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24-442: Neiva was first founded in 1539 by Juan de Cabrera in an area now belonging to the municipality of Campoalegre . In 1550, Juan de Alonso y Arias relocated the city to the place that is now the municipality of Villavieja . At this location, the city was destroyed by indigenous tribes in 1560. The city was founded, at its current location, for the third and final time in 1612 by Diego de Ospina y Medinilla. Neiva became important during

48-417: A total of 19 matches, although an extra round of regional derbies has been included in most seasons. The top eight teams then advance to a semi-final round consisting of two groups of four teams, each team playing the others in their group twice in a double round-robin format. The two group winners advance to the final, which is played in a home-and-away double-legged fashion. Relegation to Categoría Primera B

72-567: A year; the Apertura from February to June and the Finalización from July to December, which became independent championships in 2002. Another league restructuring came in 1991, with the addition of second and third divisions. The third division had its 2002 edition cancelled for economic reasons, and stopped awarding promotion to the professional tiers in 2003 until it was finally dropped in 2010. The current format of Colombian football

96-601: Is Atlético Nacional with 17 titles. The league was ranked as the 11th strongest national league in the world at the end of 2023 by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics . Before 1948 there was no professional football league in Colombia. The first clubs were formed in Barranquilla and Bogotá : Barranquilla FC , Polo Club , Escuela Militar and Bartolinos , although

120-649: Is a Colombian professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's premier football tournament and sits at the top of the Colombian football league system . A total of twenty clubs compete in the league's regular season. División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano , better known as DIMAYOR , organizes the competition and operates the league system of promotion and relegation for both Categoría Primera A and Categoría Primera B leagues. Since its foundation in 1948, fifteen teams have been crowned as Colombian football champions. The most successful club

144-506: Is determined by averaging the point totals achieved by teams in the first stage of the competition over the previous three seasons. Each year, the bottom two teams drop out and are replaced by the top two from Primera B. Teams for the 2024 season This is the complete list of the clubs that have taken part in at least one Categoría Primera A season, founded in 1948, until the 2024 season. Teams that currently play are indicated in bold. The same trophy has been used to commemorate

168-675: Is known as the Bambuco capital. José Eustasio Rivera , born in Rivera, is the most famous writer of a "pléyade" of creators that lived in Neiva (Regulo Suárez, Eustaquio Álvarez, Felio Andrade, Antonio Iriarte, Yezid Morales, Humberto Calderón, Jorge Guebelly, Luis Alberto Campos, Winston Morales, Jader Rivera, David Alberto Campos) This city is known for the Festival Folclórico y Reinado Nacional del Bambuco festivities held between

192-525: Is only exhibited for fixture draws or events with sponsors, with the champions being awarded an exact replica. Along with the competition's official trophy, the champions are also awarded an additional trophy handed over by the league's sponsor. The only tournament that was not awarded to a champion occurred in 1989 , after the assassination of referee Álvaro Ortega on October 1 in Medellín . All games, post-season games and international representation for

216-701: The Benito Salas Airport . Neiva is home to several universities which serve primarily Southern Colombia. Among the most important are the Universidad Surcolombiana , the Corporación Universitaria del Huila , and the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia . The Benito Salas Airport , named after Benito Salas Vargas , is located inside the city and serves domestic destinations. The city

240-615: The Copa Colombia in 1950. That knockout competition was played sporadically over the next 58 years and only became an annual tournament in 2008. Although the stars returned to their nations when Colombia rejoined the international fold in 1954, the era was never forgotten. In 1968 the league started following the pattern emerging in South America by replacing its year-long tournament with two shorter ones. From this point forward, Colombian clubs would compete in two tournaments

264-469: The annual champion since 1948. Made of German silver, weighing roughly 5 kilos and measuring approximately 90 centimeters tall, in its upper part it has the figure of the Winged Victory of Samothrace , which has been used to represent sporting triumph with the passing of history. The original trophy, which is engraved with the names of all the champion clubs, is kept at the headquarters of DIMAYOR and

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288-451: The city is: Neiva is a distribution center for many consumer goods to the national economy such as rice, coffee, beef, milk, leather by-products and other agricultural products. Its annual agricultural fair held in May showcases horses, cattle and pork from local municipalities and other surrounding towns. Throughout the city a tourist might enjoy the scattered city monuments, especially around

312-606: The colonial times because of its strategic location. It was located in the trade route that communicated the Viceroyalty of Peru with Bogotá and Caracas . The city was declared as the capital of the Province of Neiva, made up of the Neiva, La Plata , Timaná , Purificación cabildos . In 1905 the city became the capital of the newly created Huila Department, which had been severed from the Tolima Department by

336-523: The edges of the Magdalena River, where the local government has been maintaining the recently built sanctuary meant to safeguard the Magdalena from any pollutants and human produced contamination. Around this sanctuary there are parks and gardens usually crowded by locals and tourists who came to the growing city. The city can be reached by road travel, or by all major national airlines, coming to

360-609: The game took a while to develop in popularity. The 1918 Campeonato Nacional was the first tournament played between Colombian clubs, followed by the Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá . Independiente Medellín , founded on 15 April 1913, is the oldest club that remains as a professional club. The first tournament was organised by the Colombian Football Federation and DIMAYOR in 1948. Ten teams signed up for this first tournament, paying

384-592: The last two weeks of June and early July. During this time, there are daily parades through the downtown area and showings of the Sanjuanero , a folk dance, where the participants dress in a typical costumes and compete for being the best performers of the Sanjuanero choreography . Soccer is currently the most popular sport in the city. The city is the base for the Atlético Huila club which competes in

408-650: The national government. In 1967, the city was hit severely by an earthquake of magnitude 7.2. The earthquake destroyed several buildings including the Palacio de las 57 ventanas , the Governor's building. In 2003 the city was the scene of a large bombing that was targeted at the Colombian President. 13 people were killed. The city has the dry-summer tropical savannah climate ( Köppen climate classification : As ), relatively rare and scattered across

432-457: The new national league) erupted. DIMAYOR broke away from Adefútbol, announcing that it would operate independently of FIFA rules and regulations. In response, FIFA sanctioned Colombian football, banning the national team and all its clubs from international competition. This period, which lasted from 1949 to 1954, is known as El Dorado . Far from being a dark time in Colombian football, this

456-537: The required fee of 1,000 pesos ). Two teams each signed on from Bogotá , Cali , Manizales , and Pereira , plus one from Barranquilla . 252 players were registered for that year's tournament, 182 of which were Colombians, 13 were Argentine, 8 Peruvian, 5 Uruguayan, 2 Chilean, 2 Ecuadorian, 1 Dominican, and 1 Spanish. Soon after the league's foundation, disputes between Adefútbol (the body governing amateur football in Colombia) and DIMAYOR (the organizing body behind

480-648: The top division of the Colombian professional football (soccer) league, the Categoría Primera A . The games are played at the Guillermo Plazas Alcid Stadium . Basketball had historically a high popularity, although it has decreased in recent years. The cities Basketball games are played at the Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva court. The city has hosted important national and international sport events. For example: The city of Neiva

504-469: The world. Due to its location near the equator and its low altitude, the city has a hot annual average climate with daytime temperatures ranging from 88 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit. It is about 300 kilometers / 186.4 miles (about a five-hour drive) from the Colombian capital, Bogotá . The city of Palembang in Indonesia is the antipode of Neiva. According to DAN 2018, the ethnography composition of

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528-457: Was adopted for the 2019 season . The top flight features 20 teams, all of which play through the Apertura and Finalización tournaments each year. Both tournaments are conducted according to an identical three-stage format, and have been independent title-awarding tournaments since 2002 . The first stage is conducted on a single round-robin basis, with each team playing the other teams once for

552-411: Was its golden age. No longer required to pay transfer fees to clubs from other nations, Colombian clubs began importing stars from all over South America and Europe. The most aggressive signer of international players was Millonarios , which won consecutive championships with stars such as Alfredo di Stéfano . Attendances boomed, and the expanding appetite for club competitions resulted in the creation of

576-733: Was one of the host cities for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup . Campoalegre Campoalegre ( Spanish pronunciation: [kampoaˈleɣɾe] ) is a town and municipality in the Huila Department , Colombia . 2°41′12″N 75°19′32″W  /  2.68667°N 75.32556°W  / 2.68667; -75.32556 This Huila Department location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Categor%C3%ADa Primera A The Categoría Primera A ( Spanish pronunciation: [kateɣoˈɾi.a pɾiˈmeɾa ˈa] ), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay ,

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