Liga Profesional de Primera División de la República de Colombia.
Llamada localmente Liga Postobon, ya que la marca de bebidas Postobon patrocina este torneo.
Información Histórica
Format:
Apertura: consists of 6 rounds in Cuadrangulares, 15 rounds in a single
round robin, and one round (22) with regional derbies. The
winners qualify for the Copa Libertadores, runners-up for Copa
Conmebol.
Torneo Apertura
Table:
1.CD América Cali 22 11 7 4 42-27 40
2.Atl. Nacional 22 9 9 4 25-18 36
3.Once Caldas 22 9 7 6 35-19 34
4.Atl. Junior 22 9 7 6 34-34 34
5.Dep. Tolima 22 7 11 4 25-20 32
6.Dep. Tuluá 22 8 7 7 31-31 31
7.Dep. Cali 22 9 4 9 37-41 31
8.Dep. Indep. Medellín 22 6 12 4 26-20 30
9.Atl. Bucaramanga 22 5 12 5 30-24 27
10.Indep. Santa Fe 22 6 8 8 23-26 26
11.Millonarios 22 5 10 7 25-34 25
12.Dep. Pasto 22 4 13 5 32-32 25
13.Dep. Quindío 22 6 6 10 32-40 24
14.Envigado FC 22 6 4 12 21-32 22
15.Un. Magdalena 22 4 10 8 31-38 22
16.Atl. Huila 22 3 11 8 18-31 20
[first tie-breaker: number of wins]
[rounds 1-6 in cuadrangulares]
Round 1
[Feb 7]
Quindio 2-0 Tulua
Envigado 0-2 Caldas
Millonarios 1-1 Santa Fe
Huila 1-1 Tolima
Magdalena 1-1 Junior
America 3-3 Cali
Pasto 1-1 Bucaramanga
[Apr 15]
Nacional 1-1 DI Medellin [corrected from 0-0]
Round 2
[Feb 14]
Cali 3-2 Tulua
Caldas 0-2 Nacional
Envigado 2-1 DI Medellin
Santa Fe 2-0 Huila
Tolima 1-1 Millonarios
Bucaramanga 1-1 Magdalena
Quindio 0-3 America
[Feb 25]
Junior 1-1 Pasto
Round 3 [Feb 21]
Cali 0-2 Quindio
Tulua 3-2 America
Nacional 1-1 Envigado
Caldas 1-1 DI Medellin
Bucaramanga 1-1 Junior
Magdalena 4-1 Pasto
Santa Fe 2-0 Tolima
Huila 1-1 Millonarios
Round 4 [Feb 28]
America 4-0 Tulua
Quindio 1-2 Cali
Envigado 0-1 Nacional
DI Medellin 1-0 Caldas
Junior 3-2 Bucaramanga
Pasto 6-1 Magdalena
Tolima 1-1 Santa Fe
Millonarios 1-0 Huila
Round 5
[Mar 7]
Caldas 2-1 Envigado [corrected from 3-1]
Cali 0-3 America
Tulua 2-0 Quindio
Santa Fe 2-0 Millonarios
Tolima 0-1 Huila
Junior 2-0 Magdalena
Bucaramanga 1-0 Pasto
[Apr 8]
DI Medellin 2-0 Nacional [corrected from 3-0]
Round 6
[Mar 14]
Nacional 1-0 Caldas
Pasto 4-2 Junior
Magdalena 3-3 Bucaramanga
America 3-0 Quindio
Tulua 3-2 Cali
Millonarios 2-2 Tolima
Huila 1-0 Santa Fe
[Mar 18]
Envigado 0-0 DI Medellin [corrected from 0-1]
Round 7 [Mar 21]
Nacional 1-1 Magdalena
Junior 2-1 DI Medellin
Caldas 3-1 Envigado
Millonarios 1-1 Santa Fe [corrected from 0-0]
America 2-2 Tulua [corrected from 0-0]
Bucaramanga 0-0 Tolima
Quindio 4-2 Cali
Huila 2-2 Pasto
Round 8 [Mar 28]
DI Medellin 0-0 Millonarios
Santa Fe 2-0 Nacional [corrected from 2-1]
Magdalena 0-2 Bucaramanga
Pasto 3-3 Junior
Envigado 0-0 America
Cali 2-1 Caldas
Tolima 1-1 Quindio
Tulua 1-1 Huila
Round 9 [Apr 4]
Nacional 0-1 Cali
America 1-0 DI Medellin
Bucaramanga 6-0 Envigado
Santa Fe 0-0 Tolima
Caldas 0-0 Pasto
Quindio 1-2 Tulua
Huila 0-1 Junior
Magdalena 4-0 Millonarios
Round 10
[Apr 11]
DI Medellin 1-0 Caldas
Envigado 0-1 Nacional
Cali 2-0 Santa Fe
Junior 2-1 America
Millonarios 2-0 Huila
Tulua 0-1 Bucaramanga
Tolima 2-0 Magdalena
[Apr 15]
Pasto 2-2 Quindio
Round 11 [Apr 18]
Nacional 3-2 Tulua
Quindio 2-2 DI Medellin
Santa Fe 0-1 Envigado
Tolima 2-0 Millonarios
Caldas 4-0 Junior
America 0-0 Huila
Magdalena 2-2 Cali
Bucaramanga 0-0 Pasto
Round 12 [Apr 25]
DI Medellin 2-2 Bucaramanga
Envigado 2-2 Magdalena
Pasto 0-0 Nacional
Millonarios 1-2 America
Junior 3-0 Quindio
Cali 2-1 Tolima
Tulua 3-1 Santa Fe
Huila 2-2 Caldas
Round 13 [Apr 28]
Nacional 1-0 DI Medellin
Tolima 1-0 Envigado
Caldas 6-0 America
Bucaramanga 1-1 Junior
Santa Fe 2-2 Pasto
Quindio 3-1 Huila
Magdalena 0-0 Tulua
Cali 2-0 Millonarios
Round 14 [May 2]
DI Medellin 4-2 Santa Fe
Envigado 3-1 Cali
Junior 0-1 Nacional
Millonarios 3-2 Caldas
Huila 1-1 Bucaramanga
America 4-1 Quindio
Pasto 1-0 Magdalena
Tulua 0-1 Tolima
Round 15 [May 9]
Nacional 5-1 Huila
Envigado 3-1 Millonarios
Magdalena 1-1 DI Medellin
Santa Fe 2-2 Junior
Bucaramanga 1-2 America
Cali 1-1 Tulua
Tolima 2-2 Pasto
Quindio 1-1 Caldas
Round 16 [May 16]
America 0-0 Nacional
Millonarios 2-4 Quindio
Junior 3-2 Magdalena
DI Medellin 1-1 Tolima
Tulua 1-0 Envigado
Pasto 3-1 Cali
Caldas 0-0 Bucaramanga
Huila 0-0 Santa Fe
Round 17 [May 23]
Nacional 0-0 Caldas
Tolima 3-1 Junior
Bucaramanga 3-1 Quindio
Magdalena 3-3 Huila
Tulua 2-2 Millonarios
Santa Fe 1-2 America
Envigado 2-1 Pasto
Cali 1-1 DI Medellin
Round 18
[May 30]
America 2-3 Magdalena
DI Medellin 2-1 Envigado [corrected from 2-2]
Junior 3-2 Cali
Millonarios 2-2 Bucaramanga
Pasto 0-2 Tulua
Quindio 2-2 Nacional
Huila 0-1 Tolima
[Jun 3]
Caldas 3-0 Santa Fe [corrected from 2-0]
Round 19 [Jun 6]
Nacional 2-0 Bucaramanga
Pasto 2-2 Millonarios
Tolima 1-1 America
Magdalena 0-2 Caldas
Santa Fe 2-2 Quindio
Tulua 1-1 DI Medellin
Cali 3-0 Huila
Envigado 2-0 Junior
Round 20 [Jun 9]
DI Medellin 3-0 Pasto
Millonarios 1-1 Nacional
Huila 2-1 Envigado
Caldas 2-0 Tolima
Quindio 0-1 Magdalena
Bucaramanga 0-1 Santa Fe
Junior 1-0 Tulua
America 4-1 Cali [corrected from 3-1]
Round 21 [Jun 13]
DI Medellin 0-0 Huila
Envigado 1-3 Quindio
Tolima 3-1 Nacional
Pasto 1-1 America
Cali 3-2 Bucaramanga
Millonarios 1-0 Junior
Tulua 3-3 Caldas
Magdalena 0-1 Santa Fe
Round 22 [Jun 20] [local derbies]
Santa Fe 0-1 Millonarios
Nacional 1-1 DI Medellin
Bucaramanga 0-0 Pasto
Quindio 0-1 Tulua
Caldas 1-0 Envigado
America 2-1 Cali
Huila 1-1 Tolima
Junior 2-2 Magdalena
Table:
1.CD América Cali 22 11 7 4 42-27 40
2.Atl. Nacional 22 9 9 4 25-18 36
3.Once Caldas 22 9 7 6 35-19 34
4.Atl. Junior 22 9 7 6 34-34 34
5.Dep. Tolima 22 7 11 4 25-20 32
6.Dep. Tuluá 22 8 7 7 31-31 31
7.Dep. Cali 22 9 4 9 37-41 31
8.Dep. Indep. Medellín 22 6 12 4 26-20 30
9.Atl. Bucaramanga 22 5 12 5 30-24 27
10.Indep. Santa Fe 22 6 8 8 23-26 26
11.Millonarios 22 5 10 7 25-34 25
12.Dep. Pasto 22 4 13 5 32-32 25
13.Dep. Quindío 22 6 6 10 32-40 24
14.Envigado FC 22 6 4 12 21-32 22
15.Un. Magdalena 22 4 10 8 31-38 22
16.Atl. Huila 22 3 11 8 18-31 20
[first tie-breaker: number of wins]
Topscorers Apertura 1999
Orlando Ballesteros Bucaramanga 12
Julian Tellez America 12
Sergio Galvan Once Caldas 11
Marcio Cruz Tulua 10
Nestor Salazar Tulua 9
Giovanny Cordoba Cali 8
Milton Rodriguez Santa Fe 8
Carlos Rendon Pasto 8
Jorge Agudelo Envigado 7
Jairo Fernando Castillo America 7
Daniel Tilger Millonarios 7
Jorge Diaz Quindio 7
John Charria Pasto 7
Orlando Maturana Tolima 7
Jose Herrera Magdalena 7
Authors: Roberto Lahsen
(rlahsen@entelchile.net),
Gurgen Mahari
(gmahari@best.am)
and Frank Ballesteros
f-balles@uniandes.edu.co)
Last updated: 16 Mar 2000
(C) Copyright Roberto Lahsen, Gurgen Mahari,
Frank Ballesteros and RSSSF 1999/2000