2008 Categoría Primera A season explained

Competition:	Copa Mustang
Season:	2008
Dates:	1 February - 21 December
Winners:	Apertura: Boyacá Chico (1st title) Finalización: America de Cali (13th title)
Relegated:	Atletico Bucaramanga
Continentalcup1:	Copa Libertadores
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	America de Cali Independiente Medellín Boyaca Chico
Continentalcup2:	Copa Sudamericana
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	La Equidad Deportivo Cali
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)
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

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Junior		46,000
Deportivo Cali		52,000
Nacional, Medellín		41,000
Millonarios, Santa Fe		36,000
América de Cali		35,000
Cúcuta Deportivo		42,000
Once Caldas		29,000
Deportes Tolima		28,000
Deportivo Pereira		30,000
Deportes Quindío		20,000
Deportivo Pasto		19,000
Atletico Bucaramanga		28,000
Atlético Huila		22,000
La Equidad		17,000
Envigado		12,000
Boyacá Chicó		10,000

Torneo Apertura

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

Schedule

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Fixture 1 - February 1 until February 3, 2008 Date Home Score Away February 1 Quindío 1 - 1 La Equidad February 2 Millonarios 1 - 2 Medellín Atlético Nacional 0 - 1 Santa Fe February 3 América de Cali 1 - 1 Huila Pereira 0 - 2 Envigado Cúcuta 0 - 1 Bucaramanga Junior 2 - 1 Once Caldas Pasto 0 - 1 Boyacá Chicó Tolima 2 - 0 Deportivo Cali

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Fixture 2 - February 8 until February 10, 2008 Date Home Score Away February 8 Deportivo Cali 0 - 0 Millonarios February 9 Envigado 2 - 1 Cúcuta Santa Fe 2 - 1 América de Cali Medellín 2 - 0 Pereira February 10 Boyacá Chicó 1 - 1 Quíndio Huila 0 - 0 Pasto Bucaramanga 1 - 0 Junior La Equidad 2 - 0 Tolima Once Caldas 1 - 0 Atlético Nacional

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Fixture 3 - February 15 until February 17, 2008 Date Home Score Away February 15 Atlético Nacional 3 - 0 Bucaramanga February 16 América de Cali 3 - 1 Once Caldas Junior 2 - 2 Envigado February 17 Pasto 1 - 2 Santa Fe Tolima 0 - 1 Quindío Pereira 1 - 3 Deportivo Cali Cúcuta 0 - 1 Medellín Boyacá Chicó 2 - 0 Huila Millonarios 2 - 1 La Equidad

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Fixture 4 - February 20 until February 21, 2008 Date Home Score Away February 20 Quindío 1 - 1 Huila Santa Fe 2 - 2 Boyacá Chicó Once Caldas 3 - 1 Pasto Bucaramanga 3 - 0 América de Cali Tolima 1 - 1 Millonarios Medellín 2 - 0 Junior Deportivo Cali 0 - 1 Cúcuta La Equidad 2 - 3 Pereira February 21 Envigado 1 - 0 Atlético Nacional

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Fixture 5 - February 23 until February 24, 2008 Date Home Score Away February 23 América de Cali 3 - 0 Envigado Atlético Nacional 1 - 0 Medellín February 24 Junior 1 - 2 Deportivo Cali Millonarios 1 - 1 Quíndio Pereira 0 - 0 Tolima Cúcuta 0 - 1 La Equidad Pasto 1 - 0 Bucaramanga Boyacá Chicó 1 - 0 Once Caldas Huila 2 - 3 Santa Fe

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Fixture 6 - February 29 until March 2, 2008 Date Home Score Away February 29 Medellín 1 - 3 América de Cali March 1 Deportivo Cali 2 - 1 Atlético Nacional Bucaramanga 1 - 0 Boyacá Chicó March 2 Envigado 0 - 1 Pasto Once Caldas 1 - 1 Huila Millonarios 3 - 0 Pereira La Equidad 2 - 0 Junior Tolima 0 - 0 Cúcuta Quindío 2 - 1 Santa Fe

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Fixture 7 - March 7 until March 9, 2008 Date Home Score Away March 7 Santa Fe 0 - 1 Once Caldas March 8 Cúcuta 2 - 1 Millonarios América de Cali 0 - 1 Deportivo Cali March 9 Pasto 1 - 1 Medellín Atlético Nacional 0 - 1 La Equidad Pereira 2 - 0 Quíndio Junior 1 - 3 Tolima Huila 4 - 2 Bucaramanga Boyacá Chicó 1 - 1 Envigado

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Fixture 8 - March 15 & March 16, 2008 Date Home Score Away March 14 Deportivo Cali 1 - 1 Pasto March 15 Tolima 1 - 2 Atlético Nacional Medellín 0 - 0 Boyacá Chicó March 16 La Equidad 4 - 0 América de Cali Quíndio 1 - 2 Once Caldas Envigado 1 - 1 Huila Millonarios 3 - 1 Junior Pereira 0 - 2 Cúcuta Bucaramanga 1 - 2 Santa Fe

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Fixture 9 - March 22 & March 23, 2008 Date Home Score Away March 22 Quindío 4 - 1 Boyacá Chicó Deportivo Cali 0 - 4 América de Cali Santa Fe 1 - 1 Millonarios March 23 Bucaramanga 1 - 1 Cúcuta Huila 3 - 2 Tolima Once Caldas 1 - 1 Pereira Envigado 1 - 0 Junior La Equidad 1 - 1 Pasto Medellín 2 - 0 Atlético Nacional

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Fixture 10 - March 29 & March 30, 2008 Date Home Score Away March 29 Huila 1 - 1 Medellín Atlético Nacional 1 - 1 Millonarios Santa Fe 3 - 0 Envigado March 30 Once Caldas 2 - 0 Bucaramanga Cúcuta 4 - 3 Quindío Junior 1 - 0 Pereira América 3 - 1 Tolima Pasto 1 - 2 La Equidad Boyacá Chicó 0 - 0 Deportivo Cali

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Fixture 11 - April 2, 2008 Date Home Score Away April 2 La Equidad 2 - 1 Boyacá Chicó Envigado 2 - 0 Once Caldas Medellín 2 - 0 Santa Fe Tolima 1 - 2 Pasto Millonarios 3 - 1 América de Cali Deportivo Cali 2 - 1 Huila Quindío 2 - 0 Bucaramanga Cúcuta 0 - 0 Junior Pereira 1 - 0 Atlético Nacional

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Fixture 12 - April 5 & April 6, 2008 Date Home Score Away April 5 Huila 1 - 0 La Equidad Santa Fe 2 - 0 Deportivo Cali Boyacá Chicó 7 - 2 Tolima April 6 Pasto 2 - 0 Millonarios Atlético Nacional 3 - 1 Cúcuta Junior 2 - 2 Quindío América de Cali 4 - 1 Pereira Bucaramanga 2 - 1 Envigado Once Caldas 1 - 1 Medellín

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Fixture 13 - April 12 & April 13, 2008 Date Home Score Away April 12 La Equidad 0 - 0 Santa Fe Deportivo Cali 3 - 0 Once Caldas Quindío 2 - 2 Envigado Cúcuta 1 - 1 América de Cali April 13 Medellín 5 - 0 Bucaramanga Tolima 2 - 1 Huila Millonarios 0 - 4 Boyacá Chicó Pereira 5 - 2 Pasto Junior 3 - 0 Atlético Nacional

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Fixture 14 - April 18 until April 20, 2008 Date Home Score Away April 18 Envigado 1 - 0 Medellín April 19 América de Cali 1 - 2 Junior Atlético Nacional 1 - 0 Quindío April 20 Boyacá Chicó 3 - 0 Pereira Huila 3 - 3 Millonarios Santa Fe 2 - 0 Tolima Once Caldas 1 - 1 La Equidad Bucaramanga 4 - 1 Deportivo Cali Pasto 1 - 0 Cúcuta

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Fixture 15 - April 25 until April 27, 2008 Date Home Score Away April 25 Quindío 1 - 0 Medellín April 26 Millonarios 0 - 2 Santa Fe Cúcuta 3 - 0 Boyacá Chicó April 27 Atlético Nacional 3 - 2 América de Cali Tolima 4 - 3 Once Caldas La Equidad 1 - 0 Bucaramanga Pereira 3 - 3 Huila Junior 2 - 0 Pasto Deportivo Cali 2 - 1 Envigado

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Fixture 16 - May 3 & May 4, 2008 Date Home Score Away May 3 América de Cali 3 - 1 Quindío Boyacá Chicó 2 - 1 Junior Pasto 0 - 1 Atlético Nacional May 4 Bucaramanga 1 - 0 Tolima Huila 1 - 0 Cúcuta Envigado 0 - 1 La Equidad Medellín 1 - 1 Deportivo Cali Santa Fe 1 - 1 Pereira Once Caldas 0 - 2 Millonarios

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Fixture 17 - May 10, 2008 Date Home Score Away May 10 La Equidad 2 - 1 Medellín Junior 1 - 0 Atlético Huila Atlético Nacional 0 - 1 Boyacá Chicó Cúcuta 2 - 0 Santa Fe Tolima 1 - 2 Envigado Quindío 0 - 0 Deportivo Cali Pereira 3 - 1 Once Caldas América de Cali 2 - 0 Pasto Millonarios 1 - 0 Bucaramanga

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Fixture 18 - May 18, 2008 Date Home Score Away May 18 Bucaramanga 3 - 0 Pereira Huila 1 - 0 Atlético Nacional Boyacá Chicó 3 - 2 América de Cali Deportico Cali 1 - 1 La Equidad Pasto 0 - 2 Quindío Envigado 1 - 0 Millonarios Medellín 4 - 1 Tolima Santa Fe 1 - 2 Junior Once Caldas 1 - 2 Cúcuta

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

Seed	Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
(7)	1.	América	13	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7
(5)	2.	Envigado	8	6	2	2	2	8	9	-1
(3)	3.	Santa Fe	7	6	2	1	3	6	8	-2
(1)	4.	La Equidad	5	6	1	2	3	4	8	-4

Source:^[1]
Tiebreak rules: 1)points; 2)goal difference; 3)goals scored

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Fixture 1 - May 21, 2008 Home Score Away La Equidad 0 - 2 América de Cali Envigado 2 - 0 Santa Fe

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Fixture 2 - May 24 and May 25, 2008 Date Home Score Away May 24 América de Cali 2 - 0 Envigado May 25 Santa Fe 0 - 1 La Equidad

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Fixture 3 - June 8, 2008 Home Score Away América de Cali 3 - 0 Santa Fe La Equidad 2 - 2 Envigado

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Fixture 4 - June 22, 2008 Home Score Away Santa Fe 2 - 0 América de Cali Envigado 1 - 0 La Equidad

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Fixture 5 - June 25, 2008 Home Score Away Envigado 1 - 3 América de Cali La Equidad 0 - 2 Santa Fe

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Fixture 6 - June 29, 2008 Home Score Away América de Cali 1 - 1 La Equidad Santa Fe 2 - 2 Envigado

Group B

Seed	Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
(2)	1.	Boyacá Chicó	10	6	2	4	0	9	7	+2
(4)	2.	Independiente Medellín	9	6	2	3	1	10	4	+6
(8)	3.	Deportes Quindío	6	6	1	3	2	5	6	-1
(6)	4.	Deportivo Cali	5	5	1	2	3	6	13	-7

Source:^[1]
Tiebreak rules: 1)points; 2)goal difference; 3)goals scored

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Fixture 1 - May 21, 2008 Home Score Away Quindío 0 - 0 Medellín Deportivo Cali 2 - 2 Boyacá Chicó

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Fixture 2 - May 24 and May 25, 2008 Home Score Away Medellín 5 - 0 Deportivo Cali Boyacá Chicó 2 - 1 Quindío

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Fixture 3 - June 8, 2008 Home Score Away Medellín 1 - 1 Boyacá Chicó Quindío 1 - 1 Deportivo Cali

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Fixture 4 - June 22, 2008 Home Score Away Boyacá Chicó 1 - 1 Medellín Deportivo Cali 0 - 2 Quindío

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Fixture 5 - June 25, 2008 Home Score Away Deportivo Cali 2 - 1 Medellín Quindío 1 - 1 Boyacá Chicó

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Fixture 6 - June 29, 2008 Home Score Away Medellín 2 - 0 Quindío Boyacá Chicó 2 - 1 Deportivo Cali

Finals

Top goalscorers

Pos.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Ivan Velásquez	Quindío	13
	Miguel Caneo	Chicó	13
3	Luis Tejada	América	12
4	Carlos Rentería	Huila	10
	Léider Preciado	Santa Fe	10
	Giovanni Moreno	Envigado	10
7	Roberto Polo	Equidad	9
8	Johan Fano	Once Caldas	8
	Neider Morantes	Envigado	8
10	Luis Fernando Mosquera	Santa Fe	7
	Matías Urbano	Cúcuta	7

Source:^[2]

Torneo Finalización

Torneo Finalizacion began on 19 July and ended on 21 December

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

Seed	Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
(5)	1.	Independiente Medellín	11	6	3	2	1	8	8	0
(1)	2.	Deportes Tolima	10	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2
(7)	3.	La Equidad	7	6	2	1	3	10	8	+2
(3)	4.	Atlético Nacional	4	6	0	4	2	4	8	-4

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Fixture 1 - November 22 and 23, 2008 Date Home Score Away November 22 Medellín 2 - 1 Tolima November 23 La Equidad 0 - 0 Atlético Nacional

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Fixture 2 - November 27, 2008 Date Home Score Away November 27 Atlético Nacional 1 - 1 Medellín Tolima 2 - 1 La Equidad

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Fixture 3 - November 30, 2008 Date Home Score Away November 30 La Equidad 2 - 3 Medellín Atlético Nacional 1 - 1 Tolima

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Fixture 4 - December 7, 2008 Date Home Score Away December 7 Medellín 1 - 0 La Equidad Tolima 2 - 1 Atlético Nacional

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Fixture 5 - December 10, 2008 Date Home Score Away December 10 Medellín 0 - 0 Atlético Nacional La Equidad 3 - 1 Tolima

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Fixture 6 - December 14, 2008 Date Home Score Away December 14 Atlético Nacional 1 - 4 La Equidad Tolima 4 - 1 Medellín

Group B

Seed	Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
(4)	1.	América de Cali	11	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4
(6)	3.	Deportivo Pereira	9	6	3	0	3	9	13	-4
(2)	2.	Junior	7	6	2	1	3	9	8	+1
(8)	4.	Deportivo Cali	7	6	2	1	3	8	9	-1

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Fixture 1 - November 22 and 23, 2008 Date Home Score Away November 22 Junior 2 - 0 Deportivo Cali November 23 América 3 - 0 Pereira

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Fixture 2 - November 26, 2008 Date Home Score Away November 26 Deportivo Cali 2 - 2 América Pereira 3 - 2 Junior

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Fixture 3 - November 29, 2008 Date Home Score Away November 29 Deportivo Cali 3 - 0 Pereira Junior 1 - 1 América

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Fixture 4 - December 6, 2008 Date Home Score Away December 6 Pereira 3 - 1 Deportivo Cali América 2 - 0 Junior

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Fixture 5 - December 10, 2008 Date Home Score Away December 10 Junior 3 - 0 Pereira América 1 - 0 Deportivo Cali

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Fixture 6 - December 14, 2008 Date Home Score Away December 14 Deportivo Cali 2 - 1 Junior Pereira 3 - 1 América

Finals

See main article: article and Final Copa Mustang 2008-II.

Top goalscorers

Pos.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Fredy Montero	Deportivo Cali
2	Darwin Quintero	Deportivo Pereira
3	Teófilo Gutiérrez	Junior
4	Milton Rodríguez	Millonarios
	Adrián Ramos	América de Cali
6	Wilson Carpintero	La Equidad
	Jackson Martinez	Independiente Medellin
8	Rodrigo Marangoni	Deportes Tolima
9	Jorge Serna	Envigado

Source:^[3]

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.

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	Qualification
1.	América de Cali	87	52	25	12	15	86	58	+28	2009 Copa Libertadores Group Stage
2.	Independiente Medellín	78	50	22	12	16	69	48	+22	2009 Copa Libertadores Preliminary round
3.	La Equidad	76	48	21	13	14	57	45	+12	2009 Copa Sudamericana first stage
4.	Deportivo Cali	64	48	19	10	19	63	64	-1	2009 Copa Sudamericana first stage
5.	Independiente Santa Fe	64	42	18	10	14	49	41	+8
6.	Boyacá Chicó	64	44	17	13	14	58	52	+6	2009 Copa Libertadores Group stage
7.	Junior	62	42	19	5	18	57	50	+7
8.	Deportes Tolima	58	42	17	7	18	54	60	-6
9.	Envigado	57	42	15	12	15	47	48	-1
10.	Deportivo Pereira	54	42	16	9	17	53	66	-13
11.	Atlético Nacional	56	42	16	8	18	40	46	-6
12.	Millonarios	52	36	14	10	12	49	41	+8
13.	Deportes Quindío	52	42	12	16	14	46	50	-4
14.	Once Caldas	46	36	12	10	14	40	48	-8
15.	Atlético Bucaramanga	45	36	12	9	15	33	47	-14
16.	Cúcuta Deportivo	40	36	11	7	18	29	39	-10
17.	Atlético Huila	38	36	8	14	14	42	51	-9
18.	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.

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	GS	GA	GD	Avg	Result
1.	Atlético Nacional	183	108	143	104	+39	1.694
2.	Cúcuta Deportivo	173	108	138	107	+31	1.602
3.	Deportes Tolima	167	108	162	134	+28	1.546
4.	Boyacá Chicó	161	108	128	114	+14	1.491
5.		160	108	143	120	+23	1.481
6.	Independiente Medellín	158	108	149	139	+10	1.463
7.	Millonarios	157	108	143	128	+15	1.454
8.	Once Caldas	149	108	141	141	0	1.349
9.	América de Cali	148	108	147	153	-6	1.370
10.	Deportivo Pasto	145	108	122	114	+8	1.343
11.	Deportes Quindío	144	108	126	135	-9	1.333
12.	La Equidad	143	108	122	122	0	1.324
13.	Independiente Santa Fe	143	108	140	146	-6	1.324
14.	Atlético Huila	134	108	125	151	-26	1.241
16.	Atletico Junior	133	108	128	154	-26	1.231
16.	Deportivo Pereira	131	108	116	138	-22	1.213
17.	Envigado	128	108	118	132	-14	1.185	Playoff
18.	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.Envigado wins the playoff, and stays in Primera A. Deportivo Rionegro remain in Primera B.

References

1. Web site: ESPNdeportes.com: Fútbol Colombiano . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080913161510/http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/futbol/liga?league=COL.1 . 13 September 2008 . ESPN.
2. Web site: Copa Mustang - Goleadores . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20081208182257/http://www.dimayor.com/tabla_de_goleadores.htm . 8 December 2008 . Copamustang.com.
3. Web site: Copa Mustang - Goleadores 2008-II . https://web.archive.org/web/20081219005836/http://www.copamustang.com/scripts/goleadores.php . 19 December 2008 . copamustang.com.

External links

• Copa Mustang Official Page
• Dimayor Official Page

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