2016 Copa Argentina Final

2016 Copa Argentina Final was the 85th and final match of the 2015–16 Copa Argentina. It was played on December 15, 2016 at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes in Córdoba between River Plate and Rosario Central.[1] [2] River Plate won the match 4-3. As champions, they qualified for 2017 Copa Libertadores and the 2016 Supercopa Argentina.[3]

2016 Copa Argentina Final

Event	2015–16 Copa Argentina Final
River Plate Rosario Central 4 3
Date	December 15, 2016
Venue	Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba
Referee	Patricio Loustau

Qualified teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
River Plate	None
Rosario Central	2 (2014, 2015)

Road to the final

River Plate			Round	Rosario Central
Opponent	Venue	Score		Opponent	Venue	Score
Bye			Regional Round	Bye
			Final Round
Sportivo Rivadavia	Formosa	3–0	Round of 64	Villa Mitre	Junín	1–0
Estudiantes (SL)	Salta	2–1	Round of 32	Atlético de Rafaela	Santa Fe	2–2 (3–1 p)
Arsenal	San Juan	1–0	Round of 16	Deportivo Morón	Salta	2–0
Unión	Mar del Plata	3–0	Quarterfinals	Boca Juniors	Córdoba	2–1
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	San Juan	2–0	Semifinals	Belgrano	Formosa	2–0

Match

Details

December 15, 2016

21:10

River Plate	4–3	Rosario Central
Alario  11' (pen.), 40' (pen.), 72' Alonso  75'	Report	Musto  26' Ruben  30', 63'

Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba

Referee: Patricio Loustau

River Plate

Rosario Central

GK 1 Augusto Batalla DF 4 Jorge Moreira DF 2 Jonathan Maidana  45+2' DF 28 Lucas Martínez Quarta DF 30 Luis Olivera  41' MF 26 Ignacio Fernández MF 23 Leonardo Ponzio (c)  82' MF 22 Andrés D'Alessandro  32'  71' MF 10 Gonzalo Martínez  71' FW 11 Sebastián Driussi FW 13 Lucas Alario Substitutes: GK 25 Enrique Bologna DF 3 Arturo Mina MF 18 Camilo Mayada MF 21 Iván Rossi MF 14 Joaquín Arzura  82' FW 7 Rodrigo Mora  71' FW 19 Iván Alonso  71' Manager: Marcelo Gallardo

GK 1 Sebastián Sosa DF 32 Víctor Salazar  86' DF 14 Dylan Gissi  13' DF 6 Marco Torsiglieri  90+1' DF 27 Jonás Aguirre MF 8 Walter Montoya  86' MF 5 Damián Musto  10' MF 11 José Luis Fernández  76' MF 10 Giovani Lo Celso  77' FW 29 Teófilo Gutiérrez FW 9 Marco Ruben (c)  32'  84' Substitutes: GK 21 Diego Rodríguez DF 3 Hernán Menosse DF 4 Paulo Ferrari MF 15 Washington Camacho  76' MF 16 Mauricio Martínez  86' MF 20 Gustavo Colman FW 17 Germán Herrera  77' Manager: Eduardo Coudet

Assistant referees: Juan Pablo Belatti Diego Bonfá Fourth official: Mauro Vigliano

Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if score is leveled. No extra time. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

Overall [4] River Plate Rosario Central Goals scored 4 3 Total shots 11 13 Shots on target 7 10 Ball possession 52% 48% Corner kicks 0 4 Fouls committed 13 23 Offsides 1 3 Yellow cards 3 5 Red cards 0 1

2015-16 Copa Argentina winners
River Plate 1st Title

References

1. "River – Rosario Central, la gran Final de la Copa Argentina". Copa Argentina. 2 December 2016. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
2. "La Final de la Copa Argentina se jugará el 15 de diciembre en Córdoba". Copa Argentina. 5 December 2016. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
3. "River se consagró por primera vez como campeón de la Copa Argentina". Copa Argentina. 16 December 2015. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
4. "Central-River, la gran final". AFA (in Spanish). 15 December 2016.