2023 Copa Chile

2023 Copa Chile
Copa Chile Easy 2023
Tournament details
Country	Chile
Dates	8 March – 13 December 2023
Teams	74
Final positions
Champions	Colo-Colo (14th title)
Runner-up	Magallanes
Tournament statistics
Matches played	88
Goals scored	285 (3.24 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Rodrigo Auzmendi; Carlos Palacios; (5 goals each)
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Copa Chile (officially known as Copa Chile Easy 2023 due to its sponsorship), was the 43rd edition of the Copa Chile, the country's national football cup tournament. The tournament began on 8 March and ended with the final on neutral ground on 13 December 2023.^[1]^[2]

Colo-Colo were the champions, winning their fourteenth Copa Chile title by beating the defending champions Magallanes in the final by a 3–1 score.^[3]

Format edit

The 2023 Copa Chile is based on a system of direct elimination with double-legged ties, similar to the Copa del Rey. For this edition the competition had a format change, with clubs affiliated to ANFA (those from Tercera A, Tercera B and regional amateur leagues) being drawn into 13 ties in a first round, with the winners advancing to the newly implemented regional stage where teams from Primera División, Primera B, and Segunda División Profesional entered the competition. In the regional stage, the 64 participating teams were split into four geographical zones, in which they were drawn against a rival from their same zone.^[4] In each zone, four rounds were played: round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the finals; the former three stages were played as single-legged ties, whilst the latter one was a double-legged series. The four regional winners then advanced to the national stage, where they played two semi-finals with their winners playing the final to decide the champion.^[5]

Prizes edit

The champions of this edition were entitled to earn the right to compete in the 2024 Copa Libertadores taking the Chile 4 berth, provided they played in the Chilean Primera División in the 2024 season. In case they did not meet this requirement, they would be awarded a monetary prize and the Copa Libertadores berth would be passed to the Copa Chile runners-up, provided they also met the aforementioned condition. Since the champions Colo-Colo had already qualified for the Copa Libertadores through league performance, and the runners-up Magallanes were relegated from the top tier, the berth was reallocated to the 2023 Campeonato Nacional best team not yet qualified for the competition.^[6]

The champions also earned the right to play the 2024 Supercopa de Chile against the 2023 Campeonato Nacional champions, regardless of the tier they play in.

Schedule edit

Round		Draw date	First leg	Second leg
First stage		16 February 2023^[1]	8–12 March 2023	17–19 March 2023
Regional stage	Round of 16	23 March 2023^[7]	1–12 April 2023
	Quarter-finals		21 June – 12 July 2023
	Semi-finals		1 July – 16 August 2023
	Finals		27 July – 20 August 2023	15–23 August 2023
National stage	Semi-finals		27 September 2023	4 October 2023
National stage	Final		13 December 2023 (originally 20 December 2023)^[8]

Teams edit

76 clubs took part in this edition of the Copa Chile: 16 from the Primera División, 16 from the Primera B, 14 from the Segunda División Profesional, 14 from Tercera A, 1 from Tercera B, and 15 from regional amateur leagues. All of the clubs competing in Tercera A were invited to the competition, along with Tercera B side Aguará.^[9]

Primera A

Primera B

Segunda División

Tercera A

Brujas de Salamanca
Chimbarongo
Colchagua
Comunal Cabrero
Concón National
Deportes Colina
Deportes Quillón
~~Municipal Mejillones~~
Municipal Puente Alto
Provincial Ovalle
Provincial Ranco
Quintero Unido
Rancagua Sur
Santiago City
Unión Compañías

Tercera B

Aguará

Regional amateur clubs

Bories
Constitución
Eléctrico Refinería
Ferroviario Comercial
Gol y Gol
Juventud Unida
La Higuera
Liga Universitaria
Ojanco
Población Nogales
San Antonio Unido (Temuco)
Teniente Merino
Trasandino (Socoroma)
Unión Bellavista
Unión Iquique

First stage edit

The pairings for the first stage were announced by the ANFA on 16 February 2023.^[10] The participating clubs were split into two groups, one of them made of 10 regional ANFA clubs and the other one featuring the Tercera División (A and B) teams. They were then drawn against a team in their group, according to geographical and safety criteria. Ties involving regional clubs were single-legged, while the ones involving Tercera División teams were played over two legs. Matches in this round were played from 8 to 19 March 2022.^[11]

Regional
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Unión Bellavista	6–0	La Higuera
Constitución	0–1	Ferroviario Comercial
San Antonio Unido (Temuco)	1–2	Teniente Merino
Juventud Unida	1–1 (3–5 p)	Gol y Gol
Liga Universitaria	1–1 (2–4 p)	Bories

Tercera División
Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Provincial Ovalle	7–1	Brujas de Salamanca	5–0	2–1
Quintero Unido	4–3	Concón National	1–0	3–3
Santiago City	11–2	Aguará	9–1	2–1^[12]
Municipal Puente Alto	0–4	Deportes Colina	0–3	0–1^[13]
Rancagua Sur	2–3	Chimbarongo	1–0	1–3^[12]
Deportes Quillón	1–4	Colchagua	1–4	0–0
Comunal Cabrero	3–1	Provincial Ranco	2–1	1–0^[13]
Unión Compañías	w/o^[A]	Municipal Mejillones	—	—

Notes

^
Unión Compañías won by walkover due to the withdrawal of Municipal Mejillones from the competition.^[14]

Regional stage edit

The draw for the regional stage was held on 23 March 2023.^[7] The 64 participating teams were split into four zones (North, Central-North, Central-South, and South) and drawn against a team from their same regional zone. Ties in the round of 16, quarter-finals, and semi-finals were single-legged with the higher-seeded team hosting the match, except in the round of 16 in which the team from the lower division hosted it, whilst the regional finals are played over two legs.

North Zone edit

Bracket edit

Round of 16			Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Finals

64	Quintero Unido	1

11	Coquimbo Unido	4
			11	Coquimbo Unido (p)	1 (4)

			25	Deportes La Serena	1 (2)
66	Unión Compañías	1

25	Deportes La Serena	3
						11	Coquimbo Unido	0

						15	Cobresal	2
58	Unión Bellavista	1

15	Cobresal	5
			15	Cobresal	3

			29	Deportes Copiapó	0
46	Provincial Ovalle	1

29	Deportes Copiapó	2
									15	Cobresal	1	2	3

									12	Cobreloa	3	4	7
	Ojanco	0

12	Cobreloa	5
			12	Cobreloa	2

			13	Deportes Antofagasta	0
	Eléctrico Refinería	1

13	Deportes Antofagasta	6
						12	Cobreloa (p)	0 (4)

						30	San Marcos de Arica	0 (2)
	Unión Iquique	0

21	Deportes Iquique	5
			21	Deportes Iquique	0

			30	San Marcos de Arica	4
120	Trasandino (Socoroma)	0

30	San Marcos de Arica	5

Round of 16 edit

1 April 2023 (2023-04-01)	Unión Compañías	1–3	Deportes La Serena	La Serena
16:00 UTC−3	Briones 45+3'	Report	Arias 6', 54' Mederos 48'	Stadium: La Portada Attendance: 1,885 Referee: Claudio Cevasco

7 April 2023 (2023-04-07)	Unión Iquique	0–5	Deportes Iquique	Iquique
17:30 UTC−4		Report	Moya 44', 75' Sanhueza 45+3' Ramos 62' Delgado 90'	Stadium: Tierra de Campeones Referee: Juan Comas

7 April 2023 (2023-04-07)	Ojanco	0–5	Cobreloa	Copiapó
20:00 UTC−4		Report	Jara 1' Valdés 26' Insaurralde 42' Valdebenito 84' (o.g.) Villagrán 90+4'	Stadium: Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla Referee: Gastón Philippe

8 April 2023 (2023-04-08)	Provincial Ovalle	1–2	Deportes Copiapó	Punitaqui
16:00 UTC−4	Carrasco 80'	Report	Díaz 38' Pontigo 57'	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Cristián Galaz

8 April 2023 (2023-04-08)	Trasandino (Socoroma)	0–5	San Marcos de Arica	Arica
18:00 UTC−4		Report	Auzmendi 27', 38', 65', 75' Arias 69'	Stadium: Carlos Dittborn Referee: Cristián Droguett

8 April 2023 (2023-04-08)	Quintero Unido	1–4	Coquimbo Unido	La Calera
20:00 UTC−4	Beltrán 34'	Report	Carmona 26' Palavecino 46' Aravena 82' Messina 90+12'	Stadium: Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar Referee: Franco Jiménez

9 April 2023 (2023-04-09)	Unión Bellavista	1–5	Cobresal	Punitaqui
16:00 UTC−4	Herrera 45+3'	Report	Valencia 10' Vásquez 12' Céspedes 48' García 80', 89'	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Felipe Jara

9 April 2023 (2023-04-09)	Eléctrico Refinería	1–6	Deportes Antofagasta	Calama
17:00 UTC−4	Díaz 3'	Report	Hurtado 16', 45+1', 72' Bández 27' Robles 71' Álvarez 89'	Stadium: Zorros del Desierto Referee: Francisco Soriano

Quarter-finals edit

22 June 2023 (2023-06-22)	Cobresal	3–0	Deportes Copiapó	El Salvador
19:00 UTC−4	F. García 27' Valencia 55', 68'	Report		Stadium: El Cobre Referee: Gustavo Ahumada

24 June 2023 (2023-06-24)	Coquimbo Unido	1–1 (4–2 p)	Deportes La Serena	Coquimbo
12:30 UTC−4	Palavecino 74'	Report	Dubó 54'	Stadium: Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso Referee: Diego Flores
	Penalties
	Holgado Palavecino Cabral Pavez		Paredes Guerrero Mederos Rodríguez

25 June 2023 (2023-06-25)	Cobreloa	2–0	Deportes Antofagasta	Calama
17:30 UTC−4	Insaurralde 9' Gotti 77' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Zorros del Desierto Attendance: 3,692 Referee: Juan Sepúlveda

26 June 2023 (2023-06-26)	Deportes Iquique	0–4	San Marcos de Arica	Iquique
12:30 UTC−4		Report	Auzmendi 46' Arguinarena 50' Donadell 67' Azócar 90'	Stadium: Tierra de Campeones Referee: Miguel Araos

Semi-finals edit

1 July 2023 (2023-07-01)	Cobreloa	0–0 (4–2 p)	San Marcos de Arica	Calama
15:30 UTC−4		Report		Stadium: Zorros del Desierto Referee: Diego Flores
	Penalties
	Gauna García Gotti Águila		Donadell Avello Azócar Monroy

16 August 2023 (2023-08-16)	Coquimbo Unido	0–2	Cobresal	Coquimbo
20:30 UTC−4		Report	Lezcano 61' Valencia 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso Referee: Juan Lara

Finals edit

20 August 2023 (2023-08-20)	Cobresal	1–3	Cobreloa	El Salvador
18:00 UTC−4	Ballini 66' (o.g.)	Report	Insaurralde 52' Gotti 56' Jara 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: El Cobre Referee: Manuel Vergara

23 August 2023 (2023-08-23)	Cobreloa	4–2 (7–3 agg.)	Cobresal	Calama
18:30 UTC−4	Escalante 20' (pen.) Parra 27' García 40' Gotti 52'	Report	Waterman 31', 46'	Stadium: Zorros del Desierto Referee: Diego Flores