2002 Categoría Primera A season

Copa Mustang 2002 Apertura: América de Cali (12th title)Finalización: Independiente Medellín (3rd title) Real Cartagena Copa Libertadores América de CaliIndependiente MedellínDeportivo Cali Copa Sudamericana Atlético NacionalDeportivo Pasto Apertura: Luis Zuleta (13 goals)Finalización: Orlando Ballesteros andMilton Rodríguez (13 goals each) 448 1029 2001 2003 The 2002 Categoría Primera A season was the 54th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Format Starting from this year, the General Assembly of DIMAYOR approved the expansion of the tournament from 16 to 18 teams, adding to the league two of the three DIMAYOR "A-class" associates who were taking part of the Categoría Primera B at the time through a special promotion tournament.http://bestiariodelbalon.com/2006/10/23/362/ Spanish bestiariodelbalon.com 23 October 2006 5 October 2017 Especiales del Bestiario: triangular pirata, Cartagena 2001 In addition to this, the league started awarding two championships per season, thus making the Apertura and Finalización tournaments independent championships within a single season. For both the Apertura and Finalización tournaments, the 18 teams were first divided into three groups of six teams, playing five games, and then all teams in the league played each other once for a total of 22 matches. The semifinal round was played by the best eight teams at the end of the 22 matches, who were divided into two groups of four teams each according to their position at the end of the first stage: odd-ranked teams made up Group A, while even-ranked ones made up Group B. The winners of each group played the finals to decide the champions of each tournament. Torneo Apertura The Torneo Apertura (officially the 2002 Copa Mustang I for sponsorship reasons) was the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on 3 February and ended on 19 June. First stage Standings main WDL Q CAL Deportivo Cali SFE Santa Fe NAC Atlético Nacional ENV Envigado PAS Deportivo Pasto BUC Atlético Bucaramanga MAG Unión Magdalena AME América de Cali ONC Once Caldas PER Deportivo Pereira QUI Deportes Quindío JUN Junior MIL Millonarios HUI Atlético Huila COR Cortuluá DIM Independiente Medellín RCA Real Cartagena TOL Deportes Tolima 11 6 5 44 24 10 8 4 26 13 10 8 4 24 18 10 6 6 21 18 9 7 6 29 27 9 6 7 24 22 9 6 7 27 27 8 9 5 27 22 9 5 8 36 29 8 8 6 20 16 7 9 6 24 30 7 5 10 19 25 5 8 9 17 21 5 7 10 21 32 5 6 11 16 25 4 9 9 26 32 4 8 10 17 25 3 9 10 18 30 #FFFFCC Advanced to the Semifinals A A A A A A A A complete RSSSF Semifinals Group A Standings main WDL Q NAC Atlético Nacional MAG Unión Magdalena CAL Deportivo Cali PAS Deportivo Pasto 5 1 0 12 4 3 0 3 12 9 2 2 2 11 13 0 1 5 4 13 #FFFFCC Advanced to the Finals A complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey NAC CAL PAS MAG Atlético Nacional 2–1 3–0 2–1 Deportivo Cali 2–2 3–1 4–1 Deportivo Pasto 0–2 1–1 1–2 Unión Magdalena 0–1 6–0 2–1 complete RSSSF Group B Standings main WDL Q AME América de Cali SFE Santa Fe ENV Envigado BUC Atlético Bucaramanga 4 0 2 6 6 3 2 1 9 5 2 2 2 6 4 0 2 4 4 10 #FFFFCC Advanced to the Finals A complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey AME BUC ENV SFE América de Cali 1–0 2–1 2–1 Atlético Bucaramanga 0–1 0–2 2–2 Envigado 2–0 1–1 0–1 Santa Fe 2–0 3–1 0–0 complete RSSSF Finals DateCityHomeScoreAwayJune 16CaliAmérica de Cali2–1Atlético NacionalJune 19MedellínAtlético Nacional0–1América de CaliAmérica de Cali won 3–1 on aggregate score. Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1COL Luis ZuletaUnión Magdalena 13 2COL José HerreraUnión Magdalena 12COL Jorge AgudeloAtlético Nacional 12 4COL Carlos CastilloDeportivo Cali 11COL Leonardo Mina PoloDeportivo Cali 11COL Carlos VilareteUnión Magdalena 11 7COL Wilson CarpinteroAtlético Bucaramanga 9COL Giovanni HernándezDeportivo Cali 9COL Léider PreciadoOnce Caldas 9 Torneo Finalización The Torneo Finalización (officially the 2002 Copa Mustang II for sponsorship reasons) was the second tournament of the season. It began on 7 July and ended on 22 December. First stage Standings main WDL Q CAL Deportivo Cali PAS Deportivo Pasto DIM Independiente Medellín AME América de Cali BUC Atlético Bucaramanga MAG Unión Magdalena TOL Deportes Tolima NAC Atlético Nacional SFE Santa Fe ONC Once Caldas QUI Deportes Quindío COR Cortuluá PER Deportivo Pereira RCA Real Cartagena HUI Atlético Huila MIL Millonarios JUN Junior ENV Envigado 14 5 3 38 15 11 3 8 32 33 9 8 5 25 16 10 4 8 26 24 9 6 7 34 29 9 6 7 25 26 8 9 5 30 26 8 8 6 28 21 8 8 6 35 30 7 11 4 23 17 8 4 10 18 23 8 4 10 21 27 7 5 10 27 34 7 4 11 20 30 6 7 9 21 29 6 5 11 25 31 4 9 9 27 33 3 6 13 16 27 #FFFFCC Advanced to the Semifinals A A A A A A A A complete RSSSF Semifinals Group A Standings main WDL Q DIM Independiente Medellín CAL Deportivo Cali BUC Atlético Bucaramanga TOL Deportes Tolima 3 2 1 7 4 3 1 2 8 5 2 1 3 5 8 1 2 3 5 8 #FFFFCC Advanced to the Finals A complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey BUC TOL CAL DIM Atlético Bucaramanga 2–0 1–2 1–0 Deportes Tolima 1–1 2–0 1–3 Deportivo Cali 4–0 1–0 0–1 Independiente Medellín 1–0 1–1 1–1 complete RSSSF Group B Standings main WDL Q PAS Deportivo Pasto AME América de Cali MAG Unión Magdalena NAC Atlético Nacional 3 2 1 7 5 3 1 2 8 6 2 1 3 6 8 1 2 3 4 6 #FFFFCC Advanced to the Finals A complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey AME NAC PAS MAG América de Cali 2–1 3–0 2–0 Atlético Nacional 0–0 1–1 2–0 Deportivo Pasto 2–0 1–0 3–1 Unión Magdalena 3–1 2–0 0–0 complete RSSSF Finals DateCityHomeScoreAwayDecember 18MedellínIndependiente Medellín2–0Deportivo PastoDecember 22PastoDeportivo Pasto1–1Independiente MedellínIndependiente Medellín won 3–1 on aggregate score. Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1COL Orlando BallesterosAtlético Bucaramanga 13COL Milton RodríguezDeportivo Pereira 13 3COL Léider PreciadoDeportivo Cali 11COL Pablo JaramilloDeportivo Pasto 11 5COL Ricardo CicilianoDeportes Tolima 10COL Jairo PatiñoDeportivo Pasto 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 2003 Copa Libertadores along with both champions of the season, while the second and third best-placed non-champions qualified for the 2003 Copa Sudamericana. main WDL Q CAL Deportivo Cali AME América de Cali NAC Atlético Nacional PAS Deportivo Pasto MAG Unión Magdalena SFE Santa Fe BUC Atlético Bucaramanga DIM Independiente Medellín ONC Once Caldas ENV Envigado PER Deportivo Pereira QUI Deportes Quindío TOL Deportes Tolima COR Cortuluá JUN Junior HUI Atlético Huila MIL Millonarios RCA Real Cartagena 30 14 12 101 57 27 14 17 63 58 C 24 19 15 68 49 23 14 21 73 81 23 13 20 70 70 21 18 11 70 48 20 15 21 67 69 17 20 15 61 53 C 16 16 12 59 46 15 14 21 43 49 15 13 16 47 50 15 13 16 42 53 12 20 18 53 64 13 10 21 37 52 11 14 19 46 58 11 14 19 42 61 11 13 20 42 52 11 12 21 37 55 #ACE1AF 2003 Copa Libertadores CL CL CL #BBEBFF 2003 Copa Sudamericana CS CS complete RSSSF Relegation Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedPts PointsAvg AverageRelegation 1 América de Cali 132 221 2 Deportivo Cali 132 221 3 Santa Fe 132 207 4 Once Caldas 132 205 5 Atlético Nacional 132 193 6 Deportes Tolima 132 188 7 Millonarios 132 180 8 Deportivo Pasto 132 176 9 Junior 132 173 10 Independiente Medellín 132 172 11 Envigado 132 170 12 Cortuluá 132 165 13 Deportivo Pereira 132 159 14 Unión Magdalena 132 154 15 Atlético Bucaramanga 132 154 16 Deportes Quindío 132 153 17 Atlético Huila 132 142 18 Real Cartagena 132 142 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. References External links Dimayor official website Colombia 2002 RSSSF Category:Categoría Primera A seasons 1 Col