2015 Categoría Primera A season

The 2015 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2015 Liga Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 68th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The season started on 30 January and concluded on 20 December.

Liga Águila
Season2015
ChampionsApertura: Deportivo Cali (9th title)
Finalización: Atlético Nacional (15th title)
RelegatedUniautónoma
Cúcuta Deportivo
Copa LibertadoresDeportivo Cali
Atlético Nacional
Santa Fe (Copa Sudamericana winner)
Copa SudamericanaSanta Fe (Copa Sudamericana winner)
Junior (cup winner)
Atlético Nacional (Superliga winner)
Independiente Medellín
Deportes Tolima
Top goalscorerApertura: Fernando Uribe (15 goals)
Finalización: Jefferson Duque (15 goals)
← 2014
2016 →

20 teams competed against one another. Santa Fe came in as the defending champions having won the title in the 2014 season's Finalización tournament. Jaguares de Córdoba entered as champion of the 2014 Primera B, while Cortuluá and Cúcuta Deportivo were promoted as the top teams of their respective groups in the Promotion tournament.

Deportivo Cali won its ninth title in the Torneo Apertura after beating Independiente Medellín in the finals, while in the Torneo Finalización Atlético Nacional won its fifteenth title after beating Junior in the finals, thus surpassing Millonarios as the club with the most championships.

Format

Starting from this season, the league was expanded to 20 teams: 17 from last season plus Jaguares, the 2014 Primera B winners, and Cortuluá and Cúcuta Deportivo, the top two teams of a playoff tournament played in January 2015 between 8 Primera B sides to fill up the field of 20 teams. The Apertura and Finalización tournaments had a similar format and 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 were played on a home-and-away basis as well. The winner of the final was declared the tournament champion and will participate in the 2016 Copa Libertadores.[1]

Teams

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2015 Categoría Primera A teams
Team City Stadium 2014 season
Águilas Doradasa Rionegro Alberto Grisales 4th
Alianza Petrolera Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapatab 10th
Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcidc 8th
Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot 2nd
Boyacá Chicó Tunja La Independencia 13th
Cortuluá Tuluá Doce de Octubre 13th (Primera B)d
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander 6th (Primera B)d
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toroe 11th
Deportivo Cali Cali Deportivo Cali 9th
Deportivo Pasto Pasto Departamental Libertad 16th
Envigado Envigado Polideportivo Sur 12th
Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot 6th
Jaguares Montería Municipal de Montería 1st (Primera B)
Junior Barranquilla Metropolitano 5th
La Equidad Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 15th
Millonarios Bogotá Nemesio Camacho 7th
Once Caldas Manizales Palogrande 3rd
Patriotas Tunja La Independencia 14th
Santa Fe Bogotá Nemesio Camacho 1st
Uniautónoma Barranquilla Metropolitano 18th

a: Previously based in Pereira, played their first four home games at Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas.
b: Previously played at Estadio Álvaro Gómez Hurtado in Floridablanca.
c: Temporarily played its home games at Estadio Centenario in Armenia and Estadio Luis Antonio Duque in Girardot due to remodeling works at Estadio Guillermo Plazas Alcid.
d: Promoted through the Promotion tournament.
e: Temporarily played its home games at Estadio Metropolitano de Techo in Bogotá due to remodeling works at Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro.

Torneo Apertura

First Stage

The First Stage began on 30 January and consisted of twenty rounds including a series of regional rivalries in the tenth round. It ended on 17 May with the top eight teams at the end of this stage advancing to the knockout stage.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Huila 20 12 5 3 33 22 +11 41 Advanced to the knockout phase
2 Envigado 20 10 6 4 21 13 +8 36
3 Deportivo Cali 20 10 5 5 36 24 +12 35
4 Independiente Medellín 20 10 5 5 31 22 +9 35
5 Millonarios 20 9 7 4 36 23 +13 34
6 Atlético Nacional 20 10 4 6 33 24 +9 34
7 Deportes Tolima 20 9 6 5 29 16 +13 33
8 Junior 20 9 6 5 27 16 +11 33
9 Santa Fe 20 8 7 5 29 19 +10 31
10 Águilas Doradas 20 8 6 6 23 16 +7 30
11 Patriotas 20 7 6 7 17 18 −1 27
12 La Equidad 20 6 8 6 21 21 0 26
13 Once Caldas 20 5 8 7 29 32 −3 23
14 Cortuluá 20 5 6 9 22 25 −3 21
15 Jaguares 20 5 6 9 21 32 −11 21
16 Alianza Petrolera 20 3 11 6 17 22 −5 20
17 Boyacá Chicó 20 3 8 9 16 29 −13 17
18 Cúcuta Deportivo 20 2 9 9 16 33 −17 15
19 Uniautónoma 20 3 6 11 13 30 −17 15
20 Deportivo Pasto 20 2 3 15 11 44 −33 9
Source: DIMAYOR
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots[2]

Results
Home \ Away AGU APE HUI NAC BOY COR CUC TOL CAL PAS ENV DIM JAG JUN EQU MIL ONC PAT SFE UAU
Águilas Doradas 1–0 0–0 2–1 6–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0
Alianza Petrolera 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–1
Atlético Huila 3–3 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 3–1
Atlético Nacional 2–0 1–2 1–3 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 4–0
Boyacá Chicó 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0
Cortuluá 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1
Cúcuta Deportivo 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–4 0–0 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 1–2 2–2
Deportes Tolima 1–0 3–1 4–1 4–1 2–1 1–2 5–0 1–0 1–0 1–1
Deportivo Cali 0–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 3–2 2–0 5–1 0–0
Deportivo Pasto 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–4 0–3 0–0 1–2 1–3
Envigado 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0
Independiente Medellín 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–0
Jaguares 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–3 1–2
Junior 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1
La Equidad 0–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0
Millonarios 3–1 0–0 3–1 4–1 3–0 5–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–0
Once Caldas 1–1 2–2 3–3 2–2 3–2 2–3 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–2
Patriotas 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0
Santa Fe 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 4–0 3–1 3–0 1–3 0–1 4–1
Uniautónoma 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2015. Source: DIMAYOR
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. DIMAYOR awarded a 3–0 away win in favor of Independiente Medellín for pitch invasion by fans of Cúcuta Deportivo. Original result was a 1–2 win for Independiente Medellín.

Knockout phase bracket
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
4 Ind. Medellín 3 1 4  
8 Junior 0 0 0  
  4 Ind. Medellín 0 3 3  
  7 Deportes Tolima 0 1 1  
1 Atlético Huila 1 2 3
7 Deportes Tolima 2 3 5  
  4 Ind. Medellín 0 1 1
  3 Deportivo Cali 1 1 2
3 Deportivo Cali 3 1 4  
6 Atlético Nacional 3 0 3  
  3 Deportivo Cali (p) 2 1 3 (4)
  5 Millonarios 3 0 3 (3)  
2 Envigado 0 3 3
5 Millonarios 4 2 6  

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportes Tolima 5–3 Atlético Huila 2–1 3–2
Millonarios 6–3 Envigado 4–0 2–3
Atlético Nacional 3–4 Deportivo Cali 3–3 0–1
Junior 0–4 Independiente Medellín 0–3[A] 0–1
Notes
  1. ^
    DIMAYOR awarded a 3–0 win in favour of Independiente Medellín after a breach of rules by Junior regarding foreign players on field. Original result was a 2–2 draw.[3]

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportes Tolima 1–3 Independiente Medellín 0–0 1–3
Millonarios 3–3 (3–4 p) Deportivo Cali 3–2 0–1

Finals
Deportivo Cali1 – 0Independiente Medellín
Preciado  17' Report
Referee: Gustavo Murillo
Independiente Medellín1 – 1Deportivo Cali
Monsalvo  70' Report Roa  40'
Referee: Juan Carlos Gamarra


 Liga Águila
2015 Apertura Champion 
Deportivo Cali
9th title

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Fernando Uribe Millonarios 15
2 Harold Preciado Deportivo Cali 13
3 Marco Pérez Deportes Tolima 10
4 Carlos Ibargüen Cortuluá 9
Jonathan Copete Atlético Nacional 9

Source: DIMAYOR

Torneo Finalización

First Stage

The First Stage began on 10 July and featured the same format used in the Torneo Apertura, with reversed fixtures. It ended on 22 November with the top eight teams at the end of this stage advancing to the knockout stage.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Nacional 20 14 3 3 33 7 +26 45 Advanced to the knockout phase
2 Junior 20 11 3 6 31 23 +8 36
3 Deportes Tolima 20 10 5 5 23 14 +9 35
4 Independiente Medellín 20 10 5 5 23 18 +5 35
5 Once Caldas 20 9 7 4 25 14 +11 34
6 Alianza Petrolera 20 9 6 5 18 12 +6 33
7 Deportivo Cali 20 9 5 6 30 28 +2 32
8 Santa Fe 20 8 7 5 26 15 +11 31
9 Patriotas 20 9 4 7 24 19 +5 31
10 Deportivo Pasto 20 9 3 8 25 26 −1 30
11 Millonarios 20 7 7 6 20 16 +4 28
12 La Equidad 20 8 4 8 22 27 −5 28
13 Envigado 20 6 7 7 18 18 0 25
14 Águilas Doradas 20 5 9 6 17 16 +1 24
15 Cortuluá 20 6 6 8 20 20 0 24
16 Uniautónoma 20 6 4 10 18 26 −8 22
17 Boyacá Chicó 20 4 5 11 10 29 −19 17
18 Atlético Huila 20 3 7 10 12 28 −16 16
19 Cúcuta Deportivo 20 3 3 14 15 37 −22 12
20 Jaguares 20 2 4 14 18 35 −17 10
Source: DIMAYOR
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots

Results
Home \ Away AGU APE HUI NAC BOY COR CUC TOL CAL PAS ENV DIM JAG JUN EQU MIL ONC PAT SFE UAU
Águilas Doradas 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–1
Alianza Petrolera 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0
Atlético Huila 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–2
Atlético Nacional 1–0 6–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2
Boyacá Chicó 3–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–1
Cortuluá 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 5–1 3–1 2–0 0–3 1–2
Cúcuta Deportivo 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1
Deportes Tolima 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–2
Deportivo Cali 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 4–2 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–4 1–0 5–1
Deportivo Pasto 0–3 3–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 3–0
Envigado 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 4–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–1
Independiente Medellín 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
Jaguares 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–2
Junior 2–1 0–4 6–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2
La Equidad 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 4–3 2–1 1–2
Millonarios 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–0
Once Caldas 1–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–1
Patriotas 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–3 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–3
Santa Fe 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 5–0 1–1 3–0 4–0 1–1 0–0
Uniautónoma 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 3–0 2–1 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2015. Source: DIMAYOR
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. DIMAYOR awarded a 3–0 away win in favor of Jaguares for Deportivo Cali fielding an unauthorized player. Original result was a 0–1 win for Jaguares.

Knockout phase bracket
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
1 Atlético Nacional 0 3 3  
7 Deportivo Cali 0 1 1  
  1 Atlético Nacional 0 2 2  
  4 Ind. Medellín 1 0 1  
4 Ind. Medellín 2 4 6
6 Alianza Petrolera 0 0 0  
  1 Atlético Nacional (p) 1 1 2 (3)
  2 Junior 2 0 2 (2)
2 Junior 1 3 4  
8 Santa Fe 2 1 3  
  2 Junior 1 1 2
  3 Deportes Tolima 0 0 0  
3 Deportes Tolima 0 3 3
5 Once Caldas 1 1 2  

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportivo Cali 1–3 Atlético Nacional 0–0 1–3
Santa Fe 3–4 Junior 2–1 1–3
Once Caldas 2–3 Deportes Tolima 1–0 1–3
Alianza Petrolera 0–6 Independiente Medellín 0–2 0–4

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Independiente Medellín 1–2 Atlético Nacional 1–0 0–2
Deportes Tolima 0–2 Junior 0–1 0–1

Finals
Junior2 – 1Atlético Nacional
Ovelar  16'
Toloza  22'		 Report Chará  68'
Referee: Wilson Lamouroux
Atlético Nacional1 – 0Junior
Moreno  1' Report
Penalties
Bocanegra
Chará
Guerra
Pérez 		3–2 Noguera
Narváez
Ovelar
Celis
Cuéllar
Referee: Gustavo Murillo
 Liga Águila
2015 Finalización Champion 
Atlético Nacional
15th title

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Jefferson Duque Atlético Nacional 15
2 Harold Preciado Deportivo Cali 12
3 Juan Caicedo Independiente Medellín 9
Roberto Ovelar Junior 9
5 Vladimir Hernández Junior 8
Jonathan Gómez Deportivo Pasto 8

Source: DIMAYOR

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.

Pos
 Team 2013
Pts		 2014
Pts		 2015
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
 Relegation
1 Atlético Nacional 6963792111121.884
2 Santa Fe 6161621841121.643
3 Junior 5255691761121.571
4 Millonarios 5953621741121.554
5 Deportivo Cali 5847671721121.536
6 Once Caldas 5657571701121.518
7 Águilas Doradas 5857541691121.509
8 Independiente Medellín 4751701681121.5
9 Deportes Tolima 5045681631121.455
10 Envigado 3948611481121.321
11 Alianza Petrolera 3854531451121.295
12 Atlético Huila 4046571431121.277
13 La Equidad 4541541401121.25
14 Patriotas 3445581371121.223
15 Deportivo Pasto 5338391301121.161
16 Boyacá Chicó 3447341151121.027
17 Cortuluá 3435451141121.018
18 Jaguares 3445311101120.982
19 Uniautónoma (R) 3435371061120.946 Relegation to Categoría Primera B
20 Cúcuta Deportivo (R) 343527961120.857

Source: DIMAYOR
Rules for classification: 1st average; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored; 4th away goals scored.

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Nacional (C) 48 27 9 12 76 39 +37 90 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and
2016 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Independiente Medellín 50 26 12 12 69 45 +24 90 2016 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[lower-alpha 2]
3 Junior 48 24 9 15 66 48 +18 81
4 Deportivo Cali (C) 48 22 13 13 76 62 +14 79 2016 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[lower-alpha 3]
5 Deportes Tolima 48 22 12 14 61 40 +21 78 2016 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
6 Millonarios 44 18 14 12 65 45 +20 68
7 Santa Fe 42 17 14 11 58 38 +20 65 2016 Copa Libertadores First Stage and
2016 Copa Sudamericana Round of 16[lower-alpha 4]
8 Envigado 42 17 13 12 42 37 +5 64
9 Once Caldas 42 15 15 12 56 49 +7 60
10 Patriotas 40 16 10 14 41 37 +4 58
11 Atlético Huila 42 15 12 15 48 55 −7 57
12 Águilas Doradas 40 13 15 12 39 33 +6 54
13 La Equidad 40 14 12 14 43 48 −5 54
14 Alianza Petrolera 42 12 17 13 35 40 −5 53
15 Cortuluá 40 11 12 17 42 45 −3 45
16 Deportivo Pasto 40 11 6 23 36 70 −34 39
17 Uniautónoma 40 9 10 21 31 56 −25 37
18 Boyacá Chicó 40 7 13 20 26 58 −32 34
19 Jaguares 40 7 10 23 39 67 −28 31
20 Cúcuta Deportivo 40 5 12 23 31 70 −39 27
Source: DIMAYOR
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Atlético Nacional are qualified for the 2016 Copa Libertadores as Finalización champions and qualified for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana as Superliga Colombiana winners.
  2. Junior are qualified for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana as Copa Colombia winners.
  3. Deportivo Cali are qualified for the 2016 Copa Libertadores as Apertura champions.
  4. Santa Fe are qualified for the 2016 Copa Libertadores and the 2016 Copa Sudamericana as Copa Sudamericana winners.

References
  1. "Síntesis de la Asamblea Extraordinaria" [Summary of the Extraordinary Assembly]. DIMAYOR. Archived from the original on 2014-12-11. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  2. "Reglamentación Liga Águila 2015" (PDF). DIMAYOR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  3. "Caso Junior vs Deportivo Independiente Medellín" [Junior vs. Deportivo Independiente Medellín Case]. DIMAYOR. Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
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