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 - 28 Apr 2024 Apertura - Playoffs 1 May 2024 - 24 Jun 2024 | Finalización - Regular 15 Jul 2024 - 5 Nov 2024 Finalización - Playoffs 8 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 Clausura
| 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 | Atlético Nacional | 3 | 3 -0-0 | 9 | - | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 -0-0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | América de Cali | 3 | 2 -0-1 | 6 | - | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Independiente Santa Fe | 2 | 2 -0-0 | 6 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | CD Once Caldas | 2 | 2 -0-0 | 6 | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Deportivo Pereira SA | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Fortaleza FC | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Deportes Tolima | 2 | 1 -1-0 | 4 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Millonarios FC | 3 | 1 -1-1 | 4 | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Junior de Barranquilla | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 10 | CD La Equidad | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| 11 | CA Bucaramanga | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 -0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 12 | AC Deportivo Cali | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 -0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Envigado FC | 3 | 1 -0-2 | 3 | - | 2 | 6 | -4 | 2 | 1 -0-1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 |
| 14 | Independiente Medellín | 2 | 0 -2-0 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Jaguares de Córdoba | 2 | 0 -1-1 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 16 | Patriotas FC | 2 | 0 -1-1 | 1 | - | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 0 -1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Deportivo Pasto | 2 | 0 -0-2 | 0 | - | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 -0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 -0-2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
| 18 | Boyacá Chicó FC | 2 | 0 -0-2 | 0 | - | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| 19 | Rionegro Águilas | 2 | 0 -0-2 | 0 | - | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 20 | Alianza Petrolera | 2 | 0 -0-2 | 0 | - | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 0 -0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
Clausura - Quardrangular | ||||||||||||||||||||
Apertura - Finals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | CA Bucaramanga | 33 | Independiente Santa Fe |
| 08.06.24 |  | 10 | Independiente Santa Fe | Estadio Alfonso López |
| 15.06.24 | | 32 | CA Bucaramanga | Estadio El Campín | ||
| CA Bucaramanga wins on PKs (6-5) | ||||||
Apertura - Quadrangular
| Group A | 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 | CA Bucaramanga (COL1) | 6 | 2 -2-2 | 8 | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 -2-0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 -0-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| 2 | Millonarios FC (COL1) | 6 | 2 -2-2 | 8 | - | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 -0-1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 -2-1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
| 3 | Deportivo Pereira SA (COL1) | 6 | 2 -2-2 | 8 | - | 7 | 8 | -1 | 3 | 1 -2-0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 -0-2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 |
| 4 | Junior de Barranquilla (COL1) | 6 | 2 -2-2 | 8 | - | 5 | 6 | -1 | 3 | 2 -0-1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 -2-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| 04.05.24 |  | 10 | CA Bucaramanga | Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
| 05.05.24 |  | 21 | Millonarios FC | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez |
| 11.05.24 | | 00 | Junior de Barranquilla | Estadio Alfonso López |
| 12.05.24 | | 10 | Deportivo Pereira SA | Estadio El Campín |
| 19.05.24 | | 23 | Deportivo Pereira SA | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez |
| 20.05.24 | | 01 | CA Bucaramanga | Estadio El Campín |
| 22.05.24 | | 00 | Millonarios FC | Estadio Alfonso López |
| 23.05.24 | | 00 | Junior de Barranquilla | Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
| 25.05.24 | | 22 | Millonarios FC | Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
| 26.05.24 | | 10 | CA Bucaramanga | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez |
| 02.06.24 | | 20 | Junior de Barranquilla | Estadio El Campín |
| 31 | Deportivo Pereira SA | Estadio Alfonso López |
| Group B | 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 | Independiente Santa Fe (COL1) | 6 | 5 -1-0 | 16 | - | 8 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 -0-0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 -1-0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Deportes Tolima (COL1) | 6 | 3 -1-2 | 10 | - | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 -1-1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 -0-1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | CD Once Caldas (COL1) | 6 | 2 -2-2 | 8 | - | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 -1-1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 -1-1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | CD La Equidad (COL1) | 6 | 0 -0-6 | 0 | - | 3 | 14 | -11 | 3 | 0 -0-3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 3 | 0 -0-3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -7 |
Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| 05.05.24 | | 10 | Deportes Tolima | Estadio El Campín |
| 06.05.24 |  | 20 | CD La Equidad | Estadio Palogrande |
| 12.05.24 | | 02 | Independiente Santa Fe | Estadio Metropolitano de Techo |
| 13.05.24 | | 11 | CD Once Caldas | Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro |
| 18.05.24 | | 23 | Deportes Tolima | Estadio Metropolitano de Techo |
| 19.05.24 | | 00 | Independiente Santa Fe | Estadio Palogrande |
| 23.05.24 | | 30 | CD La Equidad | Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro |
| 24.05.24 | | 10 | CD Once Caldas | Estadio El Campín |
| 26.05.24 | | 20 | CD La Equidad | Estadio El Campín |
| 01 | Deportes Tolima | Estadio Palogrande |
| 31.05.24 | | 12 | CD Once Caldas | Estadio Metropolitano de Techo |
| 02.06.24 | | 12 | Independiente Santa Fe | Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro |
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 | CA Bucaramanga | 19 | 11 -5-3 | 38 | - | 24 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 7 -2-1 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 4 -3-2 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | Deportes Tolima | 19 | 11 -5-3 | 38 | - | 31 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 6 -2-1 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 5 -3-2 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | CD La Equidad | 20 | 10 -6-4 | 36 | - | 25 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 5 -3-2 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 -3-2 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | Independiente Santa Fe | 19 | 10 -4-5 | 34 | - | 22 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 -2-1 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 -2-4 | 14 | 8 | 9 | -1 |
| 5 | Deportivo Pereira SA | 19 | 10 -4-5 | 34 | - | 27 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 4 -3-3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 6 -1-2 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | Millonarios FC | 19 | 9 -4-6 | 31 | - | 28 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 5 -2-3 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 -2-3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | Junior de Barranquilla | 19 | 8 -5-6 | 29 | - | 24 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 6 -2-1 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 -3-5 | 9 | 11 | 18 | -7 |
| 8 | CD Once Caldas | 19 | 8 -5-6 | 29 | - | 16 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 5 -2-2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 3 -3-4 | 12 | 7 | 10 | -3 |
| 9 | Independiente Medellín | 19 | 8 -5-6 | 29 | - | 23 | 31 | -8 | 10 | 5 -3-2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 3 -2-4 | 11 | 11 | 20 | -9 |
| 10 | América de Cali | 19 | 6 -7-6 | 25 | - | 22 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 5 -2-2 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 1 -5-4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | -2 |
| 11 | Rionegro Águilas | 19 | 7 -4-8 | 25 | - | 20 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 3 -3-3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 4 -1-5 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 12 | Atlético Nacional | 19 | 6 -6-7 | 24 | - | 21 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 4 -2-3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 2 -4-4 | 10 | 10 | 13 | -3 |
| 13 | Fortaleza FC | 19 | 6 -6-7 | 24 | - | 18 | 20 | -2 | 9 | 3 -3-3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 -3-4 | 12 | 8 | 12 | -4 |
| 14 | Jaguares de Córdoba | 19 | 5 -7-7 | 22 | - | 17 | 20 | -3 | 10 | 4 -4-2 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 1 -3-5 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -7 |
| 15 | AC Deportivo Cali | 19 | 5 -6-8 | 21 | - | 24 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 4 -2-4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 -4-4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | -4 |
| 16 | Deportivo Pasto | 19 | 5 -4-10 | 19 | - | 15 | 21 | -6 | 10 | 2 -2-6 | 8 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 9 | 3 -2-4 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | Boyacá Chicó FC | 19 | 5 -3-11 | 18 | - | 22 | 36 | -14 | 10 | 4 -2-4 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 1 -1-7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | -15 |
| 18 | Envigado FC | 19 | 3 -7-9 | 16 | - | 15 | 25 | -10 | 10 | 2 -4-4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 9 | 1 -3-5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -8 |
| 19 | Alianza Petrolera | 20 | 4 -4-12 | 16 | - | 15 | 32 | -17 | 10 | 2 -2-6 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 10 | 2 -2-6 | 8 | 6 | 15 | -9 |
| 20 | Patriotas FC | 19 | 4 -3-12 | 15 | - | 8 | 24 | -16 | 9 | 2 -3-4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 10 | 2 -0-8 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -11 |
Apertura - Quardrangular | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fixtures
| Atlético Nacional | Estadio Palogrande |
| CD La Equidad | Estadio El Campín |
 | Junior de Barranquilla | Estadio Atanasio Giradot |
 | AC Deportivo Cali | Estadio Metropolitano de Techo |
 | Deportes Tolima | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero |
| Jaguares de Córdoba | Estadio Alfonso López |
 | Patriotas FC | Estadio Alberto Grisales |
 | Envigado FC | Estadio de La Independencia (Tunja) |
 | Millonarios FC | Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau |
 | Deportivo Pereira SA | Estadio Departamental Libertad |
| Deportes Tolima | Estadio El Campín |
| CD Once Caldas | Estadio Metropolitano de Techo |
| Deportivo Pasto | Estadio Jaraguay |
| Alianza Petrolera | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez |
| Rionegro Águilas | Estadio Atanasio Giradot |
| América de Cali | Estadio de La Independencia (Tunja) |
| Independiente Santa Fe | Estadio Alfonso López |
| Boyacá Chicó FC | Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
| Fortaleza FC | Estadio Polideportivo Sur |
| Independiente Medellín | Estadio Deportivo Cali |
Results
| 40 | Envigado FC | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero |
| 12 | Atlético Nacional | Estadio El Campín |
| 21 | Deportivo Pasto | Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro |
| 10 | Jaguares de Córdoba | Estadio de La Independencia (Tunja) |
| 02 | Fortaleza FC | Estadio de La Independencia (Tunja) |
| 11 | Independiente Medellín | Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
| 10 | Alianza Petrolera | Estadio Deportivo Cali |
| 21 | Boyacá Chicó FC | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez |
| 21 | América de Cali | Estadio Atanasio Giradot |
| 10 | CA Bucaramanga | Estadio El Campín |
| 10 | Rionegro Águilas | Estadio Palogrande |
| 01 | Independiente Santa Fe | Estadio Polideportivo Sur |
| 11 | Deportes Tolima | Estadio de Fútbol Jaraguay de Montería |
| 00 | Patriotas FC | Estadio de Fútbol Jaraguay de Montería |
| 11 | Millonarios FC | Estadio Atanasio Giradot |
| 10 | Junior de Barranquilla | Estadio Alfonso López |
| 02 | Atlético Nacional | Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau |
| 21 | Deportivo Pasto | Estadio El Campín |
| 02 | Deportivo Pereira SA | Estadio Deportivo Cali |
| 12 | América de Cali | Estadio Alberto Grisales |