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The Mustang Cup is the main division of Colombian football (soccer). Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...
Teams
Club Deportivo Los Millionarios is a Colombian football (soccer) team, based in Bogotá. The club was founded in 1946. ...
Corporación Deportiva América, commonly known as América de Cali, is a Colombian football team, based in Cali. ...
Corporación Deportiva Club Atlético Nacional are a Colombian football team based in Medellín. ...
Corporación Deportiva Independiente Medellín is a Colombian football (soccer) team, based in Medellín. ...
Asociación Deportivo Cali is a Colombian football (soccer) team, based in Cali. ...
Corporación Deportiva Once Caldas is a Colombian football (soccer) team, based in Manizales. ...
Team History The team with most copa mustang titles is Millionarios with 13 although they havent won a title since 1988. America comes in second with 12 titles and Nacioanl 3rd with 7.
Setup The Mustang Cup setup is split into 2 stages the Apertura or Opening and the Clasura or Closing. The apertura takes place during the first half of the year and the clasura during the second half. The Cup has 3 stages the League Stage, The Group Stage, and The Playoff Stage.
The League Stage During the league stage 18 games are played in an everyone versus everyone fashion. The league table is kept like a normal european league table, 1 point for ties 3 points for wins. The top 8 teams at the end of 18 games go on to the group stage.
The Group Stage The top 8 teams advance to two groups of 4 who playoff in a league styled tourny. The top team from each group then advance to the Playoff Stage.
The Playoff Stage The Playoff stage is 2 games one at each home of the two teams in the playoff. The team with the highest combined score after both games wins. If the game is a tie it proceeds directly to penalties.
Stage Conterversy The way the Copa Mustang is set up was changed in 1999. Before the two season and group setting was introduced the Copa was plaid durign the whole year with the team in first place after all the games the victor. Several famous colombian coaches have claimed there disliking of the new layout and several teams have gone first place during the whole league stage to end up not even reaching the final. Most notoriously America de Cali which went 2 years and 4 clasuras and aperturas combined leading in first place for the majority of the team and only reached the final once and never won a new title. Corporación Deportiva América, commonly known as América de Cali, is a Colombian football (soccer) team, based in Cali. ...
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