2010 Categoría Primera A season

Liga Postobón
Season2010
ChampionsApertura: Junior (6th title)
Finalización: Once Caldas (4th title)
RelegatedCortuluá
2011 Copa LibertadoresJunior
Once Caldas
Deportes Tolima
2011 Copa SudamericanaSanta Fe
La Equidad
Top goalscorerApertura:
Carlos Rentería
Carlos Bacca
(12 goals each)
Finalización:
Wilder Medina
Dayro Moreno
(16 goals each)
← 2009
2011 →

The 2010 Categoria Primera A season was the 63rd season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Because of new sponsorship, it was officially called the 2010 Liga Postobón season.[1]

Format

The Assembly of DIMAYOR established a new system of competition on December 10, 2009.[2]

Apertura
The First Stage of the Apertura was a single round-robin tournament in 18 dates. The top four teams at the end of this stage advanced to the semifinals and pitted into two ties: 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3. The winners of the semifinals contested the finals.

Finalización
The Finalizacion was the same as the previous season.

Teams

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Locations of the 2010 Primera A teams
Team City Stadium
América Cali Pascual Guerrero
Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid
Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot
Boyacá Chicó Tunja La Independencia
Cortuluá Tuluá Doce de Octubre
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander
Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro
Deportivo Cali Cali Deportivo Cali
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Envigado Envigado Polideportivo Sur
Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot
Junior Barranquilla Metropolitano
La Equidad Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo
Millonarios Bogotá Nemesio Camacho
Once Caldas Manizales Palogrande
Real Cartagena Cartagena Jaime Morón León
Santa Fe Bogotá Nemesio Camacho

Campeonato Apertura

The Liga Postobon I was scheduled to begin on January 31, 2010.

First stage

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportes Tolima 18 10 4 4 36 22 +14 34 Qualified for the Semifinals
2 Independiente Medellín 18 9 6 3 29 17 +12 33
3 Junior 18 9 5 4 28 17 +11 32
4 La Equidad 18 9 4 5 29 25 +4 31
5 Deportivo Cali 18 9 3 6 28 20 +8 30
6 Santa Fe 18 9 3 6 25 23 +2 30
7 Boyacá Chicó 18 8 5 5 25 24 +1 29
8 Atlético Nacional 18 9 1 8 28 24 +4 28
9 Real Cartagena 18 8 4 6 24 26 −2 28
10 Once Caldas 18 7 4 7 32 28 +4 25
11 Huila 18 6 6 6 30 26 +4 24
12 Envigado 18 6 5 7 23 30 −7 23
13 Cúcuta Deportivo 18 5 5 8 14 21 −7 20
14 Millonarios 18 5 4 9 22 29 −7 19
15 Deportivo Pereira 18 4 6 8 23 28 −5 18
16 América 18 4 4 10 18 28 −10 16
17 Cortuluá 18 4 3 11 19 32 −13 15
18 Quindío 18 4 2 12 9 22 −13 14
Source: RSSSF[3]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored; 5th away goals against; 6th draw.

Results

Home \ Away AME HUI NAC BOY COR CUC QUI TOL CAL PER ENV DIM JUN EQU MIL ONC RCA SFE
América 2–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–2 2–1
Huila 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 0–0 4–1 1–1 3–2 3–0
Atlético Nacional 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 4–2
Boyacá Chicó 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2
Cortuluá 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–5 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–0
Cúcuta Deportivo 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–0
Quindío 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–0
Deportes Tolima 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–1
Deportivo Cali 1–1 3–0 5–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 0–1
Deportivo Pereira 1–0 1–3 1–3 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–0
Envigado 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 2–1 1–7 1–1
Independiente Medellín 3–2 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0
Junior 3–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 2–0
La Equidad 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 4–3 2–0 2–1 1–2
Millonarios 2–1 2–3 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–1
Once Caldas 3–3 2–1 0–3 5–1 3–1 1–0 2–3 3–1 1–2
Real Cartagena 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–4 1–0 4–3
Santa Fe 2–0 3–0 2–3 2–0 2–1 3–2 0–2 2–1 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on May 16, 2010. Source: RSSSF[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

The four qualified teams from the first stage were placed into two semifinals labelled "Semifinal A" and "Semifinal B". Each semifinal was played on a home and away basis. The teams that made up each semifinal were determined by their first stage standings: Semifinal A was between the teams that finished 1st and 4th; Semifinal B was between the teams that finished 2nd and 3rd. The team in each semifinal that finished higher in the table played the second leg at home. The winner of each semifinal advanced to the Finals.

Semifinal A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 La Equidad 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 Finals
2 Deportes Tolima 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
Source: DIMAYOR[permanent dead link‍] (in Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.
La Equidad2–2Deportes Tolima
Sheput 19'
Rentería 60'		 Report Marangoni 60'
Canchila 76' (o.g.)
Referee: Imer Machado
Deportes Tolima1–1La Equidad
Arizala 2' Report Cárdenas 26'
Penalties
Marangoni soccer ball with red X
Bustossoccer ball with check mark
Medina soccer ball with red X
Arizala soccer ball with red X		 1–3 soccer ball with red X Martínez
soccer ball with check mark Sheput
soccer ball with red X Córdoba
soccer ball with check mark Ramos
soccer ball with check mark Viáfara
Referee: Oscar Alexis Gutiérrez

Semifinal B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Junior 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3 Finals
2 Independiente Medellín 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
Source: DIMAYOR[permanent dead link‍] (in Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.
Junior3–1Independiente Medellín
Cortés 14', 24'
Hernández 49'		 Report Arias 2'
Referee: Albert Duarte
Independiente Medellín1–0Junior
Giménez 38' Report
Referee: Héctor Jairo Parra

Finals

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Junior 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 La Equidad 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
Source: DIMAYOR[permanent dead link‍] (in Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.
La Equidad1–0Junior
Sheput 12' Report
Referee: Imer Machado
Junior3–1La Equidad
Bacca 11', 87'
Cortés 17'		 Report Castro 47'


 Liga Postobón
2010 I Champion 
Junior
6th title

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Player nationality Club Goals
1 Carlos Bacca  Colombian Junior 12
Carlos Rentería  Colombian La Equidad 12
3 Franco Arizala  Colombian Deportes Tolima 11
Giovanni Moreno  Colombian Atlético Nacional 11
Fernando Uribe  Colombian Once Caldas 11
6 Luis Muriel  Colombian Deportivo Cali 9
7 Yovanny Arrechea  Colombian Millonarios 8
Victor Cortes  Colombian Junior 8
Mario Giménez  Paraguayan Independiente Medellín 8
10 Luis Carlos Arias  Colombian Independiente Medellín 7
Julián Barahona  Colombian Deportivo Pereira 7
Anthony Tapia  Colombian Boyacá Chicó 7

Source:[4]

Statistics

Campeonato Finalización

The Liga Postobon II began on July 17 and is ended on December 19.

First stage

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportes Tolima 18 11 3 4 35 15 +20 36 Cuadrangular Semifinals
2 Once Caldas 18 11 3 4 34 26 +8 36
3 Santa Fe 18 10 5 3 26 13 +13 35
4 Atlético Nacional 18 10 3 5 25 23 +2 33
5 Quindío 18 9 4 5 25 20 +5 31
6 Huila 18 8 6 4 28 24 +4 30
7 Cúcuta Deportivo 18 8 4 6 24 18 +6 28
8 La Equidad 18 8 4 6 23 23 0 28
9 Deportivo Cali 18 6 8 4 31 23 +8 26
10 América 18 7 4 7 25 23 +2 25
11 Independiente Medellín 18 5 9 4 22 22 0 24
12 Millonarios 18 6 4 8 25 25 0 22
13 Boyacá Chicó 18 5 6 7 16 26 −10 21
14 Junior 18 2 10 6 21 28 −7 16
15 Real Cartagena 18 3 6 9 17 29 −12 15
16 Cortuluá 18 3 4 11 14 30 −16 13
17 Deportivo Pereira 18 0 9 9 12 22 −10 9
18 Envigado 18 1 6 11 19 32 −13 9
Updated to match(es) played on Nov 14, 2010. Source: golgolgol.net[5]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored; 5th away goals against; 6th draw

Results

Home \ Away AME HUI NAC BOY COR CUC QUI TOL CAL PER ENV DIM JUN EQU MIL ONC RCA SFE
América 2–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–2
Huila 1–1 2–2 4–0 4–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 1–1 2–1
Atlético Nacional 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–1
Boyacá Chicó 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0
Cortuluá 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 0–3
Cúcuta Deportivo 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 3–3 2–0 2–1 1–1
Quindío 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 3–2 3–2
Deportes Tolima 3–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–2
Deportivo Cali 6–3 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 5–3 3–1
Deportivo Pereira 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1
Envigado 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1
Independiente Medellín 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–1
Junior 0–2 1–1 4–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1
La Equidad 0–2 4–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–2 2–1
Millonarios 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–0
Once Caldas 3–1 2–1 2–3 1–0 4–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 2–1
Real Cartagena 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–4 1–0 1–1 2–2
Santa Fe 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: dimayor.com.co[6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Cuadrangular semifinals

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TOL SFE HUI EQU
1 Deportes Tolima 6 3 2 1 11 9 +2 11 Finals 2–2 4–3 1–1
2 Santa Fe 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 0–1 2–1 3–1
3 Huila 6 2 1 3 9 10 −1 7 2–3 1–0 2–1
4 La Equidad 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 5 1–0 0–1 0–0
Source: DIMAYOR and DIMAYOR
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ONC CUC QUI NAC
1 Once Caldas 6 4 1 1 14 7 +7 13 Finals 0–0 4–1 3–2
2 Cúcuta Deportivo 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 9 2–1 1–0 2–2
3 Quindío 6 2 0 4 7 12 −5 6 1–3 2–1 1–2
4 Atlético Nacional 6 1 2 3 9 12 −3 5 1–3 1–1 1–2
Source: DIMAYOR and DIMAYOR
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Finals

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Once Caldas 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2 Deportes Tolima 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.
Deportes Tolima2–1Once Caldas
Medina 34'
Marangoni 48' (pen.)		 Report Moreno 6' (pen.)
Referee: Óscar Ruiz
Once Caldas3–1Deportes Tolima
Castrillon 45'
Uribe 53'
Mena 76'		 Report Aguilar 86'


 Liga Postobón
2010 II Champion 
Once Caldas
4th title

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Player nationality Club Goals
1 Wilder Medina  Colombian Deportes Tolima 16
2 Dayro Moreno  Colombian Once Caldas 16
3 Wilson Carpintero  Colombian Cúcuta Deportivo 14
4 Fernando Uribe  Colombian Once Caldas 13
5 Martín Morel  Argentine Deportivo Cali 11
6 Yovanny Arrechea  Colombian Millonarios 10
Jorge Perlaza  Colombian Deportes Tolima 10
Carlos Rodas  Colombian Deportes Quindío 10
8 Luis Carlos Arias  Colombian Independiente Medellín 9
10 Giovanni Hernández  Colombian Junior 8
Léider Preciado  Colombian Deportes Quindío 8

Source:[7]

Statistics

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Deportes Tolima 46 25 11 10 88 53 +35 86 2011 Copa Libertadores First Stage
2 Once Caldas 44 23 8 13 84 64 +20 77 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[a]
3 Santa Fe 42 22 9 11 59 42 +17 75 2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
4 La Equidad 46 19 12 15 66 67 −1 69
5 Atlético Nacional 42 20 7 15 62 57 +5 67
6 Huila 42 16 13 13 67 60 +7 61
7 Independiente Medellín 38 15 15 8 55 47 +8 60
8 Cúcuta Deportivo 42 15 12 15 45 45 0 57
9 Deportivo Cali 36 15 11 10 59 43 +16 56 2011 Copa Sudamericana Second Stage[b]
10 Junior 40 13 15 12 63 54 +9 54 2011 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[a]
11 Quindío 42 15 6 21 41 54 −13 51
12 Boyacá Chicó 36 13 11 12 36 50 −14 50
13 Real Cartagena 36 11 10 15 41 55 −14 43
14 Millonarios 36 11 8 17 47 54 −7 41
15 América 36 11 8 17 43 51 −8 41
16 Envigado (O) 36 7 11 18 42 62 −20 32 Relegation/promotion playoffs[c]
17 Cortuluá (R) 36 7 7 22 33 62 −29 28 Relegation to 2011 Primera B[c]
18 Deportivo Pereira 36 4 15 17 35 50 −15 27
Source: DIMAYOR (in Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored; 5th away goals against; 6th draw
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Junior and Once Caldas qualified for the 2011 Copa Libertadores as the tournament champions.
  2. ^ Deportivo Cali qualified for the 2011 Copa Sudamericana as the 2010 Copa Colombia champions.
  3. ^ a b Cortulua was relegated for being last on the relegation table and Envigado was sent to the playoffs for being 17th.

Relegation table

Relegation was determined through an average of the points earn in the First Stages of the three season. For the purposes of the table, the 2009 Primera B winner (Cortuluá) entered with the same points as the team that was 16th in the beginning of the season (Real Cartagena). The team with the lowest average was relegated to the Categoría Primera B for the following season, and the team with the next lowest average played a playoff match against the 2010 Primera B runner-up.

Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Avg Relegation
1 Deportes Tolima 108 159 126 +33 179 1.657
2 Santa Fe 108 145 118 +27 173 1.602
3 La Equidad 108 132 119 +13 169 1.565
4 Independiente Medellín 108 148 119 +29 164 1.519
5 Deportivo Cali 108 161 134 +27 162 1.5
6 Junior 108 162 130 +32 161 1.491
7 Boyacá Chicó 108 144 146 −2 156 1.444
8 Atlético Nacional 108 126 129 −3 156 1.444
9 Once Caldas 108 152 151 +1 152 1.407
10 Atlético Huila 108 148 151 −3 146 1.352
11 Deportes Quindío 108 120 140 −20 137 1.269
12 Millonarios 108 136 135 +1 136 1.259
13 Cúcuta Deportivo 108 98 112 −14 134 1.241
14 América 108 146 146 0 133 1.231
15 Real Cartagena 108 136 160 −24 133 1.231
16 Deportivo Pereira 108 126 137 −11 128 1.185
17 Envigado (O) 108 138 167 −29 123 1.139 Relegation/Promotion Playoff
18 Cortuluá (R) 108 128 167 −39 118 1.093 Relegated to the Primera B

Source: [permanent dead link‍] DIMAYOR[permanent dead link‍] (in Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1st average; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals for; 5th away goals against; 6th draw.

Relegation/promotion playoff

Teams Scores Tie-breakers
Team #1 Points Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg GD AG Pen.
Envigado 6:0 Deportivo Pasto 1–0 2–0 — — —

References

  1. ^ http://www.dimayor.com.co/Comunicados/Postobon_Patrocinador_del_Futbol_Profesional_Colombiano_310-51644.html[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Definidos los Nuevos Sistemas de Campeonato Para el Año 2010" [The New Championship Systems for 2010 are Defined] (in Spanish). DIMAYOR. Retrieved November 22, 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ a b Andrés, Juan Pablo; Ballesteros, Frank (September 14, 2010). "Colombia 2010". RSSSF. Archived from the original on February 8, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Estadísticas" (in Spanish). golgolgol.net. Torneos Históricos. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  5. ^ "GolGolGol". November 14, 2010. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
  6. ^ "Resultados" [Results] (in Spanish). DIMAYOR. Archived from the original on 2010-11-22. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "Estadísticas" (in Spanish). golgolgol.net. Torneos Históricos. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved December 19, 2010.