Soccer Betting - Mustang Cup
Facts - Teams - Winners
Important Facts
The Mustang Cup is the main division of Colombian football. The team with most Copa Mustang titles is Millionarios with thirteen. América comes in second with twelve titles and Nacional third with eight..
The Mustang Cup setup is split into two 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 three stages: the League Stage, the Group Stage, and the Playoff Stage.
During the league stage eighteen games, with each team playing every other team at least once. The league table is kept like a normal European league table, one point for ties three points for wins. The top eight teams after eighteen games go on to the group stage.
The Playoff stage is two-games, home-and-away playoff. The team with the highest combined score after both games wins. If the game is a tie it proceeds directly to penalties. The away goals rule is not used.
The most notoriously team, America de Cali went two years and four clasuras and aperturas combined leading in first place and only reached the final once and ithas never won a title.
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