Summary
The Categoría Primera A (COL1), or 2025 Liga BetPlay Dimayor, is the top level of league style football competition in Colombia. At the end of the 2025 COL1 Torneo Finalización, the COL1 teams listed below qualify for the following 2026 non-league play:
- 2026 Copa Libertadores - Group Stage:
- 2025 Torneo Apertura champion
- 2025 Torneo Finalización champion
- 2026 Copa Libertadores - 2nd Stage:
- 1st and 2nd best 2025 COL1 Aggregate Table team without a 2026 Copa Libertadores berth
- 2026 Copa Sudamericana - 1st Stage:
- 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th best 2025 COL1 Aggregate Table teams without a 2026 Copa Libertadores berth
The 2025 COL1 Aggregate Table combines points from "all" 2025 COL1 Torneo Apertura and Torneo Finalización matches (Regular and Playoff) to rank teams by average points/match.
Leagues Pyramid - Colombia
| Abbrev | League | # of Teams |
|---|---|---|
| COL1 | Liga BetPlay Dimayor (Categoría Primera A) | 20 |
| COL2 | Torneo Águila (Categoría Primera B) | 16 |
Competition Structure
Season | # of Teams | ||
| Apertura - Regular 24 Jan 2025 - 24 May 2025 Apertura - Playoffs 27 May 2025 - 24 Jun 2025 | Finalización - Regular 15 Jul 2025 - 19 Oct 2025 Finalización - Playoffs 22 Oct 2025 - 14 Dec 2025 | 20: COL1 (18), COL2 (2) | |
Season Format
The 2025 COL1 season is split into the 2025 Torneo Apertura and the 2025 Torneo Finalización, and each with three stages. In the 1st stage of each torneo, each COL1 team plays the other 19 COL1 teams once for 19 matches (38 total matches per season). If a COL1 team was the home team in the 2025 COL1 Torneo Apertura against another COL1 team, then they are the road team and the other COL1 team is the home team in the 2025 COL1 Torneo Finalización. Table rankings ties are broken by (1) goal difference, (2) goals scored, (3) away goals scored, (4) away goals allowed, (5) yellow cards, (6) red cards, then (7) a drawing.
Playoffs
Upon completion of each torneo, the top 8 COL1 teams are split into two groups of four (the "Quadrangular"). In each Quadrangular, each team plays Home/Away matches against the other 3 teams in their group. The top teams in each group play in a Home/Away highest aggregate wins Finals. Table rankings ties are broken by (1) goal difference, (2) goals scored, (3) away goals scored, (4) away goals allowed, then (5) a draw. The Semifinals group winners then play in the Home-Away highest aggregate goals wins Finals matches. The Finals winner is declared the torneo champion and earns a berth in the 2026 Copa Libertadores - Group Stage.
Relegation
At the end of the 2025 Torneo Finalización, the 19th and 20th place COL1 teams in the 2025 COL1 Relegation Table are relegated to the COL2, and two COL2 teams will be promoted to the 2026 COL1. For purposes of giving teams that were promoted to the 2025 COL1 a fair starting point in the 2025 COL1 Relegation Table, they were given the same points as the 18th place 2025 COL1 Aggregate Table team at the start of the 2025 COL1 season.
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Torneo Apertura
| League | Home | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | América de Cali | 19 | 10 -6-3 | 36 | - | 27 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 7 -2-0 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 3 -4-3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 2 | Deportes Tolima | 19 | 10 -6-3 | 36 | - | 29 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 7 -2-0 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 -4-3 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| 3 | Atlético Nacional | 19 | 10 -5-4 | 35 | - | 35 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 8 -1-0 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 2 -4-4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | Millonarios FC | 19 | 10 -5-4 | 35 | - | 26 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 6 -2-1 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 -3-3 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 3 |
| 5 | Junior de Barranquilla | 19 | 9 -7-3 | 34 | - | 23 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 6 -3-1 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 -4-2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | Independiente Santa Fe | 19 | 9 -6-4 | 33 | - | 27 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 -5-1 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 5 -1-3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Independiente Medellín | 19 | 8 -8-3 | 32 | - | 19 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 5 -4-1 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 -4-2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | Deportivo Pasto | 19 | 8 -5-6 | 29 | - | 19 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 7 -2-1 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 -3-5 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -7 |
| 9 | CD Once Caldas | 18 | 8 -3-7 | 27 | - | 22 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 6 -1-2 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 -2-5 | 8 | 5 | 14 | -9 |
| 10 | CA Bucaramanga | 19 | 7 -5-7 | 26 | - | 22 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 4 -2-3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 -3-4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| 11 | Alianza Petrolera | 19 | 7 -5-7 | 26 | - | 17 | 20 | -3 | 9 | 4 -3-2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 -2-5 | 11 | 7 | 13 | -6 |
| 12 | Deportivo Pereira SA | 19 | 6 -7-6 | 25 | - | 18 | 20 | -2 | 9 | 5 -4-0 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 -3-6 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -10 |
| 13 | AC Deportivo Cali | 19 | 5 -9-5 | 24 | - | 14 | 16 | -2 | 10 | 4 -5-1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 -4-4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | -6 |
| 14 | Fortaleza FC | 19 | 5 -5-9 | 20 | - | 15 | 24 | -9 | 9 | 4 -3-2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 -2-7 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -10 |
| 15 | Boyacá Chicó FC | 19 | 4 -8-7 | 20 | - | 12 | 27 | -15 | 10 | 3 -4-3 | 13 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 9 | 1 -4-4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -11 |
| 16 | Águilas Doradas | 19 | 3 -9-7 | 18 | - | 14 | 17 | -3 | 10 | 2 -4-4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 9 | 1 -5-3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | -1 |
| 17 | Envigado FC | 19 | 5 -3-11 | 18 | - | 15 | 27 | -12 | 9 | 2 -2-5 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 10 | 3 -1-6 | 10 | 7 | 11 | -4 |
| 18 | Llaneros FC (CO) | 19 | 5 -2-12 | 17 | - | 18 | 27 | -9 | 10 | 4 -1-5 | 13 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 9 | 1 -1-7 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -8 |
| 19 | CD La Equidad | 19 | 2 -4-13 | 10 | - | 13 | 32 | -19 | 10 | 2 -2-6 | 8 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 9 | 0 -2-7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | -13 |
| 20 | AD Unión Magdalena | 18 | 0 -8-10 | 8 | - | 13 | 27 | -14 | 9 | 0 -6-3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 9 | 0 -2-7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | -9 |
Apertura - Quardrangular | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fixtures
 | Llaneros FC (CO) | Estadio Polideportivo Sur |
 | AD Unión Magdalena | Estadio Metropolitano de Techo |
 | Boyacá Chicó FC | Estadio El Campín |
 | Independiente Santa Fe | Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau |
 | Deportivo Pasto | Estadio Américo Montanini |
 | AC Deportivo Cali | Estadio Palogrande |
 | Independiente Medellín | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero |
 | Junior de Barranquilla | Estadio Atanasio Giradot |
 | Águilas Doradas | Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro |
Results
 | FT | CD La Equidad | Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
| 20 | Deportivo Pereira SA | Estadio Atanasio Giradot |
| 13 | Deportes Tolima | Estadio Bello Horizonte - Rey Pelé |
| 02 | América de Cali | Estadio Sierra Nevada |
| 21 | CD Once Caldas | Estadio Departamental Libertad |
| 21 | Atlético Nacional | Estadio Alberto Grisales |
| 21 | Alianza Petrolera | Estadio de La Independencia (Tunja) |
| 02 | Independiente Santa Fe | Estadio Deportivo Cali |
| 14 | CA Bucaramanga | Estadio Metropolitano de Techo |
| 10 | Envigado FC | Estadio El Campín |
| 21 | Fortaleza FC | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez |
| 01 | Deportes Tolima | Estadio Atanasio Giradot |
| 10 | Deportivo Pasto | Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
| 22 | Millonarios FC | Estadio Palogrande |
| 21 | Llaneros FC (CO) | Estadio Atanasio Giradot |
| 20 | AC Deportivo Cali | Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau |
| 21 | Junior de Barranquilla | Estadio El Campín |
| 40 | CD La Equidad | Estadio Metropolitano de Techo |
| 02 | Águilas Doradas | Estadio Polideportivo Sur |
| 20 | Independiente Medellín | Estadio Américo Montanini |