NB: up to end of 2009 Clausura season Pts Played Win Draw Loss GF-GA Diff Eds [Note] 1. Millonarios [Bogotá] 4663 2858 1278 829 751 4646-3386 1260 70 2. Deportivo Cali 4529 2818 1236 821 761 4448-3393 1055 67 [2] 3. America [Cali] 4427 2898 1194 845 853 4343-3597 746 69 4. Atlético Nacional [Medellín] 4423 2962 1197 832 933 4321-3817 504 70 [1] 5. Independiente Santa Fe [Bogotá] 4001 2793 1055 836 902 4344-3884 460 70 6. Deportivo Independiente Medellín 3734 2682 982 788 912 3760-3496 264 66 [3,9] 7. Atlético Junior [Barranquilla] 3566 2425 957 695 773 3491-3077 414 57 [4] 8. Deportes Quindio [Armenia] 3143 2548 794 761 993 3234-3749 -515 66 [5] 9. Once Caldas [Manizales] 3115 2358 805 700 855 3167-3234 - 67 57 [6] 10. Deportivo Pereira 3036 2472 764 744 964 3331-3715 -384 64 11. Atlético Bucaramanga 3010 2497 758 736 1003 3057-3666 -609 63 [9] 12. Deportes Tolima [Ibague] 2864 2482 697 773 1012 2925-3607 -682 62 13. Unión Magdalena [Santa Marta] 2576 2216 657 605 954 2578-3326 -748 53 [7] 14. Cúcuta Deportivo 2472 2145 611 639 895 2779-3258 -479 54 15. Envigado Fútbol Club 976 768 235 271 262 894- 990 - 96 24 16. Atlético Huila [Neiva] 796 682 199 199 284 775-1012 -237 24 17. Corporación Deportiva Tuluá 649 520 153 190 177 594- 698 -104 14 18. Deportivo Pasto 621 480 161 138 181 551- 595 - 44 19 19. Real Cartagena 422 392 104 110 178 367- 506 -139 14 [9] 20. Boca Juniors [Cali] 397 232 117 46 69 520- 385 135 9 [10] 21. Chicó Fútbol Club [Tunja] 336 254 87 75 92 297- 312 - 15 12 22. Sporting [Barranquilla] 251 270 63 62 145 356- 552 -196 8 [9,10] 23. La Equidad [Bogotá] 191 134 48 47 39 153- 143 10 6 24. Deportes Caldas [Manizales] 189 108 58 15 35 282- 215 67 4 [10] 25. Universidad [Bogotá] 131 136 35 26 75 230- 352 -122 5 [10] 26. Once Deportivo [Manizales] 118 110 32 22 56 188- 257 - 69 4 [10] 27. Deportivo Manizales 89 82 25 14 43 135- 191 - 56 3 [8,10] 28. Deportivo Unicosta [Barranquilla] 60 72 14 18 40 81- 154 - 73 2 [10] 29. Huracan [Medellín] 59 88 15 14 59 137- 264 -127 3 [10] 30. Centauros Fútbol Club [Villavicencio] 53 42 13 14 15 44- 57 - 13 2 31. Oro Negro [Barrancabermeja] 42 52 9 15 28 57- 91 - 34 1 [9,10] 32. Libertad [Barranquilla] 30 24 9 3 12 44- 59 - 15 1 [10] 33. Deportivo Barranquilla 20 26 5 5 16 34- 49 - 15 1 [10] Notes: points calculated on the basis of 3 points/win; in total 70 championships were played, so Millonarios, Nacional and Santa Fe played in all editions [1] called Atlético Municipal from 1948 to 1950 and Independiente Nacional in 1957 [2] Deportivo Cali withdrew from Dimayor (División Mayor del Fútbol Colombiano) in 1955 due to financial problems and reentered in 1959 after having been refounded and obtained the place of Boca Juniors [Cali] which disappeared after 1958 [3] called Medellín F.B.C. until 1954; temporarily diappeared in 1954 before reentering under current name [4] Atlético Junior withdrew from Dimayor (División Mayor del Fútbol Colombiano) in 1953 due to financial problems and for 12 years played in amateur regional tournaments and the Liga del Atlantico, organised by Adefútbol (Asociación de Fútbol Colombiano), before reentering in 1966 [5] called Atlético Quindio until 1986 [6] temporarily known as "Varta Caldas", "Cristal Caldas" and "Once Phillips" due to sponsorship, but its official name Once Caldas was not changed; claims the heritage of Deportes Caldas who won the 1950 championship [7] Samarios changed name to Unión Magdalena in 1953. [8] was the result of a merger in 1952 between Once Deportivo and Deportes Caldas; initially called Atlético Manizales [9] in 1971 Real Cartagena and Oro Negro [Barrancabermeja] played in the league for one season on the franchises of Atlético Bucaramanga and Deportivo Independiente Medellín, respectively, due to financial problems of the latter two; in 1992, Real Cartagena obtained the place of Sporting [Barranquilla] [10] clubs which meanwhile disappeared NB: a promotion/relegation mechanism with the "Primera B" was created in 1991; until then, teams only disappeared due to disaffiliations or withdrawals, usually due to financial problems
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