1969 Campeonato Profesional Explained

Competition:Campeonato Profesional
Season:1969
Winners:Deportivo Cali (3rd title)
Continentalcup1:Copa Libertadores
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Deportivo Cali
América de Cali
League Topscorer:Hugo Horacio Lóndero (24 goals)
Prevseason:1968
Nextseason:1970

The 1969 Campeonato Profesional was the 21st season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 14 teams competed against one another. Deportivo Cali won the Torneo Apertura, while Millonarios won the Torneo Clausura. Cali went on to win their third league title in the triangular final which was held in January 1970, while América de Cali earned the right to enter the 1970 Copa Libertadores instead of Millonarios. Hugo Horacio Lóndero, playing for América de Cali, was the topscorer with 24 goals.[1]

Teams

TeamCityStadium
América de CaliCaliEstadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Atlético BucaramangaBucaramangaEstadio Alfonso López
Atlético NacionalMedellínEstadio Atanasio Girardot
Cúcuta DeportivoCúcutaEstadio General Santander
Deportes QuindíoArmeniaEstadio San José de Armenia
Deportes TolimaIbaguéEstadio Serrano de Ávila
Deportivo CaliCaliEstadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Deportivo PereiraPereiraEstadio Alberto Mora Mora
Independiente MedellínMedellínEstadio Atanasio Girardot
JuniorBarranquillaEstadio Romelio Martínez
MillonariosBogotáEstadio El Campín
Once CaldasManizalesEstadio Fernando Londoño y Londoño
Santa FeBogotáEstadio El Campín
Unión MagdalenaSanta MartaEstadio Eduardo Santos

Torneo Finalización

Note: Millonarios took all their five penalties first, and Cali given the chance to match them. However, Cali missed their first penalty and the game ended there, as Millonarios had scored all of theirs.

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
align=center 1 Hugo Horacio LónderoAmérica de Cali24
2 Walter SossaSanta Fe23
Pedro Prospitti
align=center 4 Juan Carlos LallanaDeportivo Cali21
align=center 5 Eduardo CuriaAmérica de Calialign=center 20
6 Alfredo Arango (footballer)Unión Magdalena18
Edison AnguloDeportivo Pereira
Orlando MesaDeportes Quindío
9 Airton Dos SantosJunior16
Gustavo SantaAtlético Nacional

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1969

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Colombia 1969 . . 27 May 2021.