1973 Campeonato Profesional

Campeonato Profesional

Season	1973
Champions	Atlético Nacional (2nd title)
Matches	346
Goals	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.

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	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

External links

• Dimayor's official website (in Spanish)