Categoría Primera A 2013

Liga Postobón 2013
master	Apertura: Atlético Nacional Finalización: Atlético Nacional
Copa Libertadores - Group Stage	Atlético Nacional , Deportivo Cali
Copa Libertadores - First Round	Santa Fe
Copa Sudamericana	Atlético Nacional , Millonarios , Itagüí FC , Deportivo Cali
Cup winners	Atlético Nacional
Relegation ↓	Cúcuta Deportivo (0-2 and 1-0 against Fortaleza FC )
Relegated	Deportes Quindío , Cúcuta Deportivo
Teams	18th
Games	376 + 2 relegation games  (376 played)
Gates	935  (ø 2.49 per game)
Top scorer	Apertura: Wilder Medina ( Millonarios ) Finalización: Dayro Moreno (Millonarios) and Luis Carlos Ruiz ( Junior )
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Categoría Primera B 2013 ↓

The Categoría Primera A 2013 was a season consisting of Apertura and Finalización of the highest Colombian league in men's football . The Apertura was the seventy-seventh and the Finalización the seventy-eighth edition of the Colombian Championship.

Master of the Apertura and the Finalización was Atlético Nacional (twelfth and 13th titles). Direct relegated was Deportes Quindío , while Cúcuta Deportivo had to play the relegation, which was lost to Fortaleza FC .

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 from phases 1 and 2 of the first and second semi-series championships, has the highest position. Since one club was able to win both semi-series championships, the second participant in the Libertadores was selected using the same procedure as the third participant. Two participants in the Copa Sudamericana were determined according to the same scheme as the third Libertadores participant: the two clubs that were behind this in the overall annual ranking were qualified. A third club was determined by the cup competition and a fourth by the Superliga de Colombia .

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 2013 season, Apertura and Finalización .

Medellin Envigado Itagüí Barranquilla Floridablanca Yopal Tunja Manizales Bogotá Neiva Cúcuta Armenia Ibagué Cali Palmira Pasto

Venues of the Liga Postobón 2013

team	city	Department	Stadion	first season in Primera A
Alianza Petrolera	Yopal 1 Floridablanca 1	Casanare Santander	Atalayas Gomez Hurtado	2013
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 Pasto	Pasto	Nariño	Departamental Libertad	1999
Envigado FC	Envigado	Antioquia	Polideportivo Sur	1992
Independiente Medellin	Medellin	Antioquia	Atanasio Girardot	1948
Itagüí FC	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	Estadio El Campín	1948
Once Caldas	Manizales	Caldas	Palogrande	1948
Patriotas	Tunja	Boyacá	La Independencia	2012
Santa Fe	Bogotá DC	Bogotá	Estadio El Campín	1948
1Alianza Petrolera is located in Barrancabermeja . The stadium was rebuilt, so the club played the Apertura in Yopal and the Finalización in Floridablanca. 2 Deportivo Cali is based in Cali, but the Estadio Deportivo Cali is located in the neighboring city of Palmira. 3 From the middle of the return series, Deportivo Cali played its home games at Pascual Guerrero due to renovation work on its own stadium.

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 two semi-final groups. In the second phase, four teams each played in two groups with home and away games from two finalists who determined the champions.

League phase

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Santa Fe	18th	9	6th	3	032:250	+7	33
2.	Atlético Nacional (P)	18th	8th	8th	2	029:220	+7	32
3.	Itagüí FC	18th	8th	7th	3	027:170	+10	31
4th	Deportivo Cali	18th	7th	9	2	031:210	+10	30th
5.	Deportes Tolima	18th	8th	5	5	031:230	+8	29
6th	Millonarios (M)	18th	8th	4th	6th	026:180	+8	28
7th	Once Caldas	18th	6th	8th	4th	023:170	+6	26th
8th.	Deportivo Pasto	18th	6th	8th	4th	021:250	−4	26th
9.	Cúcuta Deportivo	18th	6th	5	7th	023:200	+3	23
10.	Independiente Medellin	18th	6th	5	7th	018:180	± 0	23
11.	La Equidad	18th	5	7th	6th	016:150	+1	22nd
12.	Junior	18th	6th	4th	8th	024:250	−1	22nd
13.	Atlético Huila	18th	4th	8th	6th	019:230	−4	20th
14th	Alianza Petrolera (N)	18th	5	5	8th	019:280	−9	20th
15th	Boyacá Chicó	18th	4th	7th	7th	027:310	−4	19th
16.	Envigado FC	18th	4th	5	9	015:250	−10	17th
17th	Deportes Quindío	18th	2	7th	9	008:240	−16	13
18th	Patriotas	18th	0	11	7th	014:260	−12	11

	Participation in the semi-final groups
(M)	Master Finalización 2012: Millonarios
(N)	Newcomer from the Categoría Primera B 2012 : Alianza Petrolera
(P)	Cup winner 2012: Atlético Nacional

Semi-final phase

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Santa Fe	6th	3	2	1	007: 500	+2	11
2.	Millonarios	6th	3	1	2	010: 800	+2	10
3.	Deportivo Cali	6th	1	4th	1	006: 600	± 0	07th
4th	Once Caldas	6th	1	1	4th	008:120	−4	04th

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Atlético Nacional	6th	3	1	2	009: 800	+1	10
2.	Itagüí FC	6th	3	0	3	008: 900	−1	09
3.	Deportes Tolima	6th	2	2	2	008: 700	+1	08th
4th	Deportivo Pasto	6th	2	1	3	008: 900	−1	07th

final

07/14/2013	Medellin	Atlético Nacional	-	Santa Fe	0-0
07/17/2013	Bogotá	Santa Fe	-	Atlético Nacional	0: 2 (0: 1)
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.	Wild medina	Santa Fe	12
2.	Edison Toloza	Junior	10
3.	Víctor Cortés	Itagüí FC	08th
	Edwards Jiménez	Once Caldas
	Fredy Montero	Millonarios
6th	German Cano	Independiente Medellin	07th
	Vladimir Marín Ríos	Deportivo Cali
	Mauricio Mina	Deportivo Pasto
	Charles Monsalvo	Deportes Tolima

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 two semi-final groups. In the second phase, four teams each played in two groups with home and away games from two finalists who determined the champions.

League phase

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Atlético Nacional (M, P)	18th	11	4th	3	029:120	+17	37
2.	Millonarios	18th	8th	7th	3	028:180	+10	31
3.	Junior	18th	8th	6th	4th	029:240	+5	30th
4th	Deportivo Cali	18th	7th	7th	4th	021:120	+9	28
5.	Santa Fe	18th	7th	7th	4th	026:220	+4	28
6th	Once Caldas	18th	8th	4th	6th	021:190	+2	28
7th	Deportivo Pasto	18th	6th	9	3	023:170	+6	27
8th.	Itagüí FC	18th	8th	3	7th	022:160	+6	27
9.	Independiente Medellin	18th	6th	6th	6th	019:200	−1	24
10.	La Equidad	18th	5	8th	5	023:180	+5	23
11.	Patriotas	18th	5	8th	5	017:160	+1	23
12.	Envigado FC	18th	5	7th	6th	016:210	−5	22nd
13.	Deportes Tolima	18th	4th	9	5	016:220	−6	21st
14th	Atlético Huila	18th	5	5	8th	014:240	−10	20th
15th	Alianza Petrolera (N)	18th	4th	6th	8th	020:270	−7	18th
16.	Cúcuta Deportivo	18th	4th	4th	10	019:270	−8	16
17th	Boyacá Chicó	18th	3	6th	9	021:290	−8	15th
18th	Deportes Quindío	18th	4th	2	12	010:330	−23	14th

	Participation in the semi-final groups
(M, P)	Champion Apertura 2013 and Cup winner 2012: Atlético Nacional
(N)	Newcomer from the Categoría Primera B 2012: Alianza Petrolera

Semi-final phase

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Atlético Nacional	6th	5	1	0	013: 400	+9	16
2.	Junior	6th	3	1	2	010: 700	+3	10
3.	Santa Fe	6th	2	0	4th	007:110	−4	06th
4th	Itagüí FC	6th	1	0	5	006:140	−8	03

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Deportivo Cali	6th	5	0	1	013: 800	+5	15th
2.	Deportivo Pasto	6th	3	0	3	012:120	± 0	09
3.	Millonarios	6th	2	0	4th	009:120	−3	06 2
4th	Once Caldas	6th	2	0	4th	008:100	−2	06 2

² In the event of a tie, the table position of the league phase is decisive.

final

Atlético Nacional won the final for the championship in the Finalización. After a goalless draw in the first leg in Cali, the club won the home game 2-0, becoming the Colombian champions for the second time in 2013.

First leg

pairing	Deportivo Cali - Atlético Nacional
Result	0-0
date	December 11, 2013 at 8:30 p.m. ( UTC-5 )
Stadion	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero , Cali
spectator	28,168
referee	Wilson Lamouroux
Gates	no
Deportivo Cali	Faryd Mondragón , Yerson Candelo , Fainer Torijano , Luis Antonio Calderón , Vladimir Marín , Andrés Pérez , Carlos Lizarazo , Jhon Viáfara , Néstor Camacho (from 90th Gerson Vidal ), Carlos Rivas (from 65th Harrison Mojica ), Sergio Romero Trainer: Leonel Álvarez
Atlético Nacional	Neco Martínez , Alexis Henríquez , Óscar Murillo , Francisco Nájera , Sherman Cárdenas (from 63rd Jhon Edwar Valoy ), Farid Díaz , Alexander Mejía (from 74th Diego Arias ), Alejandro Bernal , Daniel Bocanegra , Wilder Guisao (from 82nd Orlando Berrío ), Jefferson Duque Coach: Juan Carlos Osorio
yellow cards	Néstor Camacho, Jhon Viáfara, Andrés Pérez - Alexander Mejía, Farid Díaz, Francisco Nájera, Alexis Henríquez

Return leg

pairing	Atlético Nacional - Deportivo Cali
Result	2-0
date	December 15, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. ( UTC-5 )
Stadion	Estadio Atanasio Girardot , Medellín
spectator	44,635
referee	Ímer Machado
Gates	1-0 Néstor Camacho (17th, ET ) 2-0 Jefferson Duque (62nd)
Atlético Nacional	Neco Martínez , Diego Peralta , Stefan Medina , Óscar Murillo , Sherman Cárdenas , Juan David Valencia (from 60th Farid Díaz ), Alejandro Bernal (from 77th Diego Arias ), Jhon Edwar Valoy , Daniel Bocanegra , Orlando Berrío (from 70th century Pajoy ), Jefferson Duque Trainer: Juan Carlos Osorio
Deportivo Cali	Faryd Mondragón , Víctor Giraldo (from 63 Carlos Rivas ), Yerson Candelo , Fainer Torijano , Luis Antonio Calderón , Vladimir Marín , Andrés Pérez , Carlos Lizarazo , Jhon Viáfara (from 73 Diego Amaya ), Néstor Camacho (from 71 Harrison Mojica ), Sergio Romero Coach: Leonel Álvarez
yellow cards	Juan David Valencia, Alejandro Bernal, Jefferson Duque, Neco Martínez - Jhon Viáfara

List of goalscorers

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

Pl.	player	team	Gates
1.	Dayro Moreno	Millonarios	16
	Luis Carlos Ruiz	Junior
3.	Wilson Morelo	La Equidad	11
4th	Sergio Herrera	Once Caldas	10
5.	Luis Páez	Atlético Huila	09
6th	German Cano	Independiente Medellin	08th
	Julián Lalinde	Deportivo Pasto
	Yessi Mena	Itagüí FC
9.	Jefferson Duque	Atlético Nacional	07th
	Jorge Ramírez	Deportivo Pasto
	Sergio Romero Méndez	Deportivo Cali
	Wason Rentería	Millonarios

Overall table

For the Reclasificación , all games of the 2013 season, both the league and the semi-finals as well as the finals, were 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.	Atlético Nacional	52	29	16	7th	084:460	+38	103
2.	Deportivo Cali	50	20th	21st	9	072:500	+22	81
3.	Santa Fe	50	21st	16	13	070:600	+10	79
4th	Millonarios	48	21st	12	15th	073:560	+17	75
5.	Itagüí FC	48	20th	10	18th	061:600	+1	70
6th	Deportivo Pasto	48	17th	18th	13	062:660	−4	69
7th	Once Caldas	48	18th	12	18th	063:560	+7	66
8th.	Junior	42	17th	11	14th	063:560	+7	62
9.	Deportes Tolima	42	14th	16	12	058:530	+5	58
10.	Independiente Medellin	36	12	11	13	042:370	+5	47
11.	La Equidad	36	10	15th	11	040:360	+4	45
12.	Atlético Huila	36	9	13	14th	043:530	−10	40
13.	Cúcuta Deportivo	36	10	9	17th	042:470	−5	39
14th	Envigado FC	36	9	12	15th	032:470	−15	39
15th	Alianza Petrolera	36	9	11	16	033:520	−19	38
16.	Boyacá Chicó	36	7th	13	16	048:600	−12	34
17th	Patriotas	36	5	19th	12	031:430	−12	34
18th	Deportes Quindío	36	6th	9	21st	018:570	−39	27

	Participation in the Copa Libertadores 2014 and the Copa Sudamericana 2014 : Atlético Nacional (Master Apertura and Master Finalización as well as cup winners) and Deportivo Cali (second in the overall table and winner of the Superliga de Colombia)
	Participation in the Copa Libertadores 2014 : Santa Fe
	Participation in the Copa Sudamericana 2014 : Millonarios and Itagüí FC

Relegation table

For the relegation table, the series back and forth in 2011, 2012 and 2013 are added together. The total number of points is divided by the number of games played in the league phase and extrapolated to ensure equal opportunities for those who have been promoted over the past few years. Direct relegated is Deportes Quindío , while Cúcuta Deportivo had to play the relegation against the second in the Categoría Primera B , Fortaleza FC .

Pl.	society	Sp.	T	GT	Diff.	Pt.	Prom.
18th	Deportes Quindío	108	103	166	−63	114	1,055
17th	Cúcuta Deportivo	108	115	151	−36	115	1,064
16.	Alianza Petrolera	108	113	158	−45	118	1,092
15th	Atlético Huila	108	123	159	−36	120	1,111
14th	Patriotas	108	106	138	−32	120	1,111
13.	Independiente Medellin	108	127	138	−11	127	1,175
12.	Boyacá Chicó	108	137	144	0−7	134	1,240
11.	Envigado FC	108	120	128	0−8	143	1,324
10.	Deportivo Pasto	108	127	130	0−3	146	1,351
9.	La Equidad	108	120	105	+15	151	1,398
8th.	Once Caldas	108	154	127	+27	154	1,425
7th	Deportivo Cali	108	129	118	+11	157	1,453
6th	Junior	108	155	137	+18	159	1,472
5.	Santa Fe	108	143	124	+19	162	1,500
4th	Deportes Tolima	108	161	127	+34	171	1,583
3.	Millonarios	108	153	108	+45	172	1,592
2.	Itagüí FC	108	143	108	+35	173	1,601
1.	Atlético Nacional	108	166	118	+48	176	1,629

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

Relegation

December 7, 2013	Bogotá	Fortaleza FC	-	Cúcuta Deportivo	2: 0 (1: 0)
12/11/2013	Cúcuta	Cúcuta Deportivo	-	Fortaleza FC	1: 0 (1: 0)

Fortaleza FC won the first leg 2-0 against Cúcuta Deportivo. Cúcuta could not catch up with this result in the second leg and was relegated to the second division. Fortaleza will play in the Colombian first division for the first time in 2014.

Web links

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