1957 Campeonato Profesional

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]

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
1956
1958

Background

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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Group A

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Cúcuta Deportivo1–0Deportes Tolima
Zapirain   18' Report
Referee: José Sundheim


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


Deportes Tolima1–1Cúcuta Deportivo
Coll   27' Report Galeano   67'
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

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


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

Runners-up playoff

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


Deportes Tolima2–0Cúcuta Deportivo
Jamardo   43'
Galavis   66'
Report
Referee: Francisco Giménez Molina

Top goalscorers

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

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1957


 1957 Campeonato Profesional champion 
Independiente Medellín
Second title

References

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  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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