2016 Categoría Primera A season

Liga Águila
Season 2016
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The 2016 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2016 Liga Águila season for sponsorship reasons) is the 69th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Atlético Nacional came 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 years and 1 year, 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

Team City Stadium 2015 season
Alianza Petrolera Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata 14th
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Alfonso Lópeza 1st (Primera B)
Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid 11th
Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot 1st
Boyacá Chicó Tunja La Independencia 18th
Cortuluá Tuluá Doce de Octubre 15th
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro 5th
Deportivo Cali Cali Deportivo Calib 4th
Deportivo Pasto Pasto Departamental Libertad 16th
Envigado Envigado Polideportivo Sur 8th
Fortaleza Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 3rd (Primera B)
Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot 2nd
Jaguares Montería Jaraguay 19th
Junior Barranquilla Metropolitano 3rd
La Equidad Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 13th
Millonarios Bogotá Nemesio Camacho 6th
Once Caldas Manizales Palogrande 9th
Patriotas Tunja La Independencia 10th
Rionegro Águilasc Rionegro Alberto Grisales 12th
Santa Fe Bogotá Nemesio Camacho 7th

a: Temporarily plays its evening home games at Estadio Álvaro Gómez Hurtado in Floridablanca.
b: Played its Round 8 home game vs. Once Caldas at Estadio Pascual Guerrero in Cali.
c: 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 15 10 2 3 34 15 +19 32 Advance to the knockout phase
2 Millonarios 16 9 4 3 24 13 +11 31
3 Independiente Medellín 16 8 6 2 27 14 +13 30
4 Rionegro Águilas 16 9 3 4 25 17 +8 30
5 Junior 16 8 5 3 23 18 +5 29
6 Santa Fe 16 8 3 5 19 16 +3 27
7 Cortuluá 16 7 5 4 25 19 +6 26
8 Deportivo Cali 16 7 4 5 29 23 +6 25
9 Patriotas 16 7 4 5 16 15 +1 25
10 Once Caldas 16 5 5 6 19 17 +2 20
11 Deportivo Pasto 16 4 7 5 16 19 −3 19
12 Jaguares 16 5 4 7 12 23 −11 19
13 Atlético Bucaramanga 16 2 12 2 19 25 −6 18
14 Deportes Tolima 16 6 0 10 20 28 −8 18
15 Boyacá Chicó 16 3 7 6 12 19 −7 16
16 La Equidad 15 3 6 6 15 19 −4 15
17 Atlético Huila 16 4 3 9 14 20 −6 15
18 Envigado 16 3 4 9 18 20 −2 13
19 Fortaleza (E) 16 3 3 10 12 25 −13 12
20 Alianza Petrolera (E) 16 2 5 9 18 32 −14 11
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: DIMAYOR
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots[2]
(E) Eliminated.

Results

Home \ Away[1] APE BUC HUINACBOYCORTOLCALPASENVFORDIMJAGJUNEQUMILONCPATRIOSFE
Alianza Petrolera 3–6 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–1
Atlético Bucaramanga 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–0
Atlético Huila 0–1 0–2 4–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 3–1 0–0
Atlético Nacional 3–1 7–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 4–1 1–0
Boyacá Chicó 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1
Cortuluá 0–3 2–0 2–2 3–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–1
Deportes Tolima 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–3
Deportivo Cali 3–2 5–1 3–2 5–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–4
Deportivo Pasto 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0
Envigado 0–1 4–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–3 2–1
Fortaleza 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1
Independiente Medellín 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–1
Jaguares 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–1
Junior 1–1 1–0 3–3 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–0
La Equidad 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 3–2 2–3 0–2
Millonarios 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–0
Once Caldas 0–3 0–0 1–3 3–2 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–1
Patriotas 3–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0
Rionegro Águilas 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1
Santa Fe 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–0

Updated to games played on 1 May 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 Colombia Miguel Borja Cortuluá 11
2 Colombia Vladimir Hernández Junior 9
Colombia Luis Páez Rionegro Águilas 9
Colombia Sergio Romero Alianza Petrolera 9
5 Colombia Leonardo Castro Independiente Medellín 7
Colombia Edis Ibargüen Patriotas 7

Source: DIMAYOR

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Reglamentación Liga Águila 2016" (PDF). DIMAYOR. Retrieved February 2, 2016.

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