1954 Campeonato Profesional

Campeonato Profesional
Season 1954
Champions Atlético Nacional (1st title)
Matches played 90
Goals scored 349 (3.88 per match)
Top goalscorer Carlos Gambina (21)
Biggest home win Atlético Nacional 8–1 Unión Magdalena
Biggest away win Santa Fe 2–8 Atlético Nacional
Santa Fe 0–6 Atlético Quindío
Highest scoring Santa Fe 2–8 Atlético Nacional
1953
1955

The 1954 Campeonato Profesional was the seventh season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 10 teams compete against one another and played each weekend. The tournament was notable for being the sixth and last year of El Dorado. Atlético Nacional won the league for 1st time in its history after getting 31 points. Millonarios, the defending champion, was 5th with 18 points.

Background

The tournament was the sixth and last year of El Dorado. The Pacto de Lima[1] with the FIFA forced the foreign players to return to their countries in October. It was a very irregular tournament in which four matches were not played and seven were suspended by walkover.

10 teams competed in the tournament, two less than the previous year: Atlético Bucaramanga, Cúcuta Deportivo, Deportivo Pereira and Junior withdrew due to financial problems, Sporting de Barranquilla was dissolved,[2] while América de Cali and Independiente Medellín return to the tournament. Atlético Manizales come in as the only new team.[3] Atlético Nacional won the championship for first time, losing only against Boca Juniors de Cali through the tournament.

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 1954 Campeonato Profesional teams:

1. Armenia
2. Bogotá

3. Cali
4. Manizales

5. Medellín
6. Santa Marta

Team City Stadium
América Cali Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobara
Atlético Manizales Manizales Estadio Palogrande
Atlético Nacional Medellín Estadio San Fernando
Atlético Quindío Armenia Estadio San José de Armenia
Boca Juniors Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Deportivo Cali Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Independiente Medellín Medellín Estadio San Fernando
Millonarios Bogotá Estadio El Campín
Santa Fe Bogotá Estadio El Campín
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Estadio Eduardo Santos

a América played its home games at Palmira

Final standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 Atlético Nacional (C) 18 14 3 1 58 26+32 31
2 Quindío 18 11 3 4 56 27+29 25
3 Independiente Medellín 18 11 2 5 48 24+24 24
4 Atlético Manizales 18 8 4 6 31 343 20
5 Millonarios 17 7 4 6 31 28+3 18
6 Boca Juniors 16 6 3 7 32 320 15
7 América 18 4 7 7 33 4714 15
8 Unión Magdalena 17 5 2 10 20 3616 12
9 Deportivo Cali 17 2 3 12 24 4420 7
10 Santa Fe 15 1 3 11 16 5135 5

Results

Home \ Away[1] AME BJ CALMAGMANMEDMILNACQUISFE
América 15 21 42 11 11 22 26 22 61
Boca Juniors 41 22 10[4] 02 14 22 22 24 [5]
Deportivo Cali 33 02 10[4] 21 01 13 34 13 21
Unión Magdalena 10[4] 42 30 12 10 01[4] 01 14 22
Atlético Manizales 00 04 52 10[4] 25 20 25 22 22
Medellín 61 31 42 10[4] 61 02 22 54 60
Millonarios 12 10[4] 22 [5] 24 21 11 35 60
Atlético Nacional 52 34 21 81 21 10 32 10 20
Atlético Quindío 33 30 52 60 01 21 30 12 31
Santa Fe 30 [5] [5] 33 02 12 01 28 06

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Argentina Carlos Gambina Atlético Nacional 21
2 Uruguay Antonio Sacco Independiente Medellín 19
3 Argentina Mario Garelli Atlético Quindío 14
4 Argentina Rubén Padín Atlético Manizales 11
Argentina Alberto Cazaubón Atlético Quindío 11
6 Colombia Alfredo Mosquera Atlético Nacional 10
Argentina Roberto Urruti Atlético Quindío 10
8 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Antony Franjić Santa Fe 9
Colombia Fernando Rengifo Boca Juniors 9
10 Argentina Elger Alarcón Atlético Quindío 8

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1954

1954 Campeonato Profesional Champion
Atlético Nacional
First Title

References

  1. arcotriunfal.com - Así fue el famoso Pacto de Lima
  2. Ruíz Bonilla, Guillermo (2008). La gran historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano. Ediciones Dayscript. p. 12-14; 19. ISBN 978-958-987-1300.
  3. Asociación de Clubes del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano - Historia 1954 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Matches that Unión Magdalena and Boca Juniors de Cali didn't play.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Matches not played.

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