Summary
The Categoría Primera A (COL1), or 2020 Liga BetPlay Dimayor, is the top level of league style football competition in Colombia. At the end of the 2020 COL1 Torneo Finalización, the COL1 teams listed below qualify for the following 2021 non-league play:
- 2021 Copa Libertadores - Group Stage:
- 1st and 2nd place 2020 Torneo Apertura teams
- 2021 Copa Libertadores - 2nd Stage:
- 3rd place 2020 Torneo Apertura team
- 2021 Copa Sudamericana - 1st Stage:
- 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th place 2020 Torneo Apertura teams
The winner of the 2020 Copa Colombiana, typically a COL1 team, also receives a berth in the 2021 Copa Libertadores - 2nd Stage.
Due to COVID-19, the 2020 Torneo Finalización was cancelled, the 2020 Torneo Apertura was extended to mid-November 2020, and relegation after the 2020 tournaments was suspended.
Leagues Pyramid - Colombia
Abbrev | League | # of Teams |
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COL1 | Liga BetPlay Dimayor (Categoría Primera A) | 20 |
COL2 | Torneo Águila (Categoría Primera B) | 16 |
Competition Structure
Season | # of Teams | ||
Apertura - Regular 23 Jan 2020 - 15 Nov 2020 Apertura - Playoffs 18 Nov 2020 - 30 Dec 2020 | Finalización - Regular Cancelled Finalización - Playoffs Cancelled | 20: COL1 (18), COL2 (2) |
Season Format
The 2020 COL1 season is split into two stages. In the 1st stage, each COL1 team plays the other 19 COL1 teams once and their local rival twice for 20 total matches. Table rankings ties are broken by (1) goal difference, (2) goals scored, (3) away goals scored, (4) away goals allowed, then (5) a draw.
Playoffs
Normally, in the 2nd stage of each torneo, the Apertura/Finalización Semifinals, the top 8 COL1 teams are separated into two groups of four where they play Home-Away matches against the other 3 teams in their group. However, with the 2020 Copa America being held in both Argentina and Colombia, only 4 teams in the Apertura will advance to the Home-Away Semifinal matches. 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 2021 Copa Libertadores - Group Stage.
Relegation
Due to COVID-19, relegation is postponed until 2021.
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Championship - Finals
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Aggregate | América de Cali | 32 | Independiente Santa Fe |
20.12.20 | América de Cali | 30 | Independiente Santa Fe | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero |
27.12.20 | Independiente Santa Fe | 20 | América de Cali | Estadio El Campín |
Championship - Semifinals
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Aggregate | CD La Equidad | 23 | Independiente Santa Fe |
05.12.20 | CD La Equidad | 11 | Independiente Santa Fe | Estadio Metropolitano de Techo |
12.12.20 | Independiente Santa Fe | 21 | CD La Equidad | Estadio El Campín |
Aggregate | América de Cali | 21 | Junior de Barranquilla |
06.12.20 | América de Cali | 00 | Junior de Barranquilla | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero |
13.12.20 | Junior de Barranquilla | 12 | América de Cali | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez |
Championship - Quarterfinals
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Aggregate | CD La Equidad | 21 | AC Deportivo Cali |
21.11.20 | CD La Equidad | 11 | AC Deportivo Cali | Estadio Metropolitano de Techo |
28.11.20 | AC Deportivo Cali | 01 | CD La Equidad | Estadio Deportivo Cali |
Aggregate | América de Cali | 42 | Atlético Nacional |
21.11.20 | América de Cali | 12 | Atlético Nacional | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero |
28.11.20 | Atlético Nacional | 03 | América de Cali | Estadio Atanasio Giradot |
Aggregate | Junior de Barranquilla | 20 | Deportes Tolima |
22.11.20 | Junior de Barranquilla | 10 | Deportes Tolima | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez |
29.11.20 | Deportes Tolima | 01 | Junior de Barranquilla | Estadio Metropolitano de Techo |
Aggregate | Deportivo Pasto | 12 | Independiente Santa Fe |
22.11.20 | Deportivo Pasto | 10 | Independiente Santa Fe | Estadio Departamental Libertad |
29.11.20 | Independiente Santa Fe | 20 | Deportivo Pasto | Estadio El Campín |
COPASUD Playoff - Final
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
AC Deportivo Cali | 11 | Millonarios FC | Estadio Deportivo Cali |
COPASUD Liguilla - Finals
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Millonarios FC | 10 | Deportivo Pereira SA | Estadio El Campín |
COPASUD Liguilla - Semifinal
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Deportivo Pereira SA | 11 | CA Bucaramanga | Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas | |||
Deportivo Pereira SA advances on PKs (3-2) |
Millonarios FC | 00 | CD Once Caldas | Estadio El Campín | |||
Millonarios FC advances on PKs (7-6) |
Liguilla
Group A | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | Deportivo Pereira SA (COL1) | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Independiente Medellín (COL1) | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Rionegro Águilas (COL1) | 2 | 0 -2-0 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
4 | Envigado FC (COL1) | 2 | 0 -1-1 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Next Round Possible Next Round |
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
26.11.20 | Rionegro Águilas | 11 | Envigado FC | Estadio Alberto Grisales |
27.11.20 | Independiente Medellín | 12 | Deportivo Pereira SA | Estadio Atanasio Giradot |
01.12.20 | Deportivo Pereira SA | 22 | Rionegro Águilas | Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
02.12.20 | Envigado FC | 03 | Independiente Medellín | Estadio Polideportivo Sur |
09.12.20 | Envigado FC | 01 | Deportivo Pereira SA | Estadio Polideportivo Sur |
Rionegro Águilas | 21 | Independiente Medellín | Estadio Alberto Grisales |
Group B | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | Millonarios FC (COL1) | 2 | 2 -0-0 | 6 | - | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
2 | Patriotas FC (COL1) | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
3 | CD Once Caldas (COL1) | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | -3 |
4 | Boyacá Chicó FC (COL1) | 2 | 0 -0-2 | 0 | - | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
Next Round Possible Next Round |
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
28.11.20 | Millonarios FC | 52 | CD Once Caldas | Estadio El Campín |
30.11.20 | Boyacá Chicó FC | 13 | Patriotas FC | Estadio de La Independencia (Tunja) |
04.12.20 | Patriotas FC | 23 | Millonarios FC | Estadio de La Independencia (Tunja) |
05.12.20 | CD Once Caldas | 10 | Boyacá Chicó FC | Estadio Palogrande |
09.12.20 | Millonarios FC | 20 | Boyacá Chicó FC | Estadio El Campín |
CD Once Caldas | 20 | Patriotas FC | Estadio Palogrande |
Group C | League | Home | Road | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | CA Bucaramanga (COL1) | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Jaguares de Córdoba (COL1) | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 -0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Alianza Petrolera (COL1) | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | - | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 0 -0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -1 |
Next Round Possible Next Round |
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
27.11.20 | CA Bucaramanga | 32 | Alianza Petrolera | Estadio Alfonso López |
03.12.20 | Jaguares de Córdoba | 00 | CA Bucaramanga | Estadio de Fútbol Jaraguay de Montería |
09.12.20 | Alianza Petrolera | 22 | Jaguares de Córdoba | Estadio Daniel Villa Zapata |
League | Home | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Independiente Santa Fe | 20 | 11 -7-2 | 40 | - | 34 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 7 -3-0 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 4 -4-2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
2 | Deportes Tolima | 20 | 10 -7-3 | 37 | - | 30 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 5 -3-2 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 -4-1 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 7 |
3 | Atlético Nacional | 20 | 10 -5-5 | 35 | - | 39 | 31 | 8 | 10 | 4 -4-2 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 6 -1-3 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 3 |
4 | AC Deportivo Cali | 20 | 8 -10-2 | 34 | - | 32 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 6 -3-1 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 -7-1 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
5 | Deportivo Pasto | 20 | 9 -7-4 | 34 | - | 27 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 6 -2-2 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 3 -5-2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
6 | Junior de Barranquilla | 20 | 8 -9-3 | 33 | - | 27 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 6 -3-1 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 2 -6-2 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 |
7 | América de Cali | 20 | 9 -6-5 | 33 | - | 31 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 7 -1-2 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 2 -5-3 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
8 | CD La Equidad | 20 | 9 -5-6 | 32 | - | 30 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 -3-1 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 -2-5 | 11 | 9 | 13 | -4 |
9 | Rionegro Águilas | 20 | 8 -7-5 | 31 | - | 27 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 6 -3-1 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 -4-4 | 10 | 9 | 13 | -4 |
10 | Millonarios FC | 20 | 7 -9-4 | 30 | - | 29 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 4 -4-2 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 3 -5-2 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
11 | CD Once Caldas | 20 | 6 -11-3 | 29 | - | 23 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 2 -7-1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 4 -4-2 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 3 |
12 | Envigado FC | 20 | 5 -8-7 | 23 | - | 22 | 25 | -3 | 10 | 4 -4-2 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 1 -4-5 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -8 |
13 | CA Bucaramanga | 20 | 5 -6-9 | 21 | - | 16 | 26 | -10 | 10 | 3 -4-3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 -2-6 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -10 |
14 | Independiente Medellín | 20 | 5 -5-10 | 20 | - | 22 | 28 | -6 | 10 | 5 -3-2 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 0 -2-8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | -11 |
15 | Alianza Petrolera | 20 | 5 -4-11 | 19 | - | 22 | 35 | -13 | 10 | 3 -2-5 | 11 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 10 | 2 -2-6 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -11 |
16 | Deportivo Pereira SA | 20 | 4 -6-10 | 18 | - | 17 | 24 | -7 | 10 | 2 -3-5 | 9 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 10 | 2 -3-5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | -2 |
17 | Jaguares de Córdoba | 20 | 3 -8-9 | 17 | - | 21 | 30 | -9 | 10 | 2 -6-2 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 1 -2-7 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -9 |
18 | Patriotas FC | 20 | 3 -8-9 | 17 | - | 10 | 21 | -11 | 10 | 3 -5-2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 -3-7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | -12 |
19 | Boyacá Chicó FC | 20 | 4 -3-13 | 15 | - | 13 | 33 | -20 | 10 | 4 -2-4 | 14 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 10 | 0 -1-9 | 1 | 5 | 22 | -17 |
20 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 20 | 3 -5-12 | 14 | - | 18 | 38 | -20 | 10 | 1 -3-6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -12 | 10 | 2 -2-6 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -8 |
Knockout Stage Liguilla |
Results
Deportes Tolima | 23 | CD Once Caldas | Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro |
Rionegro Águilas | 41 | AC Deportivo Cali | Estadio Alberto Grisales |
Junior de Barranquilla | 30 | Boyacá Chicó FC | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez |
América de Cali | 12 | CD La Equidad | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero |
Atlético Nacional | 30 | Cúcuta Deportivo | Estadio Atanasio Giradot | |||
Match awarded 3-0 to Atlético Nacional by FA decision. |
Millonarios FC | 61 | Alianza Petrolera | Estadio El Campín |
Deportivo Pereira SA | 11 | Deportivo Pasto | Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
CA Bucaramanga | 12 | Independiente Santa Fe | Estadio Alfonso López |
Envigado FC | 21 | Independiente Medellín | Estadio Polideportivo Sur |
Patriotas FC | 20 | Jaguares de Córdoba | Estadio de La Independencia (Tunja) |
Cúcuta Deportivo | 03 | América de Cali | Estadio Héctor El Zipa González | |||
Match awared 3-0 to América de Cali by FA decision. |
Deportivo Pasto | 21 | CD Once Caldas | Estadio Departamental Libertad |
Alianza Petrolera | 23 | Atlético Nacional | Estadio Daniel Villa Zapata |
Boyacá Chicó FC | 12 | Rionegro Águilas | Estadio de La Independencia (Tunja) |
Jaguares de Córdoba | 22 | Junior de Barranquilla | Estadio de Fútbol Jaraguay de Montería |
AC Deportivo Cali | 30 | Envigado FC | Estadio Deportivo Cali |
Independiente Santa Fe | 10 | Deportes Tolima | Estadio El Campín |
Deportivo Pereira SA | 02 | Millonarios FC | Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
Independiente Medellín | 10 | CA Bucaramanga | Estadio Atanasio Giradot |
CD La Equidad | 10 | Patriotas FC | Estadio Metropolitano de Techo |