The 1966 Campeonato Profesional was the 19th season of

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

's top-flight football league. 14 teams competed against one another. Santa Fe won their fourth league title.

Background and league system

14 teams competed in the tournament: the same 13 teams from the previous tournament as well as

Junior Junior or Juniors may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * ''Junior'' (Junior Mance album), 1959 * ''Junior'' (Röyksopp album), 2009 * ''Junior'' (Kaki King album), 2010 * ''Junior'' (LaFontaines album), 2019 Films * ''Junior'' (1994 ...

, who returned to the competition after a 13-year absence with the bulk of the team that made up the

Colombia national football team The Colombia national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Colombia) represents Colombia in men's international football and is managed by the Colombian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Colombia. They are a member ...

during the qualification tournament for the 1966 FIFA World Cup. The tournament was once again played under a round-robin format, with every team playing each other four times (twice at home and twice away) for a total of 52 matches. 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 Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...

. The team with the most points became the champion of the league. 364 matches were played during the season, with a total of 1188 goals scored. Santa Fe won the championship for the fourth time, the runners-up were

Independiente Medellín Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Estadio Atanasio Girardo ...

. Both teams qualified for the

1967 Copa Libertadores The 1967 Copa Libertadores de América was the eighth edition of the Copa Libertadores, and which involved 20 club teams from South American nations. The tournament was divided into three rounds; the first group stage, the second group stage, and ...

, marking the return of Colombian clubs to the competition after

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

lifted the two-year suspension on the

Colombian Football Federation The Colombian Football Federation (in es, Federación Colombiana de Fútbol) is the governing body of football in Colombia. It was founded in 1924 and has been affiliated to FIFA since 1936. It is a member of CONMEBOL and is in charge of the Col ...

due to the conflict between the FIFA-recognized ''Asociación de Fútbol Colombiano'' (Adefútbol) and DIMAYOR.

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

player Omar Devani, who played for Santa Fe, was the season's top goalscorer with 31 goals.

Background and league system

Teams

Standings

Top goalscorers

References

External links