2020 Colombian Women's Football League

Liga Femenina BetPlay Dimayor
Season2020
Dates16 October – 13 December 2020
ChampionsSanta Fe (2nd title)
Copa Libertadores FemeninaSanta Fe
América de Cali
Matches played58
Goals scored157 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorerYsaura Viso
(13 goals)
Biggest home winMillonarios 5–0 Llaneros
(16 October)
Biggest away winFortaleza 0–5 Santa Fe
(29 October)
Llaneros 0–5 Santa Fe
(15 November)
Atl. Bucaramanga 0–5 Atlético Nacional
(20 November)
Highest scoringSanta Fe 5–1 Llaneros
(1 November)
Ind. Medellín 4–2 Atl. Bucaramanga
(16 November)
← 2019
2021 →

The 2020 Colombian Women's Football League (officially known as the Liga Femenina BetPlay Dimayor 2020 for sponsorship purposes)[1] was the fourth season of Colombia's top-flight women's football league. The season started on 16 October and ended on 13 December 2020.

Santa Fe won their second title in the competition after beating defending champions América de Cali in the finals by an aggregate score of 4–1 over two legs.

Format

For this season the league featured 13 teams, down from the 18 which had originally expressed their intention to take part prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] The 13 teams were split into two groups of four teams and one group of five teams, where they played each other in a double round-robin tournament. The top two teams in each group as well as the two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals, with the winners advancing to the semi-finals. The winners of each semi-final qualified for the finals to decide the champions. All rounds in the knockout stage were played on a home-and-away, double-legged basis.[3] The champions and runners-up qualified for the 2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina.[4]

Teams

13 teams took part in the competition.[3] The teams are affiliated with DIMAYOR affiliate clubs. Atlético, Atlético Huila, Cortuluá, Cúcuta Deportivo, Deportes Tolima, Deportivo Pereira, Once Caldas, and Orsomarso did not field a team in this edition, whilst Llaneros competed for the first time.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of the 2020 Liga Femenina teams
Group Team City Stadium
A Fortaleza Chía Villa Olímpica
La Equidad Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo
Llaneros Villavicencio Bello Horizonte
Millonarios Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín
Santa Fe Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín
B América de Cali Cali Pascual Guerrero
Deportivo Cali Palmira Deportivo Cali
Deportivo Pasto Pasto Departamental Libertad
Junior Barranquilla Romelio Martínez
C Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Alfonso López
Atlético Nacional Guarne Bernardo Álvarez
Independiente Medellín Itagüí Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí
Real San Andrés Bucaramanga Alfonso López

First stage

The First stage started on 16 October and consisted of two groups of four teams and one group of five. It ended on 20 November with the top two teams from each group as well as the two best third-placed teams advancing to the knockout stage.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SFE MIL FOR EQU LLA
1 Santa Fe 8 8 0 0 28 4 +24 24 Advanced to knockout stage — 3–2 2–0 3–1 5–1
2 Millonarios 8 4 1 3 15 10 +5 13 0–3 — 1–0 2–0 5–0
3 Fortaleza 8 2 1 5 7 14 −7 7 0–5 2–1 — 2–0 1–2
4 La Equidad 8 2 1 5 5 12 −7 7 0–2 1–1 1–0 — 2–1
5 Llaneros 8 2 1 5 8 23 −15 7 0–5 1–3 2–2 1–0 —
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Yellow cards, 7) Red cards, 8) Drawing of lots.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AME CAL JUN PAS
1 América de Cali 6 5 0 1 9 4 +5 15 Advanced to knockout stage — 2–0 2–0 3–1
2 Deportivo Cali 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8 3–0 — 0–1 0–0
3 Junior 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8 0–1 1–1 — 3–1
4 Deportivo Pasto 6 0 2 4 4 10 −6 2 0–1 1–2 1–1 —
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Yellow cards, 7) Red cards, 8) Drawing of lots.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DIM RSA NAC BUC
1 Independiente Medellín 6 5 1 0 13 3 +10 16 Advanced to knockout stage — 3–0 1–0 4–2
2 Real San Andrés 6 2 2 2 5 7 −2 8 0–0 — 1–0 1–2
3 Atlético Nacional 6 2 1 3 10 6 +4 7 1–3 1–1 — 3–0
4 Atlético Bucaramanga 6 1 0 5 5 17 −12 3 0–2 1–2 0–5 —
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Yellow cards, 7) Red cards, 8) Drawing of lots.

Ranking of third-placed teams

The two best teams among those ranked third qualified for the knockout stage.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Result
1 B Junior 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8 1.33 Knockout stage
2 C Atlético Nacional 6 2 1 3 10 6 +4 7 1.17
3 A Fortaleza 8 2 1 5 7 14 −7 7 0.88
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Yellow cards, 7) Red cards, 8) Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
Deportivo Cali 2 1 3
Millonarios 1 3 4
Millonarios 1 0 1
América de Cali 1 1 2
Atlético Nacional 0 1 1
América de Cali 1 1 2
América de Cali 1 0 1
Santa Fe 2 2 4
Real San Andrés 1 1 2
Independiente Medellín 1 3 4
Independiente Medellín 0 1 1
Santa Fe 2 1 3
Junior 1 3 4
Santa Fe 3 2 5

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Junior 4–5 Santa Fe 1–3 3–2
Atlético Nacional 1–2 América de Cali 0–1 1–1
Real San Andrés 2–4 Independiente Medellín 1–1 1–3
Deportivo Cali 3–4 Millonarios 2–1 1–3

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Independiente Medellín 1–3 Santa Fe 0–2 1–1
Millonarios 1–2 América de Cali 1–1 0–1

Finals

América de Cali1–2Santa Fe
  • Usme 23'
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yessica Villadiego
Santa Fe2–0América de Cali
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: María Victoria Daza

Santa Fe won 4–1 on aggregate.


 Liga Femenina Betplay Dimayor
2020 champions 
Santa Fe
2nd title

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Venezuela Ysaura Viso Santa Fe 13
2 Colombia Nelly Córdoba Santa Fe 5
Paraguay Fany Gauto Santa Fe
4 Venezuela Joemar Guarecuco América de Cali 4
Colombia Tatiana Ariza Millonarios
Colombia Catalina Usme América de Cali
7 Colombia Diana Celis Santa Fe 3
Colombia Diana Ospina Independiente Medellín
Colombia Estefanía Cartagena Atlético Nacional
Colombia Geraldine Cardona Independiente Medellín

Source: Fémina Fútbol

See also

References

  1. ^ "(VIDEO) PRESENTACIÓN DE LA LIGA FEMENINA BETPLAY DIMAYOR 2020" (in Spanish). Dimayor. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  2. ^ "La Liga Femenina toma fuerza: confirmados los 18 equipos participantes" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "¡Sí cumplieron! A falta de fecha, así se jugará la Liga femenina 2020" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Campeón y subcampeón de la Liga Femenina 2020 tendrán incentivos" (in Spanish). Minuto 30. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.