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| Organiser(s) | AUF |
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| Founded | 20 April 2022; 3 years ago (2022-04-20) |
| Region | Uruguay |
| Teams | 32 |
| Qualifier for | Copa Libertadores Supercopa Uruguaya (TBC) |
| Current champions | Peñarol (1st title) |
| Most championships | Defensor Sporting (3 titles) |
| Website | AUF |
 2025 Copa Uruguay | |
TheCopa Uruguay (officiallyCopa AUF Uruguay)[1] is a knockout football competition in men's domestic Uruguayanfootball, starting in 2022.
The competition starts in August, with the winner of the cup qualifying for the following year'sCopa Libertadores, starting from the2025 edition.[2] It is also planned to grant the winner a spot in theSupercopa Uruguaya in the future.[1][3][4]
Historically, Uruguayan football never had a national cup tournament, aside from a competition calledTorneo de Copa, which happened only in 1969.[5] In 2018, teams started to mobilize in favour of the creation of a national cup,[6] but nothing came of it.
On 20 April 2022, theUruguayan Football Association announced the creation of theCopa AUF Uruguay, being approved by several clubs involved.[1] The first edition of the competition, which was played from 22 June to 13 November 2022, was won byDefensor Sporting who defeatedLa Luz in the final.[7] Defensor Sporting also won the following two editions in2023 and2024.
For its first edition in2022, the competition was divided into two stages: a preliminary stage and the national stage.[1]
In the preliminary stage, teams from the amateur lower leagues competed for 20 berths to the national stage. In the first phase of the national stage, 24 teams from thePrimera División Amateur andSegunda División entered the competition, for a total of 48 teams which were divided into 24 ties, with the winners qualifying for the second round. The 24 second round winners then advanced to play against each other to define 12 winners into the third phase.[1]
32 teams played in the third phase: 12 winners from the previous phase, 16 professional teams from thePrimera División, the best relegated team of Primera División the previous season, the defending champion of thePrimera División Amateur and the defending champion and runner-up of theCopa Nacional de Clubes. From this point onwards, the winners played against each other in two-legged knockout phases, with the final being played as a single match on neutral ground.[1]
Due to financial and scheduling constraints, starting from2024 the number of participating teams was reduced to 32, with 10 Primera División, 6 Segunda División, 4 from Primera División Amateur, 2 fromDivisional D, and 10 clubs from the Copa Nacional de Clubes (nine of which qualified after a preliminary competition) entering the cup. The 32 teams played a single-legged knockout tournament with the semi-finals and the final played on neutral ground.[8]
The winner of the competition is also awarded aUS$ 100,000 prize.[1]
| Ed. | Year | Winners | Final score | Runners-up | Final venue |
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1 | 2022 | Defensor Sporting(1) | 1–0 | La Luz | Estadio Centenario,Montevideo |
2 | 2023 | Defensor Sporting(2) | 2–2(4–2p) | Montevideo City Torque | |
3 | 2024 | Defensor Sporting(3) | 2–2(3–1p) | Nacional | |
4 | 2025 | Peñarol(1) | 2–0 | Plaza Colonia |
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning years | Runners-up years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defensor Sporting | 3 | 0 | 2022, 2023, 2024 | — |
| Peñarol | 1 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| La Luz | 0 | 1 | — | 2022 |
| Montevideo City Torque | 0 | 1 | — | 2023 |
| Nacional | 0 | 1 | — | 2024 |
| Plaza Colonia | 0 | 1 | — | 2025 |
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