Categoría Primera A 2011

Liga Postobón 2011
master	Apertura: Atlético Nacional Finalización: Junior
Copa Libertadores - Group Stage	Atlético Nacional , junior
Copa Libertadores - First Round	Once Caldas
Copa Sudamericana	Millonarios , Envigado FC , Deportes Tolima , La Equidad
Cup winners	Millonarios
Relegation ↓	América de Cali (1: 1 and 1: 1, 3: 4 on perk against Patriotas )
Relegated	Deportivo Pereira , America de Cali
Teams	18th
Games	352 + 2 relegation games
Gates	904  (ø 2.57 per game)
Top scorer	Apertura: Carlos Rentería ( Atlético Nacional ) Finalización: Carlos Bacca ( Junior )
← Categoría Primera A 2010 Categoría Primera A 2012 →
Categoría Primera B 2011 ↓

The Categoría Primera A 2011 was a season consisting of Apertura and Finalización of the highest Colombian league in men's football . The Apertura was the seventy-third and the Finalización the seventy-fourth edition of the Colombian Championship.

Champion Apertura was Atlético Nacional (eleventh title) and master of Finalización was Junior (seventh title). Direct relegated was Deportivo Pereira , while América de Cali had to play the relegation, which was lost to Patriotas on penalties.

mode

Two champions were determined, one for each half series. Every semi-series champion was automatically qualified for the Copa Libertadores . A third place was awarded to the club which, after adding up all the points and goals in phases 1 and 2 of the first and second semi-series championships, was the highest. Should a club win both semi-series championships, the second participant in the Libertadores would be selected using the same procedure as the third participant. Three participants in the Copa Sudamericana were determined according to the same scheme as the third Libertadores participant: the three clubs that were behind this in the overall annual ranking were qualified. A fourth club was determined by the cup competition . A direct relegation to the Categoría Primera B was determined by a separate relegation table, which was determined from the average of the past three seasons. The second last played a relegation against the second in the second division.

Attendees

The following clubs took part in the two half-series of the 2011 season, Apertura and Finalización .

Medellin Envigado Itagüí Barranquilla Cartagena Magangué Tunja Manizales Bogotá Neiva Cúcuta Armenia Ibagué Cali Pereira Cartago Palmira

Venues of the Liga Postobón 2011

team	city	Department	Stadion	first season in Primera A
America de Cali	Cali Palmira	Valle del Cauca	Pascual Guerrero Francisco Rivera Escobar 1	1948
Atlético Huila	Neiva	Huila	Guillermo Plazas Alcid	1993
Atlético Nacional	Medellin	Antioquia	Atanasio Girardot	1948
Boyacá Chicó	Tunja	Boyacá	La Independencia	2004
Cúcuta Deportivo	Cúcuta	North of Santander	General Santander	1950
Deportes Quindío	Armenia	Quindío	Estadio Centenario	1952
Deportes Tolima	Ibagué	Tolima	Manuel Murillo Toro	1955
Deportivo Cali	Cali / Palmira 2	Valle del Cauca	Deportivo Cali Pascual Guerrero 3rd	1948
Deportivo Pereira	Pereira Cartago	Risaralda Valle del Cauca	Hernán Ramírez Villegas Alfonso López 1	1949
Envigado FC	Envigado	Antioquia	Polideportivo Sur	1992
Independiente Medellin	Medellin	Antioquia	Atanasio Girardot	1948
Itagüí Ditaires	Itagüí	Antioquia	Ciudad de Itagüí	2011
Junior	Barranquilla	Atlántico	Metropolitan Roberto Meléndez	1948
La Equidad	Bogotá DC	Bogotá	Metropolitan de Techo	2007
Millonarios	Bogotá DC	Bogotá	El Campín	1948
Once Caldas	Manizales	Caldas	Palogrande	1948
Real Cartagena	Cartagena Magangué	Bolívar	Jaime Morón León Diego de Carvajal 1	1971
Santa Fe	Bogotá DC	Bogotá	El Campín	1948
1Due to renovations for the U-20 World Cup in 2011 , América, Pereira and Cartagena have since moved to other stadiums. 2 Deportivo Cali is based in Cali, but the Estadio Deportivo Cali is located in the neighboring city of Palmira. 3 In the back series 2011 Deportivo Cali played due to renovation work at the Estadio Deportivo Cali in the Pascual Guerrero.

Aperture

In the first phase, all 18 teams played against each other in league mode, in addition there was a game day with Clásicos , where games with a derby character were played. The first eight teams qualified for the quarter-finals, followed by the semi-finals and finals.

League phase

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Once Caldas (M)	18th	11	3	4th	032:170	+15	36
2.	Deportes Tolima	18th	10	4th	4th	035:210	+14	34
3.	Atlético Nacional	18th	10	3	5	033:270	+6	33
4th	Envigado FC	18th	8th	8th	2	030:210	+9	32
5.	La Equidad	18th	8th	5	5	023:140	+9	29
6th	Millonarios	18th	8th	4th	6th	031:230	+8	28
7th	Deportivo Cali (P)	18th	8th	3	7th	021:220	−1	27
8th.	Cúcuta Deportivo	18th	6th	8th	4th	022:190	+3	26th
9.	Boyacá Chicó	18th	8th	1	9	025:240	+1	25th
10.	Deportes Quindío	18th	7th	4th	7th	022:290	−7	25th
11.	Itagüí Ditaires (N)	18th	6th	6th	6th	024:230	+1	24
12.	America de Cali	18th	7th	3	8th	021:250	−4	24
13.	Real Cartagena	18th	6th	5	7th	024:250	−1	23
14th	Santa Fe	18th	5	6th	7th	018:220	−4	21st
15th	Junior	18th	5	4th	9	019:280	−9	19th
16.	Atlético Huila	18th	4th	5	9	025:360	−11	17th
17th	Independiente Medellin	18th	4th	3	11	07:30 p.m.0	−11	15th
18th	Deportivo Pereira	18th	1	5	12	016:340	−18	08th

	Participation in the quarter-finals
(M)	Master Finalización 2010: Once Caldas
(N)	Newcomers from the Categoría Primera B 2010 : Itagüí Ditaires
(P)	Cup winner 2010: Deportivo Cali

Final round

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals took place from May 26th to 31st, 2011.

Team # 1	total	Team # 2	First leg	Return leg
Millonarios	1: 1 (5: 4 iE)	Once Caldas	1-0	0: 1
La Equidad	2: 1	Envigado FC	1-0	1: 1
Cúcuta Deportivo	2: 4	Deportes Tolima	1: 3	1: 1
Deportivo Cali	2: 2 (1: 4 iE)	Atlético Nacional	1-0	1: 2

Team # 1 played their first game at home.

Semifinals

The semi-finals were played from June 4-8, 2011.

Team # 1	total	Team # 2	First leg	Return leg
Millonarios	3: 4	La Equidad	2: 2	1: 2
Atlético Nacional	3: 2	Deportes Tolima	3: 1	0: 1

Team # 1 played their first game at home.

final

06/12/2011	Bogotá	La Equidad	-	Atlético Nacional	2: 1 (1: 1)
06/18/2011	Medellin	Atlético Nacional	-	La Equidad	2: 1 (1: 0), 3: 2 i. E.
This made Atlético Nacional Master of Apertura.

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

Pl.	player	team	Gates
1.	Carlos Rentería	Atlético Nacional	12
2.	Edison Toloza	Millonarios	11
3.	Dorlan Pabón	Atlético Nacional	10
	Wason Rentería	Once Caldas
5.	Wild medina	Deportes Tolima	09
6th	Diego Álvarez Sánchez	Deportivo Cali	08th
	Carlos Bacca	Junior
	Neider Morantes	Envigado FC
9.	Juan Fernando Caicedo	Deportes Quindío	06th
	Jorge Emanuel Molina	Real Cartagena
	Luis Fernando Mosquera	Independiente Medellin
	Óscar Rodas	Santa Fe

Finalización

In the first phase, all 18 teams played against each other in league mode, in addition there was a game day with Clásicos , where games with a derby character were played. The first eight teams qualified for the quarter-finals, followed by the semi-finals and finals.

League phase

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Junior	18th	8th	7th	3	028:220	+6	31
2.	Itagüí Ditaires (N)	18th	8th	6th	4th	024:180	+6	30th
3.	Once Caldas	18th	8th	5	5	034:230	+11	29
4th	Millonarios	18th	8th	4th	6th	021:170	+4	28
5.	Santa Fe	18th	8th	4th	6th	022:190	+3	28
6th	Envigado FC	18th	8th	4th	6th	020:180	+2	28
7th	Boyacá Chicó	18th	6th	9	3	019:160	+3	27
8th.	America de Cali	18th	7th	4th	7th	022:240	−2	25th
9.	Deportes Quindío	18th	7th	4th	7th	023:260	−3	25th
10.	Deportivo Pereira	18th	5	9	4th	023:160	+7	24
11.	Deportivo Cali (P)	18th	6th	5	7th	015:200	−5	23
12.	Atlético Nacional (M)	18th	5	7th	6th	024:230	+1	22nd
13.	Independiente Medellin	18th	6th	4th	8th	026:280	−2	22nd
14th	Atlético Huila	18th	6th	4th	8th	020:220	−2	22nd
15th	Deportes Tolima	18th	6th	4th	8th	021:250	−4	22nd
16.	Real Cartagena	18th	5	4th	9	021:250	−4	19th
17th	La Equidad	18th	3	7th	8th	012:220	−10	16
18th	Cúcuta Deportivo	18th	2	9	7th	017:280	−11	15th

	Participation in the quarter-finals
(M)	Master Apertura 2011: Atlético Nacional
(N)	Newcomers from the Categoría Primera B 2010 : Itagüí Ditaires
(P)	Cup winner 2010: Deportivo Cali

Final round

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals took place from December 3rd to 8th, 2011.

Team # 1	total	Team # 2	First leg	Return leg
Boyacá Chicó	2: 2	Junior	0: 0 1	2: 2
Envigado FC	3: 3 (6: 7 iE)	Millonarios	2: 1	1: 2
Santa Fe	4: 2	Itagüí Ditaires	3: 2	1-0
America de Cali	0: 2	Once Caldas	0-0	0: 2
1The game was canceled. Junior was awarded one point, Boyacá Chicó received zero points.

Team # 1 played their first game at home.

Semifinals

The semi-finals were played from December 11th to 15th, 2011.

Team # 1	total	Team # 2	First leg	Return leg
Millonarios	3: 3 (4: 5 iE)	Junior	3-0	0: 3
Once Caldas	3: 2	Santa Fe	1: 1	2: 1

Team # 1 played their first game at home.

final

December 18, 2011	Barranquilla	Junior	-	Once Caldas	3: 2 (1: 2)
December 21, 2011	Manizales	Once Caldas	-	Junior	2: 1 (1: 0), 2: 4 i. E.
With this Junior became Master of the Finalización.

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

Pl.	player	team	Gates
1.	Carlos Bacca	Junior	12
2.	German Cano	Deportivo Pereira	10
	John Pajoy	Once Caldas
	Lionard Pajoy	Itagüí Ditaires
5.	Edison Toloza	Millonarios	09
6th	Luis Fernando Mosquera	Independiente Medellin	08th
	Hámilton Ricard	Deportes Quindío
8th.	Jairo Castillo	America de Cali	07th
	Jaime Castrillón	Independiente Medellin
	Víctor Cortés	Junior
	Jefferson Cuero	Once Caldas
	Dorlan Pabón	Atlético Nacional
	Óscar Rodas	Santa Fe

Overall table

For the Reclasificación , all games of the 2011 season, both the league phase and the final round, are added up in order to determine the other participants in addition to the respective champions of the semi-series in the continental competitions.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Once Caldas	44	23	10	11	076:470	+29	79
2.	Millonarios	44	19th	9	16	062:510	+11	66
3.	Envigado FC	40	17th	13	10	054:440	+10	64
4th	Atlético Nacional	42	18th	10	14th	065:570	+8	64
5.	Deportes Tolima	40	18th	9	13	062:510	+11	63
6th	Junior	42	15th	13	14th	056:590	−3	58
7th	La Equidad	42	14th	14th	14th	044:430	+1	56
8th.	Santa Fe	40	15th	11	14th	046:460	± 0	56
9.	Itagüí Ditaires	38	14th	12	12	050:450	+5	54
10.	Boyacá Chicó	38	14th	12	12	046:420	+4	54
11.	Deportivo Cali	38	15th	8th	15th	038:460	−8	53
12.	America de Cali	38	14th	8th	16	045:510	−6	50
13.	Deportes Quindío	36	14th	8th	14th	045:550	−10	50
14th	Real Cartagena	36	11	9	16	045:500	−5	42
15th	Cúcuta Deportivo	38	8th	18th	12	041:510	−10	42
16.	Atlético Huila	36	10	9	17th	045:580	−13	39
17th	Independiente Medellin	36	10	7th	19th	045:580	−13	37
18th	Deportivo Pereira	36	6th	14th	16	039:500	−11	32

	Participation in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores 2012 : Atlético Nacional (Master Apertura) and Junior (Master Finalización)
	Participation in the qualification for the Copa Libertadores 2012 : Once Caldas
	Participation in the Copa Sudamericana 2012 : Envigado FC, Deportes Tolima, La Equidad and Millonarios (cup winners)

Relegation table

For the relegation table, the series back and forth in 2009, 2010 and 2011 are added together. The total number of points is divided by the number of games played in the league phase and extrapolated. Direct relegated was Deportivo Pereira , while América de Cali had to play the relegation against the second in the Categoría Primera B , Patriotas .

Pl.	society	Sp.	T	GT	Diff.	Pt.	Prom.
18th	Deportivo Pereira	108	121	134	−13	112	1,037
17th	America de Cali	108	132	150	−18	127	1,176
16.	Itagüí Ditaires	108	135	142	0−7	132	1,222
15th	Envigado FC	108	149	167	−18	134	1,241
14th	Cúcuta Deportivo	108	108	120	−12	135	1,250
13.	Real Cartagena	108	139	159	−20	137	1,269
12.	Deportes Quindío	108	123	151	−28	140	1,278
11.	Millonarios	108	139	139	0+5	141	1,296
10.	Independiente Medellin	108	143	144	0−1	143	1,324
9.	Atlético Huila	108	151	158	0−7	147	1,361
8th.	La Equidad	108	124	126	0−2	150	1,389
7th	Boyacá Chicó	108	141	143	0−2	156	1,444
6th	Junior	108	161	138	+23	156	1,444
5.	Deportivo Cali	108	148	136	+12	157	1,454
4th	Atlético Nacional	108	147	141	0+6	159	1,472
3.	Santa Fe	108	142	126	+16	165	1,528
2.	Once Caldas	108	178	143	+35	171	1,583
1.	Deportes Tolima	108	173	122	+51	187	1,731

	Participation in the relegation games against the runner-up in the Categoría Primera B: Cúcuta Deportivo
	Relegation to the Categoría Primera B : Real Cartagena

Relegation

12/11/2011	Tunja	Patriotas	-	America de Cali	1: 1
December 17, 2011	Cali	America de Cali	-	Patriotas	1: 1 , 3: 4 i. E.

América de Cali lost the relegation on penalties against Patriotas and had to relegate to the second division for the first time in the club's history.

Web links

• Official website of the Dimayor
• Official website of the Liga Postobón