Competition: | Copa Mustang |
Season: | 2002 |
Winners: | Apertura: América de Cali (12th title) |
Relegated: | Real Cartagena |
Continentalcup1: | Copa Libertadores |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | América de Cali Independiente Medellín Deportivo Cali |
Continentalcup2: | Copa Sudamericana |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Atlético Nacional Deportivo Pasto |
League Topscorer: | Apertura: Luis Zuleta (13 goals) Milton Rodríguez (13 goals each) |
Matches: | 448 |
Total Goals: | 1029 |
Prevseason: | 2001 |
Nextseason: | 2003 |
The 2002 Categoría Primera A season was the 54th season of Colombia's top-flight football league.
Starting from this year, the General Assembly of DIMAYOR approved the expansion of the tournament from 16 to 18 teams, adding to the league two of the three DIMAYOR "A-class" associates who were taking part of the Categoría Primera B at the time through a special promotion tournament.[1] In addition to this, the league started awarding two championships per season, thus making the Apertura and Finalización tournaments independent championships within a single season.
For both the Apertura and Finalización tournaments, the 18 teams were first divided into three groups of six teams, playing five games, and then all teams in the league played each other once for a total of 22 matches. The semifinal round was played by the best eight teams at the end of the 22 matches, who were divided into two groups of four teams each according to their position at the end of the first stage: odd-ranked teams made up Group A, while even-ranked ones made up Group B. The winners of each group played the finals to decide the champions of each tournament.
The Torneo Apertura (officially the 2002 Copa Mustang I for sponsorship reasons) was the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on 3 February and ended on 19 June.
Standings
Results
Standings
Results
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June 16 | Cali | América de Cali | 2–1 | Atlético Nacional | |||||
June 19 | Medellín | Atlético Nacional | 0–1 | América de Cali | |||||
América de Cali won 3–1 on aggregate score. |
Champions América de Cali Twelfth Title |
Rank | Name | Club | Goals | |
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align=center | 1 | Luis Zuleta | Unión Magdalena | 13 |
2 | José Herrera | Unión Magdalena | 12 | |
Jorge Agudelo | Atlético Nacional | 12 | ||
4 | Carlos Castillo | Deportivo Cali | 11 | |
Leonardo Mina Polo | Deportivo Cali | 11 | ||
Carlos Vilarete | Unión Magdalena | 11 | ||
7 | Wilson Carpintero | Atlético Bucaramanga | 9 | |
Giovanni Hernández | Deportivo Cali | 9 | ||
Léider Preciado | Once Caldas | 9 |
The Torneo Finalización (officially the 2002 Copa Mustang II for sponsorship reasons) was the second tournament of the season. It began on 7 July and ended on 22 December.
Standings
Results
Standings
Results
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December 18 | Medellín | Independiente Medellín | 2–0 | Deportivo Pasto | |||||
December 22 | Pasto | Deportivo Pasto | 1–1 | Independiente Medellín | |||||
Independiente Medellín won 3–1 on aggregate score. |
Champions Independiente Medellín Third Title |
Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
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1 | Orlando Ballesteros | Atlético Bucaramanga | 13 |
Milton Rodríguez | Deportivo Pereira | 13 | |
3 | Léider Preciado | Deportivo Cali | 11 |
Pablo Jaramillo | Deportivo Pasto | 11 | |
5 | Ricardo Ciciliano | Deportes Tolima | 10 |
Jairo Patiño | Deportivo Pasto | 10 |
An aggregate table including all games that a team played during the year was used to determine berths to both the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana. The best-placed non-champion qualified for the 2003 Copa Libertadores along with both champions of the season, while the second and third best-placed non-champions qualified for the 2003 Copa Sudamericana.
width=28 | width=185 | Team | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | Relegation | ||||
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1 | 132 | 221 | ||||||||
2 | 132 | 221 | ||||||||
3 | 132 | 207 | ||||||||
4 | 132 | 205 | ||||||||
5 | 132 | 193 | ||||||||
6 | 132 | 188 | ||||||||
7 | 132 | 180 | ||||||||
8 | 132 | 176 | ||||||||
9 | 132 | 173 | ||||||||
10 | 132 | 172 | ||||||||
11 | 132 | 170 | ||||||||
12 | 132 | 165 | ||||||||
13 | 132 | 159 | ||||||||
14 | 132 | 154 | ||||||||
15 | 132 | 154 | ||||||||
16 | 132 | 153 | ||||||||
17 | 132 | 142 | ||||||||
18 | 132 | 142 | ||||||||