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| Date | 21 January 2017 | ||||||
| Venue | Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín | ||||||
| Referee | Luis Sánchez | ||||||
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| Date | 29 January 2017 | ||||||
| Venue | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá | ||||||
| Referee | Nicolás Gallo | ||||||
The 2017 Superliga Colombiana (known as the 2017 Superliga Águila for sponsorship purposes) was the sixth edition of the Superliga Colombiana. It was contested by the champions of the 2016 Categoría Primera A season from 21 January to 29 January 2017. [1] Santa Fe were the winners, beating Independiente Medellín 1–0 on aggregate score.
The Superliga Colombiana is an official competition contested between the winners of the Apertura and Finalización tournaments of the Colombian Categoría Primera A. The tournament is organized by the División Mayor del Fútbol Colombiano, DIMAYOR. The competition was created in 2012 and it is played by the end of January of every year. Its current champion is Junior.
The 2016 Categoría Primera A season was the 69th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Atlético Nacional came in as the defending champions having won the title in the 2015 season's Finalización tournament.
Independiente Santa Fe, known simply as Santa Fe, is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the El Campín stadium. Santa Fe is one of the three most successful teams in Colombia, winning seventeen titles, which includes 9 national championships, three Superliga Colombiana, two Copas Colombia, and international titles such as one Copa Sudamericana, one Suruga Bank Championship, and one Copa Simón Bolívar. Santa Fe is one of the three clubs that has played every championship in the Categoría Primera A.
