Colón in crisis: out of the 2026 Copa Argentina 😱 | OneFootball

The reality can no longer be disguised, and Colón's 2025 has been a nightmare. So much so that it's already a given that they won't compete in the 2026 Argentina Cup. Another sign of the sporting collapse. For the first time since the tournament resumed in 2011, the Sabalero will not be part of the main draw.

An unprecedented and painful absence for an institution. Far from competing for promotion, the Sabalero is sunk in the table of Zone B of the Primera Nacional, with only 28 points in 28 dates, 16 units from the last place in the Reduced. Although mathematically it still has chances —there are 18 units left in play—, the present is far from allowing any kind of illusion. The fight, incredibly, is no longer to rise: it's to not fall further.

Why won't Colón play the next Argentina Cup?

The Argentina Cup regulations state that 15 teams from the Primera Nacional qualify for the 32nd finals, divided as follows: the first seven from each zone (A and B), plus the best eighth in the general table (according to points, goal difference, goals in favor and, if necessary, draw). Today, that lot is already too far for Colón, both in numbers and in performance.

The team from Santa Fe is a shadow of what it once was. With four coaches in the year and an alarming lack of answers on the field, it ended up condemned to a forgettable campaign, whose only objective in this final stretch will be to avoid the greater disaster: losing the category.

The early elimination from the Argentina Cup (on penalties against San Martín de Tucumán) hurts not only for its symbolic value but also for what it represents in economic and visibility terms. A disgrace that fully reflects the deep sporting and institutional crisis that the club is going through. At this point, talking about reconstruction seems little. The urgent thing is to avoid greater evils, straighten the course however possible and assume, without further excuses, that Colón's present is far from its recent history.

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