2009 Categoría Primera A season
| Season | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
Apertura: Once Caldas (3rd title) Finalización: Independiente Medellín (5th title) |
| Relegated | Deportivo Pasto |
| Copa Libertadores |
Once Caldas Independiente Medellín Junior |
| Copa Sudamericana |
Deportes Tolima Atlético Huila |
| Matches played | 376 |
| Goals scored | 971 (2.58 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Apertura: Teófilo Gutiérrez (16 goals) Finalización: Jackson Martínez (18 goals) Season: Teófilo Gutiérrez (30 goals) |
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← 2008 2010 → | |
The 2009 Copa Mustang was the 62nd season of Colombia's top-flight football league, the Categoría Primera A. The season is divided into two championships; Torneo Apertura and Torneo Finalización. Each tournament crowned a national champion and qualified to the 2010 Copa Libertadores.
Teams
Torneo Apertura
The Torneo Apertura began on February 6 and ended on June 28. Once Caldas won the tournament for their 3rd national title.
First stage
Standings
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deportes Tolima | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 32 | Cuadrangular Semifinals |
| 2 | Junior | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 31 | |
| 3 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 31 | |
| 4 | Boyacá Chicó | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 30 | |
| 5 | Deportivo Cali | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 29 | |
| 6 | La Equidad | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 29 | |
| 7 | Envigado | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 29 | |
| 8 | Once Caldas | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 28 | |
| 9 | Quindío | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 25 | |
| 10 | Real Cartagena | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 25 | |
| 11 | América | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 24 | |
| 12 | Deportivo Pereira | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 24 | |
| 13 | Huila | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 24 | |
| 14 | Santa Fe | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 21 | |
| 15 | Millonarios | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 17 | |
| 16 | Deportivo Pasto | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 17 | |
| 17 | Atlético Nacional | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 16 | |
| 18 | Independiente Medellín | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 11 |
Updated to games played on May 17, 2009.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
| Home \ Away[1] | AME | HUI | NAC | BOY | CUC | QUI | TOL | CAL | PAS | PER | ENV | DIM | JUN | EQU | MIL | ONC | RCA | SFE |
| América | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |||||||||
| Huila | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |||||||||
| Atlético Nacional | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |||||||||
| Boyacá Chicó | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||||||||
| Cúcuta Deportivo | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |||||||||
| Quindío | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |||||||||
| Deportes Tolima | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |||||||||
| Deportivo Cali | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |||||||||
| Deportivo Pasto | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |||||||||
| Deportivo Pereira | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–5 | 0–1 | |||||||||
| Envigado | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |||||||||
| Independiente Medellín | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |||||||||
| Junior | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | |||||||||
| La Equidad | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |||||||||
| Millonarios | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |||||||||
| Once Caldas | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |||||||||
| Real Cartagena | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |||||||||
| Santa Fe | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Updated to games played on May 17, 2009.
Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Cuadrangular semifinals
The second stage of the Torneo Apertura was a quadrangular semifinal. The eight teams qualified from the first stage were placed into two groups of four. The top-two seeded teams were placed into separate groups, while the other qualified teams were pooled into odd and even seeds and placed into separate groups. Each group played against each other in a double round-robin format. The top team from each group will play each other in the finals.
Group A
Standings
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Once Caldas (A) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 10 |
| 2 | La Equidad | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 |
| 3 | Deportes Tolima | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Boyacá Chicó | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 5 |
Updated to games played on June 21, 2009.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
| Home \ Away[1] | BOY | TOL | EQU | ONC |
| Boyacá Chicó | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | |
| Deportes Tolima | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | |
| La Equidad | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Once Caldas | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
Updated to games played on June 21, 2009.
Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Group B
Standings
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Junior (A) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 9 |
| 2 | Deportivo Cali | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 9 |
| 3 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 |
| 4 | Envigado | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 |
Updated to games played on June 21, 2009.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
| Home \ Away[1] | CUC | CAL | ENV | JUN |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Deportivo Cali | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Envigado | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Junior | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
Updated to games played on June 21, 2009.
Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Finals
First leg
Second leg
| Copa Mustang 2009 I Champion |
|---|
| Once Caldas 3rd Title |
Top-five goalscorers
| Pos | Name | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Teófilo Gutiérrez |
Junior | 16 |
| 2 |  Johan Fano |
Once Caldas | 13 |
| 3 |  Pablo Batalla |
Deportivo Cali | 10 |
 Roberto Gamarra |
Cúcuta Deportivo | 10 | |
| 5 | Wilson Carpintero |
La Equidad | 9 |
| Adrián Ramos |
América | 9 |
Torneo Finalización
The Torneo Finalización began on June 10 and is scheduled to end in December.
First stage
Standings
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Independiente Medellín | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 38 | Cuadrangular Semifinals |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 30 | |
| 3 | Huila | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 30 | |
| 4 | Deportivo Pereira | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 29 | |
| 5 | Deportes Tolima | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 29 | |
| 6 | Junior | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 27 | |
| 7 | Atlético Nacional | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 27 | |
| 8 | Real Cartagena | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 27 | |
| 9 | Millonarios | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 26 | |
| 10 | Deportivo Pasto | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 26 | |
| 11 | Boyacá Chicó | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 24 | |
| 12 | Deportivo Cali | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 22 | |
| 13 | Quindío | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 21 | |
| 14 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 18 | |
| 15 | La Equidad | 18 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 24 | −7 | 17 | |
| 16 | Once Caldas | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 17 | |
| 17 | América | 18 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 13 | |
| 18 | Envigado | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 10 |
Updated to games played on November 15, 2009.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Cuadrangular semifinals
The second stage of the 2009 Copa Mustang II is a quadrangular semifinal. The eight teams qualified teams from the first stage were placed into two groups of four. The top-two seeded teams were placed into separate groups, while the other qualified teams were pooled into odd and even seeds and placed into separate groups. Each group played against each other in a double round-robin format. The top team from each group will play each other in the finals.
Group A
Standings
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Independiente Medellín (A) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 14 |
| 2 | Junior | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 |
| 3 | Deportivo Pereira | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 5 |
| 4 | Real Cartagena | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 4 |
Updated to games played on December 13, 2009.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
| Home \ Away[1] | PER | DIM | JUN | RCA |
| Deportivo Pereira | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| Independiente Medellín | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Junior | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |
| Real Cartagena | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 |
Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Group B
Standings
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huila (A) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 11 |
| 2 | Atlético Nacional | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 |
| 3 | Santa Fe | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 7 |
| 4 | Deportes Tolima | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 5 |
Updated to games played on December 13, 2009.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
| Home \ Away[1] | HUI | NAC | TOL | SFE |
| HUI | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |
| Atlético Nacional | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| Deportes Tolima | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | |
| Santa Fe | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Source: [1]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Finals
First leg
Second leg
| Copa Mustang 2009 II Champion |
|---|
| Independiente Medellín 5th Title |
Top-five goalscorers
| Pos | Name | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackson Martínez |
Independiente Medellín | 18 |
| 2 | Teófilo Gutiérrez |
Junior | 14 |
| 3 | Giovanni Moreno |
Atlético Nacional | 13 |
| 4 | Iván Velásquez |
Atlético Huila | 11 |
| 5 | Sergio Herrera |
Deportivo Cali | 10 |
Relegation
Relegation was determined by an average of the points obtained in the First Stages of the past six tournaments (three seasons). For the purposes of completing the relegation table, the 2007 and 2008 numbers of the 2008 Primera B champion (Real Cartagena) will be the same as the team that finished 16th in this relegation table.
Updated as of games played on November 15, 2009. |
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Relegation/promotion playoff
By finishing 17th in the relegation table, Deportivo Pereira played a playoff against the 2009 Primera B runner-up Atlético Bucaramanga. The team that accumulated the most points over two legs will play in the Primera A for the 2010 season. If there is a tie in points, goal difference would be taken into account, followed by a penalty shootout. Atlético Bucaramanga host the first leg.
| Team #1 | Points | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deportivo Pereira | 6–0 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 2–1 | 3–2 |
Aggregate table
The aggregate table is the sum of all points and results throughout the entire season, including Cuadrangulares and Finals. This table determined the remaining berths for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Junior | 50 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 85 | 59 | +26 | 76 | 2010 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 2 | Deportes Tolima | 48 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 74 | 2010 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage |
| 3 | Independiente Medellín | 44 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 62 | 55 | +7 | 67 | 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage 1 |
| 4 | Huila | 44 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 66 | 2010 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 5 | Once Caldas | 44 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 62 | 61 | +1 | 61 | 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage 1 |
| 6 | Deportivo Cali | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 61 | 56 | +5 | 60 | |
| 7 | Boyacá Chicó | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 59 | |
| 8 | Deportivo Pereira | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 58 | |
| 9 | Santa Fe | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 58 | 2010 Copa Sudamericana First Stage 2 |
| 10 | Real Cartagena | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 58 | 65 | −7 | 56 | |
| 11 | La Equidad | 42 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 55 | |
| 12 | Atlético Nacional | 42 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 53 | |
| 13 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 52 | |
| 14 | Envigado | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 62 | 74 | −12 | 48 | |
| 15 | Quindío | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 46 | |
| 16 | Millonarios | 36 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 43 | |
| 17 | Deportivo Pasto | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 43 | |
| 18 | América | 36 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 37 |
Updated to games played on December 20, 2009.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Once Caldas and Independiente Medellín are qualified as the two tournament champions.
2. As 2009 Copa Colombia champion.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.