1953 Campeonato Profesional

Campeonato Profesional
Season 1953
Champions Millonarios (4th title)
Matches played 132
Goals scored 535 (4.05 per match)
Top goalscorer Mario Garelli (20)
Biggest home win Santa Fe 7–0 Unión Magdalena
Biggest away win Junior 0–4 Atlético Nacional
Atlético Nacional 1–5 Deportivo Cali
Deportivo Pereira 1–5 Boca Juniors
Sporting 0–4 Santa Fe
Highest scoring Deportivo Pereira 4–7 Atlético Nacional
Atlético Quindío 8–3 Sporting
1952
1954

The 1953 Campeonato Profesional was the sixth season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 12 teams compete against one another and played each weekend. The tournament was notable for being the fifth and last year of El Dorado. Millonarios won the league for 4th time in its history and for the third time in a row after getting 35 points.

Background

The tournament was the fifth year of El Dorado, after the DIMAYOR agreed the Pacto de Lima[1] with the FIFA, with the requirement that the foreign players would return to their countries the next year.

12 teams competed in the tournament, three less than the previous year: Deportivo Manizales and Universidad were dissolved, while América de Cali and Independiente Medellín were bankrupt and did not join.[2] Deportivo Samarios was refounded as Unión Magdalena.[3] Millonarios won the championship for the third consecutive time, getting their fourth league title.

League system

Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference. The team with the most points is the champion of the league.

Teams

Locations of the 1953 Campeonato Profesional teams:

1. Armenia
2. Barranquilla
3. Bogotá

4. Bucaramanga
5. Cali
6. Cúcuta

7. Medellín
8. Pereira
9. Santa Marta

Team City Stadium
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Estadio Alfonso López
Atlético Nacional Medellín Estadio San Fernando
Atlético Quindío Armenia Estadio San José de Armenia
Boca Juniors Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta Estadio General Santander
Deportivo Cali Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Estadio Alberto Mora Mora
Junior Barranquilla Estadio Romelio Martínez
Millonarios Bogotá Estadio El Campín
Santa Fe Bogotá Estadio El Campín
Sporting de Barranquilla Barranquilla Estadio Romelio Martínez
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Estadio Eduardo Santos

Final standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 Millonarios (C) 22 14 7 1 51 22+29 35
2 Quindío 22 14 5 3 66 40+26 33
3 Boca Juniors 22 13 5 4 44 30+14 31
4 Santa Fe 22 12 5 5 57 30+27 29
5 Cúcuta Deportivo 22 11 4 7 58 42+16 26
6 Deportivo Cali 22 9 8 5 38 30+8 26
7 Atlético Nacional 22 10 5 7 57 45+12 25
8 Unión Magdalena 22 6 3 13 35 5823 15
9 Sporting 22 6 3 13 38 6830 15
10 Junior 22 4 7 11 38 5315 15
11 Deportivo Pereira 22 6 2 14 42 7230 14
12 Atlético Bucaramanga 22 0 0 22 11 4534 0

Results

Home \ Away[1] BJ BUC CALCUCJUNMAGMILNACPERQUISFESPB
Boca Juniors 41 20 32 31 22 12 10 10 21 11 01
Atlético Bucaramanga 01[4] 01 01[4] 25 01 01[4] 01 01[4] 01[4] 12 01
Deportivo Cali 22 10[4] 33 22 11 24 01 22 12 10 52
Cúcuta Deportivo 22 53 01 31 40 00 22 30 13 50 60
Junior 13 10[4] 11 22 20 22 04 50 33 12 03
Unión Magdalena 12[5] 10[4] 01 13 21 02 33 51 53 14 13
Millonarios 31 51 31 21 41 53 11 50 01 11 42
Atlético Nacional 11 51 15 52 30 52 22 13 33 32 72
Deportivo Pereira 15 31 13 45 21 42 02 47 35 12 33
Quindío 13 21 11 32 62 52 11 41 72 10[6] 83
Santa Fe 50 10[4] 00 41 33 70 11 41 54 34 60
Sporting 24 10[4] 24 45 33 02 01 31 23 11 04

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Argentina Mario Garelli Atlético Quindío 20
2 Argentina Rubén Padín Santa Fe 19
3 Argentina Felipe Marino Sporting 17
4 Uruguay Abraham González Cúcuta Deportivo 16
Argentina Rubí Cerioni Deportivo Cali 16
6 Paraguay Francisco Solano Patiño Boca Juniors 14
Uruguay Juan Carlos Toja Cúcuta Deportivo 14
Argentina Elger Alarcón Atlético Quindío 14
9 Argentina Rubén Deibe Santa Fe 13
10 Argentina Raúl Dimarco Junior 12

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1953

1953 Campeonato Profesional Champion
Millonarios
Fourth Title

References

  1. arcotriunfal.com - Así fue el famoso Pacto de Lima
  2. Asociación de Clubes del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano - Historia 1953 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Ruíz Bonilla, Guillermo (2008). La gran historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano. Ediciones Dayscript. p. 12-14; 19. ISBN 978-958-987-1300.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Atlético Bucaramanga withdrew from the tournament, so the remaining games left in walkover
  5. Played again. The original score was 3–1.
  6. Santa Fe did not submit the required documents, so Atlético Quindío won the match as walkover

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