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Liga BetPlay Dimayor
Season2021
Dates16 January – December 2021
Matches played33
Goals scored66 (2 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Jefferson Duque and
David Lemos (3 goals each)
Biggest home winAtlético Nacional 5–2 Dep. Pereira
(30 January)
Biggest away winÁguilas Doradas 0–2 Santa Fe
(30 January)
Highest scoringAtlético Nacional 5–2 Dep. Pereira
(30 January)
Millonarios 4–3 Once Caldas
(1 February)
← 2020
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 4 February 2021.

The 2021 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2021 Liga BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship reasons) is the 74th season of the Categoría Primera A, Colombia's top-flight football league. The season began on 16 January and is scheduled to conclude in December 2021. América de Cali entered the season as defending champions having won back-to-back titles in the 2019 Finalización and 2020 tournaments.[1]

Format

The competition format for this season was approved by the General Assembly of DIMAYOR on 17 December 2020:[2][3]

  • Two tournaments with three stages each will be played in the season. The Torneo Apertura will be contested by 19 teams, while the Torneo Finalización will be played by 20 teams.
  • The first stage of both tournaments will be contested on a single round-robin basis, with each team playing the other teams once for a total of 18 or 19 games. The additional match against a regional rival will not be played in this season. The top eight teams after the 19 rounds of each tournament will qualify for the next stage.
  • The second stage will a knockout round contested by the top eight teams at the end of the first stage, with the top four teams being seeded for the quarter-finals and paired against a rival decided by draw. The quarter-finals will be played under a format of double-legged series with the winners advancing to the semi-finals, which will also be played over two legs.
  • The finals in both tournaments will be contested by the winners of each semi-final tie, playing a double-legged series for the championship.
  • One team will be relegated to Categoría Primera B at the end of the Torneo Apertura, being replaced in the Torneo Finalización by two teams promoted from the Primera B in order to return to 20 teams for the second half of the year. This is due to the decision of DIMAYOR's General Assembly to postpone relegation from the 2020 season to the end of the first semester of 2021, in order to ensure teams could be able to play the same amount of matches as originally scheduled before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the temporary suspension of the previous season.[4] At the end of the Torneo Finalización and the season, two teams will be relegated to the second tier.

Teams

21 teams will take part in the season, 19 of them returning from last season plus two teams to be promoted from the 2021 Primera B. Cúcuta Deportivo, who also competed in the top flight in 2020, will not take part in the competition this season as they entered liquidation, were forced to forfeit their final two games of the previous tournament, and were ultimately disaffiliated from DIMAYOR on 25 November 2020.[5][6][7]

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Locations of the 2021 Categoría Primera A teams

Stadia and locations

Team Manager City Stadium Capacity
Águilas Doradas Colombia Hubert Bodhert Rionegro Alberto Grisales 14,000
Alianza Petrolera Colombia Wilson Gutiérrez Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata 10,400
América de Cali Argentina Juan Cruz Real Cali Pascual Guerrero 33,130
Atlético Bucaramanga Uruguay Guillermo Sanguinetti Bucaramanga Alfonso López 28,000
Atlético Nacional Costa Rica Alexandre Guimarães Medellín Atanasio Girardot 40,043
Boyacá Chicó Mexico Mario García (caretaker) Tunja La Independencia 20,630
Deportes Tolima Colombia Hernán Torres Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro 28,100
Deportivo Cali Uruguay Alfredo Arias Palmira Deportivo Cali 44,000
Deportivo Pasto Colombia Diego Corredor Pasto Departamental Libertad 20,665
Deportivo Pereira Uruguay Jorge Artigas Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas 30,297
Envigado Spain José Arastey Envigado Polideportivo Sur 11,000
Independiente Medellín Colombia Hernán Darío Gómez Medellín Atanasio Girardot 40,043
Jaguares Colombia Alberto Suárez Montería Jaraguay 12,000
Junior Colombia Luis Amaranto Perea Barranquilla Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez 49,692
La Equidad Colombia Alexis García Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 8,000
Millonarios Colombia Alberto Gamero Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín 36,343
Manizales Palogrande[note 1] 28,678
Once Caldas Colombia Eduardo Lara Manizales Palogrande 28,678
Patriotas Spain Abel Segovia Tunja La Independencia 20,630
Santa Fe Colombia Harold Rivera Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín 36,343
  1. ^ Used by Millonarios for their home match against Envigado due to Estadio El Campín being unavailable per measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in Bogotá.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Atlético Nacional Colombia Alejandro Restrepo End of caretaker spell 28 November 2020 Pre-season Costa Rica Alexandre Guimarães 30 November 2020[8]
Alianza Petrolera Colombia Dayron Montesino 9 December 2020 Colombia Wilson Gutiérrez 23 November 2020[9]
Independiente Medellín Colombia Humberto Sierra 10 December 2020[10] Colombia Hernán Darío Gómez 11 December 2020[11]
Águilas Doradas Venezuela Francesco Stifano End of contract 12 December 2020[12] Colombia Hubert Bodhert 4 January 2021[13]
Deportivo Pereira Colombia Alexis Márquez End of caretaker spell 22 December 2020 Uruguay Jorge Artigas 30 December 2020[14]
Once Caldas Colombia Hubert Bodhert Resigned 1 January 2021[15] Colombia Eduardo Lara 3 January 2021[16]
Boyacá Chicó Colombia Belmer Aguilar Sacked 14 January 2021[17] Mexico Mario García (caretaker) 14 January 2021[17]

Torneo Apertura

First stage

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Cali 4 3 1 0 4 1 +3 10 Advance to the knockout stage
2 Junior 4 3 0 1 5 3 +2 9
3 Atlético Nacional 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7
4 Jaguares 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7
5 Millonarios 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
6 La Equidad 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7
7 Independiente Medellín 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 7
8 Santa Fe 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
9 Deportivo Pasto 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
10 Deportes Tolima 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
11 Atlético Bucaramanga 4 1 1 2 3 3 0 4
12 Águilas Doradas 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
13 América de Cali 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
14 Envigado 4 0 2 2 2 4 −2 2
15 Deportivo Pereira 4 0 2 2 4 8 −4 2
16 Once Caldas 3 0 1 2 5 7 −2 1
17 Patriotas 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
18 Alianza Petrolera 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
19 Boyacá Chicó 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2021. Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Effective time of play, 7) Drawing of lots.

Results

Home \ Away AGU APE AME BUC NAC BOY TOL CAL PAS PER ENV DIM JAG JUN EQU MIL ONC PAT SFE
Águilas Doradas — — — — — — — — — — 0–2
Alianza Petrolera 1–2 — — — — — 2–2 — — — — —
América de Cali 1–1 — — 0–0 — — — — — — a — —
Atlético Bucaramanga — — — 2–0 — — — 0–1 — — — —
Atlético Nacional — a — — — — — 5–2 — — — — 2–0
Boyacá Chicó — — — — 0–1 — — — — — —
Deportes Tolima — — — — — — — — 1–0 — 1–1 —
Deportivo Cali a — — — — 1–1 — 1–0 — — — — —
Deportivo Pasto — 0–0 — — — — — — 2–2 — — —
Deportivo Pereira — — — — 0–0 0–1 — — — — — —
Envigado — — — — — — 0–1 — 1–1 — — —
Independiente Medellín — — — a — — — — — 0–0 — 2–1 —
Jaguares 2–0 2–1 — — — — — — — — — —
Junior 2–1 — — — — — 1–0 — — — — —
La Equidad — — — 1–0 — — — — — 1–0 — —
Millonarios — — — a — a 1–0 — — — — 4–3 — —
Once Caldas — — — — — 1–2 — — — — —
Patriotas — — 1–1 — — — — — — — —
Santa Fe — — — — — — — — — a 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2021. Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

As of 4 February 2021
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Colombia Jefferson Duque Atlético Nacional 3
Colombia David Lemos Once Caldas
3 Colombia Miguel Borja Junior 2
Colombia Bryan Castrillón Deportivo Pereira
Colombia Diego Herazo La Equidad
Colombia Juan Sebastián Herrera Deportivo Pasto
Colombia José Lloreda Jaguares
Colombia Santiago Moreno América de Cali
Argentina Agustín Palavecino Deportivo Cali
Colombia Pablo Sabbag La Equidad
Colombia Óscar Vanegas Patriotas
Argentina Agustín Vuletich Independiente Medellín

Source: Soccerway

Relegation

A separate table is kept to determine the teams that get relegated to the Categoría Primera B for the next season. This table is elaborated from a sum of all first stage games played for the current season and the previous two seasons. For purposes of elaborating the table, promoted teams are given the same point and goal tallies as the team in the 18th position at the start of the season.

Due to the postponement of promotion and relegation from the previous season to the end of the first semester of 2021 and the disaffiliation of Cúcuta Deportivo, one team will be relegated to Primera B at the end of the Torneo Apertura.

Pos
 Team 2018
Pts 		2019
Pts 		2020
Pts 		2021
Pts 		Total
Pld 		Total
GF 		Total
GA 		Total
GD 		Total
Pts 		Relegation
1 Atlético Nacional 71 66 35 7 102 150 100 50 179
2 Deportes Tolima 72 64 37 5 101 139 85 54 178
3 Deportivo Cali 58 67 34 10 102 137 98 39 169
4 Junior 62 63 33 9 102 123 80 43 167
5 Independiente Medellín 69 59 20 7 102 148 122 26 155
6 Millonarios 51 67 30 7 101 130 107 23 155
7 Once Caldas 63 56 29 1 101 125 105 20 149
8 América de Cali 47 67 33 2 101 129 122 7 149
9 Santa Fe 56 46 40 6 101 123 87 36 148
10 La Equidad 61 42 32 7 102 115 102 13 142
11 Águilas Doradas 57 40 31 4 101 111 123 –12 132
12 Atlético Bucaramanga 58 46 21 4 102 106 122 –16 129
13 Deportivo Pasto 35 54 34 5 101 99 100 –1 128
14 Envigado 46 47 23 2 102 108 124 –16 118
15 Alianza Petrolera 42 55 20 1 101 105 133 –28 117
16 Patriotas 49 50 17 1 101 85 120 –34 116
17 Jaguares 39 38 17 7 102 86 146 –60 101
18 Deportivo Pereira 39 38 18 2 102 81 145 –64 97
19 Boyacá Chicó 39 38 15 1 101 74 150 –72 93 Relegation to Categoría Primera B

Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored.

References

  1. ^ "¡América de Cali, bicampeón del fútbol colombiano!" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 27 December 2020.
  2. ^ "SÍNTESIS DE LA ASAMBLEA EXTRAORDINARIA DE LA DIMAYOR" (in Spanish). Dimayor. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. ^ "La Liga 2021-I ya tiene fecha: así se jugará el campeonato colombiano" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  4. ^ "El FPC no tendrá descenso en el 2020" (in Spanish). Marca Colombia. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  5. ^ "¿Qué va a pasar con el Cúcuta? La explicación de Dimayor" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  6. ^ "RESOLUCIÓN NO. 022 DE 2020" (in Spanish). Dimayor. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  7. ^ "¡Atención! Dimayor tomó la decisión de desafiliar al Cúcuta Deportivo" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Alexandre Guimarães es nuevo técnico de Atlético Nacional" (in Spanish). AS Colombia. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Wilson Gutiérrez, nuevo director técnico de Alianza Petrolera" (in Spanish). AS Colombia. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Independiente Medellín confirmó la salida de Humberto Sierra" (in Spanish). Minuto 30. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Con emotivo video: DIM presentó a Hernán Darío Gómez como su nuevo DT" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Confirmado. Francesco Stifano no va más como DT de Águilas Doradas" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Hubert Bodhert, nuevo director técnico de Águilas Doradas" (in Spanish). AS Colombia. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Deportivo Pereira ya se prepara para el 2021: anunció a Jorge Artigas como nuevo entrenador" (in Spanish). Gol Caracol. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  15. ^ "Once Caldas arranca el 2021 sin director técnico: sorpresiva decisión" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  16. ^ "Once Caldas tiene nuevo entrenador tras salida de Hubert Bodhert" (in Spanish). Antena 2. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  17. ^ a b "Bélmer Aguilar dejó de ser el técnico de Chicó, sin jugarse la primera fecha del fútbol colombiano" (in Spanish). Gol Caracol. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
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