2026 Copa Colombia

2026 Copa Colombia

Copa BetPlay Dimayor 2026
Tournament details
Country	Colombia
Dates	6 May – TBD 2026
Teams	36
Tournament statistics
Matches played	68
Goals scored	192 (2.82 per match)
Top goal scorer	Tomás Ángel (4 goals)
←  2025 2027  → All statistics correct as of 1 November 2026.

The 2026 Copa Colombia, officially the Copa BetPlay Dimayor 2026 for sponsorship reasons, is the 24th 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 6 May 2026.

The winners will be entitled to qualify for the 2027 Copa Sudamericana, provided that they compete in the first division league of Colombian football in the 2027 season. ^[1]

Atlético Nacional are the defending champions.

Format

For this edition, the tournament kept the format used since the previous edition, with five stages in which all matchups were determined prior to the start of competition.

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 failed to advance to the final stages 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 following round of the Primera A and Primera B tournaments, which were allocated into eight two-legged 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 was played by the eight teams advancing from Stage 1A and the eight Stage 1B winners, in which the teams coming from Stage 1A play the Stage 1B winners in eight ties. The winners then advance to the subsequent knockout stages of the competition (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals). ^[2]

Although all knockout stages were set to be contested over two legs, on 19 August 2026 DIMAYOR approved a change of format to the competition due to the 2026 Colombia earthquake which led to the postponement of several matches in all of their competitions, including the Copa Colombia. ^[3] Because of this, the round of 16 and quarter-finals were played over a single match, only keeping the two-legged format for the semi-finals and the final. ^[4]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows: ^[5]

Round		First leg	Second leg
First stage	Stage 1A	Matchday 1: 6–9 May 2026 Matchday 2: 10–13 May 2026 Matchday 3: 15–17 May 2026 Matchday 4: 20–23 May 2026 Matchday 5: 24–29 May 2026
	Stage 1B	21 July – 5 August 2026	28 July – 25 September 2026
Round of 16		2 September – 11 October 2026
Quarter-finals		14 October – 1 November 2026
Semi-finals		TBD 2026
Finals

First stage

The first stage was split into two phases in which the 36 participating clubs entered according to their placement in the first stage of their respective leagues.

Stage 1A

Stage 1A was contested by the 20 clubs that failed to advance to the final stages of the Apertura tournaments of the 2026 Primera A and 2026 Primera B: 12 Primera A clubs and 8 Primera B ones, which were sorted into four groups of five. The top two teams in each group advanced to the round of 16. ^[6]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CAL	ALI	BOC	BUC	RSA
1	Deportivo Cali	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	12	Advance to the round of 16		—	1–0	—	2–0	—
2	Alianza	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	7			—	—	—	2–1	3–0
3	Boca Juniors de Cali	4	2	1	1	8	8	0	7			1–5	1–1	—	—	—
4	Atlético Bucaramanga	4	1	0	3	8	7	+1	3			—	—	2–3	—	5–0
5	Real Santander	4	0	0	4	1	13	−12	0			1–2	—	0–3	—	—

Source: Dimayor
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Goals against, 6) Away goals against, 7) Drawing of lots.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MIL	LLA	BOY	PAT	ATL
1	Millonarios	4	3	1	0	14	5	+9	10	Advance to the round of 16		—	1–0	2–2	—	—
2	Llaneros	4	3	0	1	7	2	+5	9			—	—	—	3–1	3–0
3	Boyacá Chicó	4	1	2	1	6	3	+3	5			—	0–1	—	—	4–0
4	Patriotas	4	0	2	2	4	7	−3	2			2–3	—	0–0	—	—
5	Atlético	4	0	1	3	2	16	−14	1			1–8	—	—	1–1	—

Source: Dimayor
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Goals against, 6) Away goals against, 7) Drawing of lots.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DIM	FOR	LEO	CUC	ORS
1	Independiente Medellín	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	8	Advance to the round of 16		—	1–0	—	2–1	—
2	Fortaleza	4	1	2	1	5	3	+2	5			—	—	4–1	—	1–1
3	Itagüí Leones	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5			1–1	—	—	—	2–0
4	Cúcuta Deportivo	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3			—	0–0	0–0	—	—
5	Orsomarso	4	0	3	1	3	5	−2	3			1–1	—	—	1–1	—

Source: Dimayor
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Goals against, 6) Away goals against, 7) Drawing of lots.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PER	RCU	AGU	JAG	INY
1	Deportivo Pereira	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	8	Advance to the round of 16		—	1–0	—	1–0	—
2	Real Cundinamarca	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7			—	—	2–2	—	2–0
3	Águilas Doradas	4	1	3	0	7	4	+3	6			1–1	—	—	0–0	—
4	Jaguares	4	1	1	2	4	3	+1	4			—	1–2	—	—	3–0
5	Independiente Yumbo	4	0	1	3	2	10	−8	1			1–1	—	1–4	—	—

Source: Dimayor
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Goals against, 6) Away goals against, 7) Drawing of lots.

Stage 1B

Stage 1B was contested by the eight Categoría Primera A and the eight Categoría Primera B clubs that advanced to the final stages in their respective leagues. The eight Primera A clubs faced the eight Primera B ones in two-legged ties, with the team from the lower tier hosting the second leg. ^[6]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Internacional de Bogotá	3–1	Inter Palmira	1–0	2–1
Deportes Tolima	3–3 (2–4 p)	Deportes Quindío	2–1	1–2
América de Cali	3–2	Real Cartagena	2–1	1–1
Junior	5–5 (3–5 p)	Barranquilla	2–2	3–3
Atlético Nacional	4–0	Tigres	2–0	2–0
Deportivo Pasto	3–1	Bogotá	0–1	3–0
Once Caldas	6–0	Envigado	3–0	3–0
Santa Fe	3–1	Unión Magdalena	2–0	1–1

First leg

Atlético Nacional v Tigres

21 July 2026 (2026-07-21)	Atlético Nacional	2–0	Tigres	Medellín
16:00  UTC−5	Zapata 39' Perlaza 45+2'	Report		Stadium: Cincuentenario Referee: Carlos Díaz

Internacional de Bogotá v Inter Palmira

21 July 2026 (2026-07-21)	Internacional de Bogotá	1–0	Inter Palmira	Bogotá
17:00  UTC−5	Vásquez 74'	Report		Stadium: Parque Estadio Olaya Herrera Referee: Sebastián Toro

Deportes Tolima v Deportes Quindío

21 July 2026 (2026-07-21)	Deportes Tolima	2–1	Deportes Quindío	Ibagué
18:00  UTC−5	J. Valencia 71' E. Valencia 81'	Report	Ocampo 20'	Stadium: Manuel Murillo Toro Referee: Steven Camargo

Deportivo Pasto v Bogotá

21 July 2026 (2026-07-21)	Deportivo Pasto	0–1	Bogotá	Pasto
19:00  UTC−5		Report	Velasco 83'	Stadium: Departamental Libertad Referee: Javier Villa

Once Caldas v Envigado

21 July 2026 (2026-07-21)	Once Caldas	3–0	Envigado	Manizales
19:00  UTC−5	Alvarado 25' Zapata 33' Castaño 82'	Report		Stadium: Palogrande Referee: Ferney Trujillo

América de Cali v Real Cartagena

21 July 2026 (2026-07-21)	América de Cali	2–1	Real Cartagena	Cali
19:30  UTC−5	Carrascal 29' Guzmán 54'	Report	Manotas 70'	Stadium: Pascual Guerrero Referee: Héctor Rivera

Junior v Barranquilla

22 July 2026 (2026-07-22)	Junior	2–2	Barranquilla	Barranquilla
19:30  UTC−5	Muriel 2' D. Rivera 26'	Report	Bolívar 68' Orozco 85'	Stadium: Romelio Martínez Referee: Wilmar Montaño

Santa Fe v Unión Magdalena

5 August 2026 (2026-08-05)	Santa Fe	2–0	Unión Magdalena	Bogotá
19:00  UTC−5	Fagúndez 53' L. Palacios 64'	Report		Stadium: El Campín Referee: Carlos Díaz

Second leg

Deportes Quindío v Deportes Tolima

28 July 2026 (2026-07-28)	Deportes Quindío	2–1 (3–3 agg.) (4–2 p)	Deportes Tolima	Armenia
18:15  UTC−5	Lloreda 65', 90+3' (pen.)	Report	López 45+3'	Stadium: Centenario Referee: Ricardo Pabón
	Penalties
	Lloreda Ocampo Valencia Castaño Carabalí		H. Martínez Arrieta A. Angulo Hernández

Bogotá v Deportivo Pasto

28 July 2026 (2026-07-28)	Bogotá	0–3 (1–3 agg.)	Deportivo Pasto	Bogotá
19:00  UTC−5		Report	Perlaza 4', 45+1' Obregón 22'	Stadium: Parque Estadio Olaya Herrera Referee: Luis Matorel

Tigres v Atlético Nacional

28 July 2026 (2026-07-28)	Tigres	0–2 (0–4 agg.)	Atlético Nacional	Bogotá
20:30  UTC−5		Report	Rodríguez 30' Morelos 37'	Stadium: El Campín Referee: Sebastián Toro

Inter Palmira v Internacional de Bogotá

29 July 2026 (2026-07-29)	Inter Palmira	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	Internacional de Bogotá	Palmira
17:00  UTC−5	Franco 56'	Report	Vásquez 13' Sanguinetti 90+2'	Stadium: Francisco Rivera Escobar Referee: Ferney Ossa

Barranquilla v Junior

29 July 2026 (2026-07-29)	Barranquilla	3–3 (5–5 agg.) (5–3 p)	Junior	Barranquilla
17:30  UTC−5	Borja 3' Cortez 63' Lozano 66'	Report	Suárez 10' Paiva 25' (pen.) Muriel 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Romelio Martínez Referee: Ferney Trujillo
	Penalties
	Moreno Cortez Oviedo García Guerra		Muriel Castrillón Herrera Barrios

Real Cartagena v América de Cali

29 July 2026 (2026-07-29)	Real Cartagena	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	América de Cali	Cartagena
20:00  UTC−5	De Las Salas 17'	Report	Valencia 26'	Stadium: Jaime Morón León Referee: José Bautista

Envigado v Once Caldas

30 July 2026 (2026-07-30)	Envigado	0–3 (0–6 agg.)	Once Caldas	Envigado
15:30  UTC−5		Report	Torres 3' Cuesta 41' Cardona 86'	Stadium: Polideportivo Sur Referee: Steven Camargo

Unión Magdalena v Santa Fe

25 September 2026 (2026-09-25)	Unión Magdalena	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Santa Fe	Santa Marta
18:00  UTC−5	Molina 10'	Report	Portocarrero 52'	Stadium: Sierra Nevada Referee: Bismarks Santiago

Final stages

In the final stages, the round of 16 and quarter-finals will be played over a single match, while the semi-finals and finals are set to be played under a home-and-away two-legged format. The round of 16 and quarter-final matches, as well as the second leg in the remaining 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. ^[7]

Bracket

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals						Finals
	Real Cundinamarca	1
	Internacional de Bogotá	2
					Internacional de Bogotá	4
					Llaneros	1
	Deportes Quindío	1 (3)
	Llaneros (p)	1 (4)
									Internacional de Bogotá
									América de Cali
	Barranquilla (p)	1 (5)
	Millonarios	1 (4)
					Barranquilla	0
					América de Cali	4
	América de Cali	4
	Deportivo Pereira	1
															Winners F1
															Winners F2
	Santa Fe (p)	2 (9)
	Fortaleza	2 (8)
					Santa Fe	0
					Once Caldas	2
	Once Caldas	1
	Alianza	0
									Once Caldas
									Atlético Nacional
	Atlético Nacional	3
	Deportivo Cali	0
					Atlético Nacional	3
					Independiente Medellín	2
	Deportivo Pasto	1
	Independiente Medellín	4

Round of 16

Deportes Quindío v Llaneros

2 September 2026 (2026-09-02)	Deportes Quindío	1–1 (3–4 p)	Llaneros	Armenia
17:30  UTC−5	Lloreda 10' (pen.)	Report	Mena 44'	Stadium: Centenario Referee: Carlos Ortega
	Penalties
	Payares Carabalí Bacca Castaño Valencia		Mena Meza Osorio Castañeda Ramírez

Atlético Nacional v Deportivo Cali

7 September 2026 (2026-09-07)	Atlético Nacional	3–0	Deportivo Cali	Medellín
20:15  UTC−5	Morelos 4' Moreno 56' Velásquez 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Atanasio Girardot Referee: Jhon Ospina

Real Cundinamarca v Internacional de Bogotá

9 September 2026 (2026-09-09)	Real Cundinamarca	1–2	Internacional de Bogotá	Mosquera
18:00  UTC−5	Fernández 54'	Report	Sanguinetti 39' Boné 69'	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Andrés Rojas

América de Cali v Deportivo Pereira

9 September 2026 (2026-09-09)	América de Cali	4–1	Deportivo Pereira	Cali
18:00  UTC−5	Rosero 24' Ángel 41', 45+3' Guzmán 50'	Report	Largacha 7'	Stadium: Pascual Guerrero Referee: Carlos Ortega

Once Caldas v Alianza

9 September 2026 (2026-09-09)	Once Caldas	1–0	Alianza	Manizales
19:00  UTC−5	Roa 17'	Report		Stadium: Palogrande Referee: Diego Ulloa

Deportivo Pasto v Independiente Medellín

9 September 2026 (2026-09-09)	Deportivo Pasto	1–4	Independiente Medellín	Pasto
20:10  UTC−5	Perlaza 74'	Report	González 12' Did. Moreno 27' Klinger 71' Palacios 81'	Stadium: Departamental Libertad Referee: Bismarks Santiago

Barranquilla v Millonarios

3 October 2026 (2026-10-03)	Barranquilla	1–1 (5–4 p)	Millonarios	Barranquilla
18:10  UTC−5	Bolívar 6' (pen.)	Report	Silva 22'	Stadium: Romelio Martínez Referee: Alejandro Moncada
	Penalties
	Torres Cortez Lozano Mendoza Guerra Uribe		Valencia Castro Mosquera Estupiñán Chaverra Quintero

Santa Fe v Fortaleza

11 October 2026 (2026-10-11)	Santa Fe	2–2 (9–8 p)	Fortaleza	Mosquera
14:00  UTC−5	Rodallega 20' L. Palacios 48'	Report	Wilke 42' Pulicastro 56'	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Jairo Mayorga
	Penalties
	Fagúndez Obrian Olivera J. Torres Rodallega Scarpeta Toscano Rodríguez H. Palacios		Herrera Cuero Medina Ramírez Solís Salas Wilke Cajares Pico

Quarter-finals

Atlético Nacional v Independiente Medellín

14 October 2026 (2026-10-14)	Atlético Nacional	3–2	Independiente Medellín	Medellín
20:30  UTC−5	Haydar 23' Fabra 42' (o.g.) Román 65'	Report	Martegani 63' (pen.), 70'	Stadium: Atanasio Girardot Referee: Wilmar Roldán

Internacional de Bogotá v Llaneros

15 October 2026 (2026-10-15)	Internacional de Bogotá	4–1	Llaneros	Bogotá
18:00  UTC−5	Julio 32' Boné 36' (pen.) Dájome 53' Caballero 76'	Report	Ospina 21'	Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo Referee: Camilo Colmenares

Barranquilla v América de Cali

21 October 2026 (2026-10-21)	Barranquilla	0–4	América de Cali	Barranquilla
19:30  UTC−5		Report	Bertel 7' Ángel 43', 69' Tortolero 45'	Stadium: Romelio Martínez Referee: Jairo Mayorga

Santa Fe v Once Caldas

1 November 2026 (2026-11-01)	Santa Fe	0–2	Once Caldas	Bogotá
20:15  UTC−5		Report	Quiñónes 34' Gómez 81'	Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo Referee: Bismarks Santiago

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Internacional de Bogotá	F1	América de Cali
Once Caldas	F2	Atlético Nacional

Finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Winners F1		Winners F2

Top scorers

As of 1 November 2026

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Tomás Ángel	América de Cali	4
2	Leonardo Castro	Millonarios	3
	Jonathan Perlaza	Deportivo Pasto
	José Lloreda	Deportes Quindío
	Jorge Cabezas Hurtado	Millonarios
	Jhon Vásquez	Llaneros
	Pablo Urrutia	Boca Juniors de Cali
	Darwin López	Jaguares
	Jairo Molina	Boyacá Chicó
	Misael Martínez	Alianza

Source: BeSoccer. ^[8]

See also

• 2026 Liga DIMAYOR
• 2026 Torneo DIMAYOR

References

1. Ojeda Bohórquez, Jiovanny Andrés (13 April 2026). "Copa BetPlay 2026: Dimayor confirmó el torneo internacional al que irá el campeón" [2026 Copa BetPlay: Dimayor confirmed the international tournament the champion will go to] (in Spanish). Deportes RCN. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
2. Rocha Flórez, Andrés (14 April 2026). "Copa BetPlay 2026 tiene formato definido: así se jugará" [The 2026 Copa BetPlay has its format set: this is how it will be played] (in Spanish). Futbolred. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
3. Huérfano Sánchez, Jhon Sebastián (10 August 2026). "Oficial: Dimayor aplazó TODA la programación luego del terremoto en Colombia" [Official: Dimayor postponed ALL programming following the earthquake in Colombia] (in Spanish). Deportes RCN. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
4. Yepes Izquierdo, Harold (19 August 2026). "La Dimayor mantiene formato de la Liga BetPlay y recorta la Copa" [Dimayor maintains the Liga BetPlay's format and shortens the Cup] (in Spanish). Futbolred. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
5. "Calendario segundo semestre 2026 competencias BetPlay DIMAYOR" [2026 BetPlay DIMAYOR competitions - Second semester schedule](PDF) (in Spanish). Dimayor. 29 April 2026. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
6. "Conoce las novedades que tendrá la Copa BetPlay 2026" [Get to know the new features the 2026 Copa BetPlay will have] (in Spanish). Win Sports. 13 April 2026. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
7. "Reglamento Copa BetPlay DIMAYOR 2026" [2026 Copa BetPlay DIMAYOR Regulations](PDF) (in Spanish). Dimayor . Retrieved 1 May 2026.
8. "Table of top scorers Copa Colombia 2025/26". BeSoccer . Retrieved 30 July 2026.

External links

• Copa Colombia on DIMAYOR's official website (in Spanish)