2009 Categoría Primera A season
The 2009 Copa Mustang was the 62nd season of Colombia's top-flight football league, the Categoría Primera A. The season is divided into two championships; Torneo Apertura and Torneo Finalización. Each tournament crowned a national champion and qualified for the 2010 Copa Libertadores.
Teams
| Team | City | Stadium |
| América | Cali | Pascual Guerrero |
| Atlético Huila | Neiva | Guillermo Plazas Alcid |
| Atlético Nacional | Medellín | Atanasio Girardot |
| Boyacá Chicó | Tunja | La Independencia |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | Cúcuta | General Santander |
| Deportes Quindío | Armenia | Centenario |
| Deportes Tolima | Ibagué | Manuel Murillo Toro |
| Deportivo Cali | Cali | Deportivo Cali |
| Deportivo Pasto | Pasto | Departamental Libertad |
| Deportivo Pereira | Pereira | Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
| Envigado | Envigado | Polideportivo Sur |
| Independiente Medellín | Medellín | Atanasio Girardot |
| Junior | Barranquilla | Metropolitano |
| La Equidad | Bogotá | Metropolitano de Techo |
| Millonarios | Bogotá | El Campín |
| Once Caldas | Manizales | Palogrande |
| Real Cartagena | Cartagena | Jaime Morón León |
| Santa Fe | Bogotá | El Campín |
Torneo Apertura
The Torneo Apertura began on February 6 and ended on June 28. Once Caldas won the tournament for their 3rd national title.First stage
Standings
Results
Cuadrangular semifinals
The second stage of the Torneo Apertura was a quadrangular semifinal. The eight teams qualified from the first stage were placed into two groups of four. The top-two seeded teams were placed into separate groups, while the other qualified teams were pooled into odd and even seeds and placed into separate groups. Each group played against each other in a double round-robin format. The top team from each group will play each other in the finals.Group A
Group B
Finals
First leg----
Second leg
Top-five goalscorers
Torneo Finalización
The Torneo Finalización began on June 10 and is scheduled to end in December.First stage
Standings
Cuadrangular semifinals
The second stage of the 2009 Copa Mustang II is a quadrangular semifinal. The eight teams qualified teams from the first stage were placed into two groups of four. The top-two seeded teams were placed into separate groups, while the other qualified teams were pooled into odd and even seeds and placed into separate groups. Each group played against each other in a double round-robin format. The top team from each group will play each other in the finals.Group A
Group B
Finals
First leg----
Second leg
Top-five goalscorers
Relegation
Relegation was determined by an average of the points obtained in the First Stages of the past six tournaments. For the purposes of completing the relegation table, the 2007 and 2008 numbers of the 2008 Primera B champion will be the same as the team that finished 16th in this relegation table.| Team | Result | ||||
| 1 | Atlético Nacional | 165 | 108 | 1.527 | |
| 2 | Boyacá Chicó | 163 | 108 | 1.509 | |
| 3 | Deportes Tolima | 162 | 108 | 1.500 | |
| 4 | Independiente Medellín | 161 | 108 | 1.490 | |
| 5 | Deportivo Cali | 158 | 108 | 1.462 | |
| 6 | Junior | 157 | 108 | 1.453 | |
| 7 | La Equidad | 157 | 108 | 1.453 | |
| 8 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 154 | 108 | 1.425 | |
| 9 | Santa Fe | 150 | 108 | 1.388 | |
| 10 | Millonarios | 145 | 108 | 1.342 | |
| 11 | América | 145 | 108 | 1.342 | |
| 12 | Once Caldas | 138 | 108 | 1.277 | |
| 13 | Atlético Huila | 137 | 108 | 1.268 | |
| 14 | Deportes Quindío | 136 | 108 | 1.259 | |
| 15 | Envigado | 135 | 108 | 1.250 | |
| 16 | Real Cartagena | 135 | 108 | 1.250 | |
| 17 | Deportivo Pereira | 133 | 108 | 1.231 | Playoff match |
| 18 | Deportivo Pasto | 131 | 108 | 1.212 | Relegated to the Primera B |
Updated as of games played on November 15, 2009.
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