Categoría Primera A

Liga BetPlay Dimayor

Organising body	DIMAYOR
Founded	15 August 1948; 76 years ago (1948-08-15)
Country	Colombia
Confederation	CONMEBOL
Number of teams	20
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Categoría Primera B
Domestic cup(s)	Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana
International cup(s)	Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana
Current champions	Atlético Bucaramanga (1st title) (2024–I)
Most championships	Atlético Nacional (17 titles)
Most appearances	Gabriel Berdugo (733)
Top goalscorer	Dayro Moreno (234 goals)
TV partners	Win Sports, Win+ Fútbol
Website	dimayor.com.co
Current: 2024 season

The Categoría Primera A (Spanish pronunciation: [kateɣoˈɾi.a pɾiˈmeɾa ˈa]), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay,^[1] is a Colombian professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's premier football tournament and sits at the top of the Colombian football league system.

A total of twenty clubs compete in the league's regular season. División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano, better known as DIMAYOR, organizes the competition and operates the league system of promotion and relegation for both Categoría Primera A and Categoría Primera B leagues. Since its foundation in 1948, fifteen teams have been crowned as Colombian football champions. The most successful club is Atlético Nacional with 17 titles. The league was ranked as the 11th strongest national league in the world at the end of 2023 by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics.^[2]

History

Before 1948 there was no professional football league in Colombia. The first clubs were formed in Barranquilla and Bogotá: Barranquilla FC, Polo Club, Escuela Militar and Bartolinos, although the game took a while to develop in popularity.^[3] The 1918 Campeonato Nacional was the first tournament played between Colombian clubs, followed by the Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá. Independiente Medellín, founded on 15 April 1913, is the oldest club that remains as a professional club.^[4] The first tournament was organised by the Colombian Football Federation and DIMAYOR in 1948. Ten teams signed up for this first tournament, paying the required fee of 1,000 pesos). Two teams each signed on from Bogotá, Cali, Manizales, and Pereira, plus one from Barranquilla.^[5] 252 players were registered for that year's tournament, 182 of which were Colombians, 13 were Argentine, 8 Peruvian, 5 Uruguayan, 2 Chilean, 2 Ecuadorian, 1 Dominican, and 1 Spanish.^[5]

Soon after the league's foundation, disputes between Adefútbol (the body governing amateur football in Colombia) and DIMAYOR (the organizing body behind the new national league) erupted. DIMAYOR broke away from Adefútbol, announcing that it would operate independently of FIFA rules and regulations. In response, FIFA sanctioned Colombian football, banning the national team and all its clubs from international competition. This period, which lasted from 1949 to 1954, is known as El Dorado.

Far from being a dark time in Colombian football, this was its golden age. No longer required to pay transfer fees to clubs from other nations, Colombian clubs began importing stars from all over South America and Europe. The most aggressive signer of international players was Millonarios, which won consecutive championships with stars such as Alfredo di Stéfano. Attendances boomed, and the expanding appetite for club competitions resulted in the creation of the Copa Colombia in 1950. That knockout competition was played sporadically over the next 58 years and only became an annual tournament in 2008.^[6] Although the stars returned to their nations when Colombia rejoined the international fold in 1954, the era was never forgotten.^[7]

In 1968 the league started following the pattern emerging in South America by replacing its year-long tournament with two shorter ones. From this point forward, Colombian clubs would compete in two tournaments a year; the Apertura from February to June and the Finalización from July to December, which became independent championships in 2002. Another league restructuring came in 1991, with the addition of second and third divisions. The third division had its 2002 edition cancelled for economic reasons, and stopped awarding promotion to the professional tiers in 2003 until it was finally dropped in 2010.

Format

The current format of Colombian football was adopted for the 2019 season. The top flight features 20 teams, all of which play through the Apertura and Finalización tournaments each year. Both tournaments are conducted according to an identical three-stage format, and have been independent title-awarding tournaments since 2002.

The first stage is conducted on a single round-robin basis, with each team playing the other teams once for a total of 19 matches, although an extra round of regional derbies has been included in most seasons. The top eight teams then advance to a semi-final round consisting of two groups of four teams, each team playing the others in their group twice in a double round-robin format. The two group winners advance to the final, which is played in a home-and-away double-legged fashion.

Relegation to Categoría Primera B is determined by averaging the point totals achieved by teams in the first stage of the competition over the previous three seasons. Each year, the bottom two teams drop out and are replaced by the top two from Primera B.^[8]

Current teams

Teams for the 2024 season

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Head Coach	First season in Primera A	Last title
Águilas Doradas	Sincelejo	Arturo Cumplido Sierra	10,000	Juan Pablo Buch	2011	None
Alianza	Valledupar	Armando Maestre Pavajeau	11,000	Hubert Bodhert	2024	None
América de Cali	Cali	Pascual Guerrero	38,000	Jorge da Silva	1948	2020
Atlético Bucaramanga	Bucaramanga	Américo Montanini	28,000	Rafael Dudamel	1949	2024–I
Atlético Nacional	Medellín	Atanasio Girardot	40,043	Efraín Juárez	1948	2022–I
Boyacá Chicó	Tunja	La Independencia	20,630	Juan Carlos Álvarez	2004	2008–I
Deportes Tolima	Ibagué	Manuel Murillo Toro	28,100	David González	1955	2021–I
Deportivo Cali	Cali	Deportivo Cali	44,000	Sergio Herrera	1948	2021–II
Deportivo Pasto	Pasto	Libertad	20,665	Gustavo Florentín	1999	2006–I
Deportivo Pereira	Pereira	Hernán Ramírez Villegas	30,297	Luis Fernando Suárez	1949	2022–II
Envigado	Envigado	Polideportivo Sur	11,000	Andrés Orozco (caretaker)	1992	None
Fortaleza C.E.I.F.	Bogotá	Metropolitano de Techo	8,000	Sebastián Oliveros	2014	None
Independiente Medellín	Medellín	Atanasio Girardot	40,043	Alejandro Restrepo	1948	2016–I
Jaguares	Montería	Jaraguay	12,000	Édgar Carvajal	2015	None
Junior	Barranquilla	Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez	49,692	César Farías	1948	2023–II
La Equidad	Bogotá	Metropolitano de Techo	8,000	Alexis García	2007	None
Millonarios	Bogotá	Nemesio Camacho	39,512	Alberto Gamero	1948	2023–I
Once Caldas	Manizales	Palogrande	32,000	Hernán Darío Herrera	1948	2010–II
Patriotas	Tunja	La Independencia	20,630	Dayron Pérez	2012	None
Santa Fe	Bogotá	Nemesio Camacho	39,512	Pablo Peirano	1948	2016–II

Seasons by club

This is the complete list of the clubs that have taken part in at least one Categoría Primera A season, founded in 1948, until the 2024 season.^[9]^[10] Teams that currently play are indicated in bold.

77 seasons: Atlético Nacional (Atlético Municipal)
77 seasons: Millonarios
77 seasons: Santa Fe
74 seasons: Deportivo Cali
73 seasons: Independiente Medellín
71 seasons: América de Cali
71 seasons: Once Caldas (Deportes Caldas, Deportivo Manizales, Atlético Manizales, Cristal Caldas, Varta Caldas, Once Philips)
69 seasons: Deportes Tolima
65 seasons: Atlético Bucaramanga
64 seasons: Junior
63 seasons: Deportivo Pereira
62 seasons: Deportes Quindío (Atlético Quindío)
57 seasons: Cúcuta Deportivo
52 seasons: Unión Magdalena (Samarios)
32 seasons: Envigado
27 seasons: Atlético Huila
24 seasons: Deportivo Pasto
18 seasons: Boyacá Chicó (Bogotá Chicó)
18 seasons: La Equidad
16 seasons: Cortuluá

14 seasons: Águilas Doradas (Itagüí Ditaires, Águilas Pereira, Rionegro Águilas)
12 seasons: Patriotas
12 seasons: Real Cartagena
11 seasons: Alianza Petrolera
10 seasons: Jaguares
9 seasons: Boca Juniors
8 seasons: Sporting
5 seasons: Universidad
4 seasons: Once Deportivo
3 seasons: Fortaleza
3 seasons: Huracán
2 seasons: Uniautónoma
2 seasons: Unicosta
1 season: Alianza
1 season: Deportivo Barranquilla
1 season: Centauros Villavicencio
1 season: Leones
1 season: Libertad
1 season: Oro Negro
1 season: Tigres

Trophy

The same trophy has been used to commemorate the annual champion since 1948. Made of German silver, weighing roughly 5 kilos and measuring approximately 90 centimeters tall, in its upper part it has the figure of the Winged Victory of Samothrace, which has been used to represent sporting triumph with the passing of history. The original trophy, which is engraved with the names of all the champion clubs, is kept at the headquarters of DIMAYOR and is only exhibited for fixture draws or events with sponsors, with the champions being awarded an exact replica.^[11] Along with the competition's official trophy, the champions are also awarded an additional trophy handed over by the league's sponsor.^[12]

Clubs in international competitions

Players

Appearances

As of 13 March 2016^[13]

Rank	Player	Years	Appearances
1	Gabriel Berdugo	1968–1984	733^[14]^[15]
2	Alexis García	1980–1998	723
3	Arturo Segovia	1963–1979	706
4	Jorge Bermúdez	1989–96, 2005, 2006–07	682
5	Misael Flórez	1962–1981	652

Top scorers

As of 14 October 2024^[16]

Rank	Player	Years	Goals
1	Dayro Moreno	2003–present	234^[17]
2	Sergio Galván Rey	1996–2011	224^[18]
3	Iván Valenciano	1988–2009	217
4	Hugo Lóndero	1969–1981	211
5	Oswaldo Palavecino	1975–1985	204
6	Jorge Ramírez Gallego	1962–1975	201
7	Omar Devani	1962–1975	200
8	Víctor Aristizábal	1990–2007	187
9	Arnoldo Iguarán	1977–1997	186
10	Willington Ortiz	1972–1988	184

Champions by seasons

The only tournament that was not awarded to a champion occurred in 1989, after the assassination of referee Álvaro Ortega on October 1 in Medellín. All games, post-season games and international representation for the following year were cancelled.^[19]^[20]

Table

Ed.	Season		Champion (title count)	Runner-up	Leading goalscorer(s)^[21]
1	1948		Santa Fe (1)	Junior	Alfredo Castillo (Millonarios; 31 goals)
2	1949		Millonarios (1)	Deportivo Cali	Pedro Cabillón (Millonarios; 42 goals)
3	1950		Deportes Caldas (1)	Millonarios	Casimiro Ávalos (Deportivo Pereira; 27 goals)
4	1951		Millonarios (2)	Boca Juniors	Alfredo Di Stéfano (Millonarios; 31 goals)
5	1952		Millonarios (3)	Boca Juniors	Alfredo Di Stéfano (Millonarios; 19 goals)
6	1953		Millonarios (4)	Atlético Quindío	Mario Garelli (Atlético Quindío; 20 goals)
7	1954		Atlético Nacional (1)	Atlético Quindío	Carlos Alberto Gambina (Atlético Nacional; 21 goals)
8	1955		Independiente Medellín (1)	Atlético Nacional	Felipe Marino (Independiente Medellín; 22 goals)
9	1956		Atlético Quindío (1)	Millonarios	Jaime Gutiérrez (Atlético Quindío; 21 goals)
10	1957		Independiente Medellín (2)	Deportes Tolima	José Vicente Grecco (Independiente Medellín; 30 goals)
11	1958		Santa Fe (2)	Millonarios	José Américo Montanini (Atlético Bucaramanga; 36 goals)
12	1959		Millonarios (5)	Independiente Medellín	Felipe Marino (Cúcuta Deportivo / Independiente Medellín; 35 goals)
13	1960		Santa Fe (3)	América de Cali	Walter Marcolini (Deportivo Cali; 30 goals)
14	1961		Millonarios (6)	Independiente Medellín	Alberto Perazzo (Santa Fe; 32 goals)
15	1962		Millonarios (7)	Deportivo Cali	José Omar Verdún (Cúcuta Deportivo; 36 goals)
16	1963		Millonarios (8)	Santa Fe	Omar Devani (Atlético Bucaramanga; 36 goals) José Omar Verdún (Cúcuta Deportivo; 36 goals)
17	1964		Millonarios (9)	Cúcuta Deportivo	Omar Devani (Unión Magdalena / Atlético Bucaramanga; 28 goals)
18	1965		Deportivo Cali (1)	Atlético Nacional	Perfecto Rodríguez (Independiente Medellín; 38 goals)
19	1966		Santa Fe (4)	Independiente Medellín	Omar Devani (Santa Fe; 31 goals)
20	1967		Deportivo Cali (2)	Millonarios	José María Ferrero (Millonarios; 38 goals)
21	1968		Unión Magdalena (1)	Deportivo Cali	José María Ferrero (Millonarios; 32 goals)
22	1969		Deportivo Cali (3)	América de Cali	Hugo Lóndero (América de Cali; 25 goals)
23	1970		Deportivo Cali (4)	Junior	José María Ferrero (Cúcuta Deportivo; 27 goals) Walter Sossa (Santa Fe; 27 goals)
24	1971		Santa Fe (5)	Atlético Nacional	Hugo Lóndero (Cúcuta Deportivo; 30 goals) Apolinar Paniagua (Deportivo Pereira; 30 goals)
25	1972		Millonarios (10)	Deportivo Cali	Hugo Lóndero (Cúcuta Deportivo; 27 goals)
26	1973		Atlético Nacional (2)	Millonarios	Nelson Silva Pacheco (Cúcuta Deportivo / Junior; 36 goals)
27	1974		Deportivo Cali (5)	Atlético Nacional	Víctor Ephanor (Junior; 33 goals)
28	1975		Santa Fe (6)	Millonarios	Jorge Ramón Cáceres (Deportivo Pereira; 35 goals)
29	1976		Atlético Nacional (3)	Deportivo Cali	Miguel Angel Converti (Millonarios; 33 goals)
30	1977		Junior (1)	Deportivo Cali	Oswaldo Marcial Palavecino (Atlético Nacional; 33 goals)
31	1978		Millonarios (11)	Deportivo Cali	Oswaldo Marcial Palavecino (Atlético Nacional; 36 goals)
32	1979		América de Cali (1)	Santa Fe	Juan José Irigoyén (Millonarios; 36 goals)
33	1980		Junior (2)	Deportivo Cali	Sergio Cierra (Deportivo Pereira; 26 goals)
34	1981		Atlético Nacional (4)	Deportes Tolima	Víctor Hugo del Río (Deportes Tolima; 29 goals)
35	1982		América de Cali (2)	Deportes Tolima	Miguel Oswaldo González (Atlético Bucaramanga; 27 goals)
36	1983		América de Cali (3)	Junior	Hugo Gottardi (Santa Fe; 29 goals)
37	1984		América de Cali (4)	Millonarios	Hugo Gottardi (Independiente Santa Fe; 23 goals)
38	1985		América de Cali (5)	Deportivo Cali	Miguel Oswaldo González (Atlético Bucaramanga; 34 goals)
39	1986		América de Cali (6)	Deportivo Cali	Héctor Ramón Sossa (Independiente Medellín; 23 goals)
40	1987		Millonarios (12)	América de Cali	Jorge Aravena (Deportivo Cali; 23 goals)
41	1988		Millonarios (13)	Atlético Nacional	Sergio Angulo (Santa Fe; 29 goals)
42	1989		Championship not awarded
43	1990		América de Cali (7)	Atlético Nacional	Antony de Ávila (América de Cali; 25 goals)
44	1991		Atlético Nacional (5)	América de Cali	Iván Valenciano (Junior; 30 goals)
45	1992		América de Cali (8)	Atlético Nacional	John Jairo Tréllez (Atlético Nacional; 25 goals)
46	1993		Junior (3)	Independiente Medellín	Miguel Guerrero (Junior; 34 goals)
47	1994		Atlético Nacional (6)	Millonarios	Rubén Darío Hernández (Independiente Medellín / Deportivo Pereira / América de Cali; 32 goals)
48	1995		Junior (4)	América de Cali	Iván Valenciano (Junior; 24 goals)
49	1995–96		Deportivo Cali (6)	Millonarios	Iván Valenciano (Junior; 36 goals)
50	1996–97		América de Cali (9)	Atlético Bucaramanga	Hamilton Ricard (Deportivo Cali; 36 goals)
51	1998		Deportivo Cali (7)	Once Caldas	Víctor Bonilla (Deportivo Cali; 37 goals)
52	1999		Atlético Nacional (7)	América de Cali	Sergio Galván Rey (Once Caldas; 26 goals)
53	2000		América de Cali (10)	Junior	Carlos Alberto Castro (Millonarios; 24 goals)
54	2001		América de Cali (11)	Independiente Medellín	Carlos Alberto Castro (Millonarios; 29 goals) Jorge Horacio Serna (Independiente Medellín; 29 goals)
55	2002	Apertura	América de Cali (12)	Atlético Nacional	Luis Fernando Zuleta (Unión Magdalena; 13 goals)
56	2002	Finalización	Independiente Medellín (3)	Deportivo Pasto	Orlando Ballesteros (Atlético Bucaramanga; 13 goals) Milton Rodríguez (Deportivo Pereira; 13 goals)
57	2003	Apertura	Once Caldas (2)	Junior	Arnulfo Valentierra (Once Caldas; 13 goals)
58	2003	Finalización	Deportes Tolima (1)	Deportivo Cali	Léider Preciado (Deportivo Cali; 17 goals)
59	2004	Apertura	Independiente Medellín (4)	Atlético Nacional	Sergio Herrera (América de Cali; 13 goals)
60	2004	Finalización	Junior (5)	Atlético Nacional	Leonardo Fabio Moreno (América de Cali; 15 goals) Léider Preciado (Santa Fe; 15 goals)
61	2005	Apertura	Atlético Nacional (8)	Santa Fe	Víctor Aristizábal (Atlético Nacional; 16 goals)
62	2005	Finalización	Deportivo Cali (8)	Real Cartagena	Jámerson Rentería (Real Cartagena; 12 goals) Hugo Rodallega (Deportivo Cali; 12 goals)
63	2006	Apertura	Deportivo Pasto (1)	Deportivo Cali	Jorge Díaz Moreno (Cúcuta Deportivo; 15 goals)
64	2006	Finalización	Cúcuta Deportivo (1)	Deportes Tolima	Diego Álvarez (Independiente Medellín; 11 goals) Jhon Charría (Deportes Tolima; 11 goals)
65	2007	Apertura	Atlético Nacional (9)	Atlético Huila	Fredy Montero (Atlético Huila; 13 goals) Sergio Galván Rey (Atlético Nacional; 13 goals)
66	2007	Finalización	Atlético Nacional (10)	La Equidad	Dayro Moreno (Once Caldas; 16 goals)
67	2008	Apertura	Boyacá Chicó (1)	América de Cali	Miguel Caneo (Boyacá Chicó; 13 goals) Iván Velásquez (Deportes Quindío; 13 goals)
68	2008	Finalización	América de Cali (13)	Independiente Medellín	Fredy Montero (Deportivo Cali; 16 goals)
69	2009	Apertura	Once Caldas (3)	Junior	Teófilo Gutiérrez (Junior; 16 goals)
70	2009	Finalización	Independiente Medellín (5)	Atlético Huila	Jackson Martínez (Independiente Medellín; 18 goals)
71	2010	Apertura	Junior (6)	La Equidad	Carlos Bacca (Junior; 12 goals) Carlos Rentería (La Equidad; 12 goals)
72	2010	Finalización	Once Caldas (4)	Deportes Tolima	Wilder Medina (Deportes Tolima; 16 goals) Dayro Moreno (Once Caldas; 16 goals)
73	2011	Apertura	Atlético Nacional (11)	La Equidad	Carlos Rentería (Atlético Nacional; 12 goals)
74	2011	Finalización	Junior (7)	Once Caldas	Carlos Bacca (Junior; 12 goals)
75	2012	Apertura	Santa Fe (7)	Deportivo Pasto	Robin Ramírez (Deportes Tolima; 13 goals)
76	2012	Finalización	Millonarios (14)	Independiente Medellín	Henry Hernández (Cúcuta Deportivo; 9 goals) Carmelo Valencia (La Equidad; 9 goals) Germán Cano (Independiente Medellín; 9 goals)
77	2013	Apertura	Atlético Nacional (12)	Santa Fe	Wilder Medina (Santa Fe; 12 goals)
78	2013	Finalización	Atlético Nacional (13)	Deportivo Cali	Dayro Moreno (Millonarios; 16 goals) Luis Carlos Ruiz (Junior; 16 goals)
79	2014	Apertura	Atlético Nacional (14)	Junior	Dayro Moreno (Millonarios; 12 goals)
80	2014	Finalización	Santa Fe (8)	Independiente Medellín	Germán Cano (Independiente Medellín; 16 goals)
81	2015	Apertura	Deportivo Cali (9)	Independiente Medellín	Fernando Uribe (Millonarios; 15 goals)
82	2015	Finalización	Atlético Nacional (15)	Junior	Jefferson Duque (Atlético Nacional; 15 goals)
83	2016	Apertura	Independiente Medellín (6)	Junior	Miguel Borja (Cortuluá; 19 goals)
84	2016	Finalización	Santa Fe (9)	Deportes Tolima	Ayron del Valle (Millonarios; 12 goals)
85	2017	Apertura	Atlético Nacional (16)	Deportivo Cali	Dayro Moreno (Atlético Nacional; 14 goals)
86	2017	Finalización	Millonarios (15)	Santa Fe	Yimmi Chará (Junior; 11 goals) Ayron del Valle (Millonarios; 11 goals) Dayro Moreno (Atlético Nacional; 11 goals) Carmelo Valencia (La Equidad; 11 goals)
87	2018	Apertura	Deportes Tolima (2)	Atlético Nacional	Germán Cano (Independiente Medellín; 12 goals)
88	2018	Finalización	Junior (8)	Independiente Medellín	Germán Cano (Independiente Medellín; 20 goals)
89	2019	Apertura	Junior (9)	Deportivo Pasto	Germán Cano (Independiente Medellín; 21 goals)
90	2019	Finalización	América de Cali (14)	Junior	Germán Cano (Independiente Medellín; 13 goals) Michael Rangel (América de Cali; 13 goals)
91	2020		América de Cali (15)	Santa Fe	Miguel Borja (Junior; 14 goals)
92	2021	Apertura	Deportes Tolima (3)	Millonarios	Jefferson Duque (Atlético Nacional; 11 goals) Fernando Uribe (Millonarios; 11 goals) Diego Herazo (La Equidad; 11 goals)
93	2021	Finalización	Deportivo Cali (10)	Deportes Tolima	Harold Preciado (Deportivo Cali; 13 goals)
94	2022	Apertura	Atlético Nacional (17)	Deportes Tolima	Dayro Moreno (Atlético Bucaramanga; 13 goals)
95	2022	Finalización	Deportivo Pereira (1)	Independiente Medellín	Leonardo Castro (Deportivo Pereira; 15 goals)
96	2023	Apertura	Millonarios (16)	Atlético Nacional	Marco Pérez (Águilas Doradas; 13 goals)
97	2023	Finalización	Junior (10)	Independiente Medellín	Carlos Bacca (Junior; 18 goals)
98	2024	Apertura	Atlético Bucaramanga (1)	Santa Fe	Carlos Bacca (Junior; 12 goals) Hugo Rodallega (Santa Fe; 12 goals)
99	2024	Finalización

Source for champions and runners-up by season: RSSSF^[22]

List of champions

Teams in bold compete in the Categoría Primera A as of the 2024 season.
Italics indicates clubs that no longer exist or disaffiliated from the FCF.

Rank	Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning years	Runners-up years
1	Atlético Nacional	17	12	1954, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2005–I, 2007–I, 2007–II, 2011–I, 2013–I, 2013–II, 2014–I, 2015–II, 2017–I, 2022–I	1955, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2002–I, 2004–I, 2004–II, 2018–I, 2023–I
2	Millonarios	16	10	1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1972, 1978, 1987, 1988, 2012–II, 2017–II, 2023–I	1950, 1956, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1975, 1984, 1994, 1995–96, 2021–I
3	América de Cali	15	7	1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1996–97, 2000, 2001, 2002–I, 2008–II, 2019–II, 2020	1960, 1969, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2008–I
4	Deportivo Cali	10	14	1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1995–96, 1998, 2005–II, 2015–I, 2021–II	1949, 1962, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1986, 2003–II, 2006–I, 2013–II, 2017–I
4	Junior	10	10	1977, 1980, 1993, 1995, 2004–II, 2010–I, 2011–II, 2018–II, 2019–I, 2023–II	1948, 1970, 1983, 2000, 2003–I, 2009–I, 2014–I, 2015–II, 2016–I, 2019–II
6	Santa Fe	9	7	1948, 1958, 1960, 1966, 1971, 1975, 2012–I, 2014–II, 2016–II	1963, 1979, 2005–I, 2013–I, 2017–II, 2020, 2024–I
7	Independiente Medellín	6	12	1955, 1957, 2002–II, 2004–I, 2009–II, 2016–I	1959, 1961, 1966, 1993, 2001, 2008–II, 2012–II, 2014–II, 2015–I, 2018–II, 2022–II, 2023–II
8	Once Caldas	4	2	1950, 2003–I, 2009–I, 2010–II	1998, 2011–II
9	Deportes Tolima	3	8	2003–II, 2018–I, 2021–I	1957, 1981, 1982, 2006–II, 2010–II, 2016–II, 2021–II, 2022–I
10	Deportivo Pasto	1	3	2006–I	2002–II, 2012–I, 2019–I
	Deportes Quindío	1	2	1956	1953, 1954
	Cúcuta Deportivo	1	1	2006–II	1964
	Atlético Bucaramanga	1	1	2024–I	1996–97
	Unión Magdalena	1	—	1968	—
	Boyacá Chicó	1	—	2008–I	—
	Deportivo Pereira	1	—	2022–II	—
—	La Equidad	—	3	—	2007–II, 2010–I, 2011–I
	Boca Juniors		2		1951, 1952
	Atlético Huila		2		2007–I, 2009–II
	Real Cartagena		1		2005–II

Source: RSSSF

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v t e Categoría Primera A (Liga BetPlay Dimayor)
2024 teams	Águilas Doradas Alianza América de Cali Atlético Bucaramanga Atlético Nacional Boyacá Chicó Deportes Tolima Deportivo Cali Deportivo Pasto Deportivo Pereira Envigado Fortaleza Independiente Medellín Jaguares Junior La Equidad Millonarios Once Caldas Patriotas Santa Fe
Former teams	Alianza Petrolera Atlético Huila Boca Juniors Centauros Villavicencio Cortuluá Cúcuta Deportivo Deportes Quindío Deportivo Barranquilla Deportivo Unicosta Huracán Leones Libertad Once Deportivo Oro Negro Real Cartagena Sporting Tigres Uniautónoma Unión Magdalena Universidad
Competition	El Dorado Foreign players Seasons & winners Teams Venues
Statistics and records	Records All-time table Topscorers
Seasons	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995–96 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Associated competitions	Categoría Primera B Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana Copa Libertadores de América Copa Sudamericana
Early competitions	Campeonato Nacional Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá

Categoría Primera A top scorers

1948: Castillo
1949: Cabillón
1950: Ávalos
1951: Di Stéfano
1952: Di Stéfano
1953: Garelli
1954: Gambina
1955: Marino
1956: Jaime Gutiérrez
1957: Grecco
1958: Montanini
1959: Marino
1960: Marcolini
1961: Perazzo
1962: Verdún
1963: Devani / Verdún
1964: Devanni
1965: Perfecto Rodríguez
1966: Devanni
1967: Ferrero
1968: Ferrero
1969: Lóndero
1970: Ferrero / Sossa
1971: Lóndero / Paniagua
1972: Lóndero
1973: Pacheco
1974: Ephanor
1975: Cáceres
1976: Converti
1977: Palavecino
1978: Palavecino
1979: Irigoyén
1980: Cierra
1981: del Río
1982: Miguel González
1983: Gottardi
1984: Gottardi
1985: Miguel González
1986: Sossa
1987: Aravena
1988: Angulo
1990: de Ávila
1991: Valenciano
1992: Tréllez
1993: Guerrero
1994: Rubén Hernández
1995: Valenciano
1995–96: Valenciano
1996–97: Ricard
1998: Bonilla
1999: Galván
2000: C. Castro
2001: C. Castro / Serna
2002-I: Zuleta
2002-II: Ballesteros / Milton Rodríguez
2003-I: Valentierra
2003-II: L. Preciado
2004-I: Herrera
2004-II: L. Moreno / L. Preciado
2005-I: Aristizábal
2005-II: Jámerson Rentería / Rodallega
2006-I: Jorge Díaz
2006-II: Diego Álvarez / Charría
2007-I: Galván / Montero
2007-II: D. Moreno
2008-I: Caneo / Velásquez
2008-II: Montero
2009-I: Teófilo Gutiérrez
2009-II: Jackson
2010-I: Bacca / Carlos Rentería
2010-II: Medina / D. Moreno
2011-I: Carlos Rentería
2011-II: Bacca
2012-I: Robin Ramírez
2012-II: Henry Hernández / Valencia / Cano
2013-I: Medina
2013-II: D. Moreno / Ruiz
2014-I: D. Moreno
2014-II: Cano
2015-I: Uribe
2015-II: Duque
2016-I: Borja
2016-II: Del Valle
2017-I: D. Moreno
2017-II: Chará / Del Valle / D. Moreno / Valencia
2018-I: Cano
2018-II: Cano
2019-I: Cano
2019-II: Cano / Rangel
2020: Borja
2021-I: Duque / Herazo / Uribe
2021-II: H. Preciado
2022-I: D. Moreno
2022-II: L. Castro
2023-I: Pérez
2023-II: Bacca
2024-I: Bacca / Rodallega
2024–II:

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v t e Football in Colombia
Colombian Football Federation
National teams	Senior men's U-23 (Olympic) U-20 U-17 U-15 Senior women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17 Futsal Women's Futsal Beach
League competitions	Primera A Primera B Primera C Women's Football League
Domestic cups	Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana
Defunct competitions	Campeonato Nacional Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá
DIMAYOR El Dorado List of clubs List of venues

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Brazil (CBF)

Chile (FFC)

Colombia (FCF)

Ecuador (FEF)

Paraguay (APF)

Peru (FPF)

Uruguay (AUF)

Venezuela (FVF)

National team
competitions

Men	Copa América Copa América Centenario Pre-Olympic Tournament Under-20 Football Championship Under-17 Football Championship Under-15 Football Championship Pan American Games CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions Superclásico de las Américas Copa América de Futsal Futsal Finalissima Futsal World Cup qualifiers Under-20 Futsal Championship Under-17 Futsal Championship Copa América de Beach Soccer Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship South American Beach Games Bolivarian Beach Games
Women	Copa América Femenina Women's Finalissima Under-20 Women's Football Championship Under-17 Women's Football Championship Pan American Games South American Games Copa América Femenina de Futsal Under-20 Women's Futsal Championship
Defunct	Panamerican Championship

Club competitions

Men	Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge Copa Libertadores de Futsal U-20 Copa Libertadores Under-20 Intercontinental Cup Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer
Women	Copa Libertadores Femenina Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal
Defunct	Intercontinental Cup Intercontinental Champions' Supercup J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship Copa CONMEBOL Copa Interamericana Copa Iberoamericana Copa Mercosur Copa Merconorte Supercopa Libertadores Copa Master de Supercopa Copa de Oro Copa Master de CONMEBOL Copa Ganadores de Copa