1956 Campeonato Profesional

Campeonato Profesional
Season 1956
Champions Atlético Quindío (1st title)
Matches played 156
Goals scored 626 (4.01 per match)
Top goalscorer Jaime Gutiérrez (21)
Biggest home win Atlético Quindío 7–1 Deportivo Pereira
Biggest away win Libertad 0–8 Cúcuta Deportivo
Highest scoring Atlético Nacional 7–5 Libertad
1955
1957

The 1956 Campeonato Profesional was the ninth season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 13 teams compete against one another and played each weekend. Atlético Quindío won the league for 1st time in its history after getting 37 points. Independiente Medellín, the defending champion, was 5th with 30 points.

Background

13 teams competed in the tournament: Deportivo Pereira, Atlético Bucaramanga and Unión Magdalena returned, Deportivo Cali was not admitted, and Libertad de Barranquilla was created.[1][2] Atlético Quindío won the championship for first time, with its goalscorer Jaime Gutiérrez becoming the first Colombian topscorer in the league (before him, only foreign players achieved this).[3]

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 1956 Campeonato Profesional teams:

1. Armenia
2. Barranquilla
3. Bogotá
4. Bucaramanga

5. Cali
6. Cúcuta
7. Ibagué

8. Medellín
9. Pereira
10. Santa Marta

Team City Stadium
América Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
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
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Estadio Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Estadio Alberto Mora Mora
Independiente Medellín Medellín Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Libertad de Barranquilla Barranquilla Estadio Romelio Martínez
Millonarios Bogotá Estadio El Campín
Santa Fe Bogotá Estadio El Campín
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Estadio Eduardo Santos

Final standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 Atlético Quindío (C) 24 17 3 4 67 34+33 37
2 Millonarios 24 16 2 6 48 35+13 34
3 Boca Juniors 24 14 5 5 55 44+11 33
4 Cúcuta Deportivo 24 13 6 5 64 38+26 32
5 Independiente Medellín 24 12 6 6 62 35+27 30
6 Deportes Tolima 24 12 6 6 48 34+14 30
7 América de Cali 24 11 2 11 44 462 24
8 Libertad 24 9 3 12 44 5915 21
9 Atlético Nacional 24 8 4 12 53 574 20
10 Atlético Bucaramanga 24 5 5 14 34 5622 15
11 Deportivo Pereira 24 6 3 15 38 5618 15
12 Santa Fe 24 6 1 17 35 5621 13
13 Unión Magdalena 24 3 2 19 34 7642 8

Results

Home \ Away[1] AME BJ BUCCUCLIBMAGMEDMILNACPERQUISFETOL
América 02 10 32 13 22 13 12 32 13 31 20 33
Boca Juniors 20 53 16 21 53 11 12 52 21 13 21 31
Atlético Bucaramanga 16 12 11 21 21 21 12 02 31 13 11 23
Cúcuta Deportivo 32 01 11 34 42 33 42 21 41 03 61 23
Libertad 21 44 11 08 20 13 23 42 31 12 23 10
Unión Magdalena 12 04 02 12 22 15 13 13 31 43 25 23
Independiente Medellín 12 12 51 12 23 60 33 42 61 20 30 32
Millonarios 21 32 32 23 01 31 11 12 12 23 31 20
Atlético Nacional 23 51 22 23 75 12 22 12 31 25 32 22
Deportivo Pereira 23 22 42 11 40 50 12 12 11 01 21 13
Atlético Quindío 51 00 42 11 40 43 21 12 32 71 30 20
Santa Fe 01 23 31 02 20 31 23 01 01 30 46 16
Deportes Tolima 21 22 30 11 21 41 00 01 31 21 11 20

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Colombia Jaime Gutiérrez Atlético Quindío 21
2 Argentina José Grecco Independiente Medellín 20
3 Paraguay Casimiro Ávalos Deportivo Pereira 17
Argentina Felipe Marino Atlético Nacional 17
5 Argentina Alfredo Castillo Millonarios 16
6 Colombia Carlos Arango Cúcuta Deportivo 15
Uruguay Bibiano Zapirain Cúcuta Deportivo 15
8 Paraguay Francisco Solano Patiño Atlético Quindío 14
Colombia Alfredo Mosquera Deportes Tolima 14
10 Paraguay Alejandrino Genes Atlético Quindío 13

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1956

1956 Campeonato Profesional Champion
Atlético Quindío
First Title

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-12-23. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  2. El Tiempo (5 August 2008). "Diez clubes jugaron en la primera división del fútbol colombiano, pero desaparecieron". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  3. Ruíz Bonilla, Guillermo (2008). La gran historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano. Ediciones Dayscript. p. 12-14; 19. ISBN 978-958-987-1300.

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