2023 Categoría Primera A season

The 2023 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2023 Liga BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship purposes) is the 76th season of the Categoría Primera A, Colombia's top-flight football league. The season began on 24 January and will end on 10 December 2023.[1][2]

Liga BetPlay Dimayor
Season2023
Dates24 January – 10 December 2023
Matches played200
Goals scored453 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Marco Pérez (11 goals)
Biggest home winSanta Fe 5–0 Atlético Huila
(14 May)
Biggest away winU. Magdalena 0–3 Dep. Pereira
(12 April)
Alianza Petrolera 0–3 Dep. Cali
(22 April)
Highest scoringMillonarios 4–3 América de Cali
(27 April)
América de Cali 5–2 Dep. Cali
(30 April)
2022
2024
All statistics correct as of 17 May 2023.

Deportivo Pereira were the defending champions, having won the 2022 Finalización tournament.

Format

The competition format for this season was approved by the Extraordinary Assembly of DIMAYOR on 14 December 2022, which decided to keep the same system used in the previous season, with two tournaments (Apertura and Finalización) of three stages each.[1]

Teams

Locations of the 2023 Primera A teams in Bogotá
Locations of the 2023 Primera A teams in Medellín

20 teams will take part in the season, the top 18 teams from the relegation table of the previous season as well as the 2022 Primera B champions Boyacá Chicó and the winners of the Primera B promotion play-off Atlético Huila. Boyacá Chicó were the first team to earn promotion, winning the Primera B title on 21 November 2022 after beating Atlético Huila in the season's Grand Final,[3] while Atlético Huila themselves ensured promotion to the top flight on 29 November 2022, after winning the promotion play-off against Deportes Quindío.[4] The promoted teams replaced Patriotas and Cortuluá, the bottom two teams in the relegation table of the 2022 season, who were relegated to Primera B.

Stadia and locations

Team City Stadium Capacity
Águilas Doradas Rionegro Alberto Grisales 14,000
Alianza Petrolera Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata 10,400
América de Cali Cali Pascual Guerrero 33,130
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Alfonso López 28,000
Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid 22,000
Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot 40,043
Boyacá Chicó Tunja La Independencia 20,630
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro 28,100
Deportivo Cali Palmira Deportivo Cali 44,000
Deportivo Pasto Pasto Departamental Libertad 20,665
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas 30,297
Envigado Envigado Polideportivo Sur 11,000
Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot 40,043
Jaguares Montería Jaraguay 12,000
Junior Barranquilla Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez 49,692
La Equidad Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 8,000
Millonarios Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín 36,343
Once Caldas Manizales Palogrande 28,678
Santa Fe Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín 36,343
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Sierra Nevada 16,000

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
Águilas Doradas Colombia Lucas González Aerosport
Alianza Petrolera Colombia Hubert Bodhert Pin-Go
América de Cali Costa Rica Alexandre Guimarães Le Coq Sportif Colanta, Águila, BetPlay
Atlético Bucaramanga Colombia Alexis Márquez Lotto
Atlético Huila Argentina Néstor Craviotto Vicbay Electrohuila, BetPlay
Atlético Nacional Brazil Paulo Autuori Nike Postobón
Boyacá Chicó Mexico Mario García Geus
Deportes Tolima Argentina Juan Cruz Real Sheffy AK-1, BetPlay, Mercacentro, Pool
Deportivo Cali Colombia Jorge Luis Pinto Le Coq Sportif Wplay, Pastas La Muñeca
Deportivo Pasto Colombia Flabio Torres Aerosport Aguardiente Nariño, Banco AV Villas
Deportivo Pereira Colombia Alejandro Restrepo Oto Ukumarí
Envigado Colombia Alberto Suárez Novo Pool, Colanta
Independiente Medellín Colombia Sebastián Botero (caretaker) Adidas Colanta, Wplay
Jaguares Vacant Kimo Colanta, Pool
Junior Colombia Hernán Darío Gómez Adidas Olímpica, Águila, Tecnoglass
La Equidad Colombia Alexis García Attle Cootrafa
Millonarios Colombia Alberto Gamero Adidas Cerveza Andina
Once Caldas Colombia Pedro Sarmiento Hillside Colanta, BetPlay, Wakate
Santa Fe Colombia Gerardo Bedoya (caretaker) Kappa Colanta, BetPlay
Unión Magdalena Argentina Claudio Rodríguez Attle Wplay, Pool

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Atlético Bucaramanga Argentina Jorge Ramoa End of caretaker spell 30 October 2022 Pre-season Argentina Raúl Armando[lower-roman 1] 5 December 2022[7]
Jaguares Colombia Alexis Márquez Resigned 1 November 2022[8] Colombia Carlos Restrepo 16 November 2022[9]
Santa Fe Uruguay Alfredo Arias 30 November 2022[10] Colombia Harold Rivera 23 December 2022[11]
Águilas Doradas Colombia Leonel Álvarez End of contract 8 December 2022[12] Colombia Lucas González 30 December 2022[13]
Once Caldas Colombia Diego Corredor Mutual agreement 13 February 2023[14] 18th Colombia Elkin Soto[lower-roman 2] 13 February 2023[14]
Colombia Elkin Soto End of caretaker spell 5 March 2023 10th Colombia Pedro Sarmiento 5 March 2023[15]
Junior Colombia Arturo Reyes Mutual agreement 14 March 2023[16] 20th Colombia Hernán Darío Gómez 15 March 2023[17]
Atlético Bucaramanga Argentina Raúl Armando Sacked 1 April 2023[18] 13th Colombia Alexis Márquez 3 April 2023[19]
Deportes Tolima Colombia Hernán Torres Mutual agreement 24 April 2023[20] 12th Colombia Carlos Castro[lower-roman 2] 24 April 2023[20]
Colombia Carlos Castro End of caretaker spell 29 April 2023 Argentina Juan Cruz Real 28 April 2023[21]
Independiente Medellín Colombia David González Mutual agreement 8 May 2023[22] 11th Colombia Sebastián Botero[lower-roman 2] 9 May 2023[23]
Santa Fe Colombia Harold Rivera Resigned 11 May 2023[24] 9th Colombia Gerardo Bedoya[lower-roman 2] 12 May 2023[25]
Jaguares Colombia Carlos Restrepo 18 May 2023[26] 18th
Notes
  1. Hernán Darío Gómez had been appointed as manager on 16 November 2022,[5] but resigned on 29 November.[6]
  2. Caretaker manager.

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura (officially known as Liga BetPlay Dimayor 2023–I) is the first tournament of the 2023 season. It began on 24 January and will end on 25 June 2023.[2]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Águilas Doradas 20 11 6 3 32 21 +11 39 Advance to the semi-finals
2 Millonarios 20 10 8 2 30 18 +12 38
3 Atlético Nacional 20 9 8 3 26 14 +12 35
4 América de Cali 20 9 5 6 32 23 +9 32
5 Boyacá Chicó 20 7 9 4 24 18 +6 30
6 Alianza Petrolera 20 9 3 8 27 22 +5 30
7 Independiente Medellín 20 8 5 7 29 24 +5 29
8 Deportivo Pasto 20 8 5 7 22 21 +1 29
9 Junior 20 7 7 6 17 17 0 28
10 Santa Fe 20 7 5 8 29 25 +4 26
11 La Equidad 20 5 11 4 20 17 +3 26
12 Deportivo Pereira 20 6 7 7 24 25 1 25
13 Deportes Tolima 20 5 9 6 23 26 3 24
14 Deportivo Cali 20 5 8 7 20 26 6 23
15 Atlético Bucaramanga 20 4 8 8 15 21 6 20
16 Envigado 20 4 8 8 14 20 6 20
17 Once Caldas 20 4 8 8 17 24 7 20
18 Jaguares 20 4 7 9 16 26 10 19
19 Unión Magdalena 20 3 10 7 16 30 14 19
20 Atlético Huila 20 5 3 12 20 35 15 18
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 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.

Results

Home \ Away AGU ALI AME BUC HUI NAC BOY TOL CAL PAS PER ENV DIM JAG JUN EQU MIL ONC SFE MAG
Águilas Doradas 1–0 2–1 2–0 4–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1
Alianza Petrolera 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–3 3–1 0–1 3–0 3–1 2–1
América de Cali 1–3 1–0 5–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 4–0
Atlético Bucaramanga 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 3–0
Atlético Huila 0–2 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 0–2 1–1 2–1
Atlético Nacional 0–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0
Boyacá Chicó 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1
Deportes Tolima 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1
Deportivo Cali 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 2–1
Deportivo Pasto 0–0 2–4 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 1–1
Deportivo Pereira 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–3 3–1 2–2
Envigado 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–2
Independiente Medellín 3–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 4–0
Jaguares 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–2
Junior 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0
La Equidad 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 0–0
Millonarios 2–2 3–1 4–3 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0
Once Caldas 1–2 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1
Santa Fe 2–0 3–0 5–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–2 1–2 0–0
Unión Magdalena 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. Match awarded 3–0 to Alianza Petrolera due to crowd disturbances by Once Caldas fans. The match had ended with Alianza Petrolera winning 2–1.[27]

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 will advance to the finals.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AGU NAC ALI PAS
1 Águilas Doradas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to the Finals
2 Atlético Nacional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Alianza Petrolera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Deportivo Pasto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 20 May 2023. Source: Dimayor
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.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIL AME BOY DIM
1 Millonarios 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to the Finals
2 América de Cali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Boyacá Chicó 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Independiente Medellín 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 20 May 2023. Source: Dimayor
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.

Top scorers

As of 17 May 2023
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Colombia Marco Pérez Águilas Doradas 11
2 Argentina Gonzalo Lencina Atlético Bucaramanga 9
Colombia Dayro Moreno Once Caldas
4 Colombia Diber Cambindo Independiente Medellín 8
Colombia Edwar López Deportivo Pasto
6 Colombia Isaac Camargo Unión Magdalena 7
Argentina Facundo Suárez América de Cali
8 Argentina Gustavo Britos Atlético Huila 6
Colombia Jefferson Duque Atlético Nacional
Colombia Leonardo Escorcia Atlético Huila
Colombia Hugo Rodallega Santa Fe
Colombia Andrés Sarmiento América de Cali
Colombia Kevin Velasco Deportivo Cali

Source: Soccerway

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Águilas Doradas 20 11 6 3 32 21 +11 39 Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
2 Millonarios 20 10 8 2 30 18 +12 38 Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
3 Atlético Nacional 20 9 8 3 26 14 +12 35
4 América de Cali 20 9 5 6 32 23 +9 32
5 Boyacá Chicó 20 7 9 4 24 18 +6 30
6 Alianza Petrolera 20 9 3 8 27 22 +5 30
7 Independiente Medellín 20 8 5 7 29 24 +5 29
8 Deportivo Pasto 20 8 5 7 22 21 +1 29
9 Junior 20 7 7 6 17 17 0 28
10 Santa Fe 20 7 5 8 29 25 +4 26
11 La Equidad 20 5 11 4 20 17 +3 26
12 Deportivo Pereira 20 6 7 7 24 25 1 25
13 Deportes Tolima 20 5 9 6 23 26 3 24
14 Deportivo Cali 20 5 8 7 20 26 6 23
15 Atlético Bucaramanga 20 4 8 8 15 21 6 20
16 Envigado 20 4 8 8 14 20 6 20
17 Once Caldas 20 4 8 8 17 24 7 20
18 Jaguares 20 4 7 9 16 26 10 19
19 Unión Magdalena 20 3 10 7 16 30 14 19
20 Atlético Huila 20 5 3 12 20 35 15 18
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2023. Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 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.

Relegation

A separate table is kept to determine the teams that are relegated to the Categoría Primera B for the next season. This table is elaborated from a sum of all first stage games played in the three most recent seasons (including the 2021–I, 2021–II, 2022–I, 2022–II, 2023–I, and 2023–II tournaments), with the points earned being averaged per match played. The bottom two teams of the relegation table at the end of the season will be relegated to Categoría Primera B.

Pos
Team 2021
Pts
2022
Pts
2023
Pts
2023
GF
2023
GA
2023
GD
Total
Pld
Total
Pts
Avg. Relegation
1 Millonarios 697438301812981811.85
2 Atlético Nacional 766635261412981771.81
3 Deportes Tolima 6666242326–3981561.59
4 Junior 62632817170981531.56
5 Independiente Medellín 52672929245981481.51
6 Boyacá Chicó 302418620301.5
7 Santa Fe 58612629254981451.48
8 América de Cali 58543232239981441.47
9 La Equidad 55582620173981391.42
10 Águilas Doradas 395839322111981361.39
11 Deportivo Pereira 5155252425–1981311.34
12 Atlético Bucaramanga 5159201521–6981301.33
13 Deportivo Pasto 39542922211981221.24
14 Envigado 4457201420–6981211.23
15 Deportivo Cali 6234232026–6981191.21
16 Jaguares 5247191626–10981181.2
17 Alianza Petrolera 37463027225981131.15
18 Once Caldas 3756201724–7981131.15
19 Unión Magdalena 40191630–1460590.98 Relegation to Categoría Primera B
20 Atlético Huila 182035–1520180.9

Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) average, 2) 2023 points, 3) 2023 goal difference, 4) 2023 goals scored, 5) 2023 away goals scored, 6) 2023 away goals against, 7) 2023 wins, 8) 2023 yellow cards, 9) 2023 red cards, 10) drawing of lots.
[28]

See also

References

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  11. "Santa Fe confirma a Harold Rivera como DT y primeros fichajes 2023" [Santa Fe confirm Harold Rivera as manager and first 2023 signings] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
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  14. "Once Caldas despide a Diego Corredor y designa a Elkin Soto como su reemplazo" [Once Caldas fire Diego Corredor and appoint Elkin Soto as his replacement] (in Spanish). Marca Claro Colombia. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
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