2008 Categoría Primera A season

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Copa Mustang
Season2008
Dates1 February - 21 December
ChampionsApertura: Boyacá Chico (1st title)
Finalización: America de Cali (13th title)
RelegatedAtletico Bucaramanga
Copa LibertadoresAmerica de Cali
Independiente Medellín
Boyaca Chico
Copa SudamericanaLa Equidad
Deportivo Cali
Top goalscorerApertura: Ivan Velazquez
Finalización: Fredy Montero
Biggest home winBoyaca Chico 7-2 Tolima
(5 April)
Medellin 5-0 Bucaramanga
(13 April)
Medellin 5-0 Cali
(24 May)
Biggest away winDeportivo Cali 0-4 America
(22 March)
Millonarios 0-4 Boyaca Chico
(13 April)
Highest scoringBoyaca Chico 7-2 Tolima
(5 April)
← 2007
2009 →


The 2008 Categoría Primera A season was the 61st season of Colombia's top-flight football league.

The season started on 1 February and ended with the finals on 21 December.

Boyacá Chicó won their first ever title in the Apertura tournament, beating America de Cali 4–2 on penalties. América de Cali won their thirteenth title in the Finalizacion tournament, beating Independiente Medellín 4–1 on aggregate.

Teams[edit]

18 teams competed this season. Real Cartagena was relegated in the previous season, and were replaced by the 2007 Categoría Primera B champions, Envigado.

Stadia & Locations[edit]

Team Stadium Capacity
Junior Estadio Metropolitano 46,000
Deportivo Cali Estadio Deportivo Cali 52,000
Nacional, Medellín Estadio Atanasio Girardot 41,000
Millonarios, Santa Fe Estadio El Campín 36,000
América de Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero 35,000
Cúcuta Deportivo Estadio General Santander 42,000
Once Caldas Estadio Palogrande 29,000
Deportes Tolima Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro 28,000
Deportivo Pereira Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas 30,000
Deportes Quindío Estadio Centenario 20,000
Deportivo Pasto Estadio Departamental Libertad 19,000
Atletico Bucaramanga Estadio Alfonso Lopez 28,000
Atlético Huila Estadio Guillermo Plazas Alcid 22,000
La Equidad Estadio Metropolitano de Techo 17,000
Envigado Estadio Polideportivo Sur 12,000
Boyacá Chicó Estadio La Independencia 10,000

Torneo Apertura[edit]

Torneo Apertura began on 1 February and ended on 6 July.

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 La Equidad 18 10 5 3 25 13 +12 35 Advance to playoffs
2 Boyaca Chico 18 9 5 4 30 19 +11 32
3 Santa Fe 18 9 4 5 25 18 +7 31
4 Independiente Medellin 18 8 5 5 26 14 +12 29
5 Envigado 18 8 4 6 20 20 0 28
6 Deportivo Cali 18 7 6 5 19 21 −2 27
7 America de Cali 18 8 2 8 34 28 +6 26
8 Deportes Quindio 18 6 7 5 25 22 +3 25
9 Cucuta Deportivo 18 7 4 7 20 17 +3 25
10 Atletico Bucaramanga 18 8 1 9 20 24 −4 25
11 Millonarios 18 6 6 6 23 23 0 24
12 Junior 18 7 3 8 21 23 −2 24
13 Atletico Huila 18 5 8 5 25 25 0 23
14 Atletico Nacional 18 7 1 10 16 19 −3 22
15 Once Caldas 18 5 4 9 20 28 −8 19
16 Pasto 18 5 4 9 15 24 −9 19
17 Pereira 18 5 4 9 21 33 −12 19
18 Tolima 18 4 3 11 21 35 −14 15
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: RSSSF

Schedule[edit]

Fixture 1 - February 1 until February 3, 2008
Date Home Score Away
February 1 Quindío 1 - 1 La Equidad
February 2 Millonarios 1 - 2 Medellín
Atlético Nacional 0 - 1 Santa Fe
February 3 América de Cali 1 - 1 Huila
Pereira 0 - 2 Envigado
Cúcuta 0 - 1 Bucaramanga
Junior 2 - 1 Once Caldas
Pasto 0 - 1 Boyacá Chicó
Tolima 2 - 0 Deportivo Cali
Fixture 2 - February 8 until February 10, 2008
Date Home Score Away
February 8 Deportivo Cali 0 - 0 Millonarios
February 9 Envigado 2 - 1 Cúcuta
Santa Fe 2 - 1 América de Cali
Medellín 2 - 0 Pereira
February 10 Boyacá Chicó 1 - 1 Quíndio
Huila 0 - 0 Pasto
Bucaramanga 1 - 0 Junior
La Equidad 2 - 0 Tolima
Once Caldas 1 - 0 Atlético Nacional
Fixture 3 - February 15 until February 17, 2008
Date Home Score Away
February 15 Atlético Nacional 3 - 0 Bucaramanga
February 16 América de Cali 3 - 1 Once Caldas
Junior 2 - 2 Envigado
February 17 Pasto 1 - 2 Santa Fe
Tolima 0 - 1 Quindío
Pereira 1 - 3 Deportivo Cali
Cúcuta 0 - 1 Medellín
Boyacá Chicó 2 - 0 Huila
Millonarios 2 - 1 La Equidad
Fixture 4 - February 20 until February 21, 2008
Date Home Score Away
February 20 Quindío 1 - 1 Huila
Santa Fe 2 - 2 Boyacá Chicó
Once Caldas 3 - 1 Pasto
Bucaramanga 3 - 0 América de Cali
Tolima 1 - 1 Millonarios
Medellín 2 - 0 Junior
Deportivo Cali 0 - 1 Cúcuta
La Equidad 2 - 3 Pereira
February 21 Envigado 1 - 0 Atlético Nacional
Fixture 5 - February 23 until February 24, 2008
Date Home Score Away
February 23 América de Cali 3 - 0 Envigado
Atlético Nacional 1 - 0 Medellín
February 24 Junior 1 - 2 Deportivo Cali
Millonarios 1 - 1 Quíndio
Pereira 0 - 0 Tolima
Cúcuta 0 - 1 La Equidad
Pasto 1 - 0 Bucaramanga
Boyacá Chicó 1 - 0 Once Caldas
Huila 2 - 3 Santa Fe
Fixture 6 - February 29 until March 2, 2008
Date Home Score Away
February 29 Medellín 1 - 3 América de Cali
March 1 Deportivo Cali 2 - 1 Atlético Nacional
Bucaramanga 1 - 0 Boyacá Chicó
March 2 Envigado 0 - 1 Pasto
Once Caldas 1 - 1 Huila
Millonarios 3 - 0 Pereira
La Equidad 2 - 0 Junior
Tolima 0 - 0 Cúcuta
Quindío 2 - 1 Santa Fe
Fixture 7 - March 7 until March 9, 2008
Date Home Score Away
March 7 Santa Fe 0 - 1 Once Caldas
March 8 Cúcuta 2 - 1 Millonarios
América de Cali 0 - 1 Deportivo Cali
March 9 Pasto 1 - 1 Medellín
Atlético Nacional 0 - 1 La Equidad
Pereira 2 - 0 Quíndio
Junior 1 - 3 Tolima
Huila 4 - 2 Bucaramanga
Boyacá Chicó 1 - 1 Envigado
Fixture 8 - March 15 & March 16, 2008
Date Home Score Away
March 14 Deportivo Cali 1 - 1 Pasto
March 15 Tolima 1 - 2 Atlético Nacional
Medellín 0 - 0 Boyacá Chicó
March 16 La Equidad 4 - 0 América de Cali
Quíndio 1 - 2 Once Caldas
Envigado 1 - 1 Huila
Millonarios 3 - 1 Junior
Pereira 0 - 2 Cúcuta
Bucaramanga 1 - 2 Santa Fe
Fixture 9 - March 22 & March 23, 2008
Date Home Score Away
March 22 Quindío 4 - 1 Boyacá Chicó
Deportivo Cali 0 - 4 América de Cali
Santa Fe 1 - 1 Millonarios
March 23 Bucaramanga 1 - 1 Cúcuta
Huila 3 - 2 Tolima
Once Caldas 1 - 1 Pereira
Envigado 1 - 0 Junior
La Equidad 1 - 1 Pasto
Medellín 2 - 0 Atlético Nacional
Fixture 10 - March 29 & March 30, 2008
Date Home Score Away
March 29 Huila 1 - 1 Medellín
Atlético Nacional 1 - 1 Millonarios
Santa Fe 3 - 0 Envigado
March 30 Once Caldas 2 - 0 Bucaramanga
Cúcuta 4 - 3 Quindío
Junior 1 - 0 Pereira
América 3 - 1 Tolima
Pasto 1 - 2 La Equidad
Boyacá Chicó 0 - 0 Deportivo Cali
Fixture 11 - April 2, 2008
Date Home Score Away
April 2 La Equidad 2 - 1 Boyacá Chicó
Envigado 2 - 0 Once Caldas
Medellín 2 - 0 Santa Fe
Tolima 1 - 2 Pasto
Millonarios 3 - 1 América de Cali
Deportivo Cali 2 - 1 Huila
Quindío 2 - 0 Bucaramanga
Cúcuta 0 - 0 Junior
Pereira 1 - 0 Atlético Nacional
Fixture 12 - April 5 & April 6, 2008
Date Home Score Away
April 5 Huila 1 - 0 La Equidad
Santa Fe 2 - 0 Deportivo Cali
Boyacá Chicó 7 - 2 Tolima
April 6 Pasto 2 - 0 Millonarios
Atlético Nacional 3 - 1 Cúcuta
Junior 2 - 2 Quindío
América de Cali 4 - 1 Pereira
Bucaramanga 2 - 1 Envigado
Once Caldas 1 - 1 Medellín
Fixture 13 - April 12 & April 13, 2008
Date Home Score Away
April 12 La Equidad 0 - 0 Santa Fe
Deportivo Cali 3 - 0 Once Caldas
Quindío 2 - 2 Envigado
Cúcuta 1 - 1 América de Cali
April 13 Medellín 5 - 0 Bucaramanga
Tolima 2 - 1 Huila
Millonarios 0 - 4 Boyacá Chicó
Pereira 5 - 2 Pasto
Junior 3 - 0 Atlético Nacional
Fixture 14 - April 18 until April 20, 2008
Date Home Score Away
April 18 Envigado 1 - 0 Medellín
April 19 América de Cali 1 - 2 Junior
Atlético Nacional 1 - 0 Quindío
April 20 Boyacá Chicó 3 - 0 Pereira
Huila 3 - 3 Millonarios
Santa Fe 2 - 0 Tolima
Once Caldas 1 - 1 La Equidad
Bucaramanga 4 - 1 Deportivo Cali
Pasto 1 - 0 Cúcuta
Fixture 15 - April 25 until April 27, 2008
Date Home Score Away
April 25 Quindío 1 - 0 Medellín
April 26 Millonarios 0 - 2 Santa Fe
Cúcuta 3 - 0 Boyacá Chicó
April 27 Atlético Nacional 3 - 2 América de Cali
Tolima 4 - 3 Once Caldas
La Equidad 1 - 0 Bucaramanga
Pereira 3 - 3 Huila
Junior 2 - 0 Pasto
Deportivo Cali 2 - 1 Envigado
Fixture 16 - May 3 & May 4, 2008
Date Home Score Away
May 3 América de Cali 3 - 1 Quindío
Boyacá Chicó 2 - 1 Junior
Pasto 0 - 1 Atlético Nacional
May 4 Bucaramanga 1 - 0 Tolima
Huila 1 - 0 Cúcuta
Envigado 0 - 1 La Equidad
Medellín 1 - 1 Deportivo Cali
Santa Fe 1 - 1 Pereira
Once Caldas 0 - 2 Millonarios
Fixture 17 - May 10, 2008
Date Home Score Away
May 10 La Equidad 2 - 1 Medellín
Junior 1 - 0 Atlético Huila
Atlético Nacional 0 - 1 Boyacá Chicó
Cúcuta 2 - 0 Santa Fe
Tolima 1 - 2 Envigado
Quindío 0 - 0 Deportivo Cali
Pereira 3 - 1 Once Caldas
América de Cali 2 - 0 Pasto
Millonarios 1 - 0 Bucaramanga
Fixture 18 - May 18, 2008
Date Home Score Away
May 18 Bucaramanga 3 - 0 Pereira
Huila 1 - 0 Atlético Nacional
Boyacá Chicó 3 - 2 América de Cali
Deportico Cali 1 - 1 La Equidad
Pasto 0 - 2 Quindío
Envigado 1 - 0 Millonarios
Medellín 4 - 1 Tolima
Santa Fe 1 - 2 Junior
Once Caldas 1 - 2 Cúcuta

Cuadrangular playoffs[edit]

The second phase of the 2008 Apertura Tournament is disputed between the best eight teams in the first phase, which are distributed in two groups of four being divided by odd and even numbers. The winners of each group will advance to the Finals to define a champion.

Group A[edit]

Seed Pos Team Pts GP W D L GF GA GD
(7) 1. América 13 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7
(5) 2. Envigado 8 6 2 2 2 8 9 -1
(3) 3. Santa Fe 7 6 2 1 3 6 8 -2
(1) 4. La Equidad 5 6 1 2 3 4 8 -4

Source:[1]
Tiebreak rules: 1)points; 2)goal difference; 3)goals scored

Fixture 1 - May 21, 2008
Home Score Away
La Equidad 0 - 2 América de Cali
Envigado 2 - 0 Santa Fe
Fixture 2 - May 24 and May 25, 2008
Date Home Score Away
May 24 América de Cali 2 - 0 Envigado
May 25 Santa Fe 0 - 1 La Equidad
Fixture 3 - June 8, 2008
Home Score Away
América de Cali 3 - 0 Santa Fe
La Equidad 2 - 2 Envigado
Fixture 4 - June 22, 2008
Home Score Away
Santa Fe 2 - 0 América de Cali
Envigado 1 - 0 La Equidad
Fixture 5 - June 25, 2008
Home Score Away
Envigado 1 - 3 América de Cali
La Equidad 0 - 2 Santa Fe
Fixture 6 - June 29, 2008
Home Score Away
América de Cali 1 - 1 La Equidad
Santa Fe 2 - 2 Envigado

Group B[edit]

Seed Pos Team Pts GP W D L GF GA GD
(2) 1. Boyacá Chicó 10 6 2 4 0 9 7 +2
(4) 2. Independiente Medellín 9 6 2 3 1 10 4 +6
(8) 3. Deportes Quindío 6 6 1 3 2 5 6 -1
(6) 4. Deportivo Cali 5 5 1 2 3 6 13 -7

Source:[1]
Tiebreak rules: 1)points; 2)goal difference; 3)goals scored

Fixture 1 - May 21, 2008
Home Score Away
Quindío 0 - 0 Medellín
Deportivo Cali 2 - 2 Boyacá Chicó
Fixture 2 - May 24 and May 25, 2008
Home Score Away
Medellín 5 - 0 Deportivo Cali
Boyacá Chicó 2 - 1 Quindío
Fixture 3 - June 8, 2008
Home Score Away
Medellín 1 - 1 Boyacá Chicó
Quindío 1 - 1 Deportivo Cali
Fixture 4 - June 22, 2008
Home Score Away
Boyacá Chicó 1 - 1 Medellín
Deportivo Cali 0 - 2 Quindío
Fixture 5 - June 25, 2008
Home Score Away
Deportivo Cali 2 - 1 Medellín
Quindío 1 - 1 Boyacá Chicó
Fixture 6 - June 29, 2008
Home Score Away
Medellín 2 - 0 Quindío
Boyacá Chicó 2 - 1 Deportivo Cali

Finals[edit]

2 July 2008 L1 América 1–1 Boyacá Chicó Cali
N. Salazar 19' Report A. Ramos 41' Stadium: Estadio Pascual Guerrero
Attendance: 40,000
6 July 2008 L2 Boyacá Chicó 1–1
(4–2 p)		 América Tunja
M. Caneo 34' (pen.) Report L. Tejada 82' Stadium: Estadio La Independencia
Penalties
E. Velasquez soccer ball with red X
M. Caneo soccer ball with check mark
O. Diaz soccer ball with check mark
P. Pino soccer ball with check mark
E. Palacios soccer ball with check mark		 A. Berbia soccer ball with red X
J. Gonzalez soccer ball with check mark
O. Restrepo soccer ball with check mark
A. Ramos soccer ball with red X
P. Arango soccer ball with red X


Logo

Champion
Boyacá Chicó
First Title

Top goalscorers[edit]

Pos. Player Team Goals
1 Colombia Ivan Velásquez Quindío 13
Argentina Miguel Caneo Chicó 13
3 Panama Luis Tejada América 12
4 Colombia Carlos Rentería Huila 10
Colombia Léider Preciado Santa Fe 10
Colombia Giovanni Moreno Envigado 10
7 Colombia Roberto Polo Equidad 9
8 Peru Johan Fano Once Caldas 8
Colombia Neider Morantes Envigado 8
10 Colombia Luis Fernando Mosquera Santa Fe 7
Argentina Matías Urbano Cúcuta 7

Source:[2]

Torneo Finalización[edit]

Torneo Finalizacion began on 19 July and ended on 21 December

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportes Tolima 18 10 3 5 22 16 +6 33 Advance to playoffs
2 Junior 18 10 1 7 27 19 +8 31
3 Atletico Nacional 18 9 3 6 20 19 +1 30
4 America de Cali 18 8 5 5 25 17 +8 29
5 Independiente Medellin 18 9 2 7 24 19 +5 29
6 Deportivo Pereira 18 8 5 5 23 20 +3 29
7 La Equidad 18 8 5 5 18 16 +2 29
8 Deportivo Cali 18 9 1 8 30 21 +9 28
9 Millonarios 18 8 4 6 26 18 +8 28
10 Once Caldas 18 7 6 5 20 20 0 27
11 Santa Fe 18 7 5 6 18 15 +3 26
12 Envigado 18 5 6 7 19 19 0 21
13 Deportes Quindio 18 5 6 7 16 22 −6 21
14 Boyaca Chico 18 6 2 10 17 24 −7 20
15 Atletico Bucaramanga 18 4 8 6 13 23 −10 20
16 Deportivo Pasto 18 3 7 8 9 17 −8 16
17 Atletico Huila 18 3 6 9 17 26 −9 15
18 Cucuta Deportivo 18 4 3 11 9 22 −13 15
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: RSSSF


Positions by round[edit]

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
América1351514138101479997109664
Boyacá Chicó69813161615169151617171412121214
Atlético Bucaramanga713111176666447101215131315
Cúcuta Deportivo161618151717181818181818181818181818
Deportivo Cali127269117911875222538
Deportivo Pasto171110101414171314101015161717171716
Envigado1015526781213141513141513141412
La Equidad1117171811151115171712141296387
Huila310991213141115161716151616161617
Junior14614853422336868742
Independiente Medellín151816171818161716111110684225
Millonarios5831142445845338109
Atlético Nacional181413168101281012141211710953
Once Caldas4124435555768131311111110
Deportivo Pereira8212121591378653457496
Quindío936710129101213131191114151513
Santa Fe14732133322234510711
Deportes Tolima211542111111111111
Source: [citation needed]

Cuadrangular Playoffs[edit]

The second phase of the 2008 Finalizacion takes two groups of four teams, divided by even and odd numbers. It is disputed between the best eight teams in the first phase. The winners of each group will advance to the Finals to define a champion. The first tie-breaking criterion is the team's position in the general standings.

Group A[edit]

Seed Pos Team Pts GP W D L GF GA GD
(5) 1. Independiente Medellín 11 6 3 2 1 8 8 0
(1) 2. Deportes Tolima 10 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2
(7) 3. La Equidad 7 6 2 1 3 10 8 +2
(3) 4. Atlético Nacional 4 6 0 4 2 4 8 -4
Fixture 1 - November 22 and 23, 2008
Date Home Score Away
November 22 Medellín 2 - 1 Tolima
November 23 La Equidad 0 - 0 Atlético Nacional
Fixture 2 - November 27, 2008
Date Home Score Away
November 27 Atlético Nacional 1 - 1 Medellín
Tolima 2 - 1 La Equidad
Fixture 3 - November 30, 2008
Date Home Score Away
November 30 La Equidad 2 - 3 Medellín
Atlético Nacional 1 - 1 Tolima
Fixture 4 - December 7, 2008
Date Home Score Away
December 7 Medellín 1 - 0 La Equidad
Tolima 2 - 1 Atlético Nacional
Fixture 5 - December 10, 2008
Date Home Score Away
December 10 Medellín 0 - 0 Atlético Nacional
La Equidad 3 - 1 Tolima
Fixture 6 - December 14, 2008
Date Home Score Away
December 14 Atlético Nacional 1 - 4 La Equidad
Tolima 4 - 1 Medellín

Group B[edit]

Seed Pos Team Pts GP W D L GF GA GD
(4) 1. América de Cali 11 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4
(6) 3. Deportivo Pereira 9 6 3 0 3 9 13 -4
(2) 2. Junior 7 6 2 1 3 9 8 +1
(8) 4. Deportivo Cali 7 6 2 1 3 8 9 -1
Fixture 1 - November 22 and 23, 2008
Date Home Score Away
November 22 Junior 2 - 0 Deportivo Cali
November 23 América 3 - 0 Pereira
Fixture 2 - November 26, 2008
Date Home Score Away
November 26 Deportivo Cali 2 - 2 América
Pereira 3 - 2 Junior
Fixture 3 - November 29, 2008
Date Home Score Away
November 29 Deportivo Cali 3 - 0 Pereira
Junior 1 - 1 América
Fixture 4 - December 6, 2008
Date Home Score Away
December 6 Pereira 3 - 1 Deportivo Cali
América 2 - 0 Junior
Fixture 5 - December 10, 2008
Date Home Score Away
December 10 Junior 3 - 0 Pereira
América 1 - 0 Deportivo Cali
Fixture 6 - December 14, 2008
Date Home Score Away
December 14 Deportivo Cali 2 - 1 Junior
Pereira 3 - 1 América

Finals[edit]

Main article: Final Copa Mustang 2008-II
17 December 2008 L1 Independiente Medellín 0–1 América Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
20:00 (UTC-5) Report Cortés 63' Attendance: 44,642
Referee: Imer Machado
21 December 2008 L2 América 3–1
(4–1 agg.)		 Independiente Medellín Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali
17:30 (UTC-5) G. Ramos 25'
J. Ramos 60' (o.g.)
Córdoba 89'		 Report Álvarez 17' Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Óscar Ruiz
Copa Mustang
2008 II Champion
América
13th Title

Top goalscorers[edit]

Pos. Player Team Goals
1 Colombia Fredy Montero Deportivo Cali
16
2 Colombia Darwin Quintero Deportivo Pereira
13
3 Colombia Teófilo Gutiérrez Junior
12
4 Colombia Milton Rodríguez Millonarios
11
Colombia Adrián Ramos América de Cali
11
6 Colombia Wilson Carpintero La Equidad
10
Colombia Jackson Martinez Independiente Medellin
10
8 Argentina Rodrigo Marangoni Deportes Tolima
9
9 Colombia Jorge Serna Envigado
8

Source:[3]



Overall standings[edit]

Besides the Apertura and Finalizacion champions, the team with the best overall points earned will advance to the 2009 Copa Libertadores Group Stage. The team with the second best overall points will advance to 2009 Copa Libertadores Preliminary Round. The team with the third best overall points average advances to the 2009 Copa Sudamericana, along with the 2008 Copa Colombia champions.

Pos Team Pts GP W D L GS GA GD Qualification
1. América de Cali 87 52 25 12 15 86 58 +28 2009 Copa Libertadores Group Stage
2. Independiente Medellín 78 50 22 12 16 69 48 +22 2009 Copa Libertadores Preliminary round
3. La Equidad 76 48 21 13 14 57 45 +12 2009 Copa Sudamericana first stage
4. Deportivo Cali 64 48 19 10 19 63 64 -1 2009 Copa Sudamericana first stage
5. Independiente Santa Fe 64 42 18 10 14 49 41 +8
6. Boyacá Chicó 64 44 17 13 14 58 52 +6 2009 Copa Libertadores Group stage
7. Junior 62 42 19 5 18 57 50 +7
8. Deportes Tolima 58 42 17 7 18 54 60 -6
9. Envigado 57 42 15 12 15 47 48 -1
10. Deportivo Pereira 54 42 16 9 17 53 66 -13
11. Atlético Nacional 56 42 16 8 18 40 46 -6
12. Millonarios 52 36 14 10 12 49 41 +8
13. Deportes Quindío 52 42 12 16 14 46 50 -4
14. Once Caldas 46 36 12 10 14 40 48 -8
15. Atlético Bucaramanga 45 36 12 9 15 33 47 -14
16. Cúcuta Deportivo 40 36 11 7 18 29 39 -10
17. Atlético Huila 38 36 8 14 14 42 51 -9
18. Deportivo Pasto 35 36 8 11 17 24 41 -17

Relegation[edit]

The team with the worst points average from the last five seasons, (2006-I, 2006-II, 2007-I, 2007-II, 2008-I, and 2008-II) is relegated to the Second Division. The team with the second worst points average played a two-leg promotion playoff with the runner-up team from the Second Division.

Pos Team Pts GP GS GA GD Avg Result
1. Atlético Nacional 183 108 143 104 +39 1.694
2. Cúcuta Deportivo 173 108 138 107 +31 1.602
3. Deportes Tolima 167 108 162 134 +28 1.546
4. Boyacá Chicó 161 108 128 114 +14 1.491
5. Deportivo Cali 160 108 143 120 +23 1.481
6. Independiente Medellín 158 108 149 139 +10 1.463
7. Millonarios 157 108 143 128 +15 1.454
8. Once Caldas 149 108 141 141 0 1.349
9. América de Cali 148 108 147 153 -6 1.370
10. Deportivo Pasto 145 108 122 114 +8 1.343
11. Deportes Quindío 144 108 126 135 -9 1.333
12. La Equidad 143 108 122 122 0 1.324
13. Independiente Santa Fe 143 108 140 146 -6 1.324
14. Atlético Huila 134 108 125 151 -26 1.241
16. Atletico Junior 133 108 128 154 -26 1.231
16. Deportivo Pereira 131 108 116 138 -22 1.213
17. Envigado 128 108 118 132 -14 1.185 Playoff
18. Atlético Bucaramanga 126 108 115 151 -36 1.167 Relegated

Promotion/relegation playoff[edit]

Categoria Primera B runner ups Deportivo Rionegro qualified to the promotion playoff against Envigado, who finished 17th in the relegation table.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportivo Rionegro 1–3 Envigado 1–2 0–1

Envigado wins the playoff, and stays in Primera A. Deportivo Rionegro remain in Primera B.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "ESPNdeportes.com: Fútbol Colombiano". Espndeportes.espn.go.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008.
  2. ^ "Copa Mustang - Goleadores". Copamustang.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008.
  3. ^ "Copa Mustang - Goleadores 2008-II". copamustang.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2008.

External links[edit]

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