2017 Colombian Women's Football League


The 2017 Colombian Women's Football League season was the first season of Colombia's top-flight women's football league. The season started on 17 February and concluded on 24 June 2017.
The two-legged final was played between Atlético Huila and Santa Fe. Santa Fe were the champions after beating Atlético Huila 2–1 in the first leg and 1–0 in the second leg for a 3–1 win on aggregate score, and qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores Femenina.

Format

The 18 teams competed in three round-robin regional hexagonals. The top two teams in each hexagonal along with the two best third-placed teams moved on to the quarterfinals, with the winners advancing to the semifinals. The winners of each semifinal played the finals, which determined the first champions of the Women's League. All rounds in the knockout stage were played on a home-and-away basis.

Teams

18 teams took part in the competition. The teams are affiliated with DIMAYOR affiliate clubs.

Stadia and locations

HexagonalTeamCityStadium
AAlianza PetroleraBarrancabermejaDaniel Villa Zapata
AAtlético BucaramangaBucaramangaCancha Marte
AEnvigadoEnvigadoPolideportivo Sur
AReal CartagenaCartagenaJaime Morón León
AReal SantanderFloridablancaÁlvaro Gómez Hurtado
AUnión MagdalenaSanta MartaaJulia Turbay Samur
BAtlético HuilaNeivaGuillermo Plazas Alcid
BCúcuta DeportivoCúcutabMunicipal Héctor 'El Zipa' González
BFortalezaBogotábMunicipal Héctor 'El Zipa' González
BLa EquidadBogotáMetropolitano de Techo
BPatriotasTunjaLa Independencia
BSanta FeBogotáNemesio Camacho
CAmérica de CaliCaliPascual Guerrero
CCortuluáTuluácPascual Guerrero
CDeportes QuindíoArmeniaCentenario
CDeportivo PastoPastoDepartamental Libertad
CDeportivo PereiraPereiraHernán Ramírez Villegas
COrsomarsoPalmiraFrancisco Rivera Escobar

a: Played home games at El Carmen de Bolívar.

b: Played home games at Zipaquirá.

c: Played home games at Cali.

First stage

The First stage began on 17 February and consisted of three round-robin hexagonals.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Ranking of third-placed teams

The two best teams among those ranked third qualified for the knockout stage.

Knockout phase bracket

Liga Águila Femenina
2017 Champions
Santa Fe
1st Title

Top goalscorers

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