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]
Opening Tournament
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.
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 |
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0–0 |
0–3 |
3–2 |
| Bucaramanga |
0–1 |
— |
|
1–1 |
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0–0 |
3–0 |
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4–0 |
1–0 |
2–0 |
1–3 |
1–1 |
| 0–0 |
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| Cali |
0–1 |
1–0 |
— |
1–0 |
3–3 |
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2–0 |
0–0 |
1–1 |
3–0 |
1–1 |
3–0 |
3–0 |
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| Cúcuta |
|
5–2 |
0–1 |
— |
1–0 |
1–1 |
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0–0 |
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2–1 |
1–0 |
1–0 |
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0–3 |
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1–2 |
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| Junior |
0–2 |
0–2 |
0–1 |
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— |
2–2 |
1–0 |
0–0 |
1–0 |
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2–0 |
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2–2 |
3–1 |
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2–1 |
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| Magdalena |
1–2 |
0–1 |
1–1 |
3–1 |
0–2 |
— |
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0–0 |
3–0 |
1–3 |
0–6 |
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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 |
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| Nacional |
2–1 |
2–0 |
0–0 |
2–1 |
0–1 |
|
1–1 |
2–0 |
— |
3–0 |
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4–1 |
2–2 |
2–0 |
| Caldas |
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2–0 |
|
1–1 |
2–3 |
1–0 |
2–2 |
1–2 |
|
— |
2–1 |
2–0 |
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1–1 |
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1–3 |
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| Pereira |
1–0 |
0–0 |
|
1–1 |
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1–0 |
|
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2–1 |
0–0 |
— |
1–1 |
1–0 |
3–0 |
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1–0 |
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| Quindío |
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2–1 |
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3–3 |
2–1 |
4–1 |
4–1 |
|
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3–0 |
0–1 |
— |
2–0 |
3–0 |
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2–0 |
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| 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 |
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— |
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2–0 |
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Qualification to the final hexagonal
| Pos. |
Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Qualification |
| 1 | Cali | 67 | 47 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 67 | 32 | 35 | Classified by the opening tournament and by group B |
| 2 | Nacional | 61 | 47 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 66 | 38 | 28 | Classified by the opening tournament |
| 3 | Millonarios | 59 | 47 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 64 | 35 | 29 | Final Hexagonal |
| 4 | América | 56 | 47 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 49 | 40 | 9 |
| 5 | Junior | 55 | 47 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 53 | 42 | 11 |
| 6 | Santa Fe | 54 | 47 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 65 | 54 | 11 | |
| 7 | Medellín | 48 | 47 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 55 | 51 | 4 | |
| 8 | Pereira | 44 | 47 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 42 | 44 | -2 | Classified by group B |
| 9 | Quindío | 42 | 47 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 57 | 62 | -5 | |
| 10 | Cúcuta | 39 | 47 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 42 | 57 | -15 | |
| 11 | Bucaramanga | 39 | 47 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 42 | 58 | -16 | |
| 12 | Tolima | 35 | 47 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 44 | 63 | -19 | |
| 13 | Caldas | 33 | 47 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 47 | 77 | -30 | |
| 14 | Magdalena | 26 | 47 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 34 | 74 | -40 | |
Hexagonal Final
Standings
| Pos. |
Team |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Qualification |
| 1 | Cali | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | Champion and Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Nacional | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 3 | Runner-up and Copa Libertadores |
| 3 | Pereira | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 3 | |
| 4 | Millonarios | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -1 | |
| 5 | Junior | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 23 | -4 | |
| 6 | América | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -3 | |
First round results
| Matchday 01 (November 24/1974) |
| América | 2–1 | Nacional |
| Junior | 1–0 | Millonarios |
| Pereira | 2–2 | Cali |
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| Matchday 02 (November 27/1974) |
| Millonarios | 3–1 | América |
| Nacional | 1–0 | Pereira |
| Cali | 2–1 | Junior |
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| Matchday 03 (December 01/1974) |
| Junior | 3–3 | Nacional |
| Millonarios | 0–1 | Cali |
| América | 2–2 | Pereira |
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| Matchday 04 (December 04/1974) |
| Nacional | 0–1 | Millonarios |
| Pereira | 1–1 | Junior |
| América | 0–0 | Cali |
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| Matchday 05 (December 06/1974) |
| Junior | 3–2 | América |
| Millonarios | 1–1 | Pereira |
| Cali | 2–2 | Nacional |
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Second round results
| Matchday 06 (December 08/1974) |
| Millonarios | 4–2 | Junior |
| Nacional | 1–1 | América |
| Cali | 1–0 | Pereira |
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| Matchday 07 (December 11/1974) |
| Junior | 2–1 | Cali |
| América | 0–0 | Millonarios |
| Pereira | 2–2 | Nacional |
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| Matchday 08 (December 15/1974) |
| Cali | 2–1 | Millonarios |
| Nacional | 4–2 | Junior |
| Pereira | 5–3 | América |
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| Matchday 09 (December 19/1974) |
| Junior | 2–2 | Pereira |
| Millonarios | 2–2 | Nacional |
| Cali(C) | 1–0 | América |
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| Matchday 10 (December 22/1974) |
| Pereira | 4–1 | Millonarios |
| América | 4–2 | Junior |
| Nacional | 2–0 | Cali |
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