Season | 2025 |
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Dates | 24 January – 14 December 2025 |
Champions | Apertura: Santa Fe (10th title) |
Copa Libertadores | Santa Fe |
Matches played | 312 |
Goals scored | 691 (2.21 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Apertura: Hugo Rodallega (16 goals) Finalización: Luciano Pons and Francisco Fydriszewski (6 goals each) |
Biggest home win | Alianza 6–1 Santa Fe (25 May) |
Biggest away win | Envigado 1–7 Santa Fe (28 February) |
Highest scoring | Envigado 1–7 Santa Fe (28 February) |
← 2024 2026 →
All statistics correct as of 1 September 2025. |
The 2025 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2025 Liga BetPlay Dimayor season for sponsorship purposes) is the 78th season of the Categoría Primera A, Colombia's top-flight football league. The season began on 24 January and is scheduled to end on 14 December 2025.[1]
Two tournaments (Apertura and Finalización) are played in the season, each one of them being an independent championship. The Apertura tournament was won by Santa Fe, who claimed their tenth league title after defeating Independiente Medellín 2–1 on aggregate in the finals.[2] Atlético Nacional entered the season as defending champions, having won the 2024 Finalización tournament.
The competition format for this season was approved by the Extraordinary Assembly of DIMAYOR held on 16 December 2024, which decided to keep the same system used in the previous seasons, with two tournaments (Apertura and Finalización) of three stages each: a first stage in which the 20 teams play each other once (with an additional match against a regional rival and reversed fixtures for the Finalización tournament), a semi-final stage (cuadrangulares) played by the top eight teams from the previous stage in which the eight teams are split into two groups of four and the top two teams from the first stage will be seeded in different groups, and a double-legged final series played by the winners of both semi-final groups.[3]
For this season, the regional derbies matchday in the first stage of each tournament was reinstated after being scrapped in 2024 due to scheduling constraints, whilst the distribution of international berths was kept: both season champions as well as the top two non-champion teams in the aggregate table will qualify for the Copa Libertadores, with the next best three teams in the aggregate table as well as the Copa Colombia champions qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana.[1]
Twenty teams take part in the season, the top 18 teams in the relegation table of the previous season as well as the 2024 Primera B champions Unión Magdalena, who were promoted after a one-year absence and runners-up Llaneros, who were promoted for the first time in their history. Both teams clinched promotion on 14 December 2024, following the 2024 Primera B's Grand Final.[4] The promoted teams replaced Jaguares and Patriotas, the bottom two teams in the relegation table of the 2024 season, who were relegated to Primera B after nine and one year in the top flight, respectively.[5]
For this season, Águilas Doradas returned to Rionegro, Antioquia to play their home matches, after the agreement with the Sincelejo Municipality expired at the end of 2024 and was not renewed.[6]
Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Main shirt sponsor(s) |
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Águilas Doradas | ![]() |
Aerosport | |
Alianza | ![]() |
Pin-Go | Gobernación del Cesar, Pool, Fundación Universitaria San Mateo |
América de Cali | ![]() |
Le Coq Sportif | Águila, BetPlay |
Atlético Bucaramanga | ![]() |
Lotto | Rivalo, Clinisports |
Atlético Nacional | ![]() |
Nike | Betsson |
Boyacá Chicó | ![]() |
Geus | Pool |
Deportes Tolima | ![]() |
Umbro | BetPlay, Pool, Mercacentro |
Deportivo Cali | ![]() |
Hillside | Wplay, Pastas La Muñeca, FluoCardent |
Deportivo Pasto | ![]() |
Boman | Aguardiente Nariño, Banco AV Villas |
Deportivo Pereira | ![]() |
Oto | Aeropuerto Internacional Matecaña, Gobernación de Risaralda |
Envigado | ![]() |
Aleta | Pool, Colanta |
Fortaleza | ![]() |
Go Rigo Go | Stake |
Independiente Medellín | ![]() |
Adidas | Colanta, Wplay |
Junior | ![]() |
Adidas | Olímpica, Águila, Tecnoglass |
La Equidad | ![]() |
Attle | Colanta, BetPlay |
Llaneros | ![]() |
Aerosport | Maxi Cola, Aitabü Hotel Campestre, Gobernación del Meta |
Millonarios | ![]() |
Adidas | Cerveza Andina |
Once Caldas | ![]() |
Boman | Colanta, BetPlay, Wakate |
Santa Fe | ![]() |
Fila | Colanta, BetPlay |
Unión Magdalena | ![]() |
Aerosport | Colanta, Pool, Águila, Mega Tiendas |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Torneo Apertura | ||||||
Deportivo Cali | ![]() |
Demoted to assistant manager | 14 November 2024 | Pre-season | ![]() |
20 October 2024[9] |
Águilas Doradas | ![]() |
Sacked | 21 November 2024[10] | ![]() |
17 December 2024[11] | |
Atlético Bucaramanga | ![]() |
Resigned | 27 November 2024[12] | ![]() |
18 December 2024[13] | |
Deportivo Pasto | ![]() |
13 December 2024[14] | ![]() |
30 December 2024[15] | ||
Llaneros | ![]() |
Signed by Águilas Doradas | 16 December 2024[16] | ![]() |
16 December 2024[17] | |
Millonarios | ![]() |
Resigned | 31 December 2024[18] | ![]() |
4 January 2025[19] | |
Deportes Tolima | ![]() |
31 December 2024[20] | ![]() |
4 January 2025[21] | ||
Atlético Nacional | ![]() |
14 January 2025[22] | ![]() |
20 January 2025[23] | ||
La Equidad | ![]() |
Sacked | 22 February 2025[24] | 18th | ![]() |
22 February 2025[24] |
Boyacá Chicó | ![]() |
23 February 2025[25] | 11th | ![]() |
23 February 2025[25] | |
Santa Fe | ![]() |
Mutual agreement | 26 February 2025[26] | 14th | ![]() ![]() |
26 February 2025[26] |
La Equidad | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 5 March 2025 | 20th | ![]() |
5 March 2025[27] |
Llaneros | ![]() |
Resigned | 9 March 2025[28] | 12th | ![]() |
9 March 2025[28] |
Unión Magdalena | ![]() |
12 March 2025[29] | 19th | ![]() |
13 March 2025[30] | |
Atlético Bucaramanga | ![]() |
Sacked | 14 March 2025[31] | 17th | ![]() |
14 March 2025[32] |
Águilas Doradas | ![]() |
21 March 2025[33] | 19th | ![]() |
22 March 2025[34] | |
Atlético Bucaramanga | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 23 March 2025 | 14th | ![]() |
22 March 2025[35] |
Santa Fe | ![]() ![]() |
30 March 2025[36] | 2nd | ![]() |
27 March 2025[37] | |
Deportivo Pereira | ![]() |
Sacked | 2 April 2025[38] | 12th | ![]() |
3 April 2025[39] |
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End of caretaker spell | 12 April 2025 | ![]() |
9 April 2025[40] | ||
Boyacá Chicó | ![]() |
Resigned | 21 April 2025[41] | 17th | ![]() |
24 April 2025[42] |
Águilas Doradas | ![]() |
Mutual agreement | 23 April 2025[43] | 18th | ![]() |
23 April 2025[44] |
La Equidad | ![]() |
Sacked | 12 May 2025[45] | 19th | ![]() |
12 May 2025[45] |
Deportivo Cali | ![]() |
Mutual agreement | 29 May 2025[46] | 13th | ![]() |
18 June 2025[48] |
La Equidad | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 3 June 2025 | 20th | ![]() |
3 June 2025[49] |
América de Cali | ![]() |
Resigned | 19 June 2025[50] | Group A, 2nd | ![]() |
25 June 2025[51] |
Deportes Tolima | ![]() |
19 June 2025[52] | Group A, 3rd | ![]() |
22 June 2025[53] | |
Junior | ![]() |
Mutual agreement | 21 June 2025[54] | Group A, 4th | ![]() |
23 June 2025[55] |
Águilas Doradas | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 24 June 2025 | 14th | ![]() |
24 June 2025[56] |
Torneo Finalización | ||||||
Unión Magdalena | ![]() |
Resigned | 29 July 2025[57] | 19th | ![]() |
29 July 2025[57] |
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2 August 2025[58] | 16th | ![]() |
3 August 2025[60] | ||
Millonarios | ![]() |
Sacked | 20 August 2025[61] | 20th | ![]() |
22 August 2025[63] |
Águilas Doradas | ![]() |
Resigned | 27 August 2025[64] | 16th | ![]() |
27 August 2025[64] |
América de Cali | ![]() |
Mutual agreement | 1 September 2025[65] | 19th | ![]() |
1 September 2025[65] |
The Torneo Apertura, officially known as Liga BetPlay Dimayor 2025–I, was the first tournament of the 2025 season. It began on 24 January and ended on 29 June 2025.[1]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | América de Cali | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 12 | +17 | 39 | Advance to the semi-finals |
2 | Millonarios | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 38 | |
3 | Junior | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 37 | |
4 | Deportes Tolima | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 36 | |
5 | Atlético Nacional | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 35 | |
6 | Santa Fe | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 33 | |
7 | Once Caldas | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 33 | |
8 | Independiente Medellín | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 32 | |
9 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 29 | |
10 | Alianza | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 29 | |
11 | Deportivo Pasto | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 29 | |
12 | Deportivo Pereira | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 28 | |
13 | Deportivo Cali | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 24 | |
14 | Águilas Doradas | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 21 | |
15 | Llaneros | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 20 | |
16 | Fortaleza | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 20 | |
17 | Boyacá Chicó | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 31 | −17 | 20 | |
18 | Envigado | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 18 | |
19 | Unión Magdalena | 20 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 30 | −16 | 11 | |
20 | La Equidad | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 35 | −22 | 10 |
The eight teams that advanced to the semi-finals were drawn into two groups of four teams, with the top two teams from the first stage being seeded in each group. The two group winners advanced to the finals.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DIM | AME | TOL | JUN | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Independiente Medellín | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 14 | Advance to the Finals | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
2 | América de Cali | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1–1 | — | 1–3 | 2–1 | ||
3 | Deportes Tolima | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 8 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | Junior | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SFE | MIL | NAC | ONC | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Santa Fe | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 12 | Advance to the Finals | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
2 | Millonarios | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | ||
3 | Atlético Nacional | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | ||
4 | Once Caldas | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — |
Independiente Medellín | 1–2 | Santa Fe |
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Report |
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Santa Fe won 2–1 on aggregate.
Liga BetPlay Dimayor 2025–I champions |
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Santa Fe 10th title |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Santa Fe | 16 |
2 | ![]() |
Once Caldas | 11 |
3 | ![]() |
Deportes Tolima | 10 |
4 | ![]() |
Atlético Nacional | 9 |
5 | ![]() |
Atlético Nacional | 8 |
6 | ![]() |
América de Cali | 7 |
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Boyacá Chicó | ||
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América de Cali | ||
9 | ![]() |
Fortaleza | 6 |
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Millonarios | ||
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Millonarios | ||
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Atlético Bucaramanga | ||
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Atlético Nacional |
Source: Soccerway
The Torneo Finalización, officially known as Liga BetPlay Dimayor 2025–II, is the second and last tournament of the 2025 season. It began on 11 July and is scheduled to end on 14 December 2025.[68]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Junior | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 20 | Advance to the semi-finals |
2 | Independiente Medellín | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 19 | |
3 | Deportes Tolima | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 17 | |
4 | Atlético Nacional | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 16 | |
5 | Fortaleza | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 15 | |
6 | Llaneros | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 14 | |
7 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 13 | |
8 | Deportivo Pereira | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 12 | |
9 | Santa Fe | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 12 | |
10 | Alianza | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 12 | |
11 | Envigado | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 10 | |
12 | Boyacá Chicó | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 10 | |
13 | La Equidad | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 10 | |
14 | Deportivo Cali | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 10 | |
15 | Unión Magdalena | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 8 | |
16 | Millonarios | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 7 | |
17 | Águilas Doradas | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 7 | |
18 | Deportivo Pasto | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | |
19 | Once Caldas | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 6 | |
20 | América de Cali | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Atlético Bucaramanga | 6 |
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Independiente Medellín | ||
3 | ![]() |
Deportivo Cali | 5 |
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Unión Magdalena | ||
4 | ![]() |
Águilas Doradas | 4 |
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Deportivo Pasto | ||
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Independiente Medellín | ||
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Junior | ||
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Junior |
Source: Besoccer
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Independiente Medellín | 37 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 66 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
2 | Deportes Tolima | 35 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 61 | |
3 | Santa Fe (C, Q) | 37 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 61 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
4 | Atlético Nacional | 35 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 59 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
5 | Junior | 35 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 58 | |
6 | Millonarios | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 54 | |
7 | América de Cali | 33 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 53 | |
8 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 42 | |
9 | Once Caldas | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 42 | |
10 | Alianza | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 41 | |
11 | Deportivo Pereira | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 40 | |
12 | Deportivo Pasto | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 35 | |
13 | Fortaleza | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 35 | |
14 | Deportivo Cali | 29 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 34 | |
15 | Llaneros | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 34 | |
16 | Boyacá Chicó | 29 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 40 | −19 | 30 | |
17 | Águilas Doradas | 29 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 28 | |
18 | Envigado | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 28 | |
19 | La Equidad | 29 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 44 | −25 | 20 | |
20 | Unión Magdalena | 29 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 19 |
A separate table is kept to determine the teams that are relegated to the Categoría Primera B for the next season. This table is elaborated from a sum of all first stage games played in the three most recent seasons (including the 2023–I, 2023–II, 2024–I, 2024–II, 2025–I, and 2025–II tournaments), with the points earned being averaged per match played. The bottom two teams of the relegation table at the end of the season will be relegated to Categoría Primera B.
Pos | Team | 2023 Pts |
2024 Pts |
2025 Pts |
2025 GF |
2025 GA |
2025 GD |
Total Pld |
Total Pts |
Avg. | Relegation |
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1 | Deportes Tolima | 61 | 72 | 53 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 107 | 186 | 1.738 | |
2 | Millonarios | 68 | 66 | 45 | 40 | 29 | 11 | 106 | 179 | 1.689 | |
3 | América de Cali | 69 | 62 | 44 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 105 | 175 | 1.667 | |
4 | Independiente Medellín | 68 | 58 | 51 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 107 | 177 | 1.654 | |
5 | Junior | 58 | 60 | 57 | 46 | 26 | 20 | 107 | 175 | 1.636 | |
6 | Atlético Nacional | 68 | 56 | 51 | 52 | 29 | 23 | 107 | 175 | 1.636 | |
7 | Santa Fe | 50 | 71 | 45 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 107 | 166 | 1.551 | |
8 | Águilas Doradas | 83 | 46 | 28 | 26 | 33 | –7 | 107 | 157 | 1.467 | |
9 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 46 | 66 | 42 | 38 | 28 | 10 | 105 | 154 | 1.467 | |
10 | Deportivo Pereira | 44 | 61 | 40 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 107 | 145 | 1.355 | |
11 | Once Caldas | 42 | 60 | 39 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 106 | 141 | 1.330 | |
12 | Deportivo Pasto | 54 | 49 | 35 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 105 | 138 | 1.314 | |
13 | Fortaleza | — | 51 | 35 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 67 | 86 | 1.284 | |
14 | Alianza | 58 | 33 | 41 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 107 | 132 | 1.234 | |
15 | La Equidad | 52 | 55 | 20 | 19 | 44 | −25 | 107 | 127 | 1.187 | |
16 | Llaneros | — | — | 34 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 29 | 34 | 1.172 | |
17 | Deportivo Cali | 51 | 38 | 34 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 107 | 123 | 1.150 | |
18 | Boyacá Chicó | 49 | 33 | 30 | 21 | 40 | −19 | 107 | 112 | 1.047 | |
19 | Envigado | 33 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 107 | 90 | 0.841 | Relegation to Categoría Primera B |
20 | Unión Magdalena | — | — | 19 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 29 | 19 | 0.655 |
Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2025. Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) average, 2) 2025 points, 3) 2025 goal difference, 4) 2025 goals scored, 5) 2025 away goals scored, 6) 2025 away goals against, 7) 2025 wins, 8) 2025 yellow cards, 9) 2025 red cards, 10) drawing of lots.