2026 Copa de la Liga AUF

2026 Copa de la Liga AUF

Tournament details
Country	Uruguay
Dates	11–29 January 2026
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Progreso (1st title)
Runners-up	Boston River
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	29 (1.93 per match)

The 2026 Copa de la Liga AUF was the first edition of the Copa de la Liga AUF, a football cup tournament for the 16 clubs participating in the Liga AUF Uruguaya, the top tier of Uruguayan football. Its creation was announced on 24 December 2025, and the tournament was played from 11 to 29 January 2026, prior to the start of the 2026 Liga AUF Uruguaya. ^{[1] [2]}

Progreso were the champions, having defeated Boston River 2–1 in the final. ^[3]

Format

The competition was played under a single-elimination format, with the 16 participating teams being seeded for the first round according to their placement in the aggregate table of the previous Liga AUF Uruguaya season, and the promoted teams (Albion, Central Español, and Deportivo Maldonado) being the three lowest seeds, ordered according to their placement in the 2025 Segunda División. All rounds of the competition (round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final) were played over a single match on neutral ground, with the winner being decided in a penalty shootout if matches ended tied after 90 minutes. ^[1]

If the teams that qualified for the Supercopa Uruguaya also reached the final of this competition, both the Supercopa and the Copa de la Liga AUF would be awarded in the former competition. ^[4]

The winners of the competition were awarded US$100,000, to be exclusively spent on infrastructure projects. ^[5]

Schedule

The schedule for the competition was as follows: ^[6]

Round	Dates
Round of 16	11–14 January 2026
Quarter-finals	17–19 January 2026
Semi-finals	22–23 January 2026
Final	29 January 2026

Venues

The competition was held at neutral venues both in Montevideo and in the interior of Uruguay, selected by the Uruguayan Football Association. ^[7]

City	Stadium	Capacity
Montevideo	Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera	11,000
	Luis Franzini	16,000
	Charrúa	14,000
	Parque Federico Omar Saroldi	6,000
	Parque Palermo	6,500
	Centenario	60,235
Colonia del Sacramento	Juan Gaspar Prandi  [ es ]	3,000
Maldonado	Domingo Burgueño Miguel	22,000
Minas	Juan Antonio Lavalleja  [ es ]	8,000

Bracket

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Peñarol (p)	0 (5)
	Central Español	0 (3)
					Peñarol	1
					Racing	0
	Racing	2
	Cerro	1
									Peñarol	2 (2)
									Boston River (p)	2 (4)
	Boston River	1
	Danubio	0
					Boston River (p)	1 (4)
					Albion	1 (3)
	Liverpool	0
	Albion	2
													Boston River	1
													Progreso	2
	Nacional (p)	0 (4)
	Deportivo Maldonado	0 (3)
					Nacional (p)	1 (5)
					Cerro Largo	1 (4)
	Montevideo City Torque	2
	Cerro Largo	3
									Nacional	1 (1)
									Progreso (p)	1 (3)
	Juventud	3
	Montevideo Wanderers	0
					Juventud	0
					Progreso	1
	Defensor Sporting	0 (3)
	Progreso (p)	0 (4)

Round of 16

Juventud v Montevideo Wanderers

11 January 2026 (2026-01-11)	Juventud	3–0	Montevideo Wanderers	Montevideo
19:00  UTC−3	Morosini 15' Izaguirre 53' Larregui 65'	Report		Stadium: Parque Federico Omar Saroldi Referee: Santiago Motta
Note: Match originally scheduled for 10 January 2026, 21:30 local time, but rescheduled due to poor weather. [8]

Defensor Sporting v Progreso

11 January 2026 (2026-01-11)	Defensor Sporting	0–0 (3–4 p)	Progreso	Colonia del Sacramento
21:30  UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Juan Gaspar Prandi Referee: Kevin Fontes
	Penalties
	Jorge Cuello Bruschi Sena Navarro		Lemmo Fernández Kidd Copelotti Cardozo

Boston River v Danubio

12 January 2026 (2026-01-12)	Boston River	1–0	Danubio	Montevideo
19:00  UTC−3	González 55'	Report		Stadium: Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera Referee: Pablo Silveira

Peñarol v Central Español

12 January 2026 (2026-01-12)	Peñarol	0–0 (5–3 p)	Central Español	Minas
21:30  UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Juan Antonio Lavalleja Referee: Andrés Martínez
	Penalties
	González Madruga Daguer Barboza Alegre		Gonella Tarragona Muniz Ponce

Liverpool v Albion

13 January 2026 (2026-01-13)	Liverpool	0–2	Albion	Montevideo
19:00  UTC−3		Report	Abreu 25' Roldán 89'	Stadium: Charrúa Referee: Juan Cianni

Nacional v Deportivo Maldonado

13 January 2026 (2026-01-13)	Nacional	0–0 (4–3 p)	Deportivo Maldonado	Montevideo
21:30  UTC−3		Report		Stadium: Gran Parque Central Referee: Augusto Olmos
	Penalties
	Calione Clematte Martínez Dos Santos González		Ginzo Menosse Tabó Mozzone Vila

Montevideo City Torque v Cerro Largo

14 January 2026 (2026-01-14)	Montevideo City Torque	2–3	Cerro Largo	Montevideo
19:00  UTC−3	Shaw 8' Rodríguez 45+1'	Report	Pandiani 7', 10' Hernández 27' (pen.)	Stadium: Charrúa Referee: Rubén Umpiérrez

Racing v Cerro

14 January 2026 (2026-01-14)	Racing	2–1	Cerro	Montevideo
21:30  UTC−3	Suárez 57' Gadea 75'	Report	Cambón 90'	Stadium: Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera Referee: Federico Arman

Quarter-finals

Nacional v Cerro Largo

17 January 2026 (2026-01-17)	Nacional	1–1 (5–4 p)	Cerro Largo	Montevideo
20:00  UTC−3	Dos Santos 31'	Report	Monserrat 59'	Stadium: Parque Federico Omar Saroldi Referee: Felipe Vikonis
	Penalties
	Calione Dos Santos Martínez Montaos González Vera T. Viera		Sellecchia Pandiani Bertocchi Assis Correa G. Viera Añasco

Boston River v Albion

18 January 2026 (2026-01-18)	Boston River	1–1 (4–3 p)	Albion	Montevideo
19:00  UTC−3	Bonfiglio 1' (pen.)	Report	Pais 72'	Stadium: Parque Palermo Referee: Federico Modernell
	Penalties
	González Amado O'Neil Sosa Romero		López Puente De los Santos Roldán Perdomo

Juventud v Progreso

18 January 2026 (2026-01-18)	Juventud	0–1	Progreso	Montevideo
21:30  UTC−3		Report	Andueza 38'	Stadium: Parque Federico Omar Saroldi Referee: Pablo Silveira

Peñarol v Racing

19 January 2026 (2026-01-19)	Peñarol	1–0	Racing	Montevideo
21:30  UTC−3	Álvarez 19'	Report		Stadium: Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera Referee: Eduardo Varela

Semi-finals

Nacional v Progreso

22 January 2026 (2026-01-22)	Nacional	1–1 (1–3 p)	Progreso	Montevideo
20:30  UTC−3	Verón Lupi 34'	Report	Sánchez 14'	Stadium: Centenario Referee: Leandro Lasso
	Penalties
	Calione Dos Santos González Vera		Lemmo Copelotti Fernández López

Peñarol v Boston River

23 January 2026 (2026-01-23)	Peñarol	2–2 (2–4 p)	Boston River	Montevideo
20:30  UTC−3	Álvarez 21', 38'	Report	Ramírez 15' Al. González 45'	Stadium: Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera Referee: Esteban Guerra
	Penalties
	L. González Barboza Fernández Ag. González		Bonfiglio Amado O'Neil Haller

Final

29 January 2026 (2026-01-29)

20:00  UTC−3

Boston River	1–2	Progreso
Pérez 50'	Report	De León 19' Sánchez 55'

Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera , Montevideo

Referee: Bruno Sacarelo

See also

• 2026 Liga AUF Uruguaya
• 2026 Supercopa Uruguaya

References

1. "En enero se jugará la Copa de la Liga AUF" [The Copa de la Liga AUF will be played in January] (in Spanish). Uruguayan Football Association. 24 December 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
2. "¿Cuándo se jugará la final de la Copa de la Liga AUF? Día, horario y escenario" [When will the Copa de la Liga AUF final be played? Date, time and venue] (in Spanish). Montevideo Portal. 24 January 2026. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
3. "Copa de la Liga: Progreso derrotó 2-1 a Boston River en el Parque Viera y gritó campeón" [Copa de la Liga: Progreso defeated Boston River 2–1 at Parque Viera and shouted champion] (in Spanish). Montevideo Portal. 29 January 2026. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
4. "La Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol anunció la creación de la Copa de la Liga AUF" [The Uruguayan Football Association announced the creation of the Copa de la Liga AUF] (in Spanish). ESPN. 26 December 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
5. "Copa de la Liga AUF: mirá todos los detalles y qué sucede si Nacional y Peñarol juegan un clásico en la final" [Copa de la Liga AUF: check all the details and what happens if Nacional and Peñarol play a clásico in the final] (in Spanish). El Observador. 26 December 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
6. "Copa de la Liga AUF: el calendario y todos los detalles del campeonato local de verano" [Copa de la Liga AUF: the schedule and all the details of the domestic summer championship] (in Spanish). Montevideo Portal. 5 January 2026. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
7. "Copa de la Liga AUF: el título oficial que se disputará ya tiene fechas, formato y premio económico confirmado" [Copa de la Liga AUF: the official title to be contested already has dates, format and confirmed economic prize] (in Spanish). El País. 26 December 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
8. "Se suspendió el primer partido de la Copa de la Liga AUF por lluvias. ¿Cuándo se jugará?" [The Copa de la Liga AUF's first match was suspended due to rain. When will it be played?] (in Spanish). Montevideo Portal. 10 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.