2017 Categoría Primera A season

The 2017 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2017 Liga Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 70th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Santa Fe were the defending champions having won the title in the 2016 season's Finalización tournament. The season started on 3 February and concluded on 17 December.

Liga Águila
Season2017
Dates3 February – 17 December 2017
ChampionsApertura: Atlético Nacional (16th title)
Finalización: Millonarios (15th title)
RelegatedCortuluá
Tigres
Copa LibertadoresAtlético Nacional
Millonarios
Santa Fe
Junior (cup winners)
Copa SudamericanaIndependiente Medellín
América de Cali
Deportivo Cali
Jaguares
Matches played428
Goals scored923 (2.16 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Dayro Moreno (14 goals)
Finalización: 4 players (11 goals each)
Biggest home winDeportivo Pasto 5–0 Patriotas
(21 February)
Biggest away winCortuluá 0–4 Deportivo Pasto
(3 February)
Alianza Petrolera 1–5 Atlético Nacional
(11 March)
Highest scoringIndependiente Medellín 4–3 Atlético Nacional
(28 May)
Deportivo Pasto 3–4 Deportivo Cali
(13 August)
← 2016
2018 →

In the Torneo Apertura, Atlético Nacional won its sixteenth title after beating Deportivo Cali in the finals, while in the Torneo Finalización Millonarios defeated crosstown rivals Santa Fe in the finals to win its fifteenth title.

Format

The league was played under the same format used since the 2015 season. 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 2018 Copa Libertadores, as well as the top team in the aggregate table not yet qualified and the Copa Colombia champions. The next four best teams in the aggregate table qualified for the 2018 Copa Sudamericana.[1]

Teams

20 teams took part, eighteen of them returning from last season plus América de Cali and Tigres, who were promoted from the 2016 Primera B. The former returned to the top tier after 5 years while the latter competed in the Primera A for the first time ever. Both promoted teams replaced Boyacá Chicó and Fortaleza who were relegated at the end of the last season.

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2017 Categoría Primera A teams
Team Manager Home city Stadium Capacity
Alianza Petrolera Juan Cruz Real Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata 10,400
América de Cali Jorge da Silva Cali Pascual Guerrero 33,130
Atlético Bucaramanga Jaime de la Pava Bucaramanga Alfonso Lópeza 28,000
Atlético Huila Néstor Craviotto Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid 22,000
Atlético Nacional Juan Manuel Lillo Medellín Atanasio Girardot 40,043
Cortuluá Néstor Otero Tuluá Pascual Guerrerob 33,130
Deportes Tolima Alberto Gamero Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro 28,100
Deportivo Cali Sergio Angulo (caretaker) Cali Deportivo Calic 52,000
Deportivo Pasto Flabio Torres Pasto Departamental Libertad 20,665
Envigado Rubén Darío Bedoya Envigado Polideportivo Sur 11,000
Independiente Medellín Ismael Rescalvo (caretaker) Medellín Atanasio Girardot 40,043
Jaguares Hubert Bodhert Montería Jaraguay 12,000
Junior Julio Comesaña Barranquilla Metropolitano Roberto Meléndezd 49,692
La Equidad Luis Fernando Suárez Bogotá Metropolitano de Techoe 8,000
Millonarios Miguel Ángel Russo Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín 36,343
Once Caldas Herney Duque (caretaker) Manizales Palogrande 28,678
Patriotas Diego Corredor Tunja La Independencia 20,630
Rionegro Águilas Diego Edison Umaña Rionegro Alberto Grisales 14,000
Santa Fe Gregorio Pérez Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín 36,343
Tigres John Jairo Bodmer Bogotá Metropolitano de Techof 8,000

a: Played its Torneo Apertura home games at Estadio Álvaro Gómez Hurtado in Floridablanca due to remodeling works at Estadio Alfonso López.
b: Temporarily plays its home games at Estadio Pascual Guerrero in Cali since Estadio Doce de Octubre failed to meet league requirements.[2] Cortuluá used the Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar in Palmira for its home game against Deportes Tolima.
c: Deportivo Cali used the Estadio Pascual Guerrero for its home games against Atlético Huila and Cortuluá.
d: Junior used the Estadio Jaime Morón León in Cartagena for its home games until late March due to works on the pitch at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez.[3]
e: La Equidad used the Estadio El Campín for its home games against América de Cali and Atlético Nacional.
f: Tigres used the Estadio El Campín for its home game against Atlético Nacional.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Junior Giovanni Hernández Sacked 21 November 2016[4] Pre-season Alberto Gamero 21 December 2016[5]
Patriotas Harold Rivera Resigned 5 December 2016[6] Diego Corredor 14 December 2016[7]
Independiente Medellín Leonel Álvarez Sacked 7 December 2016[8] Luis Zubeldía 14 December 2016[9]
Atlético Huila Virgilio Puerto End of caretaker spell 12 December 2016 Jorge Vivaldo 12 December 2016[10]
Deportivo Pasto José Fernando Santa Sacked 15 December 2016[11] Flabio Torres 18 December 2016[12]
Atlético Bucaramanga Flabio Torres 16 December 2016[13] Harold Rivera 18 December 2016[14]
Deportes Tolima Alberto Gamero Signed by Junior 18 December 2016 Gregorio Pérez 23 December 2016[15]
Millonarios Diego Cocca Resigned 21 December 2016[16] Miguel Ángel Russo 22 December 2016[17]
Deportes Tolima Gregorio Pérez Sacked 8 February[18] 7th Óscar Héctor Quintabani 10 February[19]
Atlético Bucaramanga Harold Rivera 5 March[20] 11th Fernando Castro 9 March[21]
Deportivo Cali Mario Yepes Resigned 9 March[22] 9th Héctor Cárdenas 13 March[23]
Junior Alberto Gamero Sacked 26 March[24] 19th Julio Comesaña 29 March[25]
Rionegro Águilas Néstor Otero Resigned 17 April[26] 18th Óscar Pérez 4 May[27]
Once Caldas Hernán Lisi Mutual consent 24 April[28] 16th Herney Duque 24 April[28]
Atlético Huila Jorge Vivaldo 22 May[29] 19th Jorge Bermúdez 22 May[29]
Cortuluá Jaime de la Pava End of contract 29 May[30] 20th Néstor Otero 30 May[31]
Once Caldas Herney Duque End of caretaker spell 29 May 16th Francisco Maturana 2 June[32]
La Equidad Arturo Boyacá Sacked 1 June[33] 13th Luis Fernando Suárez 2 June[34]
Deportes Tolima Óscar Héctor Quintabani 2 June[35] 17th José Eugenio Hernández 6 June[36]
Atlético Huila Jorge Bermúdez End of caretaker spell 5 June 15th Néstor Craviotto 6 June[37]
Independiente Medellín Luis Zubeldía Resigned 6 June[38] 2nd, Quarterfinals Juan José Peláez 11 June[39]
Santa Fe Gustavo Costas 9 June[40] 9th Gregorio Pérez 14 June[41]
Torneo Finalización
Atlético Nacional Reinaldo Rueda Resigned 20 June[42] Pre-season Juan Manuel Lillo 21 June[42]
Atlético Bucaramanga Fernando Castro 30 July[43] 19th Jaime de la Pava 2 August[44]
Envigado Ismael Rescalvo 2 August[45] 19th Rubén Darío Bedoya 2 August[45]
Rionegro Águilas Óscar Pérez Sacked 6 August[46] 20th Diego Edison Umaña 12 August[47]
Deportes Tolima José Eugenio Hernández 22 August[48] 11th Alberto Gamero 22 August[48]
América de Cali Hernán Torres Resigned 2 September[49] 14th Jorge da Silva 4 September[50]
Independiente Medellín Juan José Peláez Mutual consent 15 October[51] 9th Ismael Rescalvo 16 October[52]
Deportivo Cali Héctor Cárdenas Sacked 17 October[53] 11th Sergio Angulo 17 October[53]
Alianza Petrolera Jorge Luis Bernal 22 October[54] 20th Juan Cruz Real 24 October[55]
Once Caldas Francisco Maturana 14 November[56] 18th Herney Duque 14 November[56]

Torneo Apertura

First stage

The First stage began on 3 February 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 phase.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Nacional 20 15 4 1 33 9 +24 49 Advanced to the knockout phase
2 Independiente Medellín 20 13 3 4 35 23 +12 42
3 Deportivo Pasto 20 10 5 5 31 20 +11 35
4 Millonarios 20 10 3 7 29 17 +12 33
5 Jaguares 20 8 7 5 18 16 +2 31
6 Deportivo Cali 20 7 9 4 27 20 +7 30
7 América de Cali 20 8 5 7 26 21 +5 29
8 Atlético Bucaramanga 20 8 5 7 16 17 −1 29
9 Santa Fe 20 7 7 6 16 20 −4 28
10 Alianza Petrolera 20 7 6 7 24 24 0 27
11 Patriotas 20 5 9 6 17 18 −1 24
12 Junior 20 6 5 9 25 26 −1 23
13 La Equidad 20 5 8 7 15 18 −3 23
14 Rionegro Águilas 20 4 9 7 14 21 −7 21
15 Atlético Huila 20 6 3 11 16 25 −9 21
16 Once Caldas 20 5 6 9 18 29 −11 21
17 Deportes Tolima 20 5 5 10 24 28 −4 20
18 Tigres 20 4 7 9 11 23 −12 19
19 Envigado 20 4 6 10 18 26 −8 18
20 Cortuluá 20 4 6 10 19 31 −12 18
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
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 APE AME BUC HUI NAC COR TOL CAL PAS ENV DIM JAG JUN EQU MIL ONC PAT RIO SFE TIG
Alianza Petrolera — 3–3 1–2 0–1 1–5 1–2 2–1 — — — 1–2 — — 2–0 2–0 — 1–0 — — —
América de Cali — — — — 0–0 — — 3–0 1–0 2–0 — 0–2 3–1 — — 4–2 — 0–0 0–1 2–0
Atlético Bucaramanga 2–0 1–0 — — 0–1 — 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 — — — 1–0 — 1–2 — — — 0–1
Atlético Huila — 2–0 0–1 — 0–1 2–3 1–0 — 0–1 2–0 2–1 — — 0–2 — — 1–1 — — —
Atlético Nacional — — — — — — — 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 — — 1–0 — 3–0 3–1 0–0
Cortuluá — 0–1 0–0 — 0–1 — 2–2 — 0–4 1–3 2–2 — — 2–1 — 1–1 0–0 — — —
Deportes Tolima — 2–1 — 2–0 0–0 — — 2–2 — 2–1 — — — 1–1 — 2–3 — 1–1 3–1 3–0
Deportivo Cali 2–2 2–1 — 4–0 — 2–0 — — 0–0 — — 1–1 3–1 — 1–1 — — 3–0 0–0 —
Deportivo Pasto 1–0 — — — — 2–2 1–0 — — — — 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 — 5–0 2–2 3–1 —
Envigado 0–0 — — — — — — 2–0 1–2 — — 1–1 0–0 — 1–2 0–0 — 1–1 0–1 3–2
Independiente Medellín — 2–2 0–1 — 4–3 — 3–2 3–1 4–1 2–1 — — — 1–1 — 1–0 — — — 3–0
Jaguares 0–2 — 1–1 0–0 — 2–1 1–0 — — — 0–1 — — 0–2 1–0 — 1–1 — — 2–1
Junior 1–2 — 3–1 3–3 — 2–1 1–0 — — — 2–0 1–2 — — 1–1 3–0 0–0 — — —
La Equidad — 0–3 — — 0–2 — — 0–1 — 1–0 — — 1–0 — — 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–0
Millonarios — 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 — — — 1–2 — — 1–0 — — 2–0 — 3–0 —
Once Caldas 0–2 — — 2–1 — — — 0–2 2–3 — — 0–0 3–3 — 2–1 — — 1–0 0–0 0–0
Patriotas — 0–0 0–0 — 0–1 — 2–0 3–2 — 3–1 0–1 — — 1–1 — 2–0 — — — 3–0
Rionegro Águilas 0–0 — 1–0 1–0 — 0–1 — — — 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 — 0–0 — 2–1 — — —
Santa Fe 1–1 — 1–0 1–0 — 2–0 — — — — 0–1 0–2 1–0 — 2–1 — 0–0 2–2 — —
Tigres 1–1 — — 0–1 — 1–0 — 0–0 0–1 — — 2–1 1–0 — 1–2 — — 0–0 1–1 —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout phase bracket
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
1 Atlético Nacional 3 3 6  
5 Jaguares 1 2 3  
  1 Atlético Nacional 0 1 1  
  4 Millonarios 0 0 0  
4 Millonarios 2 2 4
8 Atlético Bucaramanga 2 0 2  
  1 Atlético Nacional 0 5 5
  6 Deportivo Cali 2 1 3
2 Independiente Medellín 1 3 4  
6 Deportivo Cali 4 1 5  
  6 Deportivo Cali 0 2 2
  7 América de Cali 0 0 0  
3 Deportivo Pasto 0 0 0
7 América de Cali 0 1 1  

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jaguares 3–6 Atlético Nacional 1–3 2–3
Deportivo Cali 5–4 Independiente Medellín 4–1 1–3
América de Cali 1–0 Deportivo Pasto 0–0 1–0
Atlético Bucaramanga 2–4 Millonarios 2–2 0–2

First leg
31 May 2017 Jaguares 1–3 Atlético Nacional Montería
15:15 Vanegas  66' Report Moreno  29'
Quiñones  53'
Torres  70'		 Stadium: Estadio Jaraguay
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Andrés Rojas
31 May 2017 América de Cali 0–0 Deportivo Pasto Cali
18:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Attendance: 0†
Referee: Hervin Otero
31 May 2017 Atlético Bucaramanga 2–2 Millonarios Floridablanca
20:00 Mejía  68'
Palacios  88'		 Report Riascos  38'
Del Valle  90+2' (pen.)		 Stadium: Estadio Álvaro Gómez Hurtado
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Carlos Betancur
1 June 2017 Deportivo Cali 4–1 Independiente Medellín Palmira
18:00 Sambueza  22'  51'
Orejuela  35'
Benedetti  54'		 Report Quintero  75' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Deportivo Cali
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mario Herrera

†: Match played behind closed doors.

Second leg
3 June 2017 Deportivo Pasto0–1
(0–1 agg.)		 América de Cali Pasto
18:30 Report Hernández  72' Stadium: Estadio Departamental Libertad
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Carlos Anaya
3 June 2017 Atlético Nacional 3–2
(6–3 agg.)		JaguaresMedellín
20:15 Moreno  67', 90+3'
Rodríguez  74'		 Report Vanegas  16'
Steer  63'		 Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Attendance: 21,131
Referee: Gustavo Murillo
4 June 2017 Millonarios 2–0
(4–2 agg.)		Atlético BucaramangaBogotá
17:30 Cadavid  45+1'
Riascos  45+4'		 Report Stadium: Estadio El Campín
Attendance: 20,981
Referee: Nicolás Gallo
4 June 2017 Independiente Medellín3–1
(4–5 agg.)		 Deportivo Cali Medellín
19:30 Quintero  18' (pen.)
Angulo  45+1' (o.g.)
Arias  90+1'		 Report Benedetti  59' Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Attendance: 21,130
Referee: Wilson Lamouroux

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Millonarios 0–1 Atlético Nacional 0–0 0–1
América de Cali 0–2 Deportivo Cali 0–0 0–2

First leg
7 June 2017 Millonarios 0–0 Atlético Nacional Bogotá
19:05 Report Stadium: Estadio El Campín
Attendance: 21,750
Referee: Mario Herrera
8 June 2017 América de Cali 0–0 Deportivo Cali Cali
20:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Attendance: 0†
Referee: Gustavo Murillo

†: Match played behind closed doors.

Second leg
11 June 2017 Deportivo Cali 2–0
(2–0 agg.)		América de CaliPalmira
17:15 Benedetti  54'
Orejuela  70'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Deportivo Cali
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Nicolás Gallo
11 June 2017 Atlético Nacional 1–0
(1–0 agg.)		MillonariosMedellín
19:30 Moreno  90+1' Report Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Attendance: 38,251
Referee: Luis Sánchez

Finals
Deportivo Cali2–0Atlético Nacional
Mera  45'
Duque  65'		 Report
Attendance: 22,868
Referee: Mario Herrera
Atlético Nacional5–1Deportivo Cali
Torres  8'
Uribe  17'
Ibargüen  41'
Moreno  75' (pen.)
Quiñones  78'		 Report Duque  20'
Attendance: 44,189
Referee: Andrés Rojas

Atlético Nacional won 5–3 on aggregate.

Liga Águila
2017 Apertura Champions
Atlético Nacional
16th Title

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Dayro Moreno Atlético Nacional 14
2 Feiver Mercado Cortuluá 11
Jefferson Duque Deportivo Cali 11
4 César Arias Alianza Petrolera 9
Santiago Tréllez Deportivo Pasto 9
Cristian Martínez Borja América de Cali 9

Source: Dimayor

Torneo Finalización

First stage

The First stage began on 7 July and featured the same format used in the Torneo Apertura, with reversed fixtures. It concluded on 19 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 Junior 20 12 3 5 32 15 +17 39 Advance to the knockout phase
2 Santa Fe 20 11 6 3 21 10 +11 39
3 Atlético Nacional 20 12 2 6 25 12 +13 38
4 Millonarios 20 10 6 4 26 14 +12 36
5 Deportes Tolima 20 9 6 5 25 20 +5 33
6 América de Cali 20 8 7 5 19 15 +4 31
7 La Equidad 20 7 9 4 25 18 +7 30
8 Jaguares 20 7 7 6 25 21 +4 28
9 Independiente Medellín 20 7 6 7 23 20 +3 27
10 Atlético Huila 20 7 6 7 21 23 −2 27
11 Envigado 20 7 5 8 19 23 −4 26
12 Tigres 20 7 5 8 13 19 −6 26
13 Cortuluá 20 7 3 10 17 28 −11 24
14 Deportivo Cali 20 6 5 9 25 32 −7 23
15 Deportivo Pasto 20 6 3 11 25 29 −4 21
16 Patriotas 20 4 9 7 19 25 −6 21
17 Once Caldas 20 5 6 9 16 24 −8 21
18 Alianza Petrolera 20 5 4 11 16 28 −12 19
19 Atlético Bucaramanga 20 4 6 10 18 23 −5 18
20 Rionegro Águilas 20 4 6 10 16 26 −10 18
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
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 APE AME BUC HUI NAC COR TOL CAL PAS ENV DIM JAG JUN EQU MIL ONC PAT RIO SFE TIG
Alianza Petrolera — — 2–1 — — — — 2–1 4–2 1–2 — 1–1 1–0 — — 0–1 — 2–0 0–0 0–1
América de Cali 2–1 — 1–0 3–1 — 2–1 3–0 0–1 — — 2–0 — — 1–1 0–0 — 3–2 — — —
Atlético Bucaramanga 1–0 — — 0–1 — 0–1 — — — — 1–1 2–2 1–3 — 1–3 — 2–0 2–2 2–1 —
Atlético Huila 2–0 — — — — — 2–0 2–2 — — — 3–3 1–1 — 0–0 1–0 — 2–0 0–2 1–0
Atlético Nacional 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 — 3–0 1–0 — — — 0–0 — — 1–1 3–2 — 3–0 — — —
Cortuluá 0–0 — — 2–1 — — — 2–1 3–2 — — 1–3 1–0 — 0–2 — — 1–0 0–1 1–0
Deportes Tolima 3–0 — 1–0 1–0 — 2–0 — — 3–0 — 2–1 0–0 2–2 — 1–1 — 2–1 — — —
Deportivo Cali — 0–0 2–1 — 1–0 — 1–2 — — 4–2 1–3 — — 1–1 — 1–2 0–0 — — 1–1
Deportivo Pasto — 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 — 3–4 — 1–2 1–0 — — — — 2–1 — — — 3–1
Envigado — 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 3–1 — — — 0–2 — — 2–1 — — 0–0 2–0 — —
Independiente Medellín 3–1 — — 1–1 1–0 1–0 — — — — — 2–0 1–2 — 1–1 — 3–2 1–2 0–1 —
Jaguares — 0–0 — — 0–1 — — 3–2 2–0 2–0 — — 0–1 — — 1–0 — 2–0 2–2 1–0
Junior — 3–0 — — 2–0 — — 1–0 1–0 2–0 — — — 3–0 — 3–0 — 2–2 0–1 2–0
La Equidad 1–1 — 0–0 1–0 — 3–0 0–1 — 3–2 — 2–2 2–1 — — 0–1 — 4–1 — — —
Millonarios 1–0 — — — — — — 5–1 1–0 1–0 — 1–0 1–2 — — 2–0 — 1–1 0–1 1–1
Once Caldas — 0–0 0–2 — 0–1 2–1 2–1 — — 1–1 0–0 — 3–2 0–0 — — 0–0 — — —
Patriotas 2–0 — — 1–1 — 2–2 — — 0–0 — — 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 — — 1–0 0–0 —
Rionegro Águilas — 0–1 — — 0–1 — 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 — — — 0–1 — 2–2 — — 2–1 2–1
Santa Fe — 0–0 — — 1–0 — 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 — — — 0–0 1–0 3–2 — — — 0–1
Tigres — 0–0 2–1 — 1–0 — 1–1 — — 0–0 1–0 1–0 — 0–3 — 1–0 0–2 — — —
Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout phase bracket
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
2 Santa Fe 0 4 4  
8 Jaguares 0 1 1  
  2 Santa Fe 1 1 2  
  5 Deportes Tolima 0 1 1  
3 Atlético Nacional 0 2 2 (1)
5 Deportes Tolima (p) 1 1 2 (3)  
  2 Santa Fe 0 2 2
  4 Millonarios 1 2 3
4 Millonarios 1 2 3  
7 La Equidad 1 1 2  
  4 Millonarios 2 0 2
  6 América de Cali 1 0 1  
1 Junior 0 2 2 (2)
6 América de Cali (p) 0 2 2 (4)  

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
América de Cali 2–2 (4–2 p) Junior 0–0 2–2
Jaguares 1–4 Santa Fe 0–0 1–4
Deportes Tolima 2–2 (3–1 p) Atlético Nacional 1–0 1–2
La Equidad 2–3 Millonarios 1–1 1–2

First leg
25 November 2017 La Equidad 1–1 Millonarios Bogotá
19:30 Blanco  53' Report Del Valle  43' Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano de Techo
Attendance: 3,204
Referee: Gustavo Murillo
26 November 2017 Jaguares 0–0 Santa Fe Montería
15:10 Report Stadium: Estadio Jaraguay
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Alexander Ospina
26 November 2017 Deportes Tolima 1–0 Atlético Nacional Ibagué
17:05 Mosquera  73' Report Stadium: Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Luis Sánchez
27 November 2017 América de Cali 0–0 Junior Cali
19:45 Report Stadium: Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Attendance: 36,973
Referee: Andrés Rojas

Second leg
29 November 2017 Millonarios 2–1
(3–2 agg.)		La EquidadBogotá
19:45 Cadavid  16' (pen.)
Silva  85'		 Report Valencia  77' Stadium: Estadio El Campín
Attendance: 20,677
Referee: Nicolás Gallo
30 November 2017 Santa Fe 4–1
(4–1 agg.)		JaguaresBogotá
18:45 Urrego  14'
Morelo  54'
Valencia  83'
Pérez  86'		 Report López  65' Stadium: Estadio El Campín
Attendance: 16,887
Referee: Gustavo Murillo
2 December 2017 Atlético Nacional2–1
(2–2 agg.)
(1–3 p)		 Deportes Tolima Medellín
19:45 Ruiz  46'
Moreno  51' (pen.)		 Report Pérez  56' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Attendance: 20,985
Referee: Bismark Santiago
Penalties
J. Mosquera
Bocanegra
Torres
Ruiz 		S. Mosquera
Lloreda
Villa
Rivas
3 December 2017 Junior2–2
(2–2 agg.)
(2–4 p)		 América de Cali Barranquilla
17:15 T. Gutiérrez  20'
G. Gutiérrez  38'		 Report Angulo  27'
Castañeda  88'		 Stadium: Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
Attendance: 26,631
Referee: Wilmar Roldán
Penalties
T. Gutiérrez
Sánchez
Mier
Chará 		Lizarazo
Angulo
Arboleda
Castañeda
Martínez Borja

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
América de Cali 1–2 Millonarios 1–2 0–0
Deportes Tolima 1–2 Santa Fe 0–1 1–1

First leg
6 December 2017 Deportes Tolima 0–1 Santa Fe Ibagué
20:00 Report Morelo  56' Stadium: Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Wilmar Roldán
7 December 2017 América de Cali 1–2 Millonarios Cali
19:45 Martínez Borja  69' (pen.) Report Del Valle  33'
Silva  72'		 Stadium: Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: John Hinestroza

Second leg
9 December 2017 Santa Fe 1–1
(2–1 agg.)		Deportes TolimaBogotá
19:00 Roa  82' Report Correa  60' Stadium: Estadio El Campín
Attendance: 34,139
Referee: Gustavo Murillo
10 December 2017 Millonarios 0–0
(2–1 agg.)		América de CaliBogotá
19:15 Report Stadium: Estadio El Campín
Attendance: 33,084
Referee: Bismark Santiago

Finals
Millonarios1–0Santa Fe
De Los Santos  32' Report
Attendance: 32,288
Referee: Luis Sánchez
Santa Fe2–2Millonarios
Morelo  18' (pen.), 83' Report Cadavid  55'
Rojas  85'
Attendance: 36,000

Millonarios won 3–2 on aggregate.

Liga Águila
2017 Finalización Champions
Millonarios
15th Title

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Yimmi Chará Junior 11
Ayron del Valle Millonarios 11
Dayro Moreno Atlético Nacional 11
Carmelo Valencia La Equidad 11
5 Ángelo Rodríguez Deportes Tolima 9
6 Wilson Morelo Santa Fe 8
Marco Pérez Deportes Tolima 8
Agustín Vuletich Rionegro Águilas 8
9 Teófilo Gutiérrez Junior 7
Pablo Rojas Jaguares 7

Source: Soccerway

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Nacional (C) 48 32 7 9 72 29 +43 103 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Millonarios (C) 50 24 14 12 67 39 +28 86
3 Santa Fe 46 20 16 10 45 35 +10 76 Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage
4 Independiente Medellín 42 21 9 12 62 48 +14 72 Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
5 América de Cali 48 17 17 14 49 42 +7 68
6 Junior 42 18 10 14 59 43 +16 64 Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage[lower-alpha 1]
7 Deportivo Cali 46 16 15 15 62 61 +1 63 Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage
8 Jaguares 44 15 15 14 47 47 0 60
9 Deportivo Pasto 42 16 9 17 56 50 +6 57
10 Deportes Tolima 44 15 12 17 52 52 0 57
11 La Equidad 42 12 18 12 42 39 +3 54
12 Atlético Bucaramanga 42 12 12 18 36 45 −9 48
13 Atlético Huila 40 13 9 18 37 48 −11 48
14 Alianza Petrolera 40 12 10 18 40 52 −12 46
15 Patriotas 40 9 18 13 36 43 −7 45
16 Tigres 40 11 12 17 24 42 −18 45
17 Envigado 40 11 11 18 37 49 −12 44
18 Once Caldas 40 10 12 18 34 52 −18 42
19 Cortuluá 40 11 9 20 36 59 −23 42
20 Rionegro Águilas 40 8 15 17 30 47 −17 39
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. Junior qualified for the Copa Libertadores second stage by winning the 2017 Copa Colombia.

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, 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 2015
Pts		 2016
Pts		 2017
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
 Relegation
1 Atlético Nacional 7976872421202.017
2 Independiente Medellín 7073692121201.767
3 Millonarios 6270692011201.675
4 Santa Fe 6270671991201.658
5 Junior 6965621961201.633
6 Deportivo Cali 6766531861201.55
7 Deportes Tolima 6857531791201.492
8 Patriotas 5861451641201.367
9 Envigado 6151441561201.3
10 Rionegro Águilas 5460391531201.275
11 Once Caldas 5751421501201.25
12 La Equidad 5442531491201.242
13 Atlético Huila 5742481471201.225
14 Alianza Petrolera 5347461461201.217
15 Deportivo Pasto 3944561391201.158
16 América de Cali 3146601371201.142
17 Jaguares 3146591361201.133
18 Atlético Bucaramanga 3155471331201.108
19 Cortuluá (R) 4545421321201.1 Relegation to Categoría Primera B
20 Tigres (R) 3146451221201.017

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

See also

References
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