1999 Categoría Primera A season

The 1999 Categoria Primera A season, known as the 1999 Copa Mustang for sponsorship reasons, was the 52nd season of Colombia's top-tier football league. The season began on 7 February and ended on 19 December 1999.

Atlético Nacional were the champions, defeating América de Cali on penalties. Union Magdalena were relegated.

Format

This season was played in a format different from the standard one. The Apertura was played as follows: it consists of 6 rounds in Cuadrangulares, 15 rounds in a single round robin, and one round (22) with regional derbies. The winners qualify for the Copa Libertadores, runners-up for Copa Conmebol.

The Finalizacion was played as: again 6 rounds of Cuadrangulares, 15 rounds in a single round robin, one more round of regional derbies, and then another set of Cuadrangulares according to the top eight teams of the table. The winners of each tournament qualify for the Copa Libertadores. However, since America de Cali finished first in the Apertura and then won the championship, the spot was passed down to the second-placed team of the Aggregate table, Junior.

Apertura

The Apertura was played as follows: it consists of six rounds in Cuadrangulares, 15 rounds in a single round robin, and one round (22) with regional derbies. The teams that get the first place will qualify directly to the Finals at the end of the year.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1.	América de Cali	40	22	11	7	4	42	27	+15
2.	Atlético Nacional	36	22	9	9	4	25	18	+7
3.	Once Caldas	34	22	9	7	6	35	19	+16
4.	Junior	34	22	9	7	6	34	34	0
5.	Tolima	32	22	7	11	4	25	20	+5
6.	Tulua	31	22	8	7	7	31	31	0
7.	Deportivo Cali	31	22	9	4	9	37	41	-4
8.	Independiente Medellín	30	22	6	12	4	26	20	+6
9.	Bucaramanga	27	22	5	12	5	30	24	+6
10.	Santa Fe	26	22	6	8	8	23	26	-3
11.	Millonarios	25	22	5	10	7	25	34	-9
12.	Deportivo Pasto	25	22	4	13	5	32	32	0
13.	Deportes Quindío	24	22	6	6	10	32	40	-8
14.	Envigado	22	22	6	4	12	21	32	-11
15.	Unión Magdalena	22	22	4	10	8	31	38	-7
16.	Atlético Huila	20	22	3	11	8	18	31	-13

Pts=Points; GP=Games Played; W=Wins; D=Draws; L=Losses; GF=Goals Favored; GA=Goals Allowed; GD=Goal Difference

	Qualified for Cuadrangulares group stage.
	Eliminated

Fixtures

Fixture 1 - February 7, 1999 Home Score Away Quindío 2 - 0 Tulua Envigado 0 - 2 Caldas Millonarios 1 - 1 Santa Fe Huila 1 - 1 Tolima Magdalena 1 - 1 Junior América 3 - 3 Cali Pasto 1 - 1 Bucaramanga Nacional 1 - 1 Medellín

Fixture 2 - February 14, 1999 Home Score Away Cali 3 - 2 Tulua Caldas 0 - 2 Nacional Envigado 2 - 1 Medellín Santa Fe 2 - 0 Huila Tolima 1 - 1 Millonarios Bucaramanga 1 - 1 Magdalena Quindío 0 - 3 América Junior 1 - 1 Pasto

Fixture 3 - February 21, 1999 Home Score Away Cali 0 - 2 Quindío Tulua 3 - 2 América Nacional 1 - 1 Envigado Caldas 1 - 1 Medellín Bucaramanga 1 - 1 Junior Magdalena 4 - 1 Pasto Santa Fe 2 - 0 Tolima Huila 1 - 1 Millonarios

Fixture 4 - February 28, 1999 Home Score Away América 4 - 0 Tulua Quindío 1 - 2 Cali Envigado 0 - 1 Nacional Medellín 1 - 0 Caldas Junior 3 - 2 Bucaramanga Pasto 6 - 1 Magdalena Tolima 1 - 1 Santa Fe Millonarios 1 - 0 Huila

Fixture 5 - March 7, 1999 Home Score Away Caldas 2 - 1 Envigado Cali 0 - 3 América Tulua 2 - 0 Quindío Santa Fe 2 - 0 Millonarios Tolima 0 - 1 Huila Junior 2 - 0 Magdalena Bucaramanga 1 - 0 Pasto Medellín 2 - 0 Nacional

Fixture 6 - March 14, 1999 Home Score Away Nacional 1 - 0 Caldas Pasto 4 - 2 Junior Magdalena 1 - 2 Bucaramanga América 3 - 0 Quindío Tulua 3 - 2 Cali Millonarios 2 - 2 Tolima Huila 1 - 0 Santa Fe Envigado 0 - 0 Medellín

Fixture 7 - March 21, 1999 Home Score Away Nacional 1 - 1 Magdalena Junior 2 - 1 Medellín Caldas 3 - 1 Envigado Millonarios 1 - 1 Santa Fe América 2 - 2 Tulua Bucaramanga 0 - 0 Tolima Quindío 4 - 2 Cali Huila 2 - 2 Pasto

Fixture 8 - March 28, 1999 Home Score Away Medellín 0 - 0 Millonarios Santa Fe 2 - 0 Nacional Magdalena 0 - 2 Bucaramanga Pasto 3 - 3 Junior Envigado 0 - 0 América Cali 2 - 1 Caldas Tolima 1 - 1 Quindío Tulua 1 - 1 Huila

Fixture 9 - April 4, 1999 Home Score Away Nacional 0 - 1 Cali América 1 - 0 Medellín Bucaramanga 6 - 0 Envigado Santa Fe 0 - 0 Tolima Caldas 0 - 0 Pasto Quindío 1 - 2 Tulua Huila 0 - 1 Junior Magdalena 4 - 0 Millonarios

Fixture - April 11, 1999 Home Score Away Medellín 1 - 0 Caldas Envigado 0 - 1 Nacional Cali 2 - 0 Santa Fe Junior 2 - 1 América Millonarios 2 - 0 Huila Tulua 0 - 1 Bucaramanga Tolima 2 - 0 Magdalena Pasto 2 - 2 Quindío

Fixture 11 - April 18, 1999 Home Score Away Nacional 3 - 2 Tulua Quindío 2 - 2 Medellín Santa Fe 0 - 1 Envigado Tolima 2 - 0 Millonarios Caldas 4 - 0 Junior América 0 - 0 Huila Magdalena 2 - 2 Cali Bucaramanga 0 - 0 Pasto

Fixture 12 - April 25, 1999 Home Score Away Medellín 2 - 2 Bucaramanga Envigado 2 - 2 Magdalena Pasto 0 - 0 Nacional Millonarios 1 - 2 América Junior 3 - 0 Quindío Cali 2 - 1 Tolima Tulua 3 - 1 Santa Fe Huila 2 - 2 Caldas

Fixture 13 - April 28, 1999 Home Score Away Nacional 1 - 0 Medellín Tolima 1 - 0 Envigado Caldas 6 - 0 América Bucaramanga 1 - 1 Junior Santa Fe 2 - 2 Pasto Quindío 3 - 1 Huila Magdalena 0 - 0 Tulua Cali 2 - 0 Millonarios

Fixture 14 - May 2, 1999 Home Score Away Medellín 4 - 2 Santa Fe Envigado 3 - 1 Cali Junior 0 - 1 Nacional Millonarios 3 - 2 Caldas Huila 1 - 1 Bucaramanga América 4 - 1 Quindío Pasto 1 - 0 Magdalena Tulua 0 - 1 Tolima

Fixture 15 - May 9, 1999 Home Score Away Nacional 5 - 1 Huila Envigado 3 - 1 Millonarios Magdalena 1 - 1 Medellín Santa Fe 2 - 2 Junior Bucaramanga 1 - 2 América Cali 1 - 1 Tulua Tolima 2 - 2 Pasto Quindío 1 - 1 Caldas

Fixture 16 - May 16, 1999 Home Score Away América 0 - 0 Nacional Millonarios 2 - 4 Quindío Junior 3 - 2 Magdalena Medellín 1 - 1 Tolima Tulua 1 - 0 Envigado Pasto 3 - 1 Cali Caldas 0 - 0 Bucaramanga Huila 0 - 0 Santa Fe

Fixture 17 - May 23, 1999 Home Score Away Nacional 0 - 0 Caldas Tolima 3 - 1 Junior Bucaramanga 3 - 1 Quindío Magdalena 3 - 3 Huila Tulua 2 - 2 Millonarios Santa Fe 1 - 2 América Envigado 2 - 1 Pasto Cali 1 - 1 Medellín

Fixture 18 - May 30, 1999 Home Score Away América 2 - 3 Magdalena Medellín 2 - 1 Envigado Junior 3 - 2 Cali Millonarios 2 - 2 Bucaramanga Pasto 0 - 2 Tulua Quindío 2 - 2 Nacional Huila 0 - 1 Tolima Caldas 3 - 0 Santa Fe

Fixture 19 - June 6, 1999 Home Score Away Nacional 2 - 0 Bucaramanga Pasto 2 - 2 Millonarios Tolima 1 - 1 América Magdalena 0 - 2 Caldas Santa Fe 2 - 2 Quindío Tulua 1 - 1 Medellín Cali 3 - 0 Huila Envigado 2 - 0 Junior

Fixture 20 - June 9, 1999 Home Score Away Medellín 3 - 0 Pasto Millonarios 1 - 1 Medellín Huila 2 - 1 Envigado Caldas 2 - 0 Tolima Quindío 0 - 1 Magdalena Bucaramanga 0 - 1 Santa Fe Junior 1 - 0 Tulua América 4 - 1 Cali

Fixture 21 - June 13, 1999 Home Score Away Medellín 0 - 0 Huila Envigado 1 - 3 Quindío Tolima 3 - 1 Nacional Pasto 1 - 1 América Cali 3 - 2 Bucaramanga Millonarios 1 - 0 Junior Tulua 3 - 3 Caldas Magdalena 0 - 1 Santa Fe

Fixture 22 - June 20, 1999 Home Score Away Santa Fe 0 - 1 Millonarios Nacional 1 - 1 Medellín Bucaramanga 0 - 0 Pasto Quindío 0 - 1 Tulua Caldas 1 - 0 Envigado América 2 - 1 Cali Huila 1 - 1 Tolima Junior 2 - 2 Magdalena

Finalizacion

The Finalizacion was played as follows: again 6 rounds of Cuadrangulares, 15 rounds in a single round robin, one more round of regional derbies, and then another set of Cuadrangulares with the top eight teams of the table; the winners of groups A and B play two matches to decide who would qualify for the Championship finals against the first-placed team of the Apertura.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1.	Millonarios	42	22	10	12	0	31	14	+17
2.	Tulua	38	22	10	8	4	29	19	+10
3.	Independiente Medellín	35	22	10	5	7	32	29	+3
4.	Atlético Junior	35	22	10	5	7	27	24	+3
5.	Deportivo Cali	34	22	9	7	6	30	23	+7
6.	Atlético Nacional	34	22	9	7	6	31	25	+6
7.	Once Caldas	34	22	8	10	4	37	24	+13
8.	Deportivo Pasto	32	22	10	2	10	33	33	0
9.	Bucaramanga	31	22	9	4	9	25	25	0
10.	América de Cali	29	22	7	8	7	28	26	+2
11.	Tolima	27	22	8	3	11	26	27	-1
12.	Envigado	25	22	8	4	10	25	33	-8
13.	Santa Fe	23	22	5	8	9	25	30	-5
14.	Unión Magdalena	22	22	5	7	10	22	31	-9
15.	Deportes Quindío	18	22	4	6	12	28	45	-17
16.	Atlético Huila	16	22	4	4	14	22	43	-21

Pts=Points; GP=Games played; W=Wins; D=Draws; L=Losses; GF=Goals Favored; GA=Goals Allowed; GD=Goal Difference

	Qualified for Cuadrangulares Group stage.
	Eliminated

Fixtures

Fixture 1 - February 7, 1999 Home Score Away América 3 - 0 Medellín Junior 1 - 0 Bucaramanga Santa Fe 2 - 2 Caldas Envigado 0 - 0 Cali Tolima 2 - 3 Quindío Huila 0 - 2 Pasto Tulua 1 - 1 Millonarios Nacional 4 - 1 Magdalena

Fixture 2 - February 14, 1999 Home Score Away Medellín 4 - 1 Huila Millonarios 2 - 0 Nacional Caldas 2 - 3 Envigado Pasto 2 - 0 América Cali 1 - 1 Santa Fe Quindío 0 - 2 Junior Magdalena 1 - 2 Tulua Bucaramanga 1 - 2 Tolima

Fixture 3 - February 21, 1999 Home Score Away Medellín 2 - 0 Pasto Tulua 2 - 1 Nacional Santa Fe 1 - 1 Envigado Huila 1 - 1 América Cali 0 - 0 Caldas Tolima 0 - 0 Junior Magdalena 1 - 1 Millonarios Bucaramanga 2 - 2 Quindío

Fixture 4 - February 28, 1999 Home Score Away Millonarios 2 - 0 Magdalena América 1 - 1 Huila Nacional 0 - 0 Tuluá Envigado 2 - 1 Santa Fé Junior 1 - 0 Tolima Caldas 3 - 0 Cali Quindío 1 - 1 Bucaramanga Pasto 2 - 1 Medellín

Fixture 5 - March 7, 1999 Home Score Away Medellín 1 - 0 América Magdalena 1 - 2 Nacional Cali 4 - 0 Envigado Millonarios 1 - 1 Tulua Pasto 3 - 2 Huila Quindío 2 - 1 Tolima Bucaramanga 2 - 0 Junior Caldas 0 - 0 Santa Fe

Fixture 6 - March 14, 1999 Home Score Away Junior 2 - 1 Quindío América 2 - 0 Pasto Huila 2 - 2 Medellín Tulua 1 - 1 Magdalena Tolima 1 - 0 Bucaramanga Nacional 1 - 1 Millonarios Santa Fe 3 - 2 Cali Envigado 0 - 1 Once Caldas

Fixture 7 - March 21, 1999 Home Score Away Santa Fe 0 - 0 Millonarios Cali 1 - 1 Quindío Tolima 0 - 1 Bucaramanga Tulua 2 - 2 América Magdalena 0 - 1 Nacional Pasto 4 - 0 Huila Envigado 1 - 1 Caldas Medellín 3 - 1 Junior

Fixture 8 - March 28, 1999 Home Score Away Millonarios 1 - 0 Medellín Huila 0 - 1 Tulua América 2 - 1 Envigado Caldas 3 - 0 Cali Quindío 1 - 3 Tolima Bucaramanga 1 - 0 Magdalena Nacional 1 - 1 Santa Fe Junior 2 - 1 Pasto

Fixture 9 - April 4, 1999 Home Score Away Cali 2 - 3 Nacional Envigado 2 - 1 Bucaramanga Millonarios 1 - 1 Magdalena Tuluá 2 - 0 Quindío Junior 2 - 2 Huila Pasto 2 - 2 Once Caldas Medellín 1 - 1 América Tolima 2 - 1 Santa Fé

Fixture 10 - April 11, 1999 Home Score Away Nacional 2 - 0 Envigado Once Caldas 4 - 1 Medellín América 2 - 0 Junior Bucaramanga 0 - 0 Tuluá Quindío 3 - 0 Pasto Santa Fé 1 - 2 Cali Magdalena 1 - 0 Tolima Huila 0 - 1 Millonarios

Fixture 11 - April 18, 1999 Home Score Away Millonarios 2 - 1 Tolima Tulua 1 - 0 Nacional Junior 2 - 0 Caldas Huila 1 - 0 América Pasto 1 - 0 Bucaramanga Medellín 2 - 1 Quindío Cali 0 - 0 Magdalena Envigado 2 - 1 Santa Fe

Fixture 12 - April 25, 1999 Home Score Away Nacional 2 - 1 Pasto Santa Fé 1 - 1 Tuluá Quindío 2 - 3 Junior América 1 - 1 Millonarios Magdalena 1 - 0 Envigado Tolima 1 - 0 Cali Bucaramanga 2 - 1 Medellín Once Caldas 3 - 1 Huila

Fixture 13 - April 28, 1999 Home Score Away Junior 2 - 2 Bucaramanga Millonarios 1 - 1 Cali Tuluá 2 - 1 Magdalena América 2 - 1 Once Caldas Pasto 0 - 1 Santa Fe Medellín 0 - 0 Nacional Envigado 2 - 1 Tolima Huila 2 - 0 Quindío

Fixture 14 - May 2, 1999 Home Score Away Bucaramanga 2 - 1 Huila Nacional 3 - 1 Junior Magdalena 3 - 2 Pasto Cali 3 - 2 Envigado Quindío 1 - 1 América Once Caldas 1 - 1 Millonarios Santa Fe 0 - 2 Medellín Tolima 0 - 2 Tulua

Fixture 15 - May 9, 1999 Home Score Away Caldas 3 - 3 Quindío Huila 1 - 0 Nacional Medellín 3 - 0 Magdalena Tulua 1 - 1 Cali Junior 1 - 0 Santa Fe América 3 - 1 Bucaramanga Millonarios 3 - 2 Envigado Pasto 1 - 0 Tolima

Fixture 16 - May 16, 1999 Home Score Away Quindío 2 - 2 Millonarios Nacional 1 - 0 América Cali 2 - 0 Pasto Envigado FC 1 - 0 Tulua Tolima 0 - 3 Medellín Magdalena 2 - 2 Junior Santa Fe 2 - 1 Huila Bucaramanga 2 - 1 Caldas

Fixture 17 - May 23, 1999 Home Score Away América 3 - 1 Santa Fé Once Caldas 4 - 1 Nacional Junior 2 - 0 Tolima Millonarios 3 - 0 Tuluá Medellín 0 - 2 Cali Pasto 3 - 2 Envigado Quindío 1 - 0 Bucaramanga Huila 2 - 1 Magdalena

Fixture 18 - May 30, 1999 Home Score Away Nacional 5 - 1 Quindío Tuluá 5 - 0 Pasto Cali 1 - 0 Junior Tolima 2 - 1 Huila Bucaramanga 0 - 2 Millonarios Envigado 0 - 0 Medellín Santa Fé 1 - 1 Once Caldas Magdalena 1 - 1 América

Fixture 19 - June 6, 1999 Home Score Away Millonarios 1 - 0 Pasto Junior 2 - 0 Envigado Medellín 2 - 1 Tuluá Bucaramanga 3 - 1 Nacional América 0 - 2 Tolima Once Caldas 1 - 1 Magdalena Quindío 1 - 3 Santa Fé Huila 0 - 2 Cali

Fixture 20 - June 9, 1999 Home Score Away Nacional 0 - 0 Millonarios Cali 3 - 1 América Pasto 6 - 1 Medellín Envigado 2 - 1 Huila Tolima 0 - 0 Once Caldas Santa Fé 1 - 2 Bucaramanga Magdalena 4 - 0 Quindío Tuluá 1 - 0 Junior

Fixture 21 - June 13, 1999 Home Score Away Huila 1 - 2 Medellín Quindío 1 - 2 Envigado Nacional 2 - 2 Tolima América 2 - 2 Pasto Bucaramanga 2 - 1 Cali Junior 1 - 1 Millonarios Caldas 2 - 1 Tulua Santa Fe 3 - 0 Magdalena

Fixture 22 - June 20, 1999 Home Score Away Millonarios 3 - 0 Santa Fé Cali 2 - 0 América Pasto 1 - 0 Bucaramanga Envigado 0 - 2 Once Caldas Tolima 6 - 1 Huila Magdalena 1 - 0 Junior Medellín 1 - 1 Nacional Tuluá 2 - 1 Quindío

Annual Standings

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1.	Atlético Nacional	85	50	23	16	11	70	53	+17
2.	Atlético Junior	79	50	24	13	15	72	68	+4
3.	Tulua	77	50	20	17	14	70	60	+10
4.	Independiente Medellín	76	50	19	19	13	68	58	+10
5.	Deportivo Cali	75	50	21	12	17	79	72	+7
6.	Once Caldas	73	50	17	22	11	77	50	+17
7.	Millonarios	72	50	16	24	10	63	58	+5
8.	América de Cali	69	44	18	15	11	70	53	+18
9.	Deportes Tolima	59	44	15	14	15	51	47	+4
10.	Bucaramanga	58	44	14	16	14	55	49	+6
11.	Deportivo Pasto	58	50	14	16	20	72	76	-4
12.	Envigado	50	44	14	8	22	46	65	-19
13.	Independiente Santa Fe	49	44	11	16	17	48	56	-8
14.	Unión Magdalena	44	44	9	17	18	53	69	-16
15.	Deportes Quindío	42	44	10	12	22	60	85	-15
16.	Atlético Huila	36	44	7	15	22	40	74	-34

Pts=Points; GP=Games played; W=Wins; D=Draws; L=Losses; GF=Goals Favored; GA=Goals Allowed; GD=Difference

	Qualified for 2000 Copa Libertadores
	Qualified for semifinal group stage.
	Relegated

Relegated and Promoted Team(s)

Categories	Relegated team(s)	Promoted team(s)
FPC Primera B	Unión Magdalena	Real Cartagena

Championship final qualifications

This group stage decided the team that qualified to the Championship final against the team who won the Apertura tournament. It was played by eight teams in two different groups. The first teams from each group go to a final to decide the team who advanced to the Championship final.

Group A

Seed	Pos.	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
(1)	1.	Independiente Medellín	11	6	3	2	1	10	9	+1
(5)	2.	Deportivo Cali	10	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4
(7)	3.	Once Caldas	5	6	0	5	1	5	7	-2
(3)	4.	Millonarios	5	6	1	2	3	7	10	-3

Fixture 1 - November 17, 1999 Home Score Away Medellín 1 - 3 Deportivo Cali Once Caldas 1 - 1 Millonarios

Fixture 2 - November 21, 1999 Home Score Away Millonarios 2 - 3 Medellín Deportivo Cali 0 - 0 Once Caldas

Fixture 3 - November 24, 1999 Home Score Away Once Caldas 1 - 1 Medellín Deportivo Cali 3 - 1 Millonarios

Fixture 4 - November 28, 1999 Home Score Away Medellín 1 - 1 Once Caldas Millonarios 2 - 1 Deportivo Cali

Fixture 5 - December 1, 1999 Home Score Away Millonarios 0 - 0 Once Caldas Deportivo Cali 1 - 2 Medellín

Fixture 6 - December 5, 1999 Home Score Away Once Caldas 2 - 4 Deportivo Cali Medellín 2 - 1 Millonarios

Group B

Seed	Pos.	Team	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
(6)	1.	Atlético Nacional	15	6	5	0	1	14	10	+4
(2)	2.	Junior	10	6	3	1	2	11	10	+1
(8)	3.	Tulua	8	6	2	2	2	10	10	0
(4)	4.	Deportivo Pasto	1	6	0	1	5	7	12	-5

Fixture 1 - November 17, 1999 Home Score Away Tulua 2 - 1 Pasto Junior 1 - 2 Atlético Nacional

Fixture 2 - November 21, 1999 Home Score Away Atlético Nacional 3 - 2 Tulua Pasto 2 - 3 Junior

Fixture 3 - November 24, 1999 Home Score Away Atlético Nacional 3 - 2 Pasto Tulua 1 - 1 Junior

Fixture 4 - November 28, 1999 Home Score Away Junior 1 - 2 Tulua Pasto 0 - 1 Atlético Nacional

Fixture 5 - December 1, 1999 Home Score Away Atlético Nacional 2 - 1 Junior Pasto 0 - 0 Tulua

Fixture 6 - December 5, 1999 Home Score Away Tulua 4 - 3 Atlético Nacional Junior 3 - 2 Pasto

Finalizacion Finals

Date	City	Home	Score	Away
December 8, 1999	Medellín	Independiente Medellín	0 - 0	Atlético Nacional
December 12, 1999	Medellín	Atlético Nacional	1 - 0	Independiente Medellín
Atlético Nacional qualifies to the Championship finals, 1 - 0 on aggregate.

1999 Copa Mustang Final

Date	City	Home	Score	Away
December 16, 1999	Cali	América de Cali	1 - 1	Atlético Nacional
December 19, 1999	Medellín	Atlético Nacional	0 - 0	América de Cali
Atlético Nacional is the champion of 1999 Copa Mustang by winning 4 - 2 on Penalty kicks

Champion Atlético Nacional Seventh Title

External links

• Copa Mustang Official Page
• Dimayor Official Page