Liga Profesional de Primera División de la República de Colombia.
Llamada localmente Liga Postobon, ya que la marca de bebidas Postobon patrocina este torneo.
First Level ('1a', Copa Mustang) The Colombian championship is played in a fall/spring rhythm for the first time in this (1995/96) season, after the transitional 1995 season ('Torneo Nivelacion'), won by Junior de Barranquilla. The 1995/96 season consists of three parts. 1) From June to December 1995, the Copa Mustang I, won by Deportivo Cali, The sixteen clubs were divided into two groups of eight teams each, which played each other in a double round robin (14 matches), followed by two rounds of regional derbies (always between teams from different groups) and two more extra rounds (between the teams occupying the same position in each group). Four teams obtained 'bonificacion' points from this: Cali 1.50, Nacional 1.00, America 0.75, Tolima 0.50. 2) From January to June 1996, the Copa Mustang II, organized as a double round robin between all 16 teams, 30 rounds in all. The first four teams again obtain bonification points: Cali 1.50, America 1.00, Nacional 0.75, Caldas 0.50. Cali obtained an additional 1.00 bonus for leading the Reclasificacion. 3) Finally, the points of both Copa Mustangs are added to obtain the Reclasificacion (the table shown here). The first eight of the Reclasificacion at the end of the Copa Mustang II qualify for the Cuadrangulares. All teams start from zero there, except for any bonification points obtained in the previous tournaments. The Cuadrangulares consist of two groups of four teams. The first two teams of each qualify for the Cuadrangular Final. In the Cuadrangular Final, each team starts with zero points, and plays the others twice (like in the previous Cuadrangulares). The first two teams qualify for the Copa Libertadores and the third for the Copa Conmebol. The first two play off for the Colombian championship; in case of a draw, the team with most bonification points from the two Copa Mustangs wins. The eight teams that did not qualify for the Cuadrangulares also play in two groups of four each and a Cuadrangular Final; the winner of this secondary Cuadrangular Final earns the right to play off for the second Copa Conmebol spot (against the number 4 of the first Cuadrangular Final). Copa Mustang I (First Stage) ============== GROUP 'A' Aug 20 U Magdalena 1-1 D Cali O Caldas 3-0 DI Medellin A Bucaramanga 0-2 Millonarios D Quindio 1-1 D Tolima Aug 28 D Cali 2-0 O Caldas DI Medellin 3-3 D Quindio Millonarios 2-0 U Magdalena D Tolima 1-0 A Bucaramanga Sep 3 D Quindio 2-0 D Cali D Tolima 1-0 DI Medellin O Caldas 1-1 Millonarios A Bucaramanga 2-1 U Magdalena Sep 10 D Cali 4-1 D Tolima DI Medellin 1-2 A Bucaramanga Millonarios 2-1 D Quindio U Magdalena 1-0 O Caldas Sep 17 DI Medellin 1-2 D Cali D Tolima 2-1 Millonarios D Quindio 2-3 U Magdalena A Bucaramanga 1-1 O Caldas Sep 25 A Bucaramanga 2-3 D Cali Millonarios 2-0 I Medellin U Magdalena 1-1 D Tolima O Caldas 2-1 D Quindio Oct 1 D Cali 2-1 Millonarios I Medellin 3-1 U Magdalena D Tolima 1-1 O Caldas D Quindio 0-1 A Bucaramanga Oct 10 (A vs B) America 1-0 D Cali A Nacional 2-1 I Medellin Millonarios 2-1 I Sante Fe A Huila 0-1 D Tolima U Magdalena 2-0 A Junior O Caldas 0-0 D Pereira A Bucaramanga 3-0 Envigado FC D Tulua 0-1 D Quindio Oct 15 D Cali 3-0 U Magdalena Millonarios 1-1 A Bucaramanga D Tolima 1-0 D Quindio I Medellin 1-1 O Caldas Oct 21 O Caldas 2-2 D Cali U Magdalena 2-0 Millonarios D Quindio 3-2 I Medellin A Bucaramanga 2-2 D Tolima Oct 29 D Cali 4-2 D Quindio Millonarios 0-0 O Caldas U Magdalena 2-0 A Bucaramanga I Medellin 2-0 D Tolima Nov 5 D Tolima 2-1 D Cali A Bucaramanga 1-0 I Medellin D Quindio 2-1 Millonarios O Caldas 3-0 U Magdalena Nov 12 D Cali 4-0 I Medellin Millonarios 2-0 D Tolima U Magdalena 2-0 D Quindio O Caldas 2-1 A Bucaramanga Nov 19 D Cali 2-0 A Bucaramanga I Medellin 1-1 Millonarios D Quindio 2-1 O Caldas D Tolima 1-0 U Magdalena Fecha 15 Millonarios 2-2 D Cali U Magdalena 3-0 I Medellin O Caldas 3-0 D Tolima A Bucaramanga 1-2 D Quindio Fecha 16 (derbies) D Cali 1-0 America I Medellin 0-1 A Nacional I Sante Fe 1-1 Millonarios D Tolima 3-1 A Huila A Junior 1-1 U Magdalena D Pereira 4-2 O Caldas Envigado FC 0-0 A Bucaramanga D Quindio 1-1 D Tulua GROUP 'A' GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1.- Cali 16 10 3 3 33 17 +16 33 2.- Tolima 16 8 4 4 18 19 -1 28 3.- Millonarios 16 6 6 4 21 16 +5 24 3.- Magdalena 16 7 3 6 20 19 +1 24 5.- Caldas 16 5 7 4 22 17 +5 22 6.- Quindio 16 6 3 7 23 25 -2 21 7.- Bucaramanga 16 5 4 7 17 20 -3 19 8.- Medellin 16 2 3 11 15 30 -15 9 ____________________________________________________ GROUP 'B' Aug 20 I Santa Fe 1-1 Envigado FC America 5-1 A Junior A Huila 3-1 D Tulua A Nacional 2-2 D Pereira Aug 28 A Junior 2-1 I Santa Fe D Pereira 1-1 America D Tulua 1-1 A Nacional Envigado FC 3-1 A Huila Sep 3 A Nacional 3-1 A Huila America 2-2 D Tulua I Santa Fe 2-1 D Pereira A Junior 1-0 Envigado FC Sep 10 Envigado FC 1-2 A Nacional A Huila 2-1 America D Tulua 0-2 I Santa Fe D Pereira 0-0 A Junior Sep 17 A Junior 4-1 D Tulua I Santa Fe 2-2 A Huila D Pereira 0-2 Envigado FC America 3-0 A Nacional Sep 25 A Nacional 1-0 I Santa Fe A Huila 1-1 A Junior D Tulua 2-0 D Pereira America 3-1 Envigado FC Oct 1 D Pereira 2-2 A Huila I Santa Fe 2-2 America Envigado FC 1-0 D Tulua A Junior 1-1 A Nacional Oct 10 (A vs B) America 1-0 D Cali A Nacional 2-1 I Medellin Millonarios 2-1 I Sante Fe A Huila 0-1 D Tolima U Magdalena 2-0 A Junior O Caldas 0-0 D Pereira A Bucaramanga 3-0 Envigado FC D Tulua 0-1 D Quindio Oct 15 D Pereira 0-0 A Nacional Envigado FC 0-1 I Santa Fe D Tulua 1-1 A Huila A Junior 4-2 America Oct 21 A Nacional 5-0 D Tulua I Santa Fe 2-0 A Junior A Huila 1-1 Envigado FC America 3-1 D Pereira Oct 29 Envigado FC 0-1 A Junior A Huila 3-0 A Nacional D Pereira 2-1 I Santa Fe D Tulua 0-0 America Nov 5 A Nacional 0-2 Envigado A Junior 1-0 D Pereira I Santa Fe 2-2 D Tulua America 6-1 A Huila Nov 12 A Huila 3-1 I Santa Fe Envigado FC 2-2 D Pereira D Tulua 2-1 A Junior A Nacional 2-1 America Nov 19 I Santa Fe 1-2 A Nacional A Junior 2-3 A Huila D Pereira 2-1 D Tulua Envigado FC 1-1 America Fecha 15 A Huila 2-2 D Pereira America 3-1 I Sante Fe D Tulua 1-1 Envigado FC A Nacional 4-2 A Junior Fecha 16 (derbies) D Cali 1-0 America I Medellin 0-1 A Nacional I Sante Fe 1-1 Millonarios D Tolima 3-1 A Huila A Junior 1-1 U Magdalena D Pereira 4-2 O Caldas Envigado FC 0-0 A Bucaramanga D Quindio 1-1 D Tulua GROUP 'B' GP W T L GF GA DIF PTS 1.- Nacional 16 9 4 3 26 19 +7 31 2.- America 16 7 5 4 34 20 +14 26 3.- Atletico Junior 16 6 4 6 22 25 -3 22 4.- Atletico Huila 16 5 6 5 27 30 -3 21 5.- Envigado 16 4 6 6 16 18 -2 18 6.- Santa Fe 16 4 5 7 21 24 -3 17 6.- Pereira 16 3 8 5 19 23 -4 17 8.- Tulua 16 2 7 7 15 27 -12 13 Fecha 17 (bonus round, n-th team of A against n-th of B) A Nacional 2-2 D Cali D Tulua 1-1 I Medellin D Pereira 0-0 A Bucaramanga A Huila 1-0 Millonarios A Junior 1-0 U Magdalena I Santa Fe 3-1 D Quindio Envigado FC 0-0 I Caldas America 2-2 D Tolima Fecha 18 (bonus round, returns Fecha 17, Dec 17) D Cali 2-1 A Nacional A Bucaramanga 1-0 D Pereira O Caldas 1-3 Envigado FC U Magdalena 1-0 A Junior Millonarios 5-1 A Huila D Quindio 2-4 I Santa Fe D Tolima 2-3 America I Medellin 1-1 D Tulua GROUP 'A' POS. TEAM GP W T L GF GA PTS. 1. Cali 18 11 4 3 37 20 37 2. Tolima 18 8 5 5 22 24 29 3. Magdalena 18 8 3 7 21 20 27 4. Millonarios 18 7 6 5 26 18 27 5. Caldas 18 5 8 5 23 20 23 6. Bucaramanga 18 6 5 7 18 20 23 7. Quindio 18 6 3 9 26 32 21 8. Medellin 18 2 5 11 17 32 11 GROUP 'B' POS. TEAM GP W T L GF GA PTS. 1. Nacional 18 9 5 4 29 23 32 2. America 18 8 6 4 39 24 30 3. Junior 18 7 4 7 23 26 25 4. Huila 18 6 6 6 29 35 24 5. Santa Fe 18 6 5 7 28 27 23 6. Envigado 18 5 7 6 19 19 22 7. Pereira 18 3 9 6 19 24 18 8. Tulua 18 2 9 7 17 29 15 BONUS 1. DEPORTIVO CALI 1.50 2. ATLETICO NACIONAL 1.00 3. AMERICA 0.75 4. DEPORTES TOLIMA 0.50 Authors: Jaime Andres Nieto (jnieto@fayol.univalle.edu.co) and Frank Ballesteros (fballesteros@colombia.com) Last updated: 25 Nov 1999 (C) Copyright Jaime Andres Nieto, Frank Ballesteros and RSSSF 1999