Stage 1B winners HTBDTBD

First leg

26 August 2025 (2025-08-26) Junior v Atlético Barranquilla
18:30 UTC−5 Stadium: Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
28 August 2025 (2025-08-28) Alianza v Santa Fe Valledupar
16:00 UTC−5 Stadium: Armando Maestre Pavajeau
TBD 2025 (2025) Envigado v Stage 1B winners D Envigado
--:-- UTC−5 Stadium: Polideportivo Sur
TBD 2025 (2025) Deportivo Pasto v Stage 1B winners H Pasto
--:-- UTC−5 Stadium: Departamental Libertad

Second leg

2 September 2025 (2025-09-02) Atlético v Junior Cali
19:30 UTC−5 Stadium: Pascual Guerrero
9 September 2025 (2025-09-09) Santa Fe v Alianza Bogotá
20:30 UTC−5 Stadium: El Campín
TBD 2025 (2025) Stage 1B winners D v Envigado
--:-- UTC−5
TBD 2025 (2025) Stage 1B winners H v Deportivo Pasto
--:-- UTC−5

Quarter-finals

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Winners 1SF1[†]Winners 2
Winners 3SF2[†]Winners 4
Winners 5SF3[†]Winners 6
Winners 7SF4[†]Winners 8
  1. Order of legs to be decided.

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Winners SF1F1[†]Winners SF2
Winners SF3F2[†]Winners SF4
  1. Order of legs to be decided.

Finals

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Winners F1[†]Winners F2
  1. Order of legs to be decided.

See also

References

  1. ^ "¿Cuál será el premio para el campeón de la Copa BetPlay 2025?" [What will be the prize for the 2025 Copa BetPlay champion?] (in Spanish). Win Sports. 21 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Dimayor presentó el nuevo formato de la Copa BetPlay 2025" [Dimayor presented the 2025 Copa BetPlay's new format] (in Spanish). Win Sports. 21 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  3. ^ "El abecé de la Copa BetPlay Dimayor: así quedaron los grupos y llaves de la primera fase del torneo alterno" [The ABCs of the Copa BetPlay Dimayor: Here are the groups and brackets for the first phase of the alternate tournament] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Calendario de Competencias Masculinas DIMAYOR II-2025" [2025-II DIMAYOR Men's Competitions Calendar] (in Spanish). Dimayor. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Copa Betplay 2025: definidos los grupos y cruces de primera fase" [2025 Copa Betplay: the first stage groups and matchups are set] (in Spanish). Antena 2. 21 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Dimayor confirmó en qué estadio se jugará Tigres vs América" [Dimayor confirmed in which stadium Tigres vs. América will be played] (in Spanish). Antena 2. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Comunicado Oficial: Partido Patriotas FC vs Once Caldas DAF fase 1B Copa BetPlay DIMAYOR 2025" [Official Statement: 2025 Copa BetPlay DIMAYOR Patriotas FC vs Once Caldas DAF stage 1B Match] (in Spanish). Dimayor. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Comunicado Oficial: Confirmación de partidos aplazados Liga BetPlay DIMAYOR II-2025 y Copa BetPlay DIMAYOR 2025" [Official Statement: Confirmation of 2025-II Liga BetPlay DIMAYOR and 2025 Copa BetPlay DIMAYOR postponed matches] (in Spanish). Dimayor. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Reglamento Copa BetPlay DIMAYOR 2025" [2025 Copa BetPlay DIMAYOR Regulations] (PDF) (in Spanish). Dimayor. Retrieved 27 May 2025.