1953 Campeonato Profesional

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The 1953 Campeonato Profesional was the sixth season of

Millonarios
won the league for the fourth time in its history and for the third time in a row after getting 35 points.

Background

The tournament was the fifth year of

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:

Millonarios
won the championship for the third consecutive time, getting their fourth league title.

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

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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
Team City Stadium
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga
Estadio Alfonso López
Atlético Nacional Medellín Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Atlético Quindío
 Armenia Estadio San José de Armenia
Boca Juniors Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta Estadio General Santander
Deportivo Cali Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Estadio Alberto Mora Mora
Junior
 Barranquilla
Estadio Romelio Martínez
Millonarios
 Bogotá Estadio El Campín
Santa Fe Bogotá Estadio El Campín
Sporting de Barranquilla Barranquilla
Estadio Romelio Martínez
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Estadio Eduardo Santos

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
Millonarios
(C) 		22 14 7 1 51 22 +29 35
2
Quindío
 22 14 5 3 66 40 +26 33
3 Boca Juniors 22 13 5 4 44 30 +14 31
4 Santa Fe 22 12 5 5 57 30 +27 29
5 Cúcuta Deportivo 22 11 4 7 58 42 +16 26
6 Deportivo Cali 22 9 8 5 38 30 +8 26
7 Atlético Nacional 22 10 5 7 57 45 +12 25
8 Unión Magdalena 22 6 3 13 35 58 −23 15
9 Sporting 22 6 3 13 38 68 −30 15
10
Junior
 22 4 7 11 38 53 −15 15
11 Deportivo Pereira 22 6 2 14 42 72 −30 14
12 Atlético Bucaramanga 22 0 0 22 11 45 −34 0
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away BJ BUC CAL CUC
JUN
 MAG
MIL
 NAC PER
QUI
 SFE SPB
Boca Juniors 4–1 2–0 3–2 3–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1
Atlético Bucaramanga 0–1[a] 0–1 0–1[a] 2–5 0–1 0–1[a] 0–1 0–1[a] 0–1[a] 1–2 0–1
Deportivo Cali 2–2 1–0[a] 3–3 2–2 1–1 2–4 0–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 5–2
Cúcuta Deportivo 2–2 5–3 0–1 3–1 4–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–3 5–0 6–0
Junior
 1–3 1–0[a] 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 0–4 5–0 3–3 1–2 0–3
Unión Magdalena 1–2[b] 1–0[a] 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–2 3–3 5–1 5–3 1–4 1–3
Millonarios
 3–1 5–1 3–1 2–1 4–1 5–3 1–1 5–0 0–1 1–1 4–2
Atlético Nacional 1–1 5–1 1–5 5–2 3–0 5–2 2–2 1–3 3–3 3–2 7–2
Deportivo Pereira 1–5 3–1 1–3 4–5 2–1 4–2 0–2 4–7 3–5 1–2 3–3
Quindío
 1–3 2–1 1–1 3–2 6–2 5–2 1–1 4–1 7–2 1–0[c] 8–3
Santa Fe 5–0 1–0[a] 0–0 4–1 3–3 7–0 1–1 4–1 5–4 3–4 6–0
Sporting 2–4 1–0[a] 2–4 4–5 3–3 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–3 1–1 0–4
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. Atlético Quindío won the match as walkover

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Argentina Mario Garelli
Atlético Quindío
 20
2 Argentina Rubén Padín Santa Fe 19
3 Argentina Felipe Marino Sporting 17
4 Uruguay Abraham González Cúcuta Deportivo 16
Argentina Rubí Cerioni Deportivo Cali 16
6 Paraguay Francisco Solano Patiño Boca Juniors 14
Uruguay Juan Carlos Toja Cúcuta Deportivo 14
Argentina Elger Alarcón
Atlético Quindío
 14
9 Argentina Rubén Deibe Santa Fe 13
10 Argentina Raúl Dimarco
Junior
 12

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1953


 1953 Campeonato Profesional champion 
Millonarios

Fourth title

References

  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. ISBN 978-958-987-1300
    .

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