1996 Copa Chile

The Copa Chile 1996 was the 28th edition of the Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on February 17, 1996 and concluded on November 30, 1996. Colo-Colo won the competition for their tenth time, beating Rangers in the finals.

Calendar

Round	Date
Group Round	17 February 1996 10 March 1996
Quarterfinals	9–17 July 1996
Semi Finals	24 September 1996 26 November 1996
Final	28–30 November 1996

Group Round

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that progressed to the Quarterfinals

Group 1A

	DANT	RATA	CLOA	COQU
D. Antofagasta		1–0	2–2	5–0
R. Atacama	3–0		1–1	1–1
Cobreloa	1–1	5–1		2–0
Coquimbo U.	1–2	2–2	1–1

Rank	Team	Points
1	Deportes Antofagasta	11
2	Cobreloa	10
3	Regional Atacama	6
4	Coquimbo Unido	3

Group 2A

	COLO	UESP	PALE	SWAN
Colo-Colo		2–0	3–0	2–0
U. Española	1–3		0–3	2–3
Palestino	0–1	4–0		1–1
S. Wanderers	1–6	2–2	2–2

Rank	Team	Points
1	Colo-Colo	18
2	Palestino	8
3	Santiago Wanderers	6
4	Unión Española	1

Group 3A

	UCAT	OHIG	HUAC	DCON
U. Católica		0–0	4–0	4–1
O'Higgins	1–2		1–1	3–0
Huachipato	1–2	3–1		0–2
D. Concepción	3–4	2–0	1–4

Rank	Team	Points
1	Universidad Católica	16
2	Huachipato	7
3	Deportes Concepción	6
4	O'Higgins	5

Group 4A

	UCHI	AUDI	DTEM	POSO
U. de Chile		4–2	3–0	1–0
A. Italiano	0–2		0–0	2–1
D. Temuco	0–1	2–1		3–0
P. Osorno	1–0	3–2	0–1

Rank	Team	Points
1	Universidad de Chile	15
2	Deportes Temuco	10
3	Provincial Osorno	6
4	Audax Italiano	4

Group 1B

	DARI	DIQU	CSAL	MAGA
D. Arica		1–0	1–2	1–2
D. Iquique	0–0		3–2	4–1
Cobresal	2–1	1–4		4–3
Magallanes	3–0	2–1	2–2

Rank	Team	Points
1	Deportes Iquique	10 (+5)
2	Magallanes	10 (+1)
3	Cobresal	10 (-1)
4	Deportes Arica	4

Group 2B

	DLSE	DOVA	USFE	EVER
D. La Serena		1–0	4–1	1–0
D. Ovalle	1–1		2–0	1–1
U. San Felipe	1–5	2–0		1–3
Everton	3–0	0–1	2–1

Rank	Team	Points
1	Deportes La Serena	13
2	Everton	10
3	Deportes Ovalle	8
4	Unión San Felipe	3

Group 3B

	DMEL	DCOL	USCR	RANG
D. Melipilla		4–1	1–0	2–1
D. Colchagua	2–1		1–1	2–2
U. Santa Cruz	0–1	2–4		1–3
Rangers	1–0	2–0	6–1

Rank	Team	Points
1	Rangers	13
2	Deportes Melipilla	12
3	Deportes Colchagua	8
4	Unión Santa Cruz	1

Group 4B

	DLIN	ÑUBL	FVIA	DPMO
D. Linares		1–2	2–2	1–3
Ñublense	1–0		0–1	1–0
Fernández Vial	3–1	1–1		1–1
D. Puerto Montt	2–0	2–2	1–0

Rank	Team	Points
1	Deportes Puerto Montt	11 (+4)
2	Ñublense	11 (+2)
3	Fernández Vial	9
4	Deportes Linares	1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportes Iquique	2–5	Deportes Antofagasta	0–1	2–4
Deportes La Serena	1–2	Colo-Colo	1–1	0–1
Rangers	2–2 (a)	Universidad Católica	1–0	1–2
Deportes Puerto Montt	0–5	Universidad de Chile	0–0	0–5

Semifinals

Rangers v Deportes Antofagasta

September 24, 1996

Rangers	1–0	Deportes Antofagasta
Rojas  33'

Estadio Fiscal, Talca Attendance: 5,717 Referee: R. Hormazabal

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Deportes Antofagasta v Rangers

September 30, 1996

Deportes Antofagasta	3–2	Rangers
Acosta  29',  50' Cruz  67'		48' Rojas  80' De Gregorio

Estadio Regional, Antofagasta Attendance: 7,503 Referee: N. Mondria

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Colo-Colo v Universidad de Chile

November 19, 1996

Colo-Colo	2–3	Universidad de Chile
Reyes  11' Tapia  79'		9' Sanchez  25' Rodríguez  90' Traverso

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago Attendance: 16,893 Referee: C. Lemus

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Universidad de Chile v Colo-Colo

November 26, 1996

Universidad de Chile	0–2	Colo-Colo
		6' (pen.) Basay  71' Espina

Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago Attendance: 24,928 Referee: C. Robles

Finals

Rangers v Colo-Colo

November 28, 1996

Rangers	1–1	Colo-Colo
Andrade  15'		74' Tapia

Estadio Fiscal, Talca Attendance: 13,343 Referee: R. Hormazabal

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Colo-Colo v Rangers

November 30, 1996

Colo-Colo	1–0	Rangers
Tapia  38'

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago Attendance: 30,000 Referee: E. Gamboa

Top goalscorer

• Fernando Vergara (Colo-Colo) 7 goals

See also

• Primera División
• Primera B

References

• Revista Don Balon (Santiago, Chile) February–November 1996 (scores & information)
• RSSSF (secondary source)