Defending champions Total Soccer are out of the 2024 Colombian Primera C after the group stage

Medellín-based Total Soccer won the Colombian Primera C in 2022 and 2023, but their winning streak ended in 2024. Unable to promote to professional Primera B because of the lack of any agreement between Dimayor (which organizes professional competitions in Colombia) and Difutbol (which organizes amateur competitions), Total Soccer turned the page and their results declined dramatically in 2024. 

 Total Soccer in 2024. Photo source: elescenariodelosclasicos.com

Total Soccer enrolled in the 2024 Primera C and they were ascribed to Group A, along with other three Antioquia teams, Deportivo Rionegro, Colo-Colo and Polítecnico Jaime Isaza of Medellín. While in previous years the number of Antioquia teams was much higher, this time the number of teams dropped dramatically, with several teams withdrawing from the competition before its start - La Chalaca, Soccer Law, Panteras and Medellín City, for instance. 

Group A eventually started with this limited number of teams. Total Soccer, while in theory the main candidate to win the group and qualify, lost the first five matches and only won the last game, a consolation victory, which did not nothing to prevent them finishing last. As a result, they were eliminated from the 2024 Primera C even from the group stage and did not advance to the knock-out stage.

Results in Group A:

Round 1 (1-2 July 2024)

Total Soccer - Colo Colo 1-4

Polítecnico - Dep. Rionegro 1-3

Round 2 (7-9 July 2024)

Dep. Rionegro - Total Soccer 6-0

Polítecnico - Colo Colo 2-4

Round 3 (15-16 July 2024)

Colo Colo - Dep. Rionegro 1-2

Total Soccer - Polítecnico 0-3 (awarded)

Round 4 (21-22 July 2024)

Dep. Rionegro - Polítecnico 1-0

Colo Colo - Total Soccer 3-0

Round 5 (29 July 2024)

Colo Colo - Polítecnico 1-1

Total Soccer - Dep. Rionegro 0-3 (awarded)

Round 6 (4-6 August 2024)

Dep. Rionegro - Colo Colo 2-0

Polítecnico - Total Soccer 2-3

Final table

1. Deportivo Rionegro 18 p.

2. Colo Colo 10 p.

3. Polítecnico 4 p.

4. Total Soccer 3 p.

Deportivo Rionegro and Colo Colo qualified to the knock-out stage of the Primera C.

Total Soccer are also involved in the Primera A of Antioquia League and in the Colombian Youth League (Supercopa Juvenil).