Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional

The Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional is an upcoming 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
Founded2021 (2021)
RegionArgentina
Number of teams2
Related competitionsPrimera División
Copa LPF
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

The first edition was contested by River Plate (2021 Primera División champion) and Colón (2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional champion).[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.

List of champions
Key

Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue Province
2020
(not held due to covid-19 pandemic) [note 1]
2021River Plate
4–0
ColónMadre de CiudadesSantiago del Estero

See also

Notes
  1. As winners of both, 2019–20 Primera División and 2020 Copa LPF, Boca Juniors could play the 2020 edition vs the winner of a match between River Plate and Banfield, runner-ups of the aforementioned competitions.[8]

References
  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. Boca podría jugar el Trofeo de Campeones 2020 ante River o Banfield on TyC, 18 Dec 2021
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