The 2025 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2025 Liga BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship purposes) is the 78th season of the

Categoría Primera A The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor due to Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a professional association football league in Colombia and the highest level of the Colombian ...

, Colombia's top-flight football league. The season began on 24 January and is scheduled to end on 14 December 2025. Two tournaments (Apertura and Finalización) are played in the season, each one of them being an independent championship.

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entered the season as defending champions, having won the 2024 Finalización tournament.

Format

The competition format for this season was approved by the Extraordinary Assembly of DIMAYOR held on 16 December 2024, which decided to keep the same system used in the previous seasons, with two tournaments (Apertura and Finalización) of three stages each: a first stage in which the 20 teams play each other once (with an additional match against a regional rival and reversed fixtures for the Finalización tournament), a semi-final stage (''cuadrangulares'') played by the top eight teams from the previous stage in which the eight teams are split into two groups of four and the top two teams from the first stage will be seeded in different groups, and a double-legged final series played by the winners of both semi-final groups. For this season, the regional derbies matchday in the first stage of each tournament was reinstated after being scrapped in 2024 due to scheduling constraints, whilst the distribution of international berths was kept: both season champions as well as the top two non-champion teams in the aggregate table will qualify for the

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, with the next best three teams in the aggregate table as well as the

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champions qualifying for the

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Teams

20 teams take part in the season, the top 18 teams in the relegation table of the previous season as well as the 2024 Primera B champions

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, who were promoted after a one-year absence and runners-up

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, who were promoted for the first time in their history. Both teams clinched promotion on 14 December 2024, following the 2024 Primera B's Grand Final. The promoted teams replaced Jaguares and Patriotas, the bottom two teams in the relegation table of the 2024 season, who were relegated to Primera B after nine and one year in the top flight, respectively. For this season,

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returned to

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to play their home matches, after the agreement with the

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Municipality expired at the end of 2024 and was not renewed.

Stadia and locations

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Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

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Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura, officially known as ''Liga BetPlay Dimayor 2025–I'', is the first tournament of the 2025 season. It began on 24 January and is scheduled to end on 28 June 2025.

First stage

Standings

Results

Semi-finals

The eight teams that advanced to the semi-finals were drawn into two groups of four teams, with the top two teams from the first stage being seeded in each group. The two group winners will advance to the finals.

Group A

Group B

Finals

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Top scorers

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Aggregate table

Relegation

A separate table is kept to determine the teams that are relegated to the

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for the next season. This table is elaborated from a sum of all first stage games played in the three most recent seasons (including the 2023–I, 2023–II, 2024–I, 2024–II, 2025–I, and 2025–II tournaments), with the points earned being averaged per match played. The bottom two teams of the relegation table at the end of the season will be relegated to Categoría Primera B. Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2025. Source
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br />Rules for classification: 1) average, 2) 2025 points, 3) 2025 goal difference, 4) 2025 goals scored, 5) 2025 away goals scored, 6) 2025 away goals against, 7) 2025 wins, 8) 2025 yellow cards, 9) 2025 red cards, 10) drawing of lots.

References

External links

Dimayor's official website
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