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Colombian Women's Football League

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Liga Betplay Dimayor Femenina
Founded2017
CountryColombia
ConfederationCONMEBOL
Number of teams15 (in 2024)
Level on pyramid1
International cup(s)Copa Libertadores Femenina
Current championsDeportivo Cali (2nd title)
(2024)
Most championshipsSanta Fe (3 titles)
TV partnersWin Sports
Win+ Fútbol
WebsiteOfficial Site
Current: 2024 season

The Liga Femenina Profesional de Fútbol Colombiano (Colombian Professional Women's Football League) or Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR (sponsored name) is the top level women's football league in Colombia. The first season was held in 2017, with 18 teams taking part. The champion qualifies to the Copa Libertadores Femenina.[1]

History

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Colombia women's football had only regional leagues until 2016. The entrant to the Copa Libertadores Femenina was decided in a tournament called Copa Pre-Libertadores, in which non-professional clubs took part. The winning team in all editions was Formas Íntimas. In 2016 a tournament called Campeonato Nacional Interclubes was held, organized by the División Aficionada del Fútbol Colombiano (Difútbol). About 40 teams played in four stages for the championship. Generaciones Palmiranas won the final 6–5 on aggregate over Molino Viejo and qualified to the 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina.[2]

With the approval of Dimayor, the first professional women's football league was organized and played starting from 2017, with 18 out of Dimayor's 36 affiliate clubs, which were split into 3 groups of 6. It was planned to create a second level league to which new clubs would have entered starting from 2018, but this did not happen. A national women's league is a requirement to host the FIFA Women's World Cup, in which Colombia showed interest for the 2023 edition.[3]

Format

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In 2017 the 18 teams were divided into three groups of six. After playing each other twice, the top two in each group and the best two third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals, with the winners going on to play the semi-finals and finals. All matches in the knockout stages were played as double-legged series. The tournament lasted five months between February and June.

In 2018 the 23 teams were divided into three groups of six and one group of five. After playing each other twice, the top two in each group advanced to the quarter-finals, with the winners going on to play the semi-finals and finals. All matches in the knockout stages were played as double-legged series. The tournament lasted four months between February and May.

Teams

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Notably absent from the list of clubs is Formas Íntimas, who have joined alliances with professional clubs such as Envigado (from 2017 to 2018), Independiente Medellín (from 2019 to 2022), and Atlético Nacional (from 2023 onwards) since participation in the league is restricted to professional clubs (DIMAYOR affiliates) only.[4] The following 15 clubs are taking part in the 2024 season:[5]

List of finals

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Ed. Season Champion Scores Runner-up
1
 2017[6] Santa Fe (1) 2–1, 1–0 Atlético Huila
2
 2018[7] Atlético Huila (1) 0–1, 2–1 (3–0 p) Atlético Nacional
3
 2019 América de Cali (1) 2–0, 1–2 Independiente Medellín
4
 2020 Santa Fe (2) 2–1, 2–0 América de Cali
5
 2021 Deportivo Cali (1) 4–1, 2–2 Santa Fe
6
 2022 América de Cali (2) 1–2, 3–1 Deportivo Cali
7
 2023 Santa Fe (3) 2–0, 0–0 América de Cali
8
 2024 Deportivo Cali (2) 2–1, 2–0 Santa Fe

Titles by club

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Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runners-up years
Santa Fe 3 2 2017, 2020, 2023 2021, 2024
América de Cali 2 2 2019, 2022 2020, 2023
Deportivo Cali 2 1 2021, 2024 2022
Atlético Huila 1 1 2018 2017
Atlético Nacional 0 1 — 2018
Independiente Medellín 0 1 — 2019

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Así se jugará la Liga Femenina Águila 2017 | HSB Noticias". hsbnoticias.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-21.
  2. ^ "Generaciones Palmiranas se quedó con el título del Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Femenino" (in Spanish). elpais.com.co. 23 November 2016. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Colombia tendrá liga femenina de fútbol". 20 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Junior, Medellín, Nacional y Millonarios no jugarán la Liga Femenina". 18 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Así se jugará la Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR 2024" [This is how the 2024 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR will be played] (in Spanish). Dimayor. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  6. ^ "¡Santa Fe, primer campeón de la Liga femenina!" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Atlético Huila, el nuevo campeón de la Liga Femenina" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 31 May 2018.
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