2004 Categoría Primera A season

The 2004 Categoría Primera A season is the 57th season of Colombia's top-flight football league.

Campeonato Apertura

The Campeonato Apertura (officially the 2004 Copa Mustang I for sponsorship reasons) was the first tournament of the season. It began on February 1 and ended on May 16.

First stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
1.	América de Cali	37	18	12	1	5	30	17	+13
2.	Deportivo Cali	34	18	10	4	4	23	15	+8
3.	Atlético Nacional	33	18	10	3	5	30	23	+7
4.	Once Caldas	31	18	9	4	5	23	14	+9
5.	Atlético Junior	30	18	8	6	4	26	16	+10
6.	Independiente Medellín	29	18	8	5	5	20	19	+1
7.	Deportivo Pasto	27	18	8	3	7	18	19	-1
8.	Chicó FC	27	18	7	6	5	25	24	+1
9.	Deportes Pereira	26	18	7	5	6	21	18	+3
10.	Millonarios	26	18	7	5	6	23	22	+1
11.	Deportes Tolima	26	18	6	8	4	20	17	+3
12.	Atlético Bucaramanga	21	18	5	6	7	22	25	-3
13.	Independiente Santa Fe	20	18	4	8	6	18	22	-4
14.	Cortuluá	19	18	5	4	9	27	32	-5
15.	Atlético Huila	16	18	4	4	10	19	29	-10
16.	Deportes Quindío	15	18	3	6	9	11	23	-12
17.	Envigado FC	14	18	2	8	8	19	26	-7
18.	Unión Magdalena	10	18	2	4	12	15	29	-14

Pts=Puntos; GP=Games Played; W=Wins; D=Draw; L=Lost; GF=Goals Favored; GA=Goals Allowed; DIF=Difference

	Classified for Semifinal Group Stage.
	Eliminated

Semifinals

The second phase of the 2005-I tournament consisted of two groups of 4 teams semifinals. This was disputed by the best eight teams from the first phase of the tournament. the winners of each group will face on the finals to define a champion.

Group A

R	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
1.	Atlético Nacional	10	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4
2.	Deportivo Pasto	10	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3
3.	América de Cali	7	6	2	1	3	7	10	-3
4.	Atlético Junior	6	6	1	3	2	4	8	-4

Fixture 1 - May 19, 2004 Home Score Away América de Cali 1 - 1 Junior Pasto 2 - 1 Atlético Nacional

Fixture 2 - May 23, 2004 Home Score Away Junior 1 - 1 Pasto Atlético Nacional 4 - 3 América de Cali

Fixture 3 - June 9, 2004 Home Score Away Pasto 4 - 0 América de Cali Junior 0 - 4 Atlético Nacional

Fixture 4 - June 13, 2004 Home Score Away Atlético Nacional 1 - 1 Junior América de Cali 2 - 0 Pasto

Fixture 5 - June 16, 2004 Home Score Away Atlético Nacional 1 - 2 Pasto Junior 0 - 1 América de Cali

Fixture 6 - June 20, 2004 Home Score Away América de Cali 0 - 1 Atlético Nacional Pasto 0 - 1 Junior

Group B

R	Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
(6)	1.	Independiente Medellín	10	6	3	1	2	15	8	+7
(2)	2.	Once Caldas	9	6	3	0	3	7	11	-4
(8)	3.	Deportivo Cali	8	6	2	2	2	9	11	-2
(4)	4.	Chicó FC	7	6	2	1	3	9	10	-1

Fixture 1 - May 19, 2005 Home Score Away Medellín 4 - 0 Once Caldas Chico FC 0 - 1 Deportivo Cali

Fixture 2 - May 23, 2004 Home Score Away Deportivo Cali 0 - 3 Medellín Once Caldas 1 - 0 Chico FC

FIxture 3 - June 5, 2004 Home Score Away Deportivo Cali 3 - 1 Once Caldas Medellín 1 - 2 Chico FC

Fixture 4 - June 13, 2004 Home Score Away Once Caldas 2 - 0 Cali Chico FC 3 - 2 Medellín

Fixture 5 - June 16, 2004 Home Score Away Once Caldas 0 - 2 Medellín Deportivo Cali 2 - 2 Chico FC

Fixture 6 - June 20, 2004 Home Score Away Medellín 3 - 3 Deportivo Cali Chico FC 2 - 3 Once Caldas

Finals

Date	City	Home	Score	Away
June 24	Medellín	Independiente Medellín	2 - 1	Atlético Nacional
June 27	Medellín	Atlético Nacional	0 - 0	Independiente Medellín
Independiente Medellín is the champion for winning 2 - 1 on global score

Champion Independiente Medellín Fourth Title

Campeonato Finalización

The Campeonato Finalización (officially the 2004 Copa Mustang II for sponsorship reasons) was the second tournament of the season. It began on August 1 and ended on December 19.

First phase

Standings

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
1.	América	42	18	13	3	2	32	14	+18
2.	Atlético Bucaramanga	34	18	10	4	4	23	16	+7
3.	Deportes Tolima	33	18	10	3	5	27	20	+7
4.	Deportivo Cali	30	18	9	3	6	24	17	+7
5.	Atlético Nacional	30	18	9	3	6	24	18	+6
6.	Independiente Medellín	29	18	8	5	5	24	13	+9
7.	Once Caldas	28	18	8	4	6	30	19	+11
8.	Atlético Junior	28	18	7	7	4	26	21	+5
9.	Envigado FC	26	18	7	5	6	26	20	+6
10.	Santa Fe	25	18	7	4	7	25	24	+1
11.	Deportes Quindío	25	18	7	4	7	21	29	-8
12.	Tulua	22	18	6	4	8	14	19	-5
13.	Atlético Huila	18	18	5	3	10	21	25	-4
14.	Chicó FC	18	18	4	6	8	15	24	-9
15.	Unión Magdalena	17	18	5	2	11	11	27	-16
16.	Deportivo Pasto	17	18	3	8	7	10	16	-6
17.	Millonarios	13	18	3	4	11	14	29	-15
18.	Deportes Pereira	13	18	3	4	11	9	25	-16

Pts=Puntos; GP=Games Played; W=Wins; D=Draw; L=Lost; GF=Goals Favored; GA=Goals Allowed; DIF=Difference

	Classified for Semifinal Group Stage.
	Eliminated

Semifinals

The second phase of the 2005-I tournament consisted of two groups of 4 teams semifinals. This was disputed by the best eight teams from the first phase of the tournament. the winners of each group will face on the finals to define a champion.

Group A

R	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
1.	Atlético Nacional	11	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3
2.	América de Cali	8	6	2	2	2	10	8	+2
3.	Deportes Tolima	7	6	2	1	3	9	9	0
4.	Once Caldas	7	6	2	1	3	5	10	-5

Group B

R	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
1.	Atlético Junior	13	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6
2.	Deportivo Cali	8	6	2	2	2	6	6	0
3.	Independiente Medellín	8	6	2	2	2	9	10	-1
4.	Atlético Bucaramanga	4	6	1	1	4	5	10	-5

Finals

Date	City	Home	Score	Away
December 15	Barranquilla	Atlético Junior	3 - 0	Atlético Nacional
December 19	Medellín	Atlético Nacional	5 - 2	Atlético Junior
Atlético Junior is the champion for winning 4 - 5 on P.K.

Champion Atlético Junior Fifth Title

Relegated and promoted team(s)

Categories	Relegated team(s)	Promoted team(s)
FPC Primera B	Cortuluá	Real Cartagena

External links

• Copa Mustang Official Page
• Dimayor Official Page
• website