| Season | 1957 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Independiente Medellín (2nd title) |
| Matches | 213 |
| Goals | 744 (3.49 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | José Grecco (30) |
| Biggest home win | Independiente Medellín 8–1Deportivo Pereira |
| Biggest away win | Bucaramanga 0–4Independiente Medellín Deportivo Pereira 2–6Independiente Medellín |
| Highest scoring | Independiente Medellín 9–5Santa Fe |
←1956 1958 → | |
The1957 Campeonato Profesional was the tenth season ofColombia's top-flight football league. The tournament consisted of a first stage, a cancelled octagonal stage, and a two-group second stage, and ended on 13 April 1958. 12 teams participated in the tournament.Independiente Medellín won the league for 2nd time in its history after defeatingCúcuta Deportivo in the championship playoff with an aggregate score of 8–3.Atlético Quindío, the defending champion, was 3rd in the first stage with 24 points, and was then eliminated in the second stage.[1]
12 teams competed in the tournament.Libertad de Barranquilla was the only team from the previous season who did not participate.[2][3]
Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. On the first stage, every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away, and the first 8 teams qualified for the octagonal stage. From this stage, the team with most points would be the champion of the season, however the stage was cancelled after 8 matches due to claims from the teams eliminated in the first stage. Then, a second stage was played, with two groups of six teams each. The champion of each group played a playoff, and the champion of it played a champion playoff against the champion of the first stage.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Independiente Medellín | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 69 | 31 | +38 | 36 | Qualified toOctagonal Stage (and later also added toChampion Playoff) |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 29 | Qualified toOctagonal Stage |
| 3 | Atlético Quindío | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 24 | |
| 4 | Deportivo Pereira | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 24 | |
| 5 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 22 | |
| 6 | Santa Fe | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 21 | |
| 7 | Unión Magdalena | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 21 | |
| 8 | Deportes Tolima | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 20 | |
| 9 | América | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 19 | |
| 10 | Atlético Nacional | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 17 | |
| 11 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 16 | |
| 12 | Millonarios | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 15 |
| Home \ Away | AME | BJ | BUC | CUC | MAG | MED | MIL | NAC | PER | QUI | SFE | TOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| América | 1–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–5 | 1–0 | |
| Boca Juniors | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–5 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| Unión Magdalena | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | |
| Independiente Medellín | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 8–1 | 2–1 | 9–5 | 4–3 | |
| Millonarios | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Atlético Nacional | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 5–3 | |
| Deportivo Pereira | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–6 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–4 | |
| Atlético Quindío | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | |
| Santa Fe | 2–0 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 4–3 | |
| Deportes Tolima | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Independiente Medellín | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 6 |
| 2 | Atlético Quindío | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| 3 | Unión Magdalena | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
| 4 | Deportivo Pereira | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Santa Fe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 1 |
| 6 | Deportes Tolima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| 7 | Boca Juniors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
| 8 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
| Home \ Away | BJ | CUC | MAG | MED | PER | QUI | SFE | TOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boca Juniors | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | 1–4 | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | |
| Unión Magdalena | 2–0 | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | |
| Independiente Medellín | –[a] | 7–1 | –[a] | 3–1 | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | |
| Deportivo Pereira | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | 1–2 | –[a] | –[a] | |
| Atlético Quindío | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | 1–0 | |
| Santa Fe | –[a] | –[a] | 2–2 | 2–3 | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | |
| Deportes Tolima | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] | –[a] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Independiente Medellín | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 12 |
| 2 | Deportivo Pereira | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 12 |
| 3 | Deportes Tolima | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 12 |
| 4 | Atlético Quindío | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Atlético Nacional | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 9 |
| 6 | Unión Magdalena | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 5 |
| Home \ Away | MAG | MED | NAC | PER | QUI | TOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unión Magdalena | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | |
| Independiente Medellín | 5–0 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 0–2 | 3–5 | |
| Atlético Nacional | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | |
| Deportivo Pereira | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Atlético Quindío | 4–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–3 | |
| Deportes Tolima | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deportes Tolima | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 5 |
| 2 | Deportivo Pereira | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 |
| 3 | Independiente Medellín | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 |
| Home \ Away | MED | PER | TOL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independiente Medellín | 1–2 | 2–0 | |
| Deportivo Pereira | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Deportes Tolima | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 14 |
| 2 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 12 |
| 3 | Santa Fe | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 10 |
| 4 | Millonarios | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 10 |
| 5 | Boca Juniors | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 8 |
| 6 | América | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 6 |
| Home \ Away | AME | BJ | BUC | CUC | MIL | SFE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| América | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Boca Juniors | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | 4–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Millonarios | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Santa Fe | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | 1–0 | Deportes Tolima |
|---|---|---|
| Zapirain | Report |
| Deportes Tolima | 2–1 | Cúcuta Deportivo |
|---|---|---|
| H. Pérez L. Rodríguez | Report | Serrano |
| Deportes Tolima | 1–1 | Cúcuta Deportivo |
|---|---|---|
| Coll | Report | Galeano |
Cúcuta Deportivo qualified toChampion Playoff on coin toss. Because of this, aRunners-up Playoff was also played after the Champion Playoff.
| Cúcuta Deportivo | 3–4 | Independiente Medellín |
|---|---|---|
| E. Ramírez Galeano Cuéllar | Report | Arredondo Larraz Contreras |
| Independiente Medellín | 4–0 | Cúcuta Deportivo |
|---|---|---|
| Larraz Arredondo Grecco | Report |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | 3–2 | Deportes Tolima |
|---|---|---|
| E. Ramírez Galeano | Report | Jamardo Coll |
| Deportes Tolima | 2–0 | Cúcuta Deportivo |
|---|---|---|
| Jamardo Galavis | Report |
Source:RSSSF.com Colombia 1957
| 1957 Campeonato Profesional champion |
|---|
| Independiente Medellín Second title |