The 2025 Liga DIMAYOR (officially known as the 2025 Liga BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship purposes) was the 78th season of the top-flight of the Colombian football league. The season began on 24 January and ended on 16 December 2025.
Two tournaments (Apertura and Finalización) were played in the season, each one of them being an independent championship. The Apertura tournament was won by Santa Fe, who claimed their tenth league title after defeating Independiente MedellÃÂn 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate in the finals, whilst Junior were the champions in the Finalización tournament, winning their eleventh league title after defeating Deportes Tolima 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate in the finals. Atlético Nacional entered the season as defending champions, having won the 2024 Finalización tournament.
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 played 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 were split into two groups of four and the top two teams from the first stage were 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 qualified for the Copa Libertadores, with the next best three teams in the aggregate table as well as the Copa Colombia champions qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana.
Twenty 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 Unión Magdalena, who were promoted after a one-year absence and runners-up Llaneros, 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, ÃÂguilas Doradas returned to Rionegro, Antioquia to play their home matches, after the agreement with the Sincelejo Municipality expired at the end of 2024 and was not renewed.
The Torneo Apertura, officially known as Liga BetPlay Dimayor 2025âÂÂI, was the first tournament of the 2025 season. It began on 24 January and ended on 29 June 2025.
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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 advanced to the finals.
Santa Fe won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
<small>Source: Soccerway</small>
The Torneo Finalización, officially known as Liga BetPlay Dimayor 2025âÂÂII, was the second and last tournament of the 2025 season. It began on 11 July and ended on 16 December 2025.
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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 advanced to the finals.
Junior won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
<small>Source: Besoccer</small>
A separate table was kept to determine the teams that were relegated to the CategorÃÂa Primera B for the next season. This table was elaborated from a sum of all first stage games played in the three most recent seasons (including the 2023âÂÂI, 2023âÂÂII, 2024âÂÂI, 2024âÂÂII, 2025âÂÂI, and 2025âÂÂII tournaments), with the points earned being averaged per match played. The bottom two teams of the relegation table at the end of the season were relegated to CategorÃÂa Primera B.
<small>Source: Dimayor<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.</small>
The average league attendance was 11,950 in the 2025âÂÂI season:
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