Liga Profesional de Primera División de la República de Colombia.
Llamada localmente Liga Postobon, ya que la marca de bebidas Postobon patrocina este torneo.
Format: Apertura: 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. Torneo Apertura Table: 1.CD América Cali 22 11 7 4 42-27 40 2.Atl. Nacional 22 9 9 4 25-18 36 3.Once Caldas 22 9 7 6 35-19 34 4.Atl. Junior 22 9 7 6 34-34 34 5.Dep. Tolima 22 7 11 4 25-20 32 6.Dep. Tuluá 22 8 7 7 31-31 31 7.Dep. Cali 22 9 4 9 37-41 31 8.Dep. Indep. Medellín 22 6 12 4 26-20 30 9.Atl. Bucaramanga 22 5 12 5 30-24 27 10.Indep. Santa Fe 22 6 8 8 23-26 26 11.Millonarios 22 5 10 7 25-34 25 12.Dep. Pasto 22 4 13 5 32-32 25 13.Dep. Quindío 22 6 6 10 32-40 24 14.Envigado FC 22 6 4 12 21-32 22 15.Un. Magdalena 22 4 10 8 31-38 22 16.Atl. Huila 22 3 11 8 18-31 20 [first tie-breaker: number of wins] [rounds 1-6 in cuadrangulares] Round 1 [Feb 7] Quindio 2-0 Tulua Envigado 0-2 Caldas Millonarios 1-1 Santa Fe Huila 1-1 Tolima Magdalena 1-1 Junior America 3-3 Cali Pasto 1-1 Bucaramanga [Apr 15] Nacional 1-1 DI Medellin [corrected from 0-0] Round 2 [Feb 14] Cali 3-2 Tulua Caldas 0-2 Nacional Envigado 2-1 DI Medellin Santa Fe 2-0 Huila Tolima 1-1 Millonarios Bucaramanga 1-1 Magdalena Quindio 0-3 America [Feb 25] Junior 1-1 Pasto Round 3 [Feb 21] Cali 0-2 Quindio Tulua 3-2 America Nacional 1-1 Envigado Caldas 1-1 DI Medellin Bucaramanga 1-1 Junior Magdalena 4-1 Pasto Santa Fe 2-0 Tolima Huila 1-1 Millonarios Round 4 [Feb 28] America 4-0 Tulua Quindio 1-2 Cali Envigado 0-1 Nacional DI Medellin 1-0 Caldas Junior 3-2 Bucaramanga Pasto 6-1 Magdalena Tolima 1-1 Santa Fe Millonarios 1-0 Huila Round 5 [Mar 7] Caldas 2-1 Envigado [corrected from 3-1] Cali 0-3 America Tulua 2-0 Quindio Santa Fe 2-0 Millonarios Tolima 0-1 Huila Junior 2-0 Magdalena Bucaramanga 1-0 Pasto [Apr 8] DI Medellin 2-0 Nacional [corrected from 3-0] Round 6 [Mar 14] Nacional 1-0 Caldas Pasto 4-2 Junior Magdalena 3-3 Bucaramanga America 3-0 Quindio Tulua 3-2 Cali Millonarios 2-2 Tolima Huila 1-0 Santa Fe [Mar 18] Envigado 0-0 DI Medellin [corrected from 0-1] Round 7 [Mar 21] Nacional 1-1 Magdalena Junior 2-1 DI Medellin Caldas 3-1 Envigado Millonarios 1-1 Santa Fe [corrected from 0-0] America 2-2 Tulua [corrected from 0-0] Bucaramanga 0-0 Tolima Quindio 4-2 Cali Huila 2-2 Pasto Round 8 [Mar 28] DI Medellin 0-0 Millonarios Santa Fe 2-0 Nacional [corrected from 2-1] Magdalena 0-2 Bucaramanga Pasto 3-3 Junior Envigado 0-0 America Cali 2-1 Caldas Tolima 1-1 Quindio Tulua 1-1 Huila Round 9 [Apr 4] Nacional 0-1 Cali America 1-0 DI Medellin Bucaramanga 6-0 Envigado Santa Fe 0-0 Tolima Caldas 0-0 Pasto Quindio 1-2 Tulua Huila 0-1 Junior Magdalena 4-0 Millonarios Round 10 [Apr 11] DI Medellin 1-0 Caldas Envigado 0-1 Nacional Cali 2-0 Santa Fe Junior 2-1 America Millonarios 2-0 Huila Tulua 0-1 Bucaramanga Tolima 2-0 Magdalena [Apr 15] Pasto 2-2 Quindio Round 11 [Apr 18] Nacional 3-2 Tulua Quindio 2-2 DI Medellin Santa Fe 0-1 Envigado Tolima 2-0 Millonarios Caldas 4-0 Junior America 0-0 Huila Magdalena 2-2 Cali Bucaramanga 0-0 Pasto Round 12 [Apr 25] DI Medellin 2-2 Bucaramanga Envigado 2-2 Magdalena Pasto 0-0 Nacional Millonarios 1-2 America Junior 3-0 Quindio Cali 2-1 Tolima Tulua 3-1 Santa Fe Huila 2-2 Caldas Round 13 [Apr 28] Nacional 1-0 DI Medellin Tolima 1-0 Envigado Caldas 6-0 America Bucaramanga 1-1 Junior Santa Fe 2-2 Pasto Quindio 3-1 Huila Magdalena 0-0 Tulua Cali 2-0 Millonarios Round 14 [May 2] DI Medellin 4-2 Santa Fe Envigado 3-1 Cali Junior 0-1 Nacional Millonarios 3-2 Caldas Huila 1-1 Bucaramanga America 4-1 Quindio Pasto 1-0 Magdalena Tulua 0-1 Tolima Round 15 [May 9] Nacional 5-1 Huila Envigado 3-1 Millonarios Magdalena 1-1 DI Medellin Santa Fe 2-2 Junior Bucaramanga 1-2 America Cali 1-1 Tulua Tolima 2-2 Pasto Quindio 1-1 Caldas Round 16 [May 16] America 0-0 Nacional Millonarios 2-4 Quindio Junior 3-2 Magdalena DI Medellin 1-1 Tolima Tulua 1-0 Envigado Pasto 3-1 Cali Caldas 0-0 Bucaramanga Huila 0-0 Santa Fe Round 17 [May 23] Nacional 0-0 Caldas Tolima 3-1 Junior Bucaramanga 3-1 Quindio Magdalena 3-3 Huila Tulua 2-2 Millonarios Santa Fe 1-2 America Envigado 2-1 Pasto Cali 1-1 DI Medellin Round 18 [May 30] America 2-3 Magdalena DI Medellin 2-1 Envigado [corrected from 2-2] Junior 3-2 Cali Millonarios 2-2 Bucaramanga Pasto 0-2 Tulua Quindio 2-2 Nacional Huila 0-1 Tolima [Jun 3] Caldas 3-0 Santa Fe [corrected from 2-0] Round 19 [Jun 6] Nacional 2-0 Bucaramanga Pasto 2-2 Millonarios Tolima 1-1 America Magdalena 0-2 Caldas Santa Fe 2-2 Quindio Tulua 1-1 DI Medellin Cali 3-0 Huila Envigado 2-0 Junior Round 20 [Jun 9] DI Medellin 3-0 Pasto Millonarios 1-1 Nacional Huila 2-1 Envigado Caldas 2-0 Tolima Quindio 0-1 Magdalena Bucaramanga 0-1 Santa Fe Junior 1-0 Tulua America 4-1 Cali [corrected from 3-1] Round 21 [Jun 13] DI Medellin 0-0 Huila Envigado 1-3 Quindio Tolima 3-1 Nacional Pasto 1-1 America Cali 3-2 Bucaramanga Millonarios 1-0 Junior Tulua 3-3 Caldas Magdalena 0-1 Santa Fe Round 22 [Jun 20] [local derbies] Santa Fe 0-1 Millonarios Nacional 1-1 DI Medellin Bucaramanga 0-0 Pasto Quindio 0-1 Tulua Caldas 1-0 Envigado America 2-1 Cali Huila 1-1 Tolima Junior 2-2 Magdalena Table: 1.CD América Cali 22 11 7 4 42-27 40 2.Atl. Nacional 22 9 9 4 25-18 36 3.Once Caldas 22 9 7 6 35-19 34 4.Atl. Junior 22 9 7 6 34-34 34 5.Dep. Tolima 22 7 11 4 25-20 32 6.Dep. Tuluá 22 8 7 7 31-31 31 7.Dep. Cali 22 9 4 9 37-41 31 8.Dep. Indep. Medellín 22 6 12 4 26-20 30 9.Atl. Bucaramanga 22 5 12 5 30-24 27 10.Indep. Santa Fe 22 6 8 8 23-26 26 11.Millonarios 22 5 10 7 25-34 25 12.Dep. Pasto 22 4 13 5 32-32 25 13.Dep. Quindío 22 6 6 10 32-40 24 14.Envigado FC 22 6 4 12 21-32 22 15.Un. Magdalena 22 4 10 8 31-38 22 16.Atl. Huila 22 3 11 8 18-31 20 [first tie-breaker: number of wins] Topscorers Apertura 1999 Orlando Ballesteros Bucaramanga 12 Julian Tellez America 12 Sergio Galvan Once Caldas 11 Marcio Cruz Tulua 10 Nestor Salazar Tulua 9 Giovanny Cordoba Cali 8 Milton Rodriguez Santa Fe 8 Carlos Rendon Pasto 8 Jorge Agudelo Envigado 7 Jairo Fernando Castillo America 7 Daniel Tilger Millonarios 7 Jorge Diaz Quindio 7 John Charria Pasto 7 Orlando Maturana Tolima 7 Jose Herrera Magdalena 7 Authors: Roberto Lahsen (rlahsen@entelchile.net), Gurgen Mahari (gmahari@best.am) and Frank Ballesteros f-balles@uniandes.edu.co) Last updated: 16 Mar 2000 (C) Copyright Roberto Lahsen, Gurgen Mahari, Frank Ballesteros and RSSSF 1999/2000