# 1954 Campeonato Profesional

The 1954 Campeonato Profesional was the seventh season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 10 teams compete against one another and played each weekend. The tournament was notable for being the sixth and last year of El Dorado. Atlético Nacional won the league for 1st time in its history after getting 31 points. Millonarios, the defending champion, was 5th with 18 points.

## Background

The tournament was the sixth and last year of El Dorado. The Pacto de Lima with the FIFA forced the foreign players to return to their countries in October. It was a very irregular tournament in which four matches were not played and seven were suspended by walkover.
10 teams competed in the tournament, two less than the previous year: Atlético Bucaramanga, Cúcuta Deportivo, Deportivo Pereira and Junior withdrew due to financial problems, Sporting de Barranquilla was dissolved, while América de Cali and Independiente Medellín return to the tournament. Atlético Manizales come in as the only new team. Atlético Nacional won the championship for first time, losing only against Boca Juniors de Cali through the tournament.

## 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

* 1. Armenia
* 2. Bogotá
* 3. Cali
* 4. Manizales
* 5. Medellín
* 6. Santa Marta
| Team | City | Stadium |
| América | Cali | Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar$^a$ |
| Atlético Manizales | Manizales | Estadio Palogrande |
| Atlético Nacional | Medellín | Estadio Atanasio Girardot |
| Atlético Quindío | Armenia | Estadio San José de Armenia |
| Boca Juniors | Cali | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero |
| Deportivo Cali | Cali | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero |
| Independiente Medellín | Medellín | Estadio San Fernando |
| Millonarios | Bogotá | Estadio El Campín |
| Santa Fe | Bogotá | Estadio El Campín |
| Unión Magdalena | Santa Marta | Estadio Eduardo Santos |
$^a$ América played its home games at Palmira

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Atlético Nacional (C) | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 31 |
| 2 | Quindío | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 25 |
| 3 | Independiente Medellín | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 24 |
| 4 | Atlético Manizales | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 20 |
| 5 | Millonarios | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 18 |
| 6 | Boca Juniors | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | América | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 15 |
| 8 | Unión Magdalena | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 36 | −16 | 12 |
| 9 | Deportivo Cali | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 7 |
| 10 | Santa Fe | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 51 | −35 | 5 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AME | BJ | CAL | MAG | MAN | MED | MIL | NAC | QUI | SFE |
| América | | 1–5 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–6 | 2–2 | 6–1 |
| Boca Juniors | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | – |
| Deportivo Cali | 3–3 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Unión Magdalena | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 |
| Atlético Manizales | 0–0 | 0–4 | 5–2 | 1–0 | | 2–5 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Medellín | 6–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 5–4 | 6–0 |
| Millonarios | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | – | 2–4 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 3–5 | 6–0 |
| Atlético Nacional | 5–2 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 8–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Atlético Quindío | 3–3 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 3–1 |
| Santa Fe | 3–0 | – | – | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–8 | 0–6 | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Matches that Unión Magdalena and Boca Juniors de Cali didn't play.
* 1 2 3 4 Matches not played.

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Carlos Gambina | Atlético Nacional | 21 |
| 2 | Antonio Sacco | Independiente Medellín | 19 |
| 3 | Mario Garelli | Atlético Quindío | 14 |
| 4 | Rubén Padín | Atlético Manizales | 11 |
| 4 | Alberto Cazaubón | Atlético Quindío | 11 |
| 6 | Alfredo Mosquera | Atlético Nacional | 10 |
| 6 | Roberto Urruti | Atlético Quindío | 10 |
| 8 | Antony Franjić | Santa Fe | 9 |
| 8 | Fernando Rengifo | Boca Juniors | 9 |
| 10 | Elger Alarcón | Atlético Quindío | 8 |
Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1954
* 1954 Campeonato Profesional champion
* Atlético Nacional First title