2021 Superliga Colombiana Explained

2021 Superliga Colombiana
Team1:	América de Cali
Team1score:	3
Team2:	Santa Fe
Team2score:	5
Firstleg:	First leg
Team1score1:	1
Team2score1:	2
Date1:	5 October 2021
Stadium1:	Estadio Pascual Guerrero
City1:	Cali
Referee1:	Alexander Ospina
Secondleg:	Second leg
Team1score2:	2
Team2score2:	3
Date2:	20 October 2021
Stadium2:	Estadio El Campín
City2:	Bogotá
Referee2:	Wilmar Roldán
Previous:	2020
Next:	2022

The 2021 Superliga Colombiana (officially known as the Superliga BetPlay DIMAYOR 2021 for sponsorship purposes) was the tenth edition of the Superliga Colombiana, Colombia's football super cup tournament organized by DIMAYOR. It was contested by América de Cali and Santa Fe from 5 to 20 October 2021.^[1]

The competition, which is usually played in January prior to the start of each Categoría Primera A season, was delayed to October 2021 due to the schedule saturation of both involved sides and a lack of available dates in early 2021.^[2]

Santa Fe beat América de Cali by a 5–3 aggregate score to win its fourth Superliga Colombiana title.^[3]

Teams

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia causing the curtailing of the 2020 Categoría Primera A season which only had one champion instead of the usual two, DIMAYOR confirmed that the competition would also be contested by the best ranked team in the aggregate table of the 2020 season, Santa Fe, in addition to the league champions América de Cali.^[4]

Team	Qualification	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
América de Cali	2020 Primera A champions	1 (2020)
Santa Fe	2020 Primera A aggregate table best placed team	3 (2013, 2015, 2017)

Matches

First leg

width=25 ! width=25 GK 12 Diego Novoa DF 35 Geovan Montes DF 24 DF 3 DF 16 Pablo Ortiz DF 5 Héctor Quiñones (c) MF 4 MF 18 MF 27 Emerson Batalla MF 14 Mauricio Gómez FW 30 Substitutes: GK 31 David Quintero DF 23 DF 29 MF 19 MF 28 FW 7 FW 10 Deinner Quiñones Manager:

width=25 ! width=25 GK 22 Leandro Castellanos (c) DF 27 Alexander Porras DF 2 DF 31 José Ortiz DF 30 Dairon Mosquera MF 8 MF 17 Alexander Mejía MF 5 Carlos Sánchez MF 10 MF 13 FW 19 Substitutes: GK 1 Omar Rodríguez DF 21 DF 25 Alejandro Moralez MF 7 Neyder Moreno MF 14 Leonardo Pico MF 24 FW 9 Manager: Grigori Méndez

Assistant referees Elkin Echavarría Javier Zemanate Fourth official Yahir Cárdenas

Match rules^[5] 90 minutes. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.

Second leg

width=25 ! width=25 GK 22 Leandro Castellanos (c) DF 27 DF 2 DF 31 DF 30 Dairon Mosquera MF 8 MF 17 MF 5 MF 10 MF 7 FW 9 Substitutes: GK 1 Omar Rodríguez DF 21 Fabio Delgado DF 25 MF 13 MF 14 MF 23 FW 19 Manager: Grigori Méndez

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Joel Graterol DF 29 DF 2 Marlon Torres DF 23 DF 5 Héctor Quiñones (c) MF 4 MF 18 Rodrigo Ureña MF 27 MF 21 Jeison Lucumí FW 30 FW 7 Gustavo Torres Substitutes: GK 12 Diego Novoa DF 16 Pablo Ortiz DF 17 MF 14 MF 28 FW 10 FW 20 Manager:

Assistant referees John León Mario Tarache Fourth official Luis Matorel

Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if tied on aggregate. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.

Santa Fe won 5–3 on aggregate.

External links

• Superliga on Dimayor's website

Notes and References

1. Web site: PROGRAMACIÓN DE LA SUPERLIGA BETPLAY DIMAYOR 2021 . Spanish . DIMAYOR . 1 October 2021.
2. Web site: ¿Y la Superliga para cuándo? Dimayor entregó detalles . Spanish . Semana . 17 September 2021 . 1 October 2021.
3. Web site: ¡Santa Fe, campeón de la Superliga! Con golazos derrotó al América . Futbolred . es . 20 October 2021.
4. Web site: LO QUE SE SABE EN DIMAYOR SOBRE LA SUPERLIGA 2021 ENTRE AMÉRICA Y SANTA FE . Antena 2 . 1 October 2021 . es . 28 December 2020.
5. Web site: REGLAMENTO COMPETENCIA SUPERLIGA BETPLAY DIMAYOR 2021 . es . DIMAYOR . 19 October 2021.