1956 Campeonato Profesional

Campeonato Profesional 1956 Atlético Quindío (1st title) 156 626 Jaime Gutiérrez (21) Atlético Quindío 7–1 Deportivo Pereira Libertad 0–8 Cúcuta Deportivo Atlético Nacional 7–5 Libertad 1955 1957 The 1956 Campeonato Profesional was the ninth season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 13 teams compete against one another and played each weekend. Atlético Quindío won the league for 1st time in its history after getting 37 points. Independiente Medellín, the defending champion, was 5th with 30 points. Background 13 teams competed in the tournament: Deportivo Pereira, Atlético Bucaramanga and Unión Magdalena returned, Deportivo Cali was not admitted, and Libertad de Barranquilla was created.http://www.dimayor.com/Historia/historia1956.htm Asociación de Clubes del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano 2014-12-17 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20041223233506/http://www.dimayor.com/Historia/historia1956.htm 2004-12-23 El Tiempo 5 August 2008 Diez clubes jugaron en la primera división del fútbol colombiano, pero desaparecieron http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-4429604 El Tiempo 16 September 2014 es Atlético Quindío won the championship for first time, with its goalscorer Jaime Gutiérrez becoming the first Colombian topscorer in the league (before him, only foreign players achieved this).Ruíz Bonilla Guillermo La gran historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano 2008 Ediciones Dayscript 978-958-987-1300 12–14; 19 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, places were determined by goal difference. The team with the most points is the champion of the league. Teams Colombia right 300 Locations of the 1956 Campeonato Profesional teams: white-space:nowrap 1. Armenia 2. Barranquilla 3. Bogotá 4. Bucaramanga 5. Cali 6. Cúcuta 7. Ibagué 8. Medellín 9. Pereira 10. Santa Marta Colombia 4.528611 -75.704167 1 bottom Colombia 10.926861 -74.800722 2 left Colombia 4.645889 -74.0775 3 Colombia 7 -73 4 Colombia 3.429889 -76.541083 5 bottom Colombia 7.894167 -72.503889 6 Colombia 4.433333 -75.233333 7 Colombia 6.2568 -75.590172 8 Colombia 4.804804 -75.75219 9 left Colombia 11.241944 -74.205278 10 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 Libertad de Barranquilla Barranquilla Estadio Romelio Martínez Millonarios Bogotá Estadio El Campín Santa Fe Bogotá Estadio El Campín Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Estadio Eduardo Santos Final standings main WDL QR y 2 QUI Atlético Quindío MIL Millonarios BJ Boca Juniors CUC Cúcuta Deportivo MED Independiente Medellín TOL Deportes Tolima AME América de Cali LIB Libertad NAC Atlético Nacional BUC Atlético Bucaramanga PER Deportivo Pereira SFE Santa Fe MAG Unión Magdalena 17 3 4 67 34 C 16 2 6 48 35 14 5 5 55 44 13 6 5 64 38 12 6 6 62 35 12 6 6 48 34 11 2 11 44 46 9 3 12 44 59 8 4 12 53 57 5 5 14 34 56 6 3 15 38 56 6 1 17 35 56 3 2 19 34 76 #ACE1AF A complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey AME BJ BUC CUC LIB MAG MED MIL NAC PER QUI SFE TOL América 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–3 2–2 1–3 1–2 3–2 1–3 3–1 2–0 3–3 Boca Juniors 2–0 5–3 1–6 2–1 5–3 1–1 1–2 5–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–1 Atlético Bucaramanga 1–6 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–3 Cúcuta Deportivo 3–2 0–1 1–1 3–4 4–2 3–3 4–2 2–1 4–1 0–3 6–1 2–3 Libertad 2–1 4–4 1–1 0–8 2–0 1–3 2–3 4–2 3–1 1–2 2–3 1–0 Unión Magdalena 1–2 0–4 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–5 1–3 1–3 3–1 4–3 2–5 2–3 Independiente Medellín 1–2 1–2 5–1 1–2 2–3 6–0 3–3 4–2 6–1 2–0 3–0 3–2 Millonarios 2–1 3–2 3–2 2–3 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 3–1 2–0 Atlético Nacional 2–3 5–1 2–2 2–3 7–5 1–2 2–2 1–2 3–1 2–5 3–2 2–2 Deportivo Pereira 2–3 2–2 4–2 1–1 4–0 5–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 Atlético Quindío 5–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 4–0 4–3 2–1 1–2 3–2 7–1 3–0 2–0 Santa Fe 0–1 2–3 3–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 3–0 4–6 1–6 Deportes Tolima 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 complete Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1COL Jaime GutiérrezAtlético Quindío 21 2ARG alt José GreccoIndependiente Medellín 20 3PRY 1954 Casimiro ÁvalosDeportivo Pereira 17ARG alt Felipe MarinoAtlético Nacional 17 5ARG alt Alfredo CastilloMillonarios 16 6COL Carlos ArangoCúcuta Deportivo 15URY Bibiano ZapirainCúcuta Deportivo 15 8PRY 1954 Francisco Solano PatiñoAtlético Quindío 14PER Alfredo MosqueraDeportes Tolima 14 10PRY 1954 Alejandrino GenesAtlético Quindío 13 Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1956 References External links Dimayor Official Page Prim Colombia Category:Categoría Primera A seasons