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.
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.
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.
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
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
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 .
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
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
Pts=Points; GP=Games played; W=Wins; D=Draws; L=Losses; GF=Goals Favored; GA=Goals Allowed; GD=Difference
Championship final qualifications [ edit ] 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.
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
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 [ edit ] 1999 Copa Mustang Final [ edit ]
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