2020 Colombian Women's Football League

{{Infobox football league season

|competition = Liga Femenina BetPlay Dimayor

|season = 2020

|dates = {{nowrap|16 October – 13 December 2020}}

|winners = Santa Fe (2nd title)

|relegated =

|continentalcup1 = Copa Libertadores Femenina

|continentalcup1 qualifiers = Santa Fe
América de Cali

|league topscorer = Ysaura Viso
(13 goals)

|matches = 58

|total goals = 157

|biggest home win = Millonarios 5–0 Llaneros
(16 October)

|biggest away win = Fortaleza 0–5 Santa Fe
(29 October)
Llaneros 0–5 Santa Fe
(15 November)
{{nowrap|Atl. Bucaramanga 0–5 Atlético Nacional}}
(20 November)

|highest scoring = Santa Fe 5–1 Llaneros
(1 November)
Ind. Medellín 4–2 Atl. Bucaramanga
(16 November)

|longest wins =

|longest unbeaten =

|longest losses =

|longest winless =

|highest attendance =

|prevseason = 2019

|nextseason = 2021

}}

The 2020 Colombian Women's Football League (officially known as the Liga Femenina BetPlay Dimayor 2020 for sponsorship purposes){{cite web|url=https://dimayor.com.co/2020/10/video-presentacion-de-la-liga-femenina-betplay-dimayor-2020/|title=(VIDEO) PRESENTACIÓN DE LA LIGA FEMENINA BETPLAY DIMAYOR 2020|publisher=Dimayor|language=Spanish|date=15 October 2020|access-date=28 November 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.futbolred.com/futbol-colombiano/futbol-femenino/liga-femenina-de-colombia-2020-confirmados-equipos-que-participaran-113290|title=La Liga Femenina toma fuerza: confirmados los 18 equipos participantes|publisher=Futbolred|language=Spanish|date=19 February 2020|access-date=8 November 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.futbolred.com/futbol-colombiano/futbol-femenino/liga-femenina-colombia-2020-sistema-de-campeonato-confirmado-122787|title=¡Sí cumplieron! A falta de fecha, así se jugará la Liga femenina 2020|publisher=Futbolred|language=Spanish|date=26 August 2020|access-date=8 November 2020}} 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. The champions and runners-up qualified for the 2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina.{{cite web|url=https://www.minuto30.com/deportes/futbol-femenino/campeon-y-subcampeon-de-la-liga-femenina-2020-tendran-incentivos/1143377/|title=Campeón y subcampeón de la Liga Femenina 2020 tendrán incentivos|publisher=Minuto 30|language=Spanish|date=15 October 2020|access-date=8 November 2020}}

Teams

13 teams took part in the competition. 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 =

{{Location map+ |Colombia |float=right |width=450 |caption=Locations of the 2020 Liga Femenina teams |places=

{{Location map~ |Colombia |lat=7.118611 |long=-73.116111 |label=

Atlético Bucaramanga
|position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}

{{Location map~ |Colombia |lat=4.598056 |long=-74.075833 |label=

Bogotá
|position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}

{{Location map~ |Colombia |lat=3.420556 |long=-76.522222 |label=

Cali
|position=left |mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}}

{{Location map~ |Colombia |lat=1.207778 |long=-77.277222 |label=

Deportivo Pasto
|position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}

{{Location map~ |Colombia |lat=4.816667 |long=-74.1 |label=

Fortaleza
|position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 sw.svg}}

{{Location map~ |Colombia |lat=10.963889 |long=-74.796389 |label=

Junior
|position=left |mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}}

{{Location map~ |Colombia |lat=4.142500 |long=-73.629444 |label=

Llaneros
|position=right |mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg}}

{{Location map~ |Colombia |lat=6.230833 |long=-75.590556 |label=

Medellín
|position=left |mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}}

{{Location map~ |Colombia |lat=7.069722 |long=-73.097778 |label=

Real San Andrés
|position=left |mark=Arrows 12x12 e.svg}}

{{Location map~ |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |Colombia |lat=1.6 |long=-85 |label=Bogotá teams:
La Equidad
Millonarios
Santa Fe
Cali teams:
América de Cali
Deportivo Cali
Medellín teams:
Atlético Nacional
Independiente Medellín
}}

}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! Group

! Team

! City

! Stadium

rowspan="5" | 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

rowspan="4" | B

| América de Cali

| Cali

| Pascual Guerrero

Deportivo Cali

| Palmira

| Deportivo Cali

Deportivo Pasto

| Pasto

| Departamental Libertad

Junior

| Barranquilla

| Romelio Martínez

rowspan="4" | C

| Atlético Bucaramanga

| Bucaramanga

| Alfonso López

Atlético Nacional

| Guarne

| Bernardo Álvarez

Independiente Medellín

| Itagüí

| Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí

Real San Andrés

| Bucaramanga

| Alfonso López

{{clear}}

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=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football

|update=complete

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|show_matches=true

|matches_style=FBR

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|win_EQU=2 |draw_EQU=1 |loss_EQU=5 |gf_EQU=5 |ga_EQU=12

|win_LLA=2 |draw_LLA=1 |loss_LLA=5 |gf_LLA=8 |ga_LLA=23

|win_MIL=4 |draw_MIL=1 |loss_MIL=3 |gf_MIL=15|ga_MIL=10

|win_SFE=8 |draw_SFE=0 |loss_SFE=0 |gf_SFE=28|ga_SFE=4

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|name_EQU=La Equidad |short_EQU=EQU

|name_LLA=Llaneros |short_LLA=LLA

|name_MIL=Millonarios |short_MIL=MIL

|name_SFE=Santa Fe |short_SFE=SFE

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO |result2=KO

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|status_text_X=Assured of top three finish

|status_text_Y=Cannot finish in top two, but may still finish in third place

|match_FOR_EQU=2–0

|match_FOR_LLA=1–2

|match_FOR_MIL=2–1

|match_FOR_SFE=0–5

|match_EQU_FOR=1–0

|match_EQU_LLA=2–1

|match_EQU_MIL=1–1

|match_EQU_SFE=0–2

|match_LLA_FOR=2–2

|match_LLA_EQU=1–0

|match_LLA_MIL=1–3

|match_LLA_SFE=0–5

|match_MIL_FOR=1–0

|match_MIL_EQU=2–0

|match_MIL_LLA=5–0

|match_MIL_SFE=0–3

|match_SFE_FOR=2–0

|match_SFE_EQU=3–1

|match_SFE_LLA=5–1

|match_SFE_MIL=3–2

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football

|update=complete

|source=[https://dimayor.com.co/index.php/liga-femenina/ Dimayor] |class_rules=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.

|show_matches=true

|matches_style=FBR

|team1=AME |team2=CAL |team3=JUN |team4=PAS

|win_AME=5 |draw_AME=0 |loss_AME=1 |gf_AME=9 |ga_AME=4

|win_CAL=2 |draw_CAL=2 |loss_CAL=2 |gf_CAL=6 |ga_CAL=5

|win_PAS=0 |draw_PAS=2 |loss_PAS=4 |gf_PAS=4 |ga_PAS=10

|win_JUN=2 |draw_JUN=2 |loss_JUN=2 |gf_JUN=6 |ga_JUN=6

|name_AME=América de Cali |short_AME=AME

|name_CAL=Deportivo Cali |short_CAL=CAL

|name_PAS=Deportivo Pasto |short_PAS=PAS

|name_JUN=Junior |short_JUN=JUN

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO |result2=KO |result3=KO

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advanced to knockout stage

|status_text_X=Assured of top three finish

|status_text_Y=Cannot finish in top two, but may still finish in third place

|match_AME_CAL=2–0

|match_AME_PAS=3–1

|match_AME_JUN=2–0

|match_CAL_AME=3–0

|match_CAL_PAS=0–0

|match_CAL_JUN=0–1

|match_PAS_AME=0–1

|match_PAS_CAL=1–2

|match_PAS_JUN=1–1

|match_JUN_AME=0–1

|match_JUN_CAL=1–1

|match_JUN_PAS=3–1

}}

=Group C=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football

|update=complete

|source=[https://dimayor.com.co/index.php/liga-femenina/ Dimayor] |class_rules=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.

|show_matches=true

|matches_style=FBR

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|win_NAC=2 |draw_NAC=1 |loss_NAC=3 |gf_NAC=10|ga_NAC=6

|win_DIM=5 |draw_DIM=1 |loss_DIM=0 |gf_DIM=13|ga_DIM=3

|win_RSA=2 |draw_RSA=2 |loss_RSA=2 |gf_RSA=5 |ga_RSA=7

|name_BUC=Atlético Bucaramanga |short_BUC=BUC

|name_NAC=Atlético Nacional |short_NAC=NAC

|name_DIM=Independiente Medellín |short_DIM=DIM

|name_RSA=Real San Andrés |short_RSA=RSA

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO |result2=KO |result3=KO

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advanced to knockout stage

|status_text_X=Assured of top three finish

|status_text_Y=Cannot finish in top two, but may still finish in third place

|match_BUC_NAC=0–5

|match_BUC_DIM=0–2

|match_BUC_RSA=1–2

|match_NAC_BUC=3–0

|match_NAC_DIM=1–3

|match_NAC_RSA=1–1

|match_DIM_BUC=4–2

|match_DIM_NAC=1–0

|match_DIM_RSA=3–0

|match_RSA_BUC=1–2

|match_RSA_NAC=1–0

|match_RSA_DIM=0–0

}}

=Ranking of third-placed teams=

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

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football

|update=complete

|source=[https://dimayor.com.co/index.php/liga-femenina/ Dimayor] |class_rules=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.

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|ranking_style=ppgpts

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|result1=KO |result2=KO

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|win_3C=2 |draw_3C=1 |loss_3C=3 |gf_3C=10|ga_3C=6 |group_3C=C

|name_3A=Fortaleza

|name_3B=Junior

|name_3C=Atlético Nacional

|res_col_header=Result

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Knockout stage

}}

Knockout stage

=Bracket=

{{8TeamBracket-2Leg

| seed-width=

| team-width=

| game-score-width=

| agg-score-width=

| RD1 = Quarter-finals

| RD2 = Semi-finals

| RD3 = Finals

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1=Deportivo Cali

| RD1-score1-1=2

| RD1-score1-2=1

| RD1-score1-agg=3

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2=Millonarios

| RD1-score2-1=1

| RD1-score2-2=3

| RD1-score2-agg=4

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team3=Atlético Nacional

| RD1-score3-1=0

| RD1-score3-2=1

| RD1-score3-agg=1

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-team4=América de Cali

| RD1-score4-1=1

| RD1-score4-2=1

| RD1-score4-agg=2

| RD1-seed5=

| RD1-team5=Real San Andrés

| RD1-score5-1=1

| RD1-score5-2=1

| RD1-score5-agg=2

| RD1-seed6=

| RD1-team6={{nowrap|Independiente Medellín}}

| RD1-score6-1=1

| RD1-score6-2=3

| RD1-score6-agg=4

| RD1-seed7=

| RD1-team7=Junior

| RD1-score7-1=1

| RD1-score7-2=3

| RD1-score7-agg=4

| RD1-seed8=

| RD1-team8=Santa Fe

| RD1-score8-1=3

| RD1-score8-2=2

| RD1-score8-agg=5

| RD2-seed1=

| RD2-team1=Millonarios

| RD2-score1-1=1

| RD2-score1-2=0

| RD2-score1-agg=1

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-team2=América de Cali

| RD2-score2-1=1

| RD2-score2-2=1

| RD2-score2-agg=2

| RD2-seed3=

| RD2-team3={{nowrap|Independiente Medellín}}

| RD2-score3-1=0

| RD2-score3-2=1

| RD2-score3-agg=1

| RD2-seed4=

| RD2-team4=Santa Fe

| RD2-score4-1=2

| RD2-score4-2=1

| RD2-score4-agg=3

| RD3-seed1=

| RD3-team1=América de Cali

| RD3-score1-1=1

| RD3-score1-2=0

| RD3-score1-agg=1

| RD3-seed2=

| RD3-team2=Santa Fe

| RD3-score2-1=2

| RD3-score2-2=2

| RD3-score2-agg=4

}}

=Quarter-finals=

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Junior||4–5|Santa Fe||1–3|3–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Atlético Nacional||1–2|América de Cali||0–1|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Real San Andrés||2–4|Independiente Medellín||1–1|1–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Deportivo Cali||3–4|Millonarios||2–1|1–3}}

|}

=Semi-finals=

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Independiente Medellín||1–3|Santa Fe||0–2|1–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Millonarios||1–2|América de Cali||1–1|0–1}}

|}

=Finals=

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2020|12|10|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|20:00|-5}}

|team1 = América de Cali

|score = 1–2

|team2 = Santa Fe

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali

|attendance = 0

|referee = Yessica Villadiego

|report = https://www.winsports.co/futbol-colombiano/liga-femenina/noticias/liga-femenina-santa-fe-celebro-en-casa-de-america-y-se-ilusiona-con-su-segundo-titulo-19140

}}

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2020|12|13|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|17:15|-5}}

|team1 = Santa Fe

|score = 2–0

|team2 = América de Cali

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Estadio El Campín, Bogotá

|attendance = 0

|referee = María Victoria Daza

|report = https://www.winsports.co/futbol-colombiano/liga-femenina/noticias/santa-fe-se-corono-campeon-y-alcanzo-su-segunda-estrella-en-la-liga-femenina-19351

}}

Santa Fe won 4–1 on aggregate.

{{winners||Liga Femenina Betplay Dimayor
2020 champions|Santa Fe|2nd}}

Top goalscorers

class="wikitable" border="1"
Rank

! Name

! Club

! Goals

align=center | 1

|{{flagicon|VEN|football}} Ysaura Viso

|Santa Fe

| align=center | 13

rowspan=2 align=center | 2

|{{flagicon|COL}} Nelly Córdoba

|Santa Fe

| rowspan=2 align=center | 5

{{flagicon|PAR}} Fany Gauto

|Santa Fe

rowspan=3 align=center | 4

|{{flagicon|VEN|football}} Joemar Guarecuco

|América de Cali

| rowspan=3 align=center | 4

{{flagicon|COL}} Tatiana Ariza

|Millonarios

{{flagicon|COL}} Catalina Usme

|América de Cali

rowspan=4 align=center | 7

|{{flagicon|COL}} Diana Celis

|Santa Fe

| rowspan=4 align=center | 3

{{flagicon|COL}} Diana Ospina

|Independiente Medellín

{{flagicon|COL}} Estefanía Cartagena

|Atlético Nacional

{{flagicon|COL}} Geraldine Cardona

|Independiente Medellín

Source: [https://feminafutbol.com/ligas/sintesis-liga-betplay-dimayor-femenina-2020-semifinal-partidos-de-vuelta-numeros-de-los-finalistas-31083/ Fémina Fútbol]

See also

References

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