The 2010 Categoria Primera A season was the 63rd season of

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'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 an 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

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

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Semifinal B

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Finals

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Top goalscorers

Source:

Statistics

*Total goals: 457 *Longest winning streak: 6 games —

Deportes Tolima Club Deportes Tolima S.A., commonly known as Deportes Tolima, or simply as Tolima, is a Colombian professional football club based in Ibagué, Tolima Department that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. Founded in 1954, the club has wo ...

(March 20–April 17) *Longest unbeaten streak: 10 games —

Independiente Medellín Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Estadio Atanasio Girardo ...

(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 Deportivo Pereira is a professional Colombian football team based in Pereira, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium. History Early years While there are several ...

(March 21) *Biggest away win:

Envigado Envigado () is a town southeast of Medellín, Colombia in the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. It borders El Poblado, Medellín to the north, Sabaneta to the south, El Retiro and Caldas to ...

1–7

(March 28) *Highest scoring:

1–7

(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

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Top goalscorers

Source:

Statistics

*Total goals: 498 goals *Longest winning streak: 5 games —

Millonarios Millonarios Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the El Campín stadium. Millonarios was initially created in 1937 by students f ...

(September 25–October 24);

(September 25–October 22) *Longest unbeaten streak: 15 games — Once Caldas (September 12–December 18) *Longest losing streak: 7 games —

(July 18–August 29) *Biggest home win:

4–0

Real Cartagena Real Cartagena is a professional Colombian football team based in Cartagena, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Jaime Morón León stadium. History The origins of Real Cartagena date back to 197 ...

*Biggest away win:

1–4

*Highest scoring:

Deportivo Cali Asociación Deportivo Cali, best known as Deportivo Cali, is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, most notable for its football team, which currently competes in the Categoría Primera A. Deportivo Cali is one of the most successful footba ...

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 Cortuluá, officially named Cortuluá Fútbol Club S. A. and previously known as Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá, is a Colombian football club from the municipality of Tuluá in the Valle del Cauca. It was founded in 1967 and plays in the Cate ...

) entered with the same points as the team that was 16th in the beginning of the season (

). 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. Source
DIMAYOR

Rules for classification: 1st average; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals for; 5th away goals against; 6th draw.

Relegation/promotion playoff

References

External links

DIMAYOR's official website
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