2014 Categoría Primera A season

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The 2014 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2014 Liga Postobón season for sponsorship reasons) is the 67th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Atlético Nacional come in as the defending champions having won both titles in the 2013 season.

Format

The format for the Apertura tournament will have a variation due to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and will be similar to the format used in 2011. It will be divided into three stages. The First Stage will be 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 will advance to a knockout round, where they will be pitted into four ties to be played on a home-and-away basis, with the four winners advancing to the semifinals and the winner of each semifinal advancing to the final of the tournament, which will be played on a home-and-away basis as well. The winner of the final will be declared the tournament champion and will participate in the 2015 Copa Libertadores. The Finalización tournament will keep the format used in the 2013 season.

Teams

Santa Fe
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Locations of the 2014 Primera A teams
Team City Stadium 2013 season
Alianza Petrolera
 Floridablanca Álvaro Gómez Hurtado 16th
Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid 15th
Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot 1st
Boyacá Chicó Tunja La Independencia 12th
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro 4th
Deportivo Cali Cali Pascual Guerrero 7th
Deportivo Pasto
Pasto
 Departamental Libertad 10th
Envigado
 Envigado Polideportivo Sur 11th
Fortaleza
 Zipaquirá Metropolitano de Techo Primera B runners-up
Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot 13th
Itagüí/Águilas Pereira
 Apertura: Itagüí
Finalización: Pereira 		Apertura: Ciudad de Itagüí
Finalización: Hernán Ramírez Villegas 		2nd
Junior
 Barranquilla Metropolitano 6th
La Equidad Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 9th
Millonarios
 Bogotá Nemesio Camacho 3rd
Once Caldas Manizales Palogrande 8th
Patriotas
 Tunja La Independencia 14th
Santa Fe
 Bogotá Nemesio Camacho 5th
Uniautónoma
 Barranquilla Metropolitano Primera B champions

Torneo Apertura

First stage

The First Stage began on January 24 and consisted of eighteen rounds and a series of regional rivalries on the ninth round. The top eight teams out of this stage will advance to the knockout stage. The first stage ended on April 20.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Nacional 18 10 4 4 35 22 +13 34 Advanced to the Quarterfinals
2
Millonarios
 18 10 3 5 27 15 +12 33
3
Junior
 18 10 3 5 20 17 +3 33
4 Santa Fe 18 8 6 4 24 16 +8 30
5 Once Caldas 18 7 8 3 27 17 +10 29
6
Envigado
 18 9 1 8 27 24 +3 28
7
Itagüí
 18 8 4 6 21 23 −2 28
8 La Equidad 18 7 6 5 17 17 0 27
9
Alianza Petrolera
 18 8 3 7 23 28 −5 27
10
Boyacá Chicó
 18 7 4 7 19 16 +3 25
11 Independiente Medellín 18 5 6 7 26 30 −4 21
12 Deportivo Pasto 18 4 8 6 28 26 +2 20
13 Atlético Huila 18 5 4 9 23 26 −3 19
14 Deportivo Cali 18 5 4 9 16 22 −6 19
15
Patriotas
 18 5 4 9 20 30 −10 19
16
Fortaleza
 18 3 8 7 22 26 −4 17
17
Uniautónoma
 18 4 5 9 20 30 −10 17
18 Deportes Tolima 18 4 5 9 18 28 −10 17
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
AP
 HUI NAC
BOY
 TOL CAL PAS
ENV
FOR
 DIM
ITA
JUN
 EQU MIL ONC
PAT
 SFE
UAU
Alianza Petrolera
 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–2
Atlético Huila 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 2–0 1–1
Atlético Nacional 5–1 2–0 1–1 4–3 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 3–1
Boyacá Chicó
 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–2
Deportes Tolima 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0
Deportivo Cali 1–2 1–0 0–3 2–0 2–2 2–3 1–0 0–1 2–1
Deportivo Pasto 5–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–2 3–1 4–0
Envigado
 2–0 2–3 3–1 1–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–0
Fortaleza
 0–0 0–0 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–2
Independiente Medellín 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 3–3 2–2 2–1 0–2
Itagüí
 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–2
Junior
 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1
La Equidad 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–0
Millonarios 2–2 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 2–1
Once Caldas 2–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–1
Patriotas
 3–3 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0
Santa Fe 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–2
Uniautónoma
 0–2 3–2 0–2 0–1 4–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout round bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Atlético Nacional 4 2 6
6 Envigado 1 1 2
1 Atlético Nacional 0 2 2
4 Santa Fe 1 0 1
4 Santa Fe 4 1 5
5 Once Caldas 1 2 3
1 Atlético Nacional (p) 0 2 2 (4)
3
Junior
1 1 2 (2)
2
Millonarios
 		1 1 2
8 La Equidad 0 1 1
2
Millonarios
0 0 0 (4)
3
Junior (p
) 		0 0 0 (5)
3
Junior
 		1 2 3
7
Itagüí
1 1 2

Quarterfinals

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Envigado 2–6 Atlético Nacional 1–4 1–2
La Equidad 1–2
Millonarios
 		0–1 1–1
Itagüí
 2–3
Junior
 		1–1 1–2
Once Caldas 3–5 Santa Fe 1–4 2–1

Semifinals

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Santa Fe 1–2 Atlético Nacional 1–0 0–2
Junior
 		0–0 (5–4 p)
Millonarios
 0–0 0–0

Finals

Junior
1 – 0Atlético Nacional
Toloza 55' Report
Referee: Luis Sánchez
Junior
Henríquez 2'
Valoy 90+3'		 Report Toloza 17'
Penalties
Valencia soccer ball with check mark
Cardona soccer ball with check mark
Bocanegra soccer ball with check mark
Bernal soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with check mark
Domínguez
soccer ball with red X Viera
soccer ball with check mark Narváez
soccer ball with red X Vásquez
Referee: Ímer Machado


 Liga Postobón
2014 Apertura champion 
Atlético Nacional
14th title

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Colombia Dayro Moreno
Millonarios
 13
2 Argentina Germán Cano Independiente Medellín 11
3 Colombia Carlos Rentería
Patriotas
 10
Colombia Óscar Rodas Envigado 10
5 Colombia Ayron del Valle
Alianza Petrolera
 9

Source: Soccerway.com

Torneo Finalización

First stage

The First Stage began on July 18 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 knockout stage. The first stage ended on November 9. Starting from this tournament,

Itagüí will compete under the name Águilas Doradas since the club was expelled from Itagüí in May 2014, and will move to Pereira, playing their home games at Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas. The club eventually changed its name to Águilas Pereira in order to reflect this move.[3][4]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santa Fe 18 9 4 5 24 13 +11 31 Advanced to the Semifinals
2 Independiente Medellín 18 9 3 6 29 21 +8 30
3 Atlético Nacional 18 8 5 5 26 12 +14 29
4
Águilas Pereira
 18 9 2 7 23 21 +2 29
5 Once Caldas 18 7 7 4 24 17 +7 28
6 Deportivo Cali 18 8 4 6 25 25 0 28
7 Deportes Tolima 18 7 7 4 23 25 −2 28
8 Atlético Huila 18 7 6 5 25 18 +7 27
9
Alianza Petrolera
 18 7 6 5 17 16 +1 27
10
Patriotas
 18 7 5 6 19 24 −5 26
11
Boyacá Chicó
 18 5 7 6 23 22 +1 22
12
Junior
 18 6 4 8 19 20 −1 22
13
Fortaleza
 18 5 6 7 17 21 −4 21
14
Envigado
 18 5 5 8 18 20 −2 20
15
Millonarios
 18 5 5 8 22 28 −6 20
16
Uniautónoma
 18 4 6 8 15 23 −8 18
17 Deportivo Pasto 18 3 9 6 15 23 −8 18
18 La Equidad 18 3 5 10 16 31 −15 14
Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored; 5th away goals against; 6th draw.

Results

Home \ Away
AGU
AP
 HUI NAC
BOY
 TOL CAL PAS
ENV
FOR
 DIM
JUN
 EQU MIL ONC
PAT
 SFE
UAU
Águilas Pereira
 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–2 2–3 2–1 2–0
Alianza Petrolera
 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0
Atlético Huila 1–3 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0
Atlético Nacional 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 5–0 0–0 2–0
Boyacá Chicó
 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 5–1 1–1 1–2
Deportes Tolima 2–0 1–5 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–0 3–3 1–1 2–0
Deportivo Cali 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–3 2–0 0–4
Deportivo Pasto 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–3 0–0 1–2
Envigado
 2–0 2–3 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–2
Fortaleza
 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 3–0 0–1 1–1
Independiente Medellín 3–0 1–2 4–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–3 3–1 1–0
Junior
 0–1 4–3 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–1
La Equidad 0–0 1–1 0–4 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 4–2
Millonarios 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–4 0–0 0–1 0–0
Once Caldas 1–2 3–0 0–0 4–1 3–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0
Patriotas
 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–0
Santa Fe 0–0 0–1 5–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 0–0
Uniautónoma
 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–4 3–2 0–0 1–0
Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

The Semifinal stage began on November 13 and ended on December 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 HUI NAC ONC
1 Santa Fe 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Advanced to the Finals[a] 0–0 3–2 0–1
2 Atlético Huila 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 3–3 1–0 2–1
3 Atlético Nacional 6 2 0 4 4 6 −2 6 0–1 1–0 1–0
4 Once Caldas 6 2 0 4 4 6 −2 6 0–1 1–2 1–0
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 DIM CAL
AGU
 TOL
1 Independiente Medellín 6 3 2 1 11 9 +2 11 Advanced to the Finals[a] 3–2 2–1 1–1
2 Deportivo Cali 6 2 2 2 12 13 −1 8 2–1 2–2 2–1
3
Águilas Pereira
 6 1 4 1 11 11 0 7 2–2 2–2 2–2
4 Deportes Tolima 6 1 2 3 10 11 −1 5 1–2 4–2 1–2
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd first stage position.
Notes:
  1. ^ ?

Finals

Independiente Medellín1 – 2Santa Fe
Cano
37'		 Report Meza 65'
Morelo 68'
Referee: Ulises Arrieta
Santa Fe1 – 1Independiente Medellín
Arias 46' Report Mosquera 89'
Referee: Luis Sánchez


 Liga Postobón
2014 Finalización champion 
Santa Fe
8th title

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Argentina Germán Cano Independiente Medellín 16
2 Colombia Juan Caicedo Atlético Huila 14
3 Colombia Wilson Morelo Santa Fe 10
Colombia Fernando Uribe Millonarios 10
5 Colombia Edinson Palomino
Águilas Pereira
 8

Source: Liga Postobón

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 2012
Pts 		2013
Pts 		2014
Pts 		Total
Pts 		Total
Pld 		Avg
 Relegation
1 Atlético Nacional 52 69 63 184 108 1.704
2
Águilas Pereira
 61 58 57 176 108 1.63
3 Santa Fe 52 61 61 174 108 1.611
4 Millonarios 57 59 53 169 108 1.565
5
Junior
 57 52 55 164 108 1.519
6 Deportes Tolima 65 50 45 160 108 1.481
7 Deportivo Cali 49 58 47 154 108 1.426
8 La Equidad 61 45 41 147 108 1.361
9 Once Caldas 33 56 57 146 108 1.352
10 Deportivo Pasto 52 53 38 143 108 1.324
11 Independiente Medellín 43 47 51 141 108 1.306
12
Alianza Petrolera
 41 38 54 133 108 1.231
13
Envigado
 44 39 48 131 108 1.213
14
Boyacá Chicó
 49 34 47 130 108 1.204
15 Atlético Huila 41 40 46 127 108 1.176
16
Patriotas
 44 34 45 123 108 1.139
17
Uniautónoma
(O) 		44 34 35 113 108 1.046 Relegation/promotion playoff
18
Fortaleza
(R) 		35 39 38 112 108 1.037 Categoría Primera B

Rules for classification: 1st average; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored; 4th away goals scored.

Promotion/relegation playoff

The second worst team in the relegation table,

Uniautónoma played Quindío, the 2014 Categoría Primera B runner-up, for a berth in the 2015 Categoría Primera A season
. As the Primera A team, Uniautónoma played the second leg at home. The winner was determined by points, followed by goal difference, then a penalty shootout. Uniautónoma defeated Quindío 2-0 on aggregate score and will remain in the top tier for the 2015 season.

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Quindío 0–2
Uniautónoma
 		0–0 0–2

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 2015 Copa Libertadores and the 2nd and 3rd best-placed non-champions will go to the first stage of the 2015 Copa Sudamericana.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santa Fe (C) 48 23 13 12 65 42 +23 82 2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage and 2015 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[a]
2 Atlético Nacional (C) 48 24 9 15 75 45 +30 81 2015 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[b]
3 Once Caldas 44 17 15 12 58 45 +13 66 2015 Copa Libertadores First Stage
4
Águilas Pereira
 44 18 11 15 57 58 −1 65 2015 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
5
Junior
 42 18 10 14 44 41 +3 64
6 Independiente Medellín 44 17 12 15 68 63 +5 63
7
Millonarios
 40 16 11 13 51 44 +7 59
8 Atlético Huila 42 15 12 15 56 50 +6 57
9 Deportivo Cali 42 15 10 17 53 60 −7 55
10
Alianza Petrolera
 36 15 9 12 40 44 −4 54
11 Deportes Tolima 42 12 14 16 51 64 −13 50 2015 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[c]
12
Envigado
 38 14 6 18 47 50 −3 48
13
Boyacá Chicó
 36 12 11 13 42 38 +4 47
14
Patriotas
 36 12 9 15 39 54 −15 45
15 La Equidad 38 10 12 16 34 50 −16 42
16 Deportivo Pasto 36 7 17 12 43 49 −6 38
17
Fortaleza
 36 8 14 14 40 47 −7 38
18
Uniautónoma
 36 8 11 17 35 53 −18 35
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Santa Fe are qualified for the 2015 Copa Libertadores as the Finalización champions and for the 2015 Copa Sudamericana as the 2015 Superliga Colombiana winners.
  2. ^ Atlético Nacional are qualified for the 2015 Copa Libertadores as the Apertura champions.
  3. ^ Deportes Tolima are qualified for the 2015 Copa Sudamericana as the 2014 Copa Colombia winners.

References

  1. DIMAYOR. Archived from the original
    on 2014-07-09. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  2. DIMAYOR. Archived from the original
    on 2014-07-09. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  3. ^ ""Las Águilas Doradas fueron expulsadas de Itagüí", Fernando Salazar" ["The "Golden Eagles" were expelled from Itagüí", Fernando Salazar]. Win Sports. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  4. ^ "De manera unánime, la DIMAYOR autorizó a Águilas Doradas jugar en Pereira" [Unanimously, DIMAYOR authorized Águilas Doradas to play at Pereira]. Win Sports. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  5. DIMAYOR. Archived from the original
    on 2014-07-09. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  6. DIMAYOR. Archived from the original
    on 2014-07-09. Retrieved July 15, 2014.

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