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 Escobar^a
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	34	−3	20
5	Millonarios	17	7	4	6	31	28	+3	18
6	Boca Juniors	16	6	3	7	32	32	0	15
7	América	18	4	7	7	33	47	−14	15
8	Unión Magdalena	17	5	2	10	20	36	−16	12
9	Deportivo Cali	17	2	3	12	24	44	−20	7
10	Santa Fe	15	1	3	11	16	51	−35	5

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	AME	BJ	CAL	MAG	MAN	MED	MIL	NAC	QUI	SFE
América		1–5	2–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–6	2–2	6–1
Boca Juniors	4–1		2–2	1–0^[4]	0–2	1–4	2–2	2–2	2–4	^[5]
Deportivo Cali	3–3	0–2		1–0^[4]	2–1	0–1	1–3	3–4	1–3	2–1
Unión Magdalena	1–0^[4]	4–2	3–0		1–2	1–0	0–1^[4]	0–1	1–4	2–2
Atlético Manizales	0–0	0–4	5–2	1–0^[4]		2–5	2–0	2–5	2–2	2–2
Medellín	6–1	3–1	4–2	1–0^[4]	6–1		0–2	2–2	5–4	6–0
Millonarios	1–2	1–0^[4]	2–2	^[5]	2–4	2–1		1–1	3–5	6–0
Atlético Nacional	5–2	3–4	2–1	8–1	2–1	1–0	3–2		1–0	2–0
Atlético Quindío	3–3	3–0	5–2	6–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–2		3–1
Santa Fe	3–0	^[5]	^[5]	3–3	0–2	1–2	0–1	2–8	0–6

Top goalscorers

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

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1954

1954 Campeonato Profesional Champion
Atlético Nacional First Title

References

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

External links

Dimayor Official Page

Categoría Primera A (Liga Águila)

2016 teams	Alianza Petrolera Atlético Bucaramanga Atlético Huila Atlético Nacional Boyacá Chicó Cortuluá Deportes Tolima Deportivo Cali Deportivo Pasto Envigado Fortaleza Independiente Medellín Jaguares Junior La Equidad Millonarios Once Caldas Patriotas Rionegro Águilas Santa Fe

Former teams	América de Cali Boca Juniors Centauros Villavicencio Cúcuta Deportivo Deportes Quindío Deportivo Barranquilla Deportivo Pereira Deportivo Unicosta Huracán Libertad Once Deportivo Oro Negro Real Cartagena Sporting Uniautónoma Unión Magdalena Universidad

Competition	El Dorado Foreign players Seasons & winners Teams Venues

Statistics and records	Records All-time table Topscorers

Seasons	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995–96 1996–97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Associated competitions	Categoría Primera B Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana Copa Libertadores de América Copa Sudamericana

Early competitions	Campeonato Nacional Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá

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