The 2015–16 Copa Argentina was the seventh edition of the Copa Argentina, and the fifth since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on January 29, 2016. Defending champions Boca Juniors were eliminated by Rosario Central in the quarterfinals. By winning the competition, River Plate won the right to play in the 2017 Copa Libertadores and the 2016 Supercopa Argentina.

Teams The 75 teams that took part in the competition included: all teams from the Primera División (30); twelve teams of the Primera B Nacional; five from the Primera B Metropolitana, four from the Primera C; two from the Primera D; ten teams from Federal A and twelve (12) from Torneo Federal B.

First Level Primera División All thirty teams qualified.

Aldosivi Argentinos Juniors Arsenal Atlético de Rafaela Banfield Belgrano Boca JuniorsTH Colón Crucero del Norte Defensa y Justicia Estudiantes (LP) Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) Godoy Cruz Huracán Independiente Lanús Newell's Old Boys Nueva Chicago Olimpo Quilmes Racing Club River Plate Rosario Central San Lorenzo San Martín (SJ) Sarmiento Temperley Tigre Unión Vélez Sársfield

Second Level The first twelve teams from 2015 tournament qualified.

Primera B Nacional

Atlético Tucumán Patronato Ferro Carril Oeste Santamarina Instituto Villa Dálmine Atlético Paraná Douglas Haig Estudiantes (SL) Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) Los Andes Juventud Unida (G)

Third Level Primera B Metropolitana The champion and the four teams that reached the semifinals of the Torneo Reducido qualified.

Brown Estudiantes (BA) Defensores de Belgrano Deportivo Morón Almagro

Torneo Federal A The two teams promoted, the losing team of the seventh stage, two losing teams of the sixth stage, four losing teams of the fifth stage, and the best losing team of the fourth stage of the 2015 tournament qualified.

Talleres (C) Juventud Unida Universitario Unión (S) Defensores de Belgrano (VR) Unión Aconquija Gimnasia y Tiro Cipolletti Deportivo Madryn San Lorenzo (A) Juventud Antoniana

Fourth Level Primera C Metropolitana The first 4 teams from 2015 tournament qualified.

San Telmo Laferrere Talleres (RdE) Central Córdoba (R)

Torneo Federal B The three teams promoted, the three losing teams of the fifth stage, and six losing teams of the fourth stage of the 2015 tournament qualified.

Villa Mitre Defensores (P) Güemes Sportivo Rivadavia San Martín (M) San Martín (F) Germinal Sansinena La Emilia Unión Santiago Sportivo Guzmán Central Norte

Fifth Level Primera D Metropolitana The champion and the runners-up of the 2015 tournament qualified.

Sportivo Barracas Atlas

Round and draw dates StageRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifying stageRegional Round29 January 2016January 29 – February 17, 2016February 5–20, 2016Final stageRound of 647 April 2016May 4 – July 31, 2016Round of 32August 2–31, 2016Round of 16September 3 – October 19, 2016QuarterfinalsOctober 5 – November 17, 2016SemifinalsNovember 30, 2016 – December 1, 2016FinalDecember 15, 2016

Regional Round This round is organized by the Consejo Federal.

Group A In this first round, 7 teams from the Torneo Federal A and 9 teams from the Torneo Federal B participated. The round was played between January 31 and February 20, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Final Round.

First leg

Second leg

Gimnasia y Tiro won 2–1 on aggregate.

Unión Aconquija won 5–1 on aggregate.

Defensores de Belgrano (VR) won 5–3 on aggregate.

Unión (S) won 3–1 on aggregate.

San Martín (F) won 3–1 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate. Sportivo Rivadavia won on away goals.

Deportivo Madryn won 5–0 on aggregate.

Sansiena won 2–1 on aggregate.

Group B In this round, 3 teams from the Torneo Federal A and 3 teams from the Torneo Federal B participated. The round was played between January 29 and February 17, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 3 winning teams advanced to the Final Round.

First leg

Second leg

Güemes won 5–3 on aggregate.

Talleres (C) won 4–2 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate. Villa Mitre won 5–4 on penalties.

Final Round Bracket Upper bracket

Lower bracket

Round of 64 This round had 11 qualified teams from the Regional Round, 11 qualified teams from the Metropolitan Zone (5 teams from Primera B Metro; 4 teams from Primera C and 2 teams from Primera D), 12 teams from Primera B Nacional and 30 teams from Primera División. The round was played between May 4 and July 31, in a single knock-out match format. The 32 winning teams advanced to the Round of 32. The draw took place on April 7, 2016.

Round of 32 This round had the 32 qualified teams from the Round of 64. The round was played between August 2 and August 31, in a single knock-out match format. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round of 16.

Round of 16 This round had the 16 qualified teams from the Round of 32. The round was played between September 3 and October 19, in a single knock-out match format. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals This round had the 8 qualified teams from the Round of 16. The round was played between October 5 and November 17, in a single knock-out match format. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Semifinals.

Semifinals This round had the 4 qualified teams from the Quarterfinals. The round was played between November 30 and December 1, in a single knock-out match format. The 2 winning teams advanced to the Final.

Final

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Lucas Alario River Plate 72 José Antonio Michelena Deportivo Madryn 4 Marco Ruben Rosario Central2 Maxi Rodríguez Newell's Old Boys 3 Nicolás Blandi San Lorenzo Cristian Pavón Boca Juniors Diego Martínez Unión Aconquija Ramiro Carrera Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)

References

External links Official site Copa Argentina on the Argentine Football Association's website