Fútbol Profesional Colombiano

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Fútbol Profesional Colombiano is a Colombian football (soccer) league divided into two divisions - Primera A or better known has Copa Mustang and Primera B. Both divisions have 18 teams each.

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[edit] Teams 2007

Primera A

Primera B

[edit] Copa Mustang

The Copa Mustang is the tournament played in the Primera A or first division of Fútbol Profesional Colombiano

[edit] Titles

The team with most Copa Mustang titles is Millionarios with thirteen, although they have not won a title since 1988. América comes in second with twelve titles and Nacional third with eight.

Year Champion
1948 Santa Fe
1949 Millonarios
1950 Once Caldas
1951 Millonarios
1952 Millonarios
1953 Millonarios
1954 Atlético Nacional
1955 Medellín
1956 Quindío
1957 Medellín
1958 Santa Fe
1959 Millonarios
1960 Santa Fe
1961 Millonarios
1962 Millonarios
1963 Millonarios
1964 Millonarios
1965 Deportivo Cali
1966 Santa Fe
1967 Deportivo Cali
1968 Unión Magdalena
1969 Deportivo Cali
1970 Deportivo Cali
1971 Santa Fe
1972 Millonarios
1973 Atlético Nacional
1974 Deportivo Cali
1975 Santa Fe
1976 Atlético Nacional
1977 Junior
1978 Millonarios
1979 América de Cali
1980 Junior
1981 Atlético Nacional
1982 América de Cali
1983 América de Cali
1984 América de Cali
1985 América de Cali
1986 América de Cali
1987 Millonarios
1988 Millonarios
1989 League canceled
1990 América de Cali
1991 Atlético Nacional
1992 América de Cali
1993 Junior
1994 Atlético Nacional
1995 Junior
1996 Deportivo Cali
1997 América de Cali
1998 Deportivo Cali
1999 Atlético Nacional
2000 América de Cali
2001 América de Cali
2002-I América de Cali
2002-II Medellín
2003-I Once Caldas
2003-II Deportes Tolima
2004-I Medellín
2004-II Junior
2005-I Atlético Nacional
2005-II Deportivo Cali
2006-I Deportivo Pasto

[edit] Setup

The Mustang Cup setup is split into two stages, the Apertura or Opening and the Finalización or Closing. The apertura takes place during the first half of the year and the finalización during the second half. The Cup has three stages: the League Stage, the Group Stage, and the Playoff Stage.

[edit] The League Stage

During the league stage eighteen games, with each team playing every other team at least once. The league table is kept like a European league table, one point for ties three points for wins. The top eight teams after eighteen games go on to the group stage.

[edit] The Group Stage

The top eight teams of the league stage are then divided into two groups of four, with teams playing in a double round so that each team plays one home and one away fixture against the other teams in their group. The top team from each group then advances to the Playoff Stage.

[edit] The Playoff Stage - Final

The Playoff stage is two-games, home-and-away playoff. The team with the highest combined score after both games wins. If the game is a tie it proceeds directly to penalties. The away goals rule is not used.

[edit] Stage Controversy

The way the Copa Mustang is set up was changed in 1999. Before the two season and group format was introduced, the Copa Mustang was played during the whole year with the team in first place becoming the winner after all the games are played.

Several famous Colombian coaches have expressed a dislike of the new format and several teams have been in first place throughout the entire league stage while not even reaching the final. Most notoriously America de Cali who went two years and four finalizaciones and aperturas combined leading in first place for the majority of the time and only reached the final once and never won a new title.

[edit] Campeonato Categoria Primera "B"

Campeonato Categoria Primera "B" is the tournament played in the Primera B or the second division of Fútbol Profesional Colombiano The administration of the Dimayor before the evident progress of the Colombian soccer in all its levels worried about the future of Colombian soccer, began carrying out since 1991 the tournament of Second Division "FIRST B" with some given satisfactory results

[edit] Titles

Year Champion
1991 Envigado Fútbol Club
1992 Atlético Huila
1993 Cortuluá
1994 Deportes Tolima
1995 Atlético Bucaramanga
1995/1996 Cúcuta Deportivo
1996/1997 Derportivo Unicosta
1997 Atlético Huila
1998 Deportivo Pasto
1999 Real Cartagena
2000 Deportivo Pereira
2001 Deportes Quindío
2002 Centauros Villavicencio
2003 Bogotá F.C.
2004 Real Cartagena
2005 Cúcuta Deportivo
2006 La Equidad
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