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1949 Campeonato Profesional

Campeonato Profesional
Season1949
Dates25 April – 4 December 1949
ChampionsMillonarios (1st title)
Matches played186
Goals scored820 (4.41 per match)
Top goalscorerPedro Cabillón (42 goals)
Biggest home winSanta Fe 10–2 Huracán
Biggest away winAtlético Municipal 0–6 Deportes Caldas
Highest scoringSanta Fe 10–3 Deportivo Pereira
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The 1949 Campeonato Profesional was the second season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The tournament started on 25 April and ended on 4 December, with 14 teams competing against one another and playing each weekend. This tournament was famous for marking the beginning of El Dorado. Millonarios won their first title in this season, defeating Deportivo Cali in a tiebreaker final series which was played as both teams ended tied for first place with 44 points.[1] Santa Fe, the defending champion, ended in third place with 39 points.

Background

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The season was notable for being the beginning of El Dorado, period during which many international football stars arrived to the Colombian league, especially from Argentina, due to the protests that were taking place in that country.[2] The tournament began on 25 April 1949. The debutant teams were Atlético Bucaramanga, Boca Juniors de Cali, Deportivo Barranquilla, Deportivo Pereira and Huracán de Medellín. This year Universidad returned to Bogotá. Deportivo Barranquilla participated to replace Atlético Junior, who represented Colombia in the South American Championship. Deportivo Barranquilla only played 21 of the 26 league matches.[3]

League system

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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 for positions other than first, places were determined by goal difference. The team with the most points was the champion of the league. In case that two teams tied for first place, a tiebreaker final series was to be played to decide the champions.

Teams

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Locations of the 1949 Campeonato Profesional teams:
  • 1. Barranquilla
  • 2. Bogotá
  • 3. Bucaramanga
  • 4. Cali
  • 5. Manizales
  • 6. Medellín
  • 7. Pereira

The tournament was contested by 14 clubs, with Atlético Bucaramanga, Boca Juniors de Cali, Deportivo Barranquilla, Deportivo Pereira and Huracán de Medellín competing for the first time. Deportivo Barranquilla replaced the previous season's runners-up Junior, who were chosen to represent Colombia at the 1949 South American Championship.

Team City Stadium
América Cali Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Alfonso López
Atlético Municipal Medellín[i] Hipódromo de San Fernando
Boca Juniors Cali Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Deportes Caldas Manizales Fernando Londoño Londoño
Deportivo Barranquilla Barranquilla Romelio Martínez
Deportivo Cali Cali Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Alberto Mora Mora
Huracán Medellín[i] Hipódromo de San Fernando
Independiente Medellín Medellín[i] Hipódromo de San Fernando
Millonarios Bogotá El Campín
Once Deportivo Manizales Fernando Londoño Londoño
Santa Fe Bogotá Alfonso López Pumarejo
Universidad Bogotá Alfonso López Pumarejo
Notes
  1. ^ a b c Atlético Municipal, Huracán and Independiente Medellín played their home matches in Itagüí.

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Millonarios (C) 26 20 4 2 99 35 +64 44 Final
2 Deportivo Cali 26 20 4 2 89 41 +48 44
3 Santa Fe 26 17 5 4 102 50 +52 39
4 Deportes Caldas 26 16 0 10 69 53 +16 32
5 Independiente Medellín 26 12 5 9 58 60 −2 29
6 Universidad 26 9 9 8 46 42 +4 27
7 Atlético Municipal 26 8 8 10 40 60 −20 24
8 Boca Juniors 26 9 5 12 45 58 −13 23
9 Once Deportivo 26 9 2 15 40 66 −26 20
10 América 26 7 4 15 53 67 −14 18
11 Atlético Bucaramanga 26 7 4 15 48 81 −33 18
12 Huracán 26 6 5 15 47 75 −28 17
13 Deportivo Barranquilla 26 5 5 16 34 49 −15 15
14 Deportivo Pereira 26 4 6 16 44 77 −33 14
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away AME BJC BUC CAL DBA DCA HUR DIM MIL MUN OND PER SFE UNI
América 3–4 1–3 1–4 4–1 2–6 2–1 4–1 4–5 1–2 2–0 5–1 3–4 3–3
Boca Juniors 1–3 2–3 3–5 1–0[a] 3–1 2–1 5–1 4–3 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–2
Atlético Bucaramanga 1–2 2–1 1–5 3–1 2–3 2–1 2–2 2–5 4–3 2–3 1–2 1–3 1–1
Deportivo Cali 1–0 4–1 6–1 1–0[a] 3–1 4–0 3–1 3–3 6–3 7–2 4–2 2–2 3–0
Deportivo Barranquilla 1–1 1–0 6–2 3–3 1–0[a] 7–2 2–0 2–2 0–1[a] 0–1[a] 0–1[a] 0–1[a] 2–2
Deportes Caldas 2–0 6–2 7–3 1–4 5–0 5–2 2–1 1–5 2–3 4–1 5–4 0–3 0–2
Huracán 2–1 3–2 7–4 3–4 0–0 3–2 1–2 2–2 0–0 2–3 3–4 2–2 4–2
Independiente Medellín 2–2 6–3 4–1 3–2 1–0[a] 5–3 2–0 1–6 0–0 4–1 4–1 3–2 2–5
Millonarios 1–0[b] 2–0 5–1 0–2 5–0 3–0 5–1 4–0 6–0 3–0 3–2 2–2 3–1
Atlético Municipal 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–6 1–2 2–4 1–5 3–2 1–1 2–6 1–1
Once Deportivo 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–4 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–5 1–2 2–1 2–6 1–0
Deportivo Pereira 3–3 1–2 1–2 1–4 0–3 0–1 4–1 4–4 0–5 1–1 4–4 1–3 1–2
Santa Fe 7–3 5–0 5–0 4–3 6–2 2–3 10–2 3–1 3–6 3–3 4–1 10–3 1–4
Universidad 6–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0[a] 0–1 1–1 3–3 1–5 0–1 3–1 3–0 0–4
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Deportivo Barranquilla withdrew from the tournament, so the remaining games were awarded as walkovers.
  2. ^ Points awarded to Millonarios because two suspended América players participated in the match.

Final

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Deportivo Cali0–1Millonarios
Report Pedernera 57' (pen.)
Referee: Felipe Gregorio
Millonarios3–2Deportivo Cali
 Report
Referee: Orlando Troccoli

Top goalscorers

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Rank Name Club Goals
1 Argentina Pedro Cabillón Millonarios 42
2 Argentina Germán Antón Santa Fe 30
3 Peru Valeriano López Deportivo Cali 24
4 Colombia Carlos Arango Deportes Caldas 19
Peru Guillermo Barbadillo Deportivo Cali 19
6 Colombia Ricardo Aycardy Deportivo Barranquilla 18
7 Costa Rica Luciano Campos Independiente Medellín 17
Argentina Luis López García Santa Fe 17
Argentina Ricardo Ruiz Peso Deportivo Cali 17
10 Argentina Alfredo Castillo Millonarios 15

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1949


 1949 Campeonato Profesional champion 
Millonarios
First title

References

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  1. ^ "Repaso histórico: Millonarios campeón en comienzos de 'El Dorado'" [Historical review: Millonarios champion at the beginning of 'El Dorado'] (in Spanish). Vavel. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  2. ^ Ruíz Bonilla, Guillermo (2008). La gran historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano. Ediciones Dayscript. p. 12–14; 19. ISBN 978-958-98713-0-0.
  3. ^ "Asociación de Clubes del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano". Archived from the original on 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
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