The 1949 Campeonato Profesional was the second season of
Colombia's top-flight football league. The tournament was started on April 25. 14 teams compete against one another and played each weekend. This tournament was famous for mark the beginning of
El Dorado.
Millonarios
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Millonarios was initially created in 1937 by students f ...
and
Deportivo Cali, both with 44 points, played two final matches to decide the champion of the season.
Santa Fe, the defending champion, was 3rd with 39 points.
Background
The season was notable for being the beginning of
El Dorado, during which many international football stars arrived to the Colombian league, especially from Argentina, due to the protests that were taking place in that country. The tournament began on 25 April 1949. The debutants teams were
Atlético Bucaramanga
Club Atlético Bucaramanga S.A., better known as Atlético Bucaramanga, is a Colombian professional football team based in Bucaramanga. The club plays its home games at the Alfonso López stadium.
The club was founded on 11 May 1949 by Rafael ...
,
Boca Juniors de Cali
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,
Deportivo Barranquilla
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,
Deportivo Pereira
Deportivo Pereira is a professional Colombian football team based in Pereira, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium.
History Early years
While there are several ...
and
Huracán de Medellín
Huracán Fútbol Club de Medellín was a Colombian football club which spent three seasons in the Campeonato Profesional, the top-tier league of Colombian football. The club was formed on 1 May 1949.
Huracán was the third football club from M ...
. This year
Universidad returned to
Bogotá. Deportivo Barranquilla participated to replacing
Atlético Junior
Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A. (), commonly known as Junior de Barranquilla, by its old name Atlético Junior, or simply as Junior, is a Colombian professional football team based in Barranquilla, that currently plays in the Categoría ...
, who was representing
Colombia in the
South American Championship A South American Championship is a top level international sports competition between South American athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships
* ATP Buenos Aires, a tenni ...
. Barranquilla only played 21 of the 26 league matches.
League system
Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by
goal difference. The team with the most points is the champion of the league.
Teams
a Municipal played its home games at
Itagüí
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Demographics
The population at the 2005 census was 230,272. Its density is 17&nb ...
Final standings
Results
Final
Top goalscorers
Source
RSSSF.com Colombia 1949
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References
External links
Dimayor Official Page
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Prim
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* Prim (surname)
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Colombia
Categoría Primera A seasons