The 2017 Colombian Women's Football League season (officially known as the 2017 Liga Águila Femenina season for sponsorship reasons) 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
Hexagonal Team City Stadium A Alianza Petrolera Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Cancha Marte Envigado Envigado Polideportivo Sur Real Cartagena Cartagena Jaime Morón León Real Santander Floridablanca Álvaro Gómez Hurtado Unión Magdalena Santa Martaa Julia Turbay Samur B Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcutab Municipal Héctor 'El Zipa' González Fortaleza Bogotáb Municipal Héctor 'El Zipa' González La Equidad Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo Patriotas Tunja La Independencia Santa Fe Bogotá Nemesio Camacho C América de Cali Cali Pascual Guerrero Cortuluá Tuluác Pascual Guerrero Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario Deportivo Pasto Pasto Departamental Libertad Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas Orsomarso Palmira Francisco 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 Femenina2017 ChampionsSanta Fe1st Title
Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Manuela GonzálezAtlético Bucaramanga 13 2 Oriana AltuveSanta Fe 11 3 Daniela MontoyaEnvigado 11 4 Catalina UsmeAmérica de Cali 10 5 Karen PáezCúcuta Deportivo 10
Source: Futbolred
See also Colombian Women's Football League
References
External links Season at soccerway.com Dimayor's official website