2010 Categoría Primera A season
Introduction The '''2010 Categoria Primera A season''' was the 63rd season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Because of new sponsorship, it was officially called the '''2010 Liga Postobón season'''.
Format The Assembly of DIMAYOR established a new system of competition on December 10, 2009. '''Apertura'''The First Stage of the Apertura was a single round-robin tournament in 18 dates. The top four teams at the end of this stage advanced to the semifinals and pitted into two ties: 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3.The winners of the semifinals contested the finals. '''Finalización'''The Finalizacion was the same as the previous season.
Teams  Team City Stadium América Cali Pascual Guerrero Atlético Huila Neiva Guillermo Plazas Alcid Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot Boyacá Chicó Tunja La Independencia Cortuluá Tuluá Doce de Octubre Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander Deportes Quindío Armenia Centenario Deportes Tolima Ibagué Manuel Murillo Toro Deportivo Cali Cali Deportivo Cali Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas Envigado Envigado Polideportivo Sur Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot 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
Campeonato Apertura The '''Liga Postobon I''' was scheduled to begin on January 31, 2010.=== First stage ======= Standings ======== Results =======Semifinals===The four qualified teams from the first stage were placed into two semifinals labelled "Semifinal A" and "Semifinal B". Each semifinal was played on a home and away basis. The teams that made up each semifinal were determined by their first stage standings: Semifinal A was between the teams that finished 1st and 4th; Semifinal B was between the teams that finished 2nd and 3rd. The team in each semifinal that finished higher in the table played the second leg at home. The winner of each semifinal advanced to the Finals.====Semifinal A====----====Semifinal B====----===Finals===----===Top goalscorers=== Pos Player Player nationality Club Goals 1 Carlos Bacca  Junior 12 Carlos Rentería  La Equidad 12 3 Franco Arizala  Deportes Tolima 11 Giovanni Moreno  Atlético Nacional 11 Fernando Uribe  Once Caldas 11 6 Luis Muriel  Deportivo Cali 9 7 Yovanny Arrechea  Millonarios 8 Victor Cortes  Junior 8 Mario Giménez  Independiente Medellín 8 10 Luis Carlos Arias  Independiente Medellín 7 Julián Barahona  Deportivo Pereira 7 Anthony Tapia  Boyacá Chicó 7Source:===Statistics===*Total goals: 457*Longest winning streak: 6 games — Deportes Tolima (March 20–April 17)*Longest unbeaten streak: 10 games — Independiente Medellín (February 18–April 11);La Equidad (March 28–May 26)*Longest losing streak: 8 games — Deportes Quindío (February 17–April 17)*Biggest home win: Once Caldas 5–1 Deportivo Pereira (March 21)*Biggest away win: Envigado 1–7 Independiente Medellín (March 28)*Highest scoring: Envigado 1–7 Independiente Medellín (March 28)
Campeonato Finalización The '''Liga Postobon II''' began on July 17 and is ended on December 19.===First stage=======Standings======== Results =======Cuadrangular semifinals=======Group A========Group B=======Finals===----===Top goalscorers=== Pos Player Player nationality Club Goals 1 Wilder Medina  Deportes Tolima 16 2 Dayro Moreno  Once Caldas 16 3 Wilson Carpintero  Cúcuta Deportivo 14 4 Fernando Uribe  Once Caldas 13 5 Martín Morel  Deportivo Cali 11 6 Yovanny Arrechea  Millonarios 10 Jorge Perlaza  Deportes Tolima 10 Carlos Rodas  Deportes Quindío 10 8 Luis Carlos Arias  Independiente Medellín 9 10 Giovanni Hernández  Junior 8 Léider Preciado  Deportes Quindío 8Source:===Statistics===*Total goals: 498 goals*Longest winning streak: 5 games — Millonarios (September 25–October 24); Deportes Tolima (September 25–October 22)*Longest unbeaten streak: 15 games — Once Caldas (September 12–December 18)*Longest losing streak: 7 games — Envigado (July 18–August 29)*Biggest home win: Millonarios 4–0 Real Cartagena*Biggest away win: Real Cartagena 1–4 Deportes Tolima*Highest scoring: Deportivo Cali 6–3 América
Aggregate table
Relegation table Relegation was determined through an average of the points earn in the First Stages of the three season. For the purposes of the table, the 2009 Primera B winner (Cortuluá) entered with the same points as the team that was 16th in the beginning of the season (Real Cartagena). The team with the lowest average was relegated to the Categoría Primera B for the following season, and the team with the next lowest average played a playoff match against the 2010 Primera B runner-up.TeamRelegation 1  Deportes Tolima  108  159  126  +33  179  '''''' 2  Santa Fe  108  145  118  +27  173  '''''' 3  La Equidad  108  132  119  +13  169  '''''' 4  Independiente Medellín  108  148  119  +29  164  '''''' 5  Deportivo Cali  108  161  134  +27  162  '''''' 6  Junior  108  162  130  +32  161  '''''' 7  Boyacá Chicó  108  144  146  −2  156  '''''' 8  Atlético Nacional  108  126  129  −3  156  '''''' 9  Once Caldas  108  152  151  +1  152  '''''' 10  Atlético Huila  108  148  151  −3  146  '''''' 11  Deportes Quindío  108  120  140  −20  137  '''''' 12  Millonarios  108  136  135  +1  136  '''''' 13  Cúcuta Deportivo  108  98  112  −14  134  '''''' 14  América  108  146  146  0  133  '''''' 15  Real Cartagena  108  136  160  −24  133 '''''' 16  Deportivo Pereira  108  126  137  −11  128  '''''' 17  Envigado '''(O)'''  108  138  167  −29  123  ''''''Relegation/Promotion Playoff 18  Cortuluá '''(R)'''  108  128  167  −39  118  '''''' Relegated to the Primera B===Relegation/promotion playoff===TeamsScoresTie-breakersTeam #1Team #21st leg2nd leg'''Envigado'''6:0Deportivo Pasto1–02–0———
References
External links *  DIMAYOR's official website