1973 Campeonato Profesional
| Season | 1973 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Atlético Nacional (2nd title) |
| Matches played | 346 |
| Goals scored | 848 (2.45 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Nelson Silva Pacheco (36) |
← 1972 1974 → | |
The 1973 Campeonato Profesional was the twenty-sixth season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Atlético Nacional won the league for the second 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 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 48 | 20 | +28 | 39 | Final Triangular |
| 2 | Deportivo Cali | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 36 | |
| 3 | Atlético Nacional | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 31 | |
| 4 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 29 | |
| 5 | Unión Magdalena | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 29 | |
| 6 | Independiente Medellín | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 28 | |
| 7 | Deportes Quindío | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 24 | |
| 8 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 24 | |
| 9 | Deportivo Pereira | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 23 | |
| 10 | Atlético Junior | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 23 | |
| 11 | Once Caldas | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 23 | |
| 12 | Independiente Santa Fe | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 22 | |
| 13 | América de Cali | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 17 | |
| 14 | Deportes Tolima | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 16 |
Source: RSSSF
Results
| Home\Away | AME | BUC | CAL | CUC | JUN | MAG | DIM | MIL | NAC | ONC | PER | QUI | SFE | TOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| América | — | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Bucaramanga | 3–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Cali | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Cúcuta | 3–1 | 8–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Junior | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Magdalena | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Medellín | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Millonarios | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Nacional | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Caldas | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 |
| Pereira | 5–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Quindío | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Santa Fe | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | — | 3–2 |
| Tolima | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — |
Ending Tournament
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlético Nacional | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 34 | Final Triangular |
| 2 | Millonarios F.C. | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 33 | |
| 3 | Independiente Medellín | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 31 | |
| 4 | Deportivo Cali | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 28 | |
| 5 | Deportes Tolima | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 25 | |
| 6 | Atlético Junior | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 24 | |
| 7 | Independiente Santa Fe | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 23 | |
| 8 | América de Cali | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 22 | |
| 9 | Deportivo Pereira | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 21 | |
| 10 | Deportes Quindío | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 21 | |
| 11 | Once Caldas | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 19 | |
| 12 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 18 | |
| 13 | Unión Magdalena | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 45 | −25 | 13 |
Source: RSSSF
Results
| Home\Away | AME | BUC | CAL | JUN | MAG | DIM | MIL | NAC | ONC | PER | QUI | SFE | TOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| América | — | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Bucaramanga | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 |
| Cali | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Junior | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Magdalena | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Medellín | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Millonarios | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Nacional | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Caldas | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Pereira | 4–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Quindío | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Santa Fe | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 7–2 |
| Tolima | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — |
Final Triangular
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlético Nacional | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | Champion and Libertadores Cup 1974 |
| 2 | Millonarios | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Tiebreaker for second place |
| 3 | Deportivo Cali | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Matchdays
| Results | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matchday | Home | Result | Away | Stadium | Fecha | ||||||
| First | Nacional | 2 : 1 | Cali | Atanasio Girardot | December 9 | ||||||
| Rest: Millonarios | |||||||||||
| Second | Millonarios | 0 : 2 | Nacional | El Campín | December 12 | ||||||
| Rest: Cali | |||||||||||
| Third | Cali | 1 : 0 | Millonarios | Pascual Guerrero | December 14 | ||||||
| Rest: Nacional | |||||||||||
| Quarter | Cali | 0 : 1 | Nacional(C) | Pascual Guerrero | December 16 | ||||||
| Rest: Millonarios | |||||||||||
| Fifth | Nacional | 0 : 3 | Millonarios | Atanasio Girardot | December 20 | ||||||
| Rest: Cali | |||||||||||
| Sixth | Millonarios | 0 : 0 | Cali | El Campín | December 23 | ||||||
| Rest: Nacional | |||||||||||
| 1973 Campeonato Profesional champion |
|---|
| Atlético Nacional 2nd title |
References
External links
- Dimayor's official website (in Spanish)