# 2019 Colombian Women's Football League

The 2019 Colombian Women's Football League (officially known as the Liga Águila Femenina 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of Colombia's top-flight women's football league. The season started on 13 July and concluded on 30 September 2019 with the second leg of the finals. América de Cali won their first league title following a 3–2 win on aggregate against Independiente Medellín in the finals. Atlético Huila were the defending champions, but were eliminated by the eventual runners-up Independiente Medellín in the semifinals.

## Format

For this season, the league featured 20 teams, which were split into five double round-robin groups of four teams. The top teams in each group as well as the three best runners-up advanced to the quarterfinals, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. The winners of each semifinal qualified for the final to decide the champions. All rounds in the knockout stage were played on a home-and-away basis. The champions qualified for the 2019 Copa Libertadores Femenina, joining Atlético Huila who are already qualified as titleholders. On 15 June 2019, DIMAYOR and the FCF announced an agreement with CONMEBOL for an additional berth for Colombia into the Copa Libertadores Femenina, which was awarded to the league runners-up.

## Teams

20 teams took part in the competition. The teams are affiliated with DIMAYOR affiliate clubs. Alianza Petrolera, Bogotá, Deportes Quindío, Envigado, Patriotas, Real Cartagena, and Unión Magdalena did not field a team in this edition, whilst Deportivo Cali, Independiente Medellín, Millonarios, and Once Caldas competed for the first time.

### Stadia and locations

| Group | Team | City | Stadium |
| A | Atlético Nacional | Medellín Envigado Itagüí | Atanasio Girardot Polideportivo Sur Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí |
| A | Deportivo Pereira | Pereira | Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
| A | Independiente Medellín | Medellín Envigado Itagüí | Atanasio Girardot Polideportivo Sur Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí |
| A | Once Caldas | Manizales | Palogrande |
| B | Fortaleza | Cota | Municipal de Cota |
| B | La Equidad | Bogotá | Metropolitano de Techo |
| B | Millonarios | Bogotá | Nemesio Camacho El Campín |
| B | Santa Fe | Bogotá | Nemesio Camacho El Campín |
| C | Atlético Bucaramanga | Bucaramanga | Cancha Marte |
| C | Cúcuta Deportivo | Cúcuta | General Santander |
| C | Junior | Barranquilla | Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez |
| C | Real San Andrés | Floridablanca Girón | Álvaro Gómez Hurtado 1 de Mayo |
| D | América de Cali | Cali | Pascual Guerrero |
| D | Atlético | Cali | Pascual Guerrero |
| D | Cortuluá | Tuluá | Doce de Octubre |
| D | Deportivo Cali | Cali | Deportivo Cali |
| E | Atlético Huila | Neiva | Guillermo Plazas Alcid |
| E | Deportes Tolima | Ibagué | Manuel Murillo Toro |
| E | Deportivo Pasto | Pasto | Cancha San Rafael |
| E | Orsomarso | Palmira | Francisco Rivera Escobar |

## First stage

The First stage started on 13 July and consisted of five groups of four teams. It ended on 18 August with the top teams from each group as well as the three best runners-up advancing to the knockout stage.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DIM | NAC | PER | ONC |
| 1 | Independiente Medellín | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Atlético Nacional | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Deportivo Pereira | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 6 | | 1–4 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Once Caldas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 | | 0–6 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SFE | MIL | EQU | FOR |
| 1 | Santa Fe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Millonarios | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | La Equidad | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JUN | BUC | RSA | CUC |
| 1 | Junior | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 | | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Real San Andrés | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 5 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AME | COR | CAL | ATL |
| 1 | América de Cali | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Cortuluá | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Deportivo Cali | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 6 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 4–2 |
| 4 | Atlético | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 2 | | 0–0 | 0–6 | 1–3 | — |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HUI | PAS | ORS | TOL |
| 1 | Atlético Huila | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Deportivo Pasto | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Orsomarso | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Deportes Tolima | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | — |

### Ranking of second-placed teams

The three best teams among those ranked second qualified for the knockout stage.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| 1 | A | Atlético Nacional | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 13 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | B | Millonarios | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | D | Cortuluá | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | E | Deportivo Pasto | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | |
| 5 | C | Atlético Bucaramanga | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 | |

## Knockout stage
### Seeding

The five group winners were sorted according to their performance in the first stage in order to decide the four teams that were seeded into each of the four quarterfinal ties, which hosted the second leg in that stage. The four best group winners were seeded, while the remaining group winner was drawn along with the three best group runners-up against one of the seeded teams to make up the quarterfinal matchups.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| 1 | A | Independiente Medellín | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 16 | Quarterfinals Tie 1 |
| 2 | D | América de Cali | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 16 | Quarterfinals Tie 2 |
| 3 | B | Santa Fe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 13 | Quarterfinals Tie 3 |
| 4 | E | Atlético Huila | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 12 | Quarterfinals Tie 4 |
| 5 | C | Junior | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 11 | Drawing pot |

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | Millonarios (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 (3) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Santa Fe | 1 | 1 | 2 (1) | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Santa Fe | 1 | 1 | 2 (1) | Millonarios | Millonarios | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | América de Cali | América de Cali | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Atlético Nacional | 0 | 2 | 2 | América de Cali | América de Cali | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| 2 | América de Cali | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | América de Cali | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | América de Cali | América de Cali | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Independiente Medellín | Independiente Medellín | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| | Junior | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | Independiente Medellín | Independiente Medellín | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Atlético Huila | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Atlético Huila | 3 | 2 | 5 | Atlético Huila | Atlético Huila | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Independiente Medellín | Independiente Medellín | 0 | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Cortuluá | 0 | 1 | 1 | Independiente Medellín | Independiente Medellín | 0 | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| 1 | Independiente Medellín | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Cortuluá | 1–3 | Independiente Medellín | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Atlético Nacional | 2–3 | América de Cali | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Millonarios | 2–2 (3–1 p) | Santa Fe | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Junior | 1–5 | Atlético Huila | 1–3 | 0–2 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Atlético Huila | 1–5 | Independiente Medellín | 1–0 | 0–5 |
| Millonarios | 2–3 | América de Cali | 0–2 | 2–1 |

### Finals

América de Cali won 3–2 on aggregate.
* Liga Águila Femenina 2019 champions
* América de Cali 1st title