The 1993 Categoría Primera A season, known as 1993 Copa Mustang for sponsorship purposes, was the forty-sixth season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Junior won the league for the third time after winning the final quadrangular, clinching the title after defeating América de Cali 3–2 in their final match.[1]

América de Cali were the defending champions, but placed last in the final quadrangular.

Format

The season was split into four parts: Torneo Apertura, Torneo Finalización, semifinal quadrangulars, and final quadrangular. In the Torneo Apertura, the 16 participating teams were divided into two groups of eight, in which teams played each of their group rivals twice for a total of 14 matches, while in the Torneo Finalización, the 16 teams played each other twice in a double round-robin tournament for a total of 30 matches. The results of both the Apertura and the Finalización were combined into an aggregate table (Reclasificación), with the top eight teams in that table at the end of the season's 44 rounds advancing to the semifinal quadrangulars. Bonus points for the final stages (semifinal and final quadrangulars) were awarded at the end of the Apertura and Finalización tournaments to the top four teams of each tournament, with the following scale being used: 1.00, 0.75, 0.50, and 0.25. The placements of the top four teams in the Apertura for the purposes of bonus allocation were decided by two-legged playoffs between the group winners and runners-up.[2]

In the semifinal quadrangulars, the eight participating teams were divided into two groups of four in which they played each of their group rivals twice, with the top two teams of each group advancing to the final quadrangular, in which they again played their other group rivals twice. The team that topped the final quadrangular was the champion.

Teams

16 teams competed in the season, the top 15 teams from the 1992 Primera A championship along with the 1992 Primera B champions Atlético Huila, who replaced Real Cartagena who were relegated at the end of the previous season.

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Locations of the 1993 Categoría Primera A teams
Team City Stadium
América de Cali Cali Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Alfonso López
Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid
Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander
Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro
Deportivo Cali Cali Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Envigado Envigado Polideportivo Sur
Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot
Junior Barranquilla Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
Millonarios Bogotá El Campín
Once Caldas Manizales Fernando Londoño Londoño
Santa Fe Bogotá El Campín
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Eduardo Santos

Torneo Apertura

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Once Caldas 14 6 5 3 26 16 +10 17 Advance to Group winners playoff
2 Atlético Huila 14 6 5 3 22 17 +5 17 Advance to Group runners-up playoff
3 Millonarios 14 7 2 5 18 19 −1 16
4 Deportivo Pereira 14 6 3 5 18 19 −1 15
5 Deportivo Cali 14 6 2 6 20 20 0 14
6 América de Cali 14 5 3 6 25 23 +2 13
7 Santa Fe 14 4 3 7 21 25 −4 11
8 Deportes Tolima 14 2 5 7 12 23 −11 9
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 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.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Junior 14 9 3 2 26 12 +14 21 Advance to Group winners playoff
2 Atlético Nacional 14 7 2 5 23 18 +5 16 Advance to Group runners-up playoff
3 Atlético Bucaramanga 14 6 4 4 17 15 +2 16
4 Independiente Medellín 14 5 5 4 18 18 0 15
5 Envigado 14 4 5 5 18 17 +1 13
6 Unión Magdalena 14 5 2 7 16 27 −11 12
7 Deportes Quindío 14 4 3 7 21 20 +1 11
8 Cúcuta Deportivo 14 2 4 8 11 25 −14 8
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 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.

Bonus allocation rounds

Group winners playoff

Junior1–1[3]Once Caldas
Once Caldas3–2Junior
  • Asprilla 33', 72'
  • Martínez 68'
 Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Juan Manuel Gómez

Once Caldas won 3–1 on points and were awarded 1.00 bonus point. Junior were awarded 0.75 bonus points.

Group runners-up playoff

Atlético Huila1–3Atlético Nacional
 Report
Atlético Nacional4–2Atlético Huila
 Report
Attendance: 37,763
Referee: Óscar Ruiz

Atlético Nacional won 4–0 on points and were awarded 0.50 bonus points. Atlético Huila were awarded 0.25 bonus points.

Torneo Finalización

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Bonus
1 Independiente Medellín 30 16 7 7 49 28 +21 39 +1.00 points
2 Junior 30 14 7 9 57 47 +10 35 +0.75 points
3 Deportivo Cali 30 10 15 5 41 33 +8 35 +0.50 points
4 América de Cali 30 10 13 7 42 32 +10 33 +0.25 points
5 Once Caldas 30 11 10 9 39 39 0 32
6 Envigado 30 10 12 8 31 30 +1 32
7 Millonarios 30 9 13 8 33 28 +5 31
8 Atlético Bucaramanga 30 10 11 9 37 35 +2 31
9 Atlético Nacional 30 10 9 11 38 44 −6 29
10 Deportivo Pereira 30 8 12 10 31 38 −7 28
11 Cúcuta Deportivo 30 10 7 13 39 47 −8 27
12 Unión Magdalena 30 10 7 13 38 37 +1 27
13 Deportes Quindío 30 8 10 12 36 38 −2 26
14 Santa Fe 30 7 12 11 43 45 −2 26
15 Atlético Huila 30 7 11 12 30 40 −10 25
16 Deportes Tolima 30 8 8 14 32 45 −13 24
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 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.

Aggregate table

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 stages, as well as the team that was relegated to Categoría Primera B at the end of the season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Junior 44 23 10 11 83 61 +22 56 Advance to the Final stages
2 Independiente Medellín 44 21 12 11 97 89 +8 54
3 Once Caldas 44 17 15 12 65 55 +10 49
4 Deportivo Cali 44 16 17 11 61 53 +8 49
5 Atlético Bucaramanga 44 16 15 13 54 50 +4 47
6 Millonarios 44 16 15 13 51 47 +4 47
7 América de Cali 44 15 16 13 67 55 +12 46
8 Atlético Nacional 44 17 11 16 61 62 −1 45
9 Envigado 44 14 17 13 49 47 +2 45
10 Deportivo Pereira 44 14 15 15 49 57 −8 43
11 Atlético Huila 44 13 16 15 52 57 −5 42
12 Unión Magdalena 44 15 9 20 54 64 −10 39
13 Deportes Quindío 44 12 13 19 57 58 −1 37
14 Santa Fe 44 11 15 18 64 70 −6 37
15 Cúcuta Deportivo 44 12 11 21 50 72 −22 35
16 Deportes Tolima (R) 44 10 13 21 44 68 −24 33 Relegation to Categoría Primera B
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 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.
(R) Relegated

Final stages

Semifinal quadrangulars

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Nacional 6 3 2 1 11 7 +4 8.5[a] Advance to Final quadrangular
2 Junior 6 3 1 2 9 9 0 8.5[b]
3 Millonarios 6 2 1 3 9 8 +1 5
4 Once Caldas 6 1 2 3 4 9 −5 5[c]
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Wins, 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Goals against, 7) Away goals against, 8) Rules 1) to 7) according to performance in the entire season, 9) Drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ^ Season bonus: 0.50 points
  2. ^ Season bonus: 1.50 points
  3. ^ Season bonus: 1.00 points

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América de Cali 6 4 2 0 14 3 +11 10.25[a] Advance to Final quadrangular
2 Independiente Medellín 6 2 3 1 13 10 +3 8[b]
3 Atlético Bucaramanga 6 2 0 4 8 15 −7 4
4 Deportivo Cali 6 1 1 4 9 16 −7 3.5[c]
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Wins, 3) Goal difference, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Goals against, 7) Away goals against, 8) Rules 1) to 7) according to performance in the entire season, 9) Drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ^ Season bonus: 0.25 points
  2. ^ Season bonus: 1.00 points
  3. ^ Season bonus: 0.50 points

Final quadrangular

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Junior (C) 6 3 1 2 14 11 +3 7[a] Qualification for Copa Libertadores
2 Independiente Medellín 6 3 1 2 10 12 −2 7[a]
3 Atlético Nacional 6 2 1 3 12 10 +2 5[b]
4 América de Cali 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 5[b]
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Bonus points, 3) Wins, 4) Goal difference, 5) Goals for, 6) Away goals for, 7) Goals against, 8) Away goals against, 9) Rules 1) to 8) according to performance in the entire season, 10) Drawing of lots.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Season bonus: Junior 1.50 points, Independiente Medellín 1.00 points.
  2. ^ a b Season bonus: Atlético Nacional 0.50 points, América de Cali 0.25 points.


 1993 Copa Mustang champions 
Junior
3rd title

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Colombia Miguel Guerrero Junior 34
2 Colombia Miguel Asprilla Once Caldas 27
3 Colombia John Jairo Tréllez Atlético Nacional 25
4 Colombia Rubén Darío Hernández Independiente Medellín 21
Colombia Albeiro Usuriaga América de Cali
6 Colombia Víctor Aristizábal Atlético Nacional 20
7 Colombia Níver Arboleda Deportivo Cali 19
8 Colombia Iván Valenciano Junior 18
9 Colombia Ricardo Pérez Millonarios 17
10 Colombia Héctor Acevedo Envigado 16

Source: Historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano 70 Años[4]

References

  1. ^ "ArchivoRED: cuando Junior le quitó a Medellín el título de sus manos" [ArchivoRED: when Junior took the title from Medellín's hands] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Un calendario repleto en el 93" [A packed calendar in '93] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 12 December 1992. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Dos títulos sin estrella" [Two titles without a star] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 3 June 2003. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  4. ^ Ruiz Bonilla, Guillermo (2018). Historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano 70 Años (First ed.). Bogotá, Colombia: Mundo Fútbol SAS. p. 313. ISBN 9-789584-852731.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Categor%C3%ADa_Primera_A_season
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