2018 Categoría Primera A season
| Season | 2018 |
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| Dates | 2 February – 9 December 2018 |
| Matches played | 88 |
| Goals scored | 178 (2.02 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Apertura: Edder Farías (6 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
Deportivo Cali 4–0 Boyacá Chicó (14 February) Santa Fe 4–0 Jaguares (25 February) Deportivo Cali 4–0 Rionegro Águilas (3 March) La Equidad 4–0 Boyacá Chicó (6 March) Alianza Petrolera 4–0 Jaguares (18 March) |
| Biggest away win |
Envigado 0–3 Santa Fe (14 March) Junior 0–3 Envigado (21 March) |
| Highest scoring |
Once Caldas 3–2 Ind. Medellín (7 March) |
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All statistics correct as of 22 March 2018.
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The 2018 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2018 Liga Águila season for sponsorship reasons) is the 71st season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The season began on 2 February and is scheduled to conclude on 9 December.
The league will be played under the same format used since the 2015 season, with the exclusion of the regional derby matchday in the first stage of both the Apertura and Finalización tournaments being the only change to be applied for this season. Both tournaments will be divided into three stages: a first stage which will be contested on a single round-robin basis, with each team playing the other teams once for a total of 19 matches. The top eight teams after the nineteen rounds will advance to a knockout round, where they will be drawn into four ties to be played on a home-and-away basis, with the four winners advancing to the semifinals and the winners of each semifinal advancing to the final of the tournament. The winners of the final in each tournament will be declared as champions. Relegation to Categoría Primera B by average will continue being used.
20 teams are expected to take part, eighteen of them returning from last season plus Boyacá Chicó and Leones, who were promoted from the 2017 Primera B. Leones became the first team to secure promotion, after winning the Torneo Finalización on 26 November 2017, and will compete in the Primera A for the first time ever. On the other hand, Boyacá Chicó sealed their promotion on 6 December 2017, by winning the Primera B championship on penalty kicks against Leones. They will be returning to the top tier after just one year. Both promoted teams will be replacing Cortuluá and Tigres who were relegated at the end of the last season.
a: Atlético Huila will play their home games at Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro in Ibagué due to their regular stadium Estadio Guillermo Plazas Alcid not meeting DIMAYOR's stadium requirements.
b: Jaguares played their first three home games in the Torneo Apertura (against La Equidad, Deportes Tolima, and Patriotas) at Estadio Armando Tuirán Paternina in Sahagún due to works on the artificial lighting system at Estadio Jaraguay which enabled it to meet DIMAYOR's stadium requirements.
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