1953 Campeonato Profesional

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.

Campeonato Profesional
Season1953
ChampionsMillonarios (4th title)
Matches played132
Goals scored535 (4.05 per match)
Top goalscorerMario Garelli (20)
Biggest home winSanta Fe 7–0 Unión Magdalena
Biggest away winJunior 0–4 Atlético Nacional
Atlético Nacional 1–5 Deportivo Cali
Deportivo Pereira 1–5 Boca Juniors
Sporting 0–4 Santa Fe
Highest scoringDeportivo Pereira 4–7 Atlético Nacional
Atlético Quindío 8–3 Sporting
1952
1954

Background

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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

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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 BucaramangaBucaramangaEstadio Alfonso López
Atlético NacionalMedellínEstadio Atanasio Girardot
Atlético QuindíoArmeniaEstadio San José de Armenia
Boca JuniorsCaliEstadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Cúcuta DeportivoCúcutaEstadio General Santander
Deportivo CaliCaliEstadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Deportivo PereiraPereiraEstadio Alberto Mora Mora
JuniorBarranquillaEstadio Romelio Martínez
MillonariosBogotáEstadio El Campín
Santa FeBogotáEstadio El Campín
Sporting de BarranquillaBarranquillaEstadio Romelio Martínez
Unión MagdalenaSanta MartaEstadio Eduardo Santos

Final standings

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Millonarios (C)2214715122+2935
2Quindío2214536640+2633
3Boca Juniors2213544430+1431
4Santa Fe2212555730+2729
5Cúcuta Deportivo2211475842+1626
6Deportivo Cali229853830+826
7Atlético Nacional2210575745+1225
8Unión Magdalena2263133558−2315
9Sporting2263133868−3015
10Junior2247113853−1515
11Deportivo Pereira2262144272−3014
12Atlético Bucaramanga2200221145−340
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ AwayBJBUCCALCUCJUNMAGMILNACPERQUISFESPB
Boca Juniors4–12–03–23–12–21–21–01–02–11–10–1
Atlético Bucaramanga0–1[a]0–10–1[a]2–50–10–1[a]0–10–1[a]0–1[a]1–20–1
Deportivo Cali2–21–0[a]3–32–21–12–40–12–21–21–05–2
Cúcuta Deportivo2–25–30–13–14–00–02–23–01–35–06–0
Junior1–31–0[a]1–12–22–02–20–45–03–31–20–3
Unión Magdalena1–2[b]1–0[a]0–11–32–10–23–35–15–31–41–3
Millonarios3–15–13–12–14–15–31–15–00–11–14–2
Atlético Nacional1–15–11–55–23–05–22–21–33–33–27–2
Deportivo Pereira1–53–11–34–52–14–20–24–73–51–23–3
Quindío1–32–11–13–26–25–21–14–17–21–0[c]8–3
Santa Fe5–01–0[a]0–04–13–37–01–14–15–43–46–0
Sporting2–41–0[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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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

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RankNameClubGoals
1 Mario GarelliAtlético Quindío20
2 Rubén PadínSanta Fe19
3 Felipe MarinoSporting17
4 Abraham GonzálezCúcuta Deportivo16
Rubí CerioniDeportivo Cali16
6 Francisco Solano PatiñoBoca Juniors14
Juan Carlos TojaCúcuta Deportivo14
Elger AlarcónAtlético Quindío14
9 Rubén DeibeSanta Fe13
10 Raúl DimarcoJunior12

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1953


 1953 Campeonato Profesional champion 
Millonarios
Fourth title

References

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  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  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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