The 1994 Categoría Primera A season, known as the 1994 Copa Mustang for sponsorship purposes, was the forty-seventh season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Atlético Nacional won the league for the sixth time after winning the season's final quadrangular on bonus points, clinching the title with a 1–0 victory over crosstown rivals Independiente Medellín on 18 December, the final day of the season.
Junior were the defending champions, but failed to advance to the final quadrangular after placing third in their semifinal group.
Format This season was split into four parts: Apertura and Finalización tournaments, the semifinal quadrangulars, and the final quadrangular. The Apertura and Finalización tournaments were played in a round-robin fashion, with the 16 teams playing each other once plus an extra match in the Apertura and twice more in the Finalización, for a total of 46 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 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.
In the semifinal quadrangulars, the eight qualified teams were split into two groups of four in which teams played each of their group rivals twice, with the top two in each group advancing to the final quadrangular stage, which was also played under a double round-robin fashion. The team topping the final quadrangular won the league championship, while the team placing last in the aggregate table was relegated to Categoría Primera B.
Teams 16 teams competed in the season, the top 15 teams from the 1993 Primera A championship along with the 1993 Primera B champions Cortuluá, who replaced Deportes Tolima 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 Cortuluá Tuluá Doce de Octubre Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario 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 Palogrande Santa Fe Bogotá El Campín Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Eduardo Santos Notes
Torneo Apertura
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 Rubén Darío HernándezIndependiente Medellín / Deportivo Pereira / América de Cali 32 2 Alex ComasDeportes Quindío / Atlético Nacional 31 3 Carlos RendónMillonarios 25 4 Jorge RamoaAtlético Bucaramanga 21 5 Arnoldo IguaránMillonarios 20 6 Wilson CanoIndependiente Medellín 18 Antony de ÁvilaAmérica de Cali Hamilton RicardDeportivo Cali 9 Manuel Acisclo CórdobaAtlético Huila 17 Daniel TílgerSanta Fe
Source: Historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano 70 Años
References
External links Dimayor's official website