The 1951 Campeonato Profesional was the fourth season of
Colombia's top-flight football league. 18 teams compete against one another and played each weekend. The tournament was notable for being the third year of
El Dorado.
Millonarios
Millonarios Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the El Campín stadium.
Millonarios was initially created in 1937 by students f ...
won the league for 2nd time in its history after getting 60 points.
Deportes Caldas
Once Caldas S.A., simply known as Once Caldas, is a professional Colombian football team based in Manizales, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Palogrande stadium.
They were the surprise winners ...
, the defending champion, was 10th with 34 points.
Background
The tournament was the third year of
El Dorado. The debutants teams were
Deportes Quindío
Deportes Quindío is a professional Colombian football club based in Armenia that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. The club was founded on 8 January 1951, and its best achievement was winning the 1956 league tournament. They play thei ...
and
Deportivo Samarios, while
Atlético Municipal
Atlético Municipal is a Honduran football club based in Santa Cruz de Yojoa. The club currently plays in Liga Nacional de Ascenso de Honduras.
History
The club was established in August 1980. It was only the second team from the Second Divis ...
changed its name to Atlético Nacional.
Deportivo Samarios was founded by the squad of the
Hungária FC
Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest Futball Club or shortly MTK is a Hungarian Association football, football club based in Józsefváros, Budapest. The team currently plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II. The club's colours are blue and white. ...
when it was disbanded.
The first team consisted in 10 Colombians, 8 Hungarians, 2 Yugoslavs, 1 Austrian, 1 Argentine, 1 Italian and 1 Romanian. On August 11,
Universidad appointed the poet
León de Greiff
Francisco de Asís León Bogislao de Greiff Haeusler (July 22, 1895 – July 11, 1976), was a Colombian poet known for his stylistic innovations and deliberately eclectic use of obscure lexicon. Best known simply as León de Greiff, he often us ...
as executive of the team.
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
Itagüí () is a city of Colombia, located in the south of the Aburrá Valley in the Antioquia Department. It is part of The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley.
Demographics
The population at the 2005 census was 230,272. Its density is 17&nb ...
Final standings
Results
Top goalscorers
Source
RSSSF.com Colombia 1951
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References
External links
Dimayor Official Page
{{Colombian Primera A
Prim
Prim may refer to:
People
* Prim (given name)
* Prim (surname)
Places
* Prim, Virginia, unincorporated community in King George County
*Dolní Přím, village in the Czech Republic; as Nieder Prim (Lower Prim) site of the Battle of Königgrätz
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Colombia
Categoría Primera A seasons