1953 Campeonato Profesional

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Campeonato Profesional
Season1953
Champions Millonarios (4th title)
Matches132
Goals535 (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
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The 1953 Campeonato Profesional was the sixth season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Twelve 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 the fourth time in its history and for the third time in a row after getting 35 points.

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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.

Twelve teams competed in the tournament, three fewer 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

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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
TeamCityStadium
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Estadio Alfonso López
Atlético Nacional Medellín Estadio Atanasio Girardot
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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Millonarios (C)2214715122+2935
2 Quindío 2214536640+2633
3 Boca Juniors 2213544430+1431
4 Santa Fe 2212555730+2729
5 Cúcuta Deportivo 2211475842+1626
6 Deportivo Cali 229853830+826
7 Atlético Nacional 2210575745+1225
8 Unión Magdalena 2263133558−2315
9 Sporting 2263133868−3015
10 Junior 2247113853−1515
11 Deportivo Pereira 2262144272−3014
12 Atlético Bucaramanga 2200221145−340
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away BJ BUC CAL CUC JUN MAG MIL NAC PER QUI SFE SPB
Boca Juniors 4–12–03–23–12–21–21–01–02–11–10–1
Atlético Bucaramanga 0–1 [a] 0–10–1 [a] 2–50–10–1 [a] 0–10–1 [a] 0–1 [a] 1–20–1
Deportivo Cali 2–21–0 [a] 3–32–21–12–40–12–21–21–05–2
Cúcuta Deportivo 2–25–30–13–14–00–02–23–01–35–06–0
Junior 1–31–0 [a] 1–12–22–02–20–45–03–31–20–3
Unión Magdalena 1–2 [b] 1–0 [a] 0–11–32–10–23–35–15–31–41–3
Millonarios 3–15–13–12–14–15–31–15–00–11–14–2
Atlético Nacional 1–15–11–55–23–05–22–21–33–33–27–2
Deportivo Pereira 1–53–11–34–52–14–20–24–73–51–23–3
Quindío 1–32–11–13–26–25–21–14–17–21–0 [c] 8–3
Santa Fe 5–01–0 [a] 0–04–13–37–01–14–15–43–46–0
Sporting 2–41–0 [a] 2–44–53–30–20–13–12–31–10–4
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Atlético Bucaramanga withdrew from the tournament, so the remaining games left in walkover
  2. ↑ Played again. The original score was 3–1.
  3. ↑ Santa Fe did not submit the required documents, so Atlético Quindío won the match as walkover

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
1 Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Mario Garelli Atlético Quindío 20
2 Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Rubén Padín Santa Fe 19
3 Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Felipe Marino Sporting 17
4 Flag of Uruguay.svg Abraham González Cúcuta Deportivo 16
Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Rubí Cerioni Deportivo Cali 16
6 Flag of Paraguay (1842-1954).svg Francisco Solano Patiño Boca Juniors 14
Flag of Uruguay.svg Juan Carlos Toja Cúcuta Deportivo 14
Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Elger Alarcón Atlético Quindío 14
9 Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Rubén Deibe Santa Fe 13
10 Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Raúl Dimarco Junior 12

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1953

References

  1. ↑ arcotriunfal.com - Así fue el famoso Pacto de Lima Archived 2013-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Asociación de Clubes del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano". Archived from the original on 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
  3. ↑ Ruíz Bonilla, Guillermo (2008). La gran historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano. Ediciones Dayscript. pp. 12–14, 19. ISBN   978-958-987-1300.
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