2003_Categoría_Primera_A_season

Copa Mustang
Season	2003
Champions	Apertura: Once Caldas (2nd title); Finalización: Deportes Tolima (1st title)
Relegated	Centauros Villavicencio
Copa Libertadores	Once Caldas; Deportes Tolima; Deportivo Cali
Copa Sudamericana	Junior; Millonarios
Matches played	376
Goals scored	897 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Arnulfo Valentierra (13 goals); Finalización: Léider Preciado (17 goals)
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2003 Categoría Primera A season

Football league season

The 2003 Categoría Primera A season was the 55th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The season started on 2 February and concluded on 21 December 2003. Independiente Medellín were the defending champions, having won the 2002 Finalización tournament.

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Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura (officially the 2003 Copa Mustang I for sponsorship reasons) was the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on February 2 and ended on June 8.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Once Caldas	18	10	5	3	26	15	+11	35	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Millonarios	18	8	7	3	23	14	+9	31
3	América de Cali	18	8	7	3	31	23	+8	31
4	Centauros Villavicencio	18	7	8	3	24	21	+3	29
5	Deportivo Cali	18	8	4	6	27	22	+5	28
6	Junior	18	8	4	6	19	17	+2	28
7	Unión Magdalena	18	7	5	6	22	22	0	26
8	Deportivo Pereira	18	7	5	6	22	25	−3	26
9	Atlético Huila	18	6	8	4	22	22	0	26
10	Independiente Medellín	18	7	4	7	29	23	+6	25
11	Atlético Bucaramanga	18	6	7	5	21	20	+1	25
12	Deportes Tolima	18	6	4	8	24	24	0	22
13	Envigado	18	6	4	8	20	23	−3	22
14	Atlético Nacional	18	6	2	10	17	20	−3	20
15	Deportivo Pasto	18	4	7	7	15	18	−3	19
16	Santa Fe	18	5	3	10	15	23	−8	18
17	Cortuluá	18	2	9	7	15	24	−9	15
18	Deportes Quindío	18	3	4	11	13	28	−15	13

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Once Caldas	6	4	2	0	14	3	+11	14	Advanced to the Finals
2	Deportivo Cali	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11
3	América de Cali	6	2	0	4	6	12	−6	6
4	Unión Magdalena	6	0	2	4	3	13	−10	2

Home \ Away	AME	CAL	ONC	MAG
América de Cali		0–3	1–3	4–1
Deportivo Cali	3–0		0–3	2–0
Once Caldas	2–0	1–1		4–0
Unión Magdalena	0–1	1–1	1–1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Junior	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12	Advanced to the Finals
2	Deportivo Pereira	6	3	0	3	9	7	+2	9
3	Millonarios	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	7
4	Centauros Villavicencio	6	2	1	3	5	9	−4	7

Home \ Away	CEN	PER	JUN	MIL
Centauros Villavicencio		0–3	1–0	3–1
Deportivo Pereira	3–0		0–2	1–0
Junior	1–0	3–1		2–1
Millonarios	1–1	2–1	2–1

2003_Categoría_Primera_A_season

2003 Categoría Primera A season

Torneo Apertura

First stage

Standings

Semifinals

Group A

Standings

Results

Group B

Standings

Results

Finals

Top goalscorers

Torneo Finalización

First stage

Standings

Semifinals

Group A

Standings

Results

Group B

Standings

Results

Finals

Top goalscorers

Aggregate table

Relegation

External links

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Date	City	Home	Score	Away
June 5	Barranquilla	Junior	0–0	Once Caldas
June 8	Manizales	Once Caldas	1–0	Junior
Once Caldas won 1–0 on aggregate score

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Arnulfo Valentierra	Once Caldas	13
2	Julián Vásquez	América de Cali	11
3	Leonardo Fabio Moreno	América de Cali	10
4	Wilson Carpintero	Atlético Bucaramanga	9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportes Tolima	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advances to the Finals
2	Junior	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Atlético Nacional	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9
4	Independiente Medellín	6	2	0	4	8	10	−2	6

Home \ Away	NAC	TOL	DIM	JUN
Atlético Nacional		1–2	4–2	1–0
Deportes Tolima	2–0		1–0	1–1
Independiente Medellín	1–2	2–0		1–0
Junior	1–0	3–2	3–2

Date	City	Home	Score	Away
December 17	Ibagué	Deportes Tolima	2–0	Deportivo Cali
December 21	Cali	Deportivo Cali	3–1	Deportes Tolima
Tied 3–3 on aggregate score, Deportes Tolima won 4–2 on penalty kicks

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Léider Preciado	Deportivo Cali	17
2	Rogeiro Pereira	Deportes Tolima	12
3	Carlos Castillo	Deportivo Cali	10
3	Julián Téllez	Millonarios	10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportivo Cali	50	25	13	12	84	54	+30	88	2004 Copa Libertadores
2	Junior	50	22	10	18	60	58	+2	76	2004 Copa Sudamericana
3	Millonarios	48	21	11	16	60	51	+9	74	2004 Copa Sudamericana
4	Once Caldas (C)	44	19	14	11	61	44	+17	71	2004 Copa Libertadores
5	Unión Magdalena	48	18	11	19	52	59	−7	65
6	Deportes Tolima (C)	44	17	11	16	57	51	+6	62	2004 Copa Libertadores
7	América de Cali	42	16	14	12	60	58	+2	62
8	Atlético Nacional	42	18	7	17	48	42	+6	61
9	Deportivo Pereira	42	15	15	12	51	50	+1	60
10	Independiente Medellín	42	17	8	17	57	48	+9	59
11	Centauros Villavicencio	42	13	14	15	44	57	−13	53
12	Atlético Huila	36	12	14	10	45	47	−2	50
13	Deportivo Pasto	42	12	12	18	39	48	−9	48
14	Atlético Bucaramanga	36	10	12	14	45	50	−5	42
15	Santa Fe	36	10	12	14	30	36	−6	42
16	Envigado	36	9	13	14	38	44	−6	40
17	Deportes Quindío	36	9	11	16	34	48	−14	38
18	Cortuluá	36	6	14	16	31	50	−19	32

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts	Avg	Relegation
1	Deportivo Cali	108	222	2.056
2	Once Caldas	108	198	1.833
3	América de Cali	108	181	1.676
4	Atlético Nacional	108	175	1.62
5	Santa Fe	108	175	1.62
6	Deportivo Pasto	108	173	1.602
7	Independiente Medellín	108	172	1.593
8	Deportes Tolima	108	168	1.556
9	Millonarios	108	168	1.556
10	Deportivo Pereira	108	162	1.5
11	Unión Magdalena	108	162	1.5
12	Junior	108	155	1.435
13	Envigado	108	152	1.407
14	Atlético Bucaramanga	108	148	1.37
15	Cortuluá	108	146	1.352
16	Atlético Huila	108	139	1.287
17	Deportes Quindío	108	138	1.278
18	Centauros Villavicencio	108	135	1.25	Relegated to the Categoría Primera B