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.