1969 Campeonato Profesional

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Campeonato Profesional
Season1969
Champions Deportivo Cali (3rd title)
Copa Libertadores Deportivo Cali
América de Cali
Top goalscorer Hugo Horacio Lóndero (24 goals)
1968
1970

The 1969 Campeonato Profesional was the 21st season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 14 teams competed against one another. Deportivo Cali won the Torneo Apertura, while Millonarios won the Torneo Clausura. Cali went on to win their third league title in the triangular final which was held in January 1970, while América de Cali earned the right to enter the 1970 Copa Libertadores instead of Millonarios. Hugo Horacio Lóndero, playing for América de Cali, was the topscorer with 24 goals. [1]

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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 y Londoño
Santa Fe Bogotá Estadio El Campín
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Estadio Eduardo Santos

Torneo Apertura

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Deportivo Cali 2614845532+2336Triangular Final
2 América de Cali 26101333625+1133
3 Millonarios 26111054537+832
4 Deportes Quindío 26101063529+630
5 Junior 2610884239+328
6 Cúcuta Deportivo 26114114642+426
7 Atlético Bucaramanga 2681082824+426
8 Once Caldas 2689937481125
9 Santa Fe 2671095755+224
10 Independiente Medellín 2695124246423
11 Deportivo Pereira 2695124147623
12 Unión Magdalena 26691126381221
13 Deportes Tolima 26761338491120
14 Atlético Nacional 26491330451517
Source: RSSSF

Torneo Finalización

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Millonarios 2618444113+2840Triangular Final
2 Deportivo Cali 2618444119+2240
3 Deportes Quindío 26111053722+1532
4 Deportivo Pereira 26111053729+832
5 América de Cali 2612684326+1730
6 Junior 2610974742+529
7 Once Caldas 2610793635+127
8 Santa Fe 2681083835+326
9 Deportes Tolima 26106103433+126
10 Atlético Nacional 26841426411520
11 Unión Magdalena 26491323462317
12 Atlético Bucaramanga 26641626462016
13 Independiente Medellín 26471535521715
14 Cúcuta Deportivo 26541727522514
Source: RSSSF
Millonarios 11 Deportivo Cali
Deportivo Cali 00 Millonarios
Millonarios 11 Deportivo Cali
Penalties
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5–0Soccerball shade cross.svg Lallana

Note: Millonarios took all their five penalties first, and Cali given the chance to match them. However, Cali missed their first penalty and the game ended there, as Millonarios had scored all of theirs.

Triangular Final

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Deportivo Cali (C)431074+37Qualified for 1970 Copa Libertadores
2 América de Cali 41126713
3 Millonarios 41032422
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions


 Campeonato Profesional
1969 champion 
Deportivo Cali
3rd title

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
1 Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Hugo Horacio Lóndero América de Cali 24
2 Flag of Uruguay.svg Walter Sossa Santa Fe 23
Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Pedro Prospitti
4 Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Juan Carlos Lallana Deportivo Cali 21
5 Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Eduardo Curia América de Cali 20
6 Flag of Colombia.svg Alfredo Arango Unión Magdalena 18
Flag of Colombia.svg Edison Angulo Deportivo Pereira
Flag of Colombia.svg Orlando Mesa Deportes Quindío
9 Flag of Brazil.svg Airton Dos Santos Junior 16
Flag of Colombia.svg Gustavo Santa Atlético Nacional

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1969

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References

  1. "Colombia 1969". RSSSF . Retrieved 27 May 2021.