| Season | 1955 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Independiente Medellín (1st title) |
| Matches | 135 |
| Goals | 507 (3.76 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Felipe Marino (22) |
| Biggest home win | Atlético Nacional 7–0Cúcuta Deportivo |
| Biggest away win | Deportivo Cali 0–4Boca Juniors Deportivo Cali 0–4Atlético Quindío Cúcuta Deportivo 0–4Medellín Deportes Tolima 0–4Millonarios |
| Highest scoring | Atlético Nacional 5–4Atlético Quindío |
←1954 1956 → | |
The1955 Campeonato Profesional was the eighth season ofColombia's top-flight football league. 10 teams compete against one another and played each weekend.Independiente Medellín won the league for 1st time in its history after getting 44 points.Atlético Nacional, the defending champion, was 2nd with 39 points.
10 teams competed in the tournament:Atlético Manizales was dissolved andUnión Magdalena was penalized for withdrawing the previous championship,[1][2] whileCúcuta Deportivo return to the tournament andDeportes Tolima debuted.[3]Independiente Medellín won the championship for first time.
Every team played three games against each other team, one at home, one away and the other one at the stadium of the team that was economically worse.[3] 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 bygoal difference. The team with the most points is the champion of the league.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Independiente Medellín(C) | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 31 |
| 2 | Atlético Nacional | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 25 |
| 3 | Quindío | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 24 |
| 4 | Millonarios | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 20 |
| 5 | Boca Juniors | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 18 |
| 6 | América | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Deportes Tolima | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 15 |
| 8 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 36 | −16 | 12 |
| 9 | Santa Fe | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 7 |
| 10 | Deportivo Cali | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 51 | −35 | 5 |
| Home \ Away | AME | BJ | CAL | CUC | MED | MIL | NAC | QUI | SFE | TOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| América | 3–3 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 3–3 | |
| 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | ||||||
| Boca Juniors | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | |
| 3–0 | 1–3 | |||||||||
| Deportivo Cali | 4–2 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |
| 1–3 | ||||||||||
| Cúcuta Deportivo | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 5–1 | |||||
| Medellín | 5–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | |
| 4–0 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |||||||
| Millonarios | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–2 | |
| 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | ||||||
| Atlético Nacional | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 6–2 | ||||||
| Atlético Quindío | 1–0 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | |
| 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | |||||
| Santa Fe | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | |
| 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | |||||||
| Deportes Tolima | 2–3 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | |
| 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Source:RSSSF.com Colombia 1955
| 1955 Campeonato Profesional champion |
|---|
| Independiente Medellín First title |