2008 Categoría Primera A season

{{Infobox football league season | competition = Copa Mustang | season = 2008 | dates = 1 February - 21 December | winners = Apertura: Boyacá Chico (1st title) Finalización: America de Cali (13th title) | promoted = | relegated = Atletico Bucaramanga | continentalcup1 = Copa Libertadores | continentalcup1 qualifiers = America de Cali Independiente Medellín Boyaca Chico | continentalcup2 = Copa Sudamericana | continentalcup2 qualifiers = La Equidad Deportivo Cali | matches = | total goals = | league topscorer = Apertura: Ivan Velazquez Finalización: Fredy Montero | biggest home win = Boyaca Chico 7-2 Tolima (5 April) Medellin 5-0 Bucaramanga (13 April) Medellin 5-0 Cali (24 May) | biggest away win = Deportivo Cali 0-4 America (22 March) Millonarios 0-4 Boyaca Chico (13 April) | highest scoring = Boyaca Chico 7-2 Tolima (5 April) | longest wins = | longest unbeaten = | longest losses = | highest attendance = | lowest attendance = | average attendance = | prevseason = 2007 | nextseason = 2009 }}

The '''2008 Categoría Primera A season''' was the 61st season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The season started on 1 February and ended with the finals on 21 December.

Boyacá Chicó won their first ever title in the Apertura tournament, beating America de Cali 4–2 on penalties. América de Cali won their thirteenth title in the Finalizacion tournament, beating Independiente Medellín 4–1 on aggregate.

== Teams == 18 teams competed this season. Real Cartagena was relegated in the previous season, and were replaced by the 2007 Categoría Primera B champions, Envigado.

=== Stadia & Locations === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Team ! Stadium ! Capacity |- | Junior || Estadio Metropolitano || align="center" | 46,000 |- | Deportivo Cali || Estadio Deportivo Cali || align="center" | 52,000 |- | Nacional, Medellín || Estadio Atanasio Girardot || align="center" | 41,000 |- | Millonarios, Santa Fe || Estadio El Campín || align="center" | 36,000 |- | América de Cali || Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero || align="center" | 35,000 |- | Cúcuta Deportivo || Estadio General Santander || align="center" | 42,000 |- | Once Caldas || Estadio Palogrande || align="center" | 29,000 |- | Deportes Tolima || Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro || align="center" | 28,000 |- | Deportivo Pereira || Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas || align="center" | 30,000 |- | Deportes Quindío || Estadio Centenario || align="center" | 20,000 |- | Deportivo Pasto || Estadio Departamental Libertad || align="center" | 19,000 |- | Atletico Bucaramanga || Estadio Alfonso Lopez || align="center" | 28,000 |- | Atlético Huila || Estadio Guillermo Plazas Alcid || align="center" | 22,000 |- | La Equidad || Estadio Metropolitano de Techo || align="center" | 17,000 |- | Envigado || Estadio Polideportivo Sur || align="center" | 12,000 |- | Boyacá Chicó || Estadio La Independencia || align="center" | 10,000 |}

== Torneo Apertura == Torneo Apertura began on 1 February and ended on 6 July.

=== Standings === {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL|res_col_header=Q|col_PO=yellow1|text_PO=Advance to playoffs|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/col08.html RSSSF]|result1=PO|result2=PO|result3=PO|result4=PO|result5=PO|result6=PO|result7=PO|result8=PO|team1=LEQ|name_LEQ=La Equidad|team2=BYC|name_BYC=Boyaca Chico|team3=SFE|name_SFE=Santa Fe|team4=MED|name_MED=Independiente Medellin|team5=EFC|name_EFC=Envigado|team6=DPC|name_DPC=Deportivo Cali|team7=AME|name_AME=America de Cali|team8=QUI|name_QUI=Deportes Quindio|team9=CUC|name_CUC=Cucuta Deportivo|team10=BUC|name_BUC=Atletico Bucaramanga|team11=MFC|name_MFC=Millonarios|team12=JUN|name_JUN=Junior|team13=HUI|name_HUI=Atletico Huila|team14=NAC|name_NAC=Atletico Nacional|team15=ONC|name_ONC=Once Caldas|team16=PAS|name_PAS=Pasto|team17=PER|name_PER=Pereira|team18=TOL|name_TOL=Tolima|win_LEQ=10|draw_LEQ=5|loss_LEQ=3|gf_LEQ=25|ga_LEQ=13|win_BYC=9|draw_BYC=5|loss_BYC=4|gf_BYC=30|ga_BYC=19|win_SFE=9|draw_SFE=4|loss_SFE=5|gf_SFE=25|ga_SFE=18|win_MED=8|draw_MED=5|loss_MED=5|gf_MED=26|ga_MED=14|win_EFC=8|draw_EFC=4|loss_EFC=6|gf_EFC=20|ga_EFC=20|win_DPC=7|draw_DPC=6|loss_DPC=5|gf_DPC=19|ga_DPC=21|win_AME=8|draw_AME=2|loss_AME=8|gf_AME=34|ga_AME=28|win_QUI=6|draw_QUI=7|loss_QUI=5|gf_QUI=25|ga_QUI=22|win_CUC=7|draw_CUC=4|loss_CUC=7|gf_CUC=20|ga_CUC=17|win_BUC=8|draw_BUC=1|loss_BUC=9|gf_BUC=20|ga_BUC=24|win_MFC=6|draw_MFC=6|loss_MFC=6|gf_MFC=23|ga_MFC=23|win_JUN=7|draw_JUN=3|loss_JUN=8|gf_JUN=21|ga_JUN=23|win_HUI=5|draw_HUI=8|loss_HUI=5|gf_HUI=25|ga_HUI=25|win_NAC=7|draw_NAC=1|loss_NAC=10|gf_NAC=16|ga_NAC=19|win_ONC=5|draw_ONC=4|loss_ONC=9|gf_ONC=20|ga_ONC=28|win_PAS=5|draw_PAS=4|loss_PAS=9|gf_PAS=15|ga_PAS=24|win_PER=5|draw_PER=4|loss_PER=9|gf_PER=21|ga_PER=33|win_TOL=4|draw_TOL=3|loss_TOL=11|gf_TOL=21|ga_TOL=35}}

=== Schedule ===

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border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 7 - March 7 until March 9, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="1" align=center|March 7 |Santa Fe | 0 - 1 |'''Once Caldas''' |-align=center |rowspan="2" align=center|March 8 |'''Cúcuta''' |2 - 1 |Millonarios |-align=center |América de Cali |0 - 1 |'''Deportivo Cali''' |-align=center |rowspan="6" align=center|March 9 |Pasto |1 - 1 |Medellín |-align=center |Atlético Nacional |0 - 1 |'''La Equidad''' |-align=center |'''Pereira''' |2 - 0 |Quíndio |-align=center |Junior |1 - 3 |'''Tolima''' |-align=center |'''Huila''' |4 - 2 |Bucaramanga |-align=center |Boyacá Chicó |1 - 1 |Envigado |} | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 8 - March 15 & March 16, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="1" align=center|March 14 |Deportivo Cali | 1 - 1 |Pasto |-align=center |rowspan="2" align=center|March 15 |Tolima | 1 - 2 |'''Atlético Nacional''' |-align=center |Medellín |0 - 0 |Boyacá Chicó |-align=center |rowspan="6" align=center|March 16 |'''La Equidad''' |4 - 0 |América de Cali |-align=center |Quíndio |1 - 2 |'''Once Caldas''' |-align=center |Envigado |1 - 1 |Huila |-align=center |'''Millonarios''' |3 - 1 |Junior |-align=center |Pereira |0 - 2 |'''Cúcuta''' |-align=center |Bucaramanga |1 - 2 |'''Santa Fe''' |} |}  {| width=100% | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 9 - March 22 & March 23, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="3" align=center|March 22 |'''Quindío''' | 4 - 1 |Boyacá Chicó |-align=center |Deportivo Cali |0 - 4 |'''América de Cali''' |-align=center |Santa Fe |1 - 1 |Millonarios |-align=center |rowspan="6" align=center|March 23 |Bucaramanga |1 - 1 |Cúcuta |-align=center |'''Huila''' |3 - 2 |Tolima |-align=center |Once Caldas |1 - 1 |Pereira |-align=center |'''Envigado''' |1 - 0 |Junior |-align=center |La Equidad |1 - 1 |Pasto |-align=center |'''Medellín''' |2 - 0 |Atlético Nacional |} | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 10 - March 29 & March 30, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="3" align=center|March 29 |Huila | 1 - 1 |Medellín |-align=center |Atlético Nacional | 1 - 1 |Millonarios |-align=center |'''Santa Fe''' |3 - 0 |Envigado |-align=center |rowspan="6" align=center|March 30 |'''Once Caldas''' |2 - 0 |Bucaramanga |-align=center |'''Cúcuta''' |4 - 3 |Quindío |-align=center |'''Junior''' |1 - 0 |Pereira |-align=center |'''América''' |3 - 1 |Tolima |-align=center |Pasto |1 - 2 |'''La Equidad''' |-align=center |Boyacá Chicó |0 - 0 |Deportivo Cali |} |}  {| width=100% | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 11 - April 2, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="9" align=center|April 2 |'''La Equidad''' | 2 - 1 |Boyacá Chicó |-align=center |'''Envigado''' |2 - 0 |Once Caldas |-align=center |'''Medellín''' |2 - 0 |Santa Fe |-align=center |Tolima |1 - 2 |'''Pasto''' |-align=center |'''Millonarios''' |3 - 1 |América de Cali |-align=center |'''Deportivo Cali''' |2 - 1 |Huila |-align=center |'''Quindío''' |2 - 0 |Bucaramanga |-align=center |Cúcuta |0 - 0 |Junior |-align=center |'''Pereira''' |1 - 0 |Atlético Nacional |} | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 12 - April 5 & April 6, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="3" align=center|April 5 |'''Huila''' | 1 - 0 |La Equidad |-align=center |'''Santa Fe''' | 2 - 0 |Deportivo Cali |-align=center |'''Boyacá Chicó''' |7 - 2 |Tolima |-align=center |rowspan="6" align=center|April 6 |'''Pasto''' |2 - 0 |Millonarios |-align=center |'''Atlético Nacional''' |3 - 1 |Cúcuta |-align=center |Junior |2 - 2 |Quindío |-align=center |'''América de Cali''' |4 - 1 |Pereira |-align=center |'''Bucaramanga''' |2 - 1 |Envigado |-align=center |Once Caldas |1 - 1 |Medellín |} |}  {| width=100% | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 13 - April 12 & April 13, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="4" align=center|April 12 |La Equidad | 0 - 0 |Santa Fe |-align=center |'''Deportivo Cali''' | 3 - 0 |Once Caldas |-align=center |Quindío |2 - 2 |Envigado |-align=center |Cúcuta |1 - 1 |América de Cali |-align=center |rowspan="5" align=center|April 13 |'''Medellín''' |5 - 0 |Bucaramanga |-align=center |'''Tolima''' |2 - 1 |Huila |-align=center |Millonarios |0 - 4 |'''Boyacá Chicó''' |-align=center |'''Pereira''' |5 - 2 |Pasto |-align=center |'''Junior''' |3 - 0 |Atlético Nacional |} | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 14 - April 18 until April 20, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="1" align=center|April 18 |'''Envigado''' | 1 - 0 |Medellín |-align=center |rowspan="2" align=center|April 19 |América de Cali | 1 - 2 |'''Junior''' |-align=center |'''Atlético Nacional''' |1 - 0 |Quindío |-align=center |rowspan="6" align=center|April 20 |'''Boyacá Chicó''' |3 - 0 |Pereira |-align=center |Huila |3 - 3 |Millonarios |-align=center |'''Santa Fe''' |2 - 0 |Tolima |-align=center |Once Caldas |1 - 1 |La Equidad |-align=center |'''Bucaramanga''' |4 - 1 |Deportivo Cali |-align=center |'''Pasto''' |1 - 0 |Cúcuta |} |}  {| width=100% | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 15 - April 25 until April 27, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="1" align=center|April 25 |'''Quindío''' | 1 - 0 |Medellín |-align=center |rowspan="2" align=center|April 26 |Millonarios | 0 - 2 |'''Santa Fe''' |-align=center |'''Cúcuta''' |3 - 0 |Boyacá Chicó |-align=center |rowspan="6" align=center|April 27 |'''Atlético Nacional''' |3 - 2 |América de Cali |-align=center |'''Tolima''' |4 - 3 |Once Caldas |-align=center |'''La Equidad''' |1 - 0 |Bucaramanga |-align=center |'''Pereira''' |3 - 3 |Huila |-align=center |'''Junior''' |2 - 0 |Pasto |-align=center |'''Deportivo Cali''' |2 - 1 |Envigado |} | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; 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=== Cuadrangular playoffs ===

The second phase of the 2008 Apertura Tournament is disputed between the best eight teams in the first phase, which are distributed in two groups of four being divided by odd and even numbers. The winners of each group will advance to the Finals to define a champion.

==== Group A ==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" ! align="center"|Seed ! align="center"|Pos ! align="center"|Team ! align="center"|Pts ! align="center"|GP ! align="center"|W ! align="center"|D ! align="center"|L ! align="center"|GF ! align="center"|GA ! align="center"|GD |- style="background: #CCFFCC;" |(7)||'''1.'''||align="left"|'''América''' |'''13'''||6||4||1||1||11||4||+7 |- |(5)||'''2.'''||align="left"|Envigado |'''8'''||6||2||2||2||8||9||-1 |- |(3)||'''3.'''||align="left"|Santa Fe |'''7'''||6||2||1||3||6||8||-2 |- |(1)||'''4.'''||align="left"|La Equidad |'''5'''||6||1||2||3||4||8||-4 |}

Source:<ref name="espndeportes1">{{cite web |title=ESPNdeportes.com: Fútbol Colombiano |url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/liga?league=COL.1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913161510/http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/futbol/liga?league=COL.1 |archive-date=13 September 2008 |access-date= |publisher=ESPN}}</ref> Tiebreak rules: 1)points; 2)goal difference; 3)goals scored

{| width=100% | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=3 align=center|Fixture 1 - May 21, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="150"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="150"|Away |-align=center |La Equidad |0 - 2 |'''América de Cali''' |-align=center |'''Envigado''' |2 - 0 |Santa Fe |} | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 2 - May 24 and May 25, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |May 24 |'''América de Cali''' |2 - 0 |Envigado |-align=center |rowspan="2" align=center|May 25 |Santa Fe |0 - 1 |'''La Equidad''' |} |}

{| width=100% | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=3 align=center|Fixture 3 - June 8, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="150"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="150"|Away |-align=center |'''América de Cali''' |3 - 0 |Santa Fe |-align=center |La Equidad |2 - 2 |Envigado |} | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=3 align=center|Fixture 4 - June 22, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="150"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="150"|Away |-align=center |'''Santa Fe''' | 2 - 0 |América de Cali |-align=center |'''Envigado''' | 1 - 0 |La Equidad |} |}

{| width=100% | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=3 align=center|Fixture 5 - June 25, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="150"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="150"|Away |-align=center |Envigado |1 - 3 |'''América de Cali''' |-align=center |La Equidad |0 - 2 |'''Santa Fe''' |} | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=3 align=center|Fixture 6 - June 29, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="150"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="150"|Away |-align=center |América de Cali |1 - 1 |La Equidad |-align=center |Santa Fe |2 - 2 |Envigado |} |}

==== Group B ==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" ! align="center"|Seed ! align="center"|Pos ! align="center"|Team ! align="center"|Pts ! align="center"|GP ! align="center"|W ! align="center"|D ! align="center"|L ! align="center"|GF ! align="center"|GA ! align="center"|GD |- style="background: #CCFFCC;" |(2)||'''1.'''||align="left"|'''Boyacá Chicó''' |'''10'''||6||2||4||0||9||7||+2 |- |(4)||'''2.'''||align="left"|Independiente Medellín |'''9'''||6||2||3||1||10||4||+6 |- |(8)||'''3.'''||align="left"|Deportes Quindío |'''6'''||6||1||3||2||5||6||-1 |- |(6)||'''4.'''||align="left"|Deportivo Cali |'''5'''||5||1||2||3||6||13||-7 |} Source:<ref name="espndeportes1"/> Tiebreak rules: 1)points; 2)goal difference; 3)goals scored  {| width=100% | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=3 align=center|Fixture 1 - May 21, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="150"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="150"|Away |-align=center |Quindío |0 - 0 |Medellín |-align=center |Deportivo Cali |2 - 2 |Boyacá Chicó |} | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 2 - May 24 and May 25, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="150"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="150"|Away |-align=center |'''Medellín''' |5 - 0 |Deportivo Cali |-align=center |'''Boyacá Chicó''' |2 - 1 |Quindío |} |}

{| width=100% | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=3 align=center|Fixture 3 - June 8, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="150"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="150"|Away |-align=center |Medellín |1 - 1 |Boyacá Chicó |-align=center |Quindío |1 - 1 |Deportivo Cali |} | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=3 align=center|Fixture 4 - June 22, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="150"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="150"|Away |-align=center |Boyacá Chicó |1 - 1 |Medellín |-align=center |Deportivo Cali |0 - 2 |'''Quindío''' |} |}

{| width=100% | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=3 align=center|Fixture 5 - June 25, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="150"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="150"|Away |-align=center |'''Deportivo Cali''' |2 - 1 |Medellín |-align=center |Quindío |1 - 1 |Boyacá Chicó |} | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=3 align=center|Fixture 6 - June 29, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="150"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="150"|Away |-align=center |'''Medellín''' |2 - 0 |Quindío |-align=center |'''Boyacá Chicó''' |2 - 1 |Deportivo Cali |} |}

=== Finals === {{Football box collapsible|date=2 July 2008|round=L1|score=1–1|report=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-4359433|team1=América|goals1=N. Salazar {{goal|19}}|team2=Boyacá Chicó|goals2=A. Ramos {{goal|41}}|stadium=Estadio Pascual Guerrero|location=Cali|attendance=40,000}}{{Football box collapsible|date=6 July 2008|round=L2|score=1–1|report=https://www.espn.com.co/futbol/partido/_/juegoId/244667|team1=Boyacá Chicó|goals1=M. Caneo {{goal|34|pen.}}|team2=América|goals2=L. Tejada {{goal|82}}|stadium=Estadio La Independencia|location=Tunja|penalties1=E. Velasquez {{penmiss}} M. Caneo {{pengoal}} O. Diaz {{pengoal}} P. Pino {{pengoal}} E. Palacios {{pengoal}}|penaltyscore=4–2|penalties2=A. Berbia {{penmiss}} J. Gonzalez {{pengoal}} O. Restrepo {{pengoal}} A. Ramos {{penmiss}} P. Arango {{penmiss}}}}

=== Top goalscorers === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !Pos. !Player !Team !Goals |- |rowspan="2"|'''1''' |align="left"|{{flagicon|Colombia}} Ivan Velásquez |align="left"|Quindío |13 |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Miguel Caneo |align="left"|Chicó |13 |- |rowspan="1"|'''3''' |align="left"|{{flagicon|Panama}} Luis Tejada |align="left"|América |12 |- |rowspan="3"|'''4''' |align="left"|{{flagicon|Colombia}} Carlos Rentería |align="left"|Huila |10 |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|Colombia}} Léider Preciado |align="left"|Santa Fe |10 |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|Colombia}} Giovanni Moreno |align="left"|Envigado |10 |- |rowspan="1"|'''7''' |align="left"|{{flagicon|Colombia}} Roberto Polo |align="left"|Equidad |9 |- |rowspan="2"|'''8''' |align="left"|{{flagicon|Peru}} Johan Fano |align="left"|Once Caldas |8 |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|Colombia}} Neider Morantes |align="left"|Envigado |8 |- | rowspan="2" |'''10''' |align="left"|{{flagicon|Colombia}} Luis Fernando Mosquera |align="left"|Santa Fe |7 |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|Argentina}} Matías Urbano |align="left"|Cúcuta |7 |- |}

Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=Copa Mustang - Goleadores |url=http://www.copamustang.com/scripts/goleadores.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208182257/http://www.dimayor.com/tabla_de_goleadores.htm |archive-date=8 December 2008 |access-date= |publisher=Copamustang.com}}</ref>

== Torneo Finalización == Torneo Finalizacion began on 19 July and ended on 21 December

=== Standings ===

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q |col_PO=yellow1|text_PO=Advance to playoffs|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/col08.html RSSSF]

|win_LEQ=8|draw_LEQ=5|loss_LEQ=5|gf_LEQ=18|ga_LEQ=16 |win_BYC=6|draw_BYC=2|loss_BYC=10|gf_BYC=17|ga_BYC=24 |win_SFE=7|draw_SFE=5|loss_SFE=6|gf_SFE=18|ga_SFE=15 |win_MED=9|draw_MED=2|loss_MED=7|gf_MED=24|ga_MED=19 |win_EFC=5|draw_EFC=6|loss_EFC=7|gf_EFC=19|ga_EFC=19 |win_DPC=9|draw_DPC=1|loss_DPC=8|gf_DPC=30|ga_DPC=21 |win_AME=8|draw_AME=5|loss_AME=5|gf_AME=25|ga_AME=17 |win_QUI=5|draw_QUI=6|loss_QUI=7|gf_QUI=16|ga_QUI=22 |win_CUC=4|draw_CUC=3|loss_CUC=11|gf_CUC=9|ga_CUC=22 |win_BUC=4|draw_BUC=8|loss_BUC=6|gf_BUC=13|ga_BUC=23 |win_MFC=8|draw_MFC=4|loss_MFC=6|gf_MFC=26|ga_MFC=18 |win_JUN=10|draw_JUN=1|loss_JUN=7|gf_JUN=27|ga_JUN=19 |win_HUI=3|draw_HUI=6|loss_HUI=9|gf_HUI=17|ga_HUI=26 |win_NAC=9|draw_NAC=3|loss_NAC=6|gf_NAC=20|ga_NAC=19 |win_ONC=7|draw_ONC=6|loss_ONC=5|gf_ONC=20|ga_ONC=20 |win_PAS=3|draw_PAS=7|loss_PAS=8|gf_PAS=9|ga_PAS=17 |win_PER=8|draw_PER=5|loss_PER=5|gf_PER=23|ga_PER=20 |win_TOL=10|draw_TOL=3|loss_TOL=5|gf_TOL=22|ga_TOL=16 }}

=== Positions by round === {{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|legendpos=br

|team1= América | pos1=13/ 5/15/14/13/ 8/10/14/ 7/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 7/10/ 9/ 6/ 6/ 4 |team2= Boyacá Chicó | pos2= 6/ 9/ 8/13/16/16/15/16/ 9/15/16/17/17/14/12/12/12/14 |team3= Atlético Bucaramanga | pos3= 7/13/11/11/ 7/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 4/ 4/ 7/10/12/15/13/13/15 |team4= Cúcuta Deportivo | pos4=16/16/18/15/17/17/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18/18 |team5= Deportivo Cali | pos5=12/ 7/ 2/ 6/ 9/11/ 7/ 9/11/ 8/ 7/ 5/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 5/ 3/ 8 |team6= Deportivo Pasto | pos6=17/11/10/10/14/14/17/13/14/10/10/15/16/17/17/17/17/16 |team7= Envigado | pos7=10/15/ 5/ 2/ 6/ 7/ 8/12/13/14/15/13/14/15/13/14/14/12 |team8= La Equidad | pos8=11/17/17/18/11/15/11/15/17/17/12/14/12/ 9/ 6/ 3/ 8/ 7 |team9= Huila | pos9= 3/10/ 9/ 9/12/13/14/11/15/16/17/16/15/16/16/16/16/17 |team10= Junior | pos10=14/ 6/14/ 8/ 5/ 3/ 4/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 6/ 8/ 6/ 8/ 7/ 4/ 2 |team11= Independiente Medellín | pos11=15/18/16/17/18/18/16/17/16/11/11/10/ 6/ 8/ 4/ 2/ 2/ 5 |team12= Millonarios | pos12= 5/ 8/ 3/ 1/ 1/ 4/ 2/ 4/ 4/ 5/ 8/ 4/ 5/ 3/ 3/ 8/10/ 9 |team13= Atlético Nacional | pos13=18/14/13/16/ 8/10/12/ 8/10/12/14/12/11/ 7/10/ 9/ 5/ 3 |team14= Once Caldas | pos14= 4/12/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 7/ 6/ 8/13/13/11/11/11/10 |team15= Deportivo Pereira | pos15= 8/ 2/12/12/15/ 9/13/ 7/ 8/ 6/ 5/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 7/ 4/ 9/ 6 |team16= Quindío | pos16= 9/ 3/ 6/ 7/10/12/ 9/10/12/13/13/11/ 9/11/14/15/15/13 |team17= Santa Fe | pos17= 1/ 4/ 7/ 3/ 2/ 1/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/10/ 7/11 |team18= Deportes Tolima | pos18= 2/ 1/ 1/ 5/ 4/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1  |color_1=1st|color_2=2nd|color_3=3rd|color_18=red2

}}

=== Cuadrangular Playoffs === The second phase of the 2008 Finalizacion takes two groups of four teams, divided by even and odd numbers. It is disputed between the best eight teams in the first phase. The winners of each group will advance to the Finals to define a champion. The first tie-breaking criterion is the team's position in the general standings.

==== Group A ==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" ! align="center"|Seed ! align="center"|Pos ! align="center"|Team ! align="center"|Pts ! align="center"|GP ! align="center"|W ! align="center"|D ! align="center"|L ! align="center"|GF ! align="center"|GA ! align="center"|GD |- style="background: #CCFFCC;" |(5)||'''1.'''||align="left"|Independiente Medellín |'''11'''||6||3||2||1||8||8||0 |- |(1)||'''2.'''||align="left"|Deportes Tolima |'''10'''||6||3||1||2||11||9||+2 |- |(7)||'''3.'''||align="left"|La Equidad |'''7'''||6||2||1||3||10||8||+2 |- |(3)||'''4.'''||align="left"|Atlético Nacional |'''4'''||6||0||4||2||4||8||-4 |}

{| width=100% | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 1 - November 22 and 23, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="1" align=center|November 22 |'''Medellín''' |2 - 1 |Tolima |-align=center |rowspan="1" align=center|November 23 |La Equidad |0 - 0 |Atlético Nacional |} | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 2 - November 27, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="2" align=center|November 27 |Atlético Nacional |1 - 1 |Medellín |-align=center |'''Tolima''' |2 - 1 |La Equidad |} |}  {| width=100% | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 3 - November 30, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="2" align=center|November 30 |La Equidad |2 - 3 |'''Medellín''' |-align=center |Atlético Nacional |1 - 1 |Tolima |} | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 4 - December 7, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="2" align=center|December 7 |'''Medellín''' |1 - 0 |La Equidad |-align=center |'''Tolima''' |2 - 1 |Atlético Nacional |} |}  {| width=100% | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 5 - December 10, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="2" align=center|December 10 |Medellín |0 - 0 |Atlético Nacional |-align=center |'''La Equidad''' |3 - 1 |Tolima |} | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 6 - December 14, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="2" align=center|December 14 |Atlético Nacional |1 - 4 |'''La Equidad''' |-align=center |'''Tolima''' |4 - 1 |Medellín |} |}

{| width=100% | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 1 - November 22 and 23, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="1" align=center|November 22 |'''Junior''' |2 - 0 |Deportivo Cali |-align=center |rowspan="1" align=center|November 23 |'''América''' |3 - 0 |Pereira |} | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 2 - November 26, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="2" align=center|November 26 |Deportivo Cali |2 - 2 |América |-align=center |'''Pereira''' |3 - 2 |Junior |} |}  {| width=100% | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 3 - November 29, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="2" align=center|November 29 |'''Deportivo Cali''' |3 - 0 |Pereira |-align=center |Junior |1 - 1 |América |} | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 4 - December 6, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="2" align=center|December 6 |'''Pereira''' |3 - 1 |Deportivo Cali |-align=center |'''América''' |2 - 0 |Junior |} |}  {| width=100% | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 5 - December 10, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="2" align=center|December 10 |'''Junior''' |3 - 0 |Pereira |-align=center |'''América''' |1 - 0 |Deportivo Cali |} | valign=top width=50% align=left | {|align=center bgcolor="#f7f8ff" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !colspan=4 align=center|Fixture 6 - December 14, 2008 |- align=center bgcolor=#DDDDDD style="color:black;" !width="100"|Date !width="130"|Home !width="75"|Score !width="130"|Away |-align=center |rowspan="2" align=center|December 14 |'''Deportivo Cali''' |2 - 1 |Junior |-align=center |'''Pereira''' |3 - 1 |América |} |}

=== Finals === {{main article|Final Copa Mustang 2008-II}} {{football box collapsible | date = 17 December 2008 | time = 20:00 (UTC-5) | team1 = Independiente Medellín | score = 0–1 | team2 = América | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20081221014300/http://golgolgol.net/Futbol_Colombiano/Copa_Mustang/Noticias/America_se_llevo_la_victoria_como_visitante_y_ya_suena_con_la_estrella_13_112-56311.html | goals1 = | goals2 = Cortés {{goal|63}} | stadium = Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín | attendance = 44,642 | referee = Imer Machado | round =L1 }} {{football box collapsible | date = 21 December 2008 | time = 17:30 (UTC-5) | team1 = América | score = 3–1 | team2 = Independiente Medellín | report = https://www.espn.com/soccer/lineups?gameId=259170 | goals1 = G. Ramos {{goal|25}} J. Ramos {{goal|60|o.g.}} Córdoba {{goal|89}} | goals2 = Álvarez {{goal|17}} | stadium = Estadio Pascual Guerrero, Cali | attendance = 42,000 | referee = Óscar Ruiz |aggregatescore=4–1| round =L2 }}

=== Top goalscorers === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !Pos. !Player !Team !Goals |- |1 |{{flagicon|Colombia}} Fredy Montero |Deportivo Cali |{{center|16}} |- |2 |{{flagicon|Colombia}} Darwin Quintero |Deportivo Pereira |{{center|13}} |- |3 |{{flagicon|Colombia}} Teófilo Gutiérrez |Junior |{{center|12}} |- | rowspan="2" |4 |{{flagicon|Colombia}} Milton Rodríguez |Millonarios |{{center|11}} |- |{{flagicon|Colombia}} Adrián Ramos |América de Cali |{{center|11}} |- | rowspan="2" |6 |{{flagicon|Colombia}} Wilson Carpintero |La Equidad |{{center|10}} |- |{{flagicon|Colombia}} Jackson Martinez |Independiente Medellin |{{center|10}} |- |8 |{{flagicon|Argentina}} Rodrigo Marangoni |Deportes Tolima |{{center|9}} |- |9 |{{flagicon|Colombia}} Jorge Serna |Envigado |{{center|8}} |} Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Copa Mustang - Goleadores 2008-II |url=http://www.copamustang.com/scripts/goleadores.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219005836/http://www.copamustang.com/scripts/goleadores.php |archive-date=19 December 2008 |website=copamustang.com}}</ref>

== Overall standings == Besides the Apertura and Finalizacion champions, the team with the best overall points earned will advance to the 2009 Copa Libertadores Group Stage. The team with the second best overall points will advance to 2009 Copa Libertadores Preliminary Round. The team with the third best overall points average advances to the 2009 Copa Sudamericana, along with the 2008 Copa Colombia champions. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" ! align="center"|Pos ! align="center"|Team ! align="center"|Pts ! align="center"|GP ! align="center"|W ! align="center"|D ! align="center"|L ! align="center"|GS ! align="center"|GA ! align="center"|GD ! align="center"|Qualification |- style="background: #FFC700;" |'''1.'''||align="left"|América de Cali||'''87'''||52||25||12||15||86||58||+28||2009 Copa Libertadores Group Stage |- style="background: #FFC700;" |'''2.'''||align="left"|Independiente Medellín||'''78'''||50||22||12||16||69||48||+22||2009 Copa Libertadores Preliminary round |- style="background: wheat;" |'''3.'''||align="left"|La Equidad||'''76'''||48||21||13||14||57||45||+12||2009 Copa Sudamericana first stage |- style="background: wheat;" |'''4.'''||align="left"|Deportivo Cali||'''64'''||48||19||10||19||63||64||-1||2009 Copa Sudamericana first stage |- |'''5.'''||align="left"|Independiente Santa Fe||'''64'''||42||18||10||14||49||41||+8 |- style="background: #FFC700;" |'''6.'''||align="left"|Boyacá Chicó||'''64'''||44||17||13||14||58||52||+6||2009 Copa Libertadores Group stage |- |'''7.'''||align="left"|Junior||'''62'''||42||19||5||18||57||50||+7 |- |'''8.'''||align="left"|Deportes Tolima||'''58'''||42||17||7||18||54||60||-6 |- |'''9.'''||align="left"|Envigado||'''57'''||42||15||12||15||47||48||-1 |- |'''10.'''||align="left"|Deportivo Pereira||'''54'''||42||16||9||17||53||66||-13 |- |'''11.'''||align="left"|Atlético Nacional||'''56'''||42||16||8||18||40||46||-6 |- |'''12.'''||align="left"|Millonarios||'''52'''||36||14||10||12||49||41||+8 |- |'''13.'''||align="left"|Deportes Quindío||'''52'''||42||12||16||14||46||50||-4 |- |'''14.'''||align="left"|Once Caldas||'''46'''||36||12||10||14||40||48||-8 |- |'''15.'''||align="left"|Atlético Bucaramanga||'''45'''||36||12||9||15||33||47||-14 |- |'''16.'''||align="left"|Cúcuta Deportivo||'''40'''||36||11||7||18||29||39||-10 |- |'''17.'''||align="left"|Atlético Huila||'''38'''||36||8||14||14||42||51||-9 |- |'''18.'''||align="left"|Deportivo Pasto||'''35'''||36||8||11||17||24||41||-17 |}

== Relegation == The team with the worst points average from the last five seasons, (2006-I, 2006-II, 2007-I, 2007-II, 2008-I, and 2008-II) is relegated to the Second Division. The team with the second worst points average played a two-leg promotion playoff with the runner-up team from the Second Division. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" ! align="center" |Pos ! align="center" |Team ! align="center" |Pts ! align="center" |GP ! align="center" |GS ! align="center" |GA ! align="center" |GD ! align="center" |Avg ! align="center" |Result |- |- align="center" ||'''1.'''|| align="left" |Atlético Nacional ||'''183'''||108||143||104||+39||1.694 |- align="center" ||'''2.'''|| align="left" |Cúcuta Deportivo ||'''173'''||108||138||107||+31||1.602 |- align="center" ||'''3.'''|| align="left" |Deportes Tolima ||'''167'''||108||162||134||+28||1.546 |- align="center" ||'''4.'''|| align="left" |Boyacá Chicó ||'''161'''||108||128||114||+14||1.491 |- align="center" ||'''5.'''|| align="left" |Deportivo Cali ||'''160'''||108||143||120||+23||1.481 |- align="center" ||'''6.'''|| align="left" |Independiente Medellín ||'''158'''||108||149||139||+10||1.463 |- align="center" ||'''7.'''|| align="left" |Millonarios ||'''157'''||108||143||128||+15||1.454 |- align="center" ||'''8.'''|| align="left" |Once Caldas ||'''149'''||108||141||141||0||1.349 |- align="center" ||'''9.'''|| align="left" |América de Cali ||'''148'''||108||147||153||-6||1.370 |- align="center" ||'''10.'''|| align="left" |Deportivo Pasto ||'''145'''||108||122||114||+8||1.343 |- align="center" ||'''11.'''|| align="left" |Deportes Quindío ||'''144'''||108||126||135||-9||1.333 |- align="center" ||'''12.'''|| align="left" |La Equidad ||'''143'''||108||122||122||0||1.324 |- align="center" ||'''13.'''|| align="left" |Independiente Santa Fe ||'''143'''||108||140||146||-6||1.324 |- align="center" ||'''14.'''|| align="left" |Atlético Huila ||'''134'''||108||125||151||-26||1.241 |- align="center" ||'''16.'''|| align="left" |Atletico Junior ||'''133'''||108||128||154||-26||1.231 |- align="center" ||'''16.'''|| align="left" |Deportivo Pereira ||'''131'''||108||116||138||-22||1.213 |- style="background:#FFCCCC;" ||'''17.'''|| align="left" |'''Envigado''' ||'''128'''||108||118||132||-14||1.185||Playoff |- style="background: #F08080;" ||'''18.'''|| align="left" |'''Atlético Bucaramanga''' ||'''126'''||108||115||151||-36||1.167||Relegated |- |}

=== Promotion/relegation playoff === Categoria Primera B runner ups Deportivo Rionegro qualified to the promotion playoff against Envigado, who finished 17th in the relegation table.{{TwoLegStart}} {{TwoLegResult|Deportivo Rionegro||1–3|'''Envigado'''||1–2|0–1}} {{end}} ''Envigado wins the playoff, and stays in Primera A. Deportivo Rionegro remain in Primera B.''

== References == <references />

== External links == * [http://www.copamustang.com/ Copa Mustang Official Page] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110625113335/http://www.dimayor.com/ Dimayor Official Page]

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