Copa Campeonato

For the international club competition, see Copa Campeonato del Río de la Plata.

Copa Campeonato

The trophy awarded to champions
Organising body	AFA
Founded	2013
Abolished	2014;11 years ago (2014)
Region	Argentina
Number of teams	2
Related competitions	Primera División
Last champions	River Plate (2014)
Television broadcasters	TV Pública Canal 26 (UHF and Pay TV)

The Copa Campeonato Primera División (familiarly known as Superfinal) was an official Argentine football cup competition organized by the Argentine Football Association. It was played in a single match format between the Torneo Inicial and Torneo Final champions.

History

Originally awarded to Primera División champions, the trophy is the oldest in Argentine football, having been awarded for the first time in 1896, ^[1] three years after the Argentine Football Association was established, ^[2] and played without interruption until 1926. ^[3] The Cup received several names, such as "Championship Cup", "Copa Campeonato", "Challenge Cup" and "Copa Alumni", ^[4] due to the association offered legendary team Alumni to keep the Cup definitely for having won it three consecutive times (1900–02), but the club from Belgrano declined the honour to keep the trophy under dispute. ^{[1] [5]}

In June 2013, the association decided to put the trophy back into circulation with the creation of a new competition, named "Superfinal" that consisted in a single match between winners of Torneo Inicial and Torneo Final, played in a neutral venue. ^[1]

The first edition of the competition was awarded as a Primera División league title so Vélez Sársfield achieved its 10th league championship after defeating Newell's Old Boys, ^{[6] [7]} but the association then changed the rules, deciding that the competition would not count as a Primera División title but a domestic cup since its second edition. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

Due to the 2015 and 2016 seasons were played as single tournaments with only one champion per season, the Copa Campeonato has not held since then.

Champions

Ed.	Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Venue	City
1	2013	Vélez Sarsfield [a]	1–0	Newell's Old Boys	Malvinas Argentinas	Mendoza
2	2014	River Plate [b]	1–0	San Lorenzo	Juan G. Funes	San Luis

Titles by team

Rank	Team	Titles	Years won
1	Vélez Sarsfield	1	2013
	River Plate	1	2014

Notes

1. Considered as a Primera División title.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000D-QINU`"'
2. Since this edition the Superfinal was homologated as a domestic cup, not counting as a Primera División title.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000F-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-00000010-QINU`"'

References

1. "El trofeo más añejo del fútbol argentino" Archived 2016-09-15 at the Wayback Machine on Copa Argentina website, 26 Jun 2013
2. Orígenes: El fútbol, una pasión argentina on AFA website (Archive, 30 Nov 2014)
3. "Memoria y Balance 1935 - Argentine Football Association Library". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
4. "Presentaron Superfinal Vélez-Newell's" Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine on ESPN
5. "Una Copa con mucha historia", Diario Uno Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine , 27 Jun 2013
6. "Súper campeón: Vélez venció a Newell's y sumó un nuevo título oficial" on CanchaLlena.com Archived 2015-10-06 at the Wayback Machine , 29 Jun 2013
7. "Vélez venció a Newell's y es el Supercampeón" Archived 2014-10-30 at the Wayback Machine , Clarín, 29 Jun 2013
8. "Vélez será el único supercampeón de la historia del fútbol argentino" on MinutoUno.com Archived 2014-12-27 at the Wayback Machine , 18 Jul 2013
9. ""La AFA homologó la Superfinal de River como una Copa Nacional" on CanchaLlena.com". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
10. "Campeones de Copas Nacionales on AFA website". Archived from the original on 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
11. "Superfinal: River le ganó a San Lorenzo y se quedó con la Copa Campeonato", LaVoz Archived 2014-10-29 at the Wayback Machine , 24 May 2014