2013 Categoría Primera A season

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The 2013

Millonarios came in as the defending champions having won the title in the 2012 Finalización
.

Format

Both the Apertura and Finalización had an identical format. Each championship was divided into three stages. The First Stage was 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 advanced to a semifinal round, of two groups of four playing once more on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each semifinal group advanced to the final of the tournament, which was played as a double-legged series. The winner of the final was declared the tournament champion and participated in the 2014 Copa Libertadores.

Teams

Santa Fe
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Locations of the 2013 Primera A 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
 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 began in January and consisted of eighteen rounds and a series of regional rivalries on the ninth round. The top eight teams out of this stage advanced to the Semifinals. The first stage ended in May.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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 Atlético 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 Deportes 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
APE
 HUI NAC BOY CUC QUI TOL CAL PAS
ENV
 DIM
ITA
JUN
 EQU MIL ONC
PAT
 SFE
Alianza Petrolera
 1–0 3–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–3
Atlético Huila 2–2 6–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1
Atlético Nacional 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–3
Boyacá Chicó 2–1 2–3 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–2 0–0
Cúcuta Deportivo 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 0–1
Deportes Quindío 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0
Deportes Tolima 2–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–2
Deportivo Cali 2–2 0–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–1
Deportivo Pasto 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–1
Envigado
 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–2
Independiente Medellín 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–2
Itagüí
 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 4–0
Junior
 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 4–0 3–2 0–0 2–0 2–3
La Equidad 0–1 4–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0
Millonarios 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 3–1 4–1 0–1
Once Caldas 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0
Patriotas
 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
Santa Fe 2–2 4–3 3–2 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–3
Source: [1]
Legend: 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SFE
MIL
 CAL ONC
1 Santa Fe 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11 Advances to the Finals[a] 1–0 1–1 1–0
2
Millonarios
 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 2–1 1–1 4–2
3 Deportivo Cali 6 1 4 1 6 6 0 7 1–1 1–0 1–2
4 Once Caldas 6 1 1 4 8 12 −4 4 1–2 2–3 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd first stage position.
Notes:
  1. ^ ?

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAC
ITA
 TOL PAS
1 Atlético Nacional 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10 Advanced to the Finals 1–2 1–1 2–1
2
Itagüí
 6 3 0 3 8 9 −1 9 1–2 1–3 2–3
3 Deportes Tolima 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8 1–2 0–1 2–1
4 Deportivo Pasto 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7 2–1 0–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd first stage position.

Finals

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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: [2]
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
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 Atlético 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 Deportes Quindío 18 4 2 12 10 33 −23 14
Source: [citation needed]

Results

Home \ Away
AP
 HUI NAC BOY CUC QUI TOL CAL PAS
ENV
 DIM
ITA
JUN
 EQU
MIL
 ONC
PAT
 SFE
Alianza Petrolera
 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0
Atlético Huila 2–0 2–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1
Atlético Nacional 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 3–0 0–0 1–1
Boyacá Chicó 1–2 3–1 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–2
Cúcuta Deportivo 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–5 0–1 0–0 2–3 1–0
Deportes Quindío 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–5 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–2
Deportes Tolima 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–3 3–1 1–1 1–1
Deportivo Cali 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0
Deportivo Pasto 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–1
Envigado
 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–4 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1
Independiente Medellín 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–2
Itagüí
 1–0 0–4 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–0 2–2 0–4 2–0
Junior
 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 3–2 1–0
La Equidad 4–0 5–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1
Millonarios
 3–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–2 3–0 0–0
Once Caldas 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 4–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 2–2
Patriotas
 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–1
Santa Fe 2–2 3–4 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1
Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

The Semifinal stage began on November 16 and will end on December 8. 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAC
JUN
 SFE
ITA
1 Atlético Nacional 6 5 1 0 13 4 +9 16 Advances to the Finals[a] 2–1 2–1 3–2
2
Junior
 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10 0–0 3–2 4–1
3 Santa Fe 6 2 0 4 7 11 −4 6 0–2 2–1 0–2
4
Itagüí
 6 1 0 5 6 14 −8 3 0–4 0–1 1–2
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd first stage position.
Notes:
  1. ^ ?

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CAL PAS
MIL
 ONC
1 Deportivo Cali 6 5 0 1 13 8 +5 15 Advances to the Finals[a] 3–2 4–2 1–0
2 Deportivo Pasto 6 3 0 3 12 12 0 9 3–2 4–1 2–1
3
Millonarios
 6 2 0 4 9 12 −3 6 0–1 2–0 3–1
4 Once Caldas 6 2 0 4 8 10 −2 6 1–2 3–1 2–1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd first stage position.
Notes:
  1. ^ ?

Finals

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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: [2]
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.
Deportivo Cali0–0Atlético Nacional
Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali
Atlético Nacional2–0Deportivo Cali

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Colombia Dayro Moreno
Millonarios
 16
Luis Carlos Ruiz
Junior
 16
3 Colombia Wilson Morelo La Equidad 11
4 Colombia Sergio Herrera Once Caldas 10
5
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
 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 Boyacá Chicó 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
1 Atlético Nacional (C) 52 29 16 7 84 46 +38 103 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[a]
2 Deportivo Cali 50 20 21 9 72 50 +22 81 2014 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2014 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[b]
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 Atlético 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 Deportes Quindío 36 6 9 21 18 57 −39 27
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Atlético Nacional are qualified for the 2014 Copa Libertadores as the Apertura and Finalización champions. Atlético Nacional are qualified for the 2014 Copa Sudamericana as the 2013 Copa Colombia champion.
  2. ^ Deportivo Cali are qualified for the 2014 Copa Sudamericana as the 2014 Superliga Colombiana champion.

References

  1. ^
    DIMAYOR. Archived from the original
    on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  2. ^
    DIMAYOR. Archived from the original
    on October 13, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2011.

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