2022 Colombian Women's Football League

Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR

Season	2022
Dates	18 February – 5 June 2022
Champions	América de Cali (2nd title)
Copa Libertadores Femenina	América de Cali Deportivo Cali
Matches played	150
Goals scored	384 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Catalina Usme (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Deportivo Cali 7–0 Real Santander (25 March)
Biggest away win	Llaneros 0–6 Santa Fe (15 May)
Highest scoring	Santa 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

Atlético Bucaramanga

Atlético Huila

Bogotá

Cali

Cortuluá

Deportes Tolima

Deportivo Pereira

Fortaleza

Junior

Llaneros

Medellín

Orsomarso

Real Santander

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

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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 [lower-alpha 1]	Advance to the knockout stage
2	Santa Fe	16	13	2	1	40	8	+32	41 [lower-alpha 1]
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. 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.	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

Millonarios v Deportivo Cali

14 May 2022 (2022-05-14)	Millonarios	1–2	Deportivo Cali	Bogotá
15:00  UTC−5	Múnera 6'	Report	F. Caicedo 35' L. Caicedo 57'	Stadium: El Campín Referee: Karen Lozano

Deportivo Pereira v Independiente Medellín

15 May 2022 (2022-05-15)	Deportivo Pereira	1–0	Independiente Medellín	Pereira
11:00  UTC−5	Montillo 25'	Report		Stadium: Hernán Ramírez Villegas Referee: Marcela Suárez

Llaneros v Santa Fe

15 May 2022 (2022-05-15)	Llaneros	0–6	Santa Fe	Villavicencio
15:00  UTC−5		Report	Romero 29', 43', 56' Vallejos 35' Gómez 72' Centeno 90+2'	Stadium: Bello Horizonte Referee: Luisa Fernanda Martínez

Junior v América de Cali

15 May 2022 (2022-05-15)	Junior	2–4	América de Cali	Barranquilla
17:00  UTC−5	Cartagena 17' Acosta 89'	Report	Zamorano 18', 48' Usme 24' Vidal 82'	Stadium: Romelio Martínez Referee: Yeimy Martínez

Second leg

Deportivo Cali v Millonarios

17 May 2022 (2022-05-17)	Deportivo Cali	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	Millonarios	Palmira
15:00  UTC−5	Ariza 63'	Report	Calvo 4'	Stadium: Deportivo Cali Referee: Maria Victoria Daza

América de Cali v Junior

18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)	América de Cali	2–0 (6–2 agg.)	Junior	Cali
17:45  UTC−5	Zamorano 68' Bonilla 73'	Report		Stadium: Pascual Guerrero Referee: Paula Fernández

Independiente Medellín v Deportivo Pereira

18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)	Independiente Medellín	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Deportivo Pereira	Medellín
19:00  UTC−5		Report		Stadium: Atanasio Girardot Referee: Vanessa Ceballos

Santa Fe v Llaneros

18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)	Santa Fe	4–0 (10–0 agg.)	Llaneros	Bogotá
20:00  UTC−5	Garavito 8' (pen.) García 25' Romero 67' Torres 79'	Report		Stadium: El Campín Referee: Erika Sánchez

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	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

Deportivo Pereira v América de Cali

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

Deportivo Cali v Santa Fe

22 May 2022 (2022-05-22)	Deportivo Cali	1–1	Santa Fe	Palmira
15:00  UTC−5	L. Caicedo 41'	Report	Ramos 19'	Stadium: Deportivo Cali Referee: Karen Lozano

Second leg

América de Cali v Deportivo Pereira

25 May 2022 (2022-05-25)	América de Cali	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Deportivo Pereira	Cali
20:00  UTC−5	Natis 1' Usme 41'	Report		Stadium: Pascual Guerrero Referee: Paula Fernández

Santa Fe v Deportivo Cali

26 May 2022 (2022-05-26)	Santa Fe	1–1 (2–2 agg.) (2–4 p)	Deportivo Cali	Bogotá
20:00  UTC−5	Romero 31'	Report	Guerra 84'	Stadium: El Campín Referee: Yeimi Martínez
	Penalties
	Huertas García Acosta Romero		Arias Carabalí Guerra L. Caicedo

Finals

2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)

20:00  UTC−5

Deportivo Cali	2–1	América de Cali
Ariza 3' Carabalí 50'	Report	Yanten 53'

Estadio Deportivo Cali , Palmira

Referee: Luisa Fernanda Martínez

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5 June 2022 (2022-06-05)

17:05  UTC−5

América de Cali	3–1	Deportivo Cali
Usme 7', 71' (pen.) Vidal 35'	Report	L. Caicedo 46'

Estadio Pascual Guerrero , Cali

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

Source: Soccerway

See also

• Colombian Women's Football League

References

1. "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.

External links

• Liga Femenina on Dimayor's official website (in Spanish)