1972 Campeonato Profesional

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.

Teams

Team	City	Stadium
América	Cali	Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Atlético Bucaramanga	Bucaramanga	Alfonso López
Atlético Nacional	Medellín	Atanasio Girardot
Cúcuta Deportivo	Cúcuta	General Santander
Deportes Quindío	Armenia	San José de Armenia
Deportes Tolima	Ibagué	Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Deportivo Cali	Cali	Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Deportivo Pereira	Pereira	Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Independiente Medellín	Medellín	Atanasio Girardot
Junior	Barranquilla	Romelio Martínez
Millonarios	Bogotá	El Campín
Once Caldas	Manizales	Palogrande
Santa Fe	Bogotá	El Campín
Unión Magdalena	Santa Marta	Eduardo Santos

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	—

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

External links

• Dimayor's official website (in Spanish)