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2003 Categoría Primera A season

Field	Value
competition	Copa Mustang
season	2003
winners	Apertura: Once Caldas (2nd title)
Finalización: Deportes Tolima (1st title)
relegated	Centauros Villavicencio
continentalcup1	Copa Libertadores
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Once Caldas
Deportes Tolima
Deportivo Cali
continentalcup2	Copa Sudamericana
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Junior
Millonarios
league topscorer	Apertura: Arnulfo Valentierra (13 goals)
Finalización: Léider Preciado (17 goals)
matches	376
total goals	897
prevseason	2002
nextseason	2004

Finalización: Deportes Tolima (1st title) Deportes Tolima Deportivo Cali Millonarios Finalización: Léider Preciado (17 goals)

The 2003 Categoría Primera A season was the 55th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The season started on 2 February and concluded on 21 December 2003. Independiente Medellín were the defending champions, having won the 2002 Finalización tournament.

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura (officially the 2003 Copa Mustang I for sponsorship reasons) was the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on February 2 and ended on June 8.

First stage

Standings

Semifinals

The second phase of the tournament consisted of two groups of four teams each. This was played by the best eight teams from the first phase of the tournament. The winners of each group qualified for the Finals.

Group A

Standings

Results

Group B

Standings

Results

Finals

Date	City	Home	Score	Away
June 5	Barranquilla	Junior	0–0	Once Caldas
June 8	Manizales	Once Caldas	1–0	Junior
Once Caldas won 1–0 on aggregate score

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	COL Arnulfo Valentierra	Once Caldas	13
2	COL Julián Vásquez	América de Cali	11
3	COL Leonardo Fabio Moreno	América de Cali	10
4	COL Wilson Carpintero	Atlético Bucaramanga	9

Torneo Finalización

The Torneo Finalización (officially the 2003 Copa Mustang II for sponsorship reasons) was the second tournament of the season. The tournament began on July 13 and ended on December 21.

First stage

Standings

Semifinals

Group A

Standings

Results

Group B

Standings

Results

Finals

Date	City	Home	Score	Away
December 17	Ibagué	Deportes Tolima	2–0	Deportivo Cali
December 21	Cali	Deportivo Cali	3–1	Deportes Tolima
Tied 3–3 on aggregate score, Deportes Tolima won 4–2 on penalty kicks

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	COL Léider Preciado	Deportivo Cali	17
2	BRA Rogeiro Pereira	Deportes Tolima	12
3	COL Carlos Castillo	Deportivo Cali	10
COL Julián Téllez	Millonarios	10

Aggregate table

An aggregate table including all games that a team played during the year was used to determine berths to both the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana. The best-placed non-champion qualified for the 2004 Copa Libertadores along with both champions of the season, while the second and third best-placed non-champions qualified for the 2004 Copa Sudamericana.

Relegation

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts	Avg	Relegation
1	Deportivo Cali	108	222	****
2	Once Caldas	108	198	****
3	América de Cali	108	181	****
4	Atlético Nacional	108	175	****
5	Santa Fe	108	175	****
6	Deportivo Pasto	108	173	****
7	Independiente Medellín	108	172	****
8	Deportes Tolima	108	168	****
9	Millonarios	108	168	****
10	Deportivo Pereira	108	162	****
11	Unión Magdalena	108	162	****
12	Junior	108	155	****
13	Envigado	108	152	****
14	Atlético Bucaramanga	108	148	****
15	Cortuluá	108	146	****
16	Atlético Huila	108	139	****
17	Deportes Quindío	108	138	****
18	Centauros Villavicencio	108	135	****	Relegated to the Categoría Primera B

Rules for classification: 1st average; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th number of goals scored; 5th away goals scored.

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