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The 2024 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2024 Liga BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship purposes) was the 77th season of the Categoría Primera A, Colombia's top-flight football league. The season began on 19 January and ended on 22 December 2024. [1] [2]
The Superliga Colombiana (Colombian Superleague), officially known as Superliga BetPlay Dimayor due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is an official competition contested between the winners of the Apertura and Finalización tournaments of the Colombian Categoría Primera A.
The Copa Colombia (English: Colombia Cup); officially known as Copa BetPlay Dimayor is an annual football tournament in Colombia.It is contested by the 36 professional clubs affiliated to the División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano (DIMAYOR) and is the nation's domestic cup competition, equivalent to the FA Cup in England or the Copa del Rey in Spain.
The 1918 Campeonato Nacional was the first tournament played between Colombian clubs, followed by the Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá. Independiente Medellín, founded on 15 April 1913, is the oldest club that remains as a professional club. [5] The first tournament was organised by the Colombian Football Federation and DIMAYOR in 1948.
The origins of football in Colombia is debated by many. Most historians agree that the Caribbean Region was the place where football spread. It is believed that its origins go back to 1900, by English railway engineers from The Colombia Railways Company looking to create a railway between the cities of Barranquilla and Puerto Colombia.
The Colombian football league system is a series of interconnected football leagues for clubs in Colombia, and is governed by the Colombian Football Federation at the national level. From 1991 to 2010 there was a Categoría Primera C for amateur and reserve teams.
Nairo Quintana: Colombian Champion of the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. Mariana Pajón is a Colombian cyclist, two-time Olympic gold medalist and BMX World Champion. Cycling in Colombia became very popular with the beginning of the annual Vuelta a Colombia race in 1951, followed by the annual Clásico RCN starting in 1961.
The 46,000-capacity Estadio Atanasio Girardot is the home of Atlético Nacional, with millions of fans the most popular sports club in Colombia. The 37,899-capacity Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero. The following is a list of football stadiums in Colombia, ordered by capacity. The listed stadiums are or were used in at least a season by a ...