| Season | 1949 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Millonarios (1st title) |
| Matches played | 186 |
| Goals scored | 820 (4.41 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Pedro Cabillón (42) |
| Biggest home win | Santa Fe 10–2 Huracán |
| Biggest away win | Atlético Municipal 0–6 Deportes Caldas |
| Highest scoring | 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 was started on April 25. 14 teams compete against one another and played each weekend. This tournament was famous for mark the beginning of El Dorado. Millonarios and Deportivo Cali, both with 44 points, played two final matches to decide the champion of the season. Santa Fe, the defending champion, was 3rd with 39 points.
Background
The season was notable for being the beginning of El Dorado, 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. The tournament began on 25 April 1949. The debutants 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 replacing Atlético Junior, who was representing Colombia in the South American Championship. Barranquilla only played 21 of the 26 league matches.
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
1234567class=notpageimage| Locations of the 1949 Campeonato Profesional teams:
- 1. Barranquilla
- 2. Bogotá
- 3. Bucaramanga
- 4. Cali
- 5. Manizales
- 6. Medellín
- 7. Pereira
Municipal played its home games at Itagüí
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Millonarios (C) | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 99 | 35 | +64 | 44 |
| 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 |
(C) Champions
Results
| Home \ Away | AME | BJ | BUC | CLI | DB | CLD | 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 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
- ^ Deportivo Barranquilla withdrew from the tournament, so the remaining games left in walkover
- Points awarded to Millonarios because two América players suspended participated in the match
Final
| Deportivo Cali | 0–1 | Millonarios |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Pedernera  57' (pen.) |
| Millonarios | 3–2 | Deportivo Cali |
|---|---|---|
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Top goalscorers
| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Pedro Cabillón
|
Millonarios | 42 |
| 2 | Germán Antón
|
Santa Fe | 30 |
| 3 |  Valeriano López
|
Deportivo Cali | 24 |
| 4 |  Carlos Arango
|
Deportes Caldas | 19 |
| Guillermo Barbadillo
|
Deportivo Cali | 19 | |
| 6 | Ricardo Aycardy
|
Deportivo Barranquilla | 18 |
| 7 |  Luciano Campos
|
Independiente Medellín | 17 |
| Luis López García
|
Santa Fe | 17 | |
| Ricardo Ruiz Peso
|
Deportivo Cali | 17 | |
| 10 | Alfredo Castillo
|
Millonarios | 15 |
Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1949
| 1949 Campeonato Profesional champion |
|---|
| Millonarios First title |
References
- Ruíz Bonilla, Guillermo (2008). La gran historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano. Ediciones Dayscript. p. 12–14; 19. ISBN 978-958-98713-0-0.
- "Asociación de Clubes del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano". Archived from the original on 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
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