2022 Categoría Primera A season

The 2022 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2022 Liga BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship reasons) is the 75th season of the Categoría Primera A, Colombia's top-flight football league. The season began on 20 January and is scheduled to end on 16 November 2022.[1] Deportivo Cali are the defending champions, having won the 2021 Finalización tournament.

Liga BetPlay Dimayor
Season2022
Dates20 January – 16 November 2022
Matches played181
Goals scored389 (2.15 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Three players (9 goals each)
Biggest home winInd. Medellín 4–0 Águilas Doradas
(1 March)
Santa Fe 4–0 Jaguares
(30 April)
Junior 4–0 Envigado
(1 May)
Biggest away winSanta Fe 0–3 Millonarios
(6 March)
Highest scoringDeportivo Pasto 2–4 Santa Fe
(16 March)
Deportivo Cali 3–3 Atlético Nacional
(21 March)
← 2021
2023 →
All statistics correct as of 5 May 2022.

Format

The competition format for this season was approved by the General Assembly of DIMAYOR on 17 December 2021:[1]

  • Two tournaments (Apertura and Finalización) with three stages each will be played in the season.
  • The first stage of both tournaments is contested on a single round-robin basis, with each team playing the other teams once plus an additional match against a regional rival for a total of 20 games. The top eight teams will advance to the next stage.
  • In the second stage, the eight qualified teams will be drawn into two groups of four teams each where they will play each other team in their group twice for a total of 6 games. Both group winners will advance to the finals.
  • The finals in both tournaments will be contested by the winners of each semi-final group, playing a double-legged series for the championship.
  • Two teams will be relegated to Categoría Primera B at the end of the season. The relegation table will continue considering the performance of teams over three seasons but starting from this season, the teams promoted from Primera B will not be given any records from other teams, meaning that relegation will be based on averages.[2]

Teams

20 teams take part in the season, the top 18 teams from the relegation table of the previous tournament (2021 Finalización) as well as Cortuluá and Unión Magdalena, who were promoted from the second tournament of the 2021 Primera B season. The promoted teams replaced Deportes Quindío and Atlético Huila, the bottom two teams in the relegation table of the 2021 Finalización tournament.

Locations of the 2022 Categoría Primera A teams

Stadia and locations
Team Manager City Stadium Capacity
Águilas Doradas Leonel Álvarez Rionegro Alberto Grisales 14,000
Alianza Petrolera Hubert Bodhert Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata 10,400
América de Cali Alexandre Guimarães Cali Pascual Guerrero 33,130
Atlético Bucaramanga Armando Osma Bucaramanga Alfonso López 28,000
Atlético Nacional Hernán Darío Herrera (caretaker) Medellín Atanasio Girardot 40,043
Cortuluá Fernando Velasco (caretaker) Tuluá Doce de Octubre 16,000
Deportes Tolima Hernán Torres Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro 28,100
Deportivo Cali Rafael Dudamel Palmira Deportivo Cali 44,000
Deportivo Pasto Flabio Torres Pasto Departamental Libertad 20,665
Deportivo Pereira Alexis Márquez Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas 30,297
Envigado Alberto Suárez Envigado Polideportivo Sur 11,000
Independiente Medellín Julio Comesaña Medellín Atanasio Girardot 40,043
Jaguares César Torres Montería Jaraguay 12,000
Junior Juan Cruz Real Barranquilla Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez 49,692
La Equidad Alexis García Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 8,000
Millonarios Alberto Gamero Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín 36,343
Once Caldas Diego Corredor Manizales Palogrande 28,678
Patriotas Arturo Boyacá Tunja La Independencia 20,630
Santa Fe Grigori Méndez (caretaker) Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín 36,343
Unión Magdalena Claudio Rodríguez Santa Marta Sierra Nevada 16,000

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Torneo Apertura
Águilas Doradas Johan Fano End of caretaker spell 21 November 2021 Pre-season Leonel Álvarez 31 December 2021[3]
Santa Fe Grigori Méndez Return to U-20 squad 23 November 2021[4] Martín Cardetti 25 November 2021[5]
Cortuluá Jaime de la Pava Resigned 16 December 2021[6] Manuel Suárez Jiménez 3 January 2022[7]
Junior Arturo Reyes Sacked 17 December 2021[8] Juan Cruz Real 20 December 2021[9]
Patriotas Juan David Niño 7 February 2022[10] 18th Arturo Boyacá 10 February 2022[11]
Atlético Bucaramanga Néstor Craviotto Resigned 21 February 2022[12] 17th Armando Osma 24 February 2022[13]
Atlético Nacional Alejandro Restrepo Mutual agreement 28 February 2022[14] 3rd Hernán Darío Herrera[lower-roman 1] 1 March 2022[14]
América de Cali Juan Carlos Osorio 31 March 2022[15] 15th Pompilio Páez[lower-roman 1] 31 March 2022[15]
Pompilio Páez End of caretaker spell 3 April 2022[16] 12th Alexandre Guimarães[lower-roman 2] 6 April 2022[18]
Unión Magdalena Carlos Silva Demoted 12 April 2022[19] 20th Claudio Rodríguez 12 April 2022[19]
Santa Fe Martín Cardetti Mutual agreement 25 April 2022[20] 11th Grigori Méndez[lower-roman 1] 25 April 2022[21]
Cortuluá Manuel Suárez Jiménez Sacked 2 May 2022[22] 19th Fernando Velasco[lower-roman 1] 2 May 2022[22]
Jaguares César Torres Mutual agreement TBD[23]
Notes
  1. Caretaker manager.
  2. Juliano Fontana was the caretaker manager for the Torneo Apertura 15th round match against Atlético Nacional.[17]

Torneo Apertura

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportes Tolima (A) 18 12 2 4 28 13 +15 38 Advance to the semi-finals
2 Millonarios (A) 18 12 2 4 22 11 +11 38
3 Atlético Nacional (A) 18 10 5 3 25 13 +12 35
4 Junior (A) 18 10 2 6 28 16 +12 32
5 Independiente Medellín 18 9 4 5 24 16 +8 31
6 La Equidad 19 6 9 4 20 16 +4 27
7 Envigado 18 7 6 5 20 20 0 27
8 Alianza Petrolera 18 6 8 4 20 19 +1 26
9 Santa Fe 18 7 4 7 26 23 +3 25
10 Once Caldas 18 6 7 5 16 14 +2 25
11 Atlético Bucaramanga 18 7 4 7 23 24 −1 25
12 Águilas Doradas 18 7 3 8 15 23 −8 24
13 Deportivo Pereira 18 6 4 8 20 22 −2 22
14 Jaguares 18 6 3 9 19 27 −8 21
15 América de Cali (E) 18 5 5 8 18 22 −4 20
16 Deportivo Pasto (E) 18 4 7 7 13 18 −5 19
17 Patriotas (E) 18 4 5 9 15 22 −7 17
18 Deportivo Cali (E) 18 4 5 9 13 20 −7 17
19 Cortuluá (E) 18 4 4 10 18 25 −7 16
20 Unión Magdalena (E) 19 2 5 12 8 27 −19 11
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2022. Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Effective time of play, 7) Drawing of lots.
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

Results
Home \ Away AGU APE AME BUC NAC COR TOL CAL PAS PER ENV DIM JAG JUN EQU MIL ONC PAT SFE MAG
Águilas Doradas — — 2–0 1–1 1–0 — — 1–0 1–0 1–2 — 1–1 — — — 1–1 1–0 — —
Alianza Petrolera 2–1 — — 2–2 — 0–0 0–2 — — 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 — — — 2–1 — —
América de Cali — 0–1 — 3–0 — — — 1–1 — — 1–0 1–3 — — 1–1 3–2 2–0 — 2–2
Atlético Bucaramanga — 2–1 — — 3–1 3–2 — 1–0 0–1 — 1–2 2–3 1–0 — — 0–0 — — —
Atlético Nacional — 0–0 2–0 — — — 0–1 — — — 2–0 3–1 3–1 — — 0–0 — 2–1 1–0
Cortuluá — — 2–0 — 1–1 — 1–3 — 0–1 2–1 1–1 — — 0–2 — — 1–0 1–1 —
Deportes Tolima 3–0 — 1–0 2–1 — 3–2 — — 0–1 — — — 0–2 — — — 1–2 3–0 2–1
Deportivo Cali 0–1 1–1 0–1 — 3–3 2–1 0–1 — — 1–0 — — — 1–1 — 0–2 — — —
Deportivo Pasto — 1–1 — 0–1 — — 2–0 — 2–2 — — 1–1 — 1–1 0–1 — 0–0 2–4 —
Deportivo Pereira — — 1–1 — — 0–2 — — — — 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–3 1–0 0–1 — — 2–0
Envigado — — — 1–2 — — 1–0 1–0 2–1 — — 3–1 — 1–1 0–0 1–1 — 1–0 —
Independiente Medellín 4–0 — — — 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 — 2–1 — — 2–0 — 1–0 — — — 0–0
Jaguares — — 1–1 — — 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 — — — — — 1–2 2–1 3–1 — 2–0
Junior 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 — — — — 1–1 — 4–0 — — 1–0 — — 3–1 — 3–1
La Equidad 0–1 2–1 — 1–1 — 0–0 0–0 — — — 2–0 1–0 — — — 1–2 1–1 — —
Millonarios 2–0 — — 0–2 1–0 — — — — — — 1–0 2–1 — 1–0 — 2–1 1–0
Once Caldas — — — 0–1 — 1–0 2–2 0–1 3–0 0–0 — 2–1 — 1–0 — — — — 1–1
Patriotas — — 2–1 — 0–2 — — — 2–3 0–0 2–0 — — 0–1 1–2 0–0 — 1–1 —
Santa Fe 3–0 0–1 — 3–1 — — — — — 1–2 — 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–3 — — — 1–0
Unión Magdalena 2–1 0–0 — 0–3[lower-alpha 1] — 0–2 — 0–2 0–0 — 2–1 — — 0–3[lower-alpha 2] 1–1 — — 0–1 — —
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2022. Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. Match abandoned after 78 minutes of play and awarded to Atlético Bucaramanga due to crowd disturbances by Unión Magdalena fans. The score at the time of suspension was 0–1.[24][25]
  2. Match abandoned after 75 minutes of play and awarded to Junior due to crowd disturbances. The score at the time of suspension was 1–1.[26][27]

Semi-finals

The eight teams that advance to the semi-finals will be drawn into two groups of four teams, with the top two teams from the first stage being seeded in each group. The two group winners will advance to the final.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification A1 A2 A3 A4
1 First stage 1st place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to the Final —
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 21 May 2022. Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position, 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Away goals against, 7) Yellow cards, 8) Red cards.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification B1 B2 B3 B4
1 First stage 2nd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to the Final —
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 21 May 2022. Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) First stage position, 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Away goals against, 7) Yellow cards, 8) Red cards.

Top scorers
As of 5 May 2022
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Leonardo Castro Deportivo Pereira 9
Luciano Pons Independiente Medellín
Luis Carlos Ruiz Cortuluá
4 Miguel Borja Junior 8
5 Wilson Morelo Santa Fe 7
Dayro Moreno Atlético Bucaramanga
Duvier Riascos Deportivo Pasto
8 Andrés Rentería Jaguares 6

Source: Soccerway

Relegation

A separate table is kept to determine the teams that are relegated to the Categoría Primera B for the next season. This table is elaborated from a sum of all first stage games played in the three most recent seasons (including the 2020, 2021–I, 2021–II, 2022–I, and 2022–II tournaments), with the points earned being averaged per match played. The bottom two teams of the relegation table at the end of the season will be relegated to Categoría Primera B.

Pos
 Team 2020
Pts		 2021
Pts		 2022
Pts		 2022
GF		 2022
GA		 2022
GD		 Total
Pld		 Total
Pts		 Avg. Relegation
1 Atlético Nacional 357635251312761461.92
2 Deportes Tolima 376638281315761411.86
3 Millonarios 306938221111761371.8
4 Junior 336232281612761271.67
5 Santa Fe 40582526233761231.62
6 Deportivo Cali 3462171320–7761131.49
7 La Equidad 32552720164771141.48
8 América de Cali 3358201822–4761111.46
9 Independiente Medellín 20523124168761031.36
10 Atlético Bucaramanga 2151252324–176971.28
11 Envigado 2344272020076941.24
12 Águilas Doradas 3139241523–876941.24
13 Deportivo Pasto 3439191318–576921.21
14 Once Caldas 2937251614276911.2
15 Deportivo Pereira 1851222022–276911.2
16 Jaguares 1752211927–876901.18
17 Alianza Petrolera 1937262019176821.08
18 Patriotas 1735171522–776690.91
19 Cortuluá ——161825–718160.89 Relegation to Categoría Primera B
20 Unión Magdalena ——11827–1919110.58

Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) average, 2) 2022 points, 3) goal difference, 4) goals scored, 5) away goals scored, 6) away goals against, 7) wins, 8) yellow cards, 9) red cards, 10) drawing of lots.[28]

See also

References
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  2. "Dimayor anuncia nuevo sistema de descenso y fecha para la Liga Betplay 2022" [Dimayor announces new relegation system and date for the 2022 Liga Betplay] (in Spanish). Marca Colombia. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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  23. "DOS TÉCNICOS PERDIERON SU PUESTO TRAS LA FECHA 18 DE LA LIGA BETPLAY" [TWO MANAGERS LOST THEIR JOB AFTER THE LIGA BETPLAY’S 18TH ROUND] (in Spanish). Antena 2. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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