2003 Categoría Primera A season

The 2003 Categoría Primera A season was the 55th season of Colombia's top-flight football league.

Campeonato Apertura

The Campeonato Apertura (officially the 2003 Copa Mustang I for sponsorship reasons) was the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on February 2 and ended on June 8.

First Stage

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Once Caldas	18	10	5	3	26	15	+11	35	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Millonarios	18	8	7	3	23	14	+9	31
3	América de Cali	18	8	7	3	31	23	+8	31
4	Centauros Villavicencio	18	7	8	3	24	21	+3	29
5	Deportivo Cali	18	8	4	6	27	22	+5	28
6	Junior	18	8	4	6	19	17	+2	28
7	Unión Magdalena	18	7	5	6	22	22	0	26
8	Deportivo Pereira	18	7	5	6	22	25	−3	26
9	Atlético Huila	18	6	8	4	22	22	0	26
10	Independiente Medellín	18	7	4	7	29	23	+6	25
11	Atlético Bucaramanga	18	6	7	5	21	20	+1	25
12	Deportes Tolima	18	6	4	8	24	24	0	22
13	Envigado	18	6	4	8	20	23	−3	22
14	Atlético Nacional	18	6	2	10	17	20	−3	20
15	Deportivo Pasto	18	4	7	7	15	18	−3	19
16	Santa Fe	18	5	3	10	15	23	−8	18
17	Cortuluá	18	2	9	7	15	24	−9	15
18	Deportes Quindío	18	3	4	11	13	28	−15	13

Semifinals

The second phase of the tournament consisted of two groups of 4 teams. This was played by the best eight teams from the first phase of the tournament. The winners of each group faced each other in the Finals to define the champion.

Group A

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Once Caldas	6	4	2	0	14	3	+11	14	Advanced to the Finals
2	Deportivo Cali	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11
3	América de Cali	6	2	0	4	6	12	−6	6
4	Unión Magdalena	6	0	2	4	3	13	−10	2

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	AME	CAL	ONC	MAG
América de Cali		0–3	1–3	4–1
Deportivo Cali	3–0		0–3	2–0
Once Caldas	2–0	1–1		4–0
Unión Magdalena	0–1	1–1	1–1

Group B

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Junior	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12	Advanced to the Finals
2	Deportivo Pereira	6	3	0	3	9	7	+2	9
3	Millonarios	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7
4	Centauros Villavicencio	6	2	1	3	5	9	−4	7

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	CEN	PER	JUN	MIL
Centauros Villavicencio		0–3	1–0	3–1
Deportivo Pereira	3–0		0–2	1–0
Junior	1–0	3–1		2–1
Millonarios	1–1	2–1	2–1

Finals

Date	City	Home	Score	Away
June 5	Barranquilla	Junior	0 - 0	Once Caldas
June 8	Manizales	Once Caldas	1 - 0	Atlético Junior
Once Caldas is the champion for winning 1 - 0 on aggregate score

Champion
Once Caldas
Second Title

Campeonato Finalización

The Campeonato Finalización (officially the 2003 Copa Mustang II for sponsorship reasons) was the second tournament of the season. The tournament began on July 13 and ended on December 21.

First Stage

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Cali	18	10	4	4	34	18	+16	34	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Atlético Nacional	18	9	5	4	23	14	+9	32
3	Unión Magdalena	18	9	1	8	20	18	+2	28
4	Independiente Medellín	18	8	4	6	20	15	+5	28
5	Deportivo Pasto	18	8	4	6	20	19	+1	28
6	Deportes Tolima	18	7	6	5	22	17	+5	27
7	Millonarios	18	8	2	8	21	21	0	26
8	Junior	18	7	4	7	24	28	−4	25
9	Deportivo Pereira	18	6	7	5	20	18	+2	25
10	Deportes Quindío	18	6	7	5	21	20	+1	25
11	América de Cali	18	6	7	5	23	23	0	25
12	Atlético Huila	18	6	6	6	23	25	−2	24
13	Santa Fe	18	5	9	4	15	13	+2	24
14	Once Caldas	18	4	6	8	20	26	−6	18
15	Envigado	18	3	9	6	18	21	−3	18
16	Atlético Bucaramanga	18	4	5	9	24	30	−6	17
17	Cortuluá	18	4	5	9	16	26	−10	17
18	Centauros Villavicencio	18	4	5	9	15	27	−12	17

Semifinals

Group A

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Cali	6	3	3	0	10	6	+4	12	Advanced to the Finals
2	Millonarios	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10
3	Unión Magdalena	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9
4	Deportivo Pasto	6	0	1	5	4	11	−7	1

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	CAL	PAS	MIL	MAG
Deportivo Cali		3–1	1–1	2–2
Deportivo Pasto	0–1		1–3	2–2
Millonarios	2–3	1–0		1–0
Unión Magdalena	0–0	1–0	2–1

Group B

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportes Tolima	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advances to the Finals ¹
2	Junior	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
3	Atlético Nacional	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9
4	Independiente Medellín	6	2	0	4	8	10	−2	6

1: Deportes Tolima advanced to the Finals for having scored more away goals than Junior

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	NAC	TOL	DIM	JUN
Atlético Nacional		1–2	4–2	1–0
Deportes Tolima	2–0		1–0	1–1
Independiente Medellín	1–2	2–0		1–0
Junior	1–0	3–2	3–2

Finals

Date	City	Home	Score	Away
December 17	Ibagué	Deportes Tolima	2 - 0	Deportivo Cali
December 21	Cali	Deportivo Cali	3 - 1	Deportes Tolima
Deportes Tolima is the champion for winning 4 - 2 on penalty kicks (3 - 3 on aggregate score)

Champion
Deportes Tolima
First Title

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Categoría Primera A (Liga Águila)
2017 teams	Alianza Petrolera América de Cali Atlético Bucaramanga Atlético Huila Atlético Nacional Cortuluá Deportes Tolima Deportivo Cali Deportivo Pasto Envigado Independiente Medellín Jaguares Junior La Equidad Millonarios Once Caldas Patriotas Rionegro Águilas Santa Fe Tigres
Former teams	Boca Juniors Boyacá Chicó Centauros Villavicencio Cúcuta Deportivo Deportes Quindío Deportivo Barranquilla Deportivo Pereira Deportivo Unicosta Fortaleza Huracán Libertad Once Deportivo Oro Negro Real Cartagena Sporting Uniautónoma Unión Magdalena Universidad
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Associated competitions	Categoría Primera B Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana Copa Libertadores de América Copa Sudamericana
Early competitions	Campeonato Nacional Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá

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