Copa Chile
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{{infobox football tournament
|current = 2025 Copa Chile
|logo =
|founded = 1958
|number of teams = 48
|region = {{CHI}}
|domestic cup = Supercopa de Chile
|current champions = {{nowrap|Universidad de Chile (6th title)}}
|most successful club = Colo-Colo (14 titles)
|website = [http://www.anfp.cl/copa-chile ANFP Copa Chile]
}}
The Copa Chile (Chile Cup) is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008. Its precursor was the Campeonato de Apertura (Opening Championship), played from 1933 to 1950.
The cup is now open to every member club of the Chilean football league system, from professional teams; (Primera División, Primera B & Segunda División), down to teams from the ANFA: Tercera División. Since the season 2009, the winners obtained a direct Copa Sudamericana spot for the next season, however this was change starting from the 2015 edition; since then the winners obtains a direct Copa Libertadores spot for the next season.
In the history of the tournament, the Primera División teams have dominated the competition; but, because this is contested in a knockout tournament format, the opportunity for lower-level teams upsetting a top level squad is a real possibility. That was the case in the seasons 1960, 1962, 2009 & 2010, when the winners were clubs from the second level: Deportes La Serena, Luis Cruz, Unión San Felipe and Municipal Iquique. A major upset almost occurred in the 2008 competition, when Deportes Ovalle (from the third level league) became finalist, losing 1–2 to Universidad de Concepción at the final, in a very close match.
In some seasons the tournament only included first level teams, that was the case the seasons: 1979 to 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989-Invierno, 1990, 1998 and 2000.
Only two clubs have become double champions (league and cup winners the same season); Colo-Colo in 1981, 1989, 1990 & 1996, and Universidad de Chile in 2000.
Trophy
At the end of the final, the winning team is presented with a trophy, also known as the Copa Chile, which they hold until the following year's final.
The cup stands 120 centimetres tall and is made of 8 kg of pure solid silver, its design includes the map of the Chilean territory (being four times around the trophy), made with stones of different colors, carved agate, Onyx and lapis lazuli.
The trophy was forged in 1974, in the Hernán Baeza Rebolledo workshop, located in the commune of San Miguel. Its manufacture took nearly a month.
As well as winning the right to keep the trophy until the start of the next season, the winner gets to have a badge small silver plate at the pedestal of the trophy. The badge has the winners' name and the year of success.
Finals
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! width= | {{abbr|Ed.|Edition}} ! width=80px|Year ! width=190px|Champion ! width=100px|Scores ! width=170px|Runner-up ! width=200px |Trophy |
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| {{center|1}} | 1958 |Colo-Colo {{small|(1)}} | 2–2Colo Colo on better goal average over entire tournament. | Copa Chile |
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| {{center|2}} | 1959 |Santiago Wanderers {{small|(1)}} | 5–1 | Copa Chile |
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| {{center|3}} | 1960 |Deportes La Serena {{small|(1)}} | 4–1 | Copa Preparación |
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| {{center|4}} | 1961 |Santiago Wanderers {{small|(2)}} | 1–2, 2–0 | Copa Chile Green Cross |
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| {{center|5}} | 1962 |Luis Cruz {{small|(1)}} | 2–1 | Copa Preparación |
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| {{center|6}} | 1974 |Colo-Colo {{small|(2)}} | 3–0 | Copa Chile |
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| {{center|7}} | 1975 |Palestino {{small|(1)}} | 4–0 | Copa Chile |
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| {{center|8}} | 1977 |Palestino {{small|(2)}} | 4–3 | Copa Chile |
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| {{center|9}} | 1979 |Universidad de Chile {{small|(1)}} |2–1 | Copa Polla Gol |
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| {{center|10}} | 1980 |Deportes Iquique {{small|(1)}} | 2–1 | Copa Polla Gol |
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| {{center|11}} | 1981 |Colo-Colo {{small|(3)}} | 5–1 | Copa Polla Gol |
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| {{center|12}} | 1982 |Colo-Colo {{small|(4)}} |Colo Colo win a small final tournament. | Copa Polla Gol |
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| {{center|13}} | 1983 |Universidad Católica {{small|(1)}} |Universidad Católica win a small final tournament. | Copa Polla Gol |
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| {{center|14}} | 1984 |Everton {{small|(1)}} | 3–0 | Copa Polla Gol |
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| {{center|15}} | 1985 |Colo-Colo {{small|(5)}} | 1–0 | Copa Polla Gol |
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| {{center|16}} | 1986 |Cobreloa {{small|(1)}} | 1–0, 0–2, 3–0 | Copa Polla Lan Chile |
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| {{center|17}} | 1987 |Cobresal {{small|(1)}} | 2–0 | Copa Lan Chile |
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| {{center|18}} | 1988 |Colo-Colo {{small|(6)}} | 1–0 | Copa Digeder |
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| {{center|19}} | 1989 |Colo-Colo {{small|(7)}} | 1–0 | Copa Coca-Cola Digeder |
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| {{center|20}} | 1990 |Colo-Colo {{small|(8)}} | 3–2 | Copa Apertura |
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| {{center|21}} | 1991 |Universidad Católica {{small|(2)}} | 1–0 | Copa Chile Digeder |
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| {{center|22}} | 1992 |Unión Española {{small|(1)}} | 3–1 | Copa Chile |
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| {{center|23}} | 1993 |Unión Española {{small|(2)}} | 3–1 | Copa Chile |
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| {{center|24}} | 1994 |Colo-Colo {{small|(9)}} | 1–1 4–2 (pen.) | Copa Chile |
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| {{center|25}} | 1995 |Universidad Católica {{small|(3)}} | 4–2 | Copa Chile |
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| {{center|26}} | 1996 |Colo-Colo {{small|(10)}} | 1–1, 1–0 | Copa Chile Eduardo Simián |
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| {{center|27}} | 1998 |Universidad de Chile {{small|(2)}} | 1–1, 2–0 | Copa Apertura |
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| {{center|28}} | 2000 |Universidad de Chile {{small|(3)}} |2–1 | Copa Apertura |
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| {{center|29}} | 2008–09 |Universidad de Concepción {{small|(1)}} | 2–1 | Copa Chile |
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| {{center|30}} | 2009 |Unión San Felipe {{small|(1)}} | 3–0 | Copa Chile |
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| {{center|31}} | 2010 |Deportes Iquique {{small|(2)}} | 1–1 4–3 (pen.) | Copa Chile Bicentenario |
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| {{center|32}} | 2011 |Universidad Católica {{small|(4)}} | 0–1, 1–0 4–2 (pen.) | Copa Chile |
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| {{center|33}} | 2012–13 |Universidad de Chile {{small|(4)}} | 2–1 | Copa Chile MTS |
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| {{center|34}} | 2013–14 |Deportes Iquique {{small|(3)}} | 3–1 | Copa Chile MTS |
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| {{center|35}} | 2014–15 |Universidad de Concepción {{small|(2)}} | 3–2 | Copa Chile MTS |
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| {{center|36}} | 2015 |Universidad de Chile {{small|(5)}} | 1–1 5–3 (pen.) | Copa Chile MTS |
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| {{center|37}} | 2016 |Colo-Colo {{small|(11)}} | 4–0 | Copa Chile MTS |
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| {{center|38}} | 2017 |Santiago Wanderers {{small|(3)}} | 3–1 | Copa Chile MTS |
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| {{center|39}} | 2018 |Palestino {{small|(3)}} | 1–0, 3–2 | Copa Chile MTS |
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| {{center|40}} | 2019 |Colo-Colo {{small|(12)}} | 2–1 | Copa Chile MTS |
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| {{center|–}} | 2020 |colspan=4 align=center|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
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| {{center|41}} | 2021 |Colo-Colo {{small|(13)}} | 2–0 | Copa Chile Easy |
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| {{center|42}} | 2022 |Magallanes {{small|(1)}} | 2–2 7–6 (pen.) | Copa Chile Easy |
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| {{center|43}} | 2023 |Colo-Colo {{small|(14)}} | 3–1 | Copa Chile Easy |
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| {{center|44}} | 2024 |Universidad de Chile {{small|(6)}} | 1–0 | Copa Chile Coca-Cola Sin Azúcar |
Titles by club
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scope=col|Club
!scope=col|Titles !scope=col|Runners-up !scope=col|Seasons won !scope=col|Seasons runner-up |
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Colo-Colo
|align=center| 14 |align=center| 5 | 1958, 1974, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2023 | 1979, 1980, 1987, 1992, 2015 |
Universidad de Chile
|align=center| 6 |align=center| 2 | 1979, 1998, 2000, 2012–13, 2015, 2024 | 2017, 2019 |
Universidad Católica
|align=center| 4 |align=center| 8 | 1983, 1991, 1995, 2011 | 1958, 1961, 1962, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1990, 2013 |
Palestino
|align=center| 3 |align=center| 2 | 1975, 1977, 2018 | 1985, 2015 |
Santiago Wanderers
|align=center| 3 |align=center| 2 | 1959, 1961, 2017 | 1960, 1974 |
Deportes Iquique
|align=center| 3 |align=center| 1 | 1980, 2010, 2013–14 | 2009 |
Unión Española
|align=center| 2 |align=center| 3 | 1992, 1993 | 1977, 1988, 2022 |
Universidad de Concepción
|align=center| 2 |align=center| — | 2008, 2014–15 |align=center| — |
Cobreloa
|align=center| 1 |align=center| 3 | 1986 | 1991, 1993, 1995 |
Everton
|align=center| 1 |align=center| 2 | 1984 | 2016, 2021 |
Magallanes
|align=center| 1 |align=center| 2 | 2022 | 2011, 2023 |
Deportes La Serena
|align=center| 1 |align=center| 1 | 1960 | 1959 |
Luis Cruz
|align=center| 1 |align=center| — | 1962 | align=center| — |
Cobresal
|align=center| 1 |align=center| — | 1987 | align=center| — |
Unión San Felipe
|align=center| 1 |align=center| — | 2009 | align=center| — |
Audax Italiano
|align=center| — |align=center| 3 | align=center| — |1981, 1998, 2018 |
O'Higgins
|align=center| — |align=center| 2 | align=center| — |1981, 1998 |
Lota Schwager
|align=center| — |align=center| 1 | align=center| — | 1975 |
Fernández Vial
|align=center| — |align=center| 1 | align=center| — | 1986 |
Rangers
|align=center| — |align=center| 1 | align=center| — | 1996 |
Santiago Morning
|align=center| — |align=center| 1 | align=center| — | 2000 |
Deportes Ovalle
|align=center| — |align=center| 1 | align=center| — | 2008 |
Deportes Concepción
|align=center| — |align=center| 1 | align=center| — | 2010 |
Huachipato
|align=center| — |align=center| 1 |align=center| — | 2014 |
Ñublense
|align=center| — |align=center| 1 |align=center| — | 2024 |
Titles by Region
The following table lists the Chilean Cup champions by region.
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!width=125| Region !width=75| Nº of titles ! Clubs |
22px Metropolitan
|align=center| 30 | Colo-Colo (14), Universidad de Chile (6), Universidad Católica (4), Palestino (3), Unión Española (2), Magallanes (1) |
22px Valparaíso
|align=center| 5 | Santiago Wanderers (3), Everton (1), Unión San Felipe (1) |
22px Tarapacá
|align=center| 3 | Deportes Iquique (3) |
22px Biobío
|align=center| 2 |
22px Coquimbo
|align=center| 1 | Deportes La Serena (1) |
22px Maule
|align=center| 1 | Luis Cruz (1) |
22px Antofagasta
|align=center| 1 | Cobreloa (1) |
22px Atacama
|align=center| 1 | Cobresal (1) |
Other Official Cup Tournaments
=Copa de la República=
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! width=80px|Year ! width=170px|Champion ! width=100px|Scores ! width=170px|Runner-up |
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| 1983 | 1–0 |
=Copa Invierno=
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! width=80px|Year ! width=170px|Champion ! width=100px|Scores ! width=170px|Runner-up |
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| 1989 | 2–0 |
Notes and references
{{reflist}}
Sources
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chilecuphist.html Chile Cup - RSSSF]
{{Copa Chile}}
{{Football in Chile}}
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Category:Football competitions in Chile