1961 Campeonato Profesional

Campeonato Profesional
Season 1961
Champions Millonarios (6th title)
Matches played 264
Goals scored 846 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorer Alberto Perazzo (31)
Biggest home win Deportivo Cali 7–0 Deportes Quindío
Biggest away win Deportes Tolima 1–5 Cúcuta Deportivo
Deportivo Pereira 0–4 Santa Fe
Highest scoring Deportivo Cali 8–2 Deportivo Pereira
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The 1961 Campeonato Profesional was the 14th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 12 teams competed against one another. Millonarios won the league for the 6th time in its history after getting 62 points.

Background

11 teams from the last tournament competed in this one, with Unión Magdalena declining to participate and both Deportes Caldas and Once Deportivo merging into Once Caldas. Millonarios won the championship for the sixth time. The runners-up were Independiente Medellín.[1]

League system

Every team played four games against each other team, two at home and two 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

Locations of the 1961 Campeonato Profesional teams:
  • 1. Armenia
  • 2. Bogotá
  • 3. Bucaramanga
  • 4. Cali
  • 5. Cúcuta
  • 6. Ibagué
  • 7. Manizales
  • 8. Medellín
  • 9. Pereira
Team City Stadium
América Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Estadio Alfonso López
Atlético Nacional Medellín Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta Estadio General Santander
Deportes Quindío Armenia Estadio San José de Armenia
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Estadio 10 de Mayo
Deportivo Cali Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Estadio Alberto Mora Mora
Independiente Medellín Medellín Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Millonarios Bogotá Estadio El Campín
Once Caldas Manizales Estadio Fernando Londoño Londoño
Santa Fe Bogotá Estadio El Campín

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Millonarios (C) 44 25 12 7 95 56 +39 62 1962 Copa Libertadores First Round
2 Independiente Medellín 44 21 12 11 72 54 +18 54
3 Santa Fe 44 21 8 15 99 73 +26 50
4 Cúcuta Deportivo 44 16 15 13 71 66 +5 47
5 Deportivo Cali 44 17 12 15 75 65 +10 46
6 Atlético Bucaramanga 44 16 12 16 61 61 0 44
7 Once Caldas 44 15 13 16 64 58 +6 43
8 América 44 15 10 19 65 74 −9 40
9 Deportivo Pereira 44 15 10 19 68 82 −14 40
10 Deportes Quindío 44 12 13 19 54 91 −37 37
11 Atlético Nacional 44 13 9 22 69 90 −21 35
12 Deportes Tolima 44 9 12 23 53 76 −23 30
Source:
(C) Champion.

Results

First turn

Home \ Away[1] AME BUC CALCUCMEDMILNACONCPERQUISFETOL
América 1–0 5–0 2–1 3–4 0–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 4–2
Atlético Bucaramanga 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 4–3
Deportivo Cali 1–3 2–1 5–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 8–2 1–2 3–3 2–1
Cúcuta Deportivo 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–4 4–3 1–1 1–1 6–0
Independiente Medellín 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 4–1
Millonarios 2–2 3–1 3–2 4–0 2–1 4–2 3–1 5–1 6–0 2–2 3–0
Atlético Nacional 1–2 2–3 1–4 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–3 4–2 4–3 2–1 2–2
Once Caldas 3–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 5–1 1–3 3–0 3–0 0–3
Deportivo Pereira 1–0 0–3 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 4–1 0–1 2–3 0–4 5–2
Deportes Quindío 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 0–3 3–2 1–3 2–1 0–4 2–1 1–0
Santa Fe 4–1 3–1 4–1 3–2 4–4 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–0
Deportes Tolima 1–1 2–3 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–2

Second turn

Home \ Away[1] AME BUC CALCUCMEDMILNACONCPERQUISFETOL
América 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–2
Atlético Bucaramanga 2–1 3–1 1–3 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 4–1 0–0
Deportivo Cali 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 7–0 1–1 1–1
Cúcuta Deportivo 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–3 1–0 2–3 2–1 5–1 3–0 1–0 0–0
Independiente Medellín 1–0 4–2 3–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 0–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–1
Millonarios 3–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 5–3 0–0 3–2 2–0 4–2 1–0
Atlético Nacional 3–1 4–0 0–0 0–1 5–2 2–4 3–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–1
Once Caldas 4–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–0
Deportivo Pereira 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 4–2 2–1 1–1
Deportes Quindío 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–3 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–0
Santa Fe 5–2 4–3 3–0 5–0 1–0 3–2 3–4 4–2 5–2 5–0 3–2
Deportes Tolima 6–1 0–0 0–1 1–5 0–2 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–1

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Argentina Alberto Perazzo Santa Fe 32
2 Argentina Juan Vairo Independiente Medellín 30
3 Argentina Roberto Miravelli Once Caldas 23
4 Colombia Eusebio Escobar Deportivo Pereira 21
5 Argentina/Uruguay Juan Hohberg Cúcuta Deportivo 19
6 Argentina Osvaldo Panzutto Santa Fe 18
7 Colombia Delio Gamboa Millonarios 15
Argentina Rubén Pizarro Millonarios 15
9 Argentina Walter Marcolini América 14
Uruguay Luis Piriz Cúcuta Deportivo 14

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1961

1961 Campeonato Profesional Champion
Millonarios
Sixth Title

References

  1. ↑ Ruíz Bonilla, Guillermo (2008). La gran historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano. Ediciones Dayscript. ISBN 978-958-987-1300.
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