Copa de la Liga Profesional

Copa de la Liga Profesional
	The trophy awarded to the champions
Organising body	Liga Profesional de Fútbol (LPF)
Founded	2020
Region	Argentina
Qualifier for	Copa Libertadores Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional
Current champions	Estudiantes (LP) (2024)
Most successful club(s)	Boca Juniors (2 titles)
Television broadcasters	ESPN Premium; TNT Sports; ESPN; TyC Sports;
Website	ligaprofesional.ar
	2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional

The Copa de la Liga Profesional (English: Professional League Cup; officially named "Copa Diego Armando Maradona" in its first edition)^[1] is an official Argentine football cup competition. The cup was planned and organised by the "Liga Profesional de Fútbol", a body linked to the Argentine Football Association (AFA) that replaced the defunct Superliga Argentina.^[2] This cup was conceived as a contingency competition after the schedule for a regular league season had been repeatedly delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

After the death of Diego Maradona in November 2020, the competition was named after him.^[3] Nevertheless, the LPF executives decided to suppress the "Diego Maradona" name to keep distance from the conflict between Maradona's heirs and lawyer Matías Morla, owner of the brand and former representative of Maradona.^[4]^[5]

Boca Juniors was the first champion of the competition, after beating Banfield in the final.^[6]

^ "Copa Diego Maradona" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 25 November 2020. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
^ "Quién es quién en una AFA nueva que recupera los viejos poderes" (in Spanish). Clarín. 19 May 2020.
^ "Hasta siempre, Diego" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 25 November 2020. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
^ El nombre "Diego Maradona" no va más on TyC
^ La AFA, forzada a cambiar el nombre del torneo por el litigio de la herencia on La Nación, 1 Feb 2021
^ "Boca es el campeón" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 17 January 2021. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

[1] "Copa Diego Maradona" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 25 November 2020. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

[2] "Quién es quién en una AFA nueva que recupera los viejos poderes" (in Spanish). Clarín. 19 May 2020.

[3] "Hasta siempre, Diego" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 25 November 2020. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

[4] El nombre "Diego Maradona" no va más on TyC

[5] La AFA, forzada a cambiar el nombre del torneo por el litigio de la herencia on La Nación, 1 Feb 2021

[6] "Boca es el campeón" (in Spanish). Liga Profesional de Fútbol. 17 January 2021. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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