2017 Categoría Primera A season explained

Competition:Liga Águila
Season:2017
Dates:3 February – 17 December 2017
Winners:Apertura: Atlético Nacional (16th title)
Finalización: Millonarios (15th title)
Relegated:Cortuluá
Tigres
Continentalcup1:Copa Libertadores
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Atlético Nacional
Millonarios
Santa Fe
Junior (cup winners)
Continentalcup2:Copa Sudamericana
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Independiente Medellín
América de Cali
Deportivo Cali
Jaguares
League Topscorer:Apertura: Dayro Moreno (14 goals)
Finalización: 4 players (11 goals each)
Matches:428
Total Goals:923
Biggest Away Win:
Highest Scoring:
Prevseason:2016
Nextseason:2018

The 2017 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2017 Liga Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 70th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Santa Fe were the defending champions having won the title in the 2016 season's Finalización tournament. The season started on 3 February and concluded on 17 December.

In the Torneo Apertura, Atlético Nacional won its sixteenth title after beating Deportivo Cali in the finals, while in the Torneo Finalización Millonarios defeated crosstown rivals Santa Fe in the finals to win its fifteenth title.

Format

The league was played under the same format used since the 2015 season. The Apertura and Finalización tournaments were divided into three stages: a First Stage which was contested on a single round-robin basis, with each team playing the other teams once and playing a regional rival once more for a total of 20 matches. The top eight teams after the twenty rounds advanced to a knockout round, where they were pitted into four ties to be played on a home-and-away basis, with the four winners advancing to the semifinals and the winner of each semifinal advancing to the final of the tournament, which was played on a home-and-away basis as well. The winner of the final in each tournament was declared the tournament champion and will participate in the 2018 Copa Libertadores, as well as the top team in the aggregate table not yet qualified and the Copa Colombia champions. The next four best teams in the aggregate table qualified for the 2018 Copa Sudamericana.[1]

Teams

20 teams took part, eighteen of them returning from last season plus América de Cali and Tigres, who were promoted from the 2016 Primera B. The former returned to the top tier after 5 years while the latter competed in the Primera A for the first time ever. Both promoted teams replaced Boyacá Chicó and Fortaleza who were relegated at the end of the last season.

Stadia and locations

TeamManagerHome cityStadiumCapacity
Alianza Petrolera Juan Cruz RealBarrancabermejaDaniel Villa Zapata10,400
América de Cali Jorge da SilvaCaliPascual Guerrero33,130
Atlético Bucaramanga Jaime de la PavaBucaramangaAlfonso Lópeza28,000
Atlético Huila Néstor CraviottoNeivaGuillermo Plazas Alcid22,000
Atlético Nacional Juan Manuel LilloMedellínAtanasio Girardot40,043
Cortuluá Néstor OteroTuluáPascual Guerrerob33,130
Deportes Tolima Alberto GameroIbaguéManuel Murillo Toro28,100
Deportivo Cali Sergio Angulo (caretaker)CaliDeportivo Calic52,000
Deportivo Pasto Flabio TorresPastoDepartamental Libertad20,665
Envigado Rubén Darío BedoyaEnvigadoPolideportivo Sur11,000
Independiente Medellín Ismael Rescalvo (caretaker)MedellínAtanasio Girardot40,043
Jaguares Hubert BodhertMonteríaJaraguay12,000
Junior Julio ComesañaBarranquillaMetropolitano Roberto Meléndezd49,692
La Equidad Luis Fernando SuárezBogotáMetropolitano de Techoe8,000
Millonarios Miguel Ángel RussoBogotáNemesio Camacho El Campín36,343
Once Caldas Herney Duque (caretaker)ManizalesPalogrande28,678
Patriotas Diego CorredorTunjaLa Independencia20,630
Rionegro Águilas Diego Edison UmañaRionegroAlberto Grisales14,000
Santa Fe Gregorio PérezBogotáNemesio Camacho El Campín36,343
Tigres John Jairo BodmerBogotáMetropolitano de Techof8,000
a: Played its Torneo Apertura home games at Estadio Álvaro Gómez Hurtado in Floridablanca due to remodeling works at Estadio Alfonso López.
b: Temporarily plays its home games at Estadio Pascual Guerrero in Cali since Estadio Doce de Octubre failed to meet league requirements.[2] Cortuluá used the Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar in Palmira for its home game against Deportes Tolima.
c: Deportivo Cali used the Estadio Pascual Guerrero for its home games against Atlético Huila and Cortuluá.
d: Junior used the Estadio Jaime Morón León in Cartagena for its home games until late March due to works on the pitch at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez.[3]
e: La Equidad used the Estadio El Campín for its home games against América de Cali and Atlético Nacional.
f: Tigres used the Estadio El Campín for its home game against Atlético Nacional.

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Junior Giovanni HernándezSacked21 November 2016[4] Pre-season Alberto Gamero21 December 2016[5]
Patriotas Harold RiveraResigned5 December 2016[6] Diego Corredor14 December 2016[7]
Independiente Medellín Leonel ÁlvarezSacked7 December 2016[8] Luis Zubeldía14 December 2016[9]
Atlético Huila Virgilio PuertoEnd of caretaker spell12 December 2016 Jorge Vivaldo12 December 2016[10]
Deportivo Pasto José Fernando SantaSacked15 December 2016[11] Flabio Torres18 December 2016[12]
Atlético Bucaramanga Flabio Torres16 December 2016[13] Harold Rivera18 December 2016[14]
Deportes Tolima Alberto GameroSigned by Junior18 December 2016 Gregorio Pérez23 December 2016[15]
Millonarios Diego CoccaResigned21 December 2016[16] Miguel Ángel Russo22 December 2016[17]
Deportes Tolima Gregorio PérezSacked8 February[18] 7th Óscar Héctor Quintabani10 February[19]
Atlético Bucaramanga Harold Rivera5 March[20] 11th Fernando Castro9 March[21]
Deportivo Cali Mario YepesResigned9 March[22] 9th Héctor Cárdenas13 March[23]
Junior Alberto GameroSacked26 March[24] 19th Julio Comesaña29 March[25]
Rionegro Águilas Néstor OteroResigned17 April[26] 18th Óscar Pérez4 May[27]
Once Caldas Hernán LisiMutual consent24 April[28] 16th Herney Duque24 April
Atlético Huila Jorge Vivaldo22 May[29] 19th Jorge Bermúdez22 May
Cortuluá Jaime de la PavaEnd of contract29 May[30] 20th Néstor Otero30 May[31]
Once Caldas Herney DuqueEnd of caretaker spell29 May16th Francisco Maturana2 June[32]
La Equidad Arturo BoyacáSacked1 June[33] 13th Luis Fernando Suárez2 June[34]
Deportes Tolima Óscar Héctor Quintabani2 June[35] 17th José Eugenio Hernández6 June[36]
Atlético Huila Jorge BermúdezEnd of caretaker spell5 June15th Néstor Craviotto6 June[37]
Independiente Medellín Luis ZubeldíaResigned6 June[38] 2nd, Quarterfinals Juan José Peláez11 June[39]
Santa Fe Gustavo Costas9 June[40] 9th Gregorio Pérez14 June[41]
Torneo Finalización
Atlético Nacional Reinaldo RuedaResigned20 June[42] Pre-season Juan Manuel Lillo21 June
Atlético Bucaramanga Fernando Castro30 July[43] 19th Jaime de la Pava2 August[44]
Envigado Ismael Rescalvo2 August[45] 19th Rubén Darío Bedoya2 August
Rionegro Águilas Óscar PérezSacked6 August[46] 20th Diego Edison Umaña12 August[47]
Deportes Tolima José Eugenio Hernández22 August[48] 11th Alberto Gamero22 August
América de Cali Hernán TorresResigned2 September[49] 14th Jorge da Silva4 September[50]
Independiente Medellín Juan José PeláezMutual consent15 October[51] 9th Ismael Rescalvo16 October[52]
Deportivo Cali Héctor CárdenasSacked17 October[53] 11th Sergio Angulo17 October
Alianza Petrolera Jorge Luis Bernal22 October[54] 20th Juan Cruz Real24 October[55]
Once Caldas Francisco Maturana14 November[56] 18th Herney Duque14 November

Torneo Apertura

First stage

The First stage began on 3 February and consisted of twenty rounds including a series of regional rivalries in the tenth round. It ended on 29 May with the top eight teams at the end of this stage advancing to the knockout phase.

Standings

Results

Quarterfinals

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First leg

†: Match played behind closed doors.

Second leg

Semifinals

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First leg

†: Match played behind closed doors.

Second leg

Finals

----Atlético Nacional won 5–3 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
align=center 1 Dayro MorenoAtlético Nacional14
2 Feiver MercadoCortuluá11
Jefferson DuqueDeportivo Cali11
4 César AriasAlianza Petrolera9
Santiago TréllezDeportivo Pasto9
Cristian Martínez BorjaAmérica de Cali9

Source: Dimayor

Torneo Finalización

First stage

The First stage began on 7 July and featured the same format used in the Torneo Apertura, with reversed fixtures. It concluded on 19 November with the top eight teams at the end of this stage advancing to the knockout stage.

Standings

Results

Quarterfinals

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Second leg

Semifinals

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Second leg

Finals

----Millonarios won 3–2 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
1 Yimmi CharáJunior11
Ayron del ValleMillonarios11
Dayro MorenoAtlético Nacional11
Carmelo ValenciaLa Equidad11
align=center 5 Ángelo RodríguezDeportes Tolima9
6 Wilson MoreloSanta Fe8
Marco PérezDeportes Tolima8
Agustín VuletichRionegro Águilas8
9 Teófilo GutiérrezJunior7
Pablo RojasJaguares7

Source: Soccerway

Aggregate table

Relegation

A separate table is kept to determine the teams that get relegated to the Categoría Primera B for the next season. The table includes an average of all first stage games played for the current season and the previous two seasons. For purposes of elaborating the table, promoted teams are given the same point and goal tallies as the team in the 18th position at the start of the season.

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Relegation
1Atlético Nacional79 76 87 242 120
2Independiente Medellín70 73 69 212 120
3Millonarios62 70 69 201 120
4Santa Fe62 70 67 199 120
5Junior69 65 62 196 120
6Deportivo Cali67 66 53 186 120
7Deportes Tolima68 57 53 179 120
8Patriotas58 61 45 164 120
9Envigado61 51 44 156 120
10Rionegro Águilas54 60 39 153 120
11Once Caldas57 51 42 150 120
12La Equidad54 42 53 149 120
13Atlético Huila57 42 48 147 120
1453 47 46 146 120
15Deportivo Pasto39 44 56 139 120
16América de Cali31 46 60 137 120
17Jaguares31 46 59 136 120
18Atlético Bucaramanga31 55 47 133 120
19Cortuluá (R)45 45 42 132 120 Relegation to Categoría Primera B
20Tigres (R)31 46 45 122 120
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1st average; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored; 4th away goals scored.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Síntesis de la Asamblea Extraordinaria de la Dimayor. Dimayor.com. es. 2 December 2016. 30 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20181215122847/http://dimayor.com.co/sintesis-de-la-asamblea-extraordinaria-de-la-dimayor-3/. 15 December 2018. dead.
  2. Web site: Cortuluá jugará como local en el estadio Pascual Guerrero. El País. es. 27 December 2016.
  3. Web site: Junior jugará en la ciudad de Cartagena. https://web.archive.org/web/20170201234832/http://dimayor.com.co/junior-jugara-en-la-ciudad-de-cartagena/. dead. 1 February 2017. Dimayor.com. es. 18 January 2017.
  4. Web site: Giovanni Hernández no va más como técnico de Junior. es. noticiasrcn.com. 21 November 2016. 1 October 2017.
  5. Web site: Alberto Gamero, nuevo técnico de Junior. es. elmeridiano.co. 21 December 2016. 1 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171002021956/http://elmeridiano.co/alberto-gamero--nuevo-tecnico-de-junior/60703. 2 October 2017. dead.
  6. Web site: Harold Rivera no continuará en la dirección técnica del Patriotas. es. Caracol Radio. 5 December 2016. 1 October 2017.
  7. Web site: Diego Corredor es el nuevo técnico de Patriotas. es. foxsports.com.co. 14 December 2016. 1 October 2017.
  8. Web site: Leonel Álvarez no va más con Independiente Medellín. es. El Colombiano. 7 December 2016. 1 October 2017.
  9. Web site: Luis Zubeldía, nuevo director técnico del Independiente Medellín. es. El Tiempo. 14 December 2016. 1 October 2017.
  10. Web site: Jorge Vivaldo nuevo técnico de Atlético Huila. es. diariodelhuila.com. 12 December 2016. 1 October 2017. 2 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171002021912/https://diariodelhuila.com/deportes/jorge-vivaldo-nuevo-tecnico-de-atletico-huila-cdgint20161212143333123. dead.
  11. Web site: José Fernando Santa dejó de ser el técnico del Deportivo Pasto. es. antena2.com.co. 15 December 2016. 1 October 2017.
  12. Web site: Revolcón en Deportivo Pasto: Flabio Torres es el nuevo técnico y Eudoro Dueñas renuncia. es. hsbnoticias.com. 19 December 2016. 1 October 2017.
  13. Web site: Flabio Torres no continuará con Atlético Bucaramanga. es. El Espectador. 16 December 2016. 1 October 2017.
  14. Web site: Harold Rivera, nuevo entrenador del Atlético Bucaramanga. es. El Tiempo. 18 December 2016. 1 October 2017.
  15. Web site: Gregorio Pérez nuevo técnico de Tolima. es. AS Colombia. 23 December 2016. 1 October 2017.
  16. Web site: Diego Cocca anunció por twitter que renunció a Millonarios. es. El Tiempo. 22 December 2017. 1 October 2017.
  17. Web site: Miguel Ángel Russo es el nuevo director técnico de Millonarios. es. RCN Radio. 22 December 2016. 1 October 2017.
  18. Web site: El uruguayo Gregorio Pérez dejó de ser el técnico de Deportes Tolima. es. El Tiempo. 8 February 2017. 1 October 2017.
  19. Web site: Óscar Héctor Quintabani asumió como entrenador del Deportes Tolima. es. futbolred.com. 10 February 2017. 1 October 2017.
  20. Web site: Harold Rivera dejó la dirección técnica del Atlético Bucaramanga. es. vanguardia.com. 5 March 2017. 1 October 2017.
  21. Web site: "Pecoso" Castro es nuevo entrenador del Bucaramanga. es. El Espectador. 9 March 2017. 1 October 2017.
  22. Web site: Confirmado: Mario Yepes no continuará como técnico del Deportivo Cali. El País. es. 9 March 2017.
  23. Web site: Héctor Cárdenas fue oficialmente presentado como nuevo técnico del Cali. es. GOL Caracol. 13 March 2017. 1 October 2017.
  24. Web site: Junior oficializa la destitución de Alberto Gamero como técnico. es. AS Colombia. 26 March 2017. 1 October 2017.
  25. Web site: Julio Comesaña regresa como técnico del Junior de Barranquilla. es. El País. 29 March 2017. 1 October 2017.
  26. Web site: Otro entrenador afuera: Néstor Otero renunció a Rionegro Águilas. es. futbolred.com. 17 April 2017. 1 October 2017.
  27. Web site: Óscar Pérez, nuevo entrenador de Rionegro Águilas. es. El Colombiano. 4 May 2017. 1 October 2017.
  28. Web site: Confirmado: Hernán Lisi no sigue como entrenador de Once Caldas. es. futbolred.com. 24 April 2017. 1 October 2017.
  29. Web site: Jorge Vivaldo no es más el entrenador del Atlético Huila. es. El Espectador. 22 May 2017. 1 October 2017.
  30. Web site: El técnico Jaime de la Pava no continuará con el Cortuluá al finalizar contrato. es. El País. 12 May 2017. 1 October 2017.
  31. Web site: Néstor Otero fue presentado como nuevo técnico de Cortuluá. es. El País. 30 May 2017. 1 October 2017.
  32. Web site: Después de 31 años, Francisco Maturana vuelve a dirigir al Once Caldas. es. El Espectador. 2 June 2017. 1 October 2017.
  33. Web site: Arturo Boyacá no continuará en la dirección técnica de Equidad. es. futbolred.com. 1 June 2017. 1 October 2017.
  34. Web site: Luis Fernando Suarez, nuevo DT de Equidad. es. El Tiempo. 2 June 2017. 1 October 2017.
  35. Web site: ¡Confirmado! Quintabani sale del Deportes Tolima después de ser eliminado en Liga y Sudamericana. es. publimetro.co. 3 June 2017. 1 October 2017.
  36. Web site: José ‘Cheché’ Hernández, nuevo técnico del Tolima. es. El Tiempo. 6 June 2017. 1 October 2017.
  37. Web site: Néstor Craviotto, nuevo técnico del Atlético Huila. es. lanacion.com.co. 6 June 2017. 1 October 2017. 2 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171002022717/http://www.lanacion.com.co/2017/06/06/nestor-craviotto-nuevo-tecnico-del-atletico-huila/. dead.
  38. Web site: Luis Zubeldía renunció a la dirección técnica del Medellín. es. El Espectador. 6 June 2017. 1 October 2017.
  39. Web site: Juan José Peláez es el nuevo técnico del DIM. es. El Colombiano. 11 June 2017. 1 October 2017.
  40. Web site: Confirmado: Gustavo Costas no seguirá como técnico de Santa Fe. es. futbolred.com. 10 June 2017. 1 October 2017.
  41. Web site: Gregorio Pérez, nuevo técnico de Independiente Santa Fe. es. Caracol Radio. 14 June 2017. 1 October 2017.
  42. Web site: Oficial: Reinaldo Rueda sale de Nacional y llega Lillo. es. AS Colombia. 21 June 2017. 1 October 2017.
  43. Web site: Fernando ‘Pecoso’ Castro renunció a la dirección técnica del Atlético Bucaramanga. es. vanguardia.com. 30 July 2017. 1 October 2017.
  44. Web site: Bucaramanga oficializa la llegada de Jaime de la Pava como nuevo DT. es. vanguardia.com. 2 August 2017. 1 October 2017.
  45. Web site: Envigado se quedó sin técnico: Ismael Rescalvo presentó su renuncia. es. futbolred.com. 2 August 2017. 1 October 2017.
  46. Web site: Rionegro Águilas despide a su entrenador, Óscar Pérez sale de su cargo. es. futbolred.com. 6 August 2017. 1 October 2017.
  47. Web site: Diego Edison Umaña, nuevo entrenador de Rionegro Águilas. es. El Tiempo. 12 August 2017. 1 October 2017.
  48. Web site: Deportes Tolima despide a 'Cheché' Hernández y contrata a Gamero como técnico. es. publimetro.co. 6 August 2017. 1 October 2017.
  49. Web site: Es oficial: Hernán Torres renunció a la dirección técnica del América. es. futbolred.com. 3 September 2017. 1 October 2017.
  50. Web site: Jorge ‘Polilla’ Da Silva es el nuevo DT del América de Cali. El Tiempo. es. 4 September 2017. 1 October 2017.
  51. Web site: Juan José Peláez dejó de ser el técnico de Independiente Medellín. es. El Tiempo. 15 October 2017. 15 October 2017.
  52. Web site: Ismael Rescalvo asume como técnico interino del DIM. es. AS Colombia. 16 October 2017. 16 October 2017.
  53. Web site: Héctor Cárdenas ya no es más director técnico del Deportivo Cali. es. El País. 17 October 2017. 17 October 2017.
  54. Web site: Otro técnico que cae: Jorge Luis Bernal fue destituido de Alianza Petrolera. es. El Espectador. 23 October 2017. 23 October 2017.
  55. Web site: Juan Cruz Real es el nuevo entrenador de Alianza Petrolera. es. futbolred.com. 24 October 2017. 24 October 2017.
  56. Web site: Francisco Maturana fue destituido de la dirección técnica del Once Caldas. es. El Espectador. 14 November 2017. 14 November 2017.

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