Colombia 1996/97 The season consists of the following stages: 1) Copa Mustang I: 32 rounds; first round 'clasicos regionales', 17th round their returns; in between two round robins of 15 rounds each. Played from Sep 8, 1996 to Feb 23, 1997. The winner of the Copa Mustang I gets 2 bonus points, runners-up 1, third 0,5, fourth 0,25. The winner is also assured of a place in the Copa Conmebol. 2) Copa Mustang II: 14 rounds, from Feb 26, 1997 to Apr 20, 1997. The clubs are divided into two groups (odd-place finishers of C.M. I and even-place finishers, respectively), which each play a double round-robin. There are no bonus points to earn; the results of both C.M.'s are added to obtain the Reclasificación (46 rounds); the top-4 of this qualify for the Gran Final. 3) Cuadrangular Final: 6 rounds between the top-4 in the Reclasifición. All clubs start with 0 points except for winner Reclasificación (1 bonus point). NB: afterwards, it was decided to have another stage, the Torneo Adecuación, at the end of the season, to return to the spring/fall rhythm. The winner of the Torneo Adecuación (Bucaramanga) will play the winner of the originally planned season (América) for the 1996/97 championship. Copa Mustang I (First Stage) ============== Final Table: 1.América Cali 32 21 8 3 52-22 71 2.Atl. Nacional 32 16 11 5 48-22 59 3.Dep. Cali 32 16 9 7 52-37 57 4.Atl. Junior 32 13 9 10 53-40 48 5.Dep. Indep. Medellín 32 12 11 9 31-31 47 6.Dep. Tolima 32 12 10 10 46-43 46 7.Indep. Santa Fe 32 11 11 10 34-31 44 8.Once Caldas 32 11 10 11 46-33 43 9.Envigado FC 32 10 12 10 41-37 42 10.Atl. Bucaramanga 32 10 12 10 37-39 42 11.Un. Magdalena 32 11 7 15 35-46 40 12.Dep. Tuluá 32 7 16 9 29-34 37 13.Millonarios 32 6 10 16 30-41 28 14.Dep. Pereira 32 5 13 14 39-55 28 15.Dep. Quindío 32 5 13 14 34-62 28 16.Cúcuta Dep. 32 4 10 18 27-61 22 Round 1 [Sep 8] Tulua 2-2 Quindio America 1-3 Cali Millonarios 0-1 Santa Fe Tolima 3-2 Envigado Pereira 3-2 Caldas Junior 1-0 Magdalena Bucaramanga 1-0 Cucuta Medellin 0-0 Nacional Round 2 [Sep 15] Quindio 1-1 Bucaramanga Cali 2-0 Junior Santa Fe 0-0 Pereira Envigado 3-0 Tolima Caldas 3-1 Millonarios Magdalena 2-2 America Cucuta 1-2 Tulua Nacional 1-0 Medellin Round 3 [Sep 22] Tulua 2-1 Magdalena America 2-1 Caldas Millonarios 0-0 Envigado Tolima 1-2 Santa Fe Pereira 0-0 Cali Junior 7-1 Quindio Bucaramanga 0-0 Medellin Nacional 3-0 Cucuta Round 4 [Sep 25] Medellin 3-3 Junior Quindio 2-2 Pereira Cali 1-0 Tolima Santa Fe 1-1 Millonarios Envigado 1-2 America Caldas 1-0 Tulua Magdalena 0-0 Cucuta Bucaramanga 1-0 Nacional Round 5 [Sep 29] Cucuta 1-2 Caldas Tulua 2-2 Envigado America 1-0 Santa Fe Millonarios 1-1 Cali Tolima 2-2 Quindio Pereira 2-3 Medellin Junior 1-0 Bucaramanga Nacional 1-0 Magdalena Round 6 [Oct 2] Bucaramanga 3-1 Pereira Medellin 1-3 Tolima Quindio 3-2 Millonarios Cali 0-1 America Santa Fe 2-0 Tulua Envigado 3-0 Cucuta Caldas 3-0 Magdalena Junior 0-1 Nacional Round 7 [Oct 6] Magdalena 1-0 Envigado Cucuta 2-2 Santa Fe Tulua 0-0 Cali America 2-0 Quindio Millonarios 0-1 Medellin Tolima 1-1 Bucaramanga Pereira 0-1 Junior Nacional 0-0 Caldas Round 8 [Oct 13] Junior 2-2 Tolima Bucaramanga 1-1 Millonarios Medellin 0-1 America Quindio 1-0 Tulua Cali 2-1 Cucuta Santa Fe 4-0 Magdalena Envigado 0-0 Caldas Pereira 1-3 Nacional Round 9 [Oct 20,21] Caldas 1-1 Santa Fe Magdalena 2-0 Cali Cucuta 1-1 Quindio Tulua 0-0 Medellin America 2-0 Bucaramanga Nacional 2-2 Envigado Millonarios 2-3 Junior Tolima 0-1 Pereira Round 10 [Oct 27] Junior 0-1 America Cali 2-1 Caldas Pereira 1-1 Millonarios Bucaramanga 2-1 Tulua Medellin 0-0 Cucuta Quindio 3-2 Magdalena Santa Fe 3-2 Envigado Tolima 1-3 Nacional Round 11 [Nov 3] Envigado 2-2 Cali Magdalena 1-2 Medellin Cucuta 1-2 Bucaramanga Tulua 1-1 Junior America 2-1 Pereira Millonarios 0-0 Tolima Nacional 3-0 Santa Fe Caldas 3-0 Quindio [Nov 7] Round 12 [Nov 14] Junior 4-1 Cucuta Millonarios 0-0 Nacional Tolima 1-2 America Medellin 2-1 Caldas Pereira 1-1 Tulua Bucaramanga 0-1 Magdalena Quindio 0-0 Envigado Cali 1-0 Sante Fe [Nov 27] Round 13 [Nov 16,17] Nacional 1-1 Cali Cucuta 2-2 Pereira America 1-0 Millonarios Tulua 1-0 Tolima Sante Fe 0-0 Quindio Magdalena 3-0 Junior Caldas 3-1 Bucaramanga Envigado 1-1 Medellin Round 14 [Nov 24] Tolima 1-1 Cucuta Millonarios 1-2 Tulua Pereira 1-2 Magdalena Junior 3-1 Caldas Quindio 2-6 Cali Bucaramanga 3-1 Envigado Medellin 1-1 Santa Fe America 3-2 Nacional Round 15 [Dec 1] Envigado 1-2 Junior Tulua 0-2 America Magdalena 3-1 Tolima Cali 4-2 Medellin Nacional 3-1 Quindio Santa Fe 0-2 Bucaramanga Cucuta 2-0 Millonarios Caldas 1-2 Pereira Round 16 [Dec 4,5] America 3-0 Cucuta Tulua 0-0 Nacional Millonarios 3-0 Magdalena Tolima 1-0 Caldas [played later] Pereira 1-3 Envigado Junior 4-1 Santa Fe Bucaramanga 1-0 Cali Medellin 1-0 Quindio Round 17 [Dec 7,8] Envigado 4-2 Tolima Quindio 0-1 Tulua Santa Fe 1-0 Millonarios Magdalena 1-0 Junior Cali 2-1 America Caldas 0-0 Pereira Cucuta 2-1 Bucaramanga Nacional 0-2 Medellin Round 18 [Dec 11] Junior 5-3 Cali Tolima 1-0 Envigado Tulua 2-0 Cucuta Bucaramanga 1-1 Quindio Medellin 0-0 Nacional Millonarios 0-0 Caldas Pereira 0-0 Santa Fe America 3-0 Magdalena Round 19 [Dec 18] Santa Fe 1-1 Tolima Millonarios 1-2 Envigado Caldas 1-2 America Cucuta 1-3 Nacional Quindio 2-2 Junior Cali 3-0 Pereira Magdalena 1-1 Tulua Medellin 0-0 Bucaramanga Round 20 [Dec 22] America 1-1 Envigado Nacional 0-0 Bucaramanga Millonarios 2-1 Santa Fe Cucuta 2-0 Magdalena Pereira 2-0 Quindio Tolima 1-1 Cali Junior 1-0 Medellin Tulua 1-1 Caldas Round 21 [Jan 12] Envigado 0-0 Tulua Santa Fe 0-0 America Cali 2-1 Millonarios Quindio 2-3 Tolima Medellin 2-0 Pereira Bucaramanga 2-2 Junior Caldas 7-0 Cucuta Magdalena 1-1 Nacional Round 22 [Jan 16] Nacional 2-1 Junior Pereira 4-2 Bucaramanga [3-2?] Tolima 3-2 Medellin Millonarios 2-1 Quindio America 1-1 Cali Tulua 0-1 Santa Fe Cucuta 0-1 Envigado Magdalena 1-1 Caldas Round 23 [Jan 18-20] Cali 3-0 Tulua Medellin 1-0 Millonarios Bucaramanga 1-5 Tolima Quindio 1-1 America Junior 4-1 Pereira Caldas 1-3 Nacional Envigado 1-0 Magdalena Santa Fe 3-1 Cucuta Round 24 [Jan 22] America 5-0 Medellin Cucuta 2-1 Cali Tolima 2-0 Junior Magdalena 1-1 Santa Fe Caldas 2-0 Envigado Tulua 2-2 Quindio Nacional 2-0 Pereira Millonarios 0-0 Bucaramanga Round 25 [Jan 25] Junior 3-0 Millonarios Envigado 1-0 Nacional Medellin 1-1 Tulua Bucaramanga 1-1 America Pereira 1-1 Tolima Quindio 2-2 Cucuta Cali 2-1 Magdalena Santa Fe 1-1 Caldas Round 26 [Jan 29] America 2-0 Junior Caldas 1-1 Cali Millonarios 4-3 Pereira [corrected from 4-1] Tulua 1-1 Bucaramanga Cucuta 0-0 Medellin Magdalena 3-1 Quindio Envigado 1-0 Santa Fe Nacional 1-2 Tolima Round 27 [Feb 2] Santa Fe 1-2 Nacional Pereira 0-1 America Cali 2-1 Envigado Junior 1-1 Tulua Quindio 2-1 Caldas Medellin 2-0 Magdalena Bucaramanga 3-1 Cucuta Tolima 1-1 Millonarios Round 28 [Feb 5] Cucuta 0-0 Junior Santa Fe 3-1 Cali America 0-0 Tolima Tulua 2-2 Pereira Magdalena 2-1 Bucaramanga Caldas 1-2 Medellin Envigado 0-0 Quindio Nacional 2-0 Millonarios Round 29 [Feb 9] Quindio 0-2 Santa Fe Medellin 1-0 Envigado Bucaramanga 0-1 Caldas Junior 1-1 Magdalena Pereira 3-3 Cucuta Tolima 1-0 Tulua Cali 0-3 Nacional Millonarios 2-1 America Round 30 [Feb 16] Santa Fe 0-1 Medellin Tulua 1-0 Millonarios Nacional 1-1 America Envigado 3-2 Bucaramanga Cucuta 0-2 Tolima Cali 2-0 Quindio Magdalena 2-1 Pereira Caldas 1-0 Junior Round 31 [Feb 19] America 2-1 Tulua Bucaramanga 1-0 Santa Fe Medellin 0-1 Cali Junior 1-1 Envigado Tolima 4-1 Magdalena Quindio 0-4 Nacional Pereira 1-1 Caldas Millonarios 3-0 Cucuta Round 32 [Feb 23] Cucuta 0-2 America Nacional 1-1 Tulua Cali 2-2 Bucaramanga Santa Fe 1-0 Junior Quindio 1-0 Medellin Caldas 3-0 Tolima Magdalena 2-1 Millonarios Envigado 2-2 Pereira Final Table Copa Mustang I: 1.América Cali 32 21 8 3 52-22 71 2.Atl. Nacional 32 16 11 5 48-22 59 3.Dep. Cali 32 16 9 7 52-37 57 4.Atl. Junior 32 13 9 10 53-40 48 5.Dep. Indep. Medellín 32 12 11 9 31-31 47 6.Dep. Tolima 32 12 10 10 46-43 46 7.Indep. Santa Fe 32 11 11 10 34-31 44 8.Once Caldas 32 11 10 11 46-33 43 9.Envigado FC 32 10 12 10 41-37 42 10.Atl. Bucaramanga 32 10 12 10 37-39 42 11.Un. Magdalena 32 11 7 15 35-46 40 12.Dep. Tuluá 32 7 16 9 29-34 37 13.Millonarios 32 6 10 16 30-41 28 14.Dep. Pereira 32 5 13 14 39-55 28 15.Dep. Quindío 32 5 13 14 34-62 28 16.Cúcuta Dep. 32 4 10 18 27-61 22 Authors: Frank Ballesteros (fballesteros@colombia.com) and Juan Pablo Andrés (jpandres@tutopia.com) Last updated: 1 Feb 2006 (C) Copyright Frank Ballesteros, Juan Pablo Andrés and RSSSF 2005/06 You are free to copy this document in whole or part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All rights reserved.