2017 Colombian Women's Football League

The 2017 Colombian Women's Football League season (officially known as the 2017 Liga Águila Femenina season for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of Colombia's top-flight women's football league. The season started on 17 February and concluded on 24 June 2017.

Liga Águila Femenina
Season2017
ChampionsSanta Fe (1st title)
Copa Libertadores FemeninaSanta Fe
Matches played104
Goals scored323 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorerManuela González (13 goals)
Biggest home winEnvigado 8–0 Real Santander
(4 March 2017)
Biggest away winAlianza Petrolera 1–9 Envigado
(1 March 2017)
Highest scoringAlianza Petrolera 1–9 Envigado
(1 March 2017)
Highest attendance33,327 [1]
Santa Fe v Atlético Huila
2018 →

The two-legged final was played between Atlético Huila and Santa Fe. Santa Fe were the champions after beating Atlético Huila 2–1 in the first leg[2] and 1–0 in the second leg for a 3–1 win on aggregate score, and qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina.

Format

The 18 teams competed in three round-robin regional hexagonals. The top two teams in each hexagonal along with the two best third-placed teams moved on to the quarterfinals, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. The winners of each semifinal played the finals, which determined the first champions of the Women's League. All rounds in the knockout stage were played on a home-and-away basis.[3]

Teams

18 teams took part in the competition.[3] The teams are affiliated with DIMAYOR affiliate clubs.

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2017 Liga Águila Femenina teams
Hexagonal Team City Stadium
A Alianza Petrolera Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Cancha Marte
Envigado Envigado Polideportivo Sur
Real Cartagena Cartagena Jaime Morón León
Real Santander Floridablanca Álvaro Gómez Hurtado
Unión Magdalena Santa Martaa Julia Turbay Samur
B Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcutab Municipal Héctor 'El Zipa' González
Fortaleza Bogotáb Municipal Héctor 'El Zipa' González
La Equidad Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo
Patriotas Tunja La Independencia
Santa Fe Bogotá Nemesio Camacho
C América de Cali Cali Pascual Guerrero
Cortuluá Tuluác Pascual Guerrero
Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario
Deportivo Pasto Pasto Departamental Libertad
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Orsomarso Palmira Francisco Rivera Escobar

a: Played home games at El Carmen de Bolívar.
b: Played home games at Zipaquirá.
c: Played home games at Cali.

First stage

The First stage began on 17 February and consisted of three round-robin hexagonals.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ENV BUC RCA MAG RSA APE
1 Envigado 10 10 0 0 36 3 +33 30 Advanced to the knockout phase — 2–0 4–0 3–1 8–0 3–0
2 Atlético Bucaramanga 10 6 0 4 19 11 +8 18 0–1 — 2–1 1–0 4–0 4–0
3 Real Cartagena 10 5 1 4 14 12 +2 16 0–2 2–1 — 4–1 3–0 3–1
4 Unión Magdalena 10 5 1 4 13 14 −1 16 0–2 2–1 0–0 — 2–1 1–0
5 Real Santander 10 1 1 8 7 26 −19 4 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 — 1–1
6 Alianza Petrolera 10 1 1 8 10 33 −23 4 1–9 2–4 0–1 2–5 3–2 —
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Goals against, 6) Drawing of lots

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SFE CUC HUI PAT FOR EQU
1 Santa Fe 10 10 0 0 32 5 +27 30 Advanced to the knockout phase — 3–1 6–0 4–1 1–0 5–2
2 Cúcuta Deportivo 10 6 0 4 22 16 +6 18 0–2 — 2–1 0–2 4–0 4–0
3 Atlético Huila 10 5 2 3 21 13 +8 17 1–2 6–1 — 0–0 5–1 1–0
4 Patriotas 10 2 3 5 11 20 −9 9 0–4 1–4 1–1 — 1–2 3–2
5 Fortaleza 10 2 1 7 8 23 −15 7 0–2 1–4 0–3 2–2 — 2–0
6 La Equidad 10 2 0 8 6 23 −17 6 0–3 0–2 0–3 1–0 1–0 —
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Goals against, 6) Drawing of lots

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ORS COR AME QUI PER PAS
1 Orsomarso 10 8 1 1 22 4 +18 25 Advanced to the knockout phase — 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 4–1
2 Cortuluá 10 6 2 2 23 8 +15 20 0–1 — 1–1 3–1 4–0 7–0
3 América de Cali 10 5 4 1 24 9 +15 19 0–0 2–2 — 5–0 5–0 3–0
4 Deportes Quindío 10 2 1 7 8 19 −11 7 0–1 0–1 2–2 — 2–1 1–2
5 Deportivo Pereira 10 2 1 7 10 27 −17 7 1–5 1–3 2–4 1–2 — 1–0
6 Deportivo Pasto 10 2 1 7 6 26 −20 7 0–5 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 —
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Goals against, 6) Drawing of lots

Ranking of third-placed teams

The two best teams among those ranked third qualified for the knockout stage.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1 C América de Cali 10 5 4 1 24 9 +15 19 Advanced to the knockout phase
2 B Atlético Huila 10 5 2 3 21 13 +8 17
3 A Real Cartagena 10 5 1 4 14 12 +2 16
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Goals against, 6) Drawing of lots

Knockout phase bracket
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
1B Santa Fe 2 1 3  
1T América de Cali 1 1 2  
  Santa Fe 1 3 4  
  Atlético Bucaramanga 0 0 0  
1C Orsomarso 0 2 2
2A Atlético Bucaramanga 2 1 3  
  Santa Fe 2 1 3
  Atlético Huila 1 0 1
2C Cortuluá 1 2 3  
2B Cúcuta Deportivo 0 0 0  
  Cortuluá 0 2 2 (1)
  Atlético Huila (p) 2 0 2 (3)  
1A Envigado 1 2 3 (2)
2T Atlético Huila (p) 2 1 3 (3)  


Liga Águila Femenina
2017 Champions
Santa Fe
1st Title

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Manuela González Atlético Bucaramanga 13
2 Oriana Altuve Santa Fe 11
3 Daniela Montoya Envigado 11
4 Catalina Usme América de Cali 10
5 Karen Páez Cúcuta Deportivo 10

Source: Futbolred

See also

References
  1. "Summary of the final (second leg) of the 2017 Liga Femenina Águila". DIMAYOR. June 27, 2017. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. http://www.elespectador.com/deportes/futbol-colombiano/santa-fe-pego-primero-en-la-final-de-la-liga-femenina-articulo-699131
  3. http://colombia.as.com/colombia/2016/10/20/futbol/1476980044_742888.html
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