Copa Uruguay is a men’s football cup competition in Uruguay, with recorded coverage spanning the 2022 to 2025 seasons. This page brings together live scores, upcoming fixtures, results, standings and player and team statistics, helping you follow matches and review competition data across the available seasons in a single, clearly organized reference for the competition.
Upcoming matches, Copa Uruguay
Group Stage - 3
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- Group Stage - 3
Progreso
Club Nacional
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- Group Stage - 3
Albion FC
CA River Plate
Group Stage - 2
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- Group Stage - 2
Rentistas
Plaza Colonia
Group Stage - 3
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- Group Stage - 3
Juventud
Racing Montevideo
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- Group Stage - 3
Central Espanol
No H2HOriental -
- Group Stage - 3
Liverpool Montevideo
No H2HColón
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- Group Stage - 3
Boston River
Fenix
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- Group Stage - 3
Cerro
Deportivo Maldonado
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- Group Stage - 3
Wanderers
Cerrito
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- Group Stage - 3
Danubio
Penarol
Latest played matches, Copa Uruguay
Group Stage - 1
Group Stage - 2
Group Stage - 1
Group Stage - 2
Copa Uruguay Standings
Copa Uruguay Statistics
Top scorers 2026
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Top assists 2026
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Top key passes
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
Top red cards
Copa Uruguay teams participation since 2022
History
| Team | Nb participations |
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| Penarol | 4 |
| Defensor Sporting | 4 |
| Juventud | 4 |
| Plaza Colonia | 4 |
| Club Nacional | 4 |
| Racing Montevideo | 4 |
| Wanderers | 4 |
| Boston River | 4 |
| Cerro Largo | 4 |
| Oriental | 4 |
| Albion FC | 4 |
| Durazno | 4 |
| Paso de la Arena | 4 |
| Río Negro | 4 |
| Universitario de Salto | 4 |
| Sportivo Barracas | 3 |
| Danubio | 3 |
| Liverpool Montevideo | 3 |
| Cerro | 3 |
| Progreso | 3 |
| Atenas | 3 |
| Atletico Torque | 3 |
| Central Espanol | 3 |
| Deportivo Maldonado | 3 |
| Villa Espanola | 3 |
| Tacuarembo | 3 |
| Sportivo Huracan | 3 |
| Bella Vista | 3 |
| Ituzaingó | 3 |
| Rincón | 3 |
| Colón | 3 |
| Uruguay Montevideo | 3 |
| Barrio Olímpico | 3 |
| Bella Vista de Paysandú | 3 |
| Boquita | 3 |
| Huracán de Paysandú | 3 |
| Juanicó | 3 |
| Laureles | 3 |
| Lavalleja de Minas | 3 |
| Piriápolis | 3 |
| Porongos | 3 |
| Paysandu | 3 |
| Libertad San Carlos | 3 |
| Quilmes | 2 |
| Juventud Unida | 2 |
Copa Uruguay top scorer teams
Copa Uruguay About
Copa Uruguay, officially known as Copa AUF Uruguay, is Uruguay’s national men’s knockout cup, bringing professional and amateur clubs from across the country into one competition. Governed by the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol (AUF), it was established in 2022 to strengthen links between Montevideo’s professional game and football from the interior.
Identity and purpose
The Copa AUF Uruguay occupies a distinctive place in the Uruguayan football ecosystem. Unlike a league, in which clubs accumulate points over a long season, it is decided through a sequence of individual knockout matches. Its purpose is to create a national route to silverware for clubs operating at very different levels of the pyramid, from Primera División and Segunda División sides to amateur teams and prominent clubs from the interior.
That broad entry point gives the competition a role beyond determining a cup winner. It enables smaller clubs to host or face established professional opponents, gives players from lower levels a national stage and brings together football communities that do not regularly meet in league competition. The tournament therefore reflects the geographic and sporting diversity of Uruguay while maintaining a direct route to a major national title.
Origins and development
The competition was launched in 2022 as part of an effort to modernise the domestic structure and integrate interior football more closely with the professional game. The recorded competition coverage runs from 2022 through 2025, across four recorded seasons. The first recorded event in the available competition record is dated 10 August 2024; this date should be understood as the beginning of the documented match coverage rather than as a replacement for the competition’s 2022 formation year.
The AUF sets the competition framework, regulations and schedule. Interior participation is connected with the Organización del Fútbol del Interior (OFI), helping regional clubs access the national stage alongside teams from the AUF’s professional and amateur divisions.
Who can enter
Access is designed to extend across the football pyramid. The field typically includes clubs from the Primera División and Segunda División, teams from the Primera División Amateur and Divisional D, and selected interior sides associated with OFI competitions, including the Copa Nacional de Clubes. Qualification may be linked to league performance, regional competition or preliminary rounds, depending on the edition’s structure.
The number of participating teams is not fixed in the supplied competition information and may vary substantially between editions. The recorded material describes fields ranging from approximately 32 to 80 clubs. Lower-ranked and amateur teams may therefore need to progress through preliminary stages before reaching the principal national draw.
Knockout format and progression
Copa Uruguay uses a single-elimination format. A club advances by winning its individual tie; there is no league table and no points system. The competition can include preliminary phases followed by rounds such as the Round of 32, Round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, although the precise number of entrants and stages can change from one edition to another.
Early-round pairings are commonly structured to bring professional teams into contact with lower-division or amateur opposition. Hosting arrangements may favour the lower-ranked or amateur club, supporting the tournament’s national and inclusive purpose. Semi-finals and the final are generally played as single matches at neutral venues selected by the AUF. The Estadio Centenario has been used as a prominent venue for major fixtures, but the final location is an edition-specific matter rather than a permanent rule.
Match rules and tie-breakers
Matches are played over 90 minutes of regulation time. In most knockout rounds, a draw after regulation leads directly to a penalty shootout, with no extra time. The final has historically been treated differently in some editions, with two 15-minute periods of extra time possible before penalties if the score remains level. Because the precise regulations can vary by edition, the applicable competition rules should be used when interpreting a particular match or season.
Calendar and sporting stakes
The competition is staged within the Uruguayan football calendar, with the available material indicating that editions commonly begin in August and conclude between October and December. Scheduling can differ according to the number of preliminary rounds, the participation of clubs from multiple divisions and the wider domestic fixture programme.
The prize is both domestic and continental. For the 2025 edition, the champion’s reward included qualification for the first phase of the following year’s Copa Libertadores. The winner also qualifies to play for the Supercopa Uruguaya against the league champion, as specified in the supplied competition material. These opportunities give the cup significance beyond its knockout rounds, particularly for an amateur or lower-division side that would not normally have a direct path to continental competition.
The Copa AUF Uruguay also carries practical value. Prize money has been associated with infrastructure projects, allowing successful clubs to invest in facilities and long-term development. Its combination of national reach, sudden-death progression and encounters between amateur challengers and professional giants makes it one of Uruguay’s most distinctive modern football competitions.