2019 Categoría Primera A season

The 2019 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2019 Liga Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 72nd season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The season began on 25 January and concluded on 7 December. Junior entered the season as defending champions having won the 2018 Finalización tournament and successfully defended the title in the Torneo Apertura, beating Deportivo Pasto 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw on aggregate to claim their ninth domestic league title on 12 June.[1] Junior's winning streak was stopped in the Torneo Finalización by América de Cali, who won their fourteenth Primera A title and first since 2008 on 7 December by defeating the defending champions 2–0 on aggregate in the finals.[2]

Liga Águila
Season2019
Dates25 January – 7 December 2019
ChampionsApertura: Junior (9th title)
Finalización: América de Cali (14th title)
RelegatedUnión Magdalena
Atlético Huila
Copa LibertadoresJunior
América de Cali
Deportes Tolima
Independiente Medellín (cup winners)
Copa SudamericanaDeportivo Cali
Atlético Nacional
Millonarios
Deportivo Pasto
Matches played452
Goals scored1,008 (2.23 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Germán Cano (21 goals)
Finalización: Germán Cano and
Michael Rangel (13 goals each)
Biggest home winMillonarios 4–0 U. Magdalena
(28 February)
U. Magdalena 4–0 Patriotas
(6 April)
Ind. Medellín 4–0 Atl. Bucaramanga
(13 April)
Atlético Nacional 4–0 Patriotas
(18 April)
Once Caldas 4–0 Deportivo Cali
(24 April)
Envigado 4–0 Atlético Nacional
(30 April)
América de Cali 4–0 U. Magdalena
(30 April)
Deportivo Cali 4–0 Jaguares
(20 July)
Deportes Tolima 4–0 Santa Fe
(4 August)
Deportivo Pasto 4–0 Atlético Huila
(20 August)
Atl. Bucaramanga 4–0 Jaguares
(18 October)
Biggest away winJaguares 0–4 Deportes Tolima
(2 March)
Atl. Huila 1–5 Deportes Tolima
(17 March)
Highest scoringU. Magdalena 3–4 Jaguares
(26 January)
Atlético Nacional 5–2 Ind. Medellín
(25 August)
Deportes Tolima 5–2 Deportivo Cali
(3 October)
← 2018
2020 →

Format

For this season, the league was played as follows:

  • Two tournaments per year, with three stages each. The first stage was contested on a single round-robin basis, with each team playing the other teams once plus an additional match against a regional rival for a total of 20 games. The regional derby matchday in the first stage of both tournaments, which was not played in the previous season, returned for this season.
  • The knockout round was replaced by a semifinal stage to be played by the top eight teams after the end of the first stage, which were split into two groups of four with each team playing the others in their group twice. The top two teams from the first stage were seeded in each group, whilst the remaining six teams were drawn into each group.
  • The finals were contested by the winners of each semifinal group, playing a double-legged series for the championship.
  • The distribution of international qualification berths as well as the relegation system were the same as last season.[3]

Teams

20 teams competed, eighteen of them returning from last season plus Cúcuta Deportivo and Unión Magdalena, who were promoted from the 2018 Primera B. Both promoted teams replaced Boyacá Chicó and Leones who were relegated at the end of the previous season.

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2019 Categoría Primera A teams
Team Manager Home city Stadium Capacity
Alianza Petrolera Colombia César Torres Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata 10,400
América de Cali Costa Rica Alexandre Guimarães Cali Pascual Guerrero 33,130
Atlético Bucaramanga Colombia Sergio Novoa (caretaker) Bucaramanga Alfonso López 28,000
Atlético Huila Colombia Dayron Pérez (caretaker) Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid 22,000
Atlético Nacional Colombia Juan Carlos Osorio Medellín Atanasio Girardot 40,043
Cúcuta Deportivo Uruguay Guillermo Sanguinetti Cúcuta General Santander 42,901
Deportes Tolima Colombia Alberto Gamero Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toroa 28,100
Deportivo Cali Argentina Lucas Pusineri Cali Deportivo Cali 52,000
Deportivo Pasto Ecuador Octavio Zambrano Pasto Municipal de Ipialesb 6,000
Envigado Spain José Arastey (caretaker) Envigado Polideportivo Sur 11,000
Independiente Medellín Paraguay Aldo Bobadilla Medellín Atanasio Girardot 40,043
Jaguares Argentina Juan Cruz Real Montería Jaraguay 12,000
Junior Uruguay Julio Comesaña Barranquilla Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez 49,692
La Equidad Colombia Guillermo Rivera (caretaker) Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 8,000
Millonarios Colombia Jorge Luis Pinto Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín 36,343
Once Caldas Colombia Hubert Bodhert Manizales Palogrande 28,678
Patriotas Colombia Nelson Gómez Tunja La Independencia 20,630
Rionegro Águilas Colombia Flabio Torres Rionegro Alberto Grisales 14,000
Santa Fe Colombia Harold Rivera Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín 36,343
Unión Magdalena Colombia Carlos Silva Santa Marta Sierra Nevada 16,000

a: Deportes Tolima played their Torneo Apertura home match against Rionegro Águilas at Estadio Metropolitano de Techo in Bogotá due to maintenance works at their regular stadium Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro.
b: Deportivo Pasto will temporarily play their home matches at Estadio Municipal de Ipiales in Ipiales due to remodeling works at Estadio Departamental Libertad.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Millonarios Argentina Miguel Ángel Russo Mutual consent 11 November 2018[4] Pre-season Colombia Jorge Luis Pinto 13 November 2018[5]
Deportivo Cali Uruguay Gerardo Pelusso 11 November 2018[6] Argentina Lucas Pusineri 2 December 2018[7]
Deportivo Pasto Colombia Jairo Enríquez End of caretaker spell 11 November 2018 Colombia Alexis García 28 November 2018[8]
Jaguares Colombia Julio Méndez 11 November 2018[9] Colombia John Jairo Bodmer 12 November 2018[9]
Atlético Bucaramanga Colombia Óscar Serrano 21 November 2018[10] Colombia Flabio Torres 21 November 2018[10]
Cúcuta Deportivo Argentina Lucas Pusineri Signed by Deportivo Cali 2 December 2018[7] Argentina Sebastián Méndez 24 December 2018[11]
Junior Uruguay Julio Comesaña End of contract 19 December 2018[12] Colombia Luis Fernando Suárez 21 December 2018[13]
La Equidad Colombia Luis Fernando Suárez Signed by Junior 20 December 2018[13] Colombia Humberto Sierra 26 December 2018[14]
Santa Fe Uruguay Guillermo Sanguinetti Mutual consent 10 February 2019[15] 20th Colombia Gerardo Bedoya 10 February 2019[15][note 1]
Atlético Bucaramanga Colombia Flabio Torres Sacked 18 February 2019[17] 19th Colombia Carlos Giraldo 18 February 2019[18]
Rionegro Águilas Colombia Jorge Luis Bernal Mutual consent 1 March 2019[19] 20th Colombia Sergio Guzmán (caretaker) 1 March 2019[20]
Colombia Sergio Guzmán End of caretaker spell 11 March 2019 20th Paraguay Ever Hugo Almeida 11 March 2019[21]
Jaguares Colombia John Jairo Bodmer Resigned 14 March 2019[22] 17th Colombia Óscar Upegui 15 March 2019[22]
Atlético Huila Colombia Dayron Pérez Mutual consent 18 March 2019[23] 18th Colombia Luis Fernando Herrera 19 March 2019[23]
Rionegro Águilas Paraguay Ever Hugo Almeida Resigned 4 April 2019[24] 20th Colombia Eduardo Cruz (caretaker) 4 April 2019[24]
Independiente Medellín Ecuador Octavio Zambrano Sacked 5 April 2019[25] 13th Colombia Ricardo Calle (caretaker) 5 April 2019[25]
América de Cali Colombia Fernando Castro 15 April 2019[26] 5th Colombia Jersson González (caretaker) 15 April 2019[26]
Atlético Bucaramanga Colombia Carlos Giraldo 23 April 2019[27] 13th Colombia Óscar Serrano (caretaker) 24 April 2019[27]
Junior Colombia Luis Fernando Suárez 3 May 2019[28] 4th Colombia Luis Grau (caretaker) 3 May 2019[28]
Colombia Luis Grau End of caretaker spell 5 May 2019 7th Uruguay Julio Comesaña 5 May 2019[29]
Independiente Medellín Colombia Ricardo Calle 5 May 2019 9th Colombia Alexis Mendoza 14 May 2019[30]
Atlético Bucaramanga Colombia Óscar Serrano 8 May 2019 17th Colombia Hernán Torres 9 May 2019[31]
Cúcuta Deportivo Argentina Sebastián Méndez Mutual consent 8 May 2019[32] 11th Argentina Pablo Garabello 10 May 2019[33]
Santa Fe Colombia Gerardo Bedoya Replaced 8 May 2019 20th Argentina Patricio Camps 12 April 2019[34][note 2]
Atlético Nacional Brazil Paulo Autuori Resigned 24 May 2019[35] 4th, Group B Colombia Alejandro Restrepo (caretaker) 24 May 2019[35]
Torneo Finalización
América de Cali Colombia Jersson González End of caretaker spell 5 June 2019[36] Pre-tournament Costa Rica Alexandre Guimarães 13 June 2019[37]
Atlético Nacional Colombia Alejandro Restrepo 5 June 2019 Colombia Juan Carlos Osorio 10 June 2019[38]
Unión Magdalena Colombia Harold Rivera Mutual consent 5 June 2019[39] Colombia Pedro Sarmiento 12 June 2019[40]
Rionegro Águilas Colombia Eduardo Cruz End of caretaker spell 12 June 2019 Colombia Flabio Torres 12 June 2019
Santa Fe Argentina Patricio Camps Mutual consent 7 August 2019[41] 20th Colombia Harold Rivera 7 August 2019[41]
Cúcuta Deportivo Argentina Pablo Garabello 13 August 2019[42] 9th Uruguay Guillermo Sanguinetti 14 August 2019[43]
Atlético Huila Colombia Luis Fernando Herrera Sacked 13 August 2019[44] 11th Colombia Jorge Luis Bernal 15 August 2019[45]
Jaguares Colombia Óscar Upegui Resigned 27 August 2019[46] 16th Colombia John Jairo Bodmer (caretaker) 27 August 2019[46]
La Equidad Colombia Humberto Sierra 31 August 2019[47] 19th Colombia Guillermo Rivera (caretaker) 1 September 2019[47]
Independiente Medellín Colombia Alexis Mendoza 2 September 2019[48] 15th Paraguay Aldo Bobadilla 4 September 2019[49]
Atlético Bucaramanga Colombia Hernán Torres 9 September 2019[50] 14th Colombia Sergio Novoa (caretaker) 9 September 2019[50]
Deportivo Pasto Colombia Alexis García 15 September 2019[51] 10th Colombia Jairo Enríquez (caretaker) 16 September 2019
Unión Magdalena Colombia Pedro Sarmiento Sacked 16 September 2019[52] 20th Colombia Carlos Silva 16 September 2019[53]
Envigado Colombia Eduardo Lara Mutual consent 23 September 2019[54] 16th Spain José Arastey (caretaker) 23 September 2019[54]
Jaguares Colombia John Jairo Bodmer End of caretaker spell 30 September 2019[55] 20th Argentina Juan Cruz Real 30 September 2019[55]
Deportivo Pasto Colombia Jairo Enríquez 2 October 2019 12th Ecuador Octavio Zambrano 2 October 2019[56]
Patriotas Colombia Diego Corredor Training trip 3 October 2019[57] 12th Colombia Nelson Gómez 3 October 2019[57]
Atlético Huila Colombia Jorge Luis Bernal Sacked 26 October 2019[58] 19th Colombia Dayron Pérez (caretaker) 26 October 2019[58]
  1. Originally as caretaker manager, appointed on a permanent basis on 23 February 2019.[16]
  2. In charge since June 2019.

Torneo Apertura

First stage

The First stage began on 25 January and consisted of twenty rounds with teams playing each other once plus an extra match against their regional rival. It ended on 5 May with the top eight teams at the end of this stage advancing to the semifinals.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Millonarios 20 11 6 3 30 15 +15 39 Advance to the semifinals
2 Deportivo Cali 20 9 6 5 22 17 +5 33
3 Deportes Tolima 20 9 5 6 27 16 +11 32
4 América de Cali 20 9 5 6 26 20 +6 32
5 Atlético Nacional 20 8 7 5 24 19 +5 31
6 Deportivo Pasto 20 8 7 5 19 14 +5 31
7 Junior 20 6 12 2 24 18 +6 30
8 Unión Magdalena 20 8 6 6 24 24 0 30
9 Independiente Medellín 20 7 7 6 30 24 +6 28
10 Once Caldas 20 8 4 8 20 16 +4 28
11 Cúcuta Deportivo 20 8 3 9 25 27 −2 27
12 Patriotas 20 7 6 7 20 31 −11 27
13 Envigado 20 5 9 6 22 20 +2 24
14 Alianza Petrolera 20 5 8 7 17 19 −2 23
15 Jaguares 20 5 8 7 20 27 −7 23
16 La Equidad 20 4 10 6 21 22 −1 22
17 Atlético Bucaramanga 20 5 6 9 17 26 −9 21
18 Atlético Huila 20 4 7 9 19 32 −13 19
19 Rionegro Águilas 20 3 7 10 17 30 −13 16
20 Santa Fe 20 1 11 8 17 24 −7 14
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.

Results
Home \ Away APE AME BUC HUI NAC CUC TOL CAL PAS ENV DIM JAG JUN EQU MIL ONC PAT RIO SFE MAG
Alianza Petrolera — 1–2 — — — 0–1 — 1–0 — — 1–1 1–1 — 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 — 0–0 —
América de Cali — — — — — 2–0 3–1 0–1 — — 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 3–1 — — 0–0 —
Atlético Bucaramanga 3–0 0–0 — 2–4 0–1 1–0 — — 1–0 — — — — — — 1–1 0–1 — 2–1 0–1
Atlético Huila 1–2 2–1 — — 1–1 — 1–5 — 2–0 — — 0–2 — — — 1–0 1–1 — 0–3 1–1
Atlético Nacional 1–0 2–0 — — — — — 2–2 0–1 — 1–0 1–0 — 1–1 — 0–0 4–0 — 2–1 —
Cúcuta Deportivo — — 3–2 2–0 1–3 — 0–2 — 1–3 1–1 2–2 — 2–1 — — — — 3–0 — 3–1
Deportes Tolima 2–2 — 0–0 0–0 2–1 — — — 0–0 2–0 0–1 — 1–2 — — — — 2–0 — 1–0
Deportivo Cali — 0–1 2–0 1–1 — 2–0 2–1 — — 1–0 — — 0–0 — 1–1 — — 2–1 — 2–1
Deportivo Pasto 1–0 1–1 — — — — — 1–0 — 1–1 1–0 4–1 — 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 — — —
Envigado 1–0 4–1 1–2 1–1 4–0 — — — — — — — — — 0–1 — 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
Independiente Medellín — — 4–0 2–1 2–2 — — 1–1 — 4–1 — 3–0 — 1–1 — 1–1 — — 1–0 1–1
Jaguares 0–0 — 1–1 — — 1–1 0–4 1–0 — 2–2 — — 1–1 1–1 1–2 — — 2–0 — —
Junior 1–1 — 0–0 3–0 0–0 — — — 0–0 0–0 3–2 — — — — — 3–1 1–1 — 1–1
La Equidad — — 3–1 2–0 — 2–1 0–0 0–0 — 0–1 — — 2–2 — 0–1 — 2–2 2–2 — —
Millonarios — — 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 — — — 3–2 — 2–0 — — — — 1–1 1–1 4–0
Once Caldas — — — — — 1–2 2–1 4–0 0–1 1–0 — 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 — — 2–0 — —
Patriotas — 1–1 — — — 1–0 1–0 0–3 — — 2–1 2–1 — 3–1 1–3 1–0 — — 1–1 —
Rionegro Águilas 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 — — — 2–1 1–3 0–1 — — — — — 2–1 — — 0–1
Santa Fe — — — — — 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 — — 0–0 3–3 1–1 0–0 0–2 — 2–2 — —
Unión Magdalena 1–1 0–3 — — 1–0 — — — 1–0 — — 3–4 1–1 1–0 — 1–0 4–0 — 3–1 —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

The eight teams that advanced to the semifinals were drawn into two groups of four teams. The winners of each group advanced to the finals.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAS MIL AME MAG
1 Deportivo Pasto 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 13 Advance to the Finals — 1–1 1–0 3–0
2 Millonarios 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11 1–0 — 1–2 1–0
3 América de Cali 6 3 0 3 9 7 +2 9 0–3 1–2 — 4–0
4 Unión Magdalena 6 0 1 5 2 14 −12 1 1–3 1–1 0–2 —
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 JUN TOL CAL NAC
1 Junior 6 3 3 0 9 5 +4 12 Advance to the Finals — 1–1 2–0 0–0
2 Deportes Tolima 6 3 3 0 9 6 +3 12 1–1 — 1–1 2–1
3 Deportivo Cali 6 1 1 4 6 9 −3 4 1–2 1–2 — 0–1
4 Atlético Nacional 6 1 1 4 6 10 −4 4 2–3 1–2 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.

Finals
Junior1–0Deportivo Pasto
  • Sambueza 65'
 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Alexander Ospina
Deportivo Pasto1–0Junior
  • Vanegas 81'
 Report
Penalties
 4–5
Attendance: 25,722
Referee: Carlos Betancur

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Junior won on penalties.

 Liga Águila
2019 Apertura Champions 
Junior
9th title

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Argentina Germán Cano Independiente Medellín 21
2 Argentina Juan Dinenno Deportivo Cali 15
3 Venezuela Fernando Aristeguieta América de Cali 14
4 Colombia Carlos Peralta La Equidad 10
Colombia Marco Pérez Deportes Tolima
6 Colombia Jonathan Agudelo Cúcuta Deportivo 9
Colombia Ricardo Márquez Unión Magdalena
8 Argentina Hernán Barcos Atlético Nacional 7
9 Colombia Fabián González Millonarios 6
Venezuela Luis González Deportes Tolima
Colombia Jáder Obrian Rionegro Águilas
Colombia Alexis Zapata Envigado

Source: Soccerway

Torneo Finalización

First stage

The First stage began on 13 July and will feature the same format used in the Torneo Apertura, with reversed fixtures. It ended on 29 October with the top eight teams at the end of this stage advancing to the semifinals.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Nacional 20 9 8 3 30 17 +13 35 Advance to the semifinals
2 América de Cali 20 10 5 5 29 26 +3 35
3 Deportivo Cali 20 10 4 6 34 25 +9 34
4 Junior 20 9 6 5 16 9 +7 33
5 Santa Fe 20 9 5 6 22 12 +10 32
6 Deportes Tolima 20 9 5 6 24 16 +8 32
7 Alianza Petrolera 20 8 8 4 17 14 +3 32
8 Cúcuta Deportivo 20 9 5 6 28 28 0 32
9 Independiente Medellín 20 9 4 7 32 26 +6 31
10 Once Caldas 20 7 7 6 26 20 +6 28
11 Millonarios 20 8 4 8 24 27 −3 28
12 Atlético Bucaramanga 20 6 7 7 23 23 0 25
13 Rionegro Águilas 20 5 9 6 25 27 −2 24
14 Deportivo Pasto 20 5 8 7 24 25 −1 23
15 Patriotas 20 5 8 7 19 20 −1 23
16 Envigado 20 5 8 7 23 28 −5 23
17 La Equidad 20 4 8 8 19 24 −5 20
18 Atlético Huila 20 2 10 8 13 24 −11 16
19 Jaguares 20 3 6 11 11 34 −23 15
20 Unión Magdalena 20 3 5 12 14 28 −14 14
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.

Results
Home \ Away APE AME BUC HUI NAC CUC TOL CAL PAS ENV DIM JAG JUN EQU MIL ONC PAT RIO SFE MAG
Alianza Petrolera — — 1–0 1–0 0–0 — 0–1 — 2–2 1–0 — 1–0 0–0 — — — — 2–2 — 1–0
América de Cali 2–1 — 1–1 0–1 2–1 — — 2–1 1–0 1–0 — — — — — — 1–1 1–1 — 2–0
Atlético Bucaramanga — — — — — 2–0 1–1 0–1 — 2–3 2–2 4–0 0–0 2–2 1–2 — — 2–0 — —
Atlético Huila — — 1–2 — — 1–1 0–1 2–2 — 0–0 0–1 — 1–1 3–2 1–1 — — 1–1 — —
Atlético Nacional — — 0–0 4–1 — 2–3 1–0 — — 1–1 5–2 — 0–1 — 1–1 — — 1–0 — 3–1
Cúcuta Deportivo 1–1 3–1 2–0 — — — — 1–4 — — — 1–1 — 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 — 1–0 —
Deportes Tolima — 0–1 — 0–0 — 2–1 — 5–2 — — — 2–0 — 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 — 4–0 —
Deportivo Cali 0–1 3–2 — — 0–0 — — — 3–1 — 1–0 4–0 — 2–0 — 2–1 3–1 — 0–0 —
Deportivo Pasto — — 1–1 4–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 — — — — — 2–1 — — 1–0 — 3–3 0–0 2–0
Envigado — — — — — 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 — 2–4 2–0 0–0 0–0 — 1–3 — 3–3 — —
Independiente Medellín 2–0 4–1 — — 1–4 3–0 1–1 — 3–1 — — — 0–1 — 1–2 — 3–0 1–2 — —
Jaguares 0–0 2–2 — 1–0 1–1 — — — 1–1 — 0–1 — — — — 2–1 1–1 — 0–3 1–0
Junior — 0–1 — — — 0–0 1–0 3–0 — — — 3–0 — 1–0 1–0 0–1 — — 1–0 1–0
La Equidad 1–2 3–3 — — 0–0 — — — 0–0 — 0–1 2–0 — — — 1–1 1–0 — 0–3 2–0
Millonarios 2–1 1–2 — — — — — 2–1 2–1 1–2 — 2–1 — 3–2 — 1–0 0–0 — 2–4 —
Once Caldas 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 — — — 3–1 — 1–1 — — — — — 2–2 — 0–1 3–1
Patriotas 1–1 — 0–1 1–0 1–2 — — — 1–0 3–0 — — 2–0 1–1 — — — 2–0 — 1–1
Rionegro Águilas — — — — — 1–3 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–4 — 1–1 — 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 — — 1–0 —
Santa Fe 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 — — — — 3–0 2–0 — — — 1–0 — 0–0 — — 2–0
Unión Magdalena — — 1–2 0–0 — 1–2 1–2 2–0 — 1–0 1–1 — 1–1 — 2–1 — — 1–1 — —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. The match, which originally ended 0–2, was awarded 3–0 to Rionegro Águilas due to Deportes Tolima presenting Rafael Carrascal as one of their bench players despite playing for América de Cali.

Semifinals

The eight teams that advanced to the semifinals were drawn into two groups of four teams. The winners of each group advanced to the finals.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUN TOL NAC CUC
1 Junior 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11 Advance to the Finals — 1–3 2–0 1–0
2 Deportes Tolima 6 2 3 1 7 5 +2 9 2–2 — 1–0 0–1
3 Atlético Nacional 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 8 2–2 1–1 — 3–1
4 Cúcuta Deportivo 6 1 1 4 3 8 −5 4 1–3 0–0 0–1 —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AME CAL SFE APE
1 América de Cali 6 4 0 2 9 5 +4 12 Advance to the Finals — 1–0 2–0 3–1
2 Deportivo Cali 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8 2–1 — 1–0 0–0
3 Santa Fe 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8 2–1 1–1 — 1–0
4 Alianza Petrolera 6 1 2 3 5 8 −3 5 0–1 3–2 1–1 —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.

Finals

This final series featured the use of VAR for the first time in Colombian domestic football.[59]

Junior0–0América de Cali
Report
Referee: Mario Herrera
América de Cali2–0Junior
 Report

América de Cali won 2–0 on aggregate.

 Liga Águila
2019 Finalización Champions 
América de Cali
14th title

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Argentina Germán Cano Independiente Medellín 13
Colombia Michael Rangel América de Cali
3 Argentina Juan Dinenno Deportivo Cali 11
4 Colombia Carmelo Valencia Cúcuta Deportivo 10
5 Colombia Jhon Vásquez Alianza Petrolera 9
6 Colombia Maicol Balanta Santa Fe 7
Colombia Daniel Muñoz Atlético Nacional
Costa Rica José Guillermo Ortiz Millonarios
9 Colombia Jefferson Duque Santa Fe 6
Colombia Feiver Mercado Deportivo Cali
Colombia John Freddy Pérez Atlético Bucaramanga

Source: Soccerway

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América de Cali (C) 54 27 11 16 75 58 +17 92 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Junior (C) 56 22 24 10 61 43 +18 90
3 Deportes Tolima 52 23 16 13 67 43 +24 85 Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
4 Deportivo Cali 52 22 13 17 68 57 +11 79 Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
5 Atlético Nacional 52 20 18 14 67 53 +14 78
6 Millonarios 46 22 12 12 61 47 +14 78
7 Deportivo Pasto 48 18 16 14 55 43 +12 70
8 Cúcuta Deportivo 46 18 9 19 56 63 −7 63
9 Alianza Petrolera 46 14 18 14 39 41 −2 60
10 Independiente Medellín 40 16 11 13 62 50 +12 59 Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage[lower-alpha 1]
11 Once Caldas 40 15 11 14 46 36 +10 56
12 Santa Fe 46 12 18 16 44 42 +2 54
13 Patriotas 40 12 14 14 39 51 −12 50
14 Envigado 40 10 17 13 45 48 −3 47
15 Atlético Bucaramanga 40 11 13 16 40 49 −9 46
16 Unión Magdalena 46 11 12 23 40 66 −26 45
17 La Equidad 40 8 18 14 40 46 −6 42
18 Rionegro Águilas 40 8 16 16 42 57 −15 40
19 Jaguares 40 8 14 18 31 61 −30 38
20 Atlético Huila 40 6 17 17 32 56 −24 35
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.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Independiente Medellín qualified for the Copa Libertadores second stage by winning the 2019 Copa Colombia.

Relegation

A separate table is kept to determine the teams that get relegated to the Categoría Primera B for the next season. This table is elaborated from a sum of all first stage games played for the current season and the previous two seasons. For purposes of elaborating the table, promoted teams are given the same point and goal tallies as the team in the 18th position at the start of the season.

Pos
 Team 2017
Pts		 2018
Pts		 2019
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Total
GF		 Total
GA		 Total
GD		 Total
Pts		 Relegation
1 Atlético Nacional 8771661181628775224
2 Independiente Medellín 69695911818113546197
3 Deportes Tolima 53726411815611640189
4 Junior 62626311814810147187
5 Millonarios 69516711815111437187
6 Deportivo Cali 53586711815312627178
7 América de Cali 6047671181411329174
8 Santa Fe 6756461181239825169
9 Once Caldas 4263561181311310161
10 La Equidad 5361421181201119156
11 Atlético Bucaramanga 475846118120135−15151
12 Cúcuta Deportivo 464259118139166−27147
13 Deportivo Pasto 563554118125128–3145
14 Patriotas 454950118108137−29144
15 Alianza Petrolera 464255118120144−24143
16 Envigado 444647118121144−23137
17 Rionegro Águilas 395740118111145−34136
18 Jaguares 593938118103150−47136
19 Unión Magdalena (R) 464244118124163−39132 Relegation to Categoría Primera B
20 Atlético Huila (R) 484835118102138−36131

Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored.

See also

References
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  15. "Oficial: Guillermo Sanguinetti dejó de ser entrenador de Santa Fe" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 10 February 2019.
  16. "Gerardo Bedoya se queda: ratificado como entrenador de Santa Fe" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 23 February 2019.
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  18. "Hace poco jugó en el Bucaramanga y desde hoy será su entrenador" (in Spanish). Minuto30.com. 18 February 2019.
  19. "Jorge Luis Bernal dejó de ser el técnico de Rionegro Águilas" (in Spanish). El Espectador. 1 March 2019.
  20. "ÁGUILAS DE RIONEGRO NOMBRÓ AL REEMPLAZO DE JORGE LUIS BERNAL" (in Spanish). Antena 2. 1 March 2019.
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  22. "Jaguares cambió de entrenador: se va Jhon Jairo Bodmer y asume Óscar Upeguí" (in Spanish). Gol Caracol. 13 March 2019.
  23. "Luis Fernando 'Chonto' Herrera es el nuevo técnico de Atlético Huila" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 18 March 2019.
  24. "Ever Almeida renunció a la dirección técnica de Rionegro" (in Spanish). El Colombiano. 4 April 2019.
  25. "Oficial: Zambrano fue despedido y no seguirá como DT de Medellín" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 5 April 2019.
  26. "América toma una decisión radical: despide a Fernando 'Pecoso' Castro" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 15 April 2019.
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  38. "Juan Carlos Osorio regresa a Atlético Nacional" (in Spanish). El Colombiano. 10 June 2019.
  39. "Harold Rivera le dice adiós al Unión Magdalena" (in Spanish). El Informador. 2 June 2019.
  40. "Pedro Sarmiento vuelve al ruedo: es el nuevo DT de Unión Magdalena" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 12 June 2019.
  41. "Confirmado: Santa Fe llegó a un acuerdo con Patricio Camps" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 7 August 2019.
  42. "Pablo Garabello no es más el DT de Cúcuta" (in Spanish). El Espectador. 13 August 2019.
  43. "CÚCUTA DEPORTIVO CONFIRMÓ SU NUEVO ENTRENADOR" (in Spanish). Antena 2. 14 August 2019.
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  45. "CONFIRMADO: JORGE LUIS BERNAL VOLVERÁ A DIRIGIR EN EL FÚTBOL COLOMBIANO" (in Spanish). Antena 2. 15 August 2019.
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  47. "No hay quinto malo en la Liga: Equidad se quedó sin director técnico" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 1 September 2019.
  48. "Alexis Mendoza dejó de ser el entrenador del Medellín" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 2 September 2019.
  49. "Aldo Bobadilla, nuevo técnico del DIM" (in Spanish). El Colombiano. 4 September 2019.
  50. "Más para la lista negra: la fecha de clásicos sacó a otro entrenador" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 9 September 2019.
  51. "Otro más que se va: Alexis García anunció que no seguirá en Pasto" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 15 September 2019.
  52. "Unión Magdalena y una decisión drástica: se va Pedro Sarmiento" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 16 September 2019.
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  54. "Cero y van diez: Eduardo Lara se fue de Envigado" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 23 September 2019.
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  56. "Octavio Zambrano, nuevo técnico del Pasto" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 2 October 2019.
  57. "Se va el DT que más llevaba en la Liga: Diego Corredor deja Patriotas" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 4 October 2019.
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  59. "El VAR se estrena con polémica en la final de la Liga Águila" (in Spanish). As Colombia. 1 December 2019.
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