# 2022 Colombian Women's Football League

The 2022 Colombian Women's Football League (officially known as the Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR 2022 for sponsorship purposes) was the sixth season of Colombia's women's football league. The season started on 18 February and ended on 5 June 2022.
América de Cali won their second title in the competition, defeating the defending champions Deportivo Cali in the finals by a 4–3 aggregate score.

## Format

On 13 January 2022, the División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano (DIMAYOR) confirmed the format for the 2022 Liga Femenina season, following a meeting of its Board of Competition. For this season the league had 17 teams competing as well as a change of format for the first stage, which was played as a single round-robin tournament with all teams playing each other once and having a bye day, instead of the group stage used in previous editions of the tournament. The top eight teams at the end of the first stage advanced to the quarter-finals, with the winners advancing to the semi-finals. The winners of each semi-final advanced to the finals to decide the champions. All rounds in the knockout stage were played on a home-and-away, double-legged basis. The champions and runners-up qualified for the 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina.
On 5 June 2022, prior to the second leg of the Liga Femenina finals between América de Cali and Deportivo Cali, DIMAYOR and the Ministry of Sports of Colombia announced that a second tournament would be held in the second semester of 2022 after the latter announced an additional investment of 1.2 billion COP to the tournament. The Torneo II was expected to begin in August and end in October, prior to the start of the Copa Libertadores Femenina, however, on 7 July 2022 DIMAYOR announced that the second tournament had been cancelled given that only seven teams had confirmed their participation.

## Teams

17 DIMAYOR affiliate clubs took part in the competition with their women's teams. No teams from the previous season withdrew, whilst Junior, Deportes Tolima, Deportivo Pereira, Orsomarso and former champions Atlético Huila returned to the competition for this season. Cortuluá, who withdrew from the previous season due to financial reasons, also fielded a team for this season.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| América de Cali | Cali | Pascual Guerrero | 33,130 |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | Bucaramanga | Alfonso López | 25,000 |
| Atlético Huila | Neiva | Guillermo Plazas Alcid | 2,500 |
| Atlético Nacional | Medellín | Atanasio Girardot | 40,043 |
| Cortuluá | Tuluá | Doce de Octubre | 16,000 |
| Deportes Tolima | Ibagué | Manuel Murillo Toro | 28,100 |
| Deportivo Cali | Palmira | Deportivo Cali | 44,000 |
| Deportivo Pereira | Pereira | Hernán Ramírez Villegas | 30,297 |
| Fortaleza | Chía | Villa Olímpica | 1,000 |
| Independiente Medellín | Medellín | Atanasio Girardot | 40,043 |
| Junior | Barranquilla | Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez | 49,692 |
| La Equidad | Bogotá | Metropolitano de Techo | 8,000 |
| Llaneros | Villavicencio | Bello Horizonte | 15,000 |
| Millonarios | Bogotá | Nemesio Camacho El Campín | 36,343 |
| Orsomarso | Palmira | Francisco Rivera Escobar | 15,000 |
| Real Santander | Piedecuesta | Villa Concha | 4,500 |
| Santa Fe | Bogotá | Nemesio Camacho El Campín | 36,343 |

## First stage

The first stage started on 20 February and consisted of a single-round robin tournament with the 17 participating teams playing each other once. It ended on 9 May with the top eight teams advancing to the knockout stage.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | América de Cali | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 8 | +32 | 41 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 8 | +32 | 41 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 3 | Deportivo Cali | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 12 | +26 | 37 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 4 | Independiente Medellín | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 30 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 5 | Millonarios | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 26 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 6 | Deportivo Pereira | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 24 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 7 | Junior | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 23 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 8 | Llaneros | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 21 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 9 | Orsomarso | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 21 | |
| 10 | Deportes Tolima | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 21 | |
| 11 | Atlético Nacional | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 19 | |
| 12 | Atlético Huila | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 16 | |
| 13 | Cortuluá | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 16 | |
| 14 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 13 | |
| 15 | La Equidad | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 32 | −17 | 13 | |
| 16 | Real Santander | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 42 | −31 | 10 | |
| 17 | Fortaleza | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 27 | −18 | 9 | |
* 1 2 Away goals for: América de Cali 23, Santa Fe 18.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AME | BUC | HUI | NAC | COR | TOL | CAL | PER | FOR | DIM | JUN | EQU | LLA | MIL | ORS | RSA | SFE |
| América de Cali | — | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | — | — | — | 1–2 | — | — | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | 0–1 | — | — | 0–0 | — | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | — | — | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | — |
| Atlético Huila | — | 3–1 | — | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | — | — | — | 1–3 |
| Atlético Nacional | — | — | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–3 | — | — | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | — | 2–2 | — | 0–4 |
| Cortuluá | — | 1–0 | — | — | — | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | — | — | — |
| Deportes Tolima | — | 0–0 | — | — | — | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | — | 3–0 | — |
| Deportivo Cali | 0–4 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | — | — | — | — | 3–0 | — | — | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | — |
| Deportivo Pereira | 1–1 | — | — | 0–1 | — | — | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | — | — | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — |
| Fortaleza | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Independiente Medellín | — | 0–1 | — | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Junior | 0–2 | 4–0 | — | — | — | — | 1–4 | 2–1 | 4–0 | — | — | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | — |
| La Equidad | 0–4 | 1–0 | — | — | — | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | — | — | 4–1 | — |
| Llaneros | 0–3 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1–2 | — | — | — | 0–2 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 1–3 |
| Millonarios | — | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | — | — | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | — | — | 2–0 | — | 0–2 |
| Orsomarso | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 3–1 | 4–2 | — | — | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | — | — | — | 0–1 |
| Real Santander | 1–5 | — | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | — | — | — | — | 0–0 | — | — | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 |
| Santa Fe | — | 4–1 | — | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 7–1 | — | — | — | — | — |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | Millonarios | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Deportivo Cali | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Deportivo Cali | 2 | 1 | 3 | Deportivo Cali (p) | Deportivo Cali (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 (4) | | | | | |
| | | | | | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | 1 | 1 | 2 (2) | | | | | |
| | Llaneros | 0 | 0 | 0 | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | 1 | 1 | 2 (2) | | | | | |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 6 | 4 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 6 | 4 | 10 | | | | | | Deportivo Cali | Deportivo Cali | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | América de Cali | América de Cali | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| | Deportivo Pereira | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | América de Cali | América de Cali | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Independiente Medellín | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Independiente Medellín | 0 | 0 | 0 | Deportivo Pereira | Deportivo Pereira | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | | América de Cali | América de Cali | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Junior | 2 | 0 | 2 | América de Cali | América de Cali | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 1 | América de Cali | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Junior | 2–6 | América de Cali | 2–4 | 0–2 |
| Llaneros | 0–10 | Santa Fe | 0–6 | 0–4 |
| Millonarios | 2–3 | Deportivo Cali | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Deportivo Pereira | 1–0 | Independiente Medellín | 1–0 | 0–0 |

#### Second leg
### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Deportivo Pereira | 0–2 | América de Cali | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Deportivo Cali | 2–2 (4–2 p) | Santa Fe | 1–1 | 1–1 |

#### Second leg
### Finals

América de Cali won 4–3 on aggregate.
* Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR 2022 champions
* América de Cali 2nd title

## Top scorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Catalina Usme | América de Cali | 15 |
| 2 | Manuela González | Deportivo Cali | 10 |
| 2 | Kena Romero | Santa Fe | 10 |
| 4 | Ingrid Guerra | Deportivo Cali | 9 |
| 5 | Sindy Constante | Deportes Tolima | 8 |
| 6 | Nelly Córdoba | Santa Fe | 7 |
| 6 | Loren Sánchez | Atlético Huila | 7 |
| 6 | Ingrid Vidal | América de Cali | 7 |
| 9 | Sara Angulo | Cortuluá | 6 |
| 9 | Tatiana Ariza | Deportivo Cali | 6 |
| 9 | Wendy Bonilla | América de Cali | 6 |
| 9 | Leidy Chica | Deportivo Pereira | 6 |
| 9 | Sandra Ibargüen | Llaneros | 6 |
| 9 | Maryluz Montillo | Deportivo Pereira | 6 |
| 9 | Karen Urrutia | Orsomarso | 6 |
Source: Soccerway