Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional

The Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional is an official national football cup of Argentina organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and contested by the winners of Primera División and Copa de la Liga Profesional.

Trofeo de Campeones (LPF)
Organising bodyAFA
Founded2020; 4 years ago (2020)
RegionArgentina
Number of teams2
Related competitionsPrimera División
Copa LPF
Supercopa Internacional
Television broadcastersFox Sports
TNT Sports

The competition is successor of Trofeo de Campeones organised by defunct Superliga Argentina,[1][2] which was only played once.[3]

Overview

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The first edition was planned to be held in 2020 but it was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic therefore the trophy was first contested in 2021 when River Plate (2021 Primera División champion) and Colón (2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional champion) faced each other.[4] The match was held in Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades in Santiago del Estero on December 18, 2021.[5][6][7] River Plate beat Colón 4–0, winning their first Trofeo de Campeones title.

In October 2022, the AFA determined that the postponed 2020 edition would be held on 1 March 2023. As Boca Juniors won both the 2019–20 Primera División and the 2020 Copa LPF, River Plate and Banfield (the runners-up in those competitions) played a semi-final on 22 February 2023[8] to determine who would play Boca Juniors in the final.[9][10]

List of champions

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Keys
Ed. Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue City
1
2020 TBD TBD Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes Córdoba
2
2021 River Plate (PD)
4–0
Colón (CLP) Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades Santiago del Estero
3
2022 Racing (PD) [n 1]
2–1
Boca Juniors (PD) Estadio Único La Pedrera Villa Mercedes
4
2023 River Plate (PD)
2–0
Rosario Central (CLP) Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades Santiago del Estero
Notes
  1. ^ As runner-up.

Titles by club

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Club Titles Runn. Seasons won Seasons run.
River Plate
2
2021, 2023
Racing 1 2022
Colón 0 1 2021
Boca Juniors 0 1 2022
Rosario Central 0 1 2023

References

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  1. ^ Se juega el Trofeo de Campeones on Superliga website, 14 Sep 2019
  2. ^ La Superliga Argentina presentó oficialmente el Trofeo de Campeones on La Voz del Interior, 21 Nov 2019
  3. ^ "¡Racing es el campeón de campeones!" (in Spanish). SAF. 14 December 2019.
  4. ^ Colón - River, por el Trofeo de Campeones 2021: día, hora y dónde se jugará by Antonio Vázquez on Goal.com, 25 Nov 2021
  5. ^ Copa de la Liga Profesional y Trofeo de Campeones 2021 on AFA website
  6. ^ Trofeo de campeones on Marketing Registrado, 20 June 2021
  7. ^ Trofeo de Campeones: se definió la fecha y hora para el título on A24.com, 3 Dec 2021
  8. ^ Fechas confirmadas para Boca vs. el ganador de River - Banfield, por el Trofeo de Campeones 2020 on TyC, 22 Oct 2022
  9. ^ Boca podría jugar el Trofeo de Campeones 2020 ante River o Banfield on TyC, 18 Dec 2021
  10. ^ Trofeo de Campeones: Boca podría sumar otros dos títulos en los próximos meses on Uno, 20 Oct 2022