List of participants for the football championship in Colombia
The list of participants for the football championship in Colombia contains all teams that participated in the professional football championship introduced in 1948 . The sorting takes place first in alphabetical order of the hometown and within the same according to the alphabetical order of the clubs. (Status: current season 2017)
| city | Department | society | founding | Playing times (notes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | Quindío | Deportes Quindío | 1951 | 1951-1953, 1955-2000, 2002-2013 |
| Barrancabermeja | Santander | Alianza Petrolera | 1991 | since 2013 |
| Barrancabermeja | Santander | CD Oro Negro | 1971 | 1971 |
| Barranquilla | Atlántico | Deportivo Barranquilla † | 1949 | 1949 (the association only existed in 1949) |
| Barranquilla | Atlántico | Junior | 1949 | 1948, 1950–1953, since 1966 |
| Barranquilla | Atlántico | Libertad † | 1956 | 1956 (association only existed in 1956) |
| Barranquilla | Atlántico | Sporting | 1927 | 1950-1953, 1988-1991 |
| Barranquilla | Atlántico | Uniautónoma | 2010 | 2014-2015 |
| Barranquilla | Atlántico | Unicosta † | 1995 | 1998 (association was dissolved in 1999) |
| Bogotá | Distrito Capital | La Equidad | 1982 | since 2007 |
| Bogotá | Distrito Capital | Fortaleza FC | 2010 | 2014, 2016 |
| Bogotá | Distrito Capital | Millonarios FC | 1946 | since 1948 |
| Bogotá | Distrito Capital | Santa Fe | 1941 | since 1948 |
| Bogotá | Distrito Capital | Universidad Nacional † | 1948 | 1948–1952 (the professional football team was dissolved in 1952) |
| Bucaramanga | Santander | Atlético Bucaramanga | 1949 | 1949–1953, 1956–1970, 1972–1994, 1996–2008, since 2016 |
| Cali | Valle del Cauca | America de Cali | 1927 | 1948–1952, 1954–2011, 2017 |
| Cali | Valle del Cauca | Boca Juniors de Cali † | 1937 | 1949–1957 (association was dissolved in 1957) |
| Cali | Valle del Cauca | Deportivo Cali | 1912 | 1948–1955, since 1959 |
| Cartagena | Bolívar | Real Cartagena | 1971 | 1971, 1992, 2000-2002, 2005-2007, 2009-2012 |
| Cúcuta | North of Santander | Cúcuta Deportivo | 1949 | 1950–1953, 1956–1995, 1996/97, 2006–2013, 2015 |
| Envigado | Antioquia | Envigado FC | 1989 | 1992–2006, since 2008 |
| Ibagué | Tolima | Deportes Tolima | 1954 | 1955–1992, since 1995 |
| Itagüí | Antioquia | Itagüi FC | 2008 | 2011-2013 |
| Manizales | Caldas | Atlético Manizales † | 1954 | 1954, 1958 (association was dissolved in 1958) |
| Manizales | Caldas | Deportes Caldas | 1947 | 1948–1951 (merged with Once Deportivo in 1961 to form Once Caldas ) |
| Manizales | Caldas | Once Deportivo | 1948 | 1948–1951 (merged with Deportes Caldas to form Once Caldas in 1961 ) |
| Manizales | Caldas | Once Caldas | 1961 | since 1961 (trading as Cristal Caldas from 1971 to 1978) |
| Medellin | Antioquia | Huracan | 1949 | 1949-1951 |
| Medellin | Antioquia | Independiente | 1913 | 1948–1951, 1954–1957, 1959–1970, since 1972 |
| Medellin | Antioquia | Nacional | 1947 | since 1948 (until 1950 Atlético Municipal) |
| Montería | Cordoba | Jaguares de Cordoba | 2012 | since 2015 |
| Neiva | Huila | Atlético Huila | 1967 | 1993–1995 / 96, since 1998 |
| Pasto | Nariño | Deportivo Pasto | 1949 | 1999–2009, since 2012 |
| Pereira | Risaralda | Águilas Pereira | 2008 | 2014 (formerly Itagüí FC based in Itagüi) |
| Pereira | Risaralda | Deportivo Pereira | 1944 | 1949-1953, 1956-1996 / 97, 2001-2011 |
| Rionegro | Antioquia | Rionegro Águilas | 2008 | since 2015 (still operating as Águilas Doradas in 2015) |
| Santa Marta | Magdalena | Deportivo Samarios | 1951 | 1951-1952 |
| Santa Marta | Magdalena | Unión Magdalena | 1953 | 1953-1954, 1956-1957, 1959-1960, 1963-1999, 2002-2005 |
| Soacha | Cundinamarca | Tigres FC | 2000 | 2017 |
| Tuluá | Huila | Cortuluá | 1967 | 1993–2004, 2010, since 2015 |
| Tunja | Boyacá | Boyacá Chicó FC | 2002 | 2004-2016 |
| Tunja | Boyacá | Patriotas Boyacá | 2003 | since 2012 |
| Villavicencio | Meta | Centauros Villavicencio † | 2002 | 2003 (association was dissolved in 2011) |