Season | 1952 |
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Champions | Millonarios (3rd title) |
Matches played | 210 |
Goals scored | 768 (3.66 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Alfredo Di Stéfano (19) |
Biggest home win | Boca Juniors 7–1Sporting |
Biggest away win | Deportivo Samarios 1–11Deportes Quindío |
Highest scoring | Deportivo Samarios 1–11Deportes Quindío |
←1951 1953 → |
The1952 Campeonato Profesional was the fifth season ofColombia's top-flight football league. 15 teams compete against one another and played each weekend. The tournament was notable for being the fourth year ofEl Dorado.Millonarios won the league for 3rd time in its history after getting 46 points.
The tournament was the fourth year ofEl Dorado. The number of teams was reduced from 18 to 15: Deportes Caldas and Once Deportivo joined to formDeportivo Manizales.Huracán de Medellín disappeared due to poor performance, whileIndependiente Medellín had to retire because of an economic crisis.[1]
Universidad, who was also in an economic crisis, received a lot of players from other teams in order to enable their participation in the championship:Santa Fe loaned it Roberto Martínez, Atilio Miotti, Juan Candall, José María Arnaldo, Oscar Contreras, Luis López, Mario Fernández y Angel Perucca;Millonarios loaned Tomás Aves;Junior loaned Heraldo Ferreyro;Deportivo Manizales loaned Segundo Tessori, Vicente Gallina and Osvaldo Bianco; andDeportivo Samarios loaned Milos Dragoilovich.[2]
Millonarios became the first team to win the championship three times, and the first team to win two consecutive titles.Alfredo Di Stéfano became goalscorer of the tournament for the second time in succession. This was the most successful year of the denominatedBallet Azul, in which also played 33 international matches, finishing with 20 wins, 10 draws and 3 losses, being the 4-2 win againstReal Madrid its most memorable match.[3]
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 bygoal difference. The team with the most points is the champion of the league.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Millonarios(C) | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 70 | 14 | +56 | 46 |
2 | Boca Juniors | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 67 | 36 | +31 | 40 |
3 | Deportivo Pereira | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 37 |
4 | Deportivo Cali | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 35 |
5 | Quindío | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 67 | 43 | +24 | 35 |
6 | Junior | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 33 |
7 | América | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 31 |
8 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 32 |
9 | Santa Fe | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 54 | 65 | −11 | 25 |
10 | Universidad | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 54 | −1 | 24 |
11 | Deportivo Samarios | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 78 | −40 | 19 |
12 | Deportivo Manizales | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 18 |
13 | Atlético Nacional | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 69 | −31 | 17 |
14 | Sporting | 28 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 33 | 66 | −33 | 16 |
15 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 28 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 86 | −51 | 12 |
Home \ Away | AME | BJ | BUC | CAL | CUC | JUN | MAN | MIL | NAC | PER | QUI | SAM | SFE | SPB | UNI |
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América | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | |
Boca Juniors | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 2–0 | |
Atlético Bucaramanga | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–7 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–6 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
Deportivo Cali | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
Cúcuta Deportivo | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | |
Junior | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
Deportivo Manizales | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
Millonarios | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | |
Atlético Nacional | 2–4 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | |
Deportivo Pereira | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | |
Quindío | 3–2 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–3 | |
Deportivo Samarios | 0–2 | 2–6 | 1–0[a] | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–11 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | |
Santa Fe | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–6 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–5 | |
Sporting | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | |
Universidad | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 3–5 | 4–0 |
Source:RSSSF.com Colombia 1952
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