2008 Categoría Primera A season

The 2008 Categoría Primera A season is the 61st season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The first division started on February 1. This season they have the newcomer from the second division Categoría Primera B, Envigado FC, and the relegated team of Real Cartagena.

Torneo Apertura

Standings
Pos Team Pts GP W D L GF GA Dif
1.La Equidad 351810532513+12
2.Boyacá Chicó 32189543019+11
3.Independiente Santa Fe 32189452518+7
4.Independiente Medellín 29188552614+12
5.Envigado 281884620200
6.Deportivo Cali 27187651921-2
7.América de Cali 26188283428+6
8.Deportes Quindío 25186752522+3
9.Cúcuta Deportivo 25187472017+3
10.Atlético Bucaramanga 25188192024-4
11.Millonarios 241866623230
12.Atletico Junior 24187382123-2
13.Atlético Huila 231858525250
14.Atlético Nacional 221871101619-3
15.Once Caldas 19185492028-8
16.Deportivo Pasto 19185491524-9
17.Deportivo Pereira 19185492133-12
18.Deportes Tolima 151843112135-14
Qualified for semifinals.

Schedule
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

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

Group A

R Pos Team Pts GP W D L GF GA Dif
(7)1.América 136411114+7
(5)2.Envigado 8622289-1
(3)3.Santa Fe 7621368-2
(1)4.La Equidad 5612348-4

Last Update: June 24, 2008[1]
R=Classification in second phase; Pts=Points; GP=Games Played; W=Win; D=Tied; L=Lost; GF=Goals Favored; GA=Goals Allowed; DIF=Difference

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

R Pos Team Pts GP W D L GF GA Dif
(2)1.Boyacá Chicó 10624097+2
(4)2.Independiente Medellín 96231104+6
(8)3.Deportes Quindío 6613256-1
(6)4.Deportivo Cali 55123613-7

Last Update: June 24, 2008[1]
R=Classification in second phase; Pts=Points; GP=Games Played; W=Win; D=Tied; L=Lost; GF=Goals Favored; GA=Goals Allowed; DIF=Difference

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

The first and second legs of the final are scheduled to be played on July 2 and July 6, respectively.

Date City Home Score Away
July 2 Cali América 1 - 1 Boyacá Chicó
July 6 Tunja Boyacá Chicó 1 - 1 América
Boyacá Chicó won on penalty kicks 4 - 2


Champion
Boyacá Chicó
First Title

Top scorers

Pos Player Team Goals
1 Ivan Velásquez Quindío 13
Miguel Caneo Chicó 13
3 Luis Tejada América 12
4 Carlos Rentería Huila 10
Léider Preciado Santa Fe 10
Giovanni Moreno Envigado 10
7 Roberto Polo Equidad 9
10 Johan Fano Once Caldas 8
Neider Morantes Envigado 8
12 Luis Fernando Mosquera Santa Fe 7
Matías Urbano Cúcuta 7
Franco Arizala Tolima 7
Diego Álvarez Medellín 7
Dany Santoyo Deportes Quindío 7

Last Updated: June 25, 2008[2]

Torneo Finalización

Standings

Pos Team Pts GP W D L GF GA Dif
1.Deportes Tolima 331810352216+6
2.Junior 311810172719+8
3.Atlético Nacional 30189362019+1
4.América de Cali 29188552517+8
5.Independiente Medellín 29189272419+5
6.Deportivo Pereira 29188552320+3
7.La Equidad 29188551816+2
8.Deportivo Cali 28189183021+9
9.Millonarios 28188462618+8
10.Once Caldas 271876520200
11.Santa Fe 26187561815+3
12.Envigado FC 211856719190
13.Deportes Quindío 21185671622-6
14.Boyacá Chicó 201862101724-7
15.Atlético Bucaramanga 20184861323-10
16.Deportivo Pasto 1618378917-8
17.Atlético Huila 15183691726-8
18.Cúcuta Deportivo 15184311922-13
Qualified for semifinals

Positions by round

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
Updated to match(es) played on 2008-11-15. Source:

Cuadrangular

The second phase of the 2008 Final Tournament takes two groups of four teams. It is disputed between the best eight teams in the first phase, later they are distributed in two groups of four by groups being divided by odd and even numbers. The winners of each group will advance to the Finals to defined a champion. The first tie-breaking criteria is the position in the 2008-II General Standing.

Group A

R Pos Team Pts GP W D L GF GA Dif
(5)1.Independiente Medellín 116321880
(1)2.Deportes Tolima 106312119+2
(7)3.La Equidad 76213108+2
(3)4.Atlético Nacional 4604248-4
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

R Pos Team Pts GP W D L GF GA Dif
(4)1.América de Cali 116321106+4
(6)3.Deportivo Pereira 96303913-4
(2)2.Junior 7621398+1
(8)4.Deportivo Cali 7621389-1
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
Main article: Final Copa Mustang 2008-II
Independiente Medellín0 – 1América
Cortés  63'
Attendance: 44,641
Referee: Imer Machado
América3 – 1Independiente Medellín
G. Ramos  25'
J. Ramos  60' (o.g.)
Córdoba  89'		 Álvarez  17'
Attendance: ~42,000
Referee: Óscar Ruiz
Copa Mustang
2009 II Champion
América
13th Title

Overall standings

Besides the Opening and Closing champions, the team with the best overall points earned will advance to the Preliminary Round of Copa Libertadores 2009. Also, the team with the second best overall points will advance to Copa Sudamericana 2009, along with the Copa Colombia 2008 champions.

  • Updated on December 21, 2008.
Pos Team Pts GP W D L GS GA Dif
1.América de Cali 87522512158658+28
2.Independiente Medellín 78502212166948+22
3.La Equidad 76482113145745+12
4.Deportivo Cali 64481910196364-1
5.Independiente Santa Fe 64421810144941+8
6.Boyacá Chicó 64441713145852+6
7.Junior 6242195185750+7
8.Deportes Tolima 5842177185460-6
9.Envigado FC 57421512154748-1
10.Deportivo Pereira 5442169175366-13
11.Atlético Nacional 5642168184046-6
12.Millonarios 52361410124941+8
13.Deportes Quindío 52421216144650-4
14.Once Caldas 46361210144048-8
15.Atlético Bucaramanga 4536129153347-14
16.Cúcuta Deportivo 4036117182939-10
17.Atlético Huila 3836814144251-9
18.Deportivo Pasto 3536811172441-17
Qualified to Copa Sudamericana 2009.
Qualified to Copa Libertadores 2009.

Pts=Points; P=Played games; GS=Goals scored; GA=Goals against; Diff=Goal Difference; GFV=Goals scored as a visiting team; GAV=Goals received as a visiting team; AVE=Points Average for Relegation

Relegation table

The team with the worst points average from the tournaments 2006-I, 2006-II, 2007-I, 2007-II, 2008-I, and 2008-II, will be relegated to Second Division. At the same time, the team with the second worst points average, will have to play a two-leg promotion playoff with the runner-up team from Second Division, to see which team will be in First Division along with the team that would replace the relegated team.

  • Updated on December 13, 2008
Pos Team PTS GP GS GA Dif PROM
1.Atlético Nacional 183108143104+391.694
2.Cúcuta Deportivo 173108138107+311.602
3.Deportes Tolima 167108162134+281.546
4.Boyacá Chicó 161108128114+141.491
5.Deportivo Cali 160108143120+231.481
6.Independiente Medellín 158108149139+101.463
7.Millonarios 157108143128+151.454
8.Once Caldas 14910814114101.349
9.América de Cali 148108147153-61.370
10.Deportivo Pasto 145108122114+81.343
11.Deportes Quindío 144108126135-91.333
12.La Equidad 14310812212201.324
13.Independiente Santa Fe 143108140146-61.324
14.Atlético Huila 134108125151-261.241
16.Atletico Junior 133108128154-261.231
16.Deportivo Pereira 131108116138-221.213
17.Envigado FC 128108118132-141.185
18.Atlético Bucaramanga 126108115151-361.167
Promotion Play-offs.
Relegated

Pts=Points; GP=Games Played; GS=Goals scored; GA=Goals allowed; Dif=Difference; Prom=Relegation percentage

Division Relegated Team Promoted Team
FPC
Primera B
 Atlético Bucaramanga Real Cartagena

Top goalscorers
Player Team Goals
Fredy Montero Deportivo Cali
16
Darwin Quintero Deportivo Pereira
13
Milton Rodríguez Millonarios
11
Gustavo Adrian Ramos América de Cali
11
Teófilo Gutiérrez Junior
11
Wilson Carpintero La Equidad
10

Stadium
Team Stadium Capacity
JuniorEstadio Metropolitano60,000
Deportivo CaliEstadio Deportivo Cali58,000
Nacional, MedellínEstadio Atanasio Girardot53,000
Millonarios, Santa FeEstadio El Campín48,600
América de CaliEstadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero45,625
Cúcuta DeportivoGeneral Santander Stadium42,901
Once CaldasEstadio Palogrande42,000
Deportes TolimaEstadio Manuel Murillo Toro31,000
Deportivo PereiraEstadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas30,313
Deportes QuindíoEstadio Centenario29,000
Deportivo PastoEstadio Departamental Libertad25,000
A. BucaramangaEstadio Alfonso Lopez25,000
Atlético HuilaEstadio Guillermo Plazas Alcid22,000
La EquidadEstadio Metropolitano de Techo17,000
Envigado F.C.Estadio Polideportivo Sur12,000
Boyacá ChicóEstadio La Independencia8,500

See also

References
  1. "ESPNdeportes.com: Fútbol Colombiano". Espndeportes.espn.go.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
  2. ":: Copa Mustang ::". Copamustang.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-31. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
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