1958 Campeonato Profesional Explained

Competition:Campeonato Profesional
Season:1958
Winners:Santa Fe (2nd title)
Matches:180
Total Goals:644
League Topscorer:José Montanini (36)
Biggest Home Win:Deportes Tolima 5–0 Atlético Manizales
Biggest Away Win:Atlético Manizales 0–6 Santa Fe
Highest Scoring:Atlético Quindío 8–4 Cúcuta Deportivo
Prevseason:1957
Nextseason:1959

The 1958 Campeonato Profesional was the 11th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. After the previous season's multi-stage competition, the Campeonato Profesional returned to a single-stage format, with everyone playing each other 4 times over the season. The tournament began in May, a month after the end of the previous season.

Independiente Santa Fe won the league for 2nd time in its history after getting 48 points (Santa Fe was the champion of the first Campeonato Profesional in 1948), while defending champions Independiente Medellín did not compete.

Background

10 teams competed in the tournament, down from the previous season's 12, with Unión Magdalena withdrawing because economic problems, while Boca Juniors de Cali refusing to participate in any further Dimayor tournaments. To balance their removal, Atlético Manizales rejoined the competition (its last tournament being 1954). Atlético Nacional and Independiente Medellín mixed their teams competing under the name of Atlético Nacional, but known popularly as Independiente Nacional.[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

TeamCityStadium
AméricaCaliEstadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Atlético BucaramangaBucaramangaEstadio Alfonso López
Atlético ManizalesManizalesEstadio Palogrande
Atlético NacionalMedellínEstadio Atanasio Girardot
Atlético QuindíoArmeniaEstadio San José de Armenia
Cúcuta DeportivoCúcutaEstadio General Santander
Deportes TolimaIbaguéEstadio 10 de Mayo
Deportivo PereiraPereiraEstadio Alberto Mora Mora
MillonariosBogotáEstadio El Campín
Santa FeBogotáEstadio El Campín

Final league table

Results

Second turn

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
align=center 1 José MontaniniAtlético Bucaramanga36
align=center 2 Walter MarcoliniIndependiente Medellín35
align=center 3 Nolberto SoteloAtlético Manizales29
align=center 4 José GreccoSanta Fe25
align=center 5 Delio GamboaAtlético Nacional23
align=center 6 Francisco Solano PatiñoDeportivo Pereira21
align=center 7 Eusebio EscobarAtlético Manizales20
align=center 8 Juan José FerraroSanta Fe19
9 Orlando LarrazMillonarios16
Felipe MarinoCúcuta Deportivo16

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1958

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ruíz Bonilla, Guillermo . La gran historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano . 2008 . Ediciones Dayscript . 978-958-987-1300 . 12-14; 19.