2002 Categoría Primera A season

The 2002 Categoría Primera A season was the 54th season of Colombia's top-flight football league.

Copa Mustang
Season2002
ChampionsApertura: América de Cali (12th title)
Finalización: Independiente Medellín (3rd title)
RelegatedReal Cartagena
Copa LibertadoresAmérica de Cali
Independiente Medellín
Deportivo Cali
Copa SudamericanaAtlético Nacional
Deportivo Pasto
Matches played448
Goals scored1,029 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Luis Zuleta (13 goals)
Finalización: Orlando Ballesteros and
Milton Rodríguez (13 goals each)
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Format

Starting from this year, the General Assembly of DIMAYOR approved the expansion of the tournament from 16 to 18 teams, adding to the league two of the three DIMAYOR associates who were taking part of the Categoría Primera B at the time through a special promotion tournament.[1] In addition to this, the league started awarding two championships per season.

For both the Apertura and Finalización tournaments, the 18 teams were first divided into three groups of six teams, playing five games, and then all teams in the league played each other once for a total of 22 matches. The semifinal round was played by the best eight teams at the end of the 22 matches, who were divided into two groups of four teams each according to their position at the end of the first stage: odd-ranked teams made up Group A, while even-ranked ones made up Group B. The winners of each group played the finals to decide the champions of each tournament.

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura (officially the 2002 Copa Mustang I for sponsorship reasons) was the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on 3 February and ended on 19 June.

First stage

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Cali 22 11 6 5 44 24 +20 39 Advanced to the Semifinals
2 Santa Fe 22 10 8 4 26 13 +13 38
3 Atlético Nacional 22 10 8 4 24 18 +6 38
4 Envigado 22 10 6 6 21 18 +3 36
5 Deportivo Pasto 22 9 7 6 29 27 +2 34
6 Atlético Bucaramanga 22 9 6 7 24 22 +2 33
7 Unión Magdalena 22 9 6 7 27 27 0 33
8 América de Cali 22 8 9 5 27 22 +5 33
9 Once Caldas 22 9 5 8 36 29 +7 32
10 Deportivo Pereira 22 8 8 6 20 16 +4 32
11 Deportes Quindío 22 7 9 6 24 30 −6 30
12 Junior 22 7 5 10 19 25 −6 26
13 Millonarios 22 5 8 9 17 21 −4 23
14 Atlético Huila 22 5 7 10 21 32 −11 22
15 Cortuluá 22 5 6 11 16 25 −9 21
16 Independiente Medellín 22 4 9 9 26 32 −6 21
17 Real Cartagena 22 4 8 10 17 25 −8 20
18 Deportes Tolima 22 3 9 10 18 30 −12 18
Source:

Semifinals

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Nacional 6 5 1 0 12 4 +8 16 Advanced to the Finals
2 Unión Magdalena 6 3 0 3 12 9 +3 9
3 Deportivo Cali 6 2 2 2 11 13 −2 8
4 Deportivo Pasto 6 0 1 5 4 13 −9 1
Source:

Results

Home \ Away NAC CAL PAS MAG
Atlético Nacional 2–1 3–0 2–1
Deportivo Cali 2–2 3–1 4–1
Deportivo Pasto 0–2 1–1 1–2
Unión Magdalena 0–1 6–0 2–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América de Cali 6 4 0 2 6 6 0 12 Advanced to the Finals
2 Santa Fe 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 11
3 Envigado 6 2 2 2 6 4 +2 8
4 Atlético Bucaramanga 6 0 2 4 4 10 −6 2
Source:

Results

Home \ Away AME BUC ENV SFE
América de Cali 1–0 2–1 2–1
Atlético Bucaramanga 0–1 0–2 2–2
Envigado 2–0 1–1 0–1
Santa Fe 2–0 3–1 0–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals
Date City Home Score Away
June 16 Cali América de Cali 2 - 1 Atlético Nacional
June 19 Medellín Atlético Nacional 0 - 1 América de Cali
América de Cali won 3 - 1 on aggregate score.


Champions
América de Cali
Twelfth Title

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Luis Zuleta Unión Magdalena 13
2 José Herrera Unión Magdalena 12
Jorge Agudelo Atlético Nacional 12
4 Carlos Castillo Deportivo Cali 11
Leonardo Mina Polo Deportivo Cali 11
Carlos Vilarete Unión Magdalena 11
7 Wilson Carpintero Atlético Bucaramanga 9
Giovanni Hernández Deportivo Cali 9
Léider Preciado Once Caldas 9

Torneo Finalización

The Torneo Finalización (officially the 2002 Copa Mustang II for sponsorship reasons) was the second tournament of the season. It began on 7 July and ended on 22 December.

First stage

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Cali 22 14 5 3 38 15 +23 47 Advanced to the Semifinals
2 Deportivo Pasto 22 11 3 8 32 33 −1 36
3 Independiente Medellín 22 9 8 5 25 16 +9 35
4 América de Cali 22 10 4 8 26 24 +2 34
5 Atlético Bucaramanga 22 9 6 7 34 29 +5 33
6 Unión Magdalena 22 9 6 7 25 26 −1 33
7 Deportes Tolima 22 8 9 5 30 26 +4 33
8 Atlético Nacional 22 8 8 6 28 21 +7 32
9 Santa Fe 22 8 8 6 35 30 +5 32
10 Once Caldas 22 7 11 4 23 17 +6 32
11 Deportes Quindío 22 8 4 10 18 23 −5 28
12 Cortuluá 22 8 4 10 21 27 −6 28
13 Deportivo Pereira 22 7 5 10 27 34 −7 26
14 Real Cartagena 22 7 4 11 20 30 −10 25
15 Atlético Huila 22 6 7 9 21 29 −8 25
16 Millonarios 22 6 5 11 25 31 −6 23
17 Junior 22 4 9 9 27 33 −6 21
18 Envigado 22 3 6 13 16 27 −11 15
Source:

Semifinals

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Independiente Medellín 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11 Advanced to the Finals
2 Deportivo Cali 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10
3 Atlético Bucaramanga 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 7
4 Deportes Tolima 6 1 2 3 5 8 −3 5
Source:

Results

Home \ Away BUC TOL CAL DIM
Atlético Bucaramanga 2–0 1–2 1–0
Deportes Tolima 1–1 2–0 1–3
Deportivo Cali 4–0 1–0 0–1
Independiente Medellín 1–0 1–1 1–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Pasto 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11 Advanced to the Finals
2 América de Cali 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10
3 Unión Magdalena 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7
4 Atlético Nacional 6 1 2 3 4 6 −2 5
Source:

Results

Home \ Away AME NAC PAS MAG
América de Cali 2–1 3–0 2–0
Atlético Nacional 0–0 1–1 2–0
Deportivo Pasto 2–0 1–0 3–1
Unión Magdalena 3–1 2–0 0–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals
Date City Home Score Away
December 18 Medellín Independiente Medellín 2 - 0 Deportivo Pasto
December 22 Pasto Deportivo Pasto 1 - 1 Independiente Medellín
Independiente Medellín won 3 - 1 on aggregate score.


Champions
Independiente Medellín
Third Title

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Orlando Ballesteros Atlético Bucaramanga 13
Milton Rodríguez Deportivo Pereira 13
3 Léider Preciado Deportivo Cali 11
Pablo Jaramillo Deportivo Pasto 11
5 Ricardo Ciciliano Deportes Tolima 10
Jairo Patiño Deportivo Pasto 10

Aggregate table

An aggregate table including all games that a team played during the year was used to determine berths to both the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana. The best-placed non-champion qualified for the 2003 Copa Libertadores along with both champions of the season, while the second and third best-placed non-champions qualified for the 2003 Copa Sudamericana.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportivo Cali 56 30 14 12 101 57 +44 104 2003 Copa Libertadores
2 América de Cali (C) 58 27 14 17 63 58 +5 95
3 Atlético Nacional 58 24 19 15 68 49 +19 91 2003 Copa Sudamericana
4 Deportivo Pasto 58 23 14 21 73 81 −8 83
5 Unión Magdalena 56 23 13 20 70 70 0 82
6 Santa Fe 50 21 18 11 70 48 +22 81
7 Atlético Bucaramanga 56 20 15 21 67 69 −2 75
8 Independiente Medellín (C) 52 17 20 15 61 53 +8 71 2003 Copa Libertadores
9 Once Caldas 44 16 16 12 59 46 +13 64
10 Envigado 50 15 14 21 43 49 −6 59
11 Deportivo Pereira 44 15 13 16 47 50 −3 58
12 Deportes Quindío 44 15 13 16 42 53 −11 58
13 Deportes Tolima 50 12 20 18 53 64 −11 56
14 Cortuluá 44 13 10 21 37 52 −15 49
15 Junior 44 11 14 19 46 58 −12 47
16 Atlético Huila 44 11 14 19 42 61 −19 47
17 Millonarios 44 11 13 20 42 52 −10 46
18 Real Cartagena 44 11 12 21 37 55 −18 45
Source:
(C) Champion.

Relegation
Pos Team Pld Pts Avg Relegation
1América de Cali1322211.674
2Deportivo Cali1322211.674
3Santa Fe1322071.568
4Once Caldas1322051.553
5Atlético Nacional1321931.462
6Deportes Tolima1321881.424
7Millonarios1321801.364
8Deportivo Pasto1321761.333
9Junior1321731.311
10Independiente Medellín1321721.303
11Envigado1321701.288
12Cortuluá1321651.25
13Deportivo Pereira1321591.205
14Unión Magdalena1321541.167
15Atlético Bucaramanga1321541.167
16Deportes Quindío1321531.159
17Atlético Huila1321421.076
18Real Cartagena1321421.076Relegated to the Categoría Primera B

Rules for classification: 1st average; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th number of goals scored; 5th away goals scored.

References
  1. "Especiales del Bestiario: triangular pirata, Cartagena 2001". bestiariodelbalon.com (in Spanish). 23 October 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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