The 2024 Colombian Women's Football League (officially known as the Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR 2024 for sponsorship purposes) was the eighth season of Colombia's women's football league. The season began on 16 February and ended on 16 August 2024.[1]
Deportivo Cali won their second title in the competition, defeating the defending champions Santa Fe in the season's double-legged final by a 4–1 aggregate score.[2]
Format
For this season the competition was played in three stages, with a similar structure to the men's league Categoría Primera A and introducing the semi-final groups (cuadrangulares) for the first time in the women's competition.[1] In the first stage, the 15 participating teams played a single round-robin tournament with all teams playing each other once and having a bye day, for a total of 14 matches for each team and 15 rounds in the first stage. The top eight teams advanced to the semi-finals in which they were drawn into two groups of four teams, with each team playing the others in their group twice. The winners of each semi-final group then played a double-legged final series to decide the league champions. The champions and runners-up qualified for the Copa Libertadores Femenina.[3]
Teams
15 DIMAYOR affiliate clubs took part in the competition with their women's teams, 12 of which participated in the previous season. Atlético Bucaramanga, Atlético Huila, and Boyacá Chicó did not enter this edition of the tournament, whilst Cortuluá was replaced by its successor club Internacional and Deportes Tolima joined an alliance with Real Santander for this season.[4]Cúcuta Deportivo returned to the competition after five years, having competed for the last time in 2019,[5] and Alianza took part for the first time, having its women's team based in Yumbo, Valle del Cauca Department for this season.[6]Once Caldas, which had expressed interest in participating, ultimately declined to compete due to financial reasons.[7]
The first stage started on 16 February and consisted of a single-round robin tournament with the 15 participating teams playing each other once. The top eight teams advanced to the semi-finals.
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
↑ Match awarded 3–0 to América de Cali due to the Llaneros players withdrawing from the field in protest for a goal scored by América de Cali. The match was abandoned at the 60th minute with América de Cali leading 1–0.[8]
Semi-finals
The eight teams that advanced to the semi-finals were drawn into two groups of four teams, with the top two teams from the first stage being seeded in each group. The two group winners advanced to the finals and also qualified for the 2024 Copa Libertadores Femenina.
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position (only applies for the seeded team, if it is involved in a tie), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Away goals against, 7) Yellow cards, 8) Red cards, 9) First stage position.
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position (only applies for the seeded team, if it is involved in a tie), 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Away goals against, 7) Yellow cards, 8) Red cards, 9) First stage position.
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