2018 Colombian Women's Football League

Liga Águila Femenina
Season2018
Dates10 February – 31 May 2018
ChampionsAtlético Huila (1st title)
Copa Libertadores FemeninaAtlético Huila
Matches played124
Goals scored367 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorerOriana Altuve
(16 goals)
Biggest home winSanta Fe 10–0 Bogotá
(17 February)
Biggest away winBogotá 1–9 Patriotas
(28 February)
Highest scoringSanta Fe 10–0 Bogotá
(17 February)
Bogotá 1–9 Patriotas
(28 February)
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The 2018 Colombian Women's Football League season (officially known as the 2018 Liga Águila Femenina season for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of Colombia's top-flight women's football league. The season started on 10 February and concluded on 31 May 2018. Santa Fe were the defending champions.

The two-legged final was played between Atlético Huila and debutants Atlético Nacional. Atlético Huila were the champions after tying Atlético Nacional 2–2 in aggregate score and beating them 3–0 in the penalty shootout, and qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina.[1]

Format

Starting from this season, the league was expanded from 18 to 23 teams, which competed in four double round-robin groups, three of six teams each and one of five teams. The top two teams in each group moved on to the quarterfinals, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. The winners of each semifinal played the finals, which determined the champions. All rounds in the knockout stage were played on a home-and-away basis. The champions qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina and also played the 2017–18 Primera División Femenina champions in a double-legged series, same as last season.[2]

Teams

23 teams took part in the competition.[2] The teams are affiliated with DIMAYOR affiliate clubs. Atlético, Atlético Nacional, Bogotá, Deportes Tolima, and Junior competed for the first time.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of the 2018 Liga Águila Femenina teams
Hexagonal Team City Stadium
A Alianza Petrolera Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Cancha Marte
Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro
Real Santander Floridablanca Álvaro Gómez Hurtado
B Bogotá Bogotáa Municipal Héctor "El Zipa" González
Deportivo Pasto Pasto Departamental Libertad
Fortaleza Cota Municipal de Cota
La Equidad Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo
Patriotas Tunjab Primero de Septiembre
Santa Fe Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín
C América de Cali Cali Pascual Guerrero
Atlético Cali Pascual Guerrero
Cortuluá Tuluác Pascual Guerrero
Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Orsomarso Palmira Francisco Rivera Escobar
D Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot
Envigado Envigado Polideportivo Sur
Junior Barranquilla Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
Real Cartagena Cartagena Jaime Morón León
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Sierra Nevada

a: Played home games in Zipaquirá.
b: Played home games in Chiquinquirá.
c: Played home games in Cali.

First stage

The first stage started on 10 February and consisted of four round-robin hexagonals. It ended on 6 May with the top two teams from each group advancing to the knockout round.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HUI TOL APE CUC BUC RSA
1 Atlético Huila 10 8 1 1 22 3 +19 25 Advance to the knockout phase — 2–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 4–0
2 Deportes Tolima 10 4 4 2 13 11 +2 16 1–0 — 0–1 2–1 3–2 2–1
3 Alianza Petrolera 10 4 3 3 10 10 0 15 0–3 1–1 — 2–2 1–0 3–0
4 Cúcuta Deportivo 10 3 4 3 14 17 −3 13 0–3 1–1 1–1 — 2–1 5–2
5 Atlético Bucaramanga 10 2 1 7 7 14 −7 7 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 — 1–3
6 Real Santander 10 1 3 6 11 22 −11 6 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 —
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 SFE PAT FOR EQU BOG PAS
1 Santa Fe 10 8 1 1 37 6 +31 25 Advance to the knockout phase — 2–0 6–0 4–0 10–0 2–0
2 Patriotas 10 6 2 2 22 8 +14 20 1–0 — 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–0
3 Fortaleza 10 4 4 2 14 13 +1 16 2–2 2–2 — 2–1 1–0 3–0
4 La Equidad 10 4 3 3 11 10 +1 15 0–2 1–1 0–0 — 3–0 1–0
5 Bogotá 10 1 3 6 6 29 −23 6 2–3 1–9 0–0 1–1 — 1–0
6 Deportivo Pasto 10 0 1 9 2 26 −24 1 1–6 0–3 0–3 0–3 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

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AME COR PER QUI ORS ATL
1 América de Cali 10 7 1 2 26 12 +14 22 Advance to the knockout phase — 1–1 0–3[a] 4–1 3–1 2–0
2 Cortuluá 10 6 2 2 20 8 +12 20 2–3 — 3–0 2–0 0–1 4–1
3 Deportivo Pereira 10 6 1 3 15 12 +3 19 2–0 0–2 — 2–3 2–1 2–1
4 Deportes Quindío 10 3 3 4 21 20 +1 12 1–4 1–4 1–1 — 4–1 8–0
5 Orsomarso 10 3 2 5 14 17 −3 11 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 — 4–1
6 Atlético 10 0 1 9 7 34 −27 1 0–7 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–3 —
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
  1. ^ Match awarded 3–0 to Deportivo Pereira due to América de Cali presenting in its lineup more players than allowed by the tournament's regulations. The original result was a 4–0 win for América de Cali.[3]

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAC MAG ENV JUN RCA
1 Atlético Nacional 8 6 1 1 16 3 +13 19 Advance to the knockout phase — 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–0
2 Unión Magdalena 8 5 1 2 13 6 +7 16 0–0 — 1–0 1–0 4–0
3 Envigado 8 3 2 3 9 5 +4 11 1–0 0–1 — 0–0 5–1
4 Junior 8 3 2 3 9 7 +2 11 0–1 2–1 0–0 — 4–0
5 Real Cartagena 8 0 0 8 3 29 −26 0 0–5 1–4 0–2 1–3 —
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

Knockout phase

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1A Atlético Huila 4 2 6
2D Unión Magdalena 0 0 0
Atlético Huila 3 2 5
América de Cali 1 0 1
1C América de Cali 0 5 5
2B Patriotas 2 0 2
Atlético Huila (p) 0 2 2 (3)
Atlético Nacional 1 1 2 (0)
1B Santa Fe 4 3 7
2C Cortuluá 0 1 1
Santa Fe 1 2 3
Atlético Nacional 1 3 4
1D Atlético Nacional 3 3 6
2A Deportes Tolima 0 0 0

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlético Huila 6–0 Unión Magdalena 4–0 2–0
Santa Fe 7–1 Cortuluá 4–0 3–1
América de Cali 5–2 Patriotas 0–2 5–0
Atlético Nacional 6–0 Deportes Tolima 3–0 3–0

First leg

10 May 2018 Unión Magdalena 0–4 Atlético Huila Ciénaga
15:30 Report
Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Ciénaga
Referee: Heider Castro
10 May 2018 Cortuluá 0–4 Santa Fe Palmira
16:00 Report
Stadium: Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar
Referee: Vanessa Ceballos
10 May 2018 Patriotas 2–0 América de Cali Tunja
19:00
Report Stadium: Estadio La Independencia
Referee: Andrea Chavarría
10 May 2018 Deportes Tolima 0–3 Atlético Nacional Ibagué
19:30 Report
Stadium: Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro
Referee: Viviana Muñoz

Second leg

13 May 2018 Atlético Nacional 3–0
(6–0 agg.)		Deportes TolimaMedellín
15:15
Report Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Referee: Ruth Nathaly Martínez
13 May 2018 Atlético Huila 2–0
(6–0 agg.)		Unión MagdalenaNeiva
17:30
Report Stadium: Club Comfamiliar Los Lagos
Referee: Paula Fernández
14 May 2018 Santa Fe 3–1
(7–1 agg.)		CortuluáBogotá
13:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano de Techo
Referee: María Victoria Daza
Note: The match originally kicked off at Estadio Campincito on 13 May at 15:00 but was suspended after 32 minutes due to heavy rain. It resumed on 14 May at 13:00.[4]
14 May 2018 América de Cali 5–0
(5–2 agg.)		PatriotasPalmira
15:15
Report Stadium: Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar
Referee: Yessica María Vásquez

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
América de Cali 1–5 Atlético Huila 1–3 0–2
Atlético Nacional 4–3 Santa Fe 1–1 3–2

First leg

17 May 2018 América de Cali 1–3 Atlético Huila Cali
18:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Referee: Jenny Arias
17 May 2018 Atlético Nacional 1–1 Santa Fe Itagüí
20:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí
Referee: Viviana Muñoz

Second leg

20 May 2018 Santa Fe2–3
(3–4 agg.)		 Atlético Nacional Bogotá
14:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio El Campín
Referee: Vanessa Ceballos
20 May 2018 Atlético Huila 2–0
(5–1 agg.)		América de CaliNeiva
16:00
Report Stadium: Estadio Guillermo Plazas Alcid
Referee: María Victoria Daza

Finals

Atlético Nacional1–0Atlético Huila
 Report
Referee: Viviana Muñoz
Atlético Huila2–1Atlético Nacional
 Report
Penalties
 3–0
Referee: María Victoria Daza

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Atlético Huila won 3–0 on penalties.


Liga Águila Femenina
2018 champions
Atlético Huila
1st title

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Venezuela Oriana Altuve Santa Fe 16
2 Colombia Leicy Santos Santa Fe 12
3 Venezuela Joemar Guarecuco Cortuluá 11
4 Colombia Catalina Usme América de Cali 9
Venezuela Karla Torres Atlético Huila
6 Panama Marta Cox Deportes Quindío 8
Colombia Farlyn Caicedo América de Cali
8 Colombia Lady Andrade Atlético Nacional 7
Paraguay Gloria Villamayor Patriotas
Venezuela Jyoeldry Parra Deportivo Pereira

Source: Fémina Fútbol

See also

References

  1. ^ "Atlético Huila, el nuevo campeón de la Liga Femenina" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 31 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Listo el sistema de juego de la Liga Femenina 2018" (in Spanish). feminafutbol.com. 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ "RESOLUCIÓN No. 002 de 2018" (in Spanish). Dimayor. 14 February 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  4. ^ "Suspendido Independiente Santa Fe vs Cortuluá por lluvia" (in Spanish). Dimayor.com.co. 13 May 2018. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.