2019 Colombian Women's Football League

Liga Águila Femenina
Season	2019
Dates	13 July – 30 September 2019
Matches played	40
Goals scored	84 (2.1 per match)
Biggest home win	Atlético Huila 3–0 Orsomarso; (17 July)
Biggest away win	Once Caldas 0–6 Ind. Medellín; (20 July)
Highest scoring	Once Caldas 0–6 Ind. Medellín; (20 July)
	← 2018 2020 → All statistics correct as of 4 August 2019.

The 2019 Colombian Women's Football League (officially known as the Liga Águila Femenina 2019 for sponsorship reasons) is the third season of Colombia's top-flight women's football league. The season started on 13 July and is scheduled to conclude on 30 September 2019. Atlético Huila are the defending champions.

Format

For this season, the league will feature 20 teams, which will be split into five double round-robin groups of four teams. The top teams in each group as well as the three best runners-up will advance to the quarterfinals, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. The winners of each semifinal will qualify for the final to decide the champions. All rounds in the knockout stage will be played on a home-and-away basis.^[1] The champions will qualify for the 2019 Copa Libertadores Femenina, joining Atlético Huila who are already qualified as titleholders. On 15 June 2019, DIMAYOR and the FCF announced an agreement with CONMEBOL for an additional berth for Colombia into the Copa Libertadores Femenina, which will be awarded to the league runners-up.^[2]

Teams

20 teams are expected to take part in the competition.^[1] The teams are affiliated with DIMAYOR affiliate clubs. Alianza Petrolera, Bogotá, Deportes Quindío, Envigado, Patriotas, Real Cartagena, and Unión Magdalena will not field a team in this edition, whilst Deportivo Cali, Independiente Medellín, Millonarios, and Once Caldas will compete for the first time.

Stadia and locations

Atlético Bucaramanga

Atlético Huila

Bogotá

Cali

Medellín

Bogotá teams:
La Equidad
Millonarios
Santa Fe
Cali teams:
América de Cali
Atlético
Deportivo Cali
Medellín teams:
Atlético Nacional
Independiente Medellín

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Locations of the 2019 Liga Águila Femenina teams

Group	Team	City	Stadium
A	Atlético Nacional	Medellín	Atanasio Girardot
	Deportivo Pereira	Pereira	Hernán Ramírez Villegas
	Independiente Medellín	Medellín	Atanasio Girardot
	Once Caldas	Manizales	Palogrande
B	Fortaleza	Cota	Municipal de Cota
	La Equidad	Bogotá	Metropolitano de Techo
	Millonarios	Bogotá	Nemesio Camacho El Campín
	Santa Fe	Bogotá	Nemesio Camacho El Campín
C	Atlético Bucaramanga	Bucaramanga	Cancha Marte
	Cúcuta Deportivo	Cúcuta	General Santander
	Junior	Barranquilla	Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
	Real San Andrés	San Andrés Island	Erwin O'Neill
D	América de Cali	Cali	Pascual Guerrero
	Atlético	Cali	Pascual Guerrero
	Cortuluá	Tuluá	Doce de Octubre
	Deportivo Cali	Cali	Deportivo Cali
E	Atlético Huila	Neiva	Guillermo Plazas Alcid
	Deportes Tolima	Ibagué	Manuel Murillo Toro
	Deportivo Pasto	Pasto	Municipal de Ipiales
	Orsomarso	Palmira	Francisco Rivera Escobar

First stage

The First stage started on 13 July and consists of five groups of four teams. It is scheduled to end on 18 August with the top teams from each group as well as the three best runners-up advancing to the knockout stage.

Group A

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

DIM

NAC

PER

ONC

1

Independiente Medellín (X)

4

3

1

0

12

1

+11

10

Advance to knockout stage

—

2–0

2

Atlético Nacional (X)

4

3

1

0

7

1

+6

10

Possible knockout stage based on ranking

0–0

—

2–0

3

Deportivo Pereira (E)

4

1

0

3

2

8

−6

3

1–4

—

1–0

4

Once Caldas (E)

4

0

4

1

12

−11

0

0–6

4 August 2019

12:30

PER	1–0	ONC
Natalia Espinoza 65'

Hernan Ramirez Villegas, KwaZakele

1–3

—

Updated to match(es) played on 4 August 2019. 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
(E) Eliminated; (X) Assured to finish in top two

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SFE	MIL	EQU	FOR
1	Santa Fe	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	10	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–1
2	Millonarios	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7	Possible knockout stage based on ranking	0–1	—	2–1	1–0
3	La Equidad	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	6		0–1		—	2–1
4	Fortaleza (E)	4	0	0	4	2	9	−7	0		0–3		1–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2019. 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
(E) Eliminated

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JUN	BUC	RSA	CUC
1	Junior	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	7	Advance to knockout stage	—	0–0	2–0
2	Atlético Bucaramanga	4	1	3	0	4	2	+2	6	Possible knockout stage based on ranking	2–0	—		0–0
3	Real San Andrés	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5			2–2	—	1–1
4	Cúcuta Deportivo	4	0	2	2	1	3	−2	2		0–1		0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 4 August 2019. 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 D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AME	COR	CAL	ATL
1	América de Cali (X)	4	3	1	0	6	0	+6	10	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–0		1–0
2	Cortuluá	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7	Possible knockout stage based on ranking		—	3–1	1–1
3	Deportivo Cali (Y)	4	1	0	3	4	8	−4	3		0–3	0–1	—
4	Atlético (Y)	4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	2		0–0		1–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 4 August 2019. 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
(X) Assured to finish in top two; (Y) Cannot finish as group winner, but may still finish as group runner-up

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HUI	PAS	TOL	ORS
1	Atlético Huila	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	8	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–1		3–0
2	Deportivo Pasto	4	1	3	0	3	1	+2	6	Possible knockout stage based on ranking		—	0–0	2–0
3	Deportes Tolima	4	0	3	1	3	4	−1	3		1–2	0–0	—
4	Orsomarso (Y)	4	0	2	2	3	8	−5	2		1–1		2–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2019. 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
(Y) Cannot finish as group winner, but may still finish as group runner-up

Ranking of second-placed teams

The three best teams among those ranked second will qualify for the knockout stage.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	A	Atlético Nacional	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	10	Knockout stage
2	D	Cortuluá	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
3	B	Millonarios	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7
4	C	Atlético Bucaramanga	4	1	3	0	4	2	+2	6
5	E	Deportivo Pasto	4	1	3	0	3	1	+2	6