Campeonato Profesional
Season1957
ChampionsIndependiente Medellín (2nd title)
Matches played213
Goals scored744 (3.49 per match)
Top goalscorerJosé Grecco (30)
Biggest home winIndependiente Medellín 8–1 Deportivo Pereira
Biggest away winBucaramanga 0–4 Independiente Medellín
Deportivo Pereira 2–6 Independiente Medellín
Highest scoringIndependiente Medellín 9–5 Santa Fe
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The 1957 Campeonato Profesional was the tenth season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The tournament consisted of a first stage, a cancelled octagonal stage, and a two-group second stage, and ended on 13 April 1958. 12 teams participated in the tournament. Independiente Medellín won the league for 2nd time in its history after defeating Cúcuta Deportivo in the championship playoff with an aggregate score of 8–3. Atlético Quindío, the defending champion, was 3rd in the first stage with 24 points, and was then eliminated in the second stage.[1]

Background

12 teams competed in the tournament. Libertad de Barranquilla was the only team from the previous season who did not participate.[2][3]

League system

Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. On the first stage, every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away, and the first 8 teams qualified for the octagonal stage. From this stage, the team with most points would be the champion of the season, however the stage was cancelled after 8 matches due to claims from the teams eliminated in the first stage. Then, a second stage was played, with two groups of six teams each. The champion of each group played a playoff, and the champion of it played a champion playoff against the champion of the first stage.

Teams

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Locations of the 1956 Campeonato Profesional teams:
  • 1. Armenia
  • 2. Bogotá
  • 3. Bucaramanga
  • 4. Cali
  • 5. Cúcuta
  • 6. Ibagué
  • 7. Medellín
  • 8. Pereira
  • 9. 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
Millonarios Bogotá Estadio El Campín
Santa Fe Bogotá Estadio El Campín
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Estadio Eduardo Santos

First stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Independiente Medellín 22 16 4 2 69 31 +38 36 Qualified to Octagonal Stage (and later also added to Champion Playoff)
2 Boca Juniors 22 12 5 5 43 26 +17 29 Qualified to Octagonal Stage
3 Atlético Quindío 22 10 4 8 34 30 +4 24
4 Deportivo Pereira 22 9 6 7 42 51 −9 24
5 Cúcuta Deportivo 22 7 8 7 37 38 −1 22
6 Santa Fe 22 7 7 8 52 52 0 21
7 Unión Magdalena 22 7 7 8 32 32 0 21
8 Deportes Tolima 22 7 6 9 41 47 −6 20
9 América 22 8 3 11 39 46 −7 19
10 Atlético Nacional 22 6 5 11 31 41 −10 17
11 Atlético Bucaramanga 22 6 4 12 28 37 −9 16
12 Millonarios 22 4 7 11 25 42 −17 15
Source: RSSSF

Results

Home \ Away AME BJ BUC CUC MAG MED MIL NAC PER QUI SFE TOL
América 1–4 3–2 3–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 4–1 2–1 4–0 5–5 1–0
Boca Juniors 3–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–2
Atlético Bucaramanga 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–4 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 0–1
Cúcuta Deportivo 2–1 2–2 3–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 4–5 2–1 3–1
Unión Magdalena 4–2 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 3–1
Independiente Medellín 3–1 2–1 3–2 4–2 6–1 4–1 1–2 8–1 2–1 9–5 4–3
Millonarios 2–2 1–0 3–4 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2
Atlético Nacional 2–1 0–3 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–2 3–0 2–3 0–0 3–4 5–3
Deportivo Pereira 4–3 2–1 1–0 3–2 3–3 2–6 3–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 4–4
Atlético Quindío 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 5–0 3–2 1–2
Santa Fe 2–0 6–1 4–2 4–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 3–3 1–2 4–3
Deportes Tolima 1–2 2–5 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–3 2–2
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Octagonal (canceled)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Independiente Medellín 3 3 0 0 13 4 +9 6
2 Atlético Quindío 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 4
3 Unión Magdalena 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 3
4 Deportivo Pereira 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 2
5 Santa Fe 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 1
6 Deportes Tolima 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0
7 Boca Juniors 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0
8 Cúcuta Deportivo 2 0 0 2 2 11 −9 0
Source: RSSSF

Results

Home \ Away BJ CUC MAG MED PER QUI SFE TOL
Boca Juniors –[a] –[a] –[a] –[a] –[a] –[a] –[a]
Cúcuta Deportivo –[a] –[a] –[a] 1–4 –[a] –[a] –[a]
Unión Magdalena 2–0 –[a] –[a] –[a] –[a] –[a] –[a]
Independiente Medellín –[a] 7–1 –[a] 3–1 –[a] –[a] –[a]
Deportivo Pereira –[a] –[a] –[a] –[a] 1–2 –[a] –[a]
Atlético Quindío –[a] –[a] –[a] –[a] –[a] –[a] 1–0
Santa Fe –[a] –[a] 2–2 2–3 –[a] –[a] –[a]
Deportes Tolima –[a] –[a] –[a] –[a] –[a] –[a] –[a]
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
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Second stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Independiente Medellín 10 5 2 3 24 16 +8 12
2 Deportivo Pereira 10 5 2 3 23 18 +5 12
3 Deportes Tolima 10 4 4 2 22 19 +3 12
4 Atlético Quindío 10 2 6 2 18 18 0 10
5 Atlético Nacional 10 3 3 4 17 16 +1 9
6 Unión Magdalena 10 0 5 5 10 27 −17 5
Source: RSSSF

Results

Home \ Away MAG MED NAC PER QUI TOL
Unión Magdalena 0–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–4
Independiente Medellín 5–0 2–1 5–3 0–2 3–5
Atlético Nacional 3–0 1–1 3–2 1–3 3–1
Deportivo Pereira 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1
Atlético Quindío 4–4 2–2 2–2 0–3 3–3
Deportes Tolima 1–1 0–3 3–2 4–2 0–0
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First-place playoff

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Deportes Tolima 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 5
2 Deportivo Pereira 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 5
3 Independiente Medellín 4 1 0 3 5 8 −3 2
Source: RSSSF

Results

Home \ Away MED PER TOL
Independiente Medellín 1–2 2–0
Deportivo Pereira 2–1 2–2
Deportes Tolima 4–1 2–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Cúcuta Deportivo 10 6 2 2 19 14 +5 14
2 Atlético Bucaramanga 10 5 2 3 15 9 +6 12
3 Santa Fe 10 4 2 4 14 12 +2 10
4 Millonarios 10 4 2 4 13 15 −2 10
5 Boca Juniors 10 3 2 5 10 14 −4 8
6 América 10 3 0 7 10 17 −7 6
Source: RSSSF

Results

Home \ Away AME BJ BUC CUC MIL SFE
América 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2
Boca Juniors 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–0
Atlético Bucaramanga 2–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 3–0
Cúcuta Deportivo 4–3 4–0 3–1 2–1 1–1
Millonarios 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–1
Santa Fe 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–3 4–0
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final

Cúcuta Deportivo1–0Deportes Tolima
Zapirain 18' Report
Estadio General Santander, Cúcuta
Referee: José Sundheim


Deportes Tolima2–1Cúcuta Deportivo
H. Pérez 30'
L. Rodríguez 54' (o.g.)		 Report Serrano 70'
Estadio Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, Ibagué
Referee: Jaime Téllez


Deportes Tolima1–1Cúcuta Deportivo
Coll 27' Report Galeano 67'
Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
Referee: Jaime Téllez

Cúcuta Deportivo qualified to Champion Playoff on coin toss. Because of this, a Runners-up Playoff was also played after the Champion Playoff.

Champion playoff

Cúcuta Deportivo3–4Independiente Medellín
E. Ramírez 36'
Galeano 67'
Cuéllar 83'		 Report Arredondo 23'
Larraz 40', 51'
Contreras 77'
Estadio General Santander, Cúcuta
Referee: José Sundheim


Independiente Medellín4–0Cúcuta Deportivo
Larraz 10'
Arredondo 40', 62'
Grecco 81'		 Report
Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín
Referee: Francisco Giménez Molina

Runners-up playoff

Cúcuta Deportivo3–2Deportes Tolima
E. Ramírez 34'
Galeano 45', 54'		 Report Jamardo 75'
Coll 88'
Estadio General Santander, Cúcuta
Referee: Ovidio Orrego


Deportes Tolima2–0Cúcuta Deportivo
Jamardo 43'
Galavis 66'		 Report
Estadio Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, Ibagué
Referee: Francisco Giménez Molina

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Argentina José Grecco Independiente Medellín 30
2 Colombia Jaime Gutiérrez Atlético Nacional 23
Argentina Walter Marcolini Atlético Quindío 23
Argentina Roberto Rolando Boca Juniors de Cali 23
5 Paraguay Casimiro Ávalos Deportivo Pereira 18
Paraguay Francisco Solano Patiño Deportivo Pereira 18
7 Argentina José Montanini Atlético Bucaramanga 17
Uruguay Alberto Galeano Cúcuta Deportivo 17
9 Paraguay Alejandro Genes Deportivo Pereira 16
10 Uruguay Luis Miloc Cúcuta Deportivo 15

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1957


 1957 Campeonato Profesional champion 
Independiente Medellín
Second title

References

  1. ^ Ruíz Bonilla, Guillermo (2008). La gran historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano. Ediciones Dayscript. pp. 12–14, 19. ISBN 978-958-987-1300.
  2. ^ "Asociación de Clubes del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano". Archived from the original on 2004-12-23. Retrieved 2015-01-23.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ 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.

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