| Categoría Primera A Liga BetPlay Dimayor | |
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| Country | |
|---|---|
| Confederation | CONMEBOL |
| Founded | 15 August 1948 |
| Divisions | 1 |
| Number of teams | 20 |
| Relegation to | Categoría Primera B |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Domestic cup(s) | Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana |
| CONMEBOL cup(s) | Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana |
| Current champions | Atlético Nacional (18th title) (2024–II) |
| Most successful club | Atlético Nacional (18) |
| TV | Win Sports, Win Sports+ |
| Website | Official website |
The Categoría Primera A, commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a Colombian professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's premier football tournament and sits at the top of the Colombian football league system.
A total of twenty clubs compete in the league's regular season. División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano, better known as DIMAYOR, organizes the competition and operates the league system of promotion and relegation for both Categoría Primera A and Categoría Primera B leagues. Since its foundation in 1948, sixteen teams have been crowned as Colombian football champions. The most successful club is Atlético Nacional with 18 titles. The league was ranked as the 11th strongest national league in the world at the end of 2023 by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics.
Current clubs[]
Teams for the 2025 season
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Head Coach | First season in Primera A |
Last title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Águilas Doradas | Rionegro | Alberto Grisales | 14,000 | 2011 | None | |
| Alianza | Valledupar | Armando Maestre Pavajeau | 11,000 | 2024 | None | |
| América de Cali | Cali | Pascual Guerrero | 38,000 | 1948 | 2020 | |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | Bucaramanga | Américo Montanini | 28,000 | 1949 | 2024–I | |
| Atlético Nacional | Medellín | Atanasio Girardot | 45,043 | 1948 | 2024–II | |
| Boyacá Chicó | Tunja | La Independencia | 20,630 | 2004 | 2008–I | |
| Deportes Tolima | Ibagué | Manuel Murillo Toro | 28,100 | 1955 | 2021–I | |
| Deportivo Cali | Cali | Deportivo Cali | 42,000 | 1948 | 2021–II | |
| Deportivo Pasto | Pasto | Libertad | 19,000 | 1999 | 2006–I | |
| Deportivo Pereira | Pereira | Hernán Ramírez Villegas | 30,297 | 1949 | 2022–II | |
| Envigado | Envigado | Polideportivo Sur | 11,000 | 1992 | None | |
| Fortaleza C.E.I.F. | Bogotá | Metropolitano de Techo | 10,000 | 2014 | None | |
| Independiente Medellín | Medellín | Atanasio Girardot | 40,043 | 1948 | 2016–I | |
| Junior | Barranquilla | Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez | 49,692 | 1948 | 2023–II | |
| La Equidad | Bogotá | Metropolitano de Techo | 10,000 | 2007 | None | |
| Llaneros F.C. | Villavicencio | Bello Horizonte – Rey Pelé | 15,000 | 2025 | None | |
| Millonarios | Bogotá | Nemesio Camacho | 39,512 | 1948 | 2023–I | |
| Once Caldas | Manizales | Palogrande | 32,000 | 1948 | 2010–II | |
| Santa Fe | Bogotá | Nemesio Camacho | 39,512 | 1948 | 2016–II | |
| Unión Magdalena | Santa Marta | Sierra Nevada | 16,000 | 1953 | 1968 |
External links[]
| Liga BetPlay Dimayor 2025 |
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Águilas Doradas · Alianza · América de Cali · Atlético Bucaramanga · Atlético Nacional · Boyacá Chicó · Deportes Tolima · Deportivo Cali · Deportivo Pasto · Deportivo Pereira · Envigado · Fortaleza · Independiente Medellín · Junior · La Equidad · Llaneros · Millonarios · Once Caldas · Santa Fe · Unión Magdalena |
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