2011 Categoría Primera A season

Liga Postobón

Season	2011
Champions	Apertura: Atlético Nacional (11th title) Finalización: Junior (7th title)
Relegated	Deportivo Pereira América de Cali
2012 Copa Libertadores	Atlético Nacional Junior Once Caldas
2012 Copa Sudamericana	Envigado Millonarios La Equidad
Matches played	210
Goals scored	560 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Carlos Rentería (12 goals) Finalización: Carlos Bacca (12 goals)
← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Categoría Primera A season (officially known at the 2011 Liga Postobón season for sponsorship reasons) is the 64th 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 four 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 the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, the teams will be matched-up with another team into four different ties. The ties will be contested over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each tie will advance to the semifinals. The semifinals and the finals will have the same format as the quarterfinals. The winner of the finals will be declared the champion.

Teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Cali	Pascual Guerrero
Atlético Huila	Neiva	Guillermo Plazas Alcid
Atlético Nacional	Medellín	Atanasio Girardot
Boyacá Chicó	Tunja	La Independencia
Cúcuta Deportivo	Cúcuta	General Santander
Deportes Quindío	Armenia	Centenario
Deportes Tolima	Ibagué	Manuel Murillo Toro
Deportivo Cali	Cali	Deportivo Cali
Deportivo Pereira	Pereira	Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Envigado	Envigado	Polideportivo Sur
Independiente Medellín	Medellín	Atanasio Girardot
Itagüí Ditaires	Itagüí	Ciudad de Itagüí
Junior	Barranquilla	Metropolitano
La Equidad	Bogotá	Metropolitano de Techo
Millonarios	Bogotá	Nemesio Camacho
Once Caldas	Manizales	Palogrande
Real Cartagena	Cartagena	Jaime Morón León
Santa Fe	Bogotá	Nemesio Camacho

Torneo Apertura

The Liga Postobon I began on February 5 and ended on June 15.

First stage

The First Stage began on February 5 and ended on May 21.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Once Caldas	18	11	3	4	32	17	+15	36	Advanced to the Quarterfinals
2	Deportes Tolima	18	10	4	4	35	21	+14	34
3	Atlético Nacional	18	10	3	5	33	27	+6	33
4	Envigado	18	8	8	2	30	21	+9	32
5	La Equidad	18	8	5	5	23	14	+9	29
6	Millonarios	18	8	4	6	31	23	+8	28
7	Deportivo Cali	18	8	3	7	21	24	−3	27
8	Cúcuta Deportivo	18	6	8	4	22	19	+3	26
9	Boyacá Chicó	18	8	1	9	25	24	+1	25
10	Quindío	18	7	4	7	22	29	−7	25
11	Itagüí	18	6	6	6	24	23	+1	24
12	América	18	7	3	8	23	25	−2	24
13	Real Cartagena	18	6	5	7	24	25	−1	23
14	Santa Fe	18	5	6	7	18	22	−4	21
15	Junior	18	5	4	9	19	28	−9	19
16	Huila	18	4	5	9	25	36	−11	17
17	Independiente Medellín	18	4	3	11	19	30	−11	15
18	Deportivo Pereira	18	1	5	12	16	34	−18	8

Source:^[1]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored; 5th away goals against; 6th draw.

Results

Home \ Away[1]

AME

HUI

NAC

BOY

CUC

QUI

TOL

CAL

PER

ENV

DIM

ITA

JUN

EQU

MIL

ONC

RCA

SFE

América

2–1

2–1

2–3

2–3

3–2

2–1

1–1

2–1

2–0

Huila

1–3

1–1

0–1

4–7

1–4

2–0

1–1

3–0

2–0

Atlético Nacional

3–1

3–0

2–2

2–1

2–3

1–0

3–1

4–1

0–3

Boyacá Chicó

3–0

2–1

2–1

2–0

1–2

1–2

1–1

3–0

3–2

Cúcuta Deportivo

0–0

1–0

2–0

2–3

4–0

1–1

0–0

0–1

1–1

Quindío

2–0

0–1

0–1

4–3

3–3

2–1

2–1

1–1

2–1

Deportes Tolima

3–1

5–0

3–1

0–0

0–0

2–0

1–0

1–3

1–0

Deportivo Cali

0–3

1–2

0–2

2–1

3–2

0–2

1–0

1–0

0–0

Deportivo Pereira

0–0

0–2

0–1

2–2

0–2

0–1

1–2

1–0

1–1

Envigado

1–1

2–1

0–0

1–0

2–2

0–0

2–0

2–1

3–1

Independiente Medellín

1–0

2–3

1–0

2–3

3–1

2–2

1–2

0–0

3–3

Itagüí

1–0

3–3

1–1

1–1

2–1

3–0

2–1

0–1

2–2

Junior

1–1

3–0

1–2

1–0

2–1

1–2

3–2

1–2

2–0

La Equidad

1–0

1–1

2–0

1–1

1–0

1–2

5–0

3–0

0–0

Millonarios

2–3

1–2

3–1

5–0

2–1

3–2

0–2

3–0

1–1

Once Caldas

2–1

3–1

5–1

2–0

2–0

1–0

0–1

3–2

2–2

Real Cartagena

3–0

1–1

2–1

1–1

2–2

1–1

2–0

2–0

4–2

Santa Fe

0–0

3–1

0–1

1–1

1–0

2–0

1–0

0–2

1–0

Source: ^[2]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout round bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Once Caldas	0	1	1 (4)
	6	Millonarios (p)	1	0	1 (5)
								6	Millonarios	2	1	3
								5	La Equidad	2	2	4
	4	Envigado	0	1	1
	5	La Equidad	1	1	2
															5	La Equidad	2	1	3 (2)
														3	Atlético Nacional (p)	1	2	3 (3)
	2	Deportes Tolima	3	1	4
	8	Cúcuta Deportivo	1	1	2
								2	Deportes Tolima	1	1	2
								3	Atlético Nacional	3	0	3
	3	Atlético Nacional (p)	0	2	2 (4)
	7	Deportivo Cali	1	1	2 (1)

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals began on May 25 and ended on May 31.

Quarterfinal A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Millonarios	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Once Caldas	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3

Source:^[1]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

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Quarterfinal B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportes Tolima	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Cúcuta Deportivo	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1

Source:^[1]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

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Quarterfinal C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Nacional	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Deportivo Cali	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3

Source:^[1]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

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Quarterfinal D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	La Equidad	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Envigado	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source:^[1]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

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Semifinals

The Semifinals began on June 4 and ended on June 8.

Semifinal A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	La Equidad	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Advanced to the Finals
2	Millonarios	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1

Source:^[1]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

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Semifinal B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Nacional	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3	Advanced to the Finals
2	Deportes Tolima	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3

Source:^[1]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

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Finals

The Finals began on June 12 and ended on June 18.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Nacional	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3	2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	La Equidad	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3

Source:^[1]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

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Liga Postobón 2011 I Champion
Atlético Nacional 11th title

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Carlos Rentería	Colombian	Atlético Nacional	12
2	Dorlan Pabón	Colombian	Atlético Nacional	11
	Edison Toloza	Colombian	Millonarios	11
4	Wason Rentería	Colombian	Once Caldas	10
5	Wilder Medina	Colombian	Deportes Tolima	9

Source:^[3]

Torneo Finalización

The Liga Postobon II began on August 27 and is scheduled to end on December 21.

First stage

The First Stage is began on August 27 and ended on November 27.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Junior	18	8	7	3	28	22	+6	31	Advanced to the Quarterfinals
2	Itagüí	18	8	6	4	24	18	+6	30
3	Once Caldas	18	8	5	5	34	23	+11	29
4	Millonarios	18	8	4	6	21	17	+4	28
5	Santa Fe	18	8	4	6	22	19	+3	28
6	Envigado	18	8	4	6	20	18	+2	28
7	Boyacá Chicó	18	6	9	3	19	16	+3	27
8	América	18	7	4	7	22	24	−2	25
9	Quindío	18	7	4	7	23	26	−3	25
10	Deportivo Pereira	18	5	9	4	23	16	+7	24
11	Deportivo Cali	18	6	5	7	15	20	−5	23
12	Atlético Nacional	18	5	7	6	24	23	+1	22
13	Independiente Medellín	18	6	4	8	26	28	−2	22
14	Huila	18	6	4	8	20	22	−2	22
15	Deportes Tolima	18	6	4	8	21	25	−4	22
16	Real Cartagena	18	5	4	9	21	25	−4	19
17	La Equidad	18	3	7	8	12	22	−10	16
18	Cúcuta Deportivo	18	2	9	7	17	28	−11	15

Source:^[4]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored; 5th away goals against; 6th draw.

Results

Home \ Away[1]

AME

HUI

NAC

BOY

CUC

QUI

TOL

CAL

PER

ENV

DIM

ITA

JUN

EQU

MIL

ONC

RCA

SFE

América

2–4

3–0

1–0

0–1

1–2

2–1

0–1

1–1

2–1

Huila

1–2

1–1

1–0

1–1

1–0

1–1

2–3

2–1

1–0

Atlético Nacional

1–2

1–1

3–2

2–2

1–1

1–2

0–2

2–1

1–1

Boyacá Chicó

1–1

1–1

1–0

1–2

0–0

0–0

3–0

1–0

1–0

Cúcuta Deportivo

1–0

0–0

1–1

0–1

1–2

1–1

0–0

3–2

0–1

Quindío

2–1

2–1

2–2

3–3

2–1

1–1

3–0

2–0

3–1

Deportes Tolima

1–4

1–0

2–1

3–1

1–0

1–2

2–0

0–0

1–0

Deportivo Cali

2–0

1–2

2–1

2–2

1–0

0–0

1–1

1–0

0–0

Deportivo Pereira

1–1

2–1

3–0

0–0

4–0

2–2

1–2

2–3

0–0

Envigado

1–1

1–3

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–0

2–0

2–0

2–0

Independiente Medellín

3–2

0–2

1–2

3–0

0–32

0–1

3–4

4–1

1–0

Itagüí

1–0

1–1

1–0

2–2

2–1

1–0

1–1

2–1

3–1

Junior

1–1

2–2

4–0

2–0

4–3

0–0

3–0

0–3

3–3

La Equidad

1–1

0–1

1–1

0–2

0–2

0–2

1–2

1–1

2–1

Millonarios

2–0

1–1

2–1

3–1

0–0

1–0

1–1

0–0

2–0

Once Caldas

4–0

3–1

5–0

2–2

1–1

3–2

2–0

1–2

0–1

Real Cartagena

2–1

0–0

0–1

3–0

1–1

2–1

3–2

1–1

1–2

Santa Fe

0–1

1–0

2–0

3–0

0–0

2–1

3–2

1–0

1–2

Source: ^[5]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
² DIMAYOR awarded a 3–0 away win in favor of Itagüí Ditaires for Independiente Medellin fielding an unauthorized player. Original result was a 1–0 win for Independiente Medellin.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Junior	0	2	2
	7	Boyacá Chicó	0	2	2
								1	Junior (p)	0	3	3 (5)
								4	Millonarios	3	0	3 (4)
	4	Millonarios (p)	2	1	3 (7)
	6	Envigado	1	2	3 (6)
															1	Junior (p)	3	1	4 (4)
														3	Once Caldas	2	2	4 (2)
	2	Itagüí	2	0	2
	5	Santa Fe	3	1	4
								5	Santa Fe	1	1	2
								3	Once Caldas	1	2	3
	3	Once Caldas	0	2	2
	8	América	0	0	0

Quarterfinals

The Quarterfinals began on December 3 and ended on December 8.

Quarterfinal A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Junior	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Boyacá Chicó	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	1

Source:^[4]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

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Quarterfinal B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Santa Fe	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Itagüí	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

Source:^[4]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

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Quarterfinal C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Once Caldas	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	América	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1

Source:^[4]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

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Quarterfinal D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Millonarios	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Envigado	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3

Source:^[4]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

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Semifinals

The Semifinals began on December 11 and ended on December 15.

Semifinal A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Once Caldas	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	Advanced to the Finals
2	Santa Fe	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

Source:^[4]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

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Note: This match was originally scheduled for December 14, but was postponed due to heavy rain.

Semifinal B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Junior	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3	Advanced to the Finals
2	Millonarios	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3

Source:^[4]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

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Finals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Junior	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3	2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	Once Caldas	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3

Source:^[4]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

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Liga Postobón 2011 II Champion
Junior 7th title

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Carlos Bacca	Colombian	Junior	12
2	Germán Cano	Argentine	Deportivo Pereira	10
	John Pajoy	Colombian	Once Caldas	10
	Lionard Pajoy	Colombian	Itagüí Ditaires	10
5	Edison Toloza	Colombian	Millonarios	9

Source:^[6]

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Once Caldas	44	23	10	11	76	47	+29	79	2012 Copa Libertadores First Stage
2	Millonarios	44	19	9	16	62	51	+11	66	2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage 2
3	Envigado	40	17	13	10	54	44	+10	64	2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
4	Atlético Nacional	42	18	10	14	65	57	+8	64	2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage 1
5	Deportes Tolima	40	18	9	13	62	51	+11	63	2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
6	Junior	42	15	13	14	56	59	−3	58	2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage 1
7	La Equidad	42	14	14	14	44	43	+1	56	2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
8	Santa Fe	40	15	11	14	46	46	0	56
9	Itagüí	38	14	12	12	50	44	+6	54
10	Boyacá Chicó	38	14	12	12	46	42	+4	0533
11	Deportivo Cali	38	15	8	15	38	46	−8	53
12	Quindío	36	14	8	14	45	55	−10	50
13	América	38	14	8	16	45	51	−6	50
14	Real Cartagena	36	11	9	16	45	50	−5	42
15	Cúcuta Deportivo	38	8	18	12	41	51	−10	42
16	Huila	36	10	9	17	45	58	−13	39
17	Independiente Medellín	36	10	7	19	45	58	−13	37
18	Deportivo Pereira	36	6	14	16	39	50	−11	32

Source:^[7]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored; 5th away goals against; 6th draw.
¹ Atlético Nacional and Junior are qualified as the 2011 Apertura and 2011 Finalización champions, respectively.
² Millonarios is qualified as the 2011 Copa Colombia champion.
³ Boyacá Chicó received a one-point deduction for a fan launching a projectile at an assistant referee in a game vs. Junior.

Relegation

Pos	Team	Pld	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Avg	Relegation
1	Deportes Tolima	108	173	122	+51	187	1.731
2	Once Caldas	108	178	143	+35	171	1.583
3	Santa Fe	108	142	126	+16	165	1.528
4	Atlético Nacional	108	147	141	+6	159	1.472
5	Deportivo Cali	108	148	136	+12	157	1.454
6	Junior	108	161	138	+23	156	1.444
7	Boyacá Chicó	108	141	143	−2	156	1.444
8	La Equidad	108	124	126	−2	150	1.389
9	Atlético Huila	108	151	158	−7	147	1.361
10	Independiente Medellín	108	143	144	−1	143	1.324
11	Millonarios	108	139	134	+5	140	1.296
12	Deportes Quindío	108	123	151	−28	138	1.278
13	Real Cartagena	108	139	159	−20	137	1.269
14	Cúcuta Deportivo	108	108	120	−12	135	1.25
15	Envigado	108	149	167	−18	134	1.241
16	Itagüí Ditaires	108	135	142	−7	132	1.222
17	América	108	132	150	−18	127	1.176	Relegation/Promotion Playoff
18	Deportivo Pereira	108	121	134	−13	112	1.037	Relegated to the Categoría Primera B

Rules for classification: 1st average; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored; 4th away goals scored.

Relegation/promotion playoff

As the second worst team in the relegation table, América played a two-legged tie against Patriotas, the 2011 Categoría Primera B runner-up. As the Primera A team, América played the second leg at home. The winner was determined by points, followed by goal difference, then a penalty shootout. Patriotas won the series in a penalty shootout to relegate América to the Primera B.

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team 1	Points	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	Pen.
América	2:2	Patriotas	1–1	1–1	0:0	3:4

References

External links

• DIMAYOR's official website (Spanish)
• Official regulations (Spanish)