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Atanasio Girardot dressed up for his second consecutive Copa Colombia final. Medellín was not out of tune and retained the 2019 title. Although they suffered against Tolima and drew (1-1) in regulation time, the work on penalties was reflected. Five perfect charges and a brilliant performance from his goalkeeper, who blocked one of the charges. In this way, DIM won the two-time Cup championship and won a National title, the most winning of the contest. In addition, he has a ticket to the South American Cup 2022.
making mention
In 1950 the first Copa Colombia was played, leaving Boca Juniors de Cali as the first champion. After disappearing in 1989, the championship was developed again since 2008, uninterruptedly, this time integrating the first and second division teams in the country. In addition to Boca, other teams have taken home the trophy: Nacional (4), Medellín (3), Millonarios (2), Junior (2), Santa Fe (2), Tolima, Cali and La Equidad.
Regarding the most recent definition of the title, which left Independiente Medellín as champion this Thursday, in FUTBOLRED we review the champions from that first edition that gave the champion in 1951 to the most recent one defined by the owner of the seventeenth trophy.
1950/51: Boca Juniors de Cali (champion)
That first championship began in October 1950 and ended in February of the following year. Santa Fe agreed after beating Junior in the semifinal, while the Caleño team did it against Caldas. Boca won with an aggregate score 7-6, in a final that was played in roundtrip matches.
1952/53: Millionaires (champion)
Although it reached the final, Boca Juniors could not defend the title obtained in the previous campaign. On this occasion, the Bogota team won 2-0 in the first leg game and the return game was won by “w”, after the Cali team did not appear in ‘El Campín’.
1981: Independent Medellín (champion)
That year the finalists were defined in a first round, with those eliminated from the finalization (something similar to Liguilla 2020), where Medellín advanced. A second round with the teams eliminated in the semifinal home runs. Deportivo Cali came from there. The Antioquia team beat the sugarcane players in the first match with a score of 3-0 and in the second leg they equaled 1-1.
1989: Independiente Santa Fe (champion)
The Colombia Cup that year was the only tournament left by a champion, after the suspension of the championship in November for the murder of referee Álvaro Ortega, at the hands of Pablo Escobar’s cartel. It was played with group stage, quarterfinal, semifinal and final. The Cardinals beat Unión Magdalena 2-1 in the second leg, after having equalized in the first leg without goals.
2008: Equity they beat Once Caldas in the final, after winning 1-0 in the first leg and drawing (3-3) in the second leg. In this way the competition returned after 19 years of absence. The first phase was played in six groups and the best two agreed to the next instance of the championship. Equidad eliminated Envigado and Caldas Expreso Rojos in the semifinals.
2009: Santa Fe he won the sixth edition of the championship by defeating Deportivo Pasto (5-4) on penalties. Among the architects of the titles were Yulián Anchico, Ómar Pérez and Luis Manuel Seijas.
2010: Deportivo Cali champion was crowned against Itagüí, team of the first B, and was awarded the pass to the South American Cup the following year. The game system was maintained, in six groups, and eliminatory until reaching the finals. The sugar producers left La Equidad on the road, while the Antioqueños left Millonarios. The final ended 3-0 with Andrés Pérez, Gustavo Cuéllar and Diego Álvarez, among the protagonists.
2011: Millionaires he won the cup after beating Boyacá Chicó (2-0 on aggregate). The Blues beat Junior in the semifinal and beat the chess team that had just beaten Nacional. Edison Toloza was the top scorer for Millonarios in that championship.
2012: National Athletic he won against Deportivo Pasto at Atanasio Girardot, with goals from Fernando Uribe and Juan David Valencia, after having drawn without goals in the first leg.
2013: National Athletic He repeated the title, this time beating Millonarios in the second leg (1-0), after drawing two goals in the first match. Fernando Uribe repeated the title and was the highest scorer of the purslane with 6 goals.
2014: Sports Tolima it won the title by beating Santa Fe. It kept the same format as the previous year, with the difference that it was not carried out throughout the year, but was played in 2014-II. Los Pijaos won 3-2 on aggregate. Félix Noguera and Yimmi Chará, in the first leg, and Andrés Ibarguen, in the second leg, scored for the champion.
2015: Junior he beat Santa Fe, who for the second consecutive year had to settle for second place. The rojiblanco team was enough with the double of Juan David Pérez in Barranquilla to stay with the title. In the return the cardinals discounted with both Luis Seijas.
2016: National Athletic He did not allow Junior to revalidate his title and dethroned him overcoming it 2-1 in Medellín and 0-1 in Barranquilla. Andrés Ibarguen’s goal buried the shark’s aspirations in his yard.
2017: Junior celebrated its second Cup title, this time against Independiente Medellín. In the first leg they signed the tie (1-1) with goals from Juan Fernando Quintero and Jarlan Barrera, but in the second leg, Junior did not lose and punished with goals from Teo Gutiérrez and Jarlan.
2018: National Athletic they won their fourth Cup title by beating Once Caldas on aggregate 4-3. Aldo Leao Ramírez and Helibelton Palacios scored in the first leg, while Vladimir Hernández and Daniel Bocanegra (in injury time) sealed the final score.
2019: Independent Medellin beat Deportivo Cali and celebrated at Atanasio, after matching two at Palmaseca. Adrián Arregui and Germán Cano scored the goals of the victory against the sugar producers.
2020: Independent Medellín beat Deportes Tolima in the penalty shootout. Goalkeeper Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo stopped José Guillermo Ortiz’s charge, while Álvaro Montero could not face the forcefulness of the ‘powerful’ who sent the five charges to the bottom. Without a doubt, a good start for Hernán Darío ‘Bolillo’ Gómez in a month of work with the Antioquia red team.
