2018 Colombian Women's Football League


The 2018 Colombian Women's Football League season is 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 will also play 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

HexagonalTeamCityStadium
AAlianza PetroleraBarrancabermejaDaniel Villa Zapata
AAtlético BucaramangaBucaramangaCancha Marte
AAtlético HuilaNeivaGuillermo Plazas Alcid
ACúcuta DeportivoCúcutaGeneral Santander
ADeportes TolimaIbaguéManuel Murillo Toro
AReal SantanderFloridablancaÁlvaro Gómez Hurtado
BBogotáBogotáaMunicipal Héctor "El Zipa" González
BDeportivo PastoPastoDepartamental Libertad
BFortalezaCotaMunicipal de Cota
BLa EquidadBogotáMetropolitano de Techo
BPatriotasTunjabPrimero de Septiembre
BSanta FeBogotáNemesio Camacho El Campín
CAmérica de CaliCaliPascual Guerrero
CAtléticoCaliPascual Guerrero
CCortuluáTuluácPascual Guerrero
CDeportes QuindíoArmeniaCentenario
CDeportivo PereiraPereiraHernán Ramírez Villegas
COrsomarsoPalmiraFrancisco Rivera Escobar
DAtlético NacionalMedellínAtanasio Girardot
DEnvigadoEnvigadoPolideportivo Sur
DJuniorBarranquillaMetropolitano Roberto Meléndez
DReal CartagenaCartagenaJaime Morón León
DUnión MagdalenaSanta MartaSierra 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

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout phase

Bracket

Quarterfinals

First leg

Second leg

Semifinals

First leg

Second leg

Finals

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Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Atlético Huila won 3–0 on penalties.
Liga Águila Femenina
2018 Champions
Atlético Huila
1st Title

Top goalscorers

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