2025 Torneo DIMAYOR

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Torneo DIMAYOR
Season2025
Dates30 January – 2 December 2025
ChampionsTorneo I: Jaguares (2nd title)
Torneo II: Cúcuta Deportivo (4th title)
PromotedJaguares
Cúcuta Deportivo
Matches308
Goals730 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorerTorneo I: Andrés Rentería (18 goals)
Torneo II: Andrés Rentería (14 goals)
Biggest home win R. Cartagena 5–0 Bogotá
(9 February)
Dep. Quindío 6–1 Bogotá
(26 September)
Biggest away win Atlético 0–3 Atlético Huila
(28 February)
R. Santander 0–3 Inter Palmira
(12 May)
Bogotá 0–3 R. Cartagena
(21 July)
Barranquilla 1–4 Inter Palmira
(1 September)
Orsomarso 0–3 Boca Juniors
(28 September)
Inter Palmira 1–4 Jaguares
(19 November)
Patriotas 0–3 R. Cundinamarca
(23 November)
Highest scoringR. Santander 3–4 R. Cundinamarca
(15 February)
R. Cundinamarca 5–2 Atlético
(11 March)
R. Cartagena 3–4 Jaguares
(2 June)
Dep. Quindío 6–1 Bogotá
(26 September)
2024
2026

The 2025 Torneo DIMAYOR (officially known as the 2025 Torneo BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th season of the Torneo DIMAYOR since its founding as Colombia's second division football league. The season began on 30 January and ended on 2 December 2025. [1]

Contents

Jaguares, who won the Torneo I after defeating Patriotas in the finals, became the first team promoted to the top tier league Categoría Primera A for the 2026 season after securing a top two finish in the season's aggregate table with a 2–2 draw with Cúcuta Deportivo on 11 November 2025. [2] The Torneo II was won by Cúcuta Deportivo, who defeated Real Cundinamarca on penalty kicks in the finals and promoted to Primera A after placing second in the season's aggregate table. [3] [4]

Format changes

Although the tournament kept the same format that has been used in its most recent editions, with two tournaments per season with three stages each (a single round-robin first stage, two semi-final groups and a two-legged final series), changes were implemented to the method of promotion of teams to Categoría Primera A for the following season. For this season, the two promoted teams were decided under the following scenarios: [5]

Teams

Sixteen teams took part in the season. The previous season's champions Unión Magdalena and runners-up Llaneros were promoted to Primera A for the 2025 season, [6] being replaced in Primera B for this season by Jaguares and Patriotas, who were relegated from Primera A at the end of the 2024 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the top tier's relegation table. [7]

For this season Orsomarso changed their home stadium, moving from their usual venue Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar in Palmira to Estadio Municipal Raúl Miranda in Yumbo, Valle del Cauca Department after signing an agreement with the Yumbo Municipality to play there for one season. [8] Although Orsomarso played most of their Torneo I home games in Yumbo, they chose to host their final match in that tournament at Estadio Daniel Villa Zapata in Barrancabermeja, aiming to get support from the city's inhabitants while also capitalizing on the local government's desire to have a professional team representing Barrancabermeja. [9] Orsomarso eventually reached an agreement with the city's government and confirmed the relocation of their home matches to Estadio Daniel Villa Zapata starting from this season's Torneo II. The club's youth setup remained based in the Valle del Cauca Department. [10]

ClubCityStadiumCapacity
Atlético Cali Pascual Guerrero 38,588
Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid [i] 12,000
Barranquilla Barranquilla Romelio Martínez 11,000
Boca Juniors de Cali Cali Pascual Guerrero 38,588
Bogotá Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 10,000
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander 42,901
Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario 20,716
Inter Palmira Palmira Francisco Rivera Escobar 15,300
Itagüí Leones Itagüí Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí 12,000
Jaguares Montería Jaraguay 12,000
Orsomarso Yumbo Municipal Raúl Miranda 3,500
Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata 10,400
Patriotas Tunja La Independencia 20,630
Real Cartagena Cartagena Jaime Morón León 16,068
Real Cundinamarca Bogotá Parque Estadio Olaya Herrera 2,500
Real Santander Piedecuesta Villa Concha 5,500
Tigres Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 10,000
Notes
  1. Starting from the Torneo II's semi-final stage, Atlético Huila played their home matches at Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro in Ibagué since their regular stadium Estadio Guillermo Plazas Alcid in Neiva was closed due to structural failures. [11]

Torneo I

The Torneo I, officially known as the Torneo BetPlay Dimayor 2025–I, was the first tournament of the 2025 season. It began on 30 January and ended on 22 June 2025.

First stage

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Jaguares 1610422614+1234Advance to the semi-finals
2 Patriotas 161033218+1333
3 Inter Palmira 1610242415+932
4 Cúcuta Deportivo 169432415+931
5 Real Cundinamarca 168532516+929
6 Atlético Huila 168531910+929
7 Real Cartagena 168443021+928
8 Tigres 166641614+224
9 Itagüí Leones 165382224218
10 Real Santander 165381523818
11 Orsomarso 1621041516116
12 Deportes Quindío 1635813261314
13 Bogotá 1634917321513
14 Atlético 1633101524912
15 Barranquilla 1625912271511
16 Boca Juniors de Cali 162212112098
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.

Results

Home \ Away ATL HUI BAR BOC BOG CUC QUI INT LEO JAG ORS PAT RCA RCU RSA TIG
Atlético 0–31–21–02–20–10–01–22–0
Atlético Huila 0–22–01–02–02–01–11–00–0
Barranquilla 0–00–02–01–12–30–12–21–2
Boca Juniors de Cali 2–11–20–24–00–10–11–20–1
Bogotá 2–31–01–12–22–20–22–11–2
Cúcuta Deportivo 0–3 [a] 4–12–01–11–11–12–12–0
Deportes Quindío 1–00–11–22–20–00–10–04–2
Inter Palmira 1–03–01–02–11–12–03–21–2
Itagüí Leones 1–13–00–14–11–21–31–23–1
Jaguares 3–11–23–02–01–11–01–11–0
Orsomarso 0–03–02–20–22–31–20–11–1
Patriotas 2–11–02–02–03–10–00–12–0
Real Cartagena 1–13–03–25–04–12–31–32–0
Real Cundinamarca 5–21–02–01–01–20–03–01–1
Real Santander 2–10–31–00–10–01–13–41–0
Tigres 1–01–11–12–02–12–01–10–0
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. Match awarded 0–3 to Atlético due to Cúcuta Deportivo fielding the player Cristián Álvarez, who was ineligible due to a sanction from FIFA. The match originally ended with Cúcuta Deportivo winning 4–2. [12]

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.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification JAG RCA INT TIG
1 Jaguares 641195+413Advance to the Finals 2–02–10–1
2 Real Cartagena 62221110+183–43–33–0
3 Inter Palmira 622277080–00–11–0
4 Tigres 611438540–11–11–2
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) First stage position.

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification PAT HUI CUC RCU
1 Patriotas 631276+110 [a] Advance to the Finals 1–13–20–1
2 Atlético Huila 6312107+310 [a] 1–23–02–1
3 Cúcuta Deportivo 6303712591–02–12–1
4 Real Cundinamarca 620487+160–11–24–0
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) First stage position.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Patriotas ahead of Atlético Huila for being the group's seeded team.

Finals

Patriotas 0–0 Jaguares
Report
Estadio La Independencia , Tunja
Referee: Diego Ulloa

Jaguares3–0Patriotas
Report

Jaguares won 3–0 on aggregate.

 Torneo BetPlay DIMAYOR
2025–I champions [13]  
Jaguares
2nd title

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Colombia.svg Andrés Rentería Jaguares18
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Fredy Montero Real Cartagena17
3 Flag of Colombia.svg Jayder Asprilla Real Cundinamarca11
4 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan David Valencia Itagüí Leones10
5 Flag of Colombia.svg Stiwart Acuña Barranquilla8
6 Flag of Argentina.svg Cristián Álvarez Cúcuta Deportivo7
Flag of Colombia.svg Arney Rocha Real Cundinamarca
8 Flag of Colombia.svg Omar Duarte Atlético Huila6
Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastián Girado Orsomarso
Flag of Argentina.svg Matías Pisano Cúcuta Deportivo
Flag of Colombia.svg Michell Ramos Cúcuta Deportivo

Source: Soccerway

Torneo II

The Torneo II, officially known as the Torneo BetPlay Dimayor 2025–II, is the second and last tournament of the 2025 season. It began on 13 July and ended on 2 December 2025.

First stage

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Jaguares 161213259+1637Advance to the semi-finals
2 Patriotas 1611232515+1035
3 Cúcuta Deportivo 168622210+1230
4 Real Cundinamarca 168442312+1128
5 Inter Palmira 168441815+328
6 Real Cartagena 166642514+1124
7 Atlético Huila 167361718124
8 Boca Juniors de Cali 166551915+423
9 Deportes Quindío 166552522+323
10 Real Santander 165291818017
11 Orsomarso 164571319617
12 Bogotá 1644813281516
13 Atlético 1643917291215
14 Tigres 163581421714
15 Barranquilla 162591827911
16 Itagüí Leones 1624108282010
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.

Results

Home \ Away ATL HUI BAR BOC BOG CUC QUI INT LEO JAG ORS PAT RCA RCU RSA TIG
Atlético 0–10–04–20–11–01–32–31–1
Atlético Huila 3–33–20–11–02–10–12–01–0
Barranquilla 1–21–21–40–23–13–11–12–2
Boca Juniors de Cali 1–21–02–12–01–12–20–10–1
Bogotá 2–01–02–12–20–10–30–31–0
Cúcuta Deportivo 0–01–02–24–01–21–02–02–1
Deportes Quindío 2–11–11–12–26–12–00–02–1
Inter Palmira 2–00–22–11–01–01–11–01–0
Itagüí Leones 1–01–22–20–10–10–11–11–1
Jaguares 3–02–11–12–02–04–02–11–0
Orsomarso 0–10–31–12–30–01–02–21–0
Patriotas 1–01–01–12–02–13–12–12–0
Real Cartagena 4–00–01–10–04–03–10–04–0
Real Cundinamarca 1–13–12–03–00–11–10–12–0
Real Santander 4–02–12–02–24–00–20–12–0
Tigres 1–10–00–11–22–02–30–22–0
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification CUC HUI JAG INT
1 Cúcuta Deportivo 6411116+513Advance to the Finals 2–12–24–0
2 Atlético Huila 6321107+3112–02–21–0
3 Jaguares 6231129+391–22–21–0
4 Inter Palmira 60062131100–11–21–4
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) First stage position.

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification RCU PAT RCA BOC
1 Real Cundinamarca 641172+513Advance to the Finals 1–01–21–0
2 Patriotas 62134737 [a] 0–32–21–0
3 Real Cartagena 61415507 [a] 0–00–11–1
4 Boca Juniors de Cali 612324250–11–00–0
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) First stage position.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Patriotas ahead of Real Cartagena for being the group's seeded team.

Finals

Real Cundinamarca 1–0 Cúcuta Deportivo
Report
Estadio Metropolitano de Techo , Bogotá
Referee: Carlos Betancur

Cúcuta Deportivo2–1Real Cundinamarca
Report
Penalties
3–2
Estadio General Santander , Cúcuta
Referee: Jhon Ospina

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Cúcuta Deportivo won on penalties.

 Torneo BetPlay DIMAYOR
2025–II champions [14]  
Cúcuta Deportivo
4th title

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Colombia.svg Andrés Rentería Jaguares14
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Fredy Montero Real Cartagena13
3 Flag of Colombia.svg Jonathan Agudelo Cúcuta Deportivo11
Flag of Colombia.svg Jayder Asprilla Real Cundinamarca
5 Flag of Colombia.svg Omar Duarte Atlético Huila7
6 Flag of Colombia.svg Bayron Caicedo Real Cundinamarca6
Flag of Colombia.svg Arney Rocha Real Cundinamarca
8 Flag of Colombia.svg Jorge Mendoza Boca Juniors de Cali5
Flag of Colombia.svg Harold Ortiz Boca Juniors de Cali
Flag of Colombia.svg Andrés Carabalí Deportes Quindío
Flag of Colombia.svg Jackson Jaramillo Boca Juniors de Cali

Source: Besoccer

Aggregate table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or qualification
1 Jaguares (C, P)46291077537+3897Promotion to Categoría Primera A
2 Cúcuta Deportivo (C, P)462511106645+2186
3 Patriotas 46268125739+1886
4 Real Cundinamarca 462310136539+2679
5 Atlético Huila 442111125642+1474
6 Inter Palmira 44208165150+168
7 Real Cartagena 441716117150+2167
8 Tigres 3810121633431042
9 Deportes Quindío 329101338481037
10 Boca Juniors de Cali 3899203239736
11 Real Santander 32105173341835
12 Orsomarso 32615112835733
13 Bogotá 32781730603029
14 Itagüí Leones 32771830522228
15 Atlético 32761932532127
16 Barranquilla 324101830542422
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Promotion play-off

Since both season champions (Jaguares and Cúcuta Deportivo) also ended up as the top two teams in the aggregate table, both earned automatic promotion to the Categoría Primera A and the promotion play-off was not played.

See also

References

  1. "Así quedó la programación de la fecha 1 del Torneo BetPlay 2025-I" [This is how the schedule for the 2025-I Torneo BetPlay's first matchday turned out] (in Spanish). Win Sports. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  2. "Jaguares se convirtió en el primer ascendido a la Liga BetPlay Dimayor: empató contra Cúcuta y se aseguró un lugar en la A" [Jaguares became the first team promoted to the Liga BetPlay Dimayor: they drew with Cúcuta and secured a place in the top flight] (in Spanish). Infobae. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  3. "Cúcuta Deportivo gana un partido de película contra Real Cundinamarca y con mucho drama regresa a la A" [Cúcuta Deportivo win a thrilling match against Real Cundinamarca and return to the top flight in dramatic fashion] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  4. "Cúcuta, Real Cundinamarca o Patriotas: así se define el segundo ascenso a Liga BetPlay 2026" [Cúcuta, Real Cundinamarca or Patriotas: this is how the second promotion to the 2026 Liga BetPlay will be decided] (in Spanish). Futbolete. 23 November 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  5. "Así se definirá el ascenso en la Primera B para la temporada 2025: Dimayor aplicará "jugadita" para evitar amaños" [This is how promotion will be defined in the Primera B for the 2025 season: Dimayor will apply "little trick" to avoid rigging] (in Spanish). Infobae. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  6. "Unión Magdalena y Llaneros ascienden a la Liga BetPlay" [Unión Magdalena and Llaneros promote to the Liga BetPlay] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  7. "Patriotas y Jaguares se fueron a la B: las matemáticas, ahora sí, dictaron sentencia" [Patriotas and Jaguares left for the second tier: mathematics, at last, passed sentence] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 14 November 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  8. "Alcaldía de Yumbo anunció que el municipio tendrá un nuevo equipo de fútbol para la segunda división del FPC; ¿de qué se trata?" [Yumbo Municipality announced that the town will have a new football team for the FPC′s second division; what is it about?] (in Spanish). El País. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  9. "Barrancabermeja volverá a tener fútbol profesional: El Daniel Villa Zapata recibirá el Orsomarso vs Cúcuta por el Torneo Betplay" [Barrancabermeja will have professional football again: the Daniel Villa Zapata will host the Torneo Betplay's Orsomarso vs. Cúcuta] (in Spanish). Alerta Santander. 13 May 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  10. "Confirmado: Barrancabermeja tendrá fútbol profesional para el segundo semestre del 2025" [Confirmed: Barrancabermeja will have professional football for the second semester of 2025] (in Spanish). Vanguardia. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  11. "Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro de Ibagué será la sede temporal del Atlético Huila" [Ibagué's Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro will be Atlético Huila's temporary venue] (in Spanish). Alerta Tolima. 29 October 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  12. "Dimayor sancionó al Cúcuta Deportivo con pérdida de tres puntos tras alineación indebida de Cristian Álvarez" [Dimayor punished Cúcuta Deportivo with three-point deduction after improper lineup of Cristian Álvarez] (in Spanish). La Opinión. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  13. "¡Jaguares FC campeón del Torneo BetPlay DIMAYOR l-2025!" [Jaguares FC, 2025-I Torneo BetPlay DIMAYOR champions!] (in Spanish). Dimayor. 22 June 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  14. "¡Cúcuta Deportivo es el nuevo campeón del Torneo BetPlay DIMAYOR II-2025 y regresa a la primera división!" [Cúcuta Deportivo are the new 2025-II Torneo BetPlay DIMAYOR champions and return to the first division!] (in Spanish). Dimayor. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.