2012_Categoría_Primera_A_season

Liga Postobón
Season	2012
Champions	Apertura:; Santa Fe (7th title); Finalización:; Millonarios (14th title)
Relegated	Real Cartagena
Copa Libertadores	Santa Fe; Millonarios; Deportes Tolima
Copa Sudamericana	Atlético Nacional (cup winner); La Equidad; Deportivo Pasto; Itagüí Ditaires
Matches played	206
Goals scored	493 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Robin Ramirez (13)
	← 2011 2013 →

2012 Categoría Primera A season

Football league season

The 2012 Categoría Primera A season (officially known at the 2012 Liga Postobón season for sponsorship reasons) was the 65th season of Colombia's top-flight football league.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

Torneo Apertura

First stage

The First Stage began on January 27 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 on May 27.

Torneo Finalización

First stage

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 2012_Categoría_Primera_A_season, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[table_note_res_A0.42050646218495-3] ?

[table_note_res_A0.80728067215871-6] >

[table_note_res_CL20.58373716873291-7] Santa Fe and Millonarios are qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores as the Apertura and Finalización champions respectively.

[table_note_res_CS1b0.58373716873291-8] Atlético Nacional are qualified for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the 2012 Copa Colombia champion.

[Apertura_standings-1] [1]
"Posiciones" [Standings]. DIMAYOR. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012.

[Apertura_Results-2] [2]
"Resultados" [Results] (in Spanish). DIMAYOR. Archived from the original on February 2, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012.

[Finalizacion_standings-4] [3]
"Posiciones" [Positions]. DIMAYOR. Archived from the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2011.

[5] [4]
"Goleadores" [Goalscorers]. DIMAYOR. Archived from the original on April 17, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2012.

[1]

[2]

[lower-alpha 1]

[3]

[4]

[lower-alpha 1]

[lower-alpha 1]

[lower-alpha 2]

Team	City	Stadium
Atlético Huila	Neiva	Guillermo Plazas Alcid
Atlético Nacional	Medellín	Atanasio Girardot
Boyacá Chicó	Tunja	La Independencia
Cúcuta Deportivo	Cúcuta	General Santander
Deportes Quindío	Armenia	Centenario
Deportes Tolima	Ibagué	Manuel Murillo Toro
Deportivo Cali	Cali	Deportivo Cali
Deportivo Pasto	Pasto	Departamental Libertad
Envigado	Envigado	Polideportivo Sur
Independiente Medellín	Medellín	Atanasio Girardot
Itagüí	Itagüí	Ciudad de Itagüí
Junior	Barranquilla	Metropolitano
La Equidad	Bogotá	Metropolitano de Techo
Millonarios	Bogotá	Nemesio Camacho
Once Caldas	Manizales	Palogrande
Patriotas	Tunja	La Independencia
Real Cartagena	Cartagena	Jaime Morón León
Santa Fe	Bogotá	Nemesio Camacho

Home \ Away	HUI	NAC	BOY	CUC	QUI	TOL	CAL	PAS	ENV	EQU	DIM	ITA	JUN	MIL	ONC	PAT	RCA	SFE
Atlético Huila			3–0			3–0	1–1	1–0		0–0	1–0		1–3		3–2	3–0
Atlético Nacional	1–2		4–0	1–1		0–1	4–0	0–1			1–2		3–1		1–0	1–0
Boyacá Chicó				5–2	2–0		3–1		4–1	1–1				1–1	1–0	0–1		2–0
Cúcuta Deportivo	1–0	1–0						2–2		0–1	1–2	0–1		2–1		0–1	0–1
Deportes Quindío	0–2	2–2		1–0				2–2				2–1		2–2	1–3	1–1	3–2
Deportes Tolima	1–1		2–2	3–0	2–0		1–1		0–1	1–1					1–0			2–1
Deportivo Cali				1–0	1–1			1–0	1–1	3–0		0–1		1–0	2–1			2–0
Deportivo Pasto			2–0			1–1	1–1		3–1	3–1	0–0		1–1		4–1			1–1
Envigado	1–1	0–0		2–2	3–0							1–2	2–1	1–1		2–0	1–0
La Equidad		3–2		4–1	2–1				1–0		1–3	0–0	0–0	0–1			1–1	0–1
Independiente Medellín		1–0	0–3		2–2	0–1	0–1		2–2	0–1					2–1			1–1
Itagüí	1–0	1–0	1–1			2–3		3–0	4–2		1–1		1–1			1–1	3–1
Junior			3–1	4–0	1–1	1–2	1–0				1–0	2–1		1–3			3–1
Millonarios	1–1	2–3				1–1		1–2			2–1	1–0				0–1	1–1	3–4
Once Caldas				4–0	0–0				1–1	1–1		2–2	2–2	0–0			2–2	2–2
Patriotas			0–0			0–3	1–0	0–0		0–2	2–1		2–1		1–0			0–0
Real Cartagena	1–0	1–1	0–0			1–3	2–2	1–1			3–2		2–1	0–2		2–2
Santa Fe	4–0	2–2		2–0	1–1				1–1			1–0	2–1	1–1			5–0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PAS	CAL	TOL	HUI
1	Deportivo Pasto	6	3	2	1	7	6	+1	11	Advanced to the Finals^{[lower-alpha 1]}		1–1	3–1	1–1
2	Deportivo Cali	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11		3–0		1–1	2–1
3	Deportes Tolima	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10		0–1	1–0		2–0
4	Atlético Huila	6	0	1	5	2	8	−6	1		0–1	0–1	0–1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SFE	EQU	BOY	ITA
1	Santa Fe	6	4	2	0	10	6	+4	14	Advanced to the Finals		2–1	1–0	2–1
2	La Equidad	6	2	2	2	10	9	+1	8		2–2		3–1	2–1
3	Boyacá Chicó	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7		2–2	2–1		0–1
4	Itagüí	6	1	1	4	4	7	−3	4		0–1	1–1	0–1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santa Fe	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Deportivo Pasto	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

2012_Categoría_Primera_A_season

2012 Categoría Primera A season

Format

Teams

Torneo Apertura

First stage

Standings

Results

Semifinals

Group A

Group B

Finals

Top goalscorers

Torneo Finalización

First stage

Standings

Results

Semifinals

Group A

Group B

Finals

Relegation

Aggregate table

References

External links

Share this article:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportes Tolima	18	10	6	2	28	16	+12	36	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Santa Fe	18	7	8	3	29	19	+10	29
3	Itagüí	18	8	5	5	25	18	+7	29
4	Atlético Huila	18	8	5	5	23	17	+6	29
5	La Equidad	18	7	7	4	19	16	+3	28
6	Deportivo Pasto	18	6	9	3	24	18	+6	27
7	Boyacá Chicó	18	7	6	5	26	22	+4	27
8	Deportivo Cali	18	7	6	5	19	18	+1	27
9	Patriotas	18	7	6	5	13	17	−4	27
10	Junior	18	7	4	7	28	24	+4	25
11	Envigado	18	5	8	5	23	24	−1	23
12	Atlético Nacional	18	6	4	8	25	20	+5	22
13	Millonarios	18	4	8	6	22	23	−1	20
14	Real Cartagena	18	4	8	6	22	31	−9	20
15	Deportes Quindío	18	3	9	6	20	29	−9	18
16	Independiente Medellín	18	4	5	9	17	24	−7	17
17	Once Caldas	18	2	8	8	22	26	−4	14
18	Cúcuta Deportivo	18	3	2	13	12	35	−23	11

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Robin Ramírez	Paraguayan	Deportes Tolima	13
2	Giovanni Hernández	Colombian	Junior	11
2	Humberto Osorio	Colombian	Millonarios	11
4	Efraín Viáfara	Colombian	Itagüí Ditaires	10
5	Diego Cabrera	Bolivian	Santa Fe	9
	Edwards Jiménez	Colombian	Deportivo Pasto	9
	Omar Sebastián Pérez	Argentinian	Santa Fe	9
	Milton Rodríguez	Colombian	Atlético Huila	9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Millonarios	18	11	4	3	25	9	+16	37	Advance to the Semifinals
2	La Equidad	18	9	6	3	26	17	+9	33
3	Junior	18	8	8	2	27	15	+12	32
4	Itagüí	18	8	8	2	23	12	+11	32
5	Atlético Nacional	18	7	9	2	25	14	+11	30
6	Deportes Tolima	18	8	5	5	26	20	+6	29
7	Independiente Medellín	18	7	5	6	23	18	+5	26
8	Deportivo Pasto	18	7	4	7	22	20	+2	25
9	Cúcuta Deportivo	18	6	6	6	22	22	0	24
10	Santa Fe	18	6	5	7	18	22	−4	23
11	Deportivo Cali	18	6	4	8	21	22	−1	22
12	Boyacá Chicó	18	5	7	6	19	22	−3	22
13	Deportes Quindío	18	6	4	8	20	25	−5	22
14	Envigado	18	5	6	7	15	18	−3	21
15	Once Caldas	18	6	1	11	19	27	−8	19
16	Patriotas	18	4	5	9	17	28	−11	17
17	Real Cartagena	18	3	3	12	15	33	−18	12
18	Atlético Huila	18	2	6	10	12	31	−19	12

Pos	Team	2010 Pts	2011 Pts	2012 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Relegation
1	Deportes Tolima	70	56	65	191	108	1.769
2	Atlético Nacional	61	55	52	168	108	1.556
3	Santa Fe	65	49	52	166	108	1.537
4	La Equidad	59	45	61	165	108	1.528
5	Once Caldas	61	65	33	159	108	1.472
6	Itagüí	41	54	61	156	108	1.444
7	Junior	48	50	57	155	108	1.435
8	Deportivo Cali	56	50	49	155	108	1.435
9	Millonarios	41	56	57	154	108	1.426
10	Boyacá Chicó	50	53	49	152	108	1.407
11	Deportivo Pasto	48	41	52	141	108	1.343
12	Independiente Medellín	57	37	43	137	108	1.269
13	Envigado	32	60	44	136	108	1.259
14	Atlético Huila	54	39	41	134	108	1.241
15	Deportes Quindío	45	47	40	132	108	1.222
16	Patriotas	43	42	44	129	108	1.194
17	Cúcuta Deportivo (O)	48	41	35	124	108	1.148	Relegation/promotion playoff
18	Real Cartagena (R)	43	42	32	117	108	1.083	Relegation to the Categoría Primera B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportes Tolima	48	22	14	12	67	48	+19	80	2013 Copa Libertadores First Stage
2	La Equidad	48	20	15	13	60	49	+11	75	2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
3	Deportivo Pasto	50	19	17	14	62	53	+9	74
4	Itagüí	48	19	15	14	56	41	+15	72
5	Santa Fe (C)	44	18	16	10	59	48	+11	70	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Millonarios (C)	44	18	15	11	56	39	+17	69	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Junior	42	17	14	11	60	44	+16	65
8	Atlético Nacional	42	16	14	12	56	38	+18	62	2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage^{[lower-alpha 2]}
9	Deportivo Cali	42	16	12	14	48	44	+4	60
10	Boyacá Chicó	42	14	14	14	51	52	−1	56
11	Independiente Medellín	44	14	14	16	45	47	−2	56
12	Envigado	36	10	14	12	38	42	−4	44
13	Patriotas	36	11	11	14	30	45	−15	44
14	Atlético Huila	42	10	12	20	37	56	−19	42
15	Deportes Quindío	36	9	13	14	40	54	−14	40
16	Cúcuta Deportivo	36	9	8	19	34	57	−23	35
17	Once Caldas	36	8	9	19	41	53	−12	33
18	Real Cartagena	36	7	11	18	35	65	−30	32