1974 Campeonato Profesional

Campeonato Profesional
Season1974
ChampionsDeportivo Cali (5th title)
Matches361
Goals835 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorerVíctor Ephanor (33)
← 1973
1975 →

The 1974 Campeonato Profesional was the twenty-seventh season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Deportivo Cali won the league for the fifth time after winning the Hexagonal final.[1]

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 Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Qualification
1Nacional37261574382216Group A, final hexagonal and tiebreaker
2Cali37261493381919
3Millonarios33261538382117Group A
4Junior3326129527189
5Medellín30261187322210
6Santa Fe3026118738335
7América2926911627243
8Cúcuta2226610101926-7Group B
9Caldas212685133141-10
10Quindío212669112735-8
11Bucaramanga2126511102035-15
12Pereira192675142128-7
13Magdalena172657141834-16
14Tolima1426112131834-16

Results

Home\Away AME BUC CAL CUC JUN MAG DIM MIL NAC ONC PER QUI SFE TOL
América — 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–0
Bucaramanga 1–1 — 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–4 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2
Cali 2–2 5–1 — 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 2–0 4–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–0
Cúcuta 0–0 1–0 0–0 — 0–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 4–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–1
Junior 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 — 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–2
Magdalena 0–2 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–0 — 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–0
Medellín 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 — 2–1 0–3 1–0 3–0 4–1 3–1 2–1
Millonarios 4–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 — 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0
Nacional 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 — 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–1
Caldas 2–2 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–4 — 1–0 2–0 2–3 1–1
Pereira 0–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 — 3–2 0–1 0–0
Quindío 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 — 1–1 2–0
Santa Fe 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–2 2–3 — 0–0
Tolima 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–2 —

Closing Tournament

Each of the teams in Groups A and B played 21 matchdays: the first 7 corresponded to the first round, with 6 matches against all the opponents in their group plus one intergroup match to balance the calendar of the odd groups; the next 7 matchdays were played against the teams from the other group; and the last 7 corresponded to the return legs of the first 7.

Group A standings

Pos. Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Qualification
1Cali30211182291316Hexagonal Final
2América2721107422166
3Millonarios2621984261412
4Santa Fe2421104727216
5Nacional2421885281612
6Junior222186726242
7Medellín18215882329-6

Group B standings

Pos. Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Qualification
1Pereira2521105621165Hexagonal Final
2Quindío212193930273
3Tolima21219392629-3
4Bucaramanga18216692223-1
5Cúcuta17215792331-8
6Caldas122144131636-20
7Magdalena92125141640-24

Results

Home\Away AME BUC CAL CUC JUN MAG DIM MIL NAC ONC PER QUI SFE TOL
América — 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 3–2
Bucaramanga 0–1 — 1–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–1
0–0
Cali 0–1 1–0 — 1–0 3–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 3–0
Cúcuta 5–2 0–1 — 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–3
1–2
Junior 0–2 0–2 0–1 — 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–1
2–1
Magdalena 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–2 — 0–0 3–0 1–3 0–6 1–2
Medellín 1–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 — 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–1
Millonarios 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 6–0 0–0 — 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–1
Nacional 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 — 3–0 4–1 2–2 2–0
Caldas 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 2–2 1–2 — 2–1 2–0 1–1
1–3
Pereira 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 — 1–1 1–0 3–0
1–0
Quindío 2–1 3–3 2–1 4–1 4–1 3–0 0–1 — 2–0 3–0
2–0
Santa Fe 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 — 1–3
Tolima 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–4 1–0 0–1 1–0 —
2–0

Qualification to the final hexagonal

Pos. Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Qualification
1Cali674725175673235Classified by the opening tournament and by group B
2Nacional614723159663828Classified by the opening tournament
3Millonarios5947241112643529Final Hexagonal
4América564719181049409
5Junior5547201512534211
6Santa Fe5447211214655411
7Medellín484716161555514
8Pereira44471710204244-2Classified by group B
9Quindío42471512205762-5
10Cúcuta39471117194257-15
11Bucaramanga39471117194258-16
12Tolima35471015224463-19
13Caldas3347129264777-30
14Magdalena2647712283474-40

Hexagonal Final

Standings

Pos. Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Qualification
1Cali131053212102Champion and Copa Libertadores
2Nacional111035218153Runner-up and Copa Libertadores
3Pereira101026219163
4Millonarios9103341314-1
5Junior9103341923-4
6América8102441518-3

First round results

Matchday 01 (November 24/1974)
América2–1Nacional
Junior1–0Millonarios
Pereira2–2Cali
Matchday 02 (November 27/1974)
Millonarios3–1América
Nacional1–0Pereira
Cali2–1Junior
Matchday 03 (December 01/1974)
Junior3–3Nacional
Millonarios0–1Cali
América2–2Pereira
Matchday 04 (December 04/1974)
Nacional0–1Millonarios
Pereira1–1Junior
América0–0Cali
Matchday 05 (December 06/1974)
Junior3–2América
Millonarios1–1Pereira
Cali2–2Nacional

Second round results

Matchday 06 (December 08/1974)
Millonarios4–2Junior
Nacional1–1América
Cali1–0Pereira
Matchday 07 (December 11/1974)
Junior2–1Cali
América0–0Millonarios
Pereira2–2Nacional
Matchday 08 (December 15/1974)
Cali2–1Millonarios
Nacional4–2Junior
Pereira5–3América
Matchday 09 (December 19/1974)
Junior2–2Pereira
Millonarios2–2Nacional
Cali(C)1–0América
Matchday 10 (December 22/1974)
Pereira4–1Millonarios
América4–2Junior
Nacional2–0Cali

References

  1. ↑ "Colombia 1974". RSSSF.