1949 Campeonato Profesional

Campeonato Profesional 1949 25 April – 4 December 1949 Millonarios (1st title) 186 820 Pedro Cabillón (42 goals) Santa Fe 10–2 Huracán Atlético Municipal 0–6 Deportes Caldas Santa Fe 10–3 Deportivo Pereira 1948 1950 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.https://www.vavel.com/colombia/futbol-colombiano/2015/11/07/millonarios/563759-millonarios-1949.html Repaso histórico: Millonarios campeón en comienzos de 'El Dorado' Historical review: Millonarios champion at the beginning of 'El Dorado' Vavel es 6 November 2015 19 August 2025 Santa Fe, the defending champion, ended in third place with 39 points. Background 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.Ruíz Bonilla Guillermo La gran historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano 2008 Ediciones Dayscript 978-958-98713-0-0 12–14; 19 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.http://www.dimayor.com/Historia/historia1949.htm Asociación de Clubes del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano 2013-07-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071017023721/http://www.dimayor.com/Historia/historia1949.htm 2007-10-17 League system 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 Colombia right 300 Locations of the 1949 Campeonato Profesional teams: white-space:nowrap 1. Barranquilla 2. Bogotá 3. Bucaramanga 4. Cali 5. Manizales 6. Medellín 7. Pereira Colombia 10.926861 -74.800722 1 Colombia 4.645889 -74.0775 2 Colombia 7 -73 3 Colombia 3.429889 -76.541083 4 Colombia 5.056233 -75.489807 5 Colombia 6.2568 -75.590172 6 Colombia 4.804804 -75.75219 7 left 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 MedellínItagüí Atlético Municipal, Huracán and Independiente Medellín played their home matches in Itagüí. 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 MedellínItagüí Hipódromo de San Fernando Independiente Medellín MedellínItagüí 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 Final standings main WDL complete RSSSF 2 MIL, CAL, SFE, DCA, DIM, UNI, MUN, BJC, OND, AME, BUC, HUR, DBA, PER América Atlético Bucaramanga Atlético Municipal Boca Juniors Deportes Caldas Deportivo Barranquilla Deportivo Cali Deportivo Pereira Huracán Independiente Medellín Millonarios Once Deportivo Santa Fe Universidad 7 4 15 53 67 7 4 15 48 81 8 8 10 40 60 9 5 12 45 58 16 0 10 69 53 5 5 16 34 49 20 4 2 89 41 4 6 16 44 77 6 5 15 47 75 12 5 9 58 60 20 4 2 99 35 C 9 2 15 40 66 17 5 4 102 50 9 9 8 46 42 Q #ACE1AF Final A A Results main FBR grey 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 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 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 7–2 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 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 5–3 2–0 1–6 0–0 4–1 4–1 3–2 2–5 Millonarios 1–0 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 0–1 1–1 3–3 1–5 0–1 3–1 3–0 0–4 Deportivo Barranquilla withdrew from the tournament, so the remaining games were awarded as walkovers. BJC_DBA BJC_DBA BJC_DBA BJC_DBA BJC_DBA BJC_DBA BJC_DBA BJC_DBA Points awarded to Millonarios because two suspended América players participated in the match. complete RSSSF Final 20 November 1949 Deportivo Cali 0–1 Report Millonarios Pedernera 57 pen. Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali Felipe Gregorio 4 December 1949 Millonarios 3–2 Report Deportivo Cali Di Stéfano 24 Pedernera 30 pen. Castillo 77 V. López 44 Giúdice 84 Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali Orlando Troccoli Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1ARG alt Pedro CabillónMillonarios 42 2ARG alt Germán AntónSanta Fe 30 3PER 1825 Valeriano LópezDeportivo Cali 24 4COL Carlos ArangoDeportes Caldas 19PER 1825 Guillermo BarbadilloDeportivo Cali 19 6COL Ricardo AycardyDeportivo Barranquilla 18 7CRC Luciano CamposIndependiente Medellín 17ARG alt Luis López GarcíaSanta Fe 17ARG alt Ricardo Ruiz PesoDeportivo Cali 17 10ARG alt Alfredo CastilloMillonarios 15 Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1949 References External links Dimayor Official Page Prim Colombia Category:Categoría Primera A seasons