2005 Categoría Primera A season

The 2005 Categoría Primera A season was the 58th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Atlético Nacional won the Campeonato Apertura and Deportivo Cali won the Campeonato Finalizacion.

Campeonato Apertura

The Copa Mustang 2005-I is the first tournament of the year. This season included the new team Boyacá Chicó; changing its name from Chico FC, they also moved to Tunja from Bogotá. The season began on February 12, and concluded on June 26.

First stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1.	Atlético Nacional	36	18	10	6	2	36	20	+16
2.	Independiente Santa Fe	28	18	7	7	4	20	16	+4
3.	Independiente Medellín	27	18	8	3	7	22	23	-1
4.	Envigado FC	27	18	7	6	5	33	24	+9
5.	Deportivo Cali	27	18	7	6	5	24	18	+6
6.	Atlético Huila	27	18	7	6	5	16	12	+4
7.	Deportes Tolima	27	18	6	9	3	21	14	+7
8.	Once Caldas	26	18	6	8	4	21	17	+4
9.	Deportivo Pasto	26	18	6	8	4	22	21	+1
10.	Atlético Junior	25	18	7	4	7	26	23	+3
11.	Real Cartagena	24	18	7	3	8	18	20	-2
12.	América de Cali	24	18	6	6	6	24	26	-2
13.	Boyacá Chicó	22	18	6	4	8	18	19	-1
14.	Millonarios	21	18	4	9	5	25	33	-8
15.	Atlético Bucaramanga	20	18	5	5	8	14	18	-4
16.	Unión Magdalena	16	18	4	4	10	11	22	-11
17.	Deportes Quindío	16	18	4	4	10	14	32	-18
18.	Deportes Pereira	14	18	2	8	8	15	22	-7

	Qualified for Semifinal Group Stage
	Didn't Qualify

Fixtures

Fixture 1 - February 13, 2005 Home Score Away Envigado 4 - 1 Millonarios Cali 0 - 1 Medellín Nacional 2 - 1 América Tolima 1 - 1 Pasto Santa Fe 3 - 1 Quindío Once Caldas 1 - 0 Cartagena Chico FC 1 - 0 Huila Bucaramanga 0 - 1 Pereira Magdalena 1 - 0 Junior

Fixture 2 - February 16, 2005 Home Score Away Huila 0 - 0 Tolima Millonarios 2 - 2 Chico FC Pereira 1 - 1 Envigado Medellín 0 - 1 Bucaramanga Cartagena 1 - 3 Nacional Quindío 0 - 1 Once Caldas Pasto 1 - 1 Santa Fe Junior 3 - 3 Cali América 2 - 1 Magdalena

Fixture 3 - February 19, 2005 Home Score Away Nacional 3 - 0 Quindío Santa Fe 0 - 2 Tolima Magdalena 0 - 1 Cartagena Bucaramanga 0 - 2 Junior Envigado 3 - 3 Medellín Chico FC 2 - 1 Pereira Huila 1 - 1 Millonarios Once Caldas 1 - 1 Pasto América 0 - 0 Cali

Fixture 4 - February 26 & February 27, 2005 Home Score Away Santa Fe 1 - 0 Once Caldas Tolima 3 - 3 Millonarios Pereira 0 - 0 Huila Junior 3 - 2 Envigado América 1 - 2 Bucaramanga Cartagena 0 - 1 Cali Quindío 2 - 0 Magdalena Pasto 1 - 1 Nacional Medellín 1 - 0 Chico FC

Fixture 5 - March 2, 2005 Home Score Away Nacional 1 - 1 Santa Fe Magdalena 2 - 0 Pasto Cali 3 - 0 Quindío Bucaramanga 0 - 1 Cartagena Envigado 1 - 1 América Huila 1 - 0 Medellín Millonarios 3 - 2 Pereira Once Caldas 1 - 2 Tolima Chico FC 2 - 0 Junior

Fixture 6 - March 5 & March 6, 2005 Home Score Away Medellín 2 - 1 Millonarios Tolima 2 - 0 Pereira Junior 1 - 0 Huila América 1 - 1 Chico FC Cartagena 0 - 1 Envigado Quindío 2 - 1 Bucaramanga Pasto 1 - 0 Cali Santa Fe 0 - 0 Magdalena Once Caldas 1 - 2 Nacional

Fixture 7 - March 12 & March 13, 2005 Home Score Away Cali 1 - 1 Santa Fe Nacional 1 - 3 Tolima Magdalena 1 - 1 Once Caldas Bucaramanga 2 - 0 Pasto Envigado 3 - 0 Quindío Chico FC 1 - 2 Cartagena Huila 3 - 0 América Millonarios 0 - 0 Junior Pereira 3 - 0 Medellín

Fixture 8 - March 16, 2005 Home Score Away Santa Fe 0 - 0 Bucaramanga Tolima 0 - 0 Medellín América 1 - 1 Millonarios Cartagena 1 - 1 Huila Quindío 1 - 0 Chico FC Pasto 2 - 1 Envigado Once Caldas 1 - 1 Cali Nacional 2 - 0 Magdalena Junior 2 - 0 Pereira

Fixture 9 - March 20, 2005 Home Score Away Millonarios 0 - 3 Santa Fe Pereira 2 - 2 Once Caldas Medellín 0 - 4 Nacional Junior 0 - 1 Magdalena Cali 2 - 0 América Cartagena 1 - 0 Bucaramanga Quindío 1 - 4 Envigado Pasto 1 - 0 Chico FC Tolima 1 - 2 Huila

Fixture 10 - April 3, 2005 Home Score Away Cali 3 - 3 Nacional Envigado 2 - 1 Santa Fe Magdalena 0 - 0 Tolima Bucaramanga 1 - 1 Once Caldas Chico FC 3 - 4 Pasto Huila 2 - 0 Quindío Millionarios 2 - 1 Cartagena Pereira 1 - 2 América Medellín 1 - 0 Junior

FIxture 11 - April 6, 2005 Home Score Away Tolima 1 - 1 Junior Quindío 3 - 3 Millonarios Pasto 3 - 1 Huila Santa Fe 1 - 0 Chico FC Once Caldas 2 - 2 Envigado Nacional 3 - 2 Bucaramanga Magdalena 2 - 0 Cali América 3 - 2 Medellín Cartagena 1 - 1 Pereira

Fixture 12 - April 10, 2005 Home Score Away Envigado 2 - 4 Nacional Cali 1 - 2 Tolima Bucaramanga 2 - 1 Magdalena Junior 5 - 3 América Chico FC 1 - 1 Once Caldas Huila 0 - 0 Santa Fe Millonarios 2 - 2 Pasto Pereira 1 - 1 Quindío Medellín 2 - 1 Cartagena

Fixture 13 - April 17, 2005 Home Score Away Nacional 2 - 0 Chico FC Tolima 0 - 0 América Cartagena 3 - 1 Junior Quindío 0 - 0 Medellín Santa Fe 0 - 1 Millonarios Once Caldas 1 - 0 Huila Pasto 0 - 0 Pereira Magdalena 1 - 3 Envigado Cali 2 - 0 Bucaramanga

Fixture 14 - April 24, 2005 Home Score Away Millonarios 0 - 3 Once Caldas América 2 - 1 Cartagena Bucaramanga 0 - 0 Tolima Envigado 0 - 0 Cali Chico FC 1 - 0 Magdalena Huila 0 - 0 Nacional Pereira 0 - 1 Santa Fe Medellín 2 - 1 Pasto Junior 3 - 1 Quindío

Fixture 15 - May 1, 2005 Home Score Away Santa Fe 2 - 1 Medellín Tolima 1 - 2 Cartagena Quindío 1 - 0 América Pasto 2 - 1 Junior Once Caldas 1 - 0 Pereira Nacional 1 - 1 Millonarios Magdalena 0 - 1 Huila Cali 1 - 0 Chico FC Bucaramanga 0 - 0 Envigado

Fixture 16 - May 7, 2005 Home Score Away Envigado 2 - 0 Tolima Chico FC 2 - 0 Bucaramanga Huila 2 - 0 Cali Millonarios 1 - 0 Magdalena Pereira 1 - 1 Nacional Medellín 1 - 0 Once Caldas Junior 1 - 1 Santa Fe América 1 - 0 Pasto Cartagena 1 - 0 Quindío

Fixture 17 - May 11, 2005 Home Score Away Tolima 3 - 0 Quindío Pasto 1 - 1 Cartagena Santa Fe 2 - 5 América Once Caldas 2 - 1 Junior Nacional 3 - 1 Medellín Magdalena 1 - 1 Pereira Cali 4 - 2 Millonarios Bucaramanga 2 - 0 Huila Envigado 1 - 2 Chico FC

Fixture 18 - May 15, 2005 Home Score Away Chico FC 0 - 0 Tolima Huila 2 - 1 Envigado Millonarios 1 - 1 Bucaramanga Pereira 0 - 2 Cali Medellín 5 - 0 Magdalena América 1 - 1 Once Caldas Junior 2 - 0 Nacional Cartagena 0 - 2 Santa Fe Quindío 1 - 1 Pasto

Semifinals

The second phase of the 2005-I tournament consisted of two groups of 4 teams. This was disputed by the best eight teams from the first phase of the tournament. The winners of each group face in the finals to define a champion.

Group A

Seed	Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
(1)	1.	Atlético Nacional	14	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6
(7)	2.	Deportes Tolima	13	6	4	1	1	13	9	+4
(3)	3.	Independiente Medellín	6	6	2	0	4	11	15	-4
(5)	4.	Deportivo Cali	1	6	0	1	5	6	12	-6

Fixture 1 - May 18, 2005 Home Score Away Nacional 0 - 0 Cali Tolima 3 - 1 Medellín

Fixture 2 - May 22, 2005 Home Score Away Cali 0 - 1 Tolima Medellín 1 - 2 Nacional

Fixture 3 - May 25, 2005 Home Score Away Cali 1 - 2 Medellín Nacional 4 - 1 Tolima

Fixture 4 - November 26, 2005 Home Score Away Medellín 4 - 3 Cali Tolima 1 - 1 Nacional

Fixture 5 - June 15, 2005 Home Score Away Tolima 3 - 1 Cali Nacional 2 - 1 Medellín

Fixture 6 - June 19, 2005 Home Score Away Cali 1 - 2 Nacional Medellín 2 - 4 Tolima

Group B

Seed	Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
(2)	1.	Independiente Santa Fe	12	6	4	0	2	8	5	+3
(4)	2.	Envigado	11	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3
(6)	3.	Atlético Huila	6	6	1	3	2	10	12	-2
(8)	4.	Once Caldas	3	6	0	3	3	6	10	-4

Fixture 1 - May 18, 2005 Home Score Away Santa Fe 4 - 2 Huila Envigado 2 - 1 Once Caldas

Fixture 2 - May 22, 2005 Home Score Away Huila 2 - 2 Envigado Once Caldas 0 - 1 Santa Fe

FIxture 3 - May 25, 2005 Home Score Away Huila 2 - 2 Once Caldas Santa Fe 0 - 2 Envigado

Fixture 4 - June 11, 2005 Home Score Away Envigado 0 - 1 Santa Fe Once Caldas 2 - 2 Huila

Fixture 5 - June 15, 2005 Home Score Away Envigado 2 - 1 Huila Santa Fe 2 - 0 Once Caldas

Fixture 6 - June 19, 2005 Home Score Away Huila 1 - 0 Santa Fe Once Caldas 1 - 1 Envigado

Finals

Date	City	Home	Score	Away
June 22	Bogotá	Independiente Santa Fe	0 - 0	Atlético Nacional
June 26	Medellín	Atlético Nacional	2 - 0	Independiente Santa Fe
Atlético Nacional won 2 - 0 on aggregate

Champion Atlético Nacional Eight Title

Campeonato Finalización

The Copa Mustang 2005-II was the second tournament of the year. The season began on July 10 and finished December 18.

First stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
1.	Deportivo Cali	30	18	8	6	4	30	23	+7
2.	Independiente Medellín	29	18	9	2	7	28	23	+5
3.	América de Cali	29	18	9	2	7	24	20	+4
4.	Deportivo Pereira	29	18	9	2	7	27	26	+1
5.	Atlético Junior	29	18	9	2	7	22	27	-5
6.	Real Cartagena	29	18	8	5	5	26	19	+7
7.	Once Caldas	29	18	8	5	5	25	21	+4
8.	Santa Fe	29	18	8	5	5	20	17	+3
9.	Deportes Tolima	27	18	8	3	7	24	18	+6
10.	Atlético Bucaramanga	27	18	7	6	5	24	16	+8
11.	Atlético Nacional	26	18	6	8	4	22	16	+6
12.	Deportivo Pasto	25	18	7	4	7	20	18	+2
13.	Deportes Quindío	25	18	7	4	7	18	19	-1
14.	Millonarios	24	18	7	3	8	22	21	+1
15.	Envigado FC	21	18	5	6	7	20	22	-2
16.	Atlético Huila	16	18	4	4	10	18	32	-14
17.	Boyacá Chicó	15	18	3	6	9	12	24	-12
18.	Unión Magdalena	7	18	0	7	11	15	35	-15

	Qualified for Semifinal Group Stage.
	Didn't Qualify

Fixtures

Fixture 1 - July 10, 2005 Home Score Away Pasto 2 - 1 Tolima Quindío 0 - 0 Santa Fe Cartagena 3 - 0 Once Caldas América 1 - 0 Nacional Junior 2 - 1 Magdalena Medellín 0 - 1 Cali Pereira 1 - 0 Bucaramanga Millonarios 2 - 1 Envigado Huila 3 - 0 Chico FC

Fixture 2 - July 16, 2005 Home Score Away Cali 4 - 1 Junior Tolima 2 - 0 Huila Chico FC 0 - 2 Millonarios Envigado 2 - 1 Pereira Bucaramanga 4 - 0 Medellín Magdalena 1 - 3 América Nacional 1 - 1 Cartagena Once Caldas 1 - 0 Quindío Santa Fe 2 - 0 Pasto

Fixture 3 - February 19, 2005 Home Score Away Millonarios 2 - 0 Huila Tolima 2 - 1 Santa Fe Pasto 1 - 0 Once Caldas Quindío 1 - 1 Nacional Cartagena 2 - 1 Magdalena Junior 0 - 0 Bucaramanga Medellín 1 - 1 Envigado Pereira 2 - 0 Chico FC América 2 - 0 Cali

Fixture 4 - July 30 & July 31, 2005 Home Score Away Once Caldas 0 - 0 Santa Fe Millonarios 2 - 0 Tolima Envigado 3 - 0 Junior Chico FC 2 - 1 Medellín Bucaramanga 0 - 2 América Cali 2 - 2 Cartagena Magdalena 0 - 1 Quindío Nacional 1 - 0 Pasto Huila 1 - 2 Pereira

Fixture 5 - August 3, 2005 Home Score Away Tolima 3 - 1 Once Caldas Santa Fe 1 - 2 Nacional Pasto 1 - 1 Magdalena Quindío 1 - 1 Cali Cartagena 3 - 0 Bucaramanga América 1 - 0 Envigado Junior 2 - 1 Chico FC Medellín 4 - 1 Huila Pereira 0 - 2 Millonarios

Fixture 6 - August 6 & August 7, 2005 Home Score Away Millonarios 1 - 0 Medellín Pereira 2 - 0 Tolima Huila 1 - 2 Junior Chico FC 1 - 0 América Envigado 1 - 1 Cartagena Bucaramanga 2 - 0 Quindío Cali 2 - 2 Pasto Magdalena 1 - 1 Santa Fe Nacional 2 - 1 Once Caldas

Fixture 7 - August 13 & August 14, 2005 Home Score Away Tolima 1 - 1 Nacional Once Caldas 4 - 0 Magdalena Santa Fe 1 - 3 Cali Pasto 1 - 0 Bucaramanga Quindío 2 - 0 Envigado Cartagena 2 - 1 Chico FC América 2 - 1 Huila Junior 4 - 3 Millonarios Medellín 2 - 0 Pereira

Fixture 8 - August 20, 2005 Home Score Away Cali 3 - 0 Once Caldas Medellín 0 - 2 Tolima Pereira 2 - 1 Junior Huila 2 - 2 Cartagena Chico FC 0 - 2 Quindío Bucaramanga 3 - 0 Santa Fe Magdalena 2 - 2 Nacional Millonarios 0 - 1 América Envigado 2 - 0 Pasto

Fixture 9 - August 28, 2005 Home Score Away Chico FC 0 - 2 Pasto Once Caldas 3 - 3 Pereira Santa Fe 1 - 0 Millonarios Nacional 3 - 2 Medellín Magdalena 1 - 2 Junior Bucaramanga 2 - 1 Cartagena Cali 1 - 2 América Envigado 2 - 1 Quindío Huila 2 - 1 Tolima

Fixture - September 10, 2005 Home Score Away América 0 - 1 Pereira Tolima 1 - 1 Magdalena Nacional 5 - 0 Cali Santa Fe 0 - 0 Envigado Pasto 1 - 1 Chico FC Quindío 0 - 1 Huila Cartagena 3 - 1 Millonarios Junior 2 - 3 Medellín

FIxture 11 - September 17, 2005 Home Score Away Bucaramanga 2 - 1 Nacional Junior 1 - 0 Tolima Medellín 3 - 1 América Pereira 1 - 0 Cartagena Milonarios 1 - 0 Quindío Huila 0 - 4 Pasto Chico 0 - 1 Santa Fe Envigado 1 - 2 Once Caldas Cali 4 - 2 Magdalena

Fixture 12 - September 25, 2005 Home Score Away Cartagena 1 - 3 Medellín Tolima 2 - 0 Cali Magdalena 0 - 2 Bucaramanga Nacional 1 - 0 Envigado Once Caldas 2 - 1 Chico FC Santa Fe 1 - 0 Huila Pasto 1 - 0 Millonarios Quindío 3 - 2 Pereira América 4 - 1 Junior

Fixture 13 - October 2, 2005 Home Score Away Millonarios 1 - 3 Santa Fe Junior 0 - 0 Cartagena Bucaramanga 1 - 1 Cali América 0 - 2 Tolima Medellín 4 - 0 Quindío Pereira 5 - 3 Pasto Huila 3 - 3 Once Caldas Chico FC 0 - 0 Nacional Envigado 2 - 1 Magdalena

Fixture 14 - October 16, 2005 Home Score Away Cartagena 2 - 1 América Tolima 1 - 0 Bucaramanga Cali 1 - 1 Envigado Magdalena 2 - 2 Chico FC Nacional 1 - 2 Huila Once Caldas 2 - 1 Millonarios Santa Fe 4 - 2 Pereira Pasto 0 - 1 Medellín Quindío 3 - 1 Junior

Fixture 15 - October 19, 2005 Home Score Away Cartagena 2 - 1 Tolima América 2 - 2 Quindío Junior 1 - 0 Pasto Huila 0 - 0 Magdalena Medellín 1 - 0 Santa Fe Pereira 0 - 2 Once Caldas Millonarios 0 - 0 Nacional Chico FC 0 - 0 Cali Envigado 2 - 2 Bucaramanga

Fixture 16 - October 23, 2005 Home Score Away Santa Fe 1 - 0 Junior Tolima 4 - 1 Envigado Bucaramanga 1 - 1 Chico FC Cali 2 - 0 Huila Magdalena 1 - 1 Millonarios Nacional 0 - 0 Pereira Once Caldas 3 - 0 Medellín Pasto 2 - 0 América Quindío 1 - 0 Cartagena

Fixture 17 - October 20, 2005 Home Score Away América 2 - 2 Santa Fe Chico FC 1 - 0 Envigado Huila 0 - 3 Bucaramanga Junior 1 - 0 Once Caldas Medellín 1 - 1 Nacional Millonarios 1 - 2 Cali Pereira 3 - 0 Magdalena Quindío 1 - 0 Tolima Cartagena 1 - 0 Pasto

Fixture 18 - November 6, 2005 Home Score Away Tolima 1 - 1 Chico FC Envigado 1 - 1 Huila Bucaramanga 2 - 2 Millonarios Cali 3 - 0 Pereira Magdalena 0 - 2 Medellín Once Caldas 1 - 0 América Nacional 0 - 1 Junior Santa Fe 1 - 0 Cartagena Pasto 1 - 0 Quindío

Semifinals

The second phase of the 2006 tournament consisted of two groups of 4 teams. This was disputed by the best eight teams from the first phase of the tournament. The winners of each group face on in the finals to define a champion.

Group A

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

Fixture 1 - November 19, 2005 Home Score Away Once Caldas 2 - 1 América Cali 2 - 0 Junior

Fixture 2 - November 12, 2005 Home Score Away América 1 - 1 Junior Once Caldas 0 - 1 Cali

Fixture 3 - November 16, 2005 Home Score Away Junior 1 - 0 Once Caldas Cali 0 - 0 América

Fixture 4 - November 26, 2005 Home Score Away Junior 3 - 2 Cali América 3 - 2 Once Caldas

Fixture 5 - December 4, 2005 Home Score Away América 2 - 2 Cali Once Caldas 2 - 0 Junior

Fixture 6 - December 11, 2005 Home Score Away Cali 3 - 1 Once Caldas Junior 2 - 1 América

Group B

Seed	Pos.	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
(6)	1.	Real Cartagena	10	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3
(2)	2.	Independiente Medellín	10	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2
(8)	3.	Santa Fe	8	6	2	2	2	6	8	-2
(4)	4.	Deportivo Pereira	6	6	2	0	4	8	11	-3

Fixture 1 - November 13, 2005 Home Score Away Medellín 2 - 1 Pereira Santa Fe 1 - 1 Cartagena

Fixture 2 - November 16, 2005 Home Score Away Pereira 1 - 0 Santa Fe Cartagena 1 - 0 Medellín

FIxture 3 - November 19, 2005 Home Score Away Medellín 0 - 2 Santa Fe Pereira 1 - 0 Cartagena

Fixture 4 - November 27, 2005 Home Score Away Cartagena 3 - 2 Pereira Santa Fe 1 - 1 Medellín

Fixture 5 - December 4, 2005 Home Score Away Santa Fe 2 - 1 Pereira Medellín 2 - 0 Cartagena

Fixture 6 - December 11, 2005 Home Score Away Pereira 2 - 4 Medellín Cartagena 4 - 0 Santa Fe

Finals

Date	City	Home	Score	Away
December 14	Cartagena	Real Cartagena	0 - 2	Deportivo Cali
December 18	Cali	Deportivo Cali	1 - 0	Real Cartagena
Deportivo Cali won 3 - 0 on aggregate.

Champion Deportivo Cali Eight Title

Relegated and Promoted Team(s)

Categories	Relegated team(s)	Promoted team(s)
FPC Primera B	Unión Magdalena	Cúcuta Deportivo

External links

• Copa Mustang Official Page
• website^{[permanent dead link]}
• Colombia 2005 at RSSSF