| Season | 1953 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Millonarios (4th title) |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 535 (4.05 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Mario Garelli (20) |
| Biggest home win | Santa Fe 7–0Unión Magdalena |
| Biggest away win | Junior 0–4Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional 1–5Deportivo Cali Deportivo Pereira 1–5Boca Juniors Sporting 0–4Santa Fe |
| Highest scoring | Deportivo Pereira 4–7Atlético Nacional Atlético Quindío 8–3Sporting |
←1952 1954 → | |
The1953 Campeonato Profesional was the sixth season ofColombia's top-flight football league. Twelve teams compete against one another and played each weekend. The tournament was notable for being the fifth and last year ofEl Dorado.Millonarios won the league for the fourth time in its history and for the third time in a row after getting 35 points.
The tournament was the fifth year ofEl Dorado, after theDIMAYOR agreed thePacto de Lima[1] with theFIFA, with the requirement that the foreign players would return to their countries the next year.
Twelve teams competed in the tournament, three fewer than the previous year:Deportivo Manizales andUniversidad were dissolved, whileAmérica de Cali andIndependiente Medellín were bankrupt and did not join.[2]Deportivo Samarios was refounded asUnión Magdalena.[3]Millonarios won the championship for the third consecutive time, getting their fourth league title.
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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Millonarios(C) | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 51 | 22 | +29 | 35 |
| 2 | Quindío | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 66 | 40 | +26 | 33 |
| 3 | Boca Juniors | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 31 |
| 4 | Santa Fe | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 30 | +27 | 29 |
| 5 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 26 |
| 6 | Deportivo Cali | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 26 |
| 7 | Atlético Nacional | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 25 |
| 8 | Unión Magdalena | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 15 |
| 9 | Sporting | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 38 | 68 | −30 | 15 |
| 10 | Junior | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 15 |
| 11 | Deportivo Pereira | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 42 | 72 | −30 | 14 |
| 12 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 45 | −34 | 0 |
| Home \ Away | BJ | BUC | CAL | CUC | JUN | MAG | MIL | NAC | PER | QUI | SFE | SPB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boca Juniors | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | 0–1[a] | 0–1 | 0–1[a] | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0–1[a] | 0–1 | 0–1[a] | 0–1[a] | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
| Deportivo Cali | 2–2 | 1–0[a] | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | 2–2 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 6–0 | |
| Junior | 1–3 | 1–0[a] | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |
| Unión Magdalena | 1–2[b] | 1–0[a] | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | |
| Millonarios | 3–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | |
| Atlético Nacional | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 7–2 | |
| Deportivo Pereira | 1–5 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–5 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 4–7 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 3–3 | |
| Quindío | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 7–2 | 1–0[c] | 8–3 | |
| Santa Fe | 5–0 | 1–0[a] | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 6–0 | |
| Sporting | 2–4 | 1–0[a] | 2–4 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
Source:RSSSF.com Colombia 1953
| 1953 Campeonato Profesional champion |
|---|
| Millonarios Fourth title |
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