2012 Categoría Primera A season
| Season | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Apertura: Santa Fe (7th title) Clausura: Millonarios (14th title) |
| Copa Libertadores | Santa Fe Millonarios Deportes Tolima |
| Copa Sudamericana | Atlético Nacional (cup winner) La Equidad Deportivo Pasto Itagüí Ditaires |
| Matches played | 206 |
| Goals scored | 493 (2.39 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Apertura: Robin Ramirez (13) |
← 2011 2013 → | |
The 2012 Categoría Primera A season (officially known at the 2012 Liga Postobón season for sponsorship reasons) is the 65th season of Colombia's top-flight football league.
Format
The format for both the Apertura and Finalización will have an identical format. Each championship will be divided into three stages. The First Stage will be contested on a home-and-away basis, with each team playing the other teams once and playing a regional rival once more. The top eight teams after eighteen rounds will advance to a semifinal round, of two groups of four playing oncemore on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each semifinal group will advance to the final of the tournament and will be played one game as home and another game away. The winner of the final will be declared the tournament champion and will participate in the 2013 Copa Libertadores.
Teams
Torneo Apertura
First Stage
The First Stage will begin on January 27 and will consist of eighteen rounds and a series of regional rivalries on the ninth round. The top eight teams out of this stage will advance to the Semifinals. The first stage will end May 27.
Standings
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Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored; 5th away goals against; 6th draw.
Results
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Semifinals
The Semifinal stage began on June 13 and ended on July 8. The eight teams that advanced were sorted into two groups of four teams. The winner of each group advanced to the finals.
Group A
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Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.
| Deportivo Pasto | 1–1 | Santa Fe |
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Rendón  25' |
Report | Quiñonez 44' |
| Santa Fe | 1–0 | Deportivo Pasto |
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| Copete 71' |
Report |
| Liga Postobón 2012 Apertura Champion |
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| Santa Fe 7th Title |
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Nationality | Club | Goals |
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| 1 | Robin Ramírez |  Paraguayan |
Deportes Tolima | 13 |
| 2 | Giovanni Hernández |  Colombian |
Junior | 11 |
| Humberto Osorio | Colombian |
Millonarios | 11 | |
| 4 | Efraín Viáfara | Colombian |
Itagüí Ditaires | 10 |
| 5 | Diego Cabrera |  Bolivian |
Santa Fe | 9 |
| Edwards Jiménez | Colombian |
Deportivo Pasto | 9 | |
| Omar Sebastián Pérez |  Argentinian |
Santa Fe | 9 | |
| Milton Rodríguez | Colombian |
Atlético Huila | 9 |
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Torneo Finalización
First Stage
Standings
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| Liga Postobón 2012 Clausura Champion |
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Relegation
A separate table is kept to determine the teams that get relegated to the Categoría Primera B for the next season. The table includes an average of all first stage games played for the current season and the previous two seasons.
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| 1 | Deportes Tolima | 70 | 56 | 65 | 191 | 108 | 1.769 | |
| 2 | Atlético Nacional | 61 | 55 | 52 | 168 | 108 | 1.556 | |
| 3 | Santa Fe | 65 | 49 | 52 | 166 | 108 | 1.537 | |
| 4 | La Equidad | 59 | 45 | 61 | 165 | 108 | 1.528 | |
| 5 | Once Caldas | 61 | 65 | 33 | 159 | 108 | 1.472 | |
| 6 | Itagüí Ditaires | 41 | 54 | 61 | 156 | 108 | 1.444 | |
| 7 | Junior | 48 | 50 | 57 | 155 | 108 | 1.435 | |
| 8 | Deportivo Cali | 56 | 50 | 49 | 155 | 108 | 1.435 | |
| 9 | Millonarios | 41 | 56 | 57 | 154 | 108 | 1.426 | |
| 10 | Boyaca Chico | 50 | 53 | 49 | 152 | 108 | 1.407 | |
| 11 | Deportivo Pasto | 48 | 41 | 52 | 141 | 108 | 1.343 | |
| 12 | Independiente Medellín | 57 | 37 | 43 | 137 | 108 | 1.269 | |
| 13 | Envigado | 32 | 60 | 44 | 136 | 108 | 1.259 | |
| 14 | Atlético Huila | 54 | 39 | 41 | 134 | 108 | 1.241 | |
| 15 | Deportes Quindío | 45 | 47 | 40 | 132 | 108 | 1.222 | |
| 16 | Patriotas | 43 | 42 | 44 | 129 | 108 | 1.194 | |
| 17 | Cúcuta Deportivo (O) | 48 | 41 | 35 | 124 | 108 | 1.148 | Relegation/promotion playoff |
| 18 | Real Cartagena (R) | 43 | 42 | 32 | 117 | 108 | 1.083 | Relegation to the Categoría Primera B |
Rules for classification: 1st average; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored; 4th away goals scored.
Aggregate table
An aggregate table including all games that a team plays during the year; is used to determine the First Stage berths to both the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana. The best-placed non-champion will go to the first stage of the 2013 Copa Libertadores and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th best-placed non-champions will go to the first stage of the 2013 Copa Sudamericana. Atlético Nacional is already qualified to the 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the champion of the 2012 Copa Colombia.
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1 Santa Fe and Millonarios are qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores as the Apertura and Finalización champions respectively.
2 Atlético Nacional are qualified for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the 2012 Copa Colombia champion.
References
- ^ "Posiciones". DIMAYOR. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
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