2022 Colombian Women's Football League

Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR
Season2022
Dates18 February – 5 June 2022
ChampionsAmérica de Cali (2nd title)
Copa Libertadores FemeninaAmérica de Cali
Deportivo Cali
Matches played150
Goals scored384 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorerCatalina Usme (15 goals)
Biggest home winDeportivo Cali 7–0 Real Santander
(25 March)
Biggest away winLlaneros 0–6 Santa Fe
(15 May)
Highest scoringSanta Fe 7–1 La Equidad
(14 April)
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The 2022 Colombian Women's Football League (officially known as the Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR 2022 for sponsorship purposes) was the sixth season of Colombia's women's football league. The season started on 18 February and ended on 5 June 2022.[1][2]

América de Cali won their second title in the competition, defeating the defending champions Deportivo Cali in the finals by a 4–3 aggregate score.[3]

Format

On 13 January 2022, the División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano (DIMAYOR) confirmed the format for the 2022 Liga Femenina season, following a meeting of its Board of Competition. For this season the league had 17 teams competing as well as a change of format for the first stage, which was played as a single round-robin tournament with all teams playing each other once and having a bye day, instead of the group stage used in previous editions of the tournament. The top eight teams at the end of the first stage advanced to the quarter-finals, with the winners advancing to the semi-finals. The winners of each semi-final advanced to 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 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina.[4]

On 5 June 2022, prior to the second leg of the Liga Femenina finals between América de Cali and Deportivo Cali, DIMAYOR and the Ministry of Sports of Colombia announced that a second tournament would be held in the second semester of 2022 after the latter announced an additional investment of 1.2 billion COP to the tournament.[5] The Torneo II was expected to begin in August and end in October, prior to the start of the Copa Libertadores Femenina,[6] however, on 7 July 2022 DIMAYOR announced that the second tournament had been cancelled given that only seven teams had confirmed their participation.[7]

Teams

17 DIMAYOR affiliate clubs took part in the competition with their women's teams. No teams from the previous season withdrew, whilst Junior, Deportes Tolima, Deportivo Pereira, Orsomarso and former champions Atlético Huila returned to the competition for this season.[1][8] Cortuluá, who withdrew from the previous season due to financial reasons, also fielded a team for this season.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of the 2022 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
Cortuluá Tuluá Doce de Octubre 16,000
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro 28,100
Deportivo Cali Palmira Deportivo Cali 44,000
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas 30,297
Fortaleza Chía Villa Olímpica 1,000
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
Orsomarso Palmira Francisco Rivera Escobar 15,000
Real Santander Piedecuesta Villa Concha 4,500
Santa Fe Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín 36,343

First stage

The first stage started on 20 February and consisted of a single-round robin tournament with the 17 participating teams playing each other once. It ended on 9 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 2 1 40 8 +32 41[a] Advance to the knockout stage
2 Santa Fe 16 13 2 1 40 8 +32 41[a]
3 Deportivo Cali 16 12 1 3 38 12 +26 37
4 Independiente Medellín 16 9 3 4 22 15 +7 30
5 Millonarios 16 8 2 6 16 12 +4 26
6 Deportivo Pereira 16 7 3 6 18 16 +2 24
7 Junior 16 7 2 7 20 17 +3 23
8 Llaneros 16 6 3 7 20 21 −1 21
9 Orsomarso 16 5 6 5 18 20 −2 21
10 Deportes Tolima 16 5 6 5 19 22 −3 21
11 Atlético Nacional 16 5 4 7 16 24 −8 19
12 Atlético Huila 16 4 4 8 20 24 −4 16
13 Cortuluá 16 5 1 10 15 25 −10 16
14 Atlético Bucaramanga 16 3 4 9 9 21 −12 13
15 La Equidad 16 4 1 11 15 32 −17 13
16 Real Santander 16 2 4 10 11 42 −31 10
17 Fortaleza 16 1 6 9 9 27 −18 9
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Away goals for: América de Cali 23, Santa Fe 18.

Results

Home \ Away AME BUC HUI NAC COR TOL CAL PER FOR DIM JUN EQU LLA MIL ORS RSA SFE
América de Cali — — 1–0 3–0 2–1 5–1 — — — 1–2 — — — 1–0 2–0 — 2–2
Atlético Bucaramanga 0–1 — — 0–0 — — 2–1 0–1 1–1 — — — 0–2 1–2 — 2–0 —
Atlético Huila — 3–1 — — 3–0 1–1 — 0–2 — 1–1 2–0 1–2 — — — — 1–3
Atlético Nacional — — 1–0 — 3–1 1–3 — — — 1–3 1–0 3–0 — — 2–2 — 0–4
Cortuluá — 1–0 — — — 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 — 1–2 2–1 1–1 — — — —
Deportes Tolima — 0–0 — — — — 0–2 2–1 1–1 — 0–0 2–0 0–1 — — 3–0 —
Deportivo Cali 0–4 — 2–0 4–1 — — — — 3–0 — — — 1–0 2–0 4–0 7–0 —
Deportivo Pereira 1–1 — — 0–1 — — 2–1 — 1–1 — — — 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 —
Fortaleza 0–3 — 2–1 1–1 — — — — — — — — 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–1
Independiente Medellín — 0–1 — — 0–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 3–1 — 1–0 3–0 — — — — —
Junior 0–2 4–0 — — — — 1–4 2–1 4–0 — — — 2–0 0–2 — 3–0 —
La Equidad 0–4 1–0 — — — — 1–2 0–1 3–1 — 0–1 — 0–1 — — 4–1 —
Llaneros 0–3 — 2–2 2–1 — — — — — 1–2 — — — 0–2 1–2 6–1 1–3
Millonarios — — 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 — — — 1–2 — 2–1 — — 2–0 — 0–2
Orsomarso — 0–0 3–1 — 3–1 4–2 — — — 0–1 1–1 1–1 — — — — 0–1
Real Santander 1–5 — 3–3 1–0 1–4 — — — — 0–0 — — — 1–0 0–0 — 0–2
Santa Fe — 4–1 — — 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 — 2–0 2–0 7–1 — — — — —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
Millonarios 1 1 2
3 Deportivo Cali 2 1 3
Deportivo Cali (p) 1 1 2 (4)
Santa Fe 1 1 2 (2)
Llaneros 0 0 0
2 Santa Fe 6 4 10
Deportivo Cali 2 1 3
América de Cali 1 3 4
Deportivo Pereira 1 0 1
4 Independiente Medellín 0 0 0
Deportivo Pereira 0 0 0
América de Cali 0 2 2
Junior 2 0 2
1 América de Cali 4 2 6

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Junior 2–6 América de Cali 2–4 0–2
Llaneros 0–10 Santa Fe 0–6 0–4
Millonarios 2–3 Deportivo Cali 1–2 1–1
Deportivo Pereira 1–0 Independiente Medellín 1–0 0–0

First leg

14 May 2022 (2022-05-14) Millonarios 1–2 Deportivo Cali Bogotá
15:00 UTC−5
  • Múnera 6'
 Report
Stadium: El Campín
Referee: Karen Lozano
15 May 2022 (2022-05-15) Deportivo Pereira 1–0 Independiente Medellín Pereira
11:00 UTC−5
Report Stadium: Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Referee: Marcela Suárez
15 May 2022 (2022-05-15) Llaneros 0–6 Santa Fe Villavicencio
15:00 UTC−5 Report
Stadium: Bello Horizonte
Referee: Luisa Fernanda Martínez
15 May 2022 (2022-05-15) Junior 2–4 América de Cali Barranquilla
17:00 UTC−5
Report
Stadium: Romelio Martínez
Referee: Yeimy Martínez

Second leg

17 May 2022 (2022-05-17) Deportivo Cali 1–1
(3–2 agg.)		MillonariosPalmira
15:00 UTC−5
Report
Stadium: Deportivo Cali
Referee: Maria Victoria Daza
18 May 2022 (2022-05-18) América de Cali 2–0
(6–2 agg.)		JuniorCali
17:45 UTC−5
Report Stadium: Pascual Guerrero
Referee: Paula Fernández
18 May 2022 (2022-05-18) Independiente Medellín0–0
(0–1 agg.)		 Deportivo Pereira Medellín
19:00 UTC−5 Report Stadium: Atanasio Girardot
Referee: Vanessa Ceballos
18 May 2022 (2022-05-18) Santa Fe 4–0
(10–0 agg.)		LlanerosBogotá
20:00 UTC−5
Report Stadium: El Campín
Referee: Erika Sánchez

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportivo Pereira 0–2 América de Cali 0–0 0–2
Deportivo Cali 2–2 (4–2 p) Santa Fe 1–1 1–1

First leg

22 May 2022 (2022-05-22) Deportivo Pereira 0–0 América de Cali Pereira
13:00 UTC−5 Report Stadium: Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Referee: Jenny Arias
22 May 2022 (2022-05-22) Deportivo Cali 1–1 Santa Fe Palmira
15:00 UTC−5
Report
Stadium: Deportivo Cali
Referee: Karen Lozano

Second leg

25 May 2022 (2022-05-25) América de Cali 2–0
(2–0 agg.)		Deportivo PereiraCali
20:00 UTC−5
Report Stadium: Pascual Guerrero
Referee: Paula Fernández
26 May 2022 (2022-05-26) Santa Fe1–1
(2–2 agg.)
(2–4 p)		 Deportivo Cali Bogotá
20:00 UTC−5
Report
Stadium: El Campín
Referee: Yeimi Martínez
Penalties

Finals

Deportivo Cali2–1América de Cali
 Report
Referee: Luisa Fernanda Martínez
América de Cali3–1Deportivo Cali
 Report
Attendance: 37,100[9]
Referee: Erika Sánchez

América de Cali won 4–3 on aggregate.


 Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR
2022 champions 
América de Cali
2nd title

Top scorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Colombia Catalina Usme América de Cali 15
2 Colombia Manuela González Deportivo Cali 10
Colombia Kena Romero Santa Fe
4 Colombia Ingrid Guerra Deportivo Cali 9
5 Colombia Sindy Constante Deportes Tolima 8
6 Colombia Nelly Córdoba Santa Fe 7
Colombia Loren Sánchez Atlético Huila
Colombia Ingrid Vidal América de Cali
9 Colombia Sara Angulo Cortuluá 6
Colombia Tatiana Ariza Deportivo Cali
Colombia Wendy Bonilla América de Cali
Colombia Leidy Chica Deportivo Pereira
Colombia Sandra Ibargüen Llaneros
Colombia Maryluz Montillo Deportivo Pereira
Colombia Karen Urrutia Orsomarso

Source: Soccerway

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Así se jugará la Liga Femenina BetPlay 2022" [This is how the 2022 Liga Femenina BetPlay will be played] (in Spanish). AS Colombia. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Rueda el balón y las emociones no faltarán: comienza la liga colombiana de fútbol femenino 2022" [The ball rolls and emotions will not be lacking: the 2022 Colombian Women's Football League kicks off] (in Spanish). Gol Caracol. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  3. ^ "América armó la fiesta en el Pascual y se coronó campeón de la Liga Femenina" [América put on the party at the Pascual and were crowned champions of the Women's League] (in Spanish). Comutricolor. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  4. ^ "REUNIÓN DE ASAMBLEA EXTRAORDINARIA Y JUNTA DE COMPETENCIA DE LA LIGA FEMENINA BETPLAY DIMAYOR 2022" [EXTRAORDINARY ASSEMBLY MEETING AND BOARD OF COMPETITION OF THE 2022 LIGA FEMENINA BETPLAY DIMAYOR] (in Spanish). División Mayor del Fútbol Colombiano. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Por fin se invirtió: Dimayor anunció que habrá Liga Femenina el otro semestre" [They finally invested: Dimayor announced that there will be a Women's League in the other semester] (in Spanish). ComuTricolor. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Liga Femenina: humo blanco para la siguiente edicion del torneo" [Women's League: white smoke for the next edition of the tournament] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  7. ^ "La 'Dimayorada' tamaño familiar que hicieron con la Liga Femenina 2-2022" [The family-sized Dimayorada they did with the 2022-2 Women's League] (in Spanish). Publimetro. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  8. ^ "¡Es oficial! Huila jugará la liga femenina del 2022" [It's official! Huila will play the 2022 women's league] (in Spanish). La Nación. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  9. ^ "¡Historia pura! Récord de público en el Pascual Guerrero para la gran final femenina" [Pure history! Attendance record at the Pascual Guerrero for the women's grand final] (in Spanish). BolaVIP. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.