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 Pascual Guerrero 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
Results
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
Group B
Finals First leg
Second leg
Top-five goalscorers Pos Name Club Goals 1 Teófilo Gutiérrez Junior 16 2 Johan Fano Once Caldas 13 3 Pablo Batalla Deportivo Cali 10 Roberto Gamarra Cúcuta Deportivo 10 5 Wilson Carpintero La Equidad 9 Adrián Ramos América 9
Torneo Finalización The Torneo Finalización began on June 10 and ended December 20.
First stage
Standings
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
Group B
Finals First leg
Second leg
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.
TeamResult1Atlético Nacional1651081.5272Boyacá Chicó1631081.5093Deportes Tolima1621081.5004Independiente Medellín1611081.4905Deportivo Cali1581081.4626Junior1571081.4537La Equidad1571081.4538Cúcuta Deportivo1541081.4259Santa Fe1501081.38810Millonarios1451081.34211América1451081.34212Once Caldas1381081.27713Atlético Huila1371081.26814Deportes Quindío1361081.25915Envigado1351081.25016Real Cartagena1351081.25017Deportivo Pereira1331081.231Playoff match18Deportivo Pasto1311081.212Relegated 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.
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
See also Categoría Primera A 2009 Copa Colombia
References
External links Copa Mustang Official Page Dimayor Official Page