Colombian Professional Football
The Categoría Primera A, From 1990 to 2010, Copa Mustang, due to a contract with Protabaco, a tobacco industry that produced Mustang cigarettes, (that ended in 2010 due to an anti-tobacco law) and thus, Dimayor had to look for a sponsor, as it was an immediate effect law. is the professional football league of Colombia. It is the country's premier football tournament and sits at the top of the Colombian football league system. Eighteen clubs play in the league. The División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano, better known as Dimayor, operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Categoría Primera B. Because of sponsorship by soft drink company Postobón will sponsor the league for the next five years and the league will be called Liga Postobón .
The league was started in 1947 by Alfonso Senior Quevedo, president of Adefútbol. Due to some political problems between 1947 and 1948, the league's first season was in 1948, and has been held yearly since. Since the 1968 season the league has used the Apertura and Clausura system, although they have only crowned a champion for each tournament since the 2002 season. In 1989, the season was cancelled mid-way through because of the assassination of a referee.
Fourteen teams have been crowned Colombian football champion. The most successful club and the current champion is Millonarios with their 14th title.
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