2016 Categoría Primera A season

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Season2016
ChampionsApertura: Independiente Medellín (6th title)
Finalización: Santa Fe (9th title)
RelegatedBoyacá Chicó
Fortaleza
Copa LibertadoresAtlético Nacional (Copa Libertadores winner)
Independiente Medellín
Santa Fe
Millonarios
Junior
Liga Águila
Season2016
ChampionsApertura: Independiente Medellín (6th title)
Finalización: Santa Fe (9th title)
RelegatedBoyacá Chicó
Fortaleza
Copa LibertadoresAtlético Nacional (Copa Libertadores winner)
Independiente Medellín
Santa Fe
Millonarios
Junior
Copa SudamericanaDeportes Tolima (cup best team not yet qualified)
Deportivo Cali
Patriotas
Rionegro Águilas
Matches428
Goals1,031 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura: Miguel Borja (19 goals)
Finalización: Ayron del Valle (12 goals)
Biggest home winAtlético Nacional 7–0 Atlético Bucaramanga (3 April 2016) [1]
Biggest away winBoyacá Chicó 0–4 Deportes Tolima (30 July 2016)
Rionegro Águilas 0–4 Santa Fe (17 October 2016)
Highest scoringAlianza Petrolera 3–6 Atlético Bucaramanga (21 March 2016)
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The 2016 Categoría Primera A season (officially known as the 2016 Liga Águila season for sponsorship reasons) was the 69th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Atlético Nacional came in as the defending champions having won the title in the 2015 season's Finalización tournament.

20 teams competed against one another, eighteen returning from last season plus Atlético Bucaramanga and Fortaleza, who were promoted from the 2015 Primera B and will be returning to the top tier after 7 years and 1 year, respectively, replacing Uniautónoma and Cúcuta Deportivo who were relegated at the end of the last season.

Independiente Medellín won its sixth title in the Torneo Apertura after beating Junior in the finals, while in the Torneo Finalización Santa Fe won its ninth title after beating Deportes Tolima in the finals.

The league retained the format used in the most recent season.[2] The Apertura and Finalización tournaments were divided into three stages: a First Stage which was contested on a single round-robin basis, with each team playing the other teams once and playing a regional rival once more for a total of 20 matches. The top eight teams after the twenty rounds advanced to a knockout round, where they were pitted into four ties to be played on a home-and-away basis, with the four winners advancing to the semifinals and the winner of each semifinal advancing to the final of the tournament, which was played on a home-and-away basis as well. The winner of the final in each tournament was declared the tournament champion and will participate in the 2017 Copa Libertadores.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team City Stadium 2015 season
Alianza Petrolera Barrancabermeja Daniel Villa Zapata 14th
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Alfonso Lópeza 1st (Primera B)
Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcidb 11th
Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot 1st
Boyacá Chicó Tunja La Independencia 18th
Cortuluá Tuluá Doce de Octubre 15th
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro 5th
Deportivo Cali Cali Deportivo Calic 4th
Deportivo Pasto Pasto Departamental Libertad 16th
Envigado Envigado Polideportivo Sur 8th
Fortaleza Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 3rd (Primera B)
Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot 2nd
Jaguares Montería Jaraguay 19th
Junior Barranquilla Metropolitano 3rd
La Equidad Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo 13th
Millonarios Bogotá Nemesio Camachod 6th
Once Caldas Manizales Palogrande 9th
Patriotas Tunja La Independencia 10th
Rionegro Águilase Rionegro Alberto Grisales 12th
Santa Fe Bogotá Nemesio Camachod 7th

a: Temporarily plays its home games at Estadio Álvaro Gómez Hurtado in Floridablanca due to remodeling works at Estadio Alfonso López.
b: Temporarily played its home games at Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro in Ibagué due to the temporary closure of Estadio Guillermo Plazas Alcid.[3]
c: Plays Sunday evening home games at Estadio Pascual Guerrero in Cali.
d: Temporarily played its home games at Estadio Metropolitano de Techo due to remodeling works at Estadio El Campín.
e: Formerly known as Águilas Doradas.

Torneo Apertura

First stage

The First Stage began on 29 January and consisted of twenty rounds including a series of regional rivalries in the tenth round. It ended on 29 May with the top eight teams at the end of this stage advancing to the knockout stage.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Independiente Medellín 20 11 7 2 33 17 +16 40 Advanced to the knockout phase
2 Atlético Nacional 20 12 3 5 42 20 +22 39
3 Millonarios 20 11 4 5 30 17 +13 37
4 Santa Fe 20 11 4 5 28 18 +10 37
5 Junior 20 10 7 3 28 20 +8 37
6 Rionegro Águilas 20 10 4 6 30 23 +7 34
7 Deportivo Cali 20 9 5 6 35 28 +7 32
8 Cortuluá 20 8 7 5 29 23 +6 31
9 Patriotas 20 8 5 7 22 23 −1 29
10 Once Caldas 20 7 5 8 26 22 +4 26
11 Deportivo Pasto 20 5 9 6 19 23 −4 24
12 Deportes Tolima 20 7 3 10 25 32 −7 24
13 Atlético Bucaramanga 20 3 14 3 21 27 −6 23
14 Jaguares 20 6 5 9 16 29 −13 23
15 Envigado 20 4 7 9 21 22 −1 19
16 Atlético Huila 20 5 4 11 18 26 −8 19
17 La Equidad 20 4 7 9 20 30 −10 19
18 Boyacá Chicó 20 3 8 9 17 28 −11 17
19 Alianza Petrolera 20 4 5 11 24 38 −14 17
20 Fortaleza 20 4 3 13 16 34 −18 15
Source: DIMAYOR
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Drawing of lots[4]

Results

Home \ Away APE BUC HUI NAC BOY COR TOL CAL PAS ENV FOR DIM JAG JUN EQU MIL ONC PAT RIO SFE
Alianza Petrolera 3–6 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–1 2–1
Atlético Bucaramanga 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–0
Atlético Huila 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–2 4–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 3–1 0–0
Atlético Nacional 3–1 7–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 4–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–1
Boyacá Chicó 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–4 1–0 0–2 0–1
Cortuluá 0–0 0–3 2–0 2–2 3–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1
Deportes Tolima 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–3 2–2
Deportivo Cali 3–2 5–1 3–2 5–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–4
Deportivo Pasto 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0
Envigado 0–1 0–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–3 2–1
Fortaleza 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–2
Independiente Medellín 4–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1
Jaguares 2–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–1
Junior 1–1 1–0 3–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0
La Equidad 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 3–2 2–3 0–2
Millonarios 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–0
Once Caldas 3–0 0–3 0–0 1–3 3–2 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 3–1
Patriotas 3–3 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0
Rionegro Águilas 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1
Santa Fe 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2016. Source: DIMAYOR
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knockout phase bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Ind. Medellín 1 2 3
7 Deportivo Cali 2 0 2
1 Ind. Medellín (p) 2 1 3 (8)
8 Cortuluá 1 2 3 (7)
4 Santa Fe 1 1 2
8 Cortuluá 2 1 3
1 Ind. Medellín 1 2 3
5 Junior 1 0 1
2 Atlético Nacional (p) 1 1 2 (5)
6 Rionegro Águilas 1 1 2 (4)
2 Atlético Nacional 1 0 1 (2)
5 Junior (p) 1 0 1 (4)
3 Millonarios 0 4 4 (2)
5 Junior (p) 2 2 4 (4)

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportivo Cali 2–3 Independiente Medellín 2–1 0–2
Rionegro Águilas 2–2 (4–5 p) Atlético Nacional 1–1 1–1
Junior 4–4 (4–2 p) Millonarios 2–0 2–4
Cortuluá 3–2 Santa Fe 2–1 1–1

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cortuluá 3–3 (7–8 p) Independiente Medellín 1–2 2–1
Junior 1–1 (4–2 p) Atlético Nacional 1–1 0–0

Finals

Junior1 – 1Independiente Medellín
Aguirre 20' Report Cabezas 26'
Referee: Nicolás Gallo
Independiente Medellín2 – 0Junior
Marrugo 35', 90+3' Report
Referee: Harold Perilla

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Colombia Miguel Borja Cortuluá 19
2 Colombia Vladimir Hernández Junior 13
3 Colombia Luis Páez Rionegro Águilas 12
Colombia Sergio Romero Alianza Petrolera 12
5 Colombia Leonardo Castro Independiente Medellín 10

Source: DIMAYOR

Torneo Finalización

Relegation

A separate table is kept to determine the teams that get relegated to the Categoría Primera B for the next season. The table includes an average of all first stage games played for the current season and the previous two seasons. For purposes of elaborating the table, the promoted teams are given the same point and goal tallies as the team in the 18th position at the start of the season.

Pos
 Team 2014
Pts		 2015
Pts		 2016
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
 Relegation
1 Atlético Nacional 6379762181161.879
2 Independiente Medellín 5170731941161.672
3 Santa Fe 6162701931161.664
4 Junior 5569651891161.629
5 Millonarios 5362701851161.595
6 Deportivo Cali 4767661801161.552
7 Rionegro Águilas 5754601711161.474
8 Deportes Tolima 4568571701161.466
9 Once Caldas 5757511651161.422
10 Patriotas 4558611641161.414
11 Envigado 4861511601161.379
12 Alianza Petrolera 5453471541161.328
13 Atlético Huila 4657421451161.25
14 La Equidad 4154421371161.181
15 Atlético Bucaramanga 4531551311161.129
16 Cortuluá 3545451251161.078
17 Jaguares 4531461221161.052
18 Deportivo Pasto 3839441211161.043
19 Boyacá Chicó (R) 4734311121160.966 Relegation to Categoría Primera B
20 Fortaleza (R) 4531351111160.957

Source: DIMAYOR
Rules for classification: 1st average; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored; 4th away goals scored.[4]

Aggregate table

References

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