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) is the seventh season of Colombia's women's football league. The season started on 4 February and is scheduled to end on 30 June 2023.[1]

Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR
Season2023
Dates4 February – 30 June 2023
Matches played128
Goals scored336 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerLorena Cobos (9 goals)
Biggest home winDep. Cali 7–1 Atl. Bucaramanga
(24 April)
La Equidad 6–0 Atl. Bucaramanga
(18 May)
Biggest away winAtlético Huila 0–6 América de Cali
(11 March)
Highest scoringDep. Cali 7–1 Atl. Bucaramanga
(24 April)
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 18 May 2023.

América de Cali are the defending champions.

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,[2][3] 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 will play 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 will advance to the quarter-finals, with the winners advancing to the semi-finals. The winners of each semi-final will play the finals to decide the champions. All rounds in the knockout stage will be played on a home-and-away, double-legged basis. The champions and runners-up will qualify 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.[4]

Teams

17 DIMAYOR affiliate clubs take 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.[5] 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.[6]

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2023 Liga Femenina teams
Team City Stadium Capacity
América de Cali Cali Pascual Guerrero 33,130
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Alfonso López 25,000
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 Medellín Atanasio Girardot 40,043
Junior Barranquilla Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez 49,692
La Equidad Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 8,000
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 consists of a single-round robin tournament with the 17 participating teams playing each other once. It will end 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 (A) 15 12 1 2 41 8 +33 37 Advance to the knockout stage
2 Santa Fe (A) 15 9 5 1 31 12 +19 32
3 Atlético Nacional (A) 15 8 5 2 26 7 +19 29
4 Deportivo Pereira (A) 15 7 5 3 26 20 +6 26
5 Independiente Medellín (A) 15 8 2 5 23 18 +5 26
6 Deportivo Cali 15 6 6 3 21 16 +5 24
7 La Equidad 15 7 2 6 28 18 +10 23
8 Cortuluá 15 6 4 5 16 13 +3 22
9 Llaneros 15 7 1 7 21 21 0 22
10 Junior 15 5 5 5 16 11 +5 20
11 Atlético Huila 15 5 5 5 15 19 −4 20
12 Millonarios 15 5 4 6 19 20 −1 19
13 Boyacá Chicó 15 4 7 4 12 14 −2 19
14 Real Santander (E) 15 3 4 8 12 25 −13 13
15 Deportivo Pasto (E) 16 3 3 10 11 34 −23 12
16 Atlético Bucaramanga (E) 15 1 3 11 9 37 −28 6
17 Deportes Tolima (E) 15 0 2 13 9 43 −34 2
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2023. 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.
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

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 — 1–0 — — —
Atlético Bucaramanga — — 0–1 — 0–0 — — — 0–3 — 0–2 — — 1–1 1–1 1–3
Atlético Huila 0–6 — — — 1–1 3–0 — — — — 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 — — 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 — — 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 — — 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 — — — 2–2
Santa Fe 0–2 — — 1–0 — — 5–0 2–2 5–0 — 2–1 — 1–1 — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2023. Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

Bracket
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
8  
1 América de Cali
 
 
5  
4  
 
 
7  
2  
 
 
6  
3  

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
First stage 8th place A América de Cali
First stage 7th place B First stage 2nd place
First stage 6th place C First stage 3rd place
First stage 5th place D First stage 4th place

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Quarter-final winners A 1[†] Quarter-final winners D
Quarter-final winners B 2[†] Quarter-final winners C
  1. † Order of legs to be decided, with the team with the best performance in the previous stages hosting the second leg.

Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Semi-final winners 1 [†] Semi-final winners 2
  1. † Order of legs to be decided, with the team with the best performance in the previous stages hosting the second leg.

Top scorers
As of 18 May 2023
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Colombia Lorena Cobos Llaneros 9
2 Colombia Yessica Rodríguez La Equidad 8
3 Colombia Daniela Montoya Atlético Nacional 7
Colombia Catalina Usme América de Cali
5 Colombia Angie Cano Deportivo Pasto 6
Colombia Manuela González Deportivo Cali
Colombia María Camila Reyes Santa Fe
Colombia Liana Salazar Santa Fe
9 Colombia Elexa Bahr América de Cali 5
Colombia Sara Córdoba Atlético Nacional
Colombia Ana Milé González Deportivo Pereira
Venezuela Nerimar Infante Independiente Medellín
Colombia Mayerli Preciado Llaneros
Colombia Ingrid Vidal América de Cali
Colombia Mariana Zamorano América de Cali

Source: Soccerway

See also

References
  1. "Dimayor confirma fechas de Liga Femenina y nuevos socios" [Dimayor confirms Women's League dates and new partners] (in Spanish). Diario As Colombia. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "REGLAMENTO LIGA FEMENINA BETPLAY DIMAYOR 2023" [2023 LIGA FEMENINA BETPLAY DIMAYOR REGULATIONS] (PDF) (in Spanish). Dimayor. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
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