1991 Categoría Primera A season

Copa Mustang
Season1991
ChampionsAtlético Nacional (5th title)
Copa LibertadoresAtlético Nacional
América de Cali
Copa CONMEBOLJunior
Matches336
Goals880 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorerIván Valenciano (30 goals)
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The 1991 Copa Mustang was the forty-fourth season of Colombia's top-flight football league, and the first edition played under the Categoría Primera A denomination due to the creation of the second division tournament Categoría Primera B.

Atlético Nacional won the league for the fifth time after winning the final quadrangular, clinching the title with a 2–1 win over the defending champions América de Cali.[1][2]

Format

The season was split into four parts: Torneo Apertura, Torneo Finalización, semifinal quadrangulars, and final quadrangular. In the Torneo Apertura, the 15 participating teams played 12 matches, while in the Torneo Finalización, the 15 teams played each other twice in a double round-robin tournament for a total of 28 matches. The results of both the Apertura and the Finalización were combined into an aggregate table (Reclasificación), with the top eight teams in that table at the end of the season's 40 rounds advancing to the semifinal quadrangulars. The top four teams in both the Apertura and Finalización tournaments were awarded bonus points for the final stages (semifinal and final quadrangulars), with the following scale being used: 1.00, 0.75, 0.50, and 0.25.

In the semifinal quadrangulars, the eight participating teams were divided into two groups of four in which they played each of their group rivals twice, with the top two teams of each group advancing to the final quadrangular, in which they again played their other group rivals twice. The team that topped the final quadrangular was the champion, being joined in the 1992 Copa Libertadores by the runners-up, whilst the team placing third in that final group qualified for the first edition of the Copa CONMEBOL.

Although the second tier tournament held its first edition in this year, no teams were relegated.

Teams

Fifteen teams took part in the season, all of them also participating in the previous edition. This was the final year in which Sporting de Barranquilla took part in the competition, selling its license at the end of the season.[3]

Team City Stadium
América de Cali Cali Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Alfonso López
Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander
Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro
Deportivo Cali Cali Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot
Junior Barranquilla Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
Millonarios Bogotá El Campín
Once Caldas Manizales Fernando Londoño Londoño
Santa Fe Bogotá El Campín
Sporting Barranquilla Romelio Martínez
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Eduardo Santos

Torneo Apertura

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Bonus
1 Millonarios 12 6 4 2 25 13 +12 16 +1.00 points
2 Santa Fe 12 6 3 3 20 11 +9 15 +0.75 points
3 Atlético Bucaramanga 12 5 5 2 20 11 +9 15 +0.50 points
4 Independiente Medellín 12 5 4 3 14 10 +4 14 +0.25 points
5 Junior 12 5 4 3 17 15 +2 14
6 Deportes Quindío 12 6 1 5 17 15 +2 13
7 Atlético Nacional 12 5 3 4 14 11 +3 13
8 Deportivo Cali 12 4 5 3 14 11 +3 13
9 Sporting 12 4 4 4 17 14 +3 12
10 Unión Magdalena 12 4 4 4 12 11 +1 12
11 Once Caldas 12 4 3 5 15 22 −7 11
12 América de Cali 12 3 5 4 15 16 −1 11
13 Deportivo Pereira 12 3 4 5 10 12 −2 10
14 Deportes Tolima 12 2 2 8 9 26 −17 6
15 Cúcuta Deportivo 12 1 3 8 11 30 −19 5
Source: RSSSF

Torneo Finalización

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Bonus
1 Junior 28 16 8 4 54 28 +26 40 +1.00 points
2 Deportes Quindío 28 16 6 6 36 23 +13 38 +0.75 points
3 América de Cali 28 15 8 5 49 28 +21 38 +0.50 points
4 Atlético Nacional 28 12 11 5 45 29 +16 35 +0.25 points
5 Millonarios 28 11 11 6 38 30 +8 33
6 Independiente Medellín 28 11 10 7 40 31 +9 32
7 Santa Fe 28 13 5 10 43 42 +1 31
8 Atlético Bucaramanga 28 12 6 10 38 34 +4 30
9 Unión Magdalena 28 11 8 9 39 36 +3 30
10 Once Caldas 28 9 10 9 41 40 +1 28
11 Deportivo Cali 28 8 8 12 27 31 −4 24
12 Cúcuta Deportivo 28 5 11 12 34 44 −10 21
13 Deportes Tolima 28 5 6 17 16 46 −30 16
14 Sporting 28 4 4 20 25 57 −32 12
15 Deportivo Pereira 28 3 6 19 18 44 −26 12
Source: RSSSF

Aggregate table

An aggregate table known as Reclasificación including the games of both tournaments (Apertura and Finalización) was used to determine the teams that would advance to the Copa Mustang final stages.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Junior 40 21 12 7 71 43 +28 54 Advance to the Final stages
2 Deportes Quindío 40 22 7 11 53 38 +15 51
3 América de Cali 40 18 13 9 64 44 +20 49
4 Millonarios 40 17 15 8 63 43 +20 49
5 Atlético Nacional 40 17 14 9 59 40 +19 48
6 Santa Fe 40 19 8 13 63 53 +10 46
7 Independiente Medellín 40 16 14 10 54 41 +13 46
8 Atlético Bucaramanga 40 17 11 12 58 47 +11 45
9 Unión Magdalena 40 15 12 13 51 47 +4 42
10 Once Caldas 40 13 13 14 56 62 −6 39
11 Deportivo Cali 40 12 13 15 41 42 −1 37
12 Cúcuta Deportivo 40 6 14 20 45 74 −29 26
13 Sporting 40 8 8 24 42 71 −29 24
14 Deportes Tolima 40 7 8 25 25 72 −47 22
15 Deportivo Pereira 40 6 10 24 28 56 −28 22
Source: RSSSF

Final stages

Semifinal quadrangulars

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Nacional 6 3 2 1 12 8 +4 8.25[a] Advance to Final quadrangular
2 Junior 6 3 1 2 12 10 +2 8[b]
3 Millonarios 6 2 2 2 9 11 −2 7[b]
4 Independiente Medellín 6 1 1 4 6 10 −4 3.25[a]
Source: RSSSF
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Season bonus: 0.25 points
  2. 1 2 Season bonus: 1.00 points

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 América de Cali 6 4 0 2 10 8 +2 8.5[a] Advance to Final quadrangular
2 Santa Fe 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 7.75[b]
3 Deportes Quindío 6 2 1 3 9 10 −1 5.75[b]
4 Atlético Bucaramanga 6 1 2 3 6 8 −2 4.5[a]
Source: RSSSF
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Season bonus: 0.50 points
  2. 1 2 Season bonus: 0.75 points

Final quadrangular

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Nacional (C) 6 4 2 0 8 3 +5 10.25[a] Qualification for Copa Libertadores
2 América de Cali 6 3 1 2 12 7 +5 7.5[b]
3 Junior 6 2 1 3 10 9 +1 6[c] Qualification for Copa CONMEBOL
4 Santa Fe 6 1 0 5 4 15 −11 2.75[d]
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ↑ Season bonus: 0.25 points
  2. ↑ Season bonus: 0.50 points
  3. ↑ Season bonus: 1.00 points
  4. ↑ Season bonus: 0.75 points

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Colombia Iván Valenciano Junior 30
2 Uruguay Jorge da Silva América de Cali 20
3 Colombia José Manuel Rodríguez Deportivo Cali 18
4 Colombia Orlando Maturana América de Cali 17
Colombia Adolfo Valencia Santa Fe
6 Colombia Faustino Asprilla Atlético Nacional 16
7 Colombia Víctor Aristizábal Atlético Nacional 15
Colombia Alfonso Cañón Jr. Santa Fe
Paraguay Jorge Daniel Jara Independiente Medellín
10 Colombia Jesús Barrios Atlético Bucaramanga 14

Source: Historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano 70 Años[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Atlético Nacional, el campeón de Colombia" [Atlético Nacional, Colombia's champion] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 16 December 1991. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano. Capítulo 45: la 5ª estrella verdolaga" [History of Colombian Professional Football. Chapter 45: the verdolaga 5th star] (in Spanish). El Escenario de los Clásicos. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Los «tigres» de Barranquilla, un viaje a la historia del FPC" [The tigers from Barranquilla, a trip to the FPC′s history] (in Spanish). Dimayor. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  4. ↑ Ruiz Bonilla, Guillermo (2018). Historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano 70 Años (First ed.). Bogotá, Colombia: Mundo Fútbol SAS. p. 301. ISBN 9-789584-852731.
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