1966 Campeonato Profesional

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Campeonato Profesional
Season1966
Champions Santa Fe (4th title)
Copa Libertadores Santa Fe
Independiente Medellín
Matches played364
Goals scored1,188 (3.26 per match)
Top goalscorer Omar Devani (31 goals)
Biggest home win Junior 7–1 Deportes Quindío
Independiente Medellín 7–1 Atlético Bucaramanga
Biggest away win América de Cali 0–4 Junior
Highest scoring Once Caldas 7–3 Unión Magdalena
1965
1967

The 1966 Campeonato Profesional was the 19th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 14 teams competed against one another. Santa Fe won their fourth league title.

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Background and league system

14 teams competed in the tournament: the same 13 teams from the previous tournament as well as Junior, who returned to the competition after a 13-year absence with the bulk of the team that made up the Colombia national football team during the qualification tournament for the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

The tournament was once again played under a round-robin format, with every team playing each other four times (twice at home and twice away) for a total of 52 matches. 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 became the champion of the league. 364 matches were played during the season, with a total of 1188 goals scored.

Santa Fe won the championship for the fourth time, the runners-up were Independiente Medellín. Both teams qualified for the 1967 Copa Libertadores, marking the return of Colombian clubs to the competition after FIFA lifted the two-year suspension on the Colombian Football Federation due to the conflict between the FIFA-recognized Asociación de Fútbol Colombiano (Adefútbol) and DIMAYOR. Argentine player Omar Devani, who played for Santa Fe, was the season's top goalscorer with 31 goals. [1]

Teams

TeamCityStadium
América de Cali Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Estadio Alfonso López
Atlético Nacional Medellín Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta Estadio General Santander
Deportes Quindío Armenia Estadio San José de Armenia
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Estadio Serrano de Ávila
Deportivo Cali Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Estadio Alberto Mora Mora
Independiente Medellín Medellín Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Junior Barranquilla Estadio Romelio Martínez
Millonarios Bogotá Estadio El Campín
Once Caldas Manizales Estadio Fernando Londoño Londoño
Santa Fe Bogotá Estadio El Campín
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Estadio Eduardo Santos

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Santa Fe (C)5225161110276+2666 1967 Copa Libertadores
2 Independiente Medellín 5225131410673+3363
3 Deportivo Pereira 522413159183+861
4 Once Caldas 5224111710183+1859
5 Millonarios 522312179888+1058
6 Deportivo Cali 522015178376+755
7 Cúcuta Deportivo 521916177772+554
8 Junior 522111209488+653
9 Unión Magdalena 522110217680452
10 América de Cali 521616206069948
11 Atlético Bucaramanga 5213162371891842
12 Atlético Nacional 52151126811032241
13 Deportes Tolima 5215112674982441
14 Deportes Quindío 52121129741103635
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
1 Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg Omar Devani Santa Fe 31
2 Flag of Argentina (alternative).svg Osvaldo Pérez Once Caldas 29
3 Flag of Uruguay.svg Walter Sosa Cúcuta Deportivo 28
4 Flag of Colombia.svg Antonio Rada Junior 27
5 Flag of Uruguay.svg José Omar Verdún Cúcuta Deportivo 21
Flag of Brazil.svg Wagner Rodríguez Unión Magdalena
Flag of Colombia.svg Delio Gamboa Santa Fe
8 Flag of Brazil.svg Dida Junior 20
Flag of Colombia.svg Hermán Aceros Independiente Medellín
Flag of Brazil.svg Eduardo Texeira Lima Millonarios

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1966

 1966 Campeonato Profesional Champion 
Santa Fe
Fourth title

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