2016 Categoría Primera A season
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The 2016 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2016 Liga Águila season for sponsorship reasons) will be the 69th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Atlético Nacional come in as the defending champions having won the title in the 2015 season's Finalización tournament.
20 teams will compete 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 and 1 years, respectively, replacing Uniautónoma and Cúcuta Deportivo who were relegated at the end of the last season.
Format
The league will retain the format used in the most recent season.[1] The Apertura and Finalización tournaments will be divided into three stages: a First Stage which will be 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 will advance to a knockout round, where they will be 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 will be played on a home-and-away basis as well. The winner of the final will be declared the tournament champion and will participate in the 2017 Copa Libertadores.
Teams
Stadia and locations
a: Formerly known as Águilas Doradas.
Torneo Apertura
First Stage
The First Stage began on 29 January and will consist of twenty rounds including a series of regional rivalries in the tenth round. It will end on 22 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 Nacional | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to the knockout phase |
| 2 | Junior | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 9 | |
| 3 | Once Caldas | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | |
| 4 | Atlético Huila | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | |
| 5 | Millonarios | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | |
| 6 | Deportivo Pasto | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
| 7 | Santa Fe | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5 | |
| 8 | Deportivo Cali | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |
| 9 | Cortuluá | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 10 | Independiente Medellín | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 11 | Rionegro Águilas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | |
| 12 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 13 | Fortaleza | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 14 | La Equidad | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 15 | Jaguares | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | |
| 16 | Envigado | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | |
| 17 | Boyacá Chicó | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |
| 18 | Alianza Petrolera | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | |
| 19 | Patriotas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | |
| 20 | Deportes Tolima | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
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[1] | APE | BUC | HUI | NAC | BOY | COR | TOL | CAL | PAS | ENV | FOR | DIM | JAG | JUN | EQU | MIL | ONC | PAT | RIO | SFE |
| Alianza Petrolera | 1–3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Atlético Bucaramanga | 2–2 | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Atlético Huila | 1–0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Atlético Nacional | 3–1 | 1–0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Boyacá Chicó | 1–1 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cortuluá | 0–3 | 4–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Deportes Tolima | 0–3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Deportivo Cali | 5–1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Deportivo Pasto | 2–0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Envigado | 0–1 | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fortaleza | 2–1 | 1–2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Independiente Medellín | 0–1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jaguares | 0–3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Junior | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| La Equidad | 0–0 | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Millonarios | 1–1 | 3–0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Once Caldas | 0–0 | 4–0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Patriotas | 3–3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rionegro Águilas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Fe | 0–0 |
Updated to games played on 14 February 2016.
Source: DIMAYOR
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Orlando Berrío |
Atlético Nacional | 3 |
| 2 | Vladimir Hernández |
Junior | 2 |
| Jonathan Lopera |
Once Caldas | 2 | |
| Armando Vargas |
Atlético Huila | 2 | |
| Sergio Romero |
Alianza Petrolera | 2 | |
| John Stiwar García |
Atlético Bucaramanga | 2 | |
| Miguel Borja |
Cortuluá | 2 | |
| Carlos Sinisterra |
Rionegro Águilas | 2 | |
| Rafael Santos Borré |
Deportivo Cali | 2 | |
| Harold Preciado |
Deportivo Cali | 2 |
Source: DIMAYOR
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Reglamentación Liga Águila 2016" (PDF). DIMAYOR. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
External links
- DIMAYOR's official website (Spanish)
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