The 2011 Categoría Primera A season (officially known at the 2011 Liga Postobón season for sponsorship reasons) is the 64th season of Colombia's top-flight football league.
Format The format for both the Apertura and Finalización will have an identical format. Each championship will be divided into four stages. The First Stage will be contested on a home-and-away basis, with each team playing the other teams once and playing a regional rival once more. The top 8 teams after 18 rounds will advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, the teams will be matched-up with another team into four different ties. The ties will be contested over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each tie will advance to the semifinals. The semifinals and the finals will have the same format as the quarterfinals. The winner of the finals will be declared the champion.
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 Pascual Guerrero Palmira Deportivo Cali Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas Envigado Envigado Polideportivo Sur Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot Itagüí Ditaires Itagüí Ciudad de Itagüí Junior Barranquilla Metropolitano La Equidad Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo Millonarios Bogotá Nemesio Camacho Once Caldas Manizales Palogrande Real Cartagena Cartagena Jaime Morón León Santa Fe Bogotá Nemesio Camacho
Torneo Apertura The Liga Postobon I began on February 5 and ended on June 15.
First stage The First Stage began on February 5 and ended on May 21.
Standings
Results
Knockout round bracket
Quarterfinals The Quarterfinals began on May 25 and ended on May 31.
Quarterfinal A
Quarterfinal B
Quarterfinal C
Quarterfinal D
Semifinals The Semifinals began on June 4 and ended on June 8.
Semifinal A
Semifinal B
Finals The Finals began on June 12 and ended on June 18.
Top goalscorers RankPlayerNationalityClubGoals1Carlos RenteríaAtlético Nacional122Dorlan PabónAtlético Nacional11Edison TolozaMillonarios114Wason RenteríaOnce Caldas105Wilder MedinaDeportes Tolima9Source:
Torneo Finalización The Liga Postobon II began on August 27 and is scheduled to end on December 21.
First stage The First Stage began on August 27 and ended on November 27.
Standings
Results
Quarterfinals The Quarterfinals began on December 3 and ended on December 8.
Quarterfinal A
Quarterfinal B
Quarterfinal C
Quarterfinal D
Semifinals The Semifinals began on December 11 and ended on December 15.
Semifinal A
Note: This match was originally scheduled for December 14, but was postponed due to heavy rain.
Semifinal B
Finals
Top goalscorers RankPlayerNationalityClubGoals1 Carlos Bacca Junior 122 Germán Cano Deportivo Pereira 10 John Pajoy Once Caldas 10 Lionard Pajoy Itagüí Ditaires 105 Edison Toloza Millonarios 9Source:
Aggregate table
Relegation TeamRelegation 1 Deportes Tolima 108 173 122 +51 187 2 Once Caldas 108 178 143 +35 171 3 Santa Fe 108 142 126 +16 165 4 Atlético Nacional 108 147 141 +6 159 5 Deportivo Cali 108 148 136 +12 157 6 Junior 108 161 138 +23 156 7 Boyacá Chicó 108 141 143 −2 156 8 La Equidad 108 124 126 −2 150 9 Atlético Huila 108 151 158 −7 147 10 Independiente Medellín 108 143 144 −1 143 11 Millonarios 108 139 134 +5 140 12 Deportes Quindío 108 123 151 −28 138 13 Real Cartagena 108 139 159 −20 137 14 Cúcuta Deportivo 108 108 120 −12 135 15 Envigado 108 149 167 −18 134 16 Itagüí Ditaires 108 135 142 −7 132 17 América 108 132 150 −18 127 Relegation/Promotion Playoff 18 Deportivo Pereira 108 121 134 −13 112 Relegated to the Categoría Primera B Rules for classification: 1st average; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored; 4th away goals scored.
Relegation/promotion playoff As the second worst team in the relegation table, América played a two-legged tie against Patriotas, the 2011 Categoría Primera B runner-up. As the Primera A team, América played the second leg at home. The winner was determined by points, followed by goal difference, then a penalty shootout. Patriotas won the series in a penalty shootout to relegate América to the Primera B.
TeamsScoresTie-breakersTeam 1Team 21st leg2nd leg América2:2 Patriotas1–11–10:03:4
References
External links
Official regulations