2003 Categoría Primera A season

Copa Mustang 2003 Apertura: Once Caldas (2nd title)Finalización: Deportes Tolima (1st title) Centauros Villavicencio Copa Libertadores Once CaldasDeportes TolimaDeportivo Cali Copa Sudamericana JuniorMillonarios Apertura: Arnulfo Valentierra (13 goals)Finalización: Léider Preciado (17 goals) 376 897 2002 2004 The 2003 Categoría Primera A season was the 55th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The season started on 2 February and concluded on 21 December 2003. Independiente Medellín were the defending champions, having won the 2002 Finalización tournament. 4 Torneo Apertura The Torneo Apertura (officially the 2003 Copa Mustang I for sponsorship reasons) was the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on February 2 and ended on June 8. First stage Standings main WDL Q ONC Once Caldas MIL Millonarios AME América de Cali CEN Centauros Villavicencio CAL Deportivo Cali JUN Junior MAG Unión Magdalena PER Deportivo Pereira HUI Atlético Huila DIM Independiente Medellín BUC Atlético Bucaramanga TOL Deportes Tolima ENV Envigado NAC Atlético Nacional PAS Deportivo Pasto SFE Santa Fe COR Cortuluá QUI Deportes Quindío 10 5 3 26 15 8 7 3 23 14 8 7 3 31 23 7 8 3 24 21 8 4 6 27 22 8 4 6 19 17 7 5 6 22 22 7 5 6 22 25 6 8 4 22 22 7 4 7 29 23 6 7 5 21 20 6 4 8 24 24 6 4 8 20 23 6 2 10 17 20 4 7 7 15 18 5 3 10 15 23 2 9 7 15 24 3 4 11 13 28 #FFFFCC Advanced to the Semifinals A A A A A A A A complete RSSSF Semifinals The second phase of the tournament consisted of two groups of four teams each. This was played by the best eight teams from the first phase of the tournament. The winners of each group qualified for the Finals. Group A Standings main WDL Q ONC Once Caldas CAL Deportivo Cali AME América de Cali MAG Unión Magdalena 4 2 0 14 3 3 2 1 10 5 2 0 4 6 12 0 2 4 3 13 #FFFFCC Advanced to the Finals A complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey AME CAL ONC MAG América de Cali 0–3 1–3 4–1 Deportivo Cali 3–0 0–3 2–0 Once Caldas 2–0 1–1 4–0 Unión Magdalena 0–1 1–1 1–1 complete RSSSF Group B Standings main WDL Q JUN Junior PER Deportivo Pereira MIL Millonarios CEN Centauros Villavicencio 4 0 2 9 5 3 0 3 9 7 2 1 3 7 9 2 1 3 5 9 #FFFFCC Advanced to the Finals A complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey CEN PER JUN MIL Centauros Villavicencio 0–3 1–0 3–1 Deportivo Pereira 3–0 0–2 1–0 Junior 1–0 3–1 2–1 Millonarios 1–1 2–1 2–1 complete RSSSF Finals DateCityHomeScoreAwayJune 5BarranquillaJunior0–0Once CaldasJune 8ManizalesOnce Caldas1–0JuniorOnce Caldas won 1–0 on aggregate score Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1COL Arnulfo ValentierraOnce Caldas 13 2COL Julián VásquezAmérica de Cali 11 3COL Leonardo Fabio MorenoAmérica de Cali 10 4COL Wilson CarpinteroAtlético Bucaramanga 9 Torneo Finalización The Torneo Finalización (officially the 2003 Copa Mustang II for sponsorship reasons) was the second tournament of the season. The tournament began on July 13 and ended on December 21. First stage Standings main WDL Q CAL Deportivo Cali NAC Atlético Nacional MAG Unión Magdalena DIM Independiente Medellín PAS Deportivo Pasto TOL Deportes Tolima MIL Millonarios JUN Junior PER Deportivo Pereira QUI Deportes Quindío AME América de Cali HUI Atlético Huila SFE Santa Fe ONC Once Caldas ENV Envigado BUC Atlético Bucaramanga COR Cortuluá CEN Centauros Villavicencio 10 4 4 34 18 9 5 4 23 14 9 1 8 20 18 8 4 6 20 15 8 4 6 20 19 7 6 5 22 17 8 2 8 21 21 7 4 7 24 28 6 7 5 20 18 6 7 5 21 20 6 7 5 23 23 6 6 6 23 25 5 9 4 15 13 4 6 8 20 26 3 9 6 18 21 4 5 9 24 30 4 5 9 16 26 4 5 9 15 27 #FFFFCC Advanced to the Semifinals A A A A A A A A complete RSSSF Semifinals Group A Standings main WDL Q CAL Deportivo Cali MIL Millonarios MAG Unión Magdalena PAS Deportivo Pasto 3 3 0 10 6 3 1 2 9 7 2 3 1 7 6 0 1 5 4 11 #FFFFCC Advanced to the Finals A complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey CAL PAS MIL MAG Deportivo Cali 3–1 1–1 2–2 Deportivo Pasto 0–1 1–3 2–2 Millonarios 2–3 1–0 1–0 Unión Magdalena 0–0 1–0 2–1 complete RSSSF Group B Standings main WDL Q TOL Deportes Tolima JUN Junior NAC Atlético Nacional DIM Independiente Medellín 3 1 2 8 7 3 1 2 8 7 3 0 3 8 8 2 0 4 8 10 #FFFFCC Advances to the Finals Away goals for: Deportes Tolima 4, Junior 1 TOL A complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey NAC TOL DIM JUN Atlético Nacional 1–2 4–2 1–0 Deportes Tolima 2–0 1–0 1–1 Independiente Medellín 1–2 2–0 1–0 Junior 1–0 3–2 3–2 complete RSSSF Finals DateCityHomeScoreAwayDecember 17IbaguéDeportes Tolima2–0Deportivo CaliDecember 21CaliDeportivo Cali3–1Deportes TolimaTied 3–3 on aggregate score, Deportes Tolima won 4–2 on penalty kicks Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1COL Léider PreciadoDeportivo Cali 17 2BRA Rogeiro PereiraDeportes Tolima 12 3COL Carlos CastilloDeportivo Cali 10COL Julián TéllezMillonarios 10 Aggregate table An aggregate table including all games that a team played during the year was used to determine berths to both the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana. The best-placed non-champion qualified for the 2004 Copa Libertadores along with both champions of the season, while the second and third best-placed non-champions qualified for the 2004 Copa Sudamericana. main WDL Q CAL Deportivo Cali JUN Junior MIL Millonarios ONC Once Caldas MAG Unión Magdalena TOL Deportes Tolima AME América de Cali NAC Atlético Nacional PER Deportivo Pereira DIM Independiente Medellín CEN Centauros Villavicencio HUI Atlético Huila PAS Deportivo Pasto BUC Atlético Bucaramanga SFE Santa Fe ENV Envigado QUI Deportes Quindío COR Cortuluá 25 13 12 84 54 22 10 18 60 58 21 11 16 60 51 19 14 11 61 44 C 18 11 19 52 59 17 11 16 57 51 C 16 14 12 60 58 18 7 17 48 42 15 15 12 51 50 17 8 17 57 48 13 14 15 44 57 12 14 10 45 47 12 12 18 39 48 10 12 14 45 50 10 12 14 30 36 9 13 14 38 44 9 11 16 34 48 6 14 16 31 50 #ACE1AF 2004 Copa Libertadores CL CL CL #BBEBFF 2004 Copa Sudamericana CS CS complete RSSSF Relegation Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedPts PointsAvg AverageRelegation 1 Deportivo Cali 108 222 2 Once Caldas 108 198 3 América de Cali 108 181 4 Atlético Nacional 108 175 5 Santa Fe 108 175 6 Deportivo Pasto 108 173 7 Independiente Medellín 108 172 8 Deportes Tolima 108 168 9 Millonarios 108 168 10 Deportivo Pereira 108 162 11 Unión Magdalena 108 162 12 Junior 108 155 13 Envigado 108 152 14 Atlético Bucaramanga 108 148 15 Cortuluá 108 146 16 Atlético Huila 108 139 17 Deportes Quindío 108 138 18 Centauros Villavicencio 108 135 Relegated to the Categoría Primera B Rules for classification: 1st average; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th number of goals scored; 5th away goals scored. External links Copa Mustang Official Page https://web.archive.org/web/20090212224219/http://copamustang.com/ 2009-02-12 Dimayor Official Page Colombia 2003 RSSSF Category:Categoría Primera A seasons 1 Col