Liga Betplay Dimayor Femenina
Founded2017
CountryColombia
ConfederationCONMEBOL
Number of teams17
Level on pyramid1
International cup(s)Copa Libertadores Femenina
Current championsSanta Fe (3rd title)
(2023)
Most championshipsSanta Fe (3 titles)
TV partnersWin Sports
WebsiteOfficial Site
Current: 2023 season

The Liga Femenina Profesional de Fútbol Colombiano (Colombian Professional Women's Football League) or Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR (sponsored name) is the top level women's football league in Colombia. The first season was held in 2017, with 18 teams taking part. The champion qualifies to the Copa Libertadores Femenina.[1]

History

Colombia women's football had only regional leagues until 2016. The entrant to the Copa Libertadores Femenina was decided in a tournament called Copa Pre-Libertadores, in which non-professional clubs took part. The winning team in all editions was Formas Íntimas. In 2016 a tournament called Campeonato Nacional Interclubes was held, organized by the División Aficionada del Fútbol Colombiano (Difútbol). About 40 teams played in four stages for the championship. Generaciones Palmiranas won the final 6–5 on aggregate over Molino Viejo and qualified to the 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina.[2]

With the approval of Dimayor, the first professional women's football league was organized and played starting from 2017, with 18 out of Dimayor's 36 affiliate clubs, which were split into 3 groups of 6. It was planned to create a second level league to which new clubs would have entered starting from 2018, but this did not happen. A national women's league is a requirement to host the FIFA Women's World Cup, in which Colombia showed interest for the 2023 edition.[3]

Format

In 2017 the 18 teams were divided into three groups of six. After playing each other twice, the top two in each group and the best two third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals, with the winners going on to play the semi-finals and finals. All matches in the knockout stages were played as double-legged series. The tournament lasted five months between February and June.

In 2018 the 23 teams were divided into three groups of six and one group of five. After playing each other twice, the top two in each group advanced to the quarter-finals, with the winners going on to play the semi-finals and finals. All matches in the knockout stages were played as double-legged series. The tournament lasted four months between February and May.

2023 teams

Notably absent from the list of clubs is Formas Íntimas, who have joined alliances with professional clubs such as Envigado (from 2017 to 2018), Independiente Medellín (from 2019 to 2022), and Atlético Nacional (from 2023 onwards) since participation in the league is restricted to professional clubs (DIMAYOR affiliates) only.[4] In the 2023 season, the league had 17 clubs participating:[5]

List of finals

Ed. Season Winner Scores Runner-up
1
 2017[6] Santa Fe (1) 2–1, 1–0 Atlético Huila
2
 2018[7] Atlético Huila (1) 0–1, 2–1 (3–0 p) Atlético Nacional
3
 2019 América de Cali (1) 2–0, 1–2 Independiente Medellín
4
 2020 Santa Fe (2) 2–1, 2–0 América de Cali
5
 2021 Deportivo Cali (1) 4–1, 2–2 Santa Fe
6
 2022 América de Cali (2) 1–2, 3–1 Deportivo Cali
7
 2023 Santa Fe (3) 2–0, 0–0 América de Cali

Titles by club

Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runners-up years
Santa Fe312017, 2020, 20232021
América de Cali222019, 20222020, 2023
Atlético Huila1120182017
Deportivo Cali1120212022
Atlético Nacional01—2018
Independiente Medellín01—2019

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Así se jugará la Liga Femenina Águila 2017 | HSB Noticias". hsbnoticias.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-21.
  2. ↑ "Generaciones Palmiranas se quedó con el título del Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Femenino" (in Spanish). elpais.com.co. 23 November 2016. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Colombia tendrá liga femenina de fútbol". 20 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Junior, Medellín, Nacional y Millonarios no jugarán la Liga Femenina". 18 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Liga Femenina: Dimayor cambió la fecha del torneo y confirmó los equipos" [Women's League: Dimayor changed the tournament's date and confirmed the teams] (in Spanish). Futbolete. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "¡Santa Fe, primer campeón de la Liga femenina!" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Atlético Huila, el nuevo campeón de la Liga Femenina" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 31 May 2018.
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