2003 Categoría Primera A season

The 2003 Categoría Primera A season is the 55th season of Colombia's top-flight football league.

Campeonato Apertura

The Campeonato Apertura (officially the 2003 Copa Mustang I for sponsorship reasons) is the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on February 1 and ended on May 16.

First stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
1.	Once Caldas	35	18	10	5	3	26	15	+11
2.	Millonarios	31	18	8	7	3	23	14	+9
3.	América de Cali	31	18	8	7	3	31	23	+8
4.	Centauros Villavicencio	29	18	7	8	3	24	21	+3
5.	Deportivo Cali	28	18	8	4	6	27	22	+5
6.	Atlético Junior	28	18	8	4	6	19	17	+2
7.	Unión Magdalena	26	18	7	5	6	22	22	0
8.	Atlético Huila	26	18	6	8	4	22	22	0
9.	Independiente Medellín	25	18	7	4	7	29	23	+6
10.	Deportes Pereira	25	18	7	4	7	22	26	-4
11.	Atlético Bucaramanga	25	18	6	7	5	21	20	+1
12.	Deportes Tolima	22	18	6	4	8	24	24	0
13.	Envigado FC	22	18	6	4	8	20	23	-3
14.	Atlético Nacional	20	18	6	2	10	17	20	-3
15.	Deportivo Pasto	19	18	4	7	7	15	18	-3
16.	Independiente Santa Fe	18	18	5	3	10	15	23	-8
17.	Cortuluá	15	18	2	9	7	15	24	-9
18.	Deportes Quindío	13	18	3	4	11	13	28	-15

	Classified for Semifinal Group Stage.
	Eliminated

Semifinals

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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
1.	Once Caldas	14	6	4	2	0	14	3	+11
2.	Deportivo Cali	11	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5
3.	América de Cali	6	6	2	0	4	6	12	-6
4.	Unión Magdalena	2	6	0	2	4	3	13	-10

Fixture 1 - May 10, 2003
Home	Score	Away
Unión Magdalena	1 - 1	Deportivo Cali
América de Cali	1 - 3	Once Caldas

Fixture 2 - May 18, 2003
Home	Score	Away
Deportivo Cali	3 - 0	América de Cali
Once Caldas	4 - 0	Unión Magdalena

Fixture 3 - June 9, 2003
Home	Score	Away
Deportivo Cali	0 - 3	Once Caldas
Unión Magdalena	0 - 1	América de Cali

Fixture 4 - May 25, 2003
Home	Score	Away
América de Cali	4 - 1	Unión Magdalena
Once Caldas	2 - 0	Deportivo Cali

Fixture 5 - May 28, 2003
Home	Score	Away
Unión Magdalena	1 - 1	Once Caldas
América de Cali	0 - 3	Deportivo Cali

Fixture 6 - June 1, 2003
Home	Score	Away
Once Caldas	2 - 0	América de Cali
Deportivo Cali	2 - 0	Unión Magdalena

Group B

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
1.	Atlético Junior	12	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4
2.	Deportes Pereira	9	6	3	0	3	9	7	+2
3.	Millonarios	7	6	2	1	3	7	9	-2
4.	Centauros Villavicencio	7	6	2	1	3	5	9	-4

Fixture 1 - May 10, 2003
Home	Score	Away
Centauros	0 - 3	Deportes Pereira
Junior	2 - 1	Millonarios

Fixture 2 - May 14, 2003
Home	Score	Away
Deportes Pereira	0 - 2	Junior
Millonarios	1 - 1	Centauros

Fixture 3 - May 18, 2003
Home	Score	Away
Deportes Pereira	1 - 0	Millonarios
Centauros	1 - 0	Junior

Fixture 4 - May 25, 2003
Home	Score	Away
Millonarios	2 - 1	Deportes Pereira
Junior	1 - 0	Centauros

Fixture 5 - May 28, 2003
Home	Score	Away
Junior	3 - 1	Deportes Pereira
Centauros	3 - 1	Millonarios

Fixture 6 - June 1, 2003
Home	Score	Away
Millonarios	2 - 1	Junior
Deportes Pereira	3 - 0	Centauros

Finals

Date	City	Home	Score	Away
June 5	Barranquilla	Junior	0 - 0	Once Caldas
June 8	Manizales	Once Caldas	1 - 0	Atlético Junior
Once Caldas is the champion for winning 1 - 0 on aggregate score

Champion
Once Caldas
Second Title

External links

Categoría Primera A (Liga Águila)

2016 teams	Alianza Petrolera Atlético Bucaramanga Atlético Huila Atlético Nacional Boyacá Chicó Cortuluá Deportes Tolima Deportivo Cali Deportivo Pasto Envigado Fortaleza Independiente Medellín Jaguares Junior La Equidad Millonarios Once Caldas Patriotas Rionegro Águilas Santa Fe

Former teams	América de Cali Boca Juniors Centauros Villavicencio Cúcuta Deportivo Deportes Quindío Deportivo Barranquilla Deportivo Pereira Deportivo Unicosta Huracán Libertad Once Deportivo Oro Negro Real Cartagena Sporting Uniautónoma Unión Magdalena Universidad

Competition	El Dorado Foreign players Seasons & winners Teams Venues

Statistics and records	Records All-time table Topscorers

Seasons	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995–96 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Associated competitions	Categoría Primera B Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana Copa Libertadores de América Copa Sudamericana

Early competitions	Campeonato Nacional Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá

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