2016 Categoría Primera A season

The 2016 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2016 Liga Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 69th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Atlético Nacional came in as the defending champions having won the title in the 2015 season's Finalización tournament.

Liga Águila
Season2016
ChampionsApertura: Independiente Medellín (6th title)
Finalización: Santa Fe (9th title)
RelegatedBoyacá Chicó
Fortaleza
Copa LibertadoresAtlético Nacional (Copa Libertadores winner)
Independiente Medellín
Santa Fe
Millonarios
Junior
Copa SudamericanaDeportes Tolima (cup best team not yet qualified)
Deportivo Cali
Patriotas
Rionegro Águilas
Matches played428
Goals scored1,031 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Miguel Borja (19 goals)
Finalización: Ayron del Valle (12 goals)
Biggest home winAtlético Nacional 7–0 Atlético Bucaramanga (3 April 2016) [1]
Biggest away winBoyacá Chicó 0–4 Deportes Tolima (30 July 2016)
Rionegro Águilas 0–4 Santa Fe (17 October 2016)
Highest scoringAlianza Petrolera 3–6 Atlético Bucaramanga (21 March 2016)
← 2015
2017 →

20 teams competed against one another, eighteen returning from last season plus Atlético Bucaramanga and Fortaleza, who were promoted from the 2015 Primera B and will be returning to the top tier after 7 years and 1 year, respectively, replacing Uniautónoma and Cúcuta Deportivo who were relegated at the end of the last season.

Independiente Medellín won its sixth title in the Torneo Apertura after beating Junior in the finals, while in the Torneo Finalización Santa Fe won its ninth title after beating Deportes Tolima in the finals.

Format

The league retained the format used in the most recent season.[2] The Apertura and Finalización tournaments 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 was played on a home-and-away basis as well. The winner of the final in each tournament was declared the tournament champion and will participate in the 2017 Copa Libertadores.

Teams

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2016 Categoría Primera A teams
Team City Stadium 2015 season
Alianza Petrolera Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata 14th
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Alfonso Lópeza 1st (Primera B)
Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcidb 11th
Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot 1st
Boyacá Chicó Tunja La Independencia 18th
Cortuluá Tuluá Doce de Octubre 15th
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro 5th
Deportivo Cali Cali Deportivo Calic 4th
Deportivo Pasto Pasto Departamental Libertad 16th
Envigado Envigado Polideportivo Sur 8th
Fortaleza Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 3rd (Primera B)
Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot 2nd
Jaguares Montería Jaraguay 19th
Junior Barranquilla Metropolitano 3rd
La Equidad Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 13th
Millonarios Bogotá Nemesio Camachod 6th
Once Caldas Manizales Palogrande 9th
Patriotas Tunja La Independencia 10th
Rionegro Águilase Rionegro Alberto Grisales 12th
Santa Fe Bogotá Nemesio Camachod 7th

a: Temporarily plays its home games at Estadio Álvaro Gómez Hurtado in Floridablanca due to remodeling works at Estadio Alfonso López.
b: Temporarily played its home games at Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro in Ibagué due to the temporary closure of Estadio Guillermo Plazas Alcid.[3]
c: Plays Sunday evening home games at Estadio Pascual Guerrero in Cali.
d: Temporarily played its home games at Estadio Metropolitano de Techo due to remodeling works at Estadio El Campín.
e: Formerly known as Águilas Doradas.

Torneo Apertura

First Stage

The First Stage began on 29 January and consisted of twenty rounds including a series of regional rivalries in the tenth round. It ended on 29 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 Independiente Medellín 20 11 7 2 33 17 +16 40 Advanced to the knockout phase
2 Atlético Nacional 20 12 3 5 42 20 +22 39
3 Millonarios 20 11 4 5 30 17 +13 37
4 Santa Fe 20 11 4 5 28 18 +10 37
5 Junior 20 10 7 3 28 20 +8 37
6 Rionegro Águilas 20 10 4 6 30 23 +7 34
7 Deportivo Cali 20 9 5 6 35 28 +7 32
8 Cortuluá 20 8 7 5 29 23 +6 31
9 Patriotas 20 8 5 7 22 23 −1 29
10 Once Caldas 20 7 5 8 26 22 +4 26
11 Deportivo Pasto 20 5 9 6 19 23 −4 24
12 Deportes Tolima 20 7 3 10 25 32 −7 24
13 Atlético Bucaramanga 20 3 14 3 21 27 −6 23
14 Jaguares 20 6 5 9 16 29 −13 23
15 Envigado 20 4 7 9 21 22 −1 19
16 Atlético Huila 20 5 4 11 18 26 −8 19
17 La Equidad 20 4 7 9 20 30 −10 19
18 Boyacá Chicó 20 3 8 9 17 28 −11 17
19 Alianza Petrolera 20 4 5 11 24 38 −14 17
20 Fortaleza 20 4 3 13 16 34 −18 15
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[4]

Results
Home \ Away APE BUC HUI NAC BOY COR TOL CAL PAS ENV FOR DIM JAG JUN EQU MIL ONC PAT RIO SFE
Alianza Petrolera 3–6 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–1 2–1
Atlético Bucaramanga 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–0
Atlético Huila 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–2 4–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 3–1 0–0
Atlético Nacional 3–1 7–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 4–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–1
Boyacá Chicó 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–4 1–0 0–2 0–1
Cortuluá 0–0 0–3 2–0 2–2 3–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1
Deportes Tolima 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–3 2–2
Deportivo Cali 3–2 5–1 3–2 5–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–4
Deportivo Pasto 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0
Envigado 0–1 0–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–3 2–1
Fortaleza 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–2
Independiente Medellín 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1
Jaguares 2–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–1
Junior 1–1 1–0 3–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0
La Equidad 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 3–2 2–3 0–2
Millonarios 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–0
Once Caldas 3–0 0–3 0–0 1–3 3–2 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 3–1
Patriotas 3–3 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0
Rionegro Águilas 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1
Santa Fe 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2016. Source: DIMAYOR
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout phase bracket
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
1 Ind. Medellín 1 2 3  
7 Deportivo Cali 2 0 2  
  1 Ind. Medellín (p) 2 1 3 (8)  
  8 Cortuluá 1 2 3 (7)  
4 Santa Fe 1 1 2
8 Cortuluá 2 1 3  
  1 Ind. Medellín 1 2 3
  5 Junior 1 0 1
2 Atlético Nacional (p) 1 1 2 (5)  
6 Rionegro Águilas 1 1 2 (4)  
  2 Atlético Nacional 1 0 1 (2)
  5 Junior (p) 1 0 1 (4)  
3 Millonarios 0 4 4 (2)
5 Junior (p) 2 2 4 (4)  

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportivo Cali 2–3 Independiente Medellín 2–1 0–2
Rionegro Águilas 2–2 (4–5 p) Atlético Nacional 1–1 1–1
Junior 4–4 (4–2 p) Millonarios 2–0 2–4
Cortuluá 3–2 Santa Fe 2–1 1–1

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cortuluá 3–3 (7–8 p) Independiente Medellín 1–2 2–1
Junior 1–1 (4–2 p) Atlético Nacional 1–1 0–0

Finals
Junior1 – 1Independiente Medellín
Aguirre  20' Report Cabezas  26'
Referee: Nicolás Gallo
Independiente Medellín2 – 0Junior
Marrugo  35', 90+3' Report
Referee: Harold Perilla
 Liga Águila
2016 Apertura Champion 
Independiente Medellín
6th title

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Miguel Borja Cortuluá 19
2 Vladimir Hernández Junior 13
3 Luis Páez Rionegro Águilas 12
Sergio Romero Alianza Petrolera 12
5 Leonardo Castro Independiente Medellín 10

Source: DIMAYOR

Torneo Finalización

First Stage

The First Stage began on 1 July and featured the same format used in the Torneo Apertura, with reversed fixtures. It ended on 20 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 9 10 1 32 19 +13 37 Advanced to the knockout phase
2 Deportivo Cali 20 10 4 6 25 17 +8 34
3 Deportes Tolima 20 8 9 3 25 16 +9 33
4 Santa Fe 20 9 6 5 22 15 +7 33
5 Independiente Medellín 20 9 6 5 31 26 +5 33
6 Millonarios 20 10 3 7 28 23 +5 33
7 Atlético Bucaramanga 20 9 5 6 26 19 +7 32
8 Patriotas 20 9 5 6 23 19 +4 32
9 Envigado 20 9 5 6 23 20 +3 32
10 Alianza Petrolera 20 8 6 6 22 17 +5 30
11 Junior 20 7 7 6 25 27 −2 28
12 Rionegro Águilas 20 7 5 8 23 28 −5 26
13 Once Caldas 20 7 4 9 25 24 +1 25
14 La Equidad 20 5 8 7 24 27 −3 23
15 Jaguares 20 6 5 9 16 20 −4 23
16 Atlético Huila 20 6 5 9 18 27 −9 23
17 Fortaleza 20 5 5 10 20 28 −8 20
18 Deportivo Pasto 20 5 5 10 19 28 −9 20
19 Cortuluá 20 3 5 12 22 34 −12 14
20 Boyacá Chicó 20 4 2 14 18 33 −15 14
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[4]

Results
Home \ Away APE BUC HUI NAC BOY COR TOL CAL PAS ENV FOR DIM JAG JUN EQU MIL ONC PAT RIO SFE
Alianza Petrolera 0–1 3–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–1
Atlético Bucaramanga 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0
Atlético Huila 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–0
Atlético Nacional 4–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1
Boyacá Chicó 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–4 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–2
Cortuluá 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–4 1–2 2–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 0–1
Deportes Tolima 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–0
Deportivo Cali 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0
Deportivo Pasto 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–1 0–1
Envigado 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–1
Fortaleza 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1
Independiente Medellín 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–0
Jaguares 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–0
Junior 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1
La Equidad 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–2 2–2 4–0 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–1
Millonarios 1–0 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 4–1 3–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0
Once Caldas 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–3 2–0 3–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–2
Patriotas 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0
Rionegro Águilas 0–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–4 2–2 4–0 0–4
Santa Fe 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2016. Source: DIMAYOR
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. DIMAYOR awarded a 3–0 away win in favor of Atlético Bucaramanga for pitch invasion by fans of Millonarios. Original result was a 0–1 win for Atlético Bucaramanga.

Knockout phase bracket
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
1 Atlético Nacional 1 3 4  
6 Millonarios 2 0 2  
  1 Atlético Nacional 1 0 1  
  4 Santa Fe 1 4 5  
4 Santa Fe 2 2 4
5 Independiente Medellín 1 0 1  
  4 Santa Fe 0 1 1
  3 Deportes Tolima 0 0 0
3 Deportes Tolima (p) 2 0 2 (3)  
8 Patriotas 1 1 2 (0)  
  3 Deportes Tolima (p) 0 2 2 (4)
  7 Atlético Bucaramanga 1 1 2 (2)  
2 Deportivo Cali 1 1 2
7 Atlético Bucaramanga 2 1 3  

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Millonarios 2–4 Atlético Nacional 2–1 0–3
Atlético Bucaramanga 3–2 Deportivo Cali 2–1 1–1
Patriotas 2–2 (0–3 p) Deportes Tolima 1–2 1–0
Independiente Medellín 1–4 Santa Fe 1–2 0–2

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santa Fe 5–1 Atlético Nacional 1–1 4–0
Atlético Bucaramanga 2–2 (2–4 p) Deportes Tolima 1–0 1–2

Finals
Deportes Tolima0–0Santa Fe
Report
Referee: Nicolás Gallo
Santa Fe1–0Deportes Tolima
Urrego  11' Report


 Liga Águila
2016 Finalización Champion 
Santa Fe
9th title

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Ayron del Valle Millonarios 12
2 Diego Álvarez Patriotas 11
3 Darío Rodríguez Atlético Bucaramanga 10
4 Luis Páez Rionegro Águilas 9
Ángelo Rodríguez Deportes Tolima 9

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. For purposes of elaborating the table, the promoted teams are given the same point and goal tallies as the team in the 18th position at the start of the season.

Pos
 Team 2014
Pts		 2015
Pts		 2016
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
 Relegation
1 Atlético Nacional 6379762181161.879
2 Independiente Medellín 5170731941161.672
3 Santa Fe 6162701931161.664
4 Junior 5569651891161.629
5 Millonarios 5362701851161.595
6 Deportivo Cali 4767661801161.552
7 Rionegro Águilas 5754601711161.474
8 Deportes Tolima 4568571701161.466
9 Once Caldas 5757511651161.422
10 Patriotas 4558611641161.414
11 Envigado 4861511601161.379
12 Alianza Petrolera 5453471541161.328
13 Atlético Huila 4657421451161.25
14 La Equidad 4154421371161.181
15 Atlético Bucaramanga 4531551311161.129
16 Cortuluá 3545451251161.078
17 Jaguares 4531461221161.052
18 Deportivo Pasto 3839441211161.043
19 Boyacá Chicó (R) 4734311121160.966 Relegation to Categoría Primera B
20 Fortaleza (R) 4531351111160.957

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

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Santa Fe (C) 48 24 13 11 62 38 +24 85 2017 Copa Libertadores Group Stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Atlético Nacional 48 22 18 8 82 49 +33 84
3 Independiente Medellín (C) 48 23 14 11 74 53 +21 83
4 Millonarios 44 23 7 14 64 48 +16 76 2017 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
5 Junior 46 18 17 11 59 55 +4 71
6 Deportivo Cali 44 20 10 14 64 51 +13 70 2017 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[lower-alpha 2]
7 Patriotas 42 18 10 14 47 44 +3 64
8 Deportes Tolima 46 17 13 16 54 53 +1 64
9 Rionegro Águilas 42 17 11 14 55 53 +2 62
10 Atlético Bucaramanga 44 14 20 10 52 50 +2 62
11 Cortuluá 44 13 13 18 57 62 −5 52
12 Once Caldas 40 14 9 17 51 46 +5 51
13 Envigado 40 13 12 15 44 42 +2 51
14 Alianza Petrolera 40 12 11 17 46 55 −9 47
15 Jaguares 40 12 10 18 32 49 −17 46
16 Deportivo Pasto 40 10 14 16 38 51 −13 44
17 La Equidad 40 9 15 16 44 57 −13 42
18 Atlético Huila 40 11 9 20 36 53 −17 42
19 Fortaleza 40 9 8 23 36 62 −26 35
20 Boyacá Chicó 40 7 10 23 35 61 −26 31
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[4]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Independiente Medellín are qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores as Apertura champions, and Santa Fe are qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores as Finalización champions.
    Atlético Nacional are qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores as Copa Libertadores winners.
  2. Deportes Tolima are qualified for the 2017 Copa Sudamericana as the Copa Colombia best team not qualified for Copa Libertadores.

References
  1. https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/04/03/colombia/primera-a/atletico-nacional/atletico-bucaramanga/2192020/?ICID=PL_MS_14
  2. "Así se jugarán la Liga, Copa y Torneo Águila en el 2016" [This is how the Liga, Copa, and Torneo Águila will be played in 2016]. Caracol Radio. Retrieved January 2, 2016. (in Spanish)
  3. "Cambio de estadio por motivos de fuerza mayor" [Stadium change for reasons of force majeure]. DIMAYOR. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2016. (in Spanish)
  4. "Reglamentación Liga Águila 2016" (PDF). DIMAYOR. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 26, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2016. (in Spanish)
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