2008 Categoría Primera A season

The 2008 Categoría Primera A season is the 61st season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The first division started on February 1. This season they have the newcomer from the second division Categoría Primera B, Envigado FC, and the relegated team of Real Cartagena.

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
1.	La Equidad	35	18	10	5	3	25	13	+12
2.	Boyacá Chicó	32	18	9	5	4	30	19	+11
3.	Independiente Santa Fe	32	18	9	4	5	25	18	+7
4.	Independiente Medellín	29	18	8	5	5	26	14	+12
5.	Envigado	28	18	8	4	6	20	20	0
6.	Deportivo Cali	27	18	7	6	5	19	21	-2
7.	América de Cali	26	18	8	2	8	34	28	+6
8.	Deportes Quindío	25	18	6	7	5	25	22	+3
9.	Cúcuta Deportivo	25	18	7	4	7	20	17	+3
10.	Atlético Bucaramanga	25	18	8	1	9	20	24	-4
11.	Millonarios	24	18	6	6	6	23	23	0
12.	Atletico Junior	24	18	7	3	8	21	23	-2
13.	Atlético Huila	23	18	5	8	5	25	25	0
14.	Atlético Nacional	22	18	7	1	10	16	19	-3
15.	Once Caldas	19	18	5	4	9	20	28	-8
16.	Deportivo Pasto	19	18	5	4	9	15	24	-9
17.	Deportivo Pereira	19	18	5	4	9	21	33	-12
18.	Deportes Tolima	15	18	4	3	11	21	35	-14

Qualified for semifinals.

Schedule

Fixture 1 - February 1 until February 3, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
February 1	Quindío	1 - 1	La Equidad
February 2	Millonarios	1 - 2	Medellín
February 2	Atlético Nacional	0 - 1	Santa Fe
February 3	América de Cali	1 - 1	Huila
	Pereira	0 - 2	Envigado
	Cúcuta	0 - 1	Bucaramanga
	Junior	2 - 1	Once Caldas
	Pasto	0 - 1	Boyacá Chicó
	Tolima	2 - 0	Deportivo Cali

Fixture 2 - February 8 until February 10, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
February 8	Deportivo Cali	0 - 0	Millonarios
February 9	Envigado	2 - 1	Cúcuta
	Santa Fe	2 - 1	América de Cali
	Medellín	2 - 0	Pereira
February 10	Boyacá Chicó	1 - 1	Quíndio
	Huila	0 - 0	Pasto
	Bucaramanga	1 - 0	Junior
	La Equidad	2 - 0	Tolima
	Once Caldas	1 - 0	Atlético Nacional

Fixture 3 - February 15 until February 17, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
February 15	Atlético Nacional	3 - 0	Bucaramanga
February 16	América de Cali	3 - 1	Once Caldas
February 16	Junior	2 - 2	Envigado
February 17	Pasto	1 - 2	Santa Fe
	Tolima	0 - 1	Quindío
	Pereira	1 - 3	Deportivo Cali
	Cúcuta	0 - 1	Medellín
	Boyacá Chicó	2 - 0	Huila
	Millonarios	2 - 1	La Equidad

Fixture 4 - February 20 until February 21, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
February 20	Quindío	1 - 1	Huila
	Santa Fe	2 - 2	Boyacá Chicó
	Once Caldas	3 - 1	Pasto
	Bucaramanga	3 - 0	América de Cali
	Tolima	1 - 1	Millonarios
	Medellín	2 - 0	Junior
	Deportivo Cali	0 - 1	Cúcuta
	La Equidad	2 - 3	Pereira
February 21	Envigado	1 - 0	Atlético Nacional

Fixture 5 - February 23 until February 24, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
February 23	América de Cali	3 - 0	Envigado
February 23	Atlético Nacional	1 - 0	Medellín
February 24	Junior	1 - 2	Deportivo Cali
	Millonarios	1 - 1	Quíndio
	Pereira	0 - 0	Tolima
	Cúcuta	0 - 1	La Equidad
	Pasto	1 - 0	Bucaramanga
	Boyacá Chicó	1 - 0	Once Caldas
	Huila	2 - 3	Santa Fe

Fixture 6 - February 29 until March 2, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
February 29	Medellín	1 - 3	América de Cali
March 1	Deportivo Cali	2 - 1	Atlético Nacional
March 1	Bucaramanga	1 - 0	Boyacá Chicó
March 2	Envigado	0 - 1	Pasto
	Once Caldas	1 - 1	Huila
	Millonarios	3 - 0	Pereira
	La Equidad	2 - 0	Junior
	Tolima	0 - 0	Cúcuta
	Quindío	2 - 1	Santa Fe

Fixture 7 - March 7 until March 9, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
March 7	Santa Fe	0 - 1	Once Caldas
March 8	Cúcuta	2 - 1	Millonarios
March 8	América de Cali	0 - 1	Deportivo Cali
March 9	Pasto	1 - 1	Medellín
	Atlético Nacional	0 - 1	La Equidad
	Pereira	2 - 0	Quíndio
	Junior	1 - 3	Tolima
	Huila	4 - 2	Bucaramanga
	Boyacá Chicó	1 - 1	Envigado

Fixture 8 - March 15 & March 16, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
March 14	Deportivo Cali	1 - 1	Pasto
March 15	Tolima	1 - 2	Atlético Nacional
March 15	Medellín	0 - 0	Boyacá Chicó
March 16	La Equidad	4 - 0	América de Cali
	Quíndio	1 - 2	Once Caldas
	Envigado	1 - 1	Huila
	Millonarios	3 - 1	Junior
	Pereira	0 - 2	Cúcuta
	Bucaramanga	1 - 2	Santa Fe

Fixture 9 - March 22 & March 23, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
March 22	Quindío	4 - 1	Boyacá Chicó
	Deportivo Cali	0 - 4	América de Cali
	Santa Fe	1 - 1	Millonarios
March 23	Bucaramanga	1 - 1	Cúcuta
	Huila	3 - 2	Tolima
	Once Caldas	1 - 1	Pereira
	Envigado	1 - 0	Junior
	La Equidad	1 - 1	Pasto
	Medellín	2 - 0	Atlético Nacional

Fixture 10 - March 29 & March 30, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
March 29	Huila	1 - 1	Medellín
	Atlético Nacional	1 - 1	Millonarios
	Santa Fe	3 - 0	Envigado
March 30	Once Caldas	2 - 0	Bucaramanga
	Cúcuta	4 - 3	Quindío
	Junior	1 - 0	Pereira
	América	3 - 1	Tolima
	Pasto	1 - 2	La Equidad
	Boyacá Chicó	0 - 0	Deportivo Cali

Fixture 11 - April 2, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
April 2	La Equidad	2 - 1	Boyacá Chicó
	Envigado	2 - 0	Once Caldas
	Medellín	2 - 0	Santa Fe
	Tolima	1 - 2	Pasto
	Millonarios	3 - 1	América de Cali
	Deportivo Cali	2 - 1	Huila
	Quindío	2 - 0	Bucaramanga
	Cúcuta	0 - 0	Junior
	Pereira	1 - 0	Atlético Nacional

Fixture 12 - April 5 & April 6, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
April 5	Huila	1 - 0	La Equidad
	Santa Fe	2 - 0	Deportivo Cali
	Boyacá Chicó	7 - 2	Tolima
April 6	Pasto	2 - 0	Millonarios
	Atlético Nacional	3 - 1	Cúcuta
	Junior	2 - 2	Quindío
	América de Cali	4 - 1	Pereira
	Bucaramanga	2 - 1	Envigado
	Once Caldas	1 - 1	Medellín

Fixture 13 - April 12 & April 13, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
April 12	La Equidad	0 - 0	Santa Fe
	Deportivo Cali	3 - 0	Once Caldas
	Quindío	2 - 2	Envigado
	Cúcuta	1 - 1	América de Cali
April 13	Medellín	5 - 0	Bucaramanga
	Tolima	2 - 1	Huila
	Millonarios	0 - 4	Boyacá Chicó
	Pereira	5 - 2	Pasto
	Junior	3 - 0	Atlético Nacional

Fixture 14 - April 18 until April 20, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
April 18	Envigado	1 - 0	Medellín
April 19	América de Cali	1 - 2	Junior
April 19	Atlético Nacional	1 - 0	Quindío
April 20	Boyacá Chicó	3 - 0	Pereira
	Huila	3 - 3	Millonarios
	Santa Fe	2 - 0	Tolima
	Once Caldas	1 - 1	La Equidad
	Bucaramanga	4 - 1	Deportivo Cali
	Pasto	1 - 0	Cúcuta

Fixture 15 - April 25 until April 27, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
April 25	Quindío	1 - 0	Medellín
April 26	Millonarios	0 - 2	Santa Fe
April 26	Cúcuta	3 - 0	Boyacá Chicó
April 27	Atlético Nacional	3 - 2	América de Cali
	Tolima	4 - 3	Once Caldas
	La Equidad	1 - 0	Bucaramanga
	Pereira	3 - 3	Huila
	Junior	2 - 0	Pasto
	Deportivo Cali	2 - 1	Envigado

Fixture 16 - May 3 & May 4, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
May 3	América de Cali	3 - 1	Quindío
	Boyacá Chicó	2 - 1	Junior
	Pasto	0 - 1	Atlético Nacional
May 4	Bucaramanga	1 - 0	Tolima
	Huila	1 - 0	Cúcuta
	Envigado	0 - 1	La Equidad
	Medellín	1 - 1	Deportivo Cali
	Santa Fe	1 - 1	Pereira
	Once Caldas	0 - 2	Millonarios

Fixture 17 - May 10, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
May 10	La Equidad	2 - 1	Medellín
	Junior	1 - 0	Atlético Huila
	Atlético Nacional	0 - 1	Boyacá Chicó
	Cúcuta	2 - 0	Santa Fe
	Tolima	1 - 2	Envigado
	Quindío	0 - 0	Deportivo Cali
	Pereira	3 - 1	Once Caldas
	América de Cali	2 - 0	Pasto
	Millonarios	1 - 0	Bucaramanga

Fixture 18 - May 18, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
May 18	Bucaramanga	3 - 0	Pereira
	Huila	1 - 0	Atlético Nacional
	Boyacá Chicó	3 - 2	América de Cali
	Deportico Cali	1 - 1	La Equidad
	Pasto	0 - 2	Quindío
	Envigado	1 - 0	Millonarios
	Medellín	4 - 1	Tolima
	Santa Fe	1 - 2	Junior
	Once Caldas	1 - 2	Cúcuta

Cuadrangular

The second phase of the 2008 Opening Tournament takes two groups of four teams. It is disputed between the best eight teams in the first phase, later they are distributed in two groups of four by groups being divided by odd and even numbers. The winners of each group will advance to the Finals to define a champion.

Group A

R	Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
(7)	1.	América	13	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7
(5)	2.	Envigado	8	6	2	2	2	8	9	-1
(3)	3.	Santa Fe	7	6	2	1	3	6	8	-2
(1)	4.	La Equidad	5	6	1	2	3	4	8	-4

Last Update: June 24, 2008 *^[1]

R=Classification in second phase; Pts=Points; GP=Games Played; W=Win; D=Tied; L=Lost; GF=Goals Favored; GA=Goals Allowed; DIF=Difference

Fixture 1 - May 21, 2008
Home	Score	Away
La Equidad	0 - 2	América de Cali
Envigado	2 - 0	Santa Fe

Fixture 2 - May 24 and May 25, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
May 24	América de Cali	2 - 0	Envigado
May 25	Santa Fe	0 - 1	La Equidad

Fixture 3 - June 8, 2008
Home	Score	Away
América de Cali	3 - 0	Santa Fe
La Equidad	2 - 2	Envigado

Fixture 4 - June 22, 2008
Home	Score	Away
Santa Fe	2 - 0	América de Cali
Envigado	1 - 0	La Equidad

Fixture 5 - June 25, 2008
Home	Score	Away
Envigado	1 - 3	América de Cali
La Equidad	0 - 2	Santa Fe

Fixture 6 - June 29, 2008
Home	Score	Away
América de Cali	1 - 1	La Equidad
Santa Fe	2 - 2	Envigado

Group B

R	Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
(2)	1.	Boyacá Chicó	10	6	2	4	0	9	7	+2
(4)	2.	Independiente Medellín	9	6	2	3	1	10	4	+6
(8)	3.	Deportes Quindío	6	6	1	3	2	5	6	-1
(6)	4.	Deportivo Cali	5	5	1	2	3	6	13	-7

Last Update: June 24, 2008 *^[1]

R=Classification in second phase; Pts=Points; GP=Games Played; W=Win; D=Tied; L=Lost; GF=Goals Favored; GA=Goals Allowed; DIF=Difference

Fixture 1 - May 21, 2008
Home	Score	Away
Quindío	0 - 0	Medellín
Deportivo Cali	2 - 2	Boyacá Chicó

Fixture 2 - May 24 and May 25, 2008
Home	Score	Away
Medellín	5 - 0	Deportivo Cali
Boyacá Chicó	2 - 1	Quindío

Fixture 3 - June 8, 2008
Home	Score	Away
Medellín	1 - 1	Boyacá Chicó
Quindío	1 - 1	Deportivo Cali

Fixture 4 - June 22, 2008
Home	Score	Away
Boyacá Chicó	1 - 1	Medellín
Deportivo Cali	0 - 2	Quindío

Fixture 5 - June 25, 2008
Home	Score	Away
Deportivo Cali	2 - 1	Medellín
Quindío	1 - 1	Boyacá Chicó

Fixture 6 - June 29, 2008
Home	Score	Away
Medellín	2 - 0	Quindío
Boyacá Chicó	2 - 1	Deportivo Cali

Finals

The first and second legs of the final are scheduled to be played on July 2 and July 6, respectively.

Date	City	Home	Score	Away
July 2	Cali	América	1 - 1	Boyacá Chicó
July 6	Tunja	Boyacá Chicó	1 - 1	América
Boyacá Chicó won on penalty kicks 4 - 2

Champion
Boyacá Chicó
First Title

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Ivan Velásquez	Quindío	13
1	Miguel Caneo	Chicó	13
3	Luis Tejada	América	12
4	Carlos Rentería	Huila	10
	Léider Preciado	Santa Fe	10
	Giovanni Moreno	Envigado	10
7	Roberto Polo	Equidad	9
10	Johan Fano	Once Caldas	8
10	Neider Morantes	Envigado	8
12	Luis Fernando Mosquera	Santa Fe	7
	Matías Urbano	Cúcuta	7
	Franco Arizala	Tolima	7
	Diego Álvarez	Medellín	7
	Dany Santoyo	Deportes Quindío	7
Last Updated: June 25, 2008, *^[2]

Torneo Finalización

Standings

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
1.	Deportes Tolima	33	18	10	3	5	22	16	+6
2.	Junior	31	18	10	1	7	27	19	+8
3.	Atlético Nacional	30	18	9	3	6	20	19	+1
4.	América de Cali	29	18	8	5	5	25	17	+8
5.	Independiente Medellín	29	18	9	2	7	24	19	+5
6.	Deportivo Pereira	29	18	8	5	5	23	20	+3
7.	La Equidad	29	18	8	5	5	18	16	+2
8.	Deportivo Cali	28	18	9	1	8	30	21	+9
9.	Millonarios	28	18	8	4	6	26	18	+8
10.	Once Caldas	27	18	7	6	5	20	20	0
11.	Santa Fe	26	18	7	5	6	18	15	+3
12.	Envigado FC	21	18	5	6	7	19	19	0
13.	Deportes Quindío	21	18	5	6	7	16	22	-6
14.	Boyacá Chicó	20	18	6	2	10	17	24	-7
15.	Atlético Bucaramanga	20	18	4	8	6	13	23	-10
16.	Deportivo Pasto	16	18	3	7	8	9	17	-8
17.	Atlético Huila	15	18	3	6	9	17	26	-8
18.	Cúcuta Deportivo	15	18	4	3	11	9	22	-13

Qualified for semifinals

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
América	13	5	15	14	13	8	10	14	7	9	9	9	7	10	9	6	6	4
Boyacá Chicó	6	9	8	13	16	16	15	16	9	15	16	17	17	14	12	12	12	14
Atlético Bucaramanga	7	13	11	11	7	6	6	6	6	4	4	7	10	12	15	13	13	15
Cúcuta Deportivo	16	16	18	15	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Deportivo Cali	12	7	2	6	9	11	7	9	11	8	7	5	2	2	2	5	3	8
Deportivo Pasto	17	11	10	10	14	14	17	13	14	10	10	15	16	17	17	17	17	16
Envigado	10	15	5	2	6	7	8	12	13	14	15	13	14	15	13	14	14	12
La Equidad	11	17	17	18	11	15	11	15	17	17	12	14	12	9	6	3	8	7
Huila	3	10	9	9	12	13	14	11	15	16	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	17
Junior	14	6	14	8	5	3	4	2	2	3	3	6	8	6	8	7	4	2
Independiente Medellín	15	18	16	17	18	18	16	17	16	11	11	10	6	8	4	2	2	5
Millonarios	5	8	3	1	1	4	2	4	4	5	8	4	5	3	3	8	10	9
Atlético Nacional	18	14	13	16	8	10	12	8	10	12	14	12	11	7	10	9	5	3
Once Caldas	4	12	4	4	3	5	5	5	5	7	6	8	13	13	11	11	11	10
Deportivo Pereira	8	2	12	12	15	9	13	7	8	6	5	3	4	5	7	4	9	6
Quindío	9	3	6	7	10	12	9	10	12	13	13	11	9	11	14	15	15	13
Santa Fe	1	4	7	3	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	5	10	7	11
Deportes Tolima	2	1	1	5	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Last updated: 2008-11-15
Source:

Cuadrangular

The second phase of the 2008 Final Tournament takes two groups of four teams. It is disputed between the best eight teams in the first phase, later they are distributed in two groups of four by groups being divided by odd and even numbers. The winners of each group will advance to the Finals to defined a champion. The first tie-breaking criteria is the position in the 2008-II General Standing.

Group A

R	Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
(5)	1.	Independiente Medellín	11	6	3	2	1	8	8	0
(1)	2.	Deportes Tolima	10	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2
(7)	3.	La Equidad	7	6	2	1	3	10	8	+2
(3)	4.	Atlético Nacional	4	6	0	4	2	4	8	-4

Fixture 1 - November 22 and 23, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
November 22	Medellín	2 - 1	Tolima
November 23	La Equidad	0 - 0	Atlético Nacional

Fixture 2 - November 27, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
November 27	Atlético Nacional	1 - 1	Medellín
November 27	Tolima	2 - 1	La Equidad

Fixture 3 - November 30, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
November 30	La Equidad	2 - 3	Medellín
November 30	Atlético Nacional	1 - 1	Tolima

Fixture 4 - December 7, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
December 7	Medellín	1 - 0	La Equidad
December 7	Tolima	2 - 1	Atlético Nacional

Fixture 5 - December 10, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
December 10	Medellín	0 - 0	Atlético Nacional
December 10	La Equidad	3 - 1	Tolima

Fixture 6 - December 14, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
December 14	Atlético Nacional	1 - 4	La Equidad
December 14	Tolima	4 - 1	Medellín

Group B

R	Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
(4)	1.	América de Cali	11	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4
(6)	3.	Deportivo Pereira	9	6	3	0	3	9	13	-4
(2)	2.	Junior	7	6	2	1	3	9	8	+1
(8)	4.	Deportivo Cali	7	6	2	1	3	8	9	-1

Fixture 1 - November 22 and 23, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
November 22	Junior	2 - 0	Deportivo Cali
November 23	América	3 - 0	Pereira

Fixture 2 - November 26, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
November 26	Deportivo Cali	2 - 2	América
November 26	Pereira	3 - 2	Junior

Fixture 3 - November 29, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
November 29	Deportivo Cali	3 - 0	Pereira
November 29	Junior	1 - 1	América

Fixture 4 - December 6, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
December 6	Pereira	3 - 1	Deportivo Cali
December 6	América	2 - 0	Junior

Fixture 5 - December 10, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
December 10	Junior	3 - 0	Pereira
December 10	América	1 - 0	Deportivo Cali

Fixture 6 - December 14, 2008
Date	Home	Score	Away
December 14	Deportivo Cali	2 - 1	Junior
December 14	Pereira	3 - 1	América

Finals

Main article: Final Copa Mustang 2008-II

Independiente Medellín v América

December 17
20:00 (UTC-5)

Independiente Medellín	0 – 1	América
		Cortés 63'

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
Attendance: 44,641
Referee: Imer Machado

América v Independiente Medellín

December 21
17:30 (UTC-5)

América	3 – 1	Independiente Medellín
G. Ramos 25' J. Ramos 60' (o.g.) Córdoba 89'		Álvarez 17'

Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali
Attendance: ~42,000
Referee: Óscar Ruiz

Copa Mustang 2009 II Champion
América 13th Title

Overall standings

Besides the Opening and Closing champions, the team with the best overall points earned will advance to the Preliminary Round of Copa Libertadores 2009. Also, the team with the second best overall points will advance to Copa Sudamericana 2009, along with the Copa Colombia 2008 champions.

Updated on December 21, 2008.

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif
1.	América de Cali	87	52	25	12	15	86	58	+28
2.	Independiente Medellín	78	50	22	12	16	69	48	+22
3.	La Equidad	76	48	21	13	14	57	45	+12
4.	Deportivo Cali	64	48	19	10	19	63	64	-1
5.	Independiente Santa Fe	64	42	18	10	14	49	41	+8
6.	Boyacá Chicó	64	44	17	13	14	58	52	+6
7.	Junior	62	42	19	5	18	57	50	+7
8.	Deportes Tolima	58	42	17	7	18	54	60	-6
9.	Envigado FC	57	42	15	12	15	47	48	-1
10.	Deportivo Pereira	54	42	16	9	17	53	66	-13
11.	Atlético Nacional	56	42	16	8	18	40	46	-6
12.	Millonarios	52	36	14	10	12	49	41	+8
13.	Deportes Quindío	52	42	12	16	14	46	50	-4
14.	Once Caldas	46	36	12	10	14	40	48	-8
15.	Atlético Bucaramanga	45	36	12	9	15	33	47	-14
16.	Cúcuta Deportivo	40	36	11	7	18	29	39	-10
17.	Atlético Huila	38	36	8	14	14	42	51	-9
18.	Deportivo Pasto	35	36	8	11	17	24	41	-17

	Qualified to Copa Sudamericana 2009.
	Qualified to Copa Libertadores 2009.

Pts=Points; P=Played games; GS=Goals scored; GA=Goals against; Diff=Goal Difference; GFV=Goals scored as a visiting team; GAV=Goals received as a visiting team; AVE=Points Average for Relegation

Relegation table

The team with the worst points average from the tournaments 2006-I, 2006-II, 2007-I, 2007-II, 2008-I, and 2008-II, will be relegated to Second Division. At the same time, the team with the second worst points average, will have to play a two-leg promotion playoff with the runner-up team from Second Division, to see which team will be in First Division along with the team that would replace the relegated team.

Updated on December 13, 2008

Pos	Team	PTS	GP	GS	GA	Dif	PROM
1.	Atlético Nacional	183	108	143	104	+39	1.694
2.	Cúcuta Deportivo	173	108	138	107	+31	1.602
3.	Deportes Tolima	167	108	162	134	+28	1.546
4.	Boyacá Chicó	161	108	128	114	+14	1.491
5.	Deportivo Cali	160	108	143	120	+23	1.481
6.	Independiente Medellín	158	108	149	139	+10	1.463
7.	Millonarios	157	108	143	128	+15	1.454
8.	Once Caldas	149	108	141	141	0	1.349
9.	América de Cali	148	108	147	153	-6	1.370
10.	Deportivo Pasto	145	108	122	114	+8	1.343
11.	Deportes Quindío	144	108	126	135	-9	1.333
12.	La Equidad	143	108	122	122	0	1.324
13.	Independiente Santa Fe	143	108	140	146	-6	1.324
14.	Atlético Huila	134	108	125	151	-26	1.241
16.	Atletico Junior	133	108	128	154	-26	1.231
16.	Deportivo Pereira	131	108	116	138	-22	1.213
17.	Envigado FC	128	108	118	132	-14	1.185
18.	Atlético Bucaramanga	126	108	115	151	-36	1.167

	Promotion Play-offs.
	Relegated

Pts=Points; GP=Games Played; GS=Goals scored; GA=Goals allowed; Dif=Difference; Prom=Relegation percentage

Division	Relegated Team	Promoted Team
FPC Primera B	Atlético Bucaramanga	Real Cartagena

Top goalscorers

Player	Team	Goals
Fredy Montero	Deportivo Cali	16
Darwin Quintero	Deportivo Pereira	13
Milton Rodríguez	Millonarios	11
Gustavo Adrian Ramos	América de Cali	11
Teófilo Gutiérrez	Junior	11
Wilson Carpintero	La Equidad	10

Stadium

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Junior	Estadio Metropolitano	60,000
Deportivo Cali	Estadio Deportivo Cali	58,000
Nacional, Medellín	Estadio Atanasio Girardot	53,000
Millonarios, Santa Fe	Estadio El Campín	48,600
América de Cali	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero	45,625
Cúcuta Deportivo	General Santander Stadium	42,901
Once Caldas	Estadio Palogrande	42,000
Deportes Tolima	Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro	31,000
Deportivo Pereira	Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas	30,313
Deportes Quindío	Estadio Centenario	29,000
Deportivo Pasto	Estadio Departamental Libertad	25,000
A. Bucaramanga	Estadio Alfonso Lopez	25,000
Atlético Huila	Estadio Guillermo Plazas Alcid	22,000
La Equidad	Estadio Metropolitano de Techo	17,000
Envigado F.C.	Estadio Polideportivo Sur	12,000
Boyacá Chicó	Estadio La Independencia	8,500

References

1 2 "ESPNdeportes.com: Fútbol Colombiano". Espndeportes.espn.go.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
↑ ":: Copa Mustang ::". Copamustang.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-31. Retrieved 2008-09-01.

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Categoría Primera A (Liga Águila)

2016 teams	Alianza Petrolera Atlético Bucaramanga Atlético Huila Atlético Nacional Boyacá Chicó Cortuluá Deportes Tolima Deportivo Cali Deportivo Pasto Envigado Fortaleza Independiente Medellín Jaguares Junior La Equidad Millonarios Once Caldas Patriotas Rionegro Águilas Santa Fe

Former teams	América de Cali Boca Juniors Centauros Villavicencio Cúcuta Deportivo Deportes Quindío Deportivo Barranquilla Deportivo Pereira Deportivo Unicosta Huracán Libertad Once Deportivo Oro Negro Real Cartagena Sporting Uniautónoma Unión Magdalena Universidad

Competition	El Dorado Foreign players Seasons & winners Teams Venues

Statistics and records	Records All-time table Topscorers

Seasons	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995–96 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Associated competitions	Categoría Primera B Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana Copa Libertadores de América Copa Sudamericana

Early competitions	Campeonato Nacional Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá

2008 in South American Football (CONMEBOL)

Domestic Leagues	Argentina '07-'08 '08-'09 Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia I II Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay '07–'08 '08–'09 Venezuela '07–'08 '08–'09

Domestic Cups	Brazil Colombia Venezuela '07–'08 '08

CONMEBOL Competitions	Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship

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2008 Categoría Primera A season

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Schedule

Cuadrangular

Group A

Group B

Finals

Top scorers

Torneo Finalización

Standings

Positions by round

Cuadrangular

Group A

Group B

Finals

Overall standings

Relegation table

Top goalscorers

Stadium

See also

References

External links