2003 Categoría Primera A season

The 2003 Categoría Primera A season is the 55th season of Colombia's top-flight football league.

Campeonato Apertura

The Campeonato Apertura (officially the 2003 Copa Mustang I for sponsorship reasons) is the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on February 1 and ended on May 16.

First stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
1.	Once Caldas	35	18	10	5	3	26	15	+11
2.	Millonarios	31	18	8	7	3	23	14	+9
3.	América de Cali	31	18	8	7	3	31	23	+8
4.	Centauros Villavicencio	29	18	7	8	3	24	21	+3
5.	Deportivo Cali	28	18	8	4	6	27	22	+5
6.	Atlético Junior	28	18	8	4	6	19	17	+2
7.	Unión Magdalena	26	18	7	5	6	22	22	0
8.	Atlético Huila	26	18	6	8	4	22	22	0
9.	Independiente Medellín	25	18	7	4	7	29	23	+6
10.	Deportes Pereira	25	18	7	4	7	22	26	-4
11.	Atlético Bucaramanga	25	18	6	7	5	21	20	+1
12.	Deportes Tolima	22	18	6	4	8	24	24	0
13.	Envigado FC	22	18	6	4	8	20	23	-3
14.	Atlético Nacional	20	18	6	2	10	17	20	-3
15.	Deportivo Pasto	19	18	4	7	7	15	18	-3
16.	Independiente Santa Fe	18	18	5	3	10	15	23	-8
17.	Cortuluá	15	18	2	9	7	15	24	-9
18.	Deportes Quindío	13	18	3	4	11	13	28	-15

	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

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
1.	Once Caldas	14	6	4	2	0	14	3	+11
2.	Deportivo Cali	11	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5
3.	América de Cali	6	6	2	0	4	6	12	-6
4.	Unión Magdalena	2	6	0	2	4	3	13	-10

Fixture 1 - May 10, 2003 Home Score Away Unión Magdalena 1 - 1 Deportivo Cali América de Cali 1 - 3 Once Caldas

Fixture 2 - May 18, 2003 Home Score Away Deportivo Cali 3 - 0 América de Cali Once Caldas 4 - 0 Unión Magdalena

Fixture 3 - June 9, 2003 Home Score Away Deportivo Cali 0 - 3 Once Caldas Unión Magdalena 0 - 1 América de Cali

Fixture 4 - May 25, 2003 Home Score Away América de Cali 4 - 1 Unión Magdalena Once Caldas 2 - 0 Deportivo Cali

Fixture 5 - May 28, 2003 Home Score Away Unión Magdalena 1 - 1 Once Caldas América de Cali 0 - 3 Deportivo Cali

Fixture 6 - June 1, 2003 Home Score Away Once Caldas 2 - 0 América de Cali Deportivo Cali 2 - 0 Unión Magdalena

Group B

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
1.	Atlético Junior	12	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4
2.	Deportes Pereira	9	6	3	0	3	9	7	+2
3.	Millonarios	7	6	2	1	3	7	9	-2
4.	Centauros Villavicencio	7	6	2	1	3	5	9	-4

Fixture 1 - May 10, 2003 Home Score Away Centauros 0 - 3 Deportes Pereira Junior 2 - 1 Millonarios

Fixture 2 - May 14, 2003 Home Score Away Deportes Pereira 0 - 2 Junior Millonarios 1 - 1 Centauros

Fixture 3 - May 18, 2003 Home Score Away Deportes Pereira 1 - 0 Millonarios Centauros 1 - 0 Junior

Fixture 4 - May 25, 2003 Home Score Away Millonarios 2 - 1 Deportes Pereira Junior 1 - 0 Centauros

Fixture 5 - May 28, 2003 Home Score Away Junior 3 - 1 Deportes Pereira Centauros 3 - 1 Millonarios

Fixture 6 - June 1, 2003 Home Score Away Millonarios 2 - 1 Junior Deportes Pereira 3 - 0 Centauros

Finals

Date	City	Home	Score	Away
June 5	Barranquilla	Junior	0 - 0	Once Caldas
June 8	Manizales	Once Caldas	1 - 0	Atlético Junior
Once Caldas is the champion for winning 1 - 0 on aggregate score

Champion Once Caldas Second Title

Campeonato Finalización

External links

• Copa Mustang Official Page
• Dimayor Official Page
• website