# 2009 Categoría Primera A season

The 2009 Copa Mustang was the 62nd season of Colombia's top-flight football league, the Categoría Primera A. The season is divided into two championships; Torneo Apertura and Torneo Finalización. Each tournament crowned a national champion and qualified for the 2010 Copa Libertadores.

## Teams

| Team | City | Stadium |
| América | Cali | Pascual Guerrero |
| 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 |
| Deportivo Pereira | Pereira | Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
| Envigado | Envigado | Polideportivo Sur |
| Independiente Medellín | Medellín | Atanasio Girardot |
| Junior | Barranquilla | Metropolitano |
| La Equidad | Bogotá | Metropolitano de Techo |
| Millonarios | Bogotá | El Campín |
| Once Caldas | Manizales | Palogrande |
| Real Cartagena | Cartagena | Jaime Morón León |
| Santa Fe | Bogotá | El Campín |

## Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura began on February 6 and ended on June 28. Once Caldas won the tournament for their 3rd national title.

### First stage
#### Standings

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

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AME | HUI | NAC | BOY | CUC | QUI | TOL | CAL | PAS | PER | ENV | DIM | JUN | EQU | MIL | ONC | RCA | SFE |
| América | | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 3–0 | | | 1–1 | | |
| Huila | | | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | | | | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
| Atlético Nacional | 0–2 | | | 2–1 | | 0–1 | | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | | 1–0 | 0–2 | | |
| Boyacá Chicó | | | | | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | | | 2–2 | | | | 2–0 | | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Quindío | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | | | | | 2–1 | | |
| Deportes Tolima | | 0–1 | 2–1 | | | | | | 2–0 | | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Deportivo Cali | 1–1 | | | | 0–0 | | 0–1 | | | | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Deportivo Pasto | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | | | 0–1 | 0–0 | | | |
| Deportivo Pereira | | 3–1 | | 4–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | | | 4–2 | | 1–3 | 3–5 | | 0–1 | | |
| Envigado | | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 3–3 | | | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | | |
| Independiente Medellín | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | | 1–4 | | | 1–1 | 3–0 | | | | | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Junior | | 4–0 | 3–0 | | | 4–1 | | | 2–0 | | | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| La Equidad | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | | 2–1 | | | 1–3 | | | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Millonarios | 3–1 | | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | | | | | 1–1 | | 1–1 |
| Once Caldas | | | | | 2–0 | | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Real Cartagena | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 6–3 | | 2–2 | | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | | 0–0 | | | |
| Santa Fe | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | | 2–3 | | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | | | 1–1 | | 1–0 | |

### Cuadrangular semifinals

The second stage of the Torneo Apertura was a quadrangular semifinal. The eight teams qualified from the first stage were placed into two groups of four. The top-two seeded teams were placed into separate groups, while the other qualified teams were pooled into odd and even seeds and placed into separate groups. Each group played against each other in a double round-robin format. The top team from each group will play each other in the finals.

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ONC | EQU | TOL | BOY |
| 1 | Once Caldas (A) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 10 | | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | La Equidad | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Deportes Tolima | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Boyacá Chicó | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 5 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | JUN | CAL | CUC | ENV |
| 1 | Junior (A) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 9 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Deportivo Cali | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 9 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 |
| 4 | Envigado | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |

### Finals

First leg
Second leg
* Copa Mustang 2009 I champion
* Once Caldas 3rd title

### Top-five goalscorers

| Pos | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Teófilo Gutiérrez | Junior | 16 |
| 2 | Johan Fano | Once Caldas | 13 |
| 3 | Pablo Batalla | Deportivo Cali | 10 |
| 3 | Roberto Gamarra | Cúcuta Deportivo | 10 |
| 5 | Wilson Carpintero | La Equidad | 9 |
| 5 | Adrián Ramos | América | 9 |

## Torneo Finalización

The Torneo Finalización began on June 10 and ended December 20.

### First stage
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Independiente Medellín | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 38 | Cuadrangular Semifinals |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 30 | Cuadrangular Semifinals |
| 3 | Huila | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 30 | Cuadrangular Semifinals |
| 4 | Deportivo Pereira | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 29 | Cuadrangular Semifinals |
| 5 | Deportes Tolima | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 29 | Cuadrangular Semifinals |
| 6 | Junior | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 27 | Cuadrangular Semifinals |
| 7 | Atlético Nacional | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 27 | Cuadrangular Semifinals |
| 8 | Real Cartagena | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 27 | Cuadrangular Semifinals |
| 9 | Millonarios | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 26 | |
| 10 | Deportivo Pasto | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 26 | |
| 11 | Boyacá Chicó | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 24 | |
| 12 | Deportivo Cali | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 22 | |
| 13 | Quindío | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 21 | |
| 14 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 18 | |
| 15 | La Equidad | 18 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 24 | −7 | 17 | |
| 16 | Once Caldas | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 17 | |
| 17 | América | 18 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 13 | |
| 18 | Envigado | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 10 | |

### Cuadrangular semifinals

The second stage of the 2009 Copa Mustang II is a quadrangular semifinal. The eight teams qualified teams from the first stage were placed into two groups of four. The top-two seeded teams were placed into separate groups, while the other qualified teams were pooled into odd and even seeds and placed into separate groups. Each group played against each other in a double round-robin format. The top team from each group will play each other in the finals.

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | DIM | JUN | PER | RCA |
| 1 | Independiente Medellín (A) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 14 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Junior | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Deportivo Pereira | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Real Cartagena | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 4 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | HUI | NAC | SFE | TOL |
| 1 | Huila (A) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 11 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Atlético Nacional | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Santa Fe | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 7 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 |
| 4 | Deportes Tolima | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 5 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 | |

### Finals

First leg
Second leg
* Copa Mustang 2009 II champion
* Independiente Medellín 5th title

### Top-five goalscorers

| Pos | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jackson Martínez | Independiente Medellín | 18 |
| 2 | Teófilo Gutiérrez | Junior | 14 |
| 3 | Giovanni Moreno | Atlético Nacional | 13 |
| 4 | Iván Velásquez | Atlético Huila | 11 |
| 5 | Sergio Herrera | Deportivo Cali | 10 |

## Relegation

Relegation was determined by an average of the points obtained in the First Stages of the past six tournaments (three seasons). For the purposes of completing the relegation table, the 2007 and 2008 numbers of the 2008 Primera B champion (Real Cartagena) will be the same as the team that finished 16th in this relegation table.
| Pos | Team | Pts | GP | Avg | Result |
| 1 | Atlético Nacional | 165 | 108 | 1.527 | |
| 2 | Boyacá Chicó | 163 | 108 | 1.509 | |
| 3 | Deportes Tolima | 162 | 108 | 1.500 | |
| 4 | Independiente Medellín | 161 | 108 | 1.490 | |
| 5 | Deportivo Cali | 158 | 108 | 1.462 | |
| 6 | Junior | 157 | 108 | 1.453 | |
| 7 | La Equidad | 157 | 108 | 1.453 | |
| 8 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 154 | 108 | 1.425 | |
| 9 | Santa Fe | 150 | 108 | 1.388 | |
| 10 | Millonarios | 145 | 108 | 1.342 | |
| 11 | América | 145 | 108 | 1.342 | |
| 12 | Once Caldas | 138 | 108 | 1.277 | |
| 13 | Atlético Huila | 137 | 108 | 1.268 | |
| 14 | Deportes Quindío | 136 | 108 | 1.259 | |
| 15 | Envigado | 135 | 108 | 1.250 | |
| 16 | Real Cartagena | 135 | 108 | 1.250 | |
| 17 | Deportivo Pereira | 133 | 108 | 1.231 | Playoff match |
| 18 | Deportivo Pasto | 131 | 108 | 1.212 | Relegated to the Primera B |
Updated as of games played on November 15, 2009. Source:

### Relegation/promotion playoff

By finishing 17th in the relegation table, Deportivo Pereira played a playoff against the 2009 Primera B runner-up Atlético Bucaramanga. The team that accumulated the most points over two legs will play in the Primera A for the 2010 season. If there is a tie in points, goal difference would be taken into account, followed by a penalty shootout. Atlético Bucaramanga host the first leg.
| Team #1 | Points earned | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Deportivo Pereira | 6–0 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 2–1 | 3–2 |

## Aggregate table

The aggregate table is the sum of all points and results throughout the entire season, including Cuadrangulares and Finals. This table determined the remaining berths for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Junior | 50 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 85 | 59 | +26 | 76 | 2010 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 2 | Deportes Tolima | 48 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 74 | 2010 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage |
| 3 | Independiente Medellín | 44 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 62 | 55 | +7 | 67 | 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 4 | Huila | 44 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 66 | 2010 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 5 | Once Caldas | 44 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 62 | 61 | +1 | 61 | 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 6 | Deportivo Cali | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 61 | 56 | +5 | 60 | |
| 7 | Boyacá Chicó | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 59 | |
| 8 | Deportivo Pereira | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 58 | |
| 9 | Santa Fe | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 58 | 2010 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 10 | Real Cartagena | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 58 | 65 | −7 | 56 | |
| 11 | La Equidad | 42 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 55 | |
| 12 | Atlético Nacional | 42 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 53 | |
| 13 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 52 | |
| 14 | Envigado | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 62 | 74 | −12 | 48 | |
| 15 | Quindío | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 46 | |
| 16 | Millonarios | 36 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 43 | |
| 17 | Deportivo Pasto | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 43 | |
| 18 | América | 36 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 37 | |
* 1 2 Once Caldas and Independiente Medellín are qualified as the two tournament champions.
* ↑ As 2009 Copa Colombia champion.