Football league season
Copa Mustang Season 2008 Dates 1 February - 21 December Champions Apertura: Boyacá Chico (1st title) Finalización: America de Cali (13th title) Relegated Atletico Bucaramanga Copa Libertadores America de Cali Independiente Medellín Boyaca ChicoCopa Sudamericana La Equidad Deportivo Cali Top goalscorer Apertura: Ivan Velazquez Finalización: Fredy Montero Biggest home win Boyaca Chico 7-2 Tolima (5 April) Medellin 5-0 Bucaramanga (13 April) Medellin 5-0 Cali (24 May) Biggest away win Deportivo Cali 0-4 America (22 March) Millonarios 0-4 Boyaca Chico (13 April) Highest scoring Boyaca Chico 7-2 Tolima (5 April)
The 2008 Categoría Primera A season was the 61st season of Colombia 's top-flight football league.
The season started on 1 February and ended with the finals on 21 December.
Boyacá Chicó won their first ever title in the Apertura tournament, beating America de Cali 4–2 on penalties. América de Cali won their thirteenth title in the Finalizacion tournament, beating Independiente Medellín 4–1 on aggregate.
18 teams competed this season. Real Cartagena was relegated in the previous season, and were replaced by the 2007 Categoría Primera B champions, Envigado.
Stadia & Locations [ edit ] Team Stadium Capacity Junior Estadio Metropolitano 46,000 Deportivo Cali Estadio Deportivo Cali 52,000 Nacional, Medellín Estadio Atanasio Girardot 41,000 Millonarios, Santa Fe Estadio El Campín 36,000 América de Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero 35,000 Cúcuta Deportivo Estadio General Santander 42,000 Once Caldas Estadio Palogrande 29,000 Deportes Tolima Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro 28,000 Deportivo Pereira Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas 30,000 Deportes Quindío Estadio Centenario 20,000 Deportivo Pasto Estadio Departamental Libertad 19,000 Atletico Bucaramanga Estadio Alfonso Lopez 28,000 Atlético Huila Estadio Guillermo Plazas Alcid 22,000 La Equidad Estadio Metropolitano de Techo 17,000 Envigado Estadio Polideportivo Sur 12,000 Boyacá Chicó Estadio La Independencia 10,000
Torneo Apertura [ edit ] Torneo Apertura began on 1 February and ended on 6 July.
Standings [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 La Equidad 18 10 5 3 25 13 +12 35 Advance to playoffs 2 Boyaca Chico 18 9 5 4 30 19 +11 32 3 Santa Fe 18 9 4 5 25 18 +7 31 4 Independiente Medellin 18 8 5 5 26 14 +12 29 5 Envigado 18 8 4 6 20 20 0 28 6 Deportivo Cali 18 7 6 5 19 21 −2 27 7 America de Cali 18 8 2 8 34 28 +6 26 8 Deportes Quindio 18 6 7 5 25 22 +3 25 9 Cucuta Deportivo 18 7 4 7 20 17 +3 25 10 Atletico Bucaramanga 18 8 1 9 20 24 −4 25 11 Millonarios 18 6 6 6 23 23 0 24 12 Junior 18 7 3 8 21 23 −2 24 13 Atletico Huila 18 5 8 5 25 25 0 23 14 Atletico Nacional 18 7 1 10 16 19 −3 22 15 Once Caldas 18 5 4 9 20 28 −8 19 16 Pasto 18 5 4 9 15 24 −9 19 17 Pereira 18 5 4 9 21 33 −12 19 18 Tolima 18 4 3 11 21 35 −14 15
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RSSSF Schedule [ edit ] 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 playoffs [ edit ] The second phase of the 2008 Apertura Tournament is disputed between the best eight teams in the first phase, which are distributed in two groups of four being divided by odd and even numbers. The winners of each group will advance to the Finals to define a champion.
Group A [ edit ] Seed Pos Team Pts GP W D L GF GA GD (7) 1. América 13 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 (5) 2. Envigado 8 6 2 2 2 8 9 -1 (3) 3. Santa Fe 7 6 2 1 3 6 8 -2 (1) 4. La Equidad 5 6 1 2 3 4 8 -4
Source:[1] Tiebreak rules: 1)points; 2)goal difference; 3)goals scored
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 [ edit ] Source:[1] Tiebreak rules: 1)points; 2)goal difference; 3)goals scored
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
América v Boyacá Chicó
Boyacá Chicó v América
Top goalscorers [ edit ] Source:[2]
Torneo Finalización [ edit ] Torneo Finalizacion began on 19 July and ended on 21 December
Standings [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Deportes Tolima 18 10 3 5 22 16 +6 33 Advance to playoffs 2 Junior 18 10 1 7 27 19 +8 31 3 Atletico Nacional 18 9 3 6 20 19 +1 30 4 America de Cali 18 8 5 5 25 17 +8 29 5 Independiente Medellin 18 9 2 7 24 19 +5 29 6 Deportivo Pereira 18 8 5 5 23 20 +3 29 7 La Equidad 18 8 5 5 18 16 +2 29 8 Deportivo Cali 18 9 1 8 30 21 +9 28 9 Millonarios 18 8 4 6 26 18 +8 28 10 Once Caldas 18 7 6 5 20 20 0 27 11 Santa Fe 18 7 5 6 18 15 +3 26 12 Envigado 18 5 6 7 19 19 0 21 13 Deportes Quindio 18 5 6 7 16 22 −6 21 14 Boyaca Chico 18 6 2 10 17 24 −7 20 15 Atletico Bucaramanga 18 4 8 6 13 23 −10 20 16 Deportivo Pasto 18 3 7 8 9 17 −8 16 17 Atletico Huila 18 3 6 9 17 26 −9 15 18 Cucuta Deportivo 18 4 3 11 9 22 −13 15
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
RSSSF
Positions by round [ edit ] Cuadrangular Playoffs [ edit ] The second phase of the 2008 Finalizacion takes two groups of four teams, divided by even and odd numbers. It is disputed between the best eight teams in the first phase. The winners of each group will advance to the Finals to define a champion. The first tie-breaking criterion is the team's position in the general standings.
Group A [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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
Copa Mustang 2008 II Champion América 13th Title
Top goalscorers [ edit ] Source:[3]
Overall standings [ edit ] Besides the Apertura and Finalizacion champions, the team with the best overall points earned will advance to the 2009 Copa Libertadores Group Stage. The team with the second best overall points will advance to 2009 Copa Libertadores Preliminary Round. The team with the third best overall points average advances to the 2009 Copa Sudamericana , along with the 2008 Copa Colombia champions.
Relegation [ edit ] The team with the worst points average from the last five seasons, (2006-I, 2006-II, 2007-I, 2007-II, 2008-I, and 2008-II) is relegated to the Second Division. The team with the second worst points average played a two-leg promotion playoff with the runner-up team from the Second Division.
Promotion/relegation playoff [ edit ] Categoria Primera B runner ups Deportivo Rionegro qualified to the promotion playoff against Envigado, who finished 17th in the relegation table.
Envigado wins the playoff, and stays in Primera A. Deportivo Rionegro remain in Primera B.
References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
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