Campeonato Profesional
Season1965
ChampionsDeportivo Cali (1st title)
Matches played312
Goals scored992 (3.18 per match)
Top goalscorerPerfecto Rodríguez (38 goals)
Biggest home winAmérica de Cali 6–0 Cúcuta Deportivo
Deportivo Cali 6–0 Deportes Quindío
Biggest away winIndependiente Medellín 1–5 Millonarios
Cúcuta Deportivo 1–5 Santa Fe
Highest scoringMillonarios 7–4 Independiente Medellín
← 1964
1966 →

The 1965 Campeonato Profesional was the 18th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 13 teams competed against one another. Deportivo Cali won their first league title in history, cutting a streak of four straight championships won by Millonarios.

Background and league system

The same 13 teams from the last tournament competed in this one. The tournament was once again played under a round-robin format, with every team playing each other four times (twice at home and twice away) for a total of 48 matches. 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 became the champion of the league. 312 matches were played during the season, with a total of 992 goals scored. Deportivo Cali won the championship for the first time, the runners-up were Atlético Nacional.[1] Santa Fe scored the highest number of goals, with 99 goals scored, Cúcuta Deportivo conceded the most goals with 102 goals against. Argentine player Perfecto Rodríguez, who played for Independiente Medellín, was the season's top goalscorer with 38 goals.[2]

Teams

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Locations of the 1965 Campeonato Profesional teams:
  • 1. Armenia
  • 2. Bogotá
  • 3. Bucaramanga
  • 4. Cali
  • 5. Cúcuta
  • 6. Ibagué
  • 7. Manizales
  • 8. Medellín
  • 9. Pereira
  • 10. Santa Marta
Team City Stadium
América de Cali Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Estadio Alfonso López
Atlético Nacional Medellín Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta Estadio General Santander
Deportes Quindío Armenia Estadio San José de Armenia
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Estadio Serrano de Ávila
Deportivo Cali Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Estadio Alberto Mora Mora
Independiente Medellín Medellín Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Millonarios Bogotá Estadio El Campín
Once Caldas Manizales Estadio Fernando Londoño Londoño
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 Deportivo Cali[a] (C) 48 27 8 13 93 66 +27 62
2 Atlético Nacional[a] 48 22 16 10 71 58 +13 60
3 Millonarios 48 18 21 9 91 65 +26 57
4 Deportivo Pereira 48 22 12 14 92 56 +36 56
5 Santa Fe 48 22 12 14 99 74 +25 56
6 América de Cali 48 14 22 12 77 67 +10 50
7 Once Caldas 48 15 17 16 75 77 −2 47
8 Independiente Medellín 48 16 14 18 90 91 −1 46
9 Atlético Bucaramanga 48 17 11 20 66 80 −14 45
10 Unión Magdalena 48 14 16 18 68 77 −9 44
11 Deportes Tolima 48 14 11 23 53 89 −36 39
12 Deportes Quindío 48 11 10 27 64 90 −26 32
13 Cúcuta Deportivo 48 10 10 28 53 102 −49 30
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Deportivo Cali and Atlético Nacional (runners-up) were unable to enter the 1966 Copa Libertadores due to a conflict between the FIFA-recognized Asociación de Fútbol Colombiano (Adefútbol) and DIMAYOR, which derived into the suspension of the Colombian Football Federation by FIFA.

Results

First turn

Home \ Away AME BUC CAL CUC DIM MAG MIL NAC ONC PER QUI SFE TOL
América de Cali 1–0 2–0 6–0 2–3 4–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 4–0
Atlético Bucaramanga 2–2 4–2 1–0 3–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–3 1–1
Deportivo Cali 0–0 1–1 2–0 4–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 6–0 3–2 3–1
Cúcuta Deportivo 0–1 0–0 1–3 3–2 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 1–4 2–2
Independiente Medellín 2–2 0–1 1–2 4–0 1–1 1–5 4–1 5–2 1–0 5–3 2–1 0–1
Unión Magdalena 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 5–2
Millonarios 3–3 5–2 2–4 3–1 7–4 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–1
Atlético Nacional 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–4 2–2 0–2 3–2 1–0 2–0
Once Caldas 3–4 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–2
Deportivo Pereira 2–2 1–0 2–1 5–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 3–1 5–1
Deportes Quindío 2–2 4–0 1–2 0–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 5–2
Santa Fe 0–0 5–1 2–1 2–2 4–1 4–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 3–2 4–2 1–0
Deportes Tolima 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second turn

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

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Argentina Perfecto Rodríguez Independiente Medellín 38
2 Colombia Jorge Ramírez Gallego Deportivo Cali 32
3 Colombia Efraín Padilla Deportivo Pereira 30
4 Brazil Waldir Cardoso Unión Magdalena 27
5 Argentina Omar Devani Santa Fe 26
6 Colombia Harvey Colonia América de Cali 23
7 Brazil Sílvio Faria Millonarios 21
Colombia Alfonso Cañón Santa Fe 21
9 Argentina Horacio Di Loreto Atlético Bucaramanga 20

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1965


 1965 Campeonato Profesional champion 
Deportivo Cali
First title

References

  1. ^ "Los títulos del Deportivo Cali" (in Spanish). Goal.com. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ^ Ruíz Bonilla, Guillermo (2008). La gran historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano. Ediciones Dayscript. ISBN 978-958-987-1300.

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