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2012 Categoría Primera A season

Field	Value
competition	Liga Postobón
season	2012
winners	Apertura:
Santa Fe (7th title)
Finalización:
Millonarios (14th title)
relegated	Real Cartagena
continentalcup1	Copa Libertadores
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Santa Fe
Millonarios
Deportes Tolima
continentalcup2	Copa Sudamericana
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Atlético Nacional (cup winner)
La Equidad
Deportivo Pasto
Itagüí Ditaires
matches	206
total goals	493
league topscorer	Apertura: Robin Ramirez (13)
prevseason	2011
nextseason	2013

Santa Fe (7th title) Finalización: Millonarios (14th title) Millonarios Deportes Tolima La Equidad Deportivo Pasto Itagüí Ditaires

The 2012 Categoría Primera A season (officially known at the 2012 Liga Postobón season for sponsorship reasons) was the 65th season of Colombia's top-flight football league.

Format

Both the Apertura and Finalización had an identical format. Each championship was divided into three stages. The First Stage was contested on a home-and-away basis, with each team playing the other teams once and playing a regional rival once more. The top eight teams after eighteen rounds advanced to a semifinal round, of two groups of four playing once more on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each semifinal group advanced to the final of the tournament, which was played as a double-legged series. The winner of the final was declared the tournament champion and participated in the 2013 Copa Libertadores.

Teams

Team	City	Stadium
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
Envigado	Envigado	Polideportivo Sur
Independiente Medellín	Medellín	Atanasio Girardot
Itagüí	Itagüí	Ciudad de Itagüí
Junior	Barranquilla	Metropolitano
La Equidad	Bogotá	Metropolitano de Techo
Millonarios	Bogotá	Nemesio Camacho
Once Caldas	Manizales	Palogrande
Patriotas	Tunja	La Independencia
Real Cartagena	Cartagena	Jaime Morón León
Santa Fe	Bogotá	Nemesio Camacho

Torneo Apertura

First stage

The First Stage began on January 27 and consisted of eighteen rounds and a series of regional rivalries on the ninth round. The top eight teams out of this stage advanced to the Semifinals. The first stage ended on May 27.

Standings

Results

Semifinals

The Semifinal stage began on June 13 and ended on July 8. The eight teams that advanced were sorted into two groups of four teams. The winner of each group advanced to the finals.

Group A

Group B

Finals

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Robin Ramírez	PAR	Deportes Tolima	13
2	Giovanni Hernández	COL	Junior	11
Humberto Osorio	COL	Millonarios	11
4	Efraín Viáfara	COL	Itagüí Ditaires	10
5	Diego Cabrera	BOL	Santa Fe	9
Edwards Jiménez	COL	Deportivo Pasto	9
Omar Sebastián Pérez	ARG	Santa Fe	9
Milton Rodríguez	COL	Atlético Huila	9

Torneo Finalización

First stage

Standings

Results

Semifinals

The Semifinal stage began on November and ended on December. The eight teams that advanced were sorted into two groups of four teams. The winner of each group advanced to the finals.

Group A

Group B

Finals

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.

Pos
Team	2010
Pts	2011
Pts	2012
Pts	Total
Pts	Total
Pld	Avg
Relegation
1	Deportes Tolima	70	56	65	191	108	****
2	Atlético Nacional	61	55	52	168	108	****
3	Santa Fe	65	49	52	166	108	****
4	La Equidad	59	45	61	165	108	****
5	Once Caldas	61	65	33	159	108	****
6	Itagüí	41	54	61	156	108	****
7	Junior	48	50	57	155	108	****
8	Deportivo Cali	56	50	49	155	108	****
9	Millonarios	41	56	57	154	108	****
10	Boyacá Chicó	50	53	49	152	108	****
11	Deportivo Pasto	48	41	52	141	108	****
12	Independiente Medellín	57	37	43	137	108	****
13	Envigado	32	60	44	136	108	****
14	Atlético Huila	54	39	41	134	108	****
15	Deportes Quindío	45	47	40	132	108	****
16	Patriotas	43	42	44	129	108	****
17	Cúcuta Deportivo (O)	48	41	35	124	108	****	Relegation/promotion playoff
18	Real Cartagena (R)	43	42	32	117	108	****	Relegation to the Categoría Primera B

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

Aggregate table

An aggregate table including all games that a team plays during the year; is used to determine the First Stage berths to both the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana. The best-placed non-champion will go to the first stage of the 2013 Copa Libertadores and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th best-placed non-champions will go to the first stage of the 2013 Copa Sudamericana. Atlético Nacional is already qualified to the 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the champion of the 2012 Copa Colombia.

References

"Posiciones". [[DIMAYOR]].
"Resultados". [[DIMAYOR]].
"Posiciones". [[DIMAYOR]].
"Goleadores". [[DIMAYOR]].

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