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The 2018 Copa Colombia, officially the 2018 Copa Águila for sponsorship reasons, was the 16th edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs of DIMAYOR. The tournament was contested by 36 teams. Junior were the defending champions, but were knocked out by Atlético Nacional in the quarterfinals. Atlético Nacional were the champions after beating Once Caldas 4–3 on aggregate in the final, and qualified for the 2019 Copa Libertadores.

Format

For the 2018 season, the Copa Colombia had a change in its format. Unlike previous editions, there was no group stage and the competition was played in a single-elimination format in its entirety, with the 16 teams from the Categoría Primera B entering the first stage and being drawn into eight ties. After two stages, four Primera B teams qualified for the third stage, along with the twelve Categoría Primera A teams that did not enter international competition in the 2018 season, which entered the cup at that stage. Finally, in the round of 16, the eight third stage winners were joined by the four Copa Libertadores qualifiers (Atlético Nacional, Junior, Millonarios and Santa Fe), as well as the four Copa Sudamericana qualifiers (Independiente Medellín, América de Cali, Deportivo Cali, and Jaguares), which entered the competition at this point.

First stage

The first stage was played by the 16 Categoría Primera B clubs, eight of which were seeded in the ties according to their position in the 2017 season aggregate table. The two relegated clubs from the Categoría Primera A (Cortuluá and Tigres) along with the remaining Primera B clubs were drawn into each tie. The seeded clubs hosted the second leg. The first legs were played on 21–22 February and 10 March 2018, while the second legs were played on 13 and 14 March 2018.

First leg

21 February 2018	Universitario	1–0	Orsomarso	Popayán
11:30	Cuenú 47' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Ciro López Referee: Alexander Arias

21 February 2018	Bogotá	1–1	Deportes Quindío	Bogotá
14:00	Castillo 30'	Report	Cambindo 89'	Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo Referee: Camilo Colmenares

21 February 2018	Valledupar	1–2	Real Cartagena	Valledupar
19:45	Herazo 89'	Report	González 38' Murillo 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Armando Maestre Pavajeau Referee: Alexander Ortíz

22 February 2018	Fortaleza	3–1	Deportivo Pereira	Cota
14:30	Acosta 22' Alcarcel 55' Chaves 75'	Report	Meléndez 77'	Stadium: Municipal de Cota Referee: Yeison Garzón

22 February 2018	Cortuluá	2–1	Real Santander	Palmira
16:00	Mercado 12' Mosquera 81'	Report	Castañeda 14'	Stadium: Francisco Rivera Escobar Referee: Jeison Abril

22 February 2018	Atlético	0–1	Cúcuta Deportivo	Cali
19:00		Report	Rangel 52'	Stadium: Pascual Guerrero Referee: Esneider Pontón

Second leg

13 March 2018	Barranquilla	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Tigres	Barranquilla
15:00	González 71'	Report		Stadium: Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Referee: Gabriel Matorel

13 March 2018	Real Cartagena	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	Valledupar	Cartagena
19:45	Murillo 40'	Report	Rengifo 88'	Stadium: Jaime Morón León Referee: Carlos García

14 March 2018	Llaneros	1–1 (1–1 agg.) (6–5 p)	Unión Magdalena	Villavicencio
15:30	Arias 16'	Report	Vega 51'	Stadium: Manuel Calle Lombana Referee: Wilmer Gantiva

14 March 2018	Real Santander	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Cortuluá	Floridablanca
18:00		Report	Sotero 67'	Stadium: Álvaro Gómez Hurtado Referee: Wilmar Montaño

14 March 2018	Cúcuta Deportivo	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Atlético	Cúcuta
20:00	Caballero 38'	Report		Stadium: General Santander Referee: Fernando Acuña

Second stage

The second stage was played by the 8 first stage winners. In each tie, the clubs with the best performance after the first stage hosted the second leg. The first legs were played on 28–29 March and 12 April 2018, and the second legs were played on 11–12 and 26 April 2018.

First leg

28 March 2018	Universitario	1–3	Deportes Quindío	Popayán
11:30	Torres 44'	Report	Carabalí 17' Gómez 27' Carpintero 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Ciro López Referee: Liz Maír Suárez

29 March 2018	Llaneros	0–1	Barranquilla	Villavicencio
15:00		Report	Colpa 52'	Stadium: Manuel Calle Lombana Referee: Carlos Betancur

12 April 2018	Real Cartagena	0–1	Cúcuta Deportivo	Cartagena
19:30		Report	Carrero 7'	Stadium: Jaime Morón León Referee: Diego Rendón

Second leg

11 April 2018	Deportes Quindío	0–1 (3–2 agg.)	Universitario	Armenia
15:30		Report	Montaño 57'	Stadium: Centenario Referee: Lisandro Castillo

12 April 2018	Barranquilla	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Llaneros	Barranquilla
15:30	Sarmiento 18' Díaz 43' (pen.)	Report	Orozco 83'	Stadium: Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Referee: Never Manjarrés

12 April 2018	Cortuluá	1–0 (1–4 agg.)	Deportivo Pereira	Cali
18:00	Sotero 87'	Report		Stadium: Pascual Guerrero Referee: Nicolás Rodríguez

26 April 2018	Cúcuta Deportivo	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Real Cartagena	Cúcuta
19:45	Carrero 48' Caballero 74'	Report	Salcedo 32'	Stadium: General Santander Referee: Leonard Mosquera

Third stage

The third stage was played by the four second stage winners and the 12 Categoría Primera A clubs that did not qualify for international competition, which were seeded in the ties according to their position in the 2017 season aggregate table. The two promoted clubs from the Categoría Primera B (Leones and Boyacá Chicó) were the last two seeded teams, with Leones taking the 11th position and Boyacá Chicó the 12th position. The four second stage winners as well as the best four teams according to the 2017 Primera A aggregate table hosted the second leg. The first legs were played on 2–3 and 9 May 2018, while the second legs were played on 9–10 and 16 May 2018.

First leg

Second leg

Final stages

Each tie in the final stages will be played in a home-and-away two-legged format. In each tie, the team with the better overall record up to that stage will host the second leg, except in the round of 16 where the third stage winners will host the second leg. The teams entering this stage will be the ones that qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores and 2018 Copa Sudamericana, and were drawn into each of the eight ties. In case of a tie in aggregate score, neither the away goals rule nor extra time are applied, and the tie is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Bracket

Round of 16

The third stage winners (Team 2) hosted the second leg. The first legs were played from 15 to 22 August, and the second legs were played from 21 to 30 August 2018.

First leg

Second leg

Quarterfinals

Team 2 hosted the second leg. The first legs were played on 12 and 13 September 2018, and the second legs were played on 19 and 26 September 2018.

First leg

Second leg

Semifinals

Team 2 will host the second leg. The first legs were played on 3 and 5 October, and the second legs were played on 11 and 12 October 2018.

First leg

Second leg

Finals

Atlético Nacional won 4–3 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

As of 1 November 2018

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	David Lemos	Once Caldas	3
	Michael Rangel	Atlético Bucaramanga
	Ricardo Steer	Once Caldas
4	Fernando Aristeguieta	América de Cali	2
	Roque Caballero	Cúcuta Deportivo
	Mateo Cano	Deportivo Pereira
	Wilson Carpintero	Deportes Quindío
	Darwin Carrero	Cúcuta Deportivo
	Camilo Díaz	Barranquilla
	Johan Gómez	Deportes Quindío
	Yeison Guzmán	Envigado
	Lucas Sotero	Cortuluá
	Yorleys Mena	Deportivo Pereira
	Miguel Antonio Murillo	Real Cartagena
	Rafael Navarro	Deportivo Pereira
	Carlos Peralta	La Equidad
	Diego Sevillano	Deportes Quindío

See also

• 2018 Categoría Primera A season
• 2018 Categoría Primera B season

References

1. "Balance de la Asamblea Extraordinaria de la Dimayor" (in Spanish). Dimayor.com. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
2. "Copa Águila". mismarcadores.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

External links

• DIMAYOR's official website (in Spanish)

• Copa Colombia seasons
• 2018 in Colombian football