2018 Copa Colombia

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.[1]

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

Universitario v Orsomarso

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

Bogotá v Deportes Quindío

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

Valledupar v Real Cartagena

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

Tigres v Barranquilla

22 February 2018	Tigres	0–0	Barranquilla	Bogotá
14:00		Report		Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo Referee: Cristian Guzmán

Fortaleza v Deportivo Pereira

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

Cortuluá v Real Santander

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

Atlético v Cúcuta Deportivo

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

Unión Magdalena v Llaneros

10 March 2018	Unión Magdalena	0–0	Llaneros	Santa Marta
15:15		Report		Stadium: Sierra Nevada Referee: Carlos Márquez

Second leg

Barranquilla v Tigres

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

Orsomarso v Universitario

13 March 2018	Orsomarso	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Universitario	Palmira
15:00		Report		Stadium: Francisco Rivera Escobar Referee: Héctor Rivera

Real Cartagena v Valledupar

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

Deportivo Pereira v Fortaleza

14 March 2018	Deportivo Pereira	3–0 (4–3 agg.)	Fortaleza	Pereira
15:30	Palomino  33' Echeverri  40' Mejía  60'	Report		Stadium: Hernán Ramírez Villegas Referee: Juan Roldán

Deportes Quindío v Bogotá

14 March 2018	Deportes Quindío	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Bogotá	Armenia
15:30	Guerrero  16' Carpintero  26' Gómez  70'	Report		Stadium: Centenario Referee: Juan Pablo Alba

Llaneros v Unión Magdalena

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

Real Santander v Cortuluá

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

Cúcuta Deportivo v Atlético

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

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

Universitario v Deportes Quindío

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

Llaneros v Barranquilla

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

Deportivo Pereira v Cortuluá

29 March 2018	Deportivo Pereira	4–0	Cortuluá	Pereira
15:30	Mena  20' (pen.) Castillo  30' Cano  43' Navarro  56'	Report		Stadium: Hernán Ramírez Villegas Referee: Jorge Guzmán

Real Cartagena v Cúcuta Deportivo

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

Second leg

Deportes Quindío v Universitario

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

Barranquilla v Llaneros

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

Cortuluá v Deportivo Pereira

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

Cúcuta Deportivo v Real Cartagena

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

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.

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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.

As of 1 November 2018[2]

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

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

• DIMAYOR's official website (in Spanish)