2015 Categoría Primera A season
The 2015 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2015 Liga Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 68th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The season started on 30 January and concluded on 20 December.
Season | 2015 |
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Champions | Apertura: Deportivo Cali (9th title) Finalización: Atlético Nacional (15th title) |
Relegated | Uniautónoma Cúcuta Deportivo |
Copa Libertadores | Deportivo Cali Atlético Nacional Santa Fe (Copa Sudamericana winner) |
Copa Sudamericana | Santa Fe (Copa Sudamericana winner) Junior (cup winner) Atlético Nacional (Superliga winner) Independiente Medellín Deportes Tolima |
Top goalscorer | Apertura: Fernando Uribe (15 goals) Finalización: Jefferson Duque (15 goals) |
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20 teams competed against one another. Santa Fe came in as the defending champions having won the title in the 2014 season's Finalización tournament. Jaguares de Córdoba entered as champion of the 2014 Primera B, while Cortuluá and Cúcuta Deportivo were promoted as the top teams of their respective groups in the Promotion tournament.
Deportivo Cali won its ninth title in the Torneo Apertura after beating Independiente Medellín in the finals, while in the Torneo Finalización Atlético Nacional won its fifteenth title after beating Junior in the finals, thus surpassing Millonarios as the club with the most championships.