The 1993 Categoría Primera A season, known as 1993 Copa Mustang for sponsorship purposes, was the forty-sixth season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Junior won the league for the third time after winning the final quadrangular, clinching the title after defeating América de Cali 3–2 in their final match.
América de Cali were the defending champions, but placed last in the final quadrangular.
Format The season was split into four parts: Torneo Apertura, Torneo Finalización, semifinal quadrangulars, and final quadrangular. In the Torneo Apertura, the 16 participating teams were divided into two groups of eight, in which teams played each of their group rivals twice for a total of 14 matches, while in the Torneo Finalización, the 16 teams played each other twice in a double round-robin tournament for a total of 30 matches. The results of both the Apertura and the Finalización were combined into an aggregate table (Reclasificación), with the top eight teams in that table at the end of the season's 44 rounds advancing to the semifinal quadrangulars. Bonus points for the final stages (semifinal and final quadrangulars) were awarded at the end of the Apertura and Finalización tournaments to the top four teams of each tournament, with the following scale being used: 1.00, 0.75, 0.50, and 0.25. The placements of the top four teams in the Apertura for the purposes of bonus allocation were decided by two-legged playoffs between the group winners and runners-up.
In the semifinal quadrangulars, the eight participating teams were divided into two groups of four in which they played each of their group rivals twice, with the top two teams of each group advancing to the final quadrangular, in which they again played their other group rivals twice. The team that topped the final quadrangular was the champion.
Teams 16 teams competed in the season, the top 15 teams from the 1992 Primera A championship along with the 1992 Primera B champions Atlético Huila, who replaced Real Cartagena who were relegated at the end of the previous season.
Team City Stadium América de Cali Cali Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Alfonso López Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario Deportes Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro Deportivo Cali Cali Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas Envigado Envigado Polideportivo Sur Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot Junior Barranquilla Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Millonarios Bogotá El Campín Once Caldas Manizales Fernando Londoño Londoño Santa Fe Bogotá El Campín Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Eduardo Santos
Torneo Apertura Group A
Group B
Bonus allocation rounds Group winners playoff
Once Caldas won 3–1 on points and were awarded 1.00 bonus point. Junior were awarded 0.75 bonus points.
Group runners-up playoff
Atlético Nacional won 4–0 on points and were awarded 0.50 bonus points. Atlético Huila were awarded 0.25 bonus points.
Torneo Finalización
Aggregate table An aggregate table known as Reclasificación including the games of both tournaments (Apertura and Finalización) was used to determine the teams that would advance to the Copa Mustang final stages, as well as the team that was relegated to Categoría Primera B at the end of the season.
Final stages Semifinal quadrangulars Group A
Group B
Final quadrangular
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Miguel GuerreroJunior 34 2 Miguel AsprillaOnce Caldas 27 3 John Jairo TréllezAtlético Nacional 25 4 Rubén Darío HernándezIndependiente Medellín 21 Albeiro UsuriagaAmérica de Cali 6 Víctor AristizábalAtlético Nacional 20 7 Níver ArboledaDeportivo Cali 19 8 Iván ValencianoJunior 18 9 Ricardo PérezMillonarios 17 10 Héctor AcevedoEnvigado 16
Source: Historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano 70 Años
References
External links Dimayor's official website