2023 Colombian Women's Football League

The 2023 Colombian Women's Football League (officially known as the Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR 2023 for sponsorship purposes) was the seventh season of Colombia's women's football league. The season started on 4 February and ended on 30 June 2023.[1]

Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR
Season2023
Dates4 February – 30 June 2023
ChampionsSanta Fe (3rd title)
Copa Libertadores FemeninaSanta Fe
América de Cali
Atlético Nacional
Matches played150
Goals scored406 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorerCatalina Usme (11 goals)
Biggest home winDep. Cali 7–1 Atl. Bucaramanga
(24 April)
La Equidad 6–0 Atl. Bucaramanga
(18 May)
Santa Fe 7–1 Cortuluá
(5 June)
Biggest away winAtlético Huila 0–6 América de Cali
(11 March)
Highest scoringDep. Cali 7–1 Atl. Bucaramanga
(24 April)
Santa Fe 7–1 Cortuluá
(5 June)
← 2022
2024 →

Santa Fe won their third title in the competition, defeating the defending champions América de Cali over two legs in the final.[2]

Format

Although interest in holding a full-year women's league championship was expressed first by Colombian Football Federation (FCF) President Ramón Jesurún during the 2022 Copa América Femenina and later by the Colombian Minister of Sports María Isabel Urrutia,[3][4] on 24 January 2023 the División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano (DIMAYOR) announced that the 2023 Liga Femenina season would keep the format used in the previous season, playing the competition in the first semester of the year due to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina, the latter of which the country is due to host.[1] The 17 participating teams played a single round-robin tournament with all teams playing each other once and having a bye day, for a total of 16 matches for each team and 17 rounds in the first stage. The top eight teams advanced to the quarter-finals, with the winners advancing to the semi-finals. The winners of each semi-final then played the finals to decide the champions. All rounds in the knockout stage were played on a home-and-away, double-legged basis. The champions and runners-up qualified for the Copa Libertadores Femenina, with a third berth (which was awarded to the FCF for being the host association of the continental competition) going to the best-placed team in the season's aggregate table, other than the finalists.[5]

Teams

17 DIMAYOR affiliate clubs took part in the competition with their women's teams. Fortaleza and Orsomarso did not enter this edition of the tournament, with these teams being replaced by Deportivo Pasto and Boyacá Chicó, the former returning after two years and the latter fielding a women's team for the first time ever.[6] Moreover, Águilas Doradas, who were required by CONMEBOL to form a women's team in order to be able to take part in the men's 2023 Copa Sudamericana, signed a partnership with Cortuluá for this season to meet this requirement.[7]

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2023 Liga Femenina teams
Team City Stadium Capacity
América de Cali Cali Pascual Guerrero 33,130
Atlético Bucaramanga Floridablanca Álvaro Gómez Hurtado 12,000
Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid 2,500
Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot 40,043
Boyacá Chicó Yopal[lower-roman 1] Santiago de las Atalayas 10,000
Cortuluá[lower-roman 2] Yumbo Municipal Raúl Miranda 3,500
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro 28,100
Deportivo Cali Palmira Deportivo Cali 44,000
Deportivo Pasto Pasto Departamental Libertad 20,000
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas 30,297
Independiente Medellín Itagüí Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí 12,000
Junior Barranquilla Romelio Martínez 8,600
La Equidad Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 10,000
Llaneros Villavicencio Bello Horizonte 15,000
Millonarios Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín 36,343
Real Santander Piedecuesta Villa Concha 5,500
Santa Fe Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín 36,343
Notes
  1. Based in Tunja but playing its home games in Yopal.
  2. In association with Águilas Doradas.

First stage

The first stage started on 4 February and consisted of a single-round robin tournament with the 17 participating teams playing each other once. It ended on 23 May with the top eight teams advancing to the knockout stage.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América de Cali 16 13 1 2 43 8 +35 40 Advance to the knockout stage
2 Santa Fe 16 10 5 1 33 12 +21 35
3 Atlético Nacional 16 8 6 2 28 9 +19 30
4 Deportivo Pereira 16 8 5 3 28 20 +8 29
5 Deportivo Cali 16 7 6 3 24 18 +6 27
6 Independiente Medellín 16 8 3 5 25 20 +5 27
7 Cortuluá 16 7 4 5 20 13 +7 25
8 La Equidad 16 7 2 7 28 20 +8 23
9 Millonarios 16 6 4 6 23 21 +2 22
10 Llaneros 16 7 1 8 21 23 −2 22
11 Junior 16 5 6 5 17 12 +5 21
12 Boyacá Chicó 16 4 8 4 13 15 −2 20
13 Atlético Huila 16 5 5 6 15 21 −6 20
14 Real Santander 16 3 4 9 13 29 −16 13
15 Deportivo Pasto 16 3 3 10 11 34 −23 12
16 Atlético Bucaramanga 16 1 3 12 9 41 −32 6
17 Deportes Tolima 16 0 2 14 11 46 −35 2
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 AME BUC HUI NAC BOY COR TOL CAL PAS PER DIM JUN EQU LLA MIL RSA SFE
América de Cali — 2–1 — 2–0 — — 2–0 5–0 5–0 — 2–0 — 2–0 1–0 — — —
Atlético Bucaramanga — — 0–1 — 0–0 0–4 — — — 0–3 — 0–2 — — 1–1 1–1 1–3
Atlético Huila 0–6 — — — 1–1 3–0 — — — 0–2 — 1–0 — — 0–1 2–1 0–2
Atlético Nacional — 4–0 0–0 — 0–0 — — — — — — 1–0 1–0 5–0 3–0 3–1 —
Boyacá Chicó 0–3 — — — — 1–1 — — — 1–2 2–0 1–1 — — 2–1 0–0 0–2
Cortuluá 0–3 — — 0–0 — — 1–1 2–0 3–0 — 0–0 — 4–0 — — — 0–1
Deportes Tolima — 0–1 1–3 1–4 1–3 — — 2–3 1–2 — — — 0–4 0–3 — — —
Deportivo Cali — 7–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 — — — — — — — 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 —
Deportivo Pasto — 1–0 2–2 0–3 1–1 — — 0–1 — — — — 1–3 0–2 — 3–1 —
Deportivo Pereira 1–4 — — 1–1 — 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 — 2–2 — — — — — 2–2
Independiente Medellín — 4–2 1–0 2–2 — — 6–1 2–1 1–0 — — — 2–0 2–1 — — —
Junior 2–2 — — — — 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 — — — — — 1–1
La Equidad — 6–0 3–1 — 0–1 — — — — 1–1 — 2–3 — 3–1 3–1 2–0 —
Llaneros — 2–1 1–1 — 2–0 1–2 — — — 1–2 — 1–0 — — 2–1 3–0 —
Millonarios 2–1 — — — — 1–0 5–1 — 1–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 — — — — 0–2
Real Santander 2–1 — — — — 1–0 2–1 — — 0–3 0–1 1–1 — — 1–4 — 2–2
Santa Fe 0–2 — — 1–0 — — 5–0 2–2 5–0 — 2–1 — 1–1 2–0 — — —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

Bracket
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
6 Independiente Medellín 1 1 2
3 Atlético Nacional 1 3 4
Atlético Nacional 1 0 1
Santa Fe 1 4 5
7 Cortuluá 1 1 2
2 Santa Fe 2 7 9
Santa Fe 2 0 2
América de Cali 0 0 0
5 Deportivo Cali 1 1 2
4 Deportivo Pereira 1 2 3
Deportivo Pereira 2 0 2
América de Cali 3 4 7
8 La Equidad 0 1 1
1 América de Cali 0 4 4

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
La Equidad 1–4 América de Cali 0–0 1–4
Cortuluá 2–9 Santa Fe 1–2 1–7
Independiente Medellín 2–4 Atlético Nacional 1–1 1–3
Deportivo Cali 2–3 Deportivo Pereira 1–1 1–2

First leg
29 May 2023 (2023-05-29) Cortuluá 1–2 Santa Fe Yumbo
16:00 UTC−5
  • Carvajal 79' (pen.)
 Report
Stadium: Municipal Raúl Miranda
Referee: Yeimi Martínez
29 May 2023 (2023-05-29) Deportivo Cali 1–1 Deportivo Pereira Palmira
18:00 UTC−5
  • Medina 90+6'
 Report
  • A. González 57' (pen.)
 Stadium: Deportivo Cali
Referee: Manuela Vásquez
29 May 2023 (2023-05-29) La Equidad 0–0 América de Cali Bogotá
19:00 UTC−5 Report Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo
Referee: Vanessa Ceballos
29 May 2023 (2023-05-29) Independiente Medellín 1–1 Atlético Nacional Itagüí
19:30 UTC−5
  • Infante 45+5'
 Report
Stadium: Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí
Referee: Erika Sánchez

Second leg
5 June 2023 (2023-06-05) Atlético Nacional 3–1
(4–2 agg.)		Independiente MedellínMedellín
19:00 UTC−5
  • S. Córdoba 29'
  • Aguirre 39' (pen.)
  • Quejada 85'
 Report
  • Restrepo 87'
 Stadium: Atanasio Girardot
Referee: Viviana Muñoz
5 June 2023 (2023-06-05) América de Cali 4–1
(4–1 agg.)		La EquidadCali
19:30 UTC−5
  • Usme 39', 58', 67'
  • Muñoz 81'
 Report
  • Cabrera 90+2'
 Stadium: Pascual Guerrero
Referee: María Victoria Daza
5 June 2023 (2023-06-05) Santa Fe 7–1
(9–2 agg.)		CortuluáBogotá
19:30 UTC−5
  • Reyes 10', 78'
  • Mosquera 30', 44'
  • Salazar 42'
  • Viancha 48'
  • Higuera 85'
 Report
  • Urrutia 61'
 Stadium: El Campín
Referee: Danna Victorino
5 June 2023 (2023-06-05) Deportivo Pereira 2–1
(3–2 agg.)		Deportivo CaliPereira
19:30 UTC−5
  • Romero 37' (o.g.)
  • Villegas 88'
 Report
Stadium: Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Referee: Yessica Villadiego

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportivo Pereira 2–7 América de Cali 2–3 0–4
Atlético Nacional 1–5 Santa Fe 1–1 0–4

First leg
9 June 2023 (2023-06-09) Deportivo Pereira 2–3 América de Cali Pereira
18:00 UTC−5
  • Rojas 43'
  • González 49'
 Report
  • Vidal 7'
  • Zamorano 65'
  • Castellanos 90+3'
 Stadium: Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Referee: Paula Fernández
9 June 2023 (2023-06-09) Atlético Nacional 1–1 Santa Fe Medellín
20:05 UTC−5
  • S. Córdoba 2'
 Report
Stadium: Atanasio Girardot
Referee: Erika Sánchez

Second leg
14 June 2023 (2023-06-14) Santa Fe 4–0
(5–1 agg.)		Atlético NacionalBogotá
18:00 UTC−5
Report Stadium: El Campín
Referee: María Victoria Daza
14 June 2023 (2023-06-14) América de Cali 4–0
(7–2 agg.)		Deportivo PereiraCali
20:15 UTC−5
Report Stadium: Pascual Guerrero
Referee: Yessica Villadiego

Finals
Santa Fe2–0América de Cali
 Report
Attendance: 30,747[8]
Referee: Danna Victorino
América de Cali0–0Santa Fe
Report
Referee: María Victoria Daza

Santa Fe won 2–0 on aggregate.

 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR
2023 champions 
Santa Fe
3rd title

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América de Cali 22 16 3 3 54 13 +41 51 Qualification for Copa Libertadores Femenina
2 Santa Fe (C) 22 14 7 1 49 15 +34 49
3 Atlético Nacional 20 9 8 3 33 16 +17 35
4 Deportivo Pereira 20 9 6 5 33 29 +4 33
5 Deportivo Cali 18 7 7 4 26 21 +5 28
6 Independiente Medellín 18 8 4 6 27 24 +3 28
7 Cortuluá 18 7 4 7 22 22 0 25
8 La Equidad 18 7 3 8 29 24 +5 24
9 Millonarios 16 6 4 6 23 21 +2 22
10 Llaneros 16 7 1 8 21 23 −2 22
11 Junior 16 5 6 5 17 12 +5 21
12 Boyacá Chicó 16 4 8 4 13 15 −2 20
13 Atlético Huila 16 5 5 6 15 21 −6 20
14 Real Santander 16 3 4 9 13 29 −16 13
15 Deportivo Pasto 16 3 3 10 11 34 −23 12
16 Atlético Bucaramanga 16 1 3 12 9 41 −32 6
17 Deportes Tolima 16 0 2 14 11 46 −35 2
Source: Fémina Fútbol
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

Top scorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Colombia Catalina Usme América de Cali 11
2 Colombia Liana Salazar Santa Fe 10
Colombia María Camila Reyes Santa Fe
4 Colombia Lorena Cobos Llaneros 9
Colombia Daniela Montoya Atlético Nacional
6 Colombia Manuela González Deportivo Cali 8
Colombia Ana Milé González Deportivo Pereira
Colombia Yessica Rodríguez La Equidad
9 Colombia Mariana Zamorano América de Cali 7
Colombia Karla Viancha Santa Fe
Colombia Sara Córdoba Atlético Nacional

Source: Fémina Fútbol

See also

References
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  2. "¡Tercer rugido de las leonas! Santa Fe campeón de Liga BetPlay Femenina" [Third roar by the lionesses! Santa Fe Liga BetPlay Femenina champions] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  3. "La promesa incumplida de Ramón Jesurún a las jugadoras de la Liga Femenina en 2023" [Ramón Jesurún's unfulfilled promise to the Women's League players in 2023] (in Spanish). Infobae. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  4. "MinDeporte adelanta que habrá liga femenina extensa para 2023" [Sports Minister anticipates that there will be a long women's league for 2023] (in Spanish). ESPN. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. "REGLAMENTO LIGA FEMENINA BETPLAY DIMAYOR 2023" [2023 LIGA FEMENINA BETPLAY DIMAYOR REGULATIONS] (PDF) (in Spanish). Dimayor. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  6. "Así se jugará la primera fecha de la Liga Femenina BetPlay Dimayor 2023" [This is how the first matchday of the 2023 Liga Femenina BetPlay Dimayor will be played] (in Spanish). Infobae. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  7. "Liga femenina: otro torneo de 5 meses, una controversia de no acabar... análisis" [Women's league: another 5-month tournament, an endless controversy...analysis] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  8. "Santa Fe pegó primero en la final femenina: repase el 2-0 ante América" [Santa Fe struck first in women's final: review the 2–0 against América] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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