2022 Categoría Primera A season
The 2022 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2022 Liga BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship reasons) was the 75th season of the Categoría Primera A, Colombia's top-flight football league. The season began on 20 January and ended on 7 December 2022. Deportivo Cali were the defending champions, having won the 2021 Finalización tournament.
| Season | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 20 January – 7 December 2022 |
| Champions | Apertura: Atlético Nacional (17th title) Finalización: Deportivo Pereira (1st title) |
| Relegated | Patriotas Cortuluá |
| Copa Libertadores | Atlético Nacional Deportivo Pereira Independiente Medellín Millonarios (via Copa Colombia) |
| Copa Sudamericana | Deportes Tolima Junior Santa Fe Águilas Doradas |
| Matches played | 451 |
| Goals scored | 1,014 (2.25 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Apertura: Dayro Moreno (13 goals) Finalización: Leonardo Castro (15 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Ind. Medellín 4–0 Águilas Doradas (1 March) Santa Fe 4–0 Jaguares (30 April) Junior 4–0 Envigado (1 May) Deportivo Pasto 4–0 Envigado (13 July) Alianza Petrolera 4–0 Santa Fe (10 October) América de Cali 4–0 Deportivo Pasto (22 October) Deportivo Pereira 5–1 Santa Fe (27 November) |
| Biggest away win | La Equidad 1–5 Ind. Medellín (16 June) |
| Highest scoring | Alianza Petrolera 4–4 Deportivo Cali (19 August) |
← 2021 2023 → | |
Two tournaments (Apertura and Finalización) were played in the season, each one of them being an independent championship. In the Torneo Apertura Atlético Nacional won their seventeenth league title, beating Deportes Tolima in the finals by a 4–3 aggregate score after winning the first leg in Medellín by a 3–1 score and losing the return leg in Ibagué by two goals to one, and in the Torneo Finalización Deportivo Pereira were the champions, winning their first league title after beating Independiente Medellín on penalties following a 1–1 draw on aggregate in the finals.