2018 Colombian Women's Football League
# 2018 Colombian Women's Football League

The 2018 Colombian Women's Football League season (officially known as the 2018 Liga Águila Femenina season for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of Colombia's top-flight women's football league. The season started on 10 February and concluded on 31 May 2018. Santa Fe were the defending champions.

The two-legged final was played between Atlético Huila and debutants Atlético Nacional. Atlético Huila were the champions after tying Atlético Nacional 2–2 in aggregate score and beating them 3–0 in the penalty shootout, and qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina.

## Format

Starting from this season, the league was expanded from 18 to 23 teams, which competed in four double round-robin groups, three of six teams each and one of five teams. The top two teams in each group moved on to the quarterfinals, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. The winners of each semifinal played the finals, which determined the champions. All rounds in the knockout stage were played on a home-and-away basis. The champions qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina and also played the 2017–18 Primera División Femenina champions in a double-legged series, same as last season.

## Teams

23 teams took part in the competition. The teams are affiliated with DIMAYOR affiliate clubs. Atlético, Atlético Nacional, Bogotá, Deportes Tolima, and Junior competed for the first time.

### Stadia and locations

| Hexagonal | Team | City | Stadium |
| - | - | - | - |
| A | Alianza Petrolera | Barrancabermeja | Daniel Villa Zapata |
| A | Atlético Bucaramanga | Bucaramanga | Cancha Marte |
| A | Atlético Huila | Neiva | Guillermo Plazas Alcid |
| A | Cúcuta Deportivo | Cúcuta | General Santander |
| A | Deportes Tolima | Ibagué | Manuel Murillo Toro |
| A | Real Santander | Floridablanca | Álvaro Gómez Hurtado |
| B | Bogotá | $Bogotá^a$ | Municipal Héctor "El Zipa" González |
| B | Deportivo Pasto | Pasto | Departamental Libertad |
| B | Fortaleza | Cota | Municipal de Cota |
| B | La Equidad | Bogotá | Metropolitano de Techo |
| B | Patriotas | $Tunja^b$ | Primero de Septiembre |
| B | Santa Fe | Bogotá | Nemesio Camacho El Campín |
| C | América de Cali | Cali | Pascual Guerrero |
| C | Atlético | Cali | Pascual Guerrero |
| C | Cortuluá | $Tuluá^c$ | Pascual Guerrero |
| C | Deportes Quindío | Armenia | Centenario |
| C | Deportivo Pereira | Pereira | Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
| C | Orsomarso | Palmira | Francisco Rivera Escobar |
| D | Atlético Nacional | Medellín | Atanasio Girardot |
| D | Envigado | Envigado | Polideportivo Sur |
| D | Junior | Barranquilla | Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez |
| D | Real Cartagena | Cartagena | Jaime Morón León |
| D | Unión Magdalena | Santa Marta | Sierra Nevada |

a: Played home games in Zipaquirá. b: Played home games in Chiquinquirá. c: Played home games in Cali.

## First stage

The first stage started on 10 February and consisted of four round-robin hexagonals. It ended on 6 May with the top two teams from each group advancing to the knockout round.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HUI | TOL | APE | CUC | BUC | RSA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Atlético Huila | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 3 | +19 | 25 | Advance to the knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Deportes Tolima | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 16 | Advance to the knockout phase | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Alianza Petrolera | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 15 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 13 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 7 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–3 |
| 6 | Real Santander | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 6 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SFE | PAT | FOR | EQU | BOG | PAS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Santa Fe | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 6 | +31 | 25 | Advance to the knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 10–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Patriotas | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 20 | Advance to the knockout phase | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Fortaleza | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 16 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 4 | La Equidad | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 15 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Bogotá | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 29 | −23 | 6 | | 2–3 | 1–9 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 6 | Deportivo Pasto | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 26 | −24 | 1 | | 1–6 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AME | COR | PER | QUI | ORS | ATL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | América de Cali | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 22 | Advance to the knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Cortuluá | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 20 | Advance to the knockout phase | 2–3 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Deportivo Pereira | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 19 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Deportes Quindío | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 12 | | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | 8–0 |
| 5 | Orsomarso | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 11 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 |
| 6 | Atlético | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 34 | −27 | 1 | | 0–7 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | — |

* ↑ Match awarded 3–0 to Deportivo Pereira due to América de Cali presenting in its lineup more players than allowed by the tournament's regulations. The original result was a 4–0 win for América de Cali.

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NAC | MAG | ENV | JUN | RCA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Atlético Nacional | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 19 | Advance to the knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Unión Magdalena | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 16 | Advance to the knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Envigado | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 11 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Junior | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–0 |
| 5 | Real Cartagena | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 29 | −26 | 0 | | 0–5 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — |

## Knockout phase

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1A | Atlético Huila | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2D | Unión Magdalena | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2D | Unión Magdalena | 0 | 0 | 0 | Atlético Huila | Atlético Huila | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | | América de Cali | América de Cali | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 1C | América de Cali | 0 | 5 | 5 | América de Cali | América de Cali | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 2B | Patriotas | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2B | Patriotas | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | Atlético Huila (p) | Atlético Huila (p) | 0 | 2 | 2 (3) |
| | | | | | | | | | | Atlético Nacional | Atlético Nacional | 1 | 1 | 2 (0) |
| 1B | Santa Fe | 4 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | Atlético Nacional | Atlético Nacional | 1 | 1 | 2 (0) |
| 2C | Cortuluá | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2C | Cortuluá | 0 | 1 | 1 | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Atlético Nacional | Atlético Nacional | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 1D | Atlético Nacional | 3 | 3 | 6 | Atlético Nacional | Atlético Nacional | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 2A | Deportes Tolima | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Atlético Huila | 6–0 | Unión Magdalena | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Santa Fe | 7–1 | Cortuluá | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| América de Cali | 5–2 | Patriotas | 0–2 | 5–0 |
| Atlético Nacional | 6–0 | Deportes Tolima | 3–0 | 3–0 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| América de Cali | 1–5 | Atlético Huila | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Atlético Nacional | 4–3 | Santa Fe | 1–1 | 3–2 |

### Finals

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Atlético Huila won 3–0 on penalties.

* Liga Águila Femenina 2018 champions
* Atlético Huila 1st title

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oriana Altuve | Santa Fe | 16 |
| 2 | Leicy Santos | Santa Fe | 12 |
| 3 | Joemar Guarecuco | Cortuluá | 11 |
| 4 | Catalina Usme | América de Cali | 9 |
| 4 | Karla Torres | Atlético Huila | 9 |
| 6 | Marta Cox | Deportes Quindío | 8 |
| 6 | Farlyn Caicedo | América de Cali | 8 |
| 8 | Lady Andrade | Atlético Nacional | 7 |
| 8 | Gloria Villamayor | Patriotas | 7 |
| 8 | Jyoeldry Parra | Deportivo Pereira | 7 |

Source: Fémina Fútbol

