2016 Categoría Primera A season
The 2016 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2016 Liga Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 69th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Atlético Nacional came in as the defending champions having won the title in the 2015 season's Finalización tournament.
| Season | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Apertura: Independiente Medellín (6th title) Finalización: Santa Fe (9th title) |
| Relegated | Boyacá Chicó Fortaleza |
| Copa Libertadores | Atlético Nacional (Copa Libertadores winner) Independiente Medellín Santa Fe Millonarios Junior |
| Copa Sudamericana | Deportes Tolima (cup best team not yet qualified) Deportivo Cali Patriotas Rionegro Águilas |
| Matches played | 428 |
| Goals scored | 1,031 (2.41 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Apertura: Miguel Borja (19 goals) Finalización: Ayron del Valle (12 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Atlético Nacional 7–0 Atlético Bucaramanga (3 April 2016) |
| Biggest away win | Boyacá Chicó 0–4 Deportes Tolima (30 July 2016) Rionegro Águilas 0–4 Santa Fe (17 October 2016) |
| Highest scoring | Alianza Petrolera 3–6 Atlético Bucaramanga (21 March 2016) |
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20 teams competed against one another, eighteen returning from last season plus Atlético Bucaramanga and Fortaleza, who were promoted from the 2015 Primera B and will be returning to the top tier after 7 years and 1 year, respectively, replacing Uniautónoma and Cúcuta Deportivo who were relegated at the end of the last season.
Independiente Medellín won its sixth title in the Torneo Apertura after beating Junior in the finals, while in the Torneo Finalización Santa Fe won its ninth title after beating Deportes Tolima in the finals.