2008 Copa Colombia

The 2008 Copa Colombia, officially the 2008 Copa Postobón[1] for sponsorship reasons, was the sixth edition of the Copa Colombia, the football tournament for professional clubs in Colombia. This edition marked the return of the tournament after a 19-year absence. It began on March 12[2] and ended on November 19.

2008 Copa Colombia

Copa Postobón 2008
Country	Colombia
Teams	36
Champions	La Equidad (1st title)
Runners-up	Once Caldas
Matches played	204
Goals scored	476 (2.33 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Dorlan Pabón Wilson Mena (8 goals each)
← 1989 2009 →

Bogotá club La Equidad beat Manizales club Once Caldas in the finals for their first Copa Colombia title.

Format

The competition is divided into 5 stages. The first stage is a group stage. The groups will be comprised by teams from the same regions, six teams per group. The top-two teams from each group will advance to the a second stage. The second stage will comprise six matches, each contested by two teams. The six winners advance to the third stage, which is identical to the second stage. The three winners and the best second place team advance to the semifinals. The winner of the semifinals advance to the finals. The winner of the Copa Colombia will earn a berth in the 2009 Copa Sudamericana.

Phase I

This is the system of groups approved for the making of the tournament.[3]

Teams advanced to Phase II

Group A

Teams from Caribbean region.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Junior 10 6 2 2 15 8 +7 20 Unión Magdalena 10 6 1 3 13 7 +6 19 Barranquilla 10 6 1 3 10 6 +4 19 Córdoba 10 4 0 6 9 12 -3 12 Real Cartagena 10 4 0 6 6 9 -3 12 Valledupar 10 2 0 8 5 16 -11 6

March 12, 2008
Valledupar	1–2	Atlético Junior	Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau	Valledupar
Barranquilla	2–1	Unión Magdalena	Estadio Romelio Martínez	Barranquilla
Córdoba	1–0	Real Cartagena	Estadio Alberto Saibis Saker	Cereté
March 26, 2008
Atlético Junior	1–0	Barranquilla	Estadio Metropolitano	Barranquilla
Real Cartagena	2–0	Valledupar	Estadio Jaime Morón León	Cartagena
Unión Magdalena	2–0	Córdoba	Estadio Eduardo Santos	Santa Marta
April 9, 2008
Unión Magdalena	1–1	Atlético Junior	Estadio Eduardo Santos	Santa Marta
Barranquilla	1–0	Real Cartagena	Estadio Romelio Martínez	Barranquilla
Córdoba	0–2	Valledupar	Estadio Alberto Saibis Saker	Cereté
April 30, 2008
Córdoba	1–0	Atlético Junior	Estadio Alberto Saibis Saker	Cereté
Real Cartagena	1–0	Unión Magdalena	Estadio Jaime Morón León	Cartagena
Valledupar	0–1	Barranquilla	Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau	Valledupar
May 7, 2008
Atlético Junior	2–1	Real Cartagena	Estadio Metropolitano	Barranquilla
Barranquilla	1–0	Córdoba	Estadio Romelio Martínez	Barranquilla
Unión Magdalena	2–0	Valledupar	Estadio Eduardo Santos	Santa Marta
May 28, 2008
Atlético Junior	4–0	Valledupar	Estadio Metropolitano	Barranquilla
Real Cartagena	0–3	Córdoba	Estadio Jaime Morón León	Cartagena
Unión Magdalena	2–0	Barranquilla	Estadio Eduardo Santos	Santa Marta
June 4, 2008
Barranquilla	0–0	Atlético Junior	Estadio Romelio Martínez	Barranquilla
Córdoba	2–1	Unión Magdalena	Estadio Alberto Saibis Saker	Cereté
Valledupar	0–1	Real Cartagena	Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau	Valledupar
July 30, 2008
Atlético Junior	1–2	Unión Magdalena	Estadio Metropolitano	Barranquilla
Real Cartagena	1–0	Barranquilla	Estadio Jaime Morón León	Cartagena
Valledupar	1–0	Córdoba	Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau	Valledupar
August 6, 2008
Atlético Junior	3–2	Córdoba	Estadio Metropolitano	Barranquilla
Barranquilla	3–1	Valledupar	Estadio Metropolitano	Barranquilla
Unión Magdalena	1–0	Real Cartagena	Estadio Eduardo Santos	Santa Marta
August 13, 2008
Córdoba	0–2	Barranquilla	Estadio Alberto Saibis Saker	Cereté
Real Cartagena	0–1	Atlético Junior	Estadio Jaime Morón León	Cartagena
Valledupar	0–1	Unión Magdalena	Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau	Valledupar

Group B

Teams from Antioquia and Risaralda.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Atlético Nacional 10 6 3 1 12 5 +7 21 Envigado 10 4 3 3 17 8 +9 15 Independiente Medellín 10 4 3 3 12 12 0 15 Deportivo Pereira 10 2 5 3 11 9 +2 11 Deportivo Rionegro 10 2 3 4 8 16 -8 9 Itagüí Ditaires 10 2 3 5 8 18 -10 9

March 12, 2008
Deportivo Rionegro	1–3	Envigado	Estadio Alberto Grisales	Rionegro
Atlético Nacional	2–0	Pereira	Estadio Atanasio Girardot	Medellín
Bajo Cauca	2–2	Medellín	Estadio Municipal Orlando Anibal Monroy	Caucasia
March 26, 2008
Pereira	1–1	Bajo Cauca	Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas	Pereira
Envigado	1–2	Atlético Nacional	Estadio Polideportivo Sur	Envigado
Medellín	0–2	Deportivo Rionegro	Estadio Atanasio Girardot	Medellín
April 9, 2008
Bajo Cauca	2–0	Deportivo Rionegro	Estadio Municipal Orlando Anibal Monroy	Caucasia
Atlético Nacional	3–1	Medellín	Estadio Atanasio Girardot	Medellín
Pereira	0–1	Envigado	Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas	Pereira
April 30, 2008
Bajo Cauca	0–0	Envigado	Estadio Municipal Orlando Anibal Monroy	Caucasia
Deportivo Rionegro	0–0	Atlético Nacional	Estadio Alberto Grisales	Rionegro
Medellín	1–1	Pereira	Estadio Atanasio Girardot	Medellín
May 7, 2008
Envigado	0–0	Medellín	Estadio Municipal Orlando Anibal Monroy	Envigado
Pereira	4–0	Deportivo Rionegro	Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas	Pereira
Atlético Nacional	1–0	Bajo Cauca	Estadio Atanasio Girardot	Medellín
May 28, 2008
Pereira	0–0	Atlético Nacional	Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas	Pereira
Envigado	3–1	Deportivo Rionegro	Estadio Alberto Grisales	Envigado
Medellín	3–0	Bajo Cauca	Estadio Atanasio Girardot	Medellín
June 4, 2008
Deportivo Rionegro	1–2	Medellín	Estadio Alberto Grisales	Rionegro
Atlético Nacional	1–0	Envigado	Estadio Atanasio Girardot	Medellín
Bajo Cauca	1–0	Pereira	Estadio Municipal Orlando Anibal Monroy	Caucasia
July 30, 2008
Deportivo Rionegro	1–0	Itagüí	Estadio Alberto Grisales	Rionegro
Envigado	1–1	Pereira	Estadio Polideportivo Sur	Envigado
Medellín	1–0	Atlético Nacional	Estadio Atanasio Girardot	Medellín
August 6, 2008
Atlético Nacional	0–0	Deportivo Rionegro	Estadio Atanasio Girardot	Medellín
Pereira	2–0	Medellín	Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas	Pereira
Envigado	7–0	Itagüí	Estadio Polideportivo Sur	Envigado
August 13, 2008
Itagüí	2–3	Atlético Nacional	Estadio Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí	Itagüí
Deportivo Rionegro	2–2	Pereira	Estadio Alberto Grisales	Rionegro
Medellín	2–1	Envigado	Estadio Atanasio Girardot	Medellín

Group C

Teams from the northeastern part of Colombia.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Boyacá Chicó 10 6 2 2 21 9 +12 20 Cúcuta Deportivo 10 5 2 3 13 10 +3 17 Real Santander 10 5 2 3 14 15 -1 17 Atlético Bucaramanga 10 4 3 3 15 8 +7 15 Alianza Petrolera 10 3 2 5 10 14 -4 11 Patriotas 10 0 3 7 6 23 -17 3

APE BOY BUC CUC PAT RSA Alianza Petrolera 0 - 0 0 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 1 0 - 2 Boyacá Chicó 3 - 0 0 - 0 3 - 0 2 - 1 8 - 1 Atl. Bucaramanga 2 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 1 7 - 0 2 - 0 Cúcuta Deportivo 2 - 0 3 - 0 0 - 2 3 - 0 1 - 1 Patriotas FC 1 - 2 0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 2 Real Santander 1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 1

Group D

Teams from Bogotá and Villavicencio.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts La Equidad 10 5 5 0 14 8 +6 20 Centauros 10 5 1 4 15 14 +1 16 Santa Fe 10 4 4 2 9 8 +1 16 Academia 10 3 4 3 8 8 0 13 Millonarios 10 3 3 4 10 8 +2 12 Bogotá 10 0 3 7 3 13 -10 3

ACA MIL CEN EQU SAN BOG Academia 1 - 0 2 - 0 1 - 2 1 - 1 2 - 1 Millonarios 0 - 0 3 - 0 2 - 2 2 - 0 2 - 0 Centauros 2 - 0 2 - 0 1 - 2 3 - 0 3 - 1 La Equidad 0 - 0 2 - 1 2 - 2 0 - 0 1 - 0 Santa Fe 2 - 1 1 - 0 3 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 0 Bogotá 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 0

Group E

Teams from Pacific Region of Colombia.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Deportivo Cali 10 6 2 2 18 6 +12 20 Depor 10 6 0 4 11 10 +1 18 Deportivo Pasto 10 5 3 2 11 11 0 18 Deportes Quindío 10 5 2 3 10 8 +2 17 Cortuluá 10 2 2 6 7 15 -8 8 América 10 1 1 8 6 13 -7 4

QUI COR CAL PAS DEP AME Deportes Quindío 1 - 0 3 - 2 1 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 Cortuluá 0 - 3 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 2 Deportivo Cali 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 3 - 0 1 - 0 Deportivo Pasto 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 1 Depor 2 - 0 1 - 2 2 - 1 2 - 0 1 - 0 América 0 - 0 1 - 2 0 - 1 2 - 3 0 - 1

Grupo F

Teams from Central-Western part of the country .

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Once Caldas 10 5 5 0 22 9 +13 20 Expreso Rojo 10 5 5 0 10 4 +6 20 Deportes Tolima 10 5 2 3 19 12 +7 17 Atlético Huila 10 2 5 3 13 13 0 11 Girardot 10 1 3 6 8 26 -18 6 Juventud Soacha 10 1 2 7 8 16 -8 5

EXR CAL SOA GFC TOL HUI Expreso Rojo 0 - 0 2 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 0 Once Caldas 1 - 1 2 - 0 5 - 0 1 - 0 5 - 4 Juventud Soacha 0 - 1 2 - 2 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 1 Girardot 1 - 1 1 - 5 0 - 2 2 - 6 1 - 1 Deportes Tolima 0 - 2 1 - 1 3 - 1 3 - 0 2 - 2 Atlético Huila 1 - 1 0 - 0 2 - 0 1 - 2 1 - 2

Phase II

Phase II began on August 27 and ended on September 3.

Team #1	Points earned	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Envigado	3–3 (6–5 p)	Junior	1–0	2–3
Unión Magdalena	1–4	Atlético Nacional	2–2	0–4
Centauros	3–3 (gd)	Boyacá Chicó	1–0	1–6
Cúcuta Deportivo	1–4	La Equidad	0–0	0–2
Expreso Rojo	6–0	Deportivo Cali	2–1	1–0
Depor	3–3 (gd)	Once Caldas	1–0	4–7

Phase III

Phase III began on September 17 and ended on October 1.

Team #1	Points earned	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Envigado	3–3 (gd)	La Equidad	2–1	1–3
Expreso Rojo	(gd) 3–3	Atlético Nacional	2–0	0–1
Boyacá Chicó	1–4	Once Caldas	1–1	1–3

Semifinals

The semifinals were played on October 29 and November 5

Team #1	Points earned	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Expreso Rojo	1–4	Once Caldas	0–1	0–0
Envigado	1–4	La Equidad	0–0	1–4

Finals

The Finals were played on November 12 and November 19.

Team #1	Points earned	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Once Caldas	1–4	La Equidad	0–1	3–3

Copa Colombia 2008 Winners
La Equidad First Title

See also

• Copa Colombia

References

1.^ Itagüí Ditaires changed their name from Bajo Cauca half-way through the 2008 season.

References

1. Studiofutbol.com (March 2, 2008). "Sponsor". Retrieved 2008-03-02.
2. El Tiempo (January 29, 2008). "La Copa Colombia 2008 probablemente arrancará el 12 marzo". Retrieved 2008-01-29.
3. Dimayor (February 16, 2008). "Dimayor definió grupos y fecha de inicio de la Copa Colombia". Retrieved 2008-02-16.

External links

• Official website of DIMAYOR (in Spanish)
• Copa Colombia on RSSSF