The 2005 Categoría Primera A season was the 58th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Atlético Nacional won the Campeonato Apertura and Deportivo Cali won the Campeonato Finalizacion.
Campeonato Apertura
The Copa Mustang 2005-I is the first tournament of the year. This season included the new team Boyacá Chicó; changing its name from Chico FC, they also moved to Tunja from Bogotá. The season began on February 12, and concluded on June 26.
First stage
Standings
| | Qualified for Semifinal Group Stage |
| | Didn't Qualify |
Fixtures
| Fixture 1 - February 13, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Envigado | 4 - 1 | Millonarios | | Cali | 0 - 1 | Medellín | | Nacional | 2 - 1 | América | | Tolima | 1 - 1 | Pasto | | Santa Fe | 3 - 1 | Quindío | | Once Caldas | 1 - 0 | Cartagena | | Chico FC | 1 - 0 | Huila | | Bucaramanga | 0 - 1 | Pereira | | Magdalena | 1 - 0 | Junior | | | Fixture 2 - February 16, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Huila | 0 - 0 | Tolima | | Millonarios | 2 - 2 | Chico FC | | Pereira | 1 - 1 | Envigado | | Medellín | 0 - 1 | Bucaramanga | | Cartagena | 1 - 3 | Nacional | | Quindío | 0 - 1 | Once Caldas | | Pasto | 1 - 1 | Santa Fe | | Junior | 3 - 3 | Cali | | América | 2 - 1 | Magdalena | |
| Fixture 3 - February 19, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Nacional | 3 - 0 | Quindío | | Santa Fe | 0 - 2 | Tolima | | Magdalena | 0 - 1 | Cartagena | | Bucaramanga | 0 - 2 | Junior | | Envigado | 3 - 3 | Medellín | | Chico FC | 2 - 1 | Pereira | | Huila | 1 - 1 | Millonarios | | Once Caldas | 1 - 1 | Pasto | | América | 0 - 0 | Cali | | | Fixture 4 - February 26 & February 27, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Santa Fe | 1 - 0 | Once Caldas | | Tolima | 3 - 3 | Millonarios | | Pereira | 0 - 0 | Huila | | Junior | 3 - 2 | Envigado | | América | 1 - 2 | Bucaramanga | | Cartagena | 0 - 1 | Cali | | Quindío | 2 - 0 | Magdalena | | Pasto | 1 - 1 | Nacional | | Medellín | 1 - 0 | Chico FC | |
| Fixture 5 - March 2, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Nacional | 1 - 1 | Santa Fe | | Magdalena | 2 - 0 | Pasto | | Cali | 3 - 0 | Quindío | | Bucaramanga | 0 - 1 | Cartagena | | Envigado | 1 - 1 | América | | Huila | 1 - 0 | Medellín | | Millonarios | 3 - 2 | Pereira | | Once Caldas | 1 - 2 | Tolima | | Chico FC | 2 - 0 | Junior | | | Fixture 6 - March 5 & March 6, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Medellín | 2 - 1 | Millonarios | | Tolima | 2 - 0 | Pereira | | Junior | 1 - 0 | Huila | | América | 1 - 1 | Chico FC | | Cartagena | 0 - 1 | Envigado | | Quindío | 2 - 1 | Bucaramanga | | Pasto | 1 - 0 | Cali | | Santa Fe | 0 - 0 | Magdalena | | Once Caldas | 1 - 2 | Nacional | |
| Fixture 7 - March 12 & March 13, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Cali | 1 - 1 | Santa Fe | | Nacional | 1 - 3 | Tolima | | Magdalena | 1 - 1 | Once Caldas | | Bucaramanga | 2 - 0 | Pasto | | Envigado | 3 - 0 | Quindío | | Chico FC | 1 - 2 | Cartagena | | Huila | 3 - 0 | América | | Millonarios | 0 - 0 | Junior | | Pereira | 3 - 0 | Medellín | | | Fixture 8 - March 16, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Santa Fe | 0 - 0 | Bucaramanga | | Tolima | 0 - 0 | Medellín | | América | 1 - 1 | Millonarios | | Cartagena | 1 - 1 | Huila | | Quindío | 1 - 0 | Chico FC | | Pasto | 2 - 1 | Envigado | | Once Caldas | 1 - 1 | Cali | | Nacional | 2 - 0 | Magdalena | | Junior | 2 - 0 | Pereira | |
| Fixture 9 - March 20, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Millonarios | 0 - 3 | Santa Fe | | Pereira | 2 - 2 | Once Caldas | | Medellín | 0 - 4 | Nacional | | Junior | 0 - 1 | Magdalena | | Cali | 2 - 0 | América | | Cartagena | 1 - 0 | Bucaramanga | | Quindío | 1 - 4 | Envigado | | Pasto | 1 - 0 | Chico FC | | Tolima | 1 - 2 | Huila | | | Fixture 10 - April 3, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Cali | 3 - 3 | Nacional | | Envigado | 2 - 1 | Santa Fe | | Magdalena | 0 - 0 | Tolima | | Bucaramanga | 1 - 1 | Once Caldas | | Chico FC | 3 - 4 | Pasto | | Huila | 2 - 0 | Quindío | | Millionarios | 2 - 1 | Cartagena | | Pereira | 1 - 2 | América | | Medellín | 1 - 0 | Junior | |
| Fixture 11 - April 6, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Tolima | 1 - 1 | Junior | | Quindío | 3 - 3 | Millonarios | | Pasto | 3 - 1 | Huila | | Santa Fe | 1 - 0 | Chico FC | | Once Caldas | 2 - 2 | Envigado | | Nacional | 3 - 2 | Bucaramanga | | Magdalena | 2 - 0 | Cali | | América | 3 - 2 | Medellín | | Cartagena | 1 - 1 | Pereira | | | Fixture 12 - April 10, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Envigado | 2 - 4 | Nacional | | Cali | 1 - 2 | Tolima | | Bucaramanga | 2 - 1 | Magdalena | | Junior | 5 - 3 | América | | Chico FC | 1 - 1 | Once Caldas | | Huila | 0 - 0 | Santa Fe | | Millonarios | 2 - 2 | Pasto | | Pereira | 1 - 1 | Quindío | | Medellín | 2 - 1 | Cartagena | |
| Fixture 13 - April 17, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Nacional | 2 - 0 | Chico FC | | Tolima | 0 - 0 | América | | Cartagena | 3 - 1 | Junior | | Quindío | 0 - 0 | Medellín | | Santa Fe | 0 - 1 | Millonarios | | Once Caldas | 1 - 0 | Huila | | Pasto | 0 - 0 | Pereira | | Magdalena | 1 - 3 | Envigado | | Cali | 2 - 0 | Bucaramanga | | | Fixture 14 - April 24, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Millonarios | 0 - 3 | Once Caldas | | América | 2 - 1 | Cartagena | | Bucaramanga | 0 - 0 | Tolima | | Envigado | 0 - 0 | Cali | | Chico FC | 1 - 0 | Magdalena | | Huila | 0 - 0 | Nacional | | Pereira | 0 - 1 | Santa Fe | | Medellín | 2 - 1 | Pasto | | Junior | 3 - 1 | Quindío | |
| Fixture 15 - May 1, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Santa Fe | 2 - 1 | Medellín | | Tolima | 1 - 2 | Cartagena | | Quindío | 1 - 0 | América | | Pasto | 2 - 1 | Junior | | Once Caldas | 1 - 0 | Pereira | | Nacional | 1 - 1 | Millonarios | | Magdalena | 0 - 1 | Huila | | Cali | 1 - 0 | Chico FC | | Bucaramanga | 0 - 0 | Envigado | | | Fixture 16 - May 7, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Envigado | 2 - 0 | Tolima | | Chico FC | 2 - 0 | Bucaramanga | | Huila | 2 - 0 | Cali | | Millonarios | 1 - 0 | Magdalena | | Pereira | 1 - 1 | Nacional | | Medellín | 1 - 0 | Once Caldas | | Junior | 1 - 1 | Santa Fe | | América | 1 - 0 | Pasto | | Cartagena | 1 - 0 | Quindío | |
| Fixture 17 - May 11, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Tolima | 3 - 0 | Quindío | | Pasto | 1 - 1 | Cartagena | | Santa Fe | 2 - 5 | América | | Once Caldas | 2 - 1 | Junior | | Nacional | 3 - 1 | Medellín | | Magdalena | 1 - 1 | Pereira | | Cali | 4 - 2 | Millonarios | | Bucaramanga | 2 - 0 | Huila | | Envigado | 1 - 2 | Chico FC | | | Fixture 18 - May 15, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Chico FC | 0 - 0 | Tolima | | Huila | 2 - 1 | Envigado | | Millonarios | 1 - 1 | Bucaramanga | | Pereira | 0 - 2 | Cali | | Medellín | 5 - 0 | Magdalena | | América | 1 - 1 | Once Caldas | | Junior | 2 - 0 | Nacional | | Cartagena | 0 - 2 | Santa Fe | | Quindío | 1 - 1 | Pasto | |
Semifinals
The second phase of the 2005-I tournament consisted of two groups of 4 teams. This was disputed by the best eight teams from the first phase of the tournament. The winners of each group face in the finals to define a champion.
Group A
| Fixture 1 - May 18, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Nacional | 0 - 0 | Cali | | Tolima | 3 - 1 | Medellín | | | Fixture 2 - May 22, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Cali | 0 - 1 | Tolima | | Medellín | 1 - 2 | Nacional | |
| Fixture 3 - May 25, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Cali | 1 - 2 | Medellín | | Nacional | 4 - 1 | Tolima | | | Fixture 4 - November 26, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Medellín | 4 - 3 | Cali | | Tolima | 1 - 1 | Nacional | |
| Fixture 5 - June 15, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Tolima | 3 - 1 | Cali | | Nacional | 2 - 1 | Medellín | | | Fixture 6 - June 19, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Cali | 1 - 2 | Nacional | | Medellín | 2 - 4 | Tolima | |
Group B
| Fixture 1 - May 18, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Santa Fe | 4 - 2 | Huila | | Envigado | 2 - 1 | Once Caldas | | | Fixture 2 - May 22, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Huila | 2 - 2 | Envigado | | Once Caldas | 0 - 1 | Santa Fe | |
| Fixture 3 - May 25, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Huila | 2 - 2 | Once Caldas | | Santa Fe | 0 - 2 | Envigado | | | Fixture 4 - June 11, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Envigado | 0 - 1 | Santa Fe | | Once Caldas | 2 - 2 | Huila | |
| Fixture 5 - June 15, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Envigado | 2 - 1 | Huila | | Santa Fe | 2 - 0 | Once Caldas | | | Fixture 6 - June 19, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Huila | 1 - 0 | Santa Fe | | Once Caldas | 1 - 1 | Envigado | |
Finals
Campeonato Finalización
The Copa Mustang 2005-II was the second tournament of the year. The season began on July 10 and finished December 18.
First stage
Standings
| | Qualified for Semifinal Group Stage. |
| | Didn't Qualify |
Fixtures
| Fixture 1 - July 10, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Pasto | 2 - 1 | Tolima | | Quindío | 0 - 0 | Santa Fe | | Cartagena | 3 - 0 | Once Caldas | | América | 1 - 0 | Nacional | | Junior | 2 - 1 | Magdalena | | Medellín | 0 - 1 | Cali | | Pereira | 1 - 0 | Bucaramanga | | Millonarios | 2 - 1 | Envigado | | Huila | 3 - 0 | Chico FC | | | Fixture 2 - July 16, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Cali | 4 - 1 | Junior | | Tolima | 2 - 0 | Huila | | Chico FC | 0 - 2 | Millonarios | | Envigado | 2 - 1 | Pereira | | Bucaramanga | 4 - 0 | Medellín | | Magdalena | 1 - 3 | América | | Nacional | 1 - 1 | Cartagena | | Once Caldas | 1 - 0 | Quindío | | Santa Fe | 2 - 0 | Pasto | |
| Fixture 3 - February 19, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Millonarios | 2 - 0 | Huila | | Tolima | 2 - 1 | Santa Fe | | Pasto | 1 - 0 | Once Caldas | | Quindío | 1 - 1 | Nacional | | Cartagena | 2 - 1 | Magdalena | | Junior | 0 - 0 | Bucaramanga | | Medellín | 1 - 1 | Envigado | | Pereira | 2 - 0 | Chico FC | | América | 2 - 0 | Cali | | | Fixture 4 - July 30 & July 31, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Once Caldas | 0 - 0 | Santa Fe | | Millonarios | 2 - 0 | Tolima | | Envigado | 3 - 0 | Junior | | Chico FC | 2 - 1 | Medellín | | Bucaramanga | 0 - 2 | América | | Cali | 2 - 2 | Cartagena | | Magdalena | 0 - 1 | Quindío | | Nacional | 1 - 0 | Pasto | | Huila | 1 - 2 | Pereira | |
| Fixture 5 - August 3, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Tolima | 3 - 1 | Once Caldas | | Santa Fe | 1 - 2 | Nacional | | Pasto | 1 - 1 | Magdalena | | Quindío | 1 - 1 | Cali | | Cartagena | 3 - 0 | Bucaramanga | | América | 1 - 0 | Envigado | | Junior | 2 - 1 | Chico FC | | Medellín | 4 - 1 | Huila | | Pereira | 0 - 2 | Millonarios | | | Fixture 6 - August 6 & August 7, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Millonarios | 1 - 0 | Medellín | | Pereira | 2 - 0 | Tolima | | Huila | 1 - 2 | Junior | | Chico FC | 1 - 0 | América | | Envigado | 1 - 1 | Cartagena | | Bucaramanga | 2 - 0 | Quindío | | Cali | 2 - 2 | Pasto | | Magdalena | 1 - 1 | Santa Fe | | Nacional | 2 - 1 | Once Caldas | |
| Fixture 7 - August 13 & August 14, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Tolima | 1 - 1 | Nacional | | Once Caldas | 4 - 0 | Magdalena | | Santa Fe | 1 - 3 | Cali | | Pasto | 1 - 0 | Bucaramanga | | Quindío | 2 - 0 | Envigado | | Cartagena | 2 - 1 | Chico FC | | América | 2 - 1 | Huila | | Junior | 4 - 3 | Millonarios | | Medellín | 2 - 0 | Pereira | | | Fixture 8 - August 20, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Cali | 3 - 0 | Once Caldas | | Medellín | 0 - 2 | Tolima | | Pereira | 2 - 1 | Junior | | Huila | 2 - 2 | Cartagena | | Chico FC | 0 - 2 | Quindío | | Bucaramanga | 3 - 0 | Santa Fe | | Magdalena | 2 - 2 | Nacional | | Millonarios | 0 - 1 | América | | Envigado | 2 - 0 | Pasto | |
| Fixture 9 - August 28, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Chico FC | 0 - 2 | Pasto | | Once Caldas | 3 - 3 | Pereira | | Santa Fe | 1 - 0 | Millonarios | | Nacional | 3 - 2 | Medellín | | Magdalena | 1 - 2 | Junior | | Bucaramanga | 2 - 1 | Cartagena | | Cali | 1 - 2 | América | | Envigado | 2 - 1 | Quindío | | Huila | 2 - 1 | Tolima | | | Fixture - September 10, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | América | 0 - 1 | Pereira | | Tolima | 1 - 1 | Magdalena | | Nacional | 5 - 0 | Cali | | Santa Fe | 0 - 0 | Envigado | | Pasto | 1 - 1 | Chico FC | | Quindío | 0 - 1 | Huila | | Cartagena | 3 - 1 | Millonarios | | Junior | 2 - 3 | Medellín | |
| Fixture 11 - September 17, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Bucaramanga | 2 - 1 | Nacional | | Junior | 1 - 0 | Tolima | | Medellín | 3 - 1 | América | | Pereira | 1 - 0 | Cartagena | | Milonarios | 1 - 0 | Quindío | | Huila | 0 - 4 | Pasto | | Chico | 0 - 1 | Santa Fe | | Envigado | 1 - 2 | Once Caldas | | Cali | 4 - 2 | Magdalena | | | Fixture 12 - September 25, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Cartagena | 1 - 3 | Medellín | | Tolima | 2 - 0 | Cali | | Magdalena | 0 - 2 | Bucaramanga | | Nacional | 1 - 0 | Envigado | | Once Caldas | 2 - 1 | Chico FC | | Santa Fe | 1 - 0 | Huila | | Pasto | 1 - 0 | Millonarios | | Quindío | 3 - 2 | Pereira | | América | 4 - 1 | Junior | |
| Fixture 13 - October 2, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Millonarios | 1 - 3 | Santa Fe | | Junior | 0 - 0 | Cartagena | | Bucaramanga | 1 - 1 | Cali | | América | 0 - 2 | Tolima | | Medellín | 4 - 0 | Quindío | | Pereira | 5 - 3 | Pasto | | Huila | 3 - 3 | Once Caldas | | Chico FC | 0 - 0 | Nacional | | Envigado | 2 - 1 | Magdalena | | | Fixture 14 - October 16, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Cartagena | 2 - 1 | América | | Tolima | 1 - 0 | Bucaramanga | | Cali | 1 - 1 | Envigado | | Magdalena | 2 - 2 | Chico FC | | Nacional | 1 - 2 | Huila | | Once Caldas | 2 - 1 | Millonarios | | Santa Fe | 4 - 2 | Pereira | | Pasto | 0 - 1 | Medellín | | Quindío | 3 - 1 | Junior | |
| Fixture 15 - October 19, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Cartagena | 2 - 1 | Tolima | | América | 2 - 2 | Quindío | | Junior | 1 - 0 | Pasto | | Huila | 0 - 0 | Magdalena | | Medellín | 1 - 0 | Santa Fe | | Pereira | 0 - 2 | Once Caldas | | Millonarios | 0 - 0 | Nacional | | Chico FC | 0 - 0 | Cali | | Envigado | 2 - 2 | Bucaramanga | | | Fixture 16 - October 23, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Santa Fe | 1 - 0 | Junior | | Tolima | 4 - 1 | Envigado | | Bucaramanga | 1 - 1 | Chico FC | | Cali | 2 - 0 | Huila | | Magdalena | 1 - 1 | Millonarios | | Nacional | 0 - 0 | Pereira | | Once Caldas | 3 - 0 | Medellín | | Pasto | 2 - 0 | América | | Quindío | 1 - 0 | Cartagena | |
| Fixture 17 - October 20, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | América | 2 - 2 | Santa Fe | | Chico FC | 1 - 0 | Envigado | | Huila | 0 - 3 | Bucaramanga | | Junior | 1 - 0 | Once Caldas | | Medellín | 1 - 1 | Nacional | | Millonarios | 1 - 2 | Cali | | Pereira | 3 - 0 | Magdalena | | Quindío | 1 - 0 | Tolima | | Cartagena | 1 - 0 | Pasto | | | Fixture 18 - November 6, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Tolima | 1 - 1 | Chico FC | | Envigado | 1 - 1 | Huila | | Bucaramanga | 2 - 2 | Millonarios | | Cali | 3 - 0 | Pereira | | Magdalena | 0 - 2 | Medellín | | Once Caldas | 1 - 0 | América | | Nacional | 0 - 1 | Junior | | Santa Fe | 1 - 0 | Cartagena | | Pasto | 1 - 0 | Quindío | |
Semifinals
The second phase of the 2006 tournament consisted of two groups of 4 teams. This was disputed by the best eight teams from the first phase of the tournament. The winners of each group face on in the finals to define a champion.
Group A
| Fixture 1 - November 19, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Once Caldas | 2 - 1 | América | | Cali | 2 - 0 | Junior | | | Fixture 2 - November 12, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | América | 1 - 1 | Junior | | Once Caldas | 0 - 1 | Cali | |
| Fixture 3 - November 16, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Junior | 1 - 0 | Once Caldas | | Cali | 0 - 0 | América | | | Fixture 4 - November 26, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Junior | 3 - 2 | Cali | | América | 3 - 2 | Once Caldas | |
| Fixture 5 - December 4, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | América | 2 - 2 | Cali | | Once Caldas | 2 - 0 | Junior | | | Fixture 6 - December 11, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Cali | 3 - 1 | Once Caldas | | Junior | 2 - 1 | América | |
Group B
| Fixture 1 - November 13, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Medellín | 2 - 1 | Pereira | | Santa Fe | 1 - 1 | Cartagena | | | Fixture 2 - November 16, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Pereira | 1 - 0 | Santa Fe | | Cartagena | 1 - 0 | Medellín | |
| Fixture 3 - November 19, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Medellín | 0 - 2 | Santa Fe | | Pereira | 1 - 0 | Cartagena | | | Fixture 4 - November 27, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Cartagena | 3 - 2 | Pereira | | Santa Fe | 1 - 1 | Medellín | |
| Fixture 5 - December 4, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Santa Fe | 2 - 1 | Pereira | | Medellín | 2 - 0 | Cartagena | | | Fixture 6 - December 11, 2005 | | Home | Score | Away | | Pereira | 2 - 4 | Medellín | | Cartagena | 4 - 0 | Santa Fe | |
Finals
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