2008 Categoría Primera A season
The 2008 Categoría Primera A season is the 61st season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The first division started on February 1. This season they have the newcomer from the second division Categoría Primera B, Envigado FC, and the relegated team of Real Cartagena.
The second phase of the 2008 Opening Tournament takes two groups of four teams. It is disputed between the best eight teams in the first phase, later they are distributed in two groups of four by groups being divided by odd and even numbers. The winners of each group will advance to the Finals to define a champion.
Last Update: June 24, 2008 *
Last Update: June 24, 2008 *
The first and second legs of the final are scheduled to be played on July 2 and July 6, respectively.
Last updated: 2008-11-15
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The second phase of the 2008 Final Tournament takes two groups of four teams. It is disputed between the best eight teams in the first phase, later they are distributed in two groups of four by groups being divided by odd and even numbers. The winners of each group will advance to the Finals to defined a champion. The first tie-breaking criteria is the position in the 2008-II General Standing.
Besides the Opening and Closing champions, the team with the best overall points earned will advance to the Preliminary Round of Copa Libertadores 2009. Also, the team with the second best overall points will advance to Copa Sudamericana 2009, along with the Copa Colombia 2008 champions.
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