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2026 Liga BetPlay Dimayor

FIFA Region

CONMEBOL

Season

2026

Location

Colombia

Abbreviation

COL1

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Summary

The Categoría Primera A (COL1), or 2026 Liga BetPlay Dimayor, is the top level of league style football competition in Colombia. At the end of the 2026 COL1 Torneo Finalización, the COL1 teams listed below qualify for the following 2027 non-league play:

2027 Copa Libertadores - Group Stage:
- 2026 Torneo Apertura champion
- 2026 Torneo Finalización champion
2027 Copa Libertadores - 2nd Stage:
- 1st and 2nd best 2026 COL1 Aggregate Table team without a 2027 Copa Libertadores berth
2027 Copa Sudamericana - 1st Stage:
- 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th best 2026 COL1 Aggregate Table teams without a 2027 Copa Libertadores berth

The 2026 COL1 Aggregate Table combines points from "all" 2026 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 16 Jan 2026 - 2 May 2026 Apertura - Playoffs 5 May 2026 - 5 Jun 2026	Finalización - Regular 22 Jul 2026 - 13 Nov 2026 Finalización - Playoffs 16 Nov 2026 - 9 Dec 2026		20: COL1 (18), COL2 (2)

Season Format

The 2026 COL1 season is split into the 2026 Torneo Apertura and the 2026 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 2026 COL1 Torneo Apertura against another COL1 team, then they are the road team and the other COL1 team is the home team in the 2026 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 will play in single-elimination playoffs. 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 2027 Copa Libertadores - Group Stage.

Relegation

At the end of the 2026 Torneo Finalización, the 19th and 20th place COL1 teams in the 2026 COL1 Relegation Table are relegated to the COL2, and two COL2 teams will be promoted to the 2027 COL1. For purposes of giving teams that were promoted to the 2026 COL1 a fair starting point in the 2026 COL1 Relegation Table, they were given the same points as the 18th place 2026 COL1 Aggregate Table team at the start of the 2026 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	Atlético Nacional	19	13 -1-5	40	-	35	15	20	9	8 -1-0	25	22	3	19	10	5 -0-5	15	13	12	1
2	Junior de Barranquilla	19	11 -2-6	35	-	31	24	7	10	6 -1-3	19	17	14	3	9	5 -1-3	16	14	10	4
3	Deportivo Pasto	19	10 -4-5	34	-	29	25	4	10	6 -2-2	20	14	8	6	9	4 -2-3	14	15	17	-2
4	América de Cali	19	10 -3-6	33	-	25	15	10	9	6 -3-0	21	15	3	12	10	4 -0-6	12	10	12	-2
5	CD Once Caldas	19	8 -9-2	33	-	31	22	9	10	6 -3-1	21	20	13	7	9	2 -6-1	12	11	9	2
6	Deportes Tolima	19	8 -7-4	31	-	27	17	10	10	7 -2-1	23	19	7	12	9	1 -5-3	8	8	10	-2
7	Independiente Santa Fe	19	7 -8-4	29	-	29	22	7	9	4 -3-2	15	17	10	7	10	3 -5-2	14	12	12	0
8	Internacional de Bogotá	19	7 -7-5	28	-	26	26	0	9	5 -3-1	18	16	9	7	10	2 -4-4	10	10	17	-7
9	AC Deportivo Cali	19	7 -6-6	27	-	20	16	4	10	5 -4-1	19	12	6	6	9	2 -2-5	8	8	10	-2
10	Millonarios FC	19	7 -5-7	26	-	31	23	8	10	6 -3-1	21	19	7	12	9	1 -2-6	5	12	16	-4
11	Independiente Medellín	19	7 -5-7	26	-	26	24	2	10	4 -2-4	14	15	13	2	9	3 -3-3	12	11	11	0
12	Águilas Doradas	19	7 -5-7	26	-	20	25	-5	10	4 -2-4	14	12	14	-2	9	3 -3-3	12	8	11	-3
13	CA Bucaramanga	19	5 -8-6	23	-	26	20	6	9	4 -4-1	16	19	6	13	10	1 -4-5	7	7	14	-7
14	Llaneros FC (CO)	19	4 -10-5	22	-	17	20	-3	9	1 -7-1	10	10	9	1	10	3 -3-4	12	7	11	-4
15	Fortaleza FC	19	5 -7-7	22	-	22	27	-5	10	5 -3-2	18	14	10	4	9	0 -4-5	4	8	17	-9
16	Jaguares de Córdoba	19	5 -3-11	18	-	20	33	-13	10	5 -1-4	16	14	12	2	9	0 -2-7	2	6	21	-15
17	Alianza Petrolera	19	3 -8-8	17	-	13	27	-14	9	2 -5-2	11	7	9	-2	10	1 -3-6	6	6	18	-12
18	Boyacá Chicó FC	19	5 -2-12	17	-	15	32	-17	9	5 -1-3	16	13	5	8	10	0 -1-9	1	2	27	-25
19	Cúcuta Deportivo	19	3 -7-9	16	-	22	35	-13	9	3 -3-3	12	12	13	-1	10	0 -4-6	4	10	22	-12
20	Deportivo Pereira SA	19	1 -7-11	10	-	15	32	-17	9	1 -4-4	7	9	13	-4	10	0 -3-7	3	6	19	-13
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