1972 Campeonato Profesional
| Season | 1972 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Millonarios (10th title) |
| Matches played | 376 |
| Goals scored | 845 (2.25 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Hugo Lóndero (27) |
← 1971 1973 → | |
The 1972 Campeonato Profesional was the twenty-fifth season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Millonarios won the league for the tenth time after winning the Triangular final.[1]
Teams
Opening Tournament
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Millonarios F.C. | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 38 | Final Triangular |
| 2 | Atlético Junior | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 36 | |
| 3 | Independiente Santa Fe | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 31 | |
| 4 | Deportivo Cali | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 30 | |
| 5 | Atlético Nacional | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 30 | |
| 6 | Deportivo Pereira | 26 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 27 | |
| 7 | Deportes Tolima | 26 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 26 | |
| 8 | Deportes Quindío | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 25 | |
| 9 | Independiente Medellín | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 23 | |
| 10 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 23 | |
| 11 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 21 | |
| 12 | Unión Magdalena | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 32 | −14 | 18 | |
| 13 | Once Caldas | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 42 | −18 | 18 | |
| 14 | América de Cali | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 39 | −22 | 18 |
Source: RSSSF
Results
| Home\Away | AME | BUC | CAL | CUC | JUN | MAG | DIM | MIL | NAC | ONC | PER | QUI | SFE | TOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| América | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| Bucaramanga | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Cali | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Cúcuta | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Junior | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Magdalena | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Medellín | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Millonarios | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Nacional | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Caldas | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Pereira | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Quindío | 5–3 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Santa Fe | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 |
| Tolima | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — |
Ending Tournament
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deportivo Cali | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 36 | Tiebreaker for qualification to the final quadrangular |
| 2 | Millonarios F.C. | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 36 | |
| 3 | Atlético Nacional | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 36 | |
| 4 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 29 | |
| 5 | Atlético Junior | 26 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 29 | |
| 6 | Independiente Santa Fe | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 26 | |
| 7 | América de Cali | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 25 | |
| 8 | Once Caldas | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 24 | |
| 9 | Deportes Tolima | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 24 | |
| 10 | Deportivo Pereira | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 22 | |
| 11 | Deportes Quindío | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 22 | |
| 12 | Independiente Medellín | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 21 | |
| 13 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 26 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 18 | |
| 14 | Unión Magdalena | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 16 |
Source: RSSSF
Results
| Home\Away | AME | BUC | CAL | CUC | JUN | MAG | DIM | MIL | NAC | ONC | PER | QUI | SFE | TOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| América | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Bucaramanga | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 |
| Cali | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Cúcuta | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| Junior | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Magdalena | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Medellín | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Millonarios | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Nacional | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Caldas | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Pereira | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–3 | 2–5 | 1–1 |
| Quindío | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Santa Fe | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | — | 1–0 |
| Tolima | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |
Tiebreaker for qualification to the final quadrangular
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deportivo Cali | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Final Triangular |
| 2 | Millonarios F.C. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Atlético Nacional | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
Source: RSSSF
Final Triangular
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Millonarios F.C. | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Champion and Libertadores Cup 1973 |
| 2 | Deportivo Cali | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Second place and Libertadores Cup 1973 |
| 3 | Atlético Junior | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
Source: RSSSF
| 1972 Campeonato Profesional champion |
|---|
| Millonarios 10th title |
References
External links
- Dimayor's official website (in Spanish)