1951 Campeonato Profesional

The 1951 Campeonato Profesional was the fourth season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 18 teams compete against one another and played each weekend. The tournament was notable for being the third year of El Dorado. Millonarios won the league for 2nd time in its history after getting 60 points. Deportes Caldas, the defending champion, was 10th with 34 points.

Campeonato Profesional
Season1951
ChampionsMillonarios (2nd title)
Matches played306
Goals scored1,271 (4.15 per match)
Top goalscorerAlfredo Di Stéfano (32)
Biggest home winDeportivo Samarios 12–1 Universidad
Biggest away winHuracán 0–8 Santa Fe
Highest scoringDeportivo Samarios 12–1 Universidad
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1952 →

Background

The tournament was the third year of El Dorado. The debutants teams were Deportes Quindío[1] and Deportivo Samarios, while Atlético Municipal changed its name to Atlético Nacional.[2]

Deportivo Samarios was founded by the squad of the Hungária FC when it was disbanded.[3] The first team consisted in 10 Colombians, 8 Hungarians, 2 Yugoslavs, 1 Austrian, 1 Argentine, 1 Italian and 1 Romanian. On August 11, Universidad appointed the poet León de Greiff as executive of the team.

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 1951 Campeonato Profesional teams:
  • 1. Armenia
  • 2. Barranquilla
  • 3. Bogotá
  • 4. Bucaramanga
  • 5. Cali
  • 6. Cúcuta
  • 7. Manizales
  • 8. Medellín
  • 9. Pereira
  • 10. Santa Marta
Team City Stadium
América Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Estadio Alfonso López
Atlético Municipal Medellína Estadio San Fernando
Boca Juniors Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta Estadio General Santander
Deportes Caldas Manizales Estadio Palogrande
Deportes Quindío Armenia Estadio San José de Armenia
Deportivo Cali Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Estadio Libaré
Deportivo Samarios Santa Marta Estadio Eduardo Santos
Huracán de Medellín Medellín Estadio San Fernando
Independiente Medellín Medellín Estadio San Fernando
Junior Barranquilla Estadio Romelio Martínez
Millonarios Bogotá Estadio El Campín
Once Deportivo Manizales Estadio Palogrande
Santa Fe Bogotá Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo
Sporting de Barranquilla Barranquilla Estadio Romelio Martínez
Universidad Bogotá Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo

a Municipal played its home games at Itagüí

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Millonarios (C) 34 28 4 2 98 29 +69 60
2 Boca Juniors 34 22 5 7 110 55 +55 49
3 Cúcuta Deportivo 34 21 6 7 93 56 +37 48
4 Deportivo Cali 34 19 10 5 82 46 +36 48
5 Deportes Quindío 34 15 9 10 70 62 +8 39
6 Santa Fe 34 14 9 11 90 75 +15 37
7 Sporting 34 14 9 11 78 73 +5 37
8 Junior 34 14 8 12 66 58 +8 36
9 Once Deportivo 34 14 7 13 72 66 +6 35
10 Deportes Caldas 34 14 6 14 77 74 +3 34
11 Deportivo Pereira 34 12 10 12 66 67 −1 34
12 Atlético Bucaramanga 34 14 6 14 55 60 −5 34
13 América 34 11 7 16 66 76 −10 29
14 Deportivo Samarios 34 10 7 17 64 69 −5 27
15 Atlético Nacional 34 7 9 18 54 96 −42 23
16 Independiente Medellín 34 6 7 21 51 92 −41 19
17 Universidad 34 5 4 25 48 126 −78 14
18 Huracán 32 2 3 27 33 93 −60 7
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion.

Results
Home \ Away AME BJ BUC CLI CUC CLD HUR JUN DIM MIL NAC OND PER QUI SAM SFE SPB UNI
América 0–2 3–4 1–4 1–3 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–3 4–2 6–2
Boca Juniors 2–1 4–1 5–1 2–3 3–4 9–1 3–2 6–3 0–1 5–1 3–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 3–3 7–2
Atlético Bucaramanga 6–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 4–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 4–1 0–3 1–4
Deportivo Cali 5–1 2–1 5–1 2–1 2–1 5–2 2–0 4–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 7–0
Cúcuta Deportivo 2–0 3–1 5–1 2–2 3–2 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–2 1–2 6–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 6–1
Deportes Caldas 7–5 2–3 2–2 3–1 3–3 1–0 3–3 3–1 1–3 1–0 0–3 3–1 4–3 1–2 0–2 3–2 5–1
Huracán 3–3 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–5 1–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–5 0–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 0–8 0–1 4–0
Junior 4–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 0–3 1–2 4–2 6–1 1–4 2–3 2–4 3–2 3–1 1–4 2–2 2–1 2–0
Independiente Medellín 1–4 1–4 2–2 0–5 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–4 2–3 3–1 0–0 4–0 0–3 1–2 3–2 1–4 0–0
Millonarios 4–0 5–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 3–2 4–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 5–1 7–1 5–2
Atlético Nacional 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–7 1–3 0–1 2–1 4–2 4–6 1–2 2–0
Once Deportivo 1–0 2–5 3–1 2–3 2–2 3–2 3–2 4–2 3–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 2–1 8–1
Deportivo Pereira 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–5 3–2 9–0 2–1 1–1 2–7 2–3 2–2 4–2 4–2 1–2 4–2 2–1
Deportes Quindío 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 0–4 5–1 3–1 2–2 4–1 5–4 2–1 4–1
Deportivo Samarios 2–3 2–4 0–1 2–2 2–5 1–2 1–0 2–3 4–3 0–3 3–1 4–3 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 12–1
Santa Fe 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–3 2–4 2–2 6–2 1–1 4–1 2–2 7–3 1–0 2–2 3–2 3–2 6–2 4–0
Sporting 1–0 3–2 1–3 2–3 2–2 3–2 3–1 1–1 5–3 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–2 2–2 1–1 6–3 5–1
Universidad 2–5 1–5 0–2 0–3 3–5 3–5 1–0 2–2 5–1 0–3 4–0 3–3 2–4 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–5
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Alfredo Di Stéfano Millonarios 31
2 Julio Ávila Deportes Caldas 30
3 Antonio Báez Millonarios 28
4 Alejandrino Genes Boca Juniors 26
5 Ángel Berni Boca Juniors 23
6 Bibiano Zapirain Cúcuta Deportivo 22
Elger Alarcón Deportes Quindío 22
8 Fernando Walter Deportivo Cali 21

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1951

 1951 Campeonato Profesional Champion 
Millonarios
Second title

References
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