2015–16 Copa Argentina

The 2015–16 Copa Argentina was the seventh edition of the Copa Argentina, and the fifth since the relaunch of the tournament in 2011. The competition began on January 29, 2016. Defending champions Boca Juniors were eliminated by Rosario Central in the quarterfinals. By winning the competition, River Plate won the right to play in the 2017 Copa Libertadores and the 2016 Supercopa Argentina.

Teams
The 75 teams that took part in the competition included: all teams from the Primera División (30); twelve teams of the Primera B Nacional; five from the Primera B Metropolitana, four from the Primera C; two from the Primera D; ten teams from Federal A and twelve (12) from Torneo Federal B.

Primera División
All thirty teams qualified.


 * Aldosivi
 * Argentinos Juniors
 * Arsenal
 * Atlético de Rafaela
 * Banfield
 * Belgrano
 * Boca JuniorsTH
 * Colón
 * Crucero del Norte
 * Defensa y Justicia
 * Estudiantes (LP)
 * Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)
 * Godoy Cruz
 * Huracán
 * Independiente
 * Lanús
 * Newell's Old Boys
 * Nueva Chicago
 * Olimpo
 * Quilmes
 * Racing Club
 * River Plate
 * Rosario Central
 * San Lorenzo
 * San Martín (SJ)
 * Sarmiento
 * Temperley
 * Tigre
 * Unión
 * Vélez Sársfield

Second Level
The first twelve teams from 2015 tournament qualified.

Primera B Nacional

 * Atlético Tucumán
 * Patronato
 * Ferro Carril Oeste
 * Santamarina
 * Instituto
 * Villa Dálmine
 * Atlético Paraná
 * Douglas Haig
 * Estudiantes (SL)
 * Gimnasia y Esgrima (J)
 * Los Andes
 * Juventud Unida (G)

Primera B Metropolitana
The champion and the four teams that reached the semifinals of the Torneo Reducido qualified.


 * Brown
 * Estudiantes (BA)
 * Defensores de Belgrano
 * Deportivo Morón
 * Almagro

Torneo Federal A
The two teams promoted, the losing team of the seventh stage, two losing teams of the sixth stage, four losing teams of the fifth stage, and the best losing team of the fourth stage of the 2015 tournament qualified.


 * Talleres (C)
 * Juventud Unida Universitario
 * Unión (S)
 * Defensores de Belgrano (VR)
 * Unión Aconquija
 * Gimnasia y Tiro
 * Cipolletti
 * Deportivo Madryn
 * San Lorenzo (A)
 * Juventud Antoniana

Primera C Metropolitana
The first 4 teams from 2015 tournament qualified.


 * San Telmo
 * Laferrere
 * Talleres (RdE)
 * Central Córdoba (R)

Torneo Federal B
The three teams promoted, the three losing teams of the fifth stage, and six losing teams of the fourth stage of the 2015 tournament qualified.


 * Villa Mitre
 * Defensores (P)
 * Güemes
 * Sportivo Rivadavia
 * San Martín (M)
 * San Martín (F)
 * Germinal
 * Sansinena
 * La Emilia
 * Unión Santiago
 * Sportivo Guzmán
 * Central Norte

Primera D Metropolitana
The champion and the runners-up of the 2015 tournament qualified.


 * Sportivo Barracas
 * Atlas

Regional Round
This round is organized by the Consejo Federal.

Group A
In this first round, 7 teams from the Torneo Federal A and 9 teams from the Torneo Federal B participated. The round was played between January 31 and February 20, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Final Round.


















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Second leg
Gimnasia y Tiro won 2–1 on aggregate.

Unión Aconquija won 5–1 on aggregate.

Defensores de Belgrano (VR) won 5–3 on aggregate.

Unión (S) won 3–1 on aggregate.

San Martín (F) won 3–1 on aggregate.

''2–2 on aggregate. Sportivo Rivadavia won on away goals.''

Deportivo Madryn won 5–0 on aggregate.

Sansiena won 2–1 on aggregate.

Group B
In this round, 3 teams from the Torneo Federal A and 3 teams from the Torneo Federal B participated. The round was played between January 29 and February 17, on a home-and-away two-legged tie. The 3 winning teams advanced to the Final Round.








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Second leg
Güemes won 5–3 on aggregate.

Talleres (C) won 4–2 on aggregate.

''2–2 on aggregate. Villa Mitre won 5–4 on penalties.''

Round of 64
This round will have 11 qualified teams from the Regional Round, 11 qualified teams from the Metropolitan Zone (5 teams from Primera B Metro; 4 teams from Primera C and 2 teams from Primera D), 12 teams from Primera B Nacional and 30 teams from Primera División. The round was played between May 4 and July 31, in a single knock-out match format. The 32 winning teams advanced to the Round of 32. The draw took place on April 7, 2016.

Round of 32
This round will have the 32 qualified teams from the Round of 64. The round was played between August 2 and August 31, in a single knock-out match format. The 16 winning teams advanced to the Round of 16.

Round of 16
This round will have the 16 qualified teams from the Round of 32. The round was played between September 3 and October 19, in a single knock-out match format. The 8 winning teams advanced to the Quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals
This round will have the 8 qualified teams from the Round of 16. The round was played between October 5 and November 17, in a single knock-out match format. The 4 winning teams advanced to the Semifinals.

Semifinals
This round will have the 4 qualified teams from the Quarterfinals. The round was played between November 30 and December 1, in a single knock-out match format. The 2 winning teams advanced to the Final.

Top goalscorers
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