Colombian Women's Football League

Liga Femenina Águila
Country	Colombia
Confederation	CONMEBOL
Founded	2017
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	1
International cup(s)	Copa Libertadores Femenina
TV partners	Win Sports
Website	Official Site
2017 season

The Liga Femenina Profesional de Fútbol Colombiano or Liga Femenina Águila (sponsored name) will be the top level women's football league in Colombia. The first season is to be held in 2017, with 18 teams scheduled to take part. The champion will qualify to the Copa Libertadores Femenina.^[1]

History

Colombia women's football had only regional leagues until 2016. The entrant to the Copa Libertadores Femenina was decided in a tournament called Copa Pre-Libertadores, in which non-professional clubs took part. The winning team in all editions was Formas Íntimas. In 2016 a tournament called Campeonato Nacional Interclubes was held, organized by the División Aficionada del Fútbol Colombiano (Difútbol). About 40 teams played in four stages for the championship. Generaciones Palmiranas won the final 6–5 on aggregate over Molino Viejo and qualified to the 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina.^[2]

With the approval of Dimayor, the first professional women's football league will be played starting from 2017, with 18 out of Dimayor's 36 affiliate clubs, which will be split into 3 groups of 6. In 2018 a second level league will be created and new clubs will have to start in that one. A national women's league is a requirement to host the FIFA Women's World Cup, in which Colombia has shown interest for the 2023 edition.^[3]

2017 teams

Notably absent from the list of clubs is Formas Íntimas, who have joined an alliance with Envigado since participation in the league will be restricted to professional clubs (Dimayor affiliates) only.^[4]

Format

The 18 teams are divided into three groups of six. After playing each other twice the top 2 in each group plus the two best third place finishers move on to the quarter-finals.

References

↑ http://hsbnoticias.com/noticias/deportes/f%C3%BAtbol/asi-se-jugara-la-liga-femenina-aguila-2017-246003
↑ "Generaciones Palmiranas se quedó con el título del Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Femenino" (in Spanish). elpais.com. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
↑ http://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/futbol-colombiano/presentacion-de-la-liga-femenina-profesional-de-futbol/16731242
↑ http://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/futbol-colombiano/la-liga-femenina-de-futbol-sera-presentada-en-cartagena/16729487

External links

Colombia Football Association

Football in Colombia

Colombian Football Federation

National teams	Senior men's U-23 (Olympic) U-20 U-17 U-15 Senior women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17

Leagues	Primera A Primera B Women's Football League

Domestic Cups	Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana

Defunct competitions	Campeonato Nacional Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá Primera C

DIMAYOR El Dorado List of clubs List of venues

Top level women's football leagues of South America (CONMEBOL)

National	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela

Continental	Copa Libertadores Femenina

Top level women's association football leagues around the world

Africa (clubs)

Asia (clubs)

West Asia	Jordan Women's Football League (Jordan)

Central Asia	Kowsar Women Football League (Iran) Kyrgyzstan Women's Championship (Kyrgyzstan) Uzbek women's football championship (Uzbekistan)

South Asia	Indian Women's League (India) National Women Football Championship (Pakistan)

East Asia	Chinese Women's Super League (China PR) Chinese Taipei women's football championship (Chinese Taipei) Hong Kong Women League (Hong Kong) Nadeshiko League (Japan) WK League (Korea Republic)

Southeast Asia	W-League (Australia/New Zealand) Pertiwi Cup (Indonesia) PFF Women's League (Philippines) Thai Women's Premier League (Thailand) Vietnam women's football championship (Vietnam)

Europe (clubs)

North & Central America,
and the Caribbean (clubs)

North America	National Women's Soccer League (USA/Canada)

Caribbean	JFF/SDF Women’s League (Jamaica)

Oceania (clubs)

National Women's League (New Zealand)

South America (clubs)

Geography of women's association football

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