1996–97 Categoría Primera A season

Football competition Copa Mustang 1996–97 8 September 1996 – 21 December 1997 América de Cali (9th title) Cúcuta Deportivo (Torneo Finalización)Deportivo Pereira (Torneo Adecuación) 1998 Copa Libertadores América de CaliAtlético Bucaramanga 1997 Copa CONMEBOL América de CaliDeportes Tolima 1998 Copa CONMEBOL Deportes QuindíoOnce Caldas Hámilton Ricard (36 goals) 584 1479 1995–96 1998 The 1996–97 Categoría Primera A season, known as Copa Mustang 1996–97 for sponsoring purposes, was the 50th season of the Categoría Primera A, Colombia's top-flight football league. The season started on 8 September 1996 and ended on 21 December 1997. América de Cali were the champions, winning their ninth domestic league title after beating the Torneo Adecuación winners Atlético Bucaramanga in the championship playoff.https://www.elpais.com.co/ultimo-minuto/de-aquel-19-al-7-de-diciembre-recorrido-por-las-catorce-estrellas-del-america-de-cali.html De aquel 19 al 7 de diciembre: recorrido por las catorce estrellas del América de Cali From that 19th to December 7th: a tour of the fourteen stars of América de Cali Spanish El País 7 December 2019 25 November 2022 Deportivo Cali were the defending champions, but placed last in both the final group stage and the Adecuación semi-finals and thus failed to qualify for the finals of the competition. Format The season, which was originally to last from September 1996 to June 1997, was initially split into three stages: the Apertura and Finalización tournaments, and the final group: In the Apertura tournament, played from September to February, the 16 teams played each other under a double round-robin format with two additional rounds of regional derbies for a total of 32 matches. Bonus points were awarded to the top four teams, with the first-placed side being awarded 2 bonus points, the runner-up 1 point, the third-placed team 0.5 points, and the fourth-placed team receiving 0.25 points. In addition to this, the team topping the table at the end of the tournament would be assured of a berth in the 1997 Copa CONMEBOL. The Finalización tournament, played from February to April, had 14 rounds with the teams being divided into two groups of eight, made up according to the placements of teams in the previous stage with odd-placed sides in one group and even-placed teams in the other one. An aggregate table considering the results of both tournaments was used to decide the four teams that would advance to the final stage, with no bonus points being awarded. The team with the lowest average would be relegated to Categoría Primera B. The final group was played by the top four teams in the aggregate table, which played each other twice for a total of 6 rounds. All teams started this round at 0 points, except for the top team in the aggregate table, which started with 1 point.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/col97.html Colombia 1996/97 25 November 1999 RSSSF 25 November 2022 However, in January 1997 the Assembly of DIMAYOR approved the return of the league to the calendar year format, while also deciding that the season's champion would be defined in December rather than June as originally expected. Because of this, an additional tournament known as Torneo Adecuación was played from July to December 1997: In the first stage, the 16 teams were first split into two groups of eight where they played each one of their group rivals twice, and later into four groups of four where they played six additional matches. Bonus points were awarded to teams in both stages, and teams carried over their first stage performance to this second phase with the top eight teams advancing to the semi-final stage, whilst the bottom-placed side in the relegation table was relegated. In the semi-finals, the qualified teams were split into two groups of four with the winners of each group playing a final series over two legs to decide the Adecuación tournament winners, whilst the two group runners-up played a play-off series to qualify for the Copa CONMEBOL along with the Adecuación runners-up. Penalty shootouts were played in matches ending in draws, with the winning side earning an additional point. The Adecuación winners would then play the winners of the final group (América de Cali) in another double-legged series to decide the season champions. In the event that both teams tied on points at the end of the second leg of the finals, a tiebreaker match on neutral ground would be played. Both season finalists qualified for the 1998 Copa Libertadores.https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-558709 EL MANUAL PARA SEGUIR EL TORNEO DE FÚTBOL 1996-97 THE HANDBOOK TO FOLLOW THE 1996–97 FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT El Tiempo es 21 March 1997 25 November 2022 Teams 16 teams originally competed in the season, the top 15 teams of the 1995–96 season and Cúcuta Deportivo, who were promoted as champions of the 1995–96 Categoría Primera B tournament, replacing Atlético Huila who were relegated at the end of the previous season. Cúcuta Deportivo were relegated to the second tier at the end of the Finalización tournament, being replaced by the 1996–97 Primera B champions Deportivo Unicosta for the Adecuación tournament, which brought the number of clubs that took part in the season up to 17. Colombia right 450 Locations of the 1996–97 Categoría Primera A teams Colombia 7.118611 -73.116111 Atlético Bucaramanga right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Colombia 6.230833 -75.590556 Atlético Nacional left Arrows 12x12 se.svg Colombia 10.963889 -74.796389 Barranquilla left Arrows 12x12 ne.svg Colombia 4.598056 -74.075833 Bogotá right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Colombia 3.420556 -76.522222 Cali right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Colombia 4.091602 -76.054033 Cortuluá left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Colombia 7.899722 -72.503889 Cúcuta Deportivo right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Colombia 4.538889 -75.672500 Deportes Quindío left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Colombia 4.437778 -75.200556 Deportes Tolima right Arrows 12x12 nw.svg Colombia 4.814278 -75.694558 Deportivo Pereira left Arrows 12x12 e.svg Colombia 6.171944 -75.580278 Envigado left Arrows 12x12 ne.svg Colombia 6.230833 -75.590556 Independiente Medellín right Arrows 12x12 w.svg Colombia 5.066111 -75.484722 Once Caldas left Arrows 12x12 se.svg Colombia 11.239826 -74.195126 Unión Magdalena left Arrows 12x12 se.svg TransparentPlaceholder.png Colombia 1.20 -85 Barranquilla teams:Deportivo UnicostaJuniorBogotá teams:MillonariosSanta FeCali teams:América de CaliDeportivo Cali Team Home city Stadium Capacity América de Cali Cali Pascual Guerrero 45,625 Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Alfonso López 28,000 Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot 52,000 Cortuluá Tuluá Doce de Octubre 16,000 Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander 22,000 Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario 29,000 Deportes Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro 28,100 Deportivo Cali Cali Pascual Guerrero 45,625 Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas 30,000 Deportivo Unicosta Barranquilla Romelio Martínez 20,000 Envigado Envigado Polideportivo Sur 11,000 Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot 52,000 Junior Barranquilla Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez 60,000 Millonarios Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín 48,300 Once Caldas Manizales Palogrande 36,553 Santa Fe Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín 48,300 Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Eduardo Santos 23,000 Torneo Apertura The Torneo Apertura (also known as Copa Mustang I) began on 8 September 1996 and ended on 23 February 1997. Standings main football complete RSSSF 1) Points, 2) Wins, 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Goals against, 7) Away goals against, 8) Drawing of lots. AME, NAC, CAL, JUN, DIM, TOL, SFE, ONC, ENV, BUC, MAG, COR, MIL, PER, QUI, CUC 21 8 3 52 22 10 12 10 37 39 16 11 5 48 22 7 16 9 29 34 4 10 18 27 61 5 13 14 34 62 12 10 10 46 43 16 9 7 52 37 5 13 14 39 55 10 12 10 41 37 12 11 9 31 31 13 9 10 53 40 6 10 16 30 41 11 10 11 46 33 11 11 10 34 31 11 7 14 35 46 América de Cali Atlético Bucaramanga Atlético Nacional Cortuluá Cúcuta Deportivo Deportes Quindío Deportes Tolima Deportivo Cali Deportivo Pereira Envigado Independiente Medellín Junior Millonarios Once Caldas Santa Fe Unión Magdalena Q CC blue1 Qualification for the 1997 Copa CONMEBOL Results main 4 May 2025 yes FBR AME BUC CAL COR CUC ENV JUN MAG DIM MIL NAC ONC PER QUI SFE TOL CLR América Bucaramanga Dep. Cali Cortuluá Cúcuta Dep. Envigado F.C Junior U. Magdalena Ind. Medellín Millonarios Atl. Nacional Once Caldas Dep. Pereira Dep. Quindío Ind. Santa Fe Dep. Tolima Classic Rival 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 5–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–5 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 4–2 2–1 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–2 2–2 0–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 4–2 0–1 1–0 5–3 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 3–1 4–1 7–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 2–3 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 4–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 7–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 1–3 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 4–2 0–0 1–1 3–3 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–6 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 3–2 0–4 2–1 2–2 0–2 2–3 0–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 4–2 Torneo Finalización The Torneo Finalización (also known as Copa Mustang II) began on 26 February 1997 and ended on 20 April 1997. 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 stage, as well as the first team to be relegated to Categoría Primera B for the following season. Aggregate table main football complete RSSSF 1) Points, 2) Wins, 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Goals against, 7) Away goals against, 8) Drawing of lots. AME, NAC, CAL, TOL, DIM, MAG, JUN, BUC, COR, ONC, SFE, ENV, QUI, PER, MIL, CUC F F F F R 29 10 7 70 37 17 13 16 59 59 24 14 8 73 37 15 18 13 50 49 5 16 25 36 80 R 11 15 20 57 85 18 16 12 61 54 23 13 10 77 54 8 16 22 58 82 13 15 18 55 55 18 16 12 49 44 18 11 17 65 58 8 13 25 45 65 15 15 16 63 48 14 14 18 47 52 20 9 17 55 61 América de Cali Atlético Bucaramanga Atlético Nacional Cortuluá Cúcuta Deportivo Deportes Quindío Deportes Tolima Deportivo Cali Deportivo Pereira Envigado Independiente Medellín Junior Millonarios Once Caldas Santa Fe Unión Magdalena 2 1 0.5 0.25 Apertura bonus points: América de Cali 2, Atlético Nacional 1, Deportivo Cali 0.5, Junior 0.25 AME AME AME QR yellow1 Advance to the Final group red1 Relegation to Categoría Primera B Final group In the third stage of the tournament, the four qualified teams played each other under a double round-robin system with the team with the most points at the end of this stage advancing to the championship playoff and qualifying for the 1998 Copa Libertadores. The final group's runner-up qualified for the 1997 Copa CONMEBOL. main football complete RSSSF 1) Points, 2) Wins, 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Goals against, 7) Away goals against, 8) Drawing of lots. true FBR AME, TOL, NAC, CAL 2 3 1 9 4 3 0 3 8 11 1 2 3 5 10 2 3 1 6 3 América de Cali AME Atlético Nacional NAC Deportivo Cali CAL Deportes Tolima TOL 1 Aggregate table bonus: 1 point Q F CC green1 Advance to Championship playoff and Copa Libertadores blue1 Qualification for the 1997 Copa CONMEBOL 4–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–3 0–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 Torneo Adecuación The Torneo Adecuación began on 10 July 1997 and ended on 13 December 1997. First group stage Group A main WL OT complete RSSSF 1) Points, 2) Wins, 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Goals against, 7) Away goals against, 8) Drawing of lots. PW PL QUI, BUC, TOL, JUN, ONC, AME, SFE, DIM 6 1 3 6 20 20 7 1 4 4 22 17 9 0 4 3 24 16 4 6 2 4 11 13 3 0 2 11 16 27 6 2 2 6 23 22 2 7 4 3 18 22 5 2 4 5 19 20 América de Cali Atlético Bucaramanga Deportes Quindío Deportes Tolima Independiente Medellín Junior Once Caldas Santa Fe Group B main WL OT complete RSSSF 1) Points, 2) Wins, 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Goals against, 7) Away goals against, 8) Drawing of lots. PW PL CAL, MIL, MAG, NAC, ENV, COR, PER, DUC 7 0 3 6 22 21 4 3 4 5 15 16 9 3 0 4 29 19 3 2 4 7 17 20 2 4 0 10 14 29 4 5 2 5 13 15 8 4 1 3 21 11 8 1 2 5 26 22 Atlético Nacional Cortuluá Deportivo Cali Deportivo Pereira Deportivo Unicosta Envigado Millonarios Unión Magdalena Second group stage Group A main WL OT complete RSSSF 1) Points, 2) Wins, 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Goals against, 7) Away goals against, 8) Bonus points. no PW PL CAL, BUC, SFE, DIM 10 1 5 6 35 28 12 5 0 5 39 26 3 2 4 13 26 39 6 3 6 7 27 31 Atlético Bucaramanga BUC Deportivo Cali CAL Independiente Medellín DIM Santa Fe SFE 0.75 First stage bonus: 0.75 points 1 First stage bonus: 1 point Q SF SF yellow1 Advance to the Semi-finals Group B main WL OT complete RSSSF 1) Points, 2) Wins, 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Goals against, 7) Away goals against, 8) Bonus points. no PW PL MIL, AME, TOL, DUC 8 2 5 7 31 28 5 7 3 7 18 25 4 5 1 12 24 39 11 5 1 5 34 22 América de Cali AME Deportes Tolima TOL Deportivo Unicosta DUC Millonarios MIL 0.5 First stage bonus: 0.5 points 0.75 First stage bonus: 0.75 points Q SF yellow1 Advance to the Semi-finals Group C main WL OT complete RSSSF 1) Points, 2) Wins, 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Goals against, 7) Away goals against, 8) Bonus points. no PW PL NAC, ONC, QUI, PER 11 1 3 7 37 29 9 1 5 7 29 27 6 7 5 4 31 29 5 2 4 11 25 35 R Atlético Nacional NAC Deportes Quindío QUI Deportivo Pereira PER Once Caldas ONC 0.25 First stage bonus: 0.25 points 1 First stage bonus: 1 point Q SF SF SF R yellow1 Advance to the Semi-finals red1 Relegation by average to Categoría Primera B Group D main WL OT complete RSSSF 1) Points, 2) Wins, 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Goals against, 7) Away goals against, 8) Bonus points. no PW PL JUN, COR, MAG, ENV 7 5 4 6 25 25 5 6 3 8 18 24 10 2 3 7 32 26 9 1 3 9 33 31 Cortuluá COR Junior JUN Unión Magdalena MAG Envigado ENV 0.25 First stage bonus: 0.25 points 0.5 First stage bonus: 0.5 points Q SF SF yellow1 Advance to the Semi-finals Semi-finals In the third stage of the tournament, the eight qualified teams were split into two groups, and played each one of the other teams in their group under a double round-robin system with the teams with the most points in each group at the end of this stage advancing to the final. The group runners-up advanced to the third place play-off. Group A main WL OT complete RSSSF 1) Points, 2) Wins, 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Goals against, 7) Away goals against, 8) Bonus points. true FBR PW PL QUI, ONC, NAC, CAL 2 0 0 4 9 11 2 1 0 3 6 8 3 0 1 2 7 6 3 1 1 1 8 5 Deportivo Cali CAL Atlético Nacional NAC Once Caldas ONC Deportes Quindío QUI Q F 3PPO yellow1 Advance to the Finals yellow2 Advance to the Third place play-off 4–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 4–5 1–1 4–3 Group B main WL OT complete RSSSF 1) Points, 2) Wins, 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Goals against, 7) Away goals against, 8) Bonus points. true FBR PW PL BUC, MIL, COR, JUN 2 3 1 0 9 5 2 3 1 0 9 3 1 0 2 3 5 11 0 1 3 2 6 10 Millonarios MIL Atlético Bucaramanga BUC Junior JUN Cortuluá COR Q F 3PPO yellow1 Advance to the Finals yellow2 Advance to the Third place play-off 0–0 4–5 3–2 4–1 1–1 3–4 2–0 1–1 6–5 0–0 3–4 0–4 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–3 1–1 4–3 Third place play-off 1997 12 10 y Millonarios Once Caldas 2–1 Villarreal 4 54 Galván Rey 1 Estadio El Campín Bogotá 1997 12 13 y Once Caldas Millonarios 3–0 Valentierra 10 pen. Galván Rey 32 46 Estadio Palogrande Manizales Tied 3–3 on points, Millonarios won on bonus points and qualified for the 1998 Copa CONMEBOL. Millonarios eventually declined to take part in the Copa CONMEBOL upon being invited to compete in the 1998 Copa Merconorte, thus yielding the berth to Once Caldas.https://www.oncecaldas.com.co/el-club Nuestra HISTORIA Our HISTORY Once Caldas DAF es 25 November 2022 Finals 1997 12 10 y Atlético Bucaramanga Deportes Quindío 2–1 Restrepo 34 pen. Ballesteros 35 Marrero 67 pen. Estadio Alfonso López Bucaramanga 1997 12 13 y Deportes Quindío Atlético Bucaramanga 1–1 Marrero 59 pen. Ballesteros 90 Estadio Centenario Armenia Atlético Bucaramanga won 4–1 on points, advanced to the championship playoff and qualified for the 1998 Copa Libertadores. Deportes Quindío qualified for the 1998 Copa CONMEBOL. Championship playoff 1997 12 17 y Atlético Bucaramanga América de Cali 0–1 Castillo 66 Estadio Alfonso López Bucaramanga 1997 12 21 y América de Cali Atlético Bucaramanga 2–0 Valencia 43 Téllez 75 Estadio Pascual Guerrero Cali América de Cali won 6–0 on points. Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1COL Hámilton RicardDeportivo Cali 36 2COL Arnulfo ValentierraOnce Caldas 33 3COL Jorge Ramírez QuesadaDeportes Tolima 27 4COL Carlos RodasDeportivo Pereira 26 5COL Edison MaflaDeportivo Cali 25 6ARG Sergio Galván ReyOnce Caldas 23 7COL Luis ZuletaUnión Magdalena 20 8COL Bernardo RedínDeportes Quindío 18URU Jorge VillarUnión Magdalena 10COL Juan Pablo ÁngelAtlético Nacional 17 Source: Historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano 70 AñosRuiz Bonilla Guillermo Historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano 70 Años 2018 Mundo Fútbol SAS Bogotá, Colombia 9-789584-852731 337 First References External links Dimayor official website Colombia 1996/97 RSSSF Category:Categoría Primera A seasons 1 1 Col Col