Copa Chile
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Founded | 1958 |
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Region | Chile |
Number of teams | 48 |
Current champions | Colo-Colo (14th title) |
Most successful club(s) | Colo-Colo (14 titles) |
Website | ANFP Copa Chile |
2023 Copa Chile |
The Copa Chile (Chile Cup) is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008. Its precursor was the Campeonato de Apertura (Opening Championship), played from 1933 to 1950.
The cup is now open to every member club of the
In the history of the tournament, the
In some seasons the tournament only included
Only two clubs have become double champions (league and cup winners the same season); Colo-Colo in 1981, 1989, 1990 & 1996, and Universidad de Chile in 2000.
Trophy
At the end of the final, the winning team is presented with a trophy, also known as the Copa Chile, which they hold until the following year's final.
The cup stands 120 centimetres tall and is made of 8 kg of pure solid silver, its design includes the map of the Chilean territory (being four times around the trophy), made with stones of different colors, carved agate, Onyx and lapis lazuli.
The trophy was forged in 1974, in the Hernán Baeza Rebolledo workshop, located in the commune of San Miguel. Its manufacture took nearly a month.
As well as winning the right to keep the trophy until the start of the next season, the winner gets to have a badge small silver plate at the pedestal of the trophy. The badge has the winners' name and the year of success.
Finals
Titles by club
Club | Titles | Runners-up | Seasons won | Seasons runner-up |
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Colo-Colo | 14 | 5 | 1958, 1974, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2023 | 1979, 1980, 1987, 1992, 2015 |
Universidad de Chile | 5 | 2 | 1979, 1998, 2000, 2012–13, 2015 | 2017, 2019 |
Universidad Católica | 4 | 8 | 1983, 1991, 1995, 2011 | 1958, 1961, 1962, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1990, 2013 |
Palestino
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3 | 2 | 1975, 1977, 2018 | 1985, 2015 |
Santiago Wanderers | 3 | 2 | 1959, 1961, 2017 | 1960, 1974 |
Deportes Iquique | 3 | 1 | 1980, 2010, 2013–14 | 2009 |
Unión Española | 2 | 3 | 1992, 1993 | 1977, 1988, 2022 |
Universidad de Concepción | 2 | — | 2008, 2014–15 | — |
Cobreloa
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1 | 3 | 1986 | 1991, 1993, 1995 |
Everton | 1 | 2 | 1984 | 2016, 2021 |
Magallanes | 1 | 2 | 2022 | 2011, 2023 |
Deportes La Serena | 1 | 1 | 1960 | 1959 |
Luis Cruz
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1 | — | 1962 | — |
Cobresal | 1 | — | 1987 | — |
Unión San Felipe | 1 | — | 2009 | — |
Audax Italiano | — | 3 | — | 1981, 1998, 2018 |
O'Higgins | — | 2 | — | 1981, 1998 |
Lota Schwager | — | 1 | — | 1975 |
Fernández Vial
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— | 1 | — | 1986 |
Rangers | — | 1 | — | 1996 |
Santiago Morning | — | 1 | — | 2000 |
Deportes Ovalle | — | 1 | — | 2008 |
Deportes Concepción | — | 1 | — | 2010 |
Huachipato
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— | 1 | — | 2014 |
Titles by Region
The following table lists the Chilean Cup champions by region.
Region | Nº of titles | Clubs |
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Metropolitan | 28 | Palestino (3), Unión Española (2), Magallanes (1)
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Valparaíso | 5 | Santiago Wanderers (3), Everton (1), Unión San Felipe (1) |
Tarapacá | 3 | Deportes Iquique (3) |
Biobío | 2 | Universidad de Concepción (2) |
Coquimbo | 1 | Deportes La Serena (1) |
Maule | 1 | Luis Cruz (1)
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Antofagasta | 1 | Cobreloa (1)
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Atacama | 1 | Cobresal (1)
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Other Official Cup Tournaments
Copa de la República
Year | Champion | Scores | Runner-up |
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1983 | Universidad Católica | 1–0 | Naval |
Copa Invierno
Year | Champion | Scores | Runner-up |
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1989 | Unión Española | 2–0 | Huachipato
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