Among those indicated is Deportivo Cali, while the concern for the repetition of these breaches in Colombian football grows.
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The Colombian Association of Professional Footballers (Acolfutpro) reached the alarms about a practice that seems normalized, but that is still serious: several clubs in the Betplay League and the promotion tournament owe wages to their players and players.
According to the statement, Deportivo Cali, Deportivo Pasto and Unión Magdalena – all participants of the First Division -, together with Boca Juniors de Cali in the second, have not paid the salary corresponding to the month of julio to your professional templates. The most critical case is that of Deportivo Pasto, which also still owes the salary of June and the liquidation of the players who competed in the Women's League 2025.
The Substantive Labor Code is clear: the salary must be paid timely and completely. Repeated breach constitutes a serious offense, since it violates basic labor rights. Nor is an excuse a financial crisis or administrative decisions: the employment relationship is still in force and the payment to the workers – in this case, soccer players – is unplazable.
The paradoxical thing is that these teams continue to compete in official tournaments organized by the Dimayor, even with good media exposure, but do not meet the minimum obligation to respond to those who make the show possible. The salary backwardness not only affects the economic stability of players and their families, but also hits the credibility of the championship and the image of Colombian football.
It is not the first time that Acolfutpro denounces these irregularities. Reiteration shows a structural problem: the lack of effective controls by the Dimayor and the Colombian Football Federation to ensure that clubs that participate in professional tournaments have the necessary economic solidity to do so.
The case of the Pasto with its soccer players of the women's league puts another layer of gravity: these are players who have already fulfilled their contract and still wait for their liquidation. This shows how, in a context where women's football struggles for greater recognition and support, breach of basic obligations becomes a direct blow to the credibility of competition.
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