Apertura Colombia 1997

						

The season consists of the following stages:

1) Copa Mustang I: 32 rounds; first round 'clasicos regionales', 17th round
   their returns; in between two round robins of 15 rounds each.  Played from
   Sep 8, 1996 to Feb 23, 1997.  The winner of the Copa Mustang I gets 2
   bonus points, runners-up 1, third 0,5, fourth 0,25.  The winner is also
   assured of a place in the Copa Conmebol.

2) Copa Mustang II: 14 rounds, from Feb 26, 1997 to Apr 20, 1997.  The clubs
   are divided into two groups (odd-place finishers of C.M. I and even-place
   finishers, respectively), which each play a double round-robin.  There are
   no bonus points to earn; the results of both C.M.'s are added to obtain
   the Reclasificación (46 rounds); the top-4 of this qualify for the Gran 
   Final.

3) Cuadrangular Final: 6 rounds between the top-4 in the Reclasifición.  All
   clubs start with 0 points except for winner Reclasificación (1 bonus point).

NB: afterwards, it was decided to have another stage, the Torneo Adecuación,
    at the end of the season, to return to the spring/fall rhythm.  The winner
    of the Torneo Adecuación (Bucaramanga) will play the winner of the
    originally planned season (América) for the 1996/97 championship.

Copa Mustang I (First Stage)
==============

Final Table:

 1.América Cali           32 21  8  3  52-22  71
 2.Atl. Nacional          32 16 11  5  48-22  59
 3.Dep. Cali              32 16  9  7  52-37  57
 4.Atl. Junior            32 13  9 10  53-40  48
 5.Dep. Indep. Medellín   32 12 11  9  31-31  47
 6.Dep. Tolima            32 12 10 10  46-43  46
 7.Indep. Santa Fe        32 11 11 10  34-31  44
 8.Once Caldas            32 11 10 11  46-33  43
 9.Envigado FC            32 10 12 10  41-37  42
10.Atl. Bucaramanga       32 10 12 10  37-39  42
11.Un. Magdalena          32 11  7 15  35-46  40
12.Dep. Tuluá             32  7 16  9  29-34  37
13.Millonarios            32  6 10 16  30-41  28
14.Dep. Pereira           32  5 13 14  39-55  28
15.Dep. Quindío           32  5 13 14  34-62  28
16.Cúcuta Dep.            32  4 10 18  27-61  22

Round 1 [Sep 8]
Tulua       2-2 Quindio    
America     1-3 Cali       
Millonarios 0-1 Santa Fe   
Tolima      3-2 Envigado   
Pereira     3-2 Caldas     
Junior      1-0 Magdalena  
Bucaramanga 1-0 Cucuta     
Medellin    0-0 Nacional  

Round 2 [Sep 15]
Quindio     1-1 Bucaramanga
Cali        2-0 Junior     
Santa Fe    0-0 Pereira    
Envigado    3-0 Tolima     
Caldas      3-1 Millonarios
Magdalena   2-2 America    
Cucuta      1-2 Tulua      
Nacional    1-0 Medellin   

Round 3 [Sep 22]
Tulua       2-1 Magdalena  
America     2-1 Caldas     
Millonarios 0-0 Envigado   
Tolima      1-2 Santa Fe   
Pereira     0-0 Cali       
Junior      7-1 Quindio    
Bucaramanga 0-0 Medellin   
Nacional    3-0 Cucuta     

Round 4 [Sep 25]
Medellin    3-3 Junior     
Quindio     2-2 Pereira    
Cali        1-0 Tolima     
Santa Fe    1-1 Millonarios
Envigado    1-2 America    
Caldas      1-0 Tulua      
Magdalena   0-0 Cucuta     
Bucaramanga 1-0 Nacional   

Round 5 [Sep 29]
Cucuta      1-2 Caldas     
Tulua       2-2 Envigado   
America     1-0 Santa Fe   
Millonarios 1-1 Cali       
Tolima      2-2 Quindio    
Pereira     2-3 Medellin   
Junior      1-0 Bucaramanga 
Nacional    1-0 Magdalena  

Round 6 [Oct 2]
Bucaramanga 3-1 Pereira    
Medellin    1-3 Tolima     
Quindio     3-2 Millonarios
Cali        0-1 America    
Santa Fe    2-0 Tulua      
Envigado    3-0 Cucuta     
Caldas      3-0 Magdalena  
Junior      0-1 Nacional   

Round 7 [Oct 6]
Magdalena   1-0 Envigado   
Cucuta      2-2 Santa Fe   
Tulua       0-0 Cali       
America     2-0 Quindio    
Millonarios 0-1 Medellin   
Tolima      1-1 Bucaramanga
Pereira     0-1 Junior     
Nacional    0-0 Caldas     

Round 8 [Oct 13]
Junior      2-2 Tolima     
Bucaramanga 1-1 Millonarios
Medellin    0-1 America    
Quindio     1-0 Tulua      
Cali        2-1 Cucuta     
Santa Fe    4-0 Magdalena  
Envigado    0-0 Caldas     
Pereira     1-3 Nacional   

Round 9 [Oct 20,21]
Caldas      1-1 Santa Fe
Magdalena   2-0 Cali
Cucuta      1-1 Quindio
Tulua       0-0 Medellin
America     2-0 Bucaramanga
Nacional    2-2 Envigado
Millonarios 2-3 Junior
Tolima      0-1 Pereira

Round 10 [Oct 27]
Junior      0-1 America
Cali        2-1 Caldas
Pereira     1-1 Millonarios
Bucaramanga 2-1 Tulua
Medellin    0-0 Cucuta
Quindio     3-2 Magdalena
Santa Fe    3-2 Envigado
Tolima      1-3 Nacional

Round 11 [Nov 3]
Envigado    2-2 Cali
Magdalena   1-2 Medellin
Cucuta      1-2 Bucaramanga
Tulua       1-1 Junior
America     2-1 Pereira   
Millonarios 0-0 Tolima
Nacional    3-0 Santa Fe
Caldas      3-0 Quindio      [Nov 7]

Round 12 [Nov 14]
Junior      4-1 Cucuta
Millonarios 0-0 Nacional
Tolima      1-2 America
Medellin    2-1 Caldas
Pereira     1-1 Tulua
Bucaramanga 0-1 Magdalena
Quindio     0-0 Envigado
Cali        1-0 Sante Fe     [Nov 27]

Round 13 [Nov 16,17]
Nacional    1-1 Cali
Cucuta      2-2 Pereira
America     1-0 Millonarios
Tulua       1-0 Tolima
Sante Fe    0-0 Quindio
Magdalena   3-0 Junior
Caldas      3-1 Bucaramanga
Envigado    1-1 Medellin

Round 14 [Nov 24]
Tolima      1-1 Cucuta
Millonarios 1-2 Tulua
Pereira     1-2 Magdalena
Junior      3-1 Caldas
Quindio     2-6 Cali
Bucaramanga 3-1 Envigado
Medellin    1-1 Santa Fe
America     3-2 Nacional

Round 15 [Dec 1]
Envigado    1-2 Junior
Tulua       0-2 America
Magdalena   3-1 Tolima
Cali        4-2 Medellin
Nacional    3-1 Quindio
Santa Fe    0-2 Bucaramanga
Cucuta      2-0 Millonarios
Caldas      1-2 Pereira

Round 16 [Dec 4,5]
America     3-0 Cucuta
Tulua       0-0 Nacional
Millonarios 3-0 Magdalena
Tolima      1-0 Caldas       [played later]
Pereira     1-3 Envigado
Junior      4-1 Santa Fe
Bucaramanga 1-0 Cali
Medellin    1-0 Quindio

Round 17 [Dec 7,8]
Envigado    4-2 Tolima
Quindio     0-1 Tulua
Santa Fe    1-0 Millonarios
Magdalena   1-0 Junior
Cali        2-1 America
Caldas      0-0 Pereira
Cucuta      2-1 Bucaramanga
Nacional    0-2 Medellin

Round 18 [Dec 11]
Junior      5-3 Cali
Tolima      1-0 Envigado
Tulua       2-0 Cucuta
Bucaramanga 1-1 Quindio
Medellin    0-0 Nacional
Millonarios 0-0 Caldas
Pereira     0-0 Santa Fe
America     3-0 Magdalena

Round 19 [Dec 18]
Santa Fe    1-1 Tolima
Millonarios 1-2 Envigado
Caldas      1-2 America
Cucuta      1-3 Nacional
Quindio     2-2 Junior
Cali        3-0 Pereira
Magdalena   1-1 Tulua
Medellin    0-0 Bucaramanga

Round 20 [Dec 22]
America     1-1 Envigado
Nacional    0-0 Bucaramanga
Millonarios 2-1 Santa Fe
Cucuta      2-0 Magdalena
Pereira     2-0 Quindio
Tolima      1-1 Cali
Junior      1-0 Medellin
Tulua       1-1 Caldas

Round 21 [Jan 12]
Envigado    0-0 Tulua 
Santa Fe    0-0 America 
Cali        2-1 Millonarios 
Quindio     2-3 Tolima 
Medellin    2-0 Pereira 
Bucaramanga 2-2 Junior 
Caldas      7-0 Cucuta 
Magdalena   1-1 Nacional 

Round 22 [Jan 16]
Nacional    2-1 Junior
Pereira     4-2 Bucaramanga  [3-2?]
Tolima      3-2 Medellin
Millonarios 2-1 Quindio
America     1-1 Cali 
Tulua       0-1 Santa Fe 
Cucuta      0-1 Envigado
Magdalena   1-1 Caldas

Round 23 [Jan 18-20]
Cali        3-0 Tulua 
Medellin    1-0 Millonarios
Bucaramanga 1-5 Tolima 
Quindio     1-1 America
Junior      4-1 Pereira
Caldas      1-3 Nacional
Envigado    1-0 Magdalena
Santa Fe    3-1 Cucuta

Round 24 [Jan 22]
America     5-0 Medellin 
Cucuta      2-1 Cali
Tolima      2-0 Junior
Magdalena   1-1 Santa Fe
Caldas      2-0 Envigado
Tulua       2-2 Quindio
Nacional    2-0 Pereira 
Millonarios 0-0 Bucaramanga

Round 25 [Jan 25]
Junior      3-0 Millonarios
Envigado    1-0 Nacional
Medellin    1-1 Tulua
Bucaramanga 1-1 America
Pereira     1-1 Tolima
Quindio     2-2 Cucuta
Cali        2-1 Magdalena
Santa Fe    1-1 Caldas

Round 26 [Jan 29]
America     2-0 Junior 
Caldas      1-1 Cali
Millonarios 4-3 Pereira      [corrected from 4-1]
Tulua       1-1 Bucaramanga
Cucuta      0-0 Medellin   
Magdalena   3-1 Quindio
Envigado    1-0 Santa Fe
Nacional    1-2 Tolima

Round 27 [Feb 2]
Santa Fe    1-2 Nacional
Pereira     0-1 America
Cali        2-1 Envigado
Junior      1-1 Tulua
Quindio     2-1 Caldas
Medellin    2-0 Magdalena
Bucaramanga 3-1 Cucuta
Tolima      1-1 Millonarios

Round 28 [Feb 5]
Cucuta      0-0 Junior 
Santa Fe    3-1 Cali           
America     0-0 Tolima
Tulua       2-2 Pereira
Magdalena   2-1 Bucaramanga
Caldas      1-2 Medellin
Envigado    0-0 Quindio
Nacional    2-0 Millonarios

Round 29 [Feb 9]
Quindio     0-2 Santa Fe 
Medellin    1-0 Envigado 
Bucaramanga 0-1 Caldas 
Junior      1-1 Magdalena
Pereira     3-3 Cucuta 
Tolima      1-0 Tulua 
Cali        0-3 Nacional 
Millonarios 2-1 America 

Round 30 [Feb 16]
Santa Fe    0-1 Medellin
Tulua       1-0 Millonarios
Nacional    1-1 America
Envigado    3-2 Bucaramanga
Cucuta      0-2 Tolima
Cali        2-0 Quindio
Magdalena   2-1 Pereira
Caldas      1-0 Junior

Round 31 [Feb 19]
America     2-1 Tulua
Bucaramanga 1-0 Santa Fe
Medellin    0-1 Cali
Junior      1-1 Envigado
Tolima      4-1 Magdalena
Quindio     0-4 Nacional
Pereira     1-1 Caldas
Millonarios 3-0 Cucuta

Round 32 [Feb 23]
Cucuta      0-2 America
Nacional    1-1 Tulua
Cali        2-2 Bucaramanga
Santa Fe    1-0 Junior
Quindio     1-0 Medellin
Caldas      3-0 Tolima
Magdalena   2-1 Millonarios
Envigado    2-2 Pereira

Final Table Copa Mustang I:

 1.América Cali           32 21  8  3  52-22  71
 2.Atl. Nacional          32 16 11  5  48-22  59
 3.Dep. Cali              32 16  9  7  52-37  57
 4.Atl. Junior            32 13  9 10  53-40  48
 5.Dep. Indep. Medellín   32 12 11  9  31-31  47
 6.Dep. Tolima            32 12 10 10  46-43  46
 7.Indep. Santa Fe        32 11 11 10  34-31  44
 8.Once Caldas            32 11 10 11  46-33  43
 9.Envigado FC            32 10 12 10  41-37  42
10.Atl. Bucaramanga       32 10 12 10  37-39  42
11.Un. Magdalena          32 11  7 15  35-46  40
12.Dep. Tuluá             32  7 16  9  29-34  37
13.Millonarios            32  6 10 16  30-41  28
14.Dep. Pereira           32  5 13 14  39-55  28
15.Dep. Quindío           32  5 13 14  34-62  28
16.Cúcuta Dep.            32  4 10 18  27-61  22


Authors: 
Jaime Andres Nieto
(jnieto@fayol.univalle.edu.co),
Frank Ballesteros
(fballesteros@colombia.com)
and Mikael Jönsson
(mikcat@frisurf.no)

Last updated: 25 Nov 1999

(C) Copyright Jaime Andres Nieto, Frank Ballesteros, Mikael Jönsson,
and RSSSF 1999