Summary
The Categoría Primera A (COL1), or 2024 Liga BetPlay Dimayor, is the top level of league style football competition in Colombia. At the end of the 2024 COL1 Torneo Finalización, the COL1 teams listed below qualify for the following 2025 non-league play:
- 2025 Copa Libertadores - Group Stage:
- 2024 Torneo Apertura champion
- 2024 Torneo Finalización champion
- 2025 Copa Libertadores - 2nd Stage:
- the best 2024 COL1 Aggregate Table team without a 2025 Copa Libertadores berth
- 2025 Copa Sudamericana - 1st Stage:
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th best 2024 COL1 Aggregate Table teams without a 2025 Copa Libertadores berth
The 2024 COL1 Aggregate Table combines points from "all" 2024 COL1 Torneo Apertura and Torneo Finalización matches (Regular and Playoff) to rank teams by average points/match.
The winner of the 2024 Copa Colombiana, typically a COL1 team, also receives a berth in the 2025 Copa Libertadores - 2nd Stage.
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 19 Jan 2024 - 27 Apr 2024 Apertura - Playoffs 30 Apr 2024 - 24 Jun 2024 | Finalización - Regular 14 Jul 2024 - 8 Nov 2024 Finalización - Playoffs 11 Nov 2024 - 13 Dec 2024 | 20: COL1 (18), COL2 (2) | |
Season Format
The 2024 COL1 season is split into the 2024 Torneo Apertura and the 2024 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). If a COL1 team was the home team in the 2024 COL1 Torneo Apertura against another COL1 team, then they are the road team and the other COL1 team is the home team in the 2024 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 2025 Copa Libertadores - Group Stage.
Relegation
At the end of the 2024 Torneo Finalización, the 19th and 20th place COL1 teams in the 2024 COL1 Relegation Table are relegated to the COL2, and two COL2 teams will be promoted to the 2025 COL1. For purposes of giving teams that were promoted to the 2024 COL1 a fair starting point in the 2024 COL1 Relegation Table, they were given the same points as the 18th place 2024 COL1 Aggregate Table team at the start of the 2024 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 | Deportes Tolima | 18 | 11 -5-2 | 38 | - | 30 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 6 -2-1 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 -3-1 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 8 |
| 2 | CA Bucaramanga | 18 | 10 -5-3 | 35 | - | 23 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 6 -2-1 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 4 -3-2 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Independiente Santa Fe | 18 | 10 -4-4 | 34 | - | 22 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 -2-1 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 -2-3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | CD La Equidad | 18 | 9 -6-3 | 33 | - | 22 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 5 -3-1 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 -3-2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 5 | Deportivo Pereira SA | 18 | 9 -4-5 | 31 | - | 25 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 4 -3-3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 5 -1-2 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 6 | Millonarios FC | 18 | 8 -4-6 | 28 | - | 25 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 4 -2-3 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 4 -2-3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | Junior de Barranquilla | 18 | 8 -4-6 | 28 | - | 24 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 6 -2-1 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 -2-5 | 8 | 11 | 18 | -7 |
| 8 | CD Once Caldas | 18 | 8 -4-6 | 28 | - | 16 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 5 -1-2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 3 -3-4 | 12 | 7 | 10 | -3 |
| 9 | Independiente Medellín | 18 | 7 -5-6 | 26 | - | 22 | 31 | -9 | 10 | 5 -3-2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 -2-4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -10 |
| 10 | América de Cali | 18 | 6 -6-6 | 24 | - | 22 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 5 -2-2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 -4-4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | -2 |
| 11 | Rionegro Águilas | 18 | 7 -3-8 | 24 | - | 19 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 3 -2-3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 4 -1-5 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 12 | Fortaleza FC | 18 | 6 -5-7 | 23 | - | 17 | 19 | -2 | 9 | 3 -3-3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 3 -2-4 | 11 | 7 | 11 | -4 |
| 13 | Atlético Nacional | 18 | 5 -6-7 | 21 | - | 18 | 19 | -1 | 8 | 3 -2-3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 2 -4-4 | 10 | 10 | 13 | -3 |
| 14 | AC Deportivo Cali | 18 | 5 -5-8 | 20 | - | 24 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 4 -1-4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 -4-4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | -4 |
| 15 | Jaguares de Córdoba | 18 | 4 -7-7 | 19 | - | 16 | 20 | -4 | 9 | 3 -4-2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 1 -3-5 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -7 |
| 16 | Boyacá Chicó FC | 18 | 5 -3-10 | 18 | - | 22 | 33 | -11 | 10 | 4 -2-4 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 1 -1-6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | -12 |
| 17 | Envigado FC | 18 | 3 -7-8 | 16 | - | 15 | 24 | -9 | 9 | 2 -4-3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 9 | 1 -3-5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -8 |
| 18 | Deportivo Pasto | 18 | 4 -4-10 | 16 | - | 12 | 21 | -9 | 10 | 2 -2-6 | 8 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 8 | 2 -2-4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | -3 |
| 19 | Alianza Petrolera | 18 | 4 -4-10 | 16 | - | 15 | 28 | -13 | 9 | 2 -2-5 | 8 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 9 | 2 -2-5 | 8 | 6 | 14 | -8 |
| 20 | Patriotas FC | 18 | 4 -3-11 | 15 | - | 8 | 21 | -13 | 8 | 2 -3-3 | 9 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 10 | 2 -0-8 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -11 |
Apertura - Quardrangular | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fixtures
 | Deportivo Pasto | Estadio de La Independencia (Tunja) |
 | Deportivo Pereira SA | Estadio Metropolitano de Techo |
 | Deportes Tolima | Estadio Atanasio Giradot |
 | Independiente Medellín | Estadio Polideportivo Sur |
 | Boyacá Chicó FC | Estadio El Campín |
 | Fortaleza FC | Estadio Alberto Grisales |
 | Junior de Barranquilla | Estadio Deportivo Cali |
 | América de Cali | Estadio Palogrande |
 | Alianza Petrolera | Estadio Alfonso López |
 | Independiente Santa Fe | Estadio de Fútbol Jaraguay de Montería |
Results
| 23 | CD La Equidad | Estadio Departamental Libertad |
| 12 | Rionegro Águilas | Estadio de La Independencia (Tunja) |
| 02 | CA Bucaramanga | Estadio Metropolitano de Techo |
| 21 | Patriotas FC | Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro |
| 22 | Atlético Nacional | Estadio Atanasio Giradot |
| 20 | Envigado FC | Estadio Deportivo Cali |
| 10 | América de Cali | Estadio El Campín |
| 21 | Jaguares de Córdoba | Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau |
| 10 | CD Once Caldas | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez |
| 12 | Millonarios FC | Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
| 23 | Boyacá Chicó FC | Estadio Alfonso López |
| 00 | Deportivo Pasto | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero |
| 23 | Independiente Medellín | Estadio de La Independencia (Tunja) |
| 00 | Fortaleza FC | Estadio Metropolitano de Techo |
| 01 | Deportivo Pereira SA | Estadio Atanasio Giradot |
| 32 | Junior de Barranquilla | Estadio El Campín |
| 40 | Alianza Petrolera | Estadio Alberto Grisales |
| 01 | Independiente Santa Fe | Estadio Palogrande |
| 11 | AC Deportivo Cali | Estadio de Fútbol Jaraguay de Montería |
| 02 | Deportes Tolima | Estadio Polideportivo Sur |