# 2012 Copa Colombia

The 2012 Copa Colombia, officially the 2012 Copa Postobón for sponsorship reasons, was the 10th edition of the Copa Colombia, the national cup competition for clubs of DIMAYOR. It began on February 14 and ended on November 7. The tournament comprised a total of 36 teams. The winner earned a berth to the 2013 Copa Sudamericana.

## Group phase

The 36 teams are divided into six groups based on each separate region of Colombia. The group winners and runners-up advance to the Round of 16, along with the four best third-placed teams. The matches were played from February 14 to June 21.
* Teams advance to knockout phase

### Group A

Comprises teams from the Caribbean and Atlantic regions.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Uniautónoma | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 19 |
| Valledupar | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 18 |
| Junior | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 17 |
| Real Cartagena | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 13 |
| Barranquilla | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 12 |
| Unión Magdalena | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 23 | −16 | 2 |
| | BAR | JUN | RCA | UAU | UMA | VAL |
| Barranquilla | – | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Junior | 4–1 | – | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 |
| Real Cartagena | 1–2 | 0–5 | – | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Uniautónoma | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | – | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Unión Magdalena | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | – | 1–4 |
| Valledupar | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | – |

### Group B

Comprises teams from the Paisa region and Sucre.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Atlético Nacional | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 19 |
| Itagüí Ditaires | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 16 |
| Independiente Medellín | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 14 |
| Sucre | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 13 |
| Deportivo Rionegro | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 9 |
| Envigado | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 8 |
| | NAC | RIO | ENV | MED | ITA | SUC |
| Atlético Nacional | – | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| D. Rionegro | 2–0 | – | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Envigado | 1–1 | 2–2 | – | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Indepen. Medellín | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | – | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Itagüí Ditaires | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | – | 1–1 |
| Sucre | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | – |

### Group C

Comprises teams from the Santander and Boyacá regions.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Boyacá Chicó | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 19 |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 16 |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 15 |
| Patriotas | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 14 |
| Alianza Petrolera | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Real Santander | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 5 |
| | ALP | BUC | BOY | CUC | PAT | RSA |
| Alianza Petrolera | – | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Atl. Bucaramanga | 2–1 | – | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Boyacá Chicó | 2–1 | 2–0 | – | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | – | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Patriotas | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | – | 5–0 |
| Real Santander | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | – |

### Group D

Comprises teams from the capital district of Bogotá and Soacha.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| La Equidad | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 19 |
| Bogotá | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 16 |
| Santa Fe | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 16 |
| Academia | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 13 |
| Millonarios | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 11 |
| Expreso Rojo | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 5 |
| | ACA | BOG | EXR | EQU | MIL | SAF |
| Academia | – | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 0–3 |
| Bogotá | 1–1 | – | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Expreso Rojo | 1–2 | 0–2 | – | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| La Equidad | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | – | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Millonarios | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | – | 1–1 |
| Santa Fe | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | – |

### Group E

Comprises teams from the Pacific region.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| América | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 22 |
| Deportivo Pasto | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 19 |
| Deportivo Cali | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 15 |
| Cortuluá | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 10 |
| Depor | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 9 |
| Universitario de Popayán | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 5 |
| | AME | COR | DEP | CAL | PAS | UPO |
| América | – | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Cortuluá | 0–0 | – | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Depor | 0–1 | 2–2 | – | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 |
| Deportivo Cali | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | – | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Deportivo Pasto | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | – | 0–0 |
| U. Popayán | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | – |

### Group F

Comprises teams in the Coffee Zone, Great Tolima, and Zipaquirá town.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Deportes Tolima | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 18 |
| Once Caldas | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Deportes Quindío | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 14 |
| Fortaleza | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 13 |
| Atlético Huila | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 13 |
| Deportivo Pereira | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 11 |
| | HUI | QUI | TOL | PER | FOR | OCA |
| Atlético Huila | – | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Deportes Quindío | 1–1 | – | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| Deportes Tolima | 1–1 | 3–4 | – | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Deportivo Pereira | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | – | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Fortaleza | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | – | 3–1 |
| Once Caldas | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | – |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

| Group | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| A | Junior | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 17 |
| D | Santa Fe | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 16 |
| E | Deportivo Cali | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 15 |
| C | Atlético Bucaramanga | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 15 |
| B | Independiente Medellín | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 14 |
| F | Deportes Quindío | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 14 |

## Knockout phase

All ties in the knockout phase are played in two-legged format. In case of a tie in points and goal difference (i.e., aggregate score), neither the away goals rule nor extra time is applied, and the tie is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

### Bracket

Teams playing the second leg at home marked by †. This is determined by which team have the better overall record up to the stage they meet each other, except in the round of 16 where the group winners automatically play the second leg at home.
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Atlético Nacional † | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Santa Fe | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Santa Fe | 2 | 0 | 2 | Atlético Nacional † | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Deportes Tolima | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Deportes Tolima † | 1 | 4 | 5(4) | Deportes Tolima | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Itagüí Ditaires | 4 | 1 | 5(3) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Itagüí Ditaires | 4 | 1 | 5(3) | | | | | Atlético Nacional † | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Boyacá Chicó | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| Boyacá Chicó † | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | Boyacá Chicó | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| Deportivo Cali | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Deportivo Cali | 1 | 0 | 1 | Boyacá Chicó † | 1 | 3 | 4 (5) | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Cúcuta Deportivo | 3 | 1 | 4 (3) | | | | | | | | | |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | 2 | 0 | 2 (4) | Cúcuta Deportivo | 3 | 1 | 4 (3) | | | | | | | | | |
| Bogotá † | 1 | 1 | 2 (3) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bogotá † | 1 | 1 | 2 (3) | | | | | | | | | | Atlético Nacional † | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Deportivo Pasto | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uniautónoma † | 2 | 1 | 3 (2) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Deportivo Pasto | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | 2 | 1 | 3 (4) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | 2 | 1 | 3 (4) | Atlético Bucaramanga | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | América † | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| América † | 3 | 2 | 5 | América † | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Valledupar | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Valledupar | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | Atlético Bucaramanga | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Deportivo Pasto † | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| La Equidad † | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Deportivo Pasto † | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| Junior | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Junior | 0 | 2 | 2 | Junior | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Deportivo Pasto † | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Deportivo Pasto † | 1 | 4 | 5 | Deportivo Pasto † | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Once Caldas | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Round of 16

First legs: August 8, 9, 15; Second legs: August 22 and 23.
| Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams | Scores | Scores | Tie-breakers | Tie-breakers |
| Key | 1st leg away team | Points | Points | 2nd leg away team | 1st leg | 2nd leg | GF | Pen. |
| 1 | Uniautónoma | 2 | 2 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 |
| 2 | Atlético Nacional | 4 | 1 | Santa Fe | 2–2 | 3–0 | — | — |
| 3 | Boyacá Chicó | 4 | 1 | Deportivo Cali | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | — |
| 4 | La Equidad | 1 | 4 | Junior | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | — |
| 5 | América | 6 | 0 | Valledupar | 3–2 | 2–0 | — | — |
| 6 | Deportes Tolima | 3 | 3 | Itagüí Ditaires | 1–4 | 4–1 | 5–5 | 4–3 |
| 7 | Bogotá | 3 | 3 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 |
| 8 | Deportivo Pasto | 6 | 0 | Once Caldas | 1–0 | 4–0 | — | — |

### Quarterfinals

First legs: September 5, 6 and 12; Second legs: September 12 and 19.
| Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams | Scores | Scores | Tie-breakers | Tie-breakers |
| Key | 1st leg away team | Points | Points | 2nd leg away team | 1st leg | 2nd leg | GF | Pen. |
| S1 | Atlético Nacional | 6 | 0 | Deportes Tolima | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | — |
| S2 | América | 1 | 4 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | — |
| S3 | Boyacá Chicó | 3 | 3 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–4 | 5–3 |
| S4 | Deportivo Pasto | 6 | 0 | Junior | 3–2 | 3–0 | — | — |

### Semifinals

First legs: October 17; Second legs: October 24.
| Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams | Scores | Scores | Tie-breakers | Tie-breakers |
| Key | 1st leg away team | Points | Points | 2nd leg away team | 1st leg | 2nd leg | GF | Pen. |
| F1 | Deportivo Pasto | 3 | 3 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | — |
| F2 | Atlético Nacional | 6 | 0 | Boyacá Chicó | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | — |

### Final

First leg: October 31; Second leg: November 7.
| Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams | Scores | Scores | Tie-breakers | Tie-breakers |
| 1st leg away team | Points | Points | 2nd leg away team | 1st leg | 2nd leg | GF | Pen. |
| Atlético Nacional | 4 | 1 | Deportivo Pasto | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Andrés Javier Mosquera | Bogotá | 9 |
| 2 | Oscar Iván Méndez | Deportivo Pasto | 8 |
| 3 | Jefferson Duque | Atlético Nacional | 6 |
| 3 | Jeysen Núñez | Boyacá Chicó | 6 |
| 3 | Paulo César Arango | América | 6 |
| 3 | Robinson Aponzá | Atlético Bucaramanga | 6 |
| 7 | Francisco Delgado | Bogotá | 5 |
| 7 | Edwin Cardona | Santa Fe | 5 |
| 7 | José Largacha | Atlético Bucaramanga | 5 |
| 7 | Juan Gilberto Núñez | Junior | 5 |
| 7 | Wilmer Parra | Deportivo Pasto | 5 |