2019 Colombian Women's Football League

The 2019 Colombian Women's Football League (officially known as the Liga Águila Femenina 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of Colombia's top-flight women's football league. The season started on 13 July and concluded on 30 September 2019 with the second leg of the finals. América de Cali won their first league title following a 3–2 win on aggregate against Independiente Medellín in the finals. Atlético Huila were the defending champions, but were eliminated by eventual runners-up Independiente Medellín in the semifinals.

Liga Águila Femenina
Season2019
Dates13 July – 30 September 2019
ChampionsAmérica de Cali (1st title)
Copa Libertadores FemeninaAmérica de Cali
Independiente Medellín
Matches played74
Goals scored170 (2.3 per match)
Biggest home winInd. Medellín 5–0 Atlético Huila
(15 September)
Biggest away winOnce Caldas 0–6 Ind. Medellín
(20 July)
Atlético 0–6 Cortuluá
(9 August)
Highest scoringOnce Caldas 0–6 Ind. Medellín
(20 July)
Atlético 0–6 Cortuluá
(9 August)
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Format

For this season, the league featured 20 teams, which were split into five double round-robin groups of four teams. The top teams in each group as well as the three best runners-up advanced to the quarterfinals, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. The winners of each semifinal qualified for the final to decide the champions. All rounds in the knockout stage were played on a home-and-away basis.[1] The champions qualified for the 2019 Copa Libertadores Femenina, joining Atlético Huila who are already qualified as titleholders. On 15 June 2019, DIMAYOR and the FCF announced an agreement with CONMEBOL for an additional berth for Colombia into the Copa Libertadores Femenina, which was awarded to the league runners-up.[2]

Teams

20 teams took part in the competition.[1] The teams are affiliated with DIMAYOR affiliate clubs. Alianza Petrolera, Bogotá, Deportes Quindío, Envigado, Patriotas, Real Cartagena, and Unión Magdalena did not field a team in this edition, whilst Deportivo Cali, Independiente Medellín, Millonarios, and Once Caldas competed for the first time.

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2019 Liga Águila Femenina teams
Group Team City Stadium
A Atlético Nacional Medellín
Envigado
Itagüí		 Atanasio Girardot
Polideportivo Sur
Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Independiente Medellín Medellín
Envigado
Itagüí		 Atanasio Girardot
Polideportivo Sur
Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí
Once Caldas Manizales Palogrande
B Fortaleza Cota Municipal de Cota
La Equidad Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo
Millonarios Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín
Santa Fe Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín
C Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Cancha Marte
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander
Junior Barranquilla Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
Real San Andrés Floridablanca
Girón		 Álvaro Gómez Hurtado
1 de Mayo
D América de Cali Cali Pascual Guerrero
Atlético Cali Pascual Guerrero
Cortuluá Tuluá Doce de Octubre
Deportivo Cali Cali Deportivo Cali
E Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro
Deportivo Pasto Pasto Cancha San Rafael
Orsomarso Palmira Francisco Rivera Escobar

First stage

The First stage started on 13 July and consisted of five groups of four teams. It ended on 18 August with the top teams from each group as well as the three best runners-up advancing to the knockout stage.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DIM NAC PER ONC
1 Independiente Medellín 6 5 1 0 14 1 +13 16 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 2–0 1–0
2 Atlético Nacional 6 4 1 1 10 2 +8 13 0–0 — 2–0 2–0
3 Deportivo Pereira 6 2 0 4 3 11 −8 6 1–4 0–3 — 1–0
4 Once Caldas 6 0 0 6 1 14 −13 0 0–6 1–3 0–1 —
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SFE MIL EQU FOR
1 Santa Fe 6 4 1 1 8 3 +5 13 Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 0–2 2–0
2 Millonarios 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11 0–1 — 2–1 1–0
3 La Equidad 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 0–1 1–1 — 2–1
4 Fortaleza 6 0 0 6 2 13 −11 0 0–3 0–2 1–3 —
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUN BUC RSA CUC
1 Junior 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 11 Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 2–0 1–0
2 Atlético Bucaramanga 6 1 4 1 4 3 +1 7 2–0 — 0–0 0–0
3 Real San Andrés 6 1 4 1 5 6 −1 7 1–1 2–2 — 1–1
4 Cúcuta Deportivo 6 1 2 3 2 4 −2 5 0–1 1–0 0–1 —
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AME COR CAL ATL
1 América de Cali 6 5 1 0 11 3 +8 16 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 3–2 1–0
2 Cortuluá 6 3 1 2 12 6 +6 10 1–2 — 3–1 1–1
3 Deportivo Cali 6 2 0 4 10 13 −3 6 0–3 0–1 — 4–2
4 Atlético 6 0 2 4 4 15 −11 2 0–0 0–6 1–3 —
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HUI PAS ORS TOL
1 Atlético Huila 6 3 3 0 12 4 +8 12 Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 3–0 4–0
2 Deportivo Pasto 6 1 5 0 5 3 +2 8 1–1 — 2–0 0–0
3 Orsomarso 6 1 3 2 7 10 −3 6 1–1 1–1 — 2–2
4 Deportes Tolima 6 0 3 3 4 11 −7 3 1–2 0–0 1–3 —
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots

Ranking of second-placed teams

The three best teams among those ranked second qualified for the knockout stage.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1 A Atlético Nacional 6 4 1 1 10 2 +8 13 Knockout stage
2 B Millonarios 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11
3 D Cortuluá 6 3 1 2 12 6 +6 10
4 E Deportivo Pasto 6 1 5 0 5 3 +2 8
5 C Atlético Bucaramanga 6 1 4 1 4 3 +1 7
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots

Knockout stage

Seeding

The five group winners were sorted according to their performance in the first stage in order to decide the four teams that were seeded into each of the four quarterfinal ties, which will host the second leg in that stage. The four best group winners were seeded, while the remaining group winner was drawn along with the three best group runners-up against one of the seeded teams to make up the quarterfinal matchups.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1 A Independiente Medellín 6 5 1 0 14 1 +13 16 Quarterfinals Tie 1
2 D América de Cali 6 5 1 0 11 3 +8 16 Quarterfinals Tie 2
3 B Santa Fe 6 4 1 1 8 3 +5 13 Quarterfinals Tie 3
4 E Atlético Huila 6 3 3 0 12 4 +8 12 Quarterfinals Tie 4
5 C Junior 6 3 2 1 5 3 +2 11 Drawing pot
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots

Bracket
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
Millonarios (p) 1 1 2 (3)  
3 Santa Fe 1 1 2 (1)  
  Millonarios 0 2 2  
  América de Cali 2 1 3  
Atlético Nacional 0 2 2
2 América de Cali 1 2 3  
  América de Cali 2 1 3
  Independiente Medellín 0 2 2
Junior 1 0 1  
4 Atlético Huila 3 2 5  
  Atlético Huila 1 0 1
  Independiente Medellín 0 5 5  
Cortuluá 0 1 1
1 Independiente Medellín 0 3 3  

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cortuluá 1–3 Independiente Medellín 0–0 1–3
Atlético Nacional 2–3 América de Cali 0–1 2–2
Millonarios 2–2 (3–1 p) Santa Fe 1–1 1–1
Junior 1–5 Atlético Huila 1–3 0–2

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlético Huila 1–5 Independiente Medellín 1–0 0–5
Millonarios 2–3 América de Cali 0–2 2–1

Finals
América de Cali2–0Independiente Medellín
Referee: Jessica Villadiego
Independiente Medellín2–1América de Cali
Referee: Jenny Arias

América de Cali won 3–2 on aggregate.


Liga Águila Femenina
2019 Champions
América de Cali
1st Title

See also

References
  1. "DEFINIDO EL SISTEMA DEL CAMPEONATO EN LA LIGA AGUILA FEMENINA 2019" (in Spanish). DIMAYOR. 24 May 2019.
  2. "COLOMBIA TENDRÁ 3 REPRESENTANTES EN LA COPA LIBERTADORES FEMENINA 2019" (in Spanish). DIMAYOR. 15 June 2019.
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