1956 Campeonato Profesional

The 1956 Campeonato Profesional was the ninth season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 13 teams compete against one another and played each weekend. Atlético Quindío won the league for 1st time in its history after getting 37 points. Independiente Medellín, the defending champion, was 5th with 30 points.

Campeonato Profesional
Season1956
ChampionsAtlético Quindío (1st title)
Matches played156
Goals scored626 (4.01 per match)
Top goalscorerJaime Gutiérrez (21)
Biggest home winAtlético Quindío 7–1 Deportivo Pereira
Biggest away winLibertad 0–8 Cúcuta Deportivo
Highest scoringAtlético Nacional 7–5 Libertad
← 1955
1957 →

Background

13 teams competed in the tournament: Deportivo Pereira, Atlético Bucaramanga and Unión Magdalena returned, Deportivo Cali was not admitted, and Libertad de Barranquilla was created.[1][2] Atlético Quindío won the championship for first time, with its goalscorer Jaime Gutiérrez becoming the first Colombian topscorer in the league (before him, only foreign players achieved this).[3]

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
Locations of the 1956 Campeonato Profesional teams:
  • 1. Armenia
  • 2. Barranquilla
  • 3. Bogotá
  • 4. Bucaramanga
  • 5. Cali
  • 6. Cúcuta
  • 7. Ibagué
  • 8. Medellín
  • 9. Pereira
  • 10. 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
Boca Juniors Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta Estadio General Santander
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Estadio Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Estadio Alberto Mora Mora
Independiente Medellín Medellín Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Libertad de Barranquilla Barranquilla Estadio Romelio Martínez
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
1 Atlético Quindío (C) 24 17 3 4 67 34 +33 37
2 Millonarios 24 16 2 6 48 35 +13 34
3 Boca Juniors 24 14 5 5 55 44 +11 33
4 Cúcuta Deportivo 24 13 6 5 64 38 +26 32
5 Independiente Medellín 24 12 6 6 62 35 +27 30
6 Deportes Tolima 24 12 6 6 48 34 +14 30
7 América de Cali 24 11 2 11 44 46 −2 24
8 Libertad 24 9 3 12 44 59 −15 21
9 Atlético Nacional 24 8 4 12 53 57 −4 20
10 Atlético Bucaramanga 24 5 5 14 34 56 −22 15
11 Deportivo Pereira 24 6 3 15 38 56 −18 15
12 Santa Fe 24 6 1 17 35 56 −21 13
13 Unión Magdalena 24 3 2 19 34 76 −42 8
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion.

Results
Home \ Away AME BJ BUC CUC LIB MAG MED MIL NAC PER QUI SFE TOL
América 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–3 2–2 1–3 1–2 3–2 1–3 3–1 2–0 3–3
Boca Juniors 2–0 5–3 1–6 2–1 5–3 1–1 1–2 5–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–1
Atlético Bucaramanga 1–6 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–3
Cúcuta Deportivo 3–2 0–1 1–1 3–4 4–2 3–3 4–2 2–1 4–1 0–3 6–1 2–3
Libertad 2–1 4–4 1–1 0–8 2–0 1–3 2–3 4–2 3–1 1–2 2–3 1–0
Unión Magdalena 1–2 0–4 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–5 1–3 1–3 3–1 4–3 2–5 2–3
Independiente Medellín 1–2 1–2 5–1 1–2 2–3 6–0 3–3 4–2 6–1 2–0 3–0 3–2
Millonarios 2–1 3–2 3–2 2–3 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 3–1 2–0
Atlético Nacional 2–3 5–1 2–2 2–3 7–5 1–2 2–2 1–2 3–1 2–5 3–2 2–2
Deportivo Pereira 2–3 2–2 4–2 1–1 4–0 5–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–3
Atlético Quindío 5–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 4–0 4–3 2–1 1–2 3–2 7–1 3–0 2–0
Santa Fe 0–1 2–3 3–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 3–0 4–6 1–6
Deportes Tolima 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Jaime Gutiérrez Atlético Quindío 21
2 José Grecco Independiente Medellín 20
3 Casimiro Ávalos Deportivo Pereira 17
Felipe Marino Atlético Nacional 17
5 Alfredo Castillo Millonarios 16
6 Carlos Arango Cúcuta Deportivo 15
Bibiano Zapirain Cúcuta Deportivo 15
8 Francisco Solano Patiño Atlético Quindío 14
Alfredo Mosquera Deportes Tolima 14
10 Alejandrino Genes Atlético Quindío 13

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1956

 1956 Campeonato Profesional Champion 
Atlético Quindío
First title

References
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