Categoría Primera A

The Categoría Primera A is a Colombian professional league for football clubs. It is the highest division in the Colombian football league system. The league was founded in 1948.

Format

The league has 20 teams. The teams play through the Apertura and Finalización tournaments each year. Both tournaments are conducted according to an identical three-stage format. The first stage is in round-robin format, with each team playing the other teams once for a total of 19 matches. The top eight teams then advance to a knockout round consisting of two groups, each team playing six times in a round-robin format. The two leaders of each group go to the final, which is played in a home and away leg system. The winner of the final is the champion. At the end of the Finalizacion tournament, a supercup is played between the winner of the Apertura tournament and the Finalizacion tournament. The winner of the supercup would be the grand champion.

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Alianza Petrolera	Barrancabermeja	Daniel Villa Zapata	10,400
América de Cali	Cali	Pascual Guerrero	33,130
Atlético Bucaramanga	Bucaramanga	Alfonso López	28,000
Atlético Nacional	Medellín	Atanasio Girardot	40,043
Boyacá Chicó	Tunja	La Independencia	20,630
Cúcuta Deportivo	Cúcuta	General Santander	42,901
Deportes Tolima	Ibagué	Manuel Murillo Toro	28,100
Deportivo Cali	Palmira	Deportivo Cali	44,000
Deportivo Pasto	Pasto	Departamental Libertad	20,665
Deportivo Pereira	Pereira	Hernán Ramírez Villegas	30,297
Envigado	Envigado	Polideportivo Sur	11,000
Independiente Medellín	Medellín	Atanasio Girardot	40,043
Jaguares	Montería	Jaraguay	12,000
Junior	Barranquilla	Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez	49,692
La Equidad	Bogotá	Metropolitano de Techo	8,000
Millonarios	Bogotá	El Campín	36,343
Once Caldas	Manizales	Palogrande	28,678
Patriotas	Tunja	La Independencia	20,630
Rionegro Águilas	Rionegro	Alberto Grisales	14,000
Santa Fe	Bogotá	El Campín	36,343