2012 Categoría Primera A season

Liga Postobón
Season	2012
Champions	Apertura: Santa Fe (7th title) Clausura: Millonarios (14th title)
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 →

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

Format

The format for both the Apertura and Finalización will have an identical format. Each championship 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 semifinal round, of two groups of four playing oncemore on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each semifinal group will advance to the final of the tournament and will be played one game as home and another game away. The winner of the final will be declared the tournament champion and will participate in the 2013 Copa Libertadores.

Teams

Atlético Huila

Atlético Nacional, Independiente Medellín

Bogotá

Bogotá teams:
La Equidad
Millonarios
Santa Fe

Locations of the 2012 Primera A teams

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 Ditaires	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

Torneo Apertura

First Stage

The First Stage will begin on January 27 and will consist 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 Semifinals. The first stage will end May 27.

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	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	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

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^[1]	HUI	NAC	BOY	CUC	QUI	TOL	CAL	PAS	ENV	EQU	DIM	ITA	JUN	MIL	ONC	PAT	RCA	SFE
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
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

Source: ^[2]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

The Semifinal stage began on June 13 and ended on July 8. The eight teams that advanced were sorted into two groups of four teams. The winner of each group advanced to the finals.

Group A

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Pasto	6	3	2	1	7	6	+1	11	Advanced to the Finals ¹
2	Deportivo Cali	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11
3	Deportes Tolima	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10
4	Huila	6	0	1	5	2	8	−6	1

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd first stage position.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	HUI	TOL	CAL	PAS
Huila		0–1	0–1	0–1
Deportes Tolima	2–0		1–0	0–1
Deportivo Cali	2–1	1–1		3–0
Deportivo Pasto	1–1	3–1	1–1

Group B

Standings


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

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd first stage position.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	BOY	ITA	EQU	SFE
Boyacá Chicó		0–1	2–1	2–2
Itagüí	0–1		1–1	0–1
La Equidad	3–1	2–1		2–2
Santa Fe	1–0	2–1	2–1

Finals


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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

Source:^[3]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

Deportivo Pasto v Santa Fe

July 11, 2012
19:00

Deportivo Pasto	1–1	Santa Fe
Rendón 25'	Report	Quiñonez 44'

Estadio Departamental Libertad, Pasto
Referee: Luis Sánchez

Santa Fe v Deportivo Pasto

July 15, 2012
18:05

Santa Fe	1–0	Deportivo Pasto
Copete 71'	Report

Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá
Referee: Wilmar Roldán

Liga Postobón 2012 Apertura Champion
Santa Fe 7th Title

Top goalscorers

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

Source:^[4]

Torneo Finalización

First Stage

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	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	Huila	18	2	6	10	12	31	−19	12

Results

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

Semifinals

The Semifinal stage began on November and ended on December. The eight teams that advanced were sorted into two groups of four teams. The winner of each group advanced to the finals.

Group A

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Millonarios	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10	Advanced to the Finals ¹
2	Deportivo Pasto	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
3	Junior	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8
4	Deportes Tolima	6	1	2	3	6	8	−2	5

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd first stage position.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	TOL	PAS	JUN	MIL
Deportes Tolima		3–0	0–1	1–2
Deportivo Pasto	1–1		1–0	3–1
Junior	1–1	1–3		2–1
Millonarios	3–0	1–0	0–0

Group B

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Independiente Medellin	6	3	2	1	4	4	0	11	Advanced to the Finals
2	Atlético Nacional	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	10
3	Itagüí	6	2	1	3	4	4	0	7
4	La Equidad	6	2	0	4	5	7	−2	6

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd first stage position.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	NAC	ITA	DIM	EQU
Atlético Nacional		1–0	0–1	2–0
Itagüí	2–0		0–1	0–1
Independiente Medellin	1–1	0–0		1–0
La Equidad	0–2	1–2	3–0

Finals


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Millonarios	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Independiente Medellin	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2

Source:^[3]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

Independiente Medellín v Millonarios

December 12, 2012

Independiente Medellín	0–0	Millonarios

Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
Referee: Juan Pontón

Millonarios v Independiente Medellín

December 16, 2012

Millonarios	1–1	Independiente Medellín
Cosme 44'		Zapata 51'
	Penalties
	6-5

Estadio Nemesio Camacho (El Campín), Bogotá
Referee: Luis Sánchez

Liga Postobón 2012 Clausura Champion
Millonarios 14th Title

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	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 Ditaires	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	Boyaca Chico	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

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

Aggregate table

An aggregate table including all games that a team plays during the year; is used to determine the 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 2013 Copa Libertadores and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th best-placed non-champions will go to the first stage of the 2013 Copa Sudamericana. Atlético Nacional is already qualified to the 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the champion of the 2012 Copa Colombia.


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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 ¹
6	Millonarios (C)	44	18	15	11	56	39	+17	69	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage 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 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	Huila	42	10	12	20	37	56	−19	42
15	Quindío	36	9	13	14	40	54	−14	40
16	Cúcuta Deportivo (O)	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

¹ Santa Fe and Millonarios are qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores as the Apertura and Finalización champions respectively.
² Atlético Nacional are qualified for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the 2012 Copa Colombia champion.

References

↑ "Posiciones" [Standings]. DIMAYOR. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
↑ "Resultados" [Results] (in Spanish). DIMAYOR. Archived from the original on February 2, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
1 2 "Posiciones" [Positions]. DIMAYOR. Archived from the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
↑ "Goleadores" [Goalscorers]. DIMAYOR. Archived from the original on April 17, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2012.

External links

DIMAYOR's official website (Spanish)
Official regulations (Spanish)

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

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Statistics and records	Records All-time table Topscorers

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

Early competitions	Campeonato Nacional Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá

2012 in Colombian football

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National teams	Senior

Domestic leagues	Primera A Primera B

Domestic cups	Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana

International club	Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana

Transfers

2012 in South American football (CONMEBOL)

Domestic leagues	Argentina (2011–12, 2012–13) Bolivia (2011–12, 2012–13) Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay (2011–12, 2012–13) Venezuela (2011–12, 2012–13)

Domestic cups	Argentina (2011–12, 2012–13) Brazil Chile (2012–13) Colombia Venezuela

CONMEBOL competitions	Copa Libertadores (first stage, second stage, knockout stages, finals) Copa Sudamericana (preliminary stages, final stages, finals) Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship

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