2013 Categoría Primera A season

Liga Postobón
Season 2013
Champions Apertura:
Atlético Nacional (12th title)
Clausura:
Atlético Nacional (13th title)
Copa Libertadores Atlético Nacional
Deportivo Cali
Santa Fe
Copa Sudamericana Atlético Nacional (cup winner)
Deportivo Cali (Superliga winner)
Millonarios
Itagüí
2012
2014

The 2013 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2013 Liga Postobón season for sponsorship reasons) is the 66th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Millonarios come in as the defending champions having won the title in the 2012 season.

Format

The format for both the Apertura and Finalización will have an identical format. Each championship will be divided into three stages. The First Stage will be contested on a home-and-away basis, with each team playing the other teams once and playing a regional rival once more. The top eight teams after eighteen rounds will advance to a semifinal round, of two groups of four playing oncemore on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each semifinal group will advance to the final of the tournament and will be played one game as home and another game away. The winner of the final will be declared the tournament champion and will participate in the 2014 Copa Libertadores.

Teams

Team City Stadium 2012 season
Alianza Petrolera Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata Primera B champions
Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid 14th
Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot 8th
Boyacá Chicó Tunja La Independencia 10th
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander 16th
Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario 15th
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro 1st
Deportivo Cali Cali Deportivo Cali 9th
Deportivo Pasto Pasto Departamental Libertad 3rd
Envigado Envigado Polideportivo Sur 12th
Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot 11th
Itagüí Ditaires Itagüí Ciudad de Itagüí 4th
Junior Barranquilla Metropolitano 7th
La Equidad Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 2nd
Millonarios Bogotá Nemesio Camacho 6th
Once Caldas Manizales Palogrande 17th
Patriotas Tunja La Independencia 13th
Santa Fe Bogotá Nemesio Camacho 5th

Torneo Apertura

First Stage

The First Stage will begin on January and will consist of eighteen rounds and a series of regional rivalries on the ninth round. The top eight teams out of this stage will advance to the Semifinals. The first stage will end May.

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Santa Fe 18 9 6 3 32 25 +7 33 Advanced to the Semifinals
2 Atlético Nacional 18 8 8 2 29 22 +7 32
3 Itagüí 18 8 7 3 27 17 +10 31
4 Deportivo Cali 18 7 9 2 31 21 +10 30
5 Deportes Tolima 18 8 5 5 31 23 +8 29
6 Millonarios 18 8 4 6 26 18 +8 28
7 Once Caldas 18 7 7 4 23 17 +6 28
8 Deportivo Pasto 18 6 8 4 21 25 4 26
9 Cúcuta Deportivo 18 6 5 7 23 20 +3 23
10 Independiente Medellín 18 6 5 7 18 18 0 23
11 La Equidad 18 5 7 6 16 15 +1 22
12 Junior 18 6 4 8 24 25 1 22
13 Huila 18 4 8 6 19 23 4 20
14 Alianza Petrolera 18 5 5 8 19 28 9 20
15 Boyacá Chicó 18 4 7 7 27 31 4 19
16 Envigado 18 4 5 9 15 25 10 17
17 Quindío 18 2 7 9 8 24 16 13
18 Patriotas 18 0 11 7 14 26 12 11

Source:[1]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored; 5th away goals against; 6th draw.

Results

Home \ Away[1] AP HUI NACBOYCUCQUITOLCALPASENVDIMITAJUNEQUMILONCPATSFE
Alianza Petrolera 10 31 23 11 12 01 00 11 03
Huila 22 61 32 11 11 00 01 10 11
Atlético Nacional 40 30 10 22 11 21 21 21 33
Boyacá Chicó 21 23 11 30 12 22 20 22 00
Cúcuta Deportivo 11 11 01 20 21 00 30 12 01
Quindío 23 00 00 01 02 01 00 11 00
Deportes Tolima 21 20 40 20 22 30 10 12 22
Deportivo Cali 22 01 11 40 22 20 22 22 21
Deportivo Pasto 21 12 10 11 10 21 11 32 11
Envigado 11 30 01 22 12 11 12 10 02
Independiente Medellín 00 31 11 01 10 10 00 21 22
Itagüí 30 30 00 11 32 03 11 10 40
Junior 21 22 02 12 40 32 00 20 23
La Equidad 01 40 02 30 10 11 00 10 00
Millonarios 12 21 21 10 12 30 31 41 01
Once Caldas 22 20 12 21 12 21 10 20 00
Patriotas 00 11 13 11 11 11 00 11 11
Santa Fe 22 43 32 20 12 31 10 31 13

Source: [2]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

The Semifinal stage began on June 15 and ended on July 7. The eight teams that advanced were sorted into two groups of four teams. The winner of each group advanced to the finals.

Group A

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Santa Fe 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11 Advances to the Finals 1
2 Millonarios 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10
3 Deportivo Cali 6 1 4 1 6 6 0 7
4 Once Caldas 6 1 1 4 8 12 4 4

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd first stage position.

Results

Home \ Away[1] CAL MIL ONCSFE
Deportivo Cali 10 12 11
Millonarios 11 42 21
Once Caldas 11 23 12
Santa Fe 11 10 10

Group B

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Nacional 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10 Advanced to the Finals
2 Itagüí 6 3 0 3 8 9 1 9
3 Deportes Tolima 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8
4 Deportivo Pasto 6 2 1 3 8 9 1 7

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd first stage position.

Results

Home \ Away[1] NAC ITA TOLPAS
Atlético Nacional 12 11 21
Itagüí 12 13 23
Deportes Tolima 12 01 21
Deportivo Pasto 21 01 11

Finals

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Nacional 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Santa Fe 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 1

Source:[3]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Colombia Wilder Medina Santa Fe 12
2 Colombia Edison Toloza Junior 10
3 Colombia Víctor Cortés Itagüí Ditaires 9
4 Colombia Edwards Jiménez Once Caldas 8
Colombia Charles Monsalvo Deportes Tolima 8
Colombia Fredy Montero Millonarios 8

Source: DIMAYOR

Torneo Finalización

First Stage

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Nacional 18 11 4 3 30 12 +18 37 Advanced to the Semifinals
2 Millonarios 18 8 7 3 28 18 +10 31
3 Junior 18 8 6 4 29 24 +5 30
4 Deportivo Cali 18 7 7 4 22 13 +9 28
5 Once Caldas 18 8 4 6 24 17 +7 28
6 Santa Fe 18 7 7 4 24 17 +7 28
7 Deportivo Pasto 18 6 9 3 21 20 +1 27
8 Itagüí 18 8 3 7 20 20 0 27
9 Independiente Medellín 18 6 6 6 24 20 +4 24
10 La Equidad 18 5 8 5 24 21 +3 23
11 Patriotas 18 5 8 5 17 17 0 23
12 Envigado 18 5 7 6 17 22 5 22
13 Deportes Tolima 18 4 9 5 19 23 4 21
14 Huila 18 5 5 8 24 30 6 20
15 Alianza Petrolera 18 4 6 8 14 24 10 18
16 Cúcuta Deportivo 18 4 4 10 19 27 8 16
17 Boyacá Chicó 18 3 6 9 21 29 8 15
18 Quindío 18 4 2 12 10 33 23 14

Results

Home \ Away[1] AP HUI NACBOYCUCQUITOLCALPASENVDIMITAJUNEQUMILONCPATSFE
Alianza Petrolera 12 11 21 02 10 11 12 01 00
Huila 20 23 21 22 11 11 10 21 11
Atlético Nacional 01 12 21 20 20 41 30 00 11
Boyacá Chicó 12 31 31 02 11 11 01 00 02
Cúcuta Deportivo 20 01 01 12 15 01 00 23 10
Quindío 21 03 10 05 12 02 10 21 02
Deportes Tolima 10 11 21 10 11 33 31 11 11
Deportivo Cali 11 21 00 00 11 10 10 11 20
Deportivo Pasto 21 22 11 43 10 11 11 00 41
Envigado 00 22 20 04 11 01 21 11 21
Independiente Medellín 01 40 11 10 11 31 00 21 12
Itagüí 10 04 10 01 10 40 22 04 20
Junior 21 01 11 30 11 01 32 32 10
La Equidad 40 52 00 00 20 22 11 10 11
Millonarios 32 02 20 21 10 40 22 30 00
Once Caldas 11 20 01 30 40 03 11 21 22
Patriotas 21 10 10 30 11 00 02 22 01
Santa Fe 22 34 20 11 21 30 00 10 21

Source: [2]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

The Semifinal stage began on November 16 and will end on December 8th. The eight teams that advanced were sorted into two groups of four teams. The winner of each group will advance to the finals.

Group A

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Nacional 6 5 1 0 13 4 +9 16 Advances to the Finals 1
2 Junior 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10
3 Santa Fe 6 2 0 4 7 11 4 6
4 Itagüí 6 1 0 5 6 14 8 3

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd first stage position.

Results

Home \ Away[1] NAC ITA JUNSFE
Atlético Nacional 32 21 21
Itagüí 04 01 12
Junior 00 41 32
Santa Fe 02 02 21

Group B

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Deportivo Cali 6 5 0 1 13 8 +5 15 Advances to the Finals 1
2 Deportivo Pasto 6 3 0 3 12 12 0 9
3 Millonarios 6 2 0 4 9 12 3 6
4 Once Caldas 6 2 0 4 8 10 2 6

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd first stage position.

Results

Home \ Away[1] CAL MIL ONCPAS
Deportivo Cali 42 10 32
Millonarios 01 31 20
Once Caldas 12 21 31
Deportivo Pasto 32 41 21

Finals

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Nacional 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Deportivo Cali 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 1

Source:[3]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.


Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Colombia Dayro Moreno Millonarios 16
Colombia Luis Carlos Ruiz Junior 16
3 Colombia Wilson Morelo La Equidad 11
4 Colombia Sergio Herrera Once Caldas 10
5 Colombia Luis Páez Atlético Huila 9

Source: DIMAYOR

Relegation

A separate table is kept to determine the teams that get relegated to the Categoría Primera B for the next season. The table includes an average of all first stage games played for the current season and the previous two seasons.

Pos
Team 2011
Pts
2012
Pts
2013
Pts
Total
Pts
Total
Pld
Avg
Relegation
1 Atlético Nacional 55 52 69 176 108 1.63
2 Itagüí Ditaires 54 61 58 173 108 1.602
3 Millonarios 56 57 59 172 108 1.593
4 Deportes Tolima 56 65 50 171 108 1.583
5 Santa Fe 49 52 61 162 108 1.5
6 Junior 50 57 52 159 108 1.472
7 Deportivo Cali 50 49 58 157 108 1.454
8 Once Caldas 65 33 56 154 108 1.426
9 La Equidad 45 61 45 151 108 1.398
10 Deportivo Pasto 41 52 53 146 108 1.352
11 Envigado 60 44 39 143 108 1.324
12 Boyaca Chico 51 49 34 134 108 1.241
13 Independiente Medellín 37 43 47 127 108 1.176
14 Patriotas 42 44 34 120 108 1.111
15 Atlético Huila 39 41 40 120 108 1.111
16 Alianza Petrolera 39 41 38 118 108 1.093
17 Cúcuta Deportivo (R) 41 35 39 115 108 1.065 Relegation/promotion playoff
18 Deportes Quindío (R) 47 40 27 114 108 1.056 Categoría Primera B

Rules for classification: 1st average; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored; 4th away goals scored.

Aggregate table

An aggregate table including all games that a team plays during the year is used to determine First Stage berths to both the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana. The best-placed non-champion will go to the first stage of the 2014 Copa Libertadores and the 2nd and 3rd best-placed non-champions will go to the first stage of the 2014 Copa Sudamericana.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Nacional (C) 52 29 16 7 84 46 +38 103 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage 1, 2
2 Deportivo Cali 50 20 21 9 72 50 +22 81 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage 3
3 Santa Fe 50 21 16 13 70 60 +10 79 2014 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4 Millonarios 48 21 12 15 73 56 +17 75 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5 Itagüí 48 20 10 18 61 60 +1 70
6 Deportivo Pasto 48 17 18 13 62 66 4 69
7 Once Caldas 48 18 12 18 63 56 +7 66
8 Junior 42 17 11 14 63 56 +7 62
9 Deportes Tolima 42 14 16 12 58 53 +5 58
10 Independiente Medellín 36 12 11 13 42 37 +5 47
11 La Equidad 36 10 15 11 40 36 +4 45
12 Huila 36 9 13 14 43 53 10 40
13 Cúcuta Deportivo 36 10 9 17 42 47 5 39
14 Envigado 36 9 12 15 32 47 15 39
15 Alianza Petrolera 36 9 11 16 33 52 19 38
16 Boyacá Chicó 36 7 13 16 48 60 12 34
17 Patriotas 36 5 19 12 31 43 12 34
18 Quindío 36 6 9 21 18 57 39 27

1 Atlético Nacional are qualified for the 2014 Copa Libertadores as the Apertura and Finalización champions.
2 Atlético Nacional are qualified for the 2014 Copa Sudamericana as the 2013 Copa Colombia champion.
3 Deportivo Cali are qualified for the 2014 Copa Sudamericana as the 2014 Superliga Colombiana champion.

References

  1. "Posiciones" [Standings]. DIMAYOR. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Resultados" [Results] (in Spanish). DIMAYOR. Retrieved 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Posiciones" [Positions]. DIMAYOR. Retrieved October 12, 2011.

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