1954 Campeonato Profesional

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.

Campeonato Profesional
Season1954
ChampionsAtlético Nacional (1st title)
Matches played90
Goals scored349 (3.88 per match)
Top goalscorerCarlos Gambina (21)
Biggest home winAtlético Nacional 8–1 Unión Magdalena
Biggest away winSanta Fe 2–8 Atlético Nacional
Santa Fe 0–6 Atlético Quindío
Highest scoringSanta Fe 2–8 Atlético Nacional
← 1953
1955 →

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 Escobara
Atlético Manizales Manizales Estadio Palogrande
Atlético Nacional Medellín Estadio Atanasio Girardot
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
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion.

Results
Home \ Away 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[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 1–4 2–2 2–2 2–4 –[lower-alpha 2]
Deportivo Cali 3–3 0–2 1–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 0–1 1–3 3–4 1–3 2–1
Unión Magdalena 1–0[lower-alpha 1] 4–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–1[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 1–4 2–2
Atlético Manizales 0–0 0–4 5–2 1–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–5 2–0 2–5 2–2 2–2
Medellín 6–1 3–1 4–2 1–0[lower-alpha 1] 6–1 0–2 2–2 5–4 6–0
Millonarios 1–2 1–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–2 –[lower-alpha 2] 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 –[lower-alpha 2] –[lower-alpha 2] 3–3 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–8 0–6
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Matches that Unión Magdalena and Boca Juniors de Cali didn't play.
  2. Matches not played.

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
Alberto Cazaubón Atlético Quindío 11
6 Alfredo Mosquera Atlético Nacional 10
Roberto Urruti Atlético Quindío 10
8 Antony Franjić Santa Fe 9
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
  1. arcotriunfal.com - Así fue el famoso Pacto de Lima Archived 2013-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Ruíz Bonilla, Guillermo (2008). La gran historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano. Ediciones Dayscript. pp. 12–14, 19. ISBN 978-958-987-1300.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2014-01-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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