# 2023 Colombian Women's Football League

The 2023 Colombian Women's Football League (officially known as the Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR 2023 for sponsorship purposes) was the seventh season of Colombia's women's football league. The season started on 4 February and ended on 30 June 2023.
Santa Fe won their third title in the competition, defeating the defending champions América de Cali over two legs in the final.

## Format

Although interest in holding a full-year women's league championship was expressed first by Colombian Football Federation (FCF) President Ramón Jesurún during the 2022 Copa América Femenina and later by the Colombian Minister of Sports María Isabel Urrutia, on 24 January 2023 the División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano (DIMAYOR) announced that the 2023 Liga Femenina season would keep the format used in the previous season, playing the competition in the first semester of the year due to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina, the latter of which the country was due to host. The 17 participating teams played a single round-robin tournament with all teams playing each other once and having a bye day, for a total of 16 matches for each team and 17 rounds in the first stage. The top eight teams advanced to the quarter-finals, with the winners advancing to the semi-finals. The winners of each semi-final then played 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 Copa Libertadores Femenina, with a third berth (which was awarded to the FCF for being the host association of the continental competition) going to the best-placed team in the season's aggregate table, other than the finalists.

## Teams

17 DIMAYOR affiliate clubs took part in the competition with their women's teams. Fortaleza and Orsomarso did not enter this edition of the tournament, with these teams being replaced by Deportivo Pasto and Boyacá Chicó, the former returning after two years and the latter fielding a women's team for the first time ever. Moreover, Águilas Doradas, who were required by CONMEBOL to form a women's team in order to be able to take part in the men's 2023 Copa Sudamericana, signed a partnership with Cortuluá for this season to meet this requirement.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| América de Cali | Cali | Pascual Guerrero | 33,130 |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | Floridablanca | Álvaro Gómez Hurtado | 12,000 |
| Atlético Huila | Neiva | Guillermo Plazas Alcid | 2,500 |
| Atlético Nacional | Medellín | Atanasio Girardot | 40,043 |
| Boyacá Chicó | Yopal | Santiago de las Atalayas | 10,000 |
| Cortuluá | Yumbo | Municipal Raúl Miranda | 3,500 |
| Deportes Tolima | Ibagué | Manuel Murillo Toro | 28,100 |
| Deportivo Cali | Palmira | Deportivo Cali | 44,000 |
| Deportivo Pasto | Pasto | Departamental Libertad | 20,000 |
| Deportivo Pereira | Pereira | Hernán Ramírez Villegas | 30,297 |
| Independiente Medellín | Itagüí | Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí | 12,000 |
| Junior | Barranquilla | Romelio Martínez | 8,600 |
| La Equidad | Bogotá | Metropolitano de Techo | 10,000 |
| Llaneros | Villavicencio | Bello Horizonte | 15,000 |
| Millonarios | Bogotá | Nemesio Camacho El Campín | 36,343 |
| Real Santander | Piedecuesta | Villa Concha | 5,500 |
| Santa Fe | Bogotá | Nemesio Camacho El Campín | 36,343 |

#### Notes

* ↑ Based in Tunja but playing its home games in Yopal.
* ↑ In association with Águilas Doradas.

## First stage

The first stage started on 4 February and consisted of a single-round robin tournament with the 17 participating teams playing each other once. It ended on 23 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 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 8 | +35 | 40 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 12 | +21 | 35 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 3 | Atlético Nacional | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 9 | +19 | 30 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 4 | Deportivo Pereira | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 29 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 5 | Deportivo Cali | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 27 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 6 | Independiente Medellín | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 27 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 7 | Cortuluá | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 25 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 8 | La Equidad | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 23 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 9 | Millonarios | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 22 | |
| 10 | Llaneros | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 22 | |
| 11 | Junior | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 21 | |
| 12 | Boyacá Chicó | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 20 | |
| 13 | Atlético Huila | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 20 | |
| 14 | Real Santander | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 13 | |
| 15 | Deportivo Pasto | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 34 | −23 | 12 | |
| 16 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 41 | −32 | 6 | |
| 17 | Deportes Tolima | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 46 | −35 | 2 | |

### Results

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

## 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 |
| 6 | Independiente Medellín | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Atlético Nacional | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Atlético Nacional | 1 | 3 | 4 | Atlético Nacional | Atlético Nacional | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| 7 | Cortuluá | 1 | 1 | 2 | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 2 | 7 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 2 | 7 | 9 | | | | | | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | América de Cali | América de Cali | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Deportivo Cali | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | América de Cali | América de Cali | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Deportivo Pereira | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Deportivo Pereira | 1 | 2 | 3 | Deportivo Pereira | Deportivo Pereira | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | América de Cali | América de Cali | 3 | 4 | 7 | | | | | |
| 8 | La Equidad | 0 | 1 | 1 | América de Cali | América de Cali | 3 | 4 | 7 | | | | | |
| 1 | América de Cali | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| La Equidad | 1–4 | América de Cali | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Cortuluá | 2–9 | Santa Fe | 1–2 | 1–7 |
| Independiente Medellín | 2–4 | Atlético Nacional | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Deportivo Cali | 2–3 | Deportivo Pereira | 1–1 | 1–2 |

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

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Deportivo Pereira | 2–7 | América de Cali | 2–3 | 0–4 |
| Atlético Nacional | 1–5 | Santa Fe | 1–1 | 0–4 |

#### Second leg
### Finals

Santa Fe won 2–0 on aggregate.
* Liga Femenina BetPlay DIMAYOR 2023 champions
* Santa Fe 3rd title

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | América de Cali | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 13 | +41 | 51 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores Femenina |
| 2 | Santa Fe (C) | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 49 | 15 | +34 | 49 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores Femenina |
| 3 | Atlético Nacional | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 35 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores Femenina |
| 4 | Deportivo Pereira | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 33 | |
| 5 | Deportivo Cali | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 28 | |
| 6 | Independiente Medellín | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 28 | |
| 7 | Cortuluá | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 25 | |
| 8 | La Equidad | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 24 | |
| 9 | Millonarios | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 22 | |
| 10 | Llaneros | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 22 | |
| 11 | Junior | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 21 | |
| 12 | Boyacá Chicó | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 20 | |
| 13 | Atlético Huila | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 20 | |
| 14 | Real Santander | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 13 | |
| 15 | Deportivo Pasto | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 34 | −23 | 12 | |
| 16 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 41 | −32 | 6 | |
| 17 | Deportes Tolima | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 46 | −35 | 2 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Catalina Usme | América de Cali | 11 |
| 2 | Liana Salazar | Santa Fe | 10 |
| 2 | María Camila Reyes | Santa Fe | 10 |
| 4 | Lorena Cobos | Llaneros | 9 |
| 4 | Daniela Montoya | Atlético Nacional | 9 |
| 6 | Manuela González | Deportivo Cali | 8 |
| 6 | Ana Milé González | Deportivo Pereira | 8 |
| 6 | Yessica Rodríguez | La Equidad | 8 |
| 9 | Mariana Zamorano | América de Cali | 7 |
| 9 | Karla Viancha | Santa Fe | 7 |
| 9 | Sara Córdoba | Atlético Nacional | 7 |
Source: Fémina Fútbol