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Campeonato Profesional
Season1968
ChampionsUnión Magdalena (1st title)
Copa LibertadoresDeportivo Cali
Unión Magdalena
Top goalscorerJosé María Ferrero (32 goals)
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The 1968 Campeonato Profesional was the 20th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 14 teams competed against one another. Unión Magdalena won their first league title.[1]

Teams

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
Junior Barranquilla Estadio Romelio Martínez
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

Torneo Apertura

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Unión Magdalena 26 15 8 3 43 28 +15 38 1969 Copa Libertadores
2 Deportivo Cali 26 14 8 4 55 34 +21 36
3 Millonarios 26 14 7 5 56 31 +25 35
4 Junior 26 14 7 5 52 31 +21 35
5 Santa Fe 26 13 6 7 57 42 +15 32
6 América de Cali 26 11 9 6 43 28 +15 31
7 Independiente Medellín 26 8 12 6 26 27 −1 28
8 Deportivo Pereira 26 8 9 9 37 38 −1 25
9 Once Caldas 26 8 7 11 37 43 −6 23
10 Atlético Bucaramanga 26 9 3 14 36 37 −1 21
11 Deportes Quindío 26 5 8 13 34 59 −25 18
12 Atlético Nacional 26 5 6 15 24 47 −23 16
13 Cúcuta Deportivo 26 2 10 14 26 52 −26 14
14 Deportes Tolima 26 4 4 18 26 62 −36 12
Source: RSSSF

Torneo Finalización

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Deportivo Cali 26 14 10 2 50 27 +23 38 1969 Copa Libertadores
2 América de Cali 26 15 6 5 46 26 +20 36
3 Junior 26 16 3 7 56 37 +19 35
4 Millonarios 26 12 8 6 46 32 +14 32
5 Once Caldas 26 11 7 8 47 42 +5 29
6 Atlético Bucaramanga 26 12 5 9 38 36 +2 29
7 Santa Fe 26 10 6 10 45 47 −2 26
8 Independiente Medellín 26 9 7 10 32 37 −5 25
9 Atlético Nacional 26 9 6 11 34 29 +5 24
10 Unión Magdalena 26 9 5 12 34 45 −11 23
11 Cúcuta Deportivo 26 6 10 10 27 29 −2 22
12 Deportes Tolima 26 5 7 14 25 44 −19 17
13 Deportivo Pereira 26 3 10 13 38 51 −13 16
14 Deportes Quindío 26 5 2 19 26 61 −35 12
Source: RSSSF

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1968

Third Place

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Millonarios 6–5 Junior 2–1 4–4

Final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportivo Cali 2–3 Unión Magdalena 0–1 2–2


 1968 Campeonato Profesional champion 
Unión Magdalena
First title

References

  1. ^ "Colombia 1968". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 February 2021.

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