2016 Copa Argentina Final

The 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

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

Team	Previous finals app.
River Plate	None
Rosario Central	2 (2014, 2015)

Bold indicates winning years

Road to the final

Further information: 2015–16 Copa Argentina

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

2015–16 Copa Argentina Final

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 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 No extra time Penalty shoot-out if scores are level 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