1960 Campeonato Profesional

The 1960 Campeonato Profesional was the 13th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 12 teams competed against one another and played each weekend. Santa Fe won the league for the 3rd time in its history after getting 61 points. Millonarios, the defending champion, was 6th with 45 points.

Campeonato Profesional
Season1960
ChampionsSanta Fe (3rd title)
Matches played262
Goals scored815 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorerWalter Marcolini (30)
Biggest home winAtlético Bucaramanga 6–0 Cúcuta Deportivo
Biggest away winCúcuta Deportivo 1–5 Atlético Bucaramanga
Deportivo Cali 1–5 Independiente Medellín
Deportivo Pereira 1–5 Deportes Tolima
Atlético Quindío 0–4 Independiente Medellín
Highest scoringSanta Fe 6–3 Deportes Tolima
Unión Magdalena 5–4 Atlético Quindío
Santa Fe 4–5 Deportes Tolima
← 1959
1961 →

Background

The same 12 teams from the last tournament competed in this one. Santa Fe won the championship for the third time.[1][2]

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 1960 Campeonato Profesional teams:
  • 1. Armenia
  • 2. Bogotá
  • 3. Bucaramanga
  • 4. Cali
  • 5. Cúcuta
  • 6. Ibagué
  • 7. Medellín
  • 8. Pereira
  • 9. Santa Marta
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
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta Estadio General Santander
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
Santa Fe Bogotá Estadio El Campín
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Estadio Eduardo Santos

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santa Fe (C) 44 22 17 5 95 64 +31 61 1961 Copa Libertadores First Round
2 América 44 21 13 10 62 42 +20 55
3 Atlético Bucaramanga 44 20 14 10 74 53 +21 54
4 Deportivo Cali 44 20 9 15 76 71 +5 49
5 Independiente Medellín 44 18 12 14 64 51 +13 48
6 Millonarios 44 16 13 15 69 57 +12 45
7 Deportes Tolima 44 16 13 15 82 85 −3 45
8 Atlético Quindío 44 14 15 15 64 71 −7 43
9 Atlético Nacional 44 15 7 22 66 72 −6 37
10 Unión Magdalena 44 10 12 22 57 83 −26 32
11 Cúcuta Deportivo 44 11 8 25 49 83 −34 30
12 Deportivo Pereira 44 8 13 23 57 83 −26 29
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion.

Results

First turn
Home \ Away AME BUC CAL CUC MAG MED MIL NAC PER QUI SFE TOL
América 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–2 5–2
Atlético Bucaramanga 2–1 0–0 6–0 4–0 4–2 1–0 1–2 2–4 1–0 1–2 1–1
Deportivo Cali 1–3 6–2 2–0 3–0 1–5 3–2 0–3 3–0 4–3 1–1 0–3
Cúcuta Deportivo 2–2 1–5 1–4 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0
Unión Magdalena 2–1 0–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 4–1 5–2 1–1 2–2
Independiente Medellín 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–2
Millonarios 2–0 1–0 2–2 6–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–2
Atlético Nacional 2–3 0–1 3–1 3–2 1–1 0–3 1–2 5–2 1–2 0–0 2–5
Deportivo Pereira 0–1 3–4 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–5 1–5
Atlético Quindío 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 3–1 3–3 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–3 3–0
Santa Fe 1–2 3–0 3–1 4–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 6–3
Deportes Tolima 2–2 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–3
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second turn
Home \ Away AME BUC CAL CUC MAG MED MIL NAC PER QUI SFE TOL
América 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–1
Atlético Bucaramanga 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–3
Deportivo Cali 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–1
Cúcuta Deportivo 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1
Unión Magdalena 3–4 1–1 0–2 4–3 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 5–4 4–2 0–0
Independiente Medellín 2–1 2–0 4–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–2
Millonarios 0–0 0–0 2–2 4–1 1–3 0–0 4–2 3–1 3–1 2–2 3–3
Atlético Nacional 2–1 1–2 3–1 4–3 5–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 2–3
Deportivo Pereira 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 4–0 2–2 1–3 0–1 2–2 4–4 1–1
Atlético Quindío 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–4 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1
Santa Fe 0–0 5–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 4–5
Deportes Tolima 0–2 1–3 2–1 3–3 3–1 4–2 0–2 0–3 3–1 1–1 2–4
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Walter Marcolini Deportivo Cali 30
2 Osvaldo Panzutto Santa Fe 26
3 Américo Castroman Deportivo Cali 25
4 José Giarrizzo Atlético Bucaramanga 24
5 Onofre Benítez Atlético Quindío 23
6 / José Américo Montanini Atlético Bucaramanga 22
7 Carlos Arango Unión Magdalena 20
Eusebio Escobar Deportivo Pereira 20
9 Alberto Perazzo Santa Fe 19
10 Juan Manuel López América 17

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1960

 1960 Campeonato Profesional Champion 
Santa Fe
Third title
gollark: Amazing.
gollark: :=listhighscores gol
gollark: Have you considered adding 120497124 entity sensors/block scanners to all heavdrones?
gollark: We also created some mathematical models using calcululululululus and multiplication, which corroborate this.
gollark: According to osmarks.tk™ studies, if you go faster consistently, this is significantly more likely to result in a win than going slowly consistently.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-12-23. Retrieved 2015-12-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  2. Ruíz Bonilla, Guillermo (2008). La gran historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano. Ediciones Dayscript. p. 12–14; 19. ISBN 978-958-987-1300.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.