2010 Categoría Primera A 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.

Campeonato Apertura

The Liga Postobon I was scheduled to begin on January 31, 2010.

Standings

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

Results

Updated to games played on May 16, 2010.
Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Source: DIMAYOR (Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

Semifinal B

Source: DIMAYOR (Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

Finals

Source: DIMAYOR (Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

Top goalscorers

Source:

Statistics

Campeonato Finalización

The Liga Postobon II began on July 17 and is ended on December 19.

Standings

Updated to games played on Nov 14, 2010.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored; 5th away goals against; 6th draw
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group A

Source: DIMAYOR
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Source: DIMAYOR
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Source: DIMAYOR
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Source: DIMAYOR
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shoot-out.

Top goalscorers

Source:

Statistics

Aggregate table

Source: DIMAYOR (Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored; 5th away goals against; 6th draw
1. Junior and Once Caldas are qualified to the 2011 Copa Libertadores as the tournament champions.
2. Deportivo Cali are qualified to the 2011 Copa Sudamericana as the 2010 Copa Colombia champions.
3. Cortulua was relegated for being last on the relegation table and Envigado was sent to playoffs for being 17th.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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.

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