# 1951 Campeonato Profesional

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 won the league for 2nd time in its history after getting 60 points. Deportes Caldas, the defending champion, was 10th with 34 points.

## Background

The tournament was the third year of El Dorado. The debutants teams were Deportes Quindío and Deportivo Samarios, while Atlético Municipal changed its name to Atlético Nacional.
Deportivo Samarios was founded by the squad of the Hungária FC 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 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

* 1. Armenia
* 2. Barranquilla
* 3. Bogotá
* 4. Bucaramanga
* 5. Cali
* 6. Cúcuta
* 7. Manizales
* 8. Medellín
* 9. Pereira
* 10. Santa Marta
| Team | City | Stadium |
| América | Cali | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | Bucaramanga | Estadio Alfonso López |
| Atlético Municipal | Medellín$^a$ | Estadio San Fernando |
| Boca Juniors | Cali | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | Cúcuta | Estadio General Santander |
| Deportes Caldas | Manizales | Estadio Palogrande |
| Deportes Quindío | Armenia | Estadio San José de Armenia |
| Deportivo Cali | Cali | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero |
| Deportivo Pereira | Pereira | Estadio Libaré |
| Deportivo Samarios | Santa Marta | Estadio Eduardo Santos |
| Huracán de Medellín | Medellín | Estadio San Fernando |
| Independiente Medellín | Medellín | Estadio San Fernando |
| Junior | Barranquilla | Estadio Romelio Martínez |
| Millonarios | Bogotá | Estadio El Campín |
| Once Deportivo | Manizales | Estadio Palogrande |
| Santa Fe | Bogotá | Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Sporting de Barranquilla | Barranquilla | Estadio Romelio Martínez |
| Universidad | Bogotá | Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo |
$^a$ Municipal played its home games at Itagüí

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Millonarios (C) | 34 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 98 | 29 | +69 | 60 |
| 2 | Boca Juniors | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 110 | 55 | +55 | 49 |
| 3 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 93 | 56 | +37 | 48 |
| 4 | Deportivo Cali | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 82 | 46 | +36 | 48 |
| 5 | Deportes Quindío | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 70 | 62 | +8 | 39 |
| 6 | Santa Fe | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 90 | 75 | +15 | 37 |
| 7 | Sporting | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 78 | 73 | +5 | 37 |
| 8 | Junior | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 66 | 58 | +8 | 36 |
| 9 | Once Deportivo | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 72 | 66 | +6 | 35 |
| 10 | Deportes Caldas | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 77 | 74 | +3 | 34 |
| 11 | Deportivo Pereira | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 66 | 67 | −1 | 34 |
| 12 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 55 | 60 | −5 | 34 |
| 13 | América | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 66 | 76 | −10 | 29 |
| 14 | Deportivo Samarios | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 64 | 69 | −5 | 27 |
| 15 | Atlético Nacional | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 54 | 96 | −42 | 23 |
| 16 | Independiente Medellín | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 51 | 92 | −41 | 19 |
| 17 | Universidad | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 48 | 126 | −78 | 14 |
| 18 | Huracán | 32 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 33 | 93 | −60 | 7 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AME | BJ | BUC | CLI | CUC | CLD | HUR | JUN | DIM | MIL | NAC | OND | PER | QUI | SAM | SFE | SPB | UNI |
| América | | 0–2 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 6–2 |
| Boca Juniors | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 9–1 | 3–2 | 6–3 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 7–2 |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | 6–2 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 |
| Deportivo Cali | 5–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 7–0 |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 |
| Deportes Caldas | 7–5 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 |
| Huracán | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 1–3 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–8 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Junior | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–2 | | 6–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Independiente Medellín | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 |
| Millonarios | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 7–1 | 5–2 |
| Atlético Nacional | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–7 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–6 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Once Deportivo | 1–0 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 8–1 |
| Deportivo Pereira | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 9–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–7 | 2–3 | 2–2 | | 4–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Deportes Quindío | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 4–1 | 5–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Deportivo Samarios | 2–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 12–1 |
| Santa Fe | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 7–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | | 6–2 | 4–0 |
| Sporting | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–3 | | 5–1 |
| Universidad | 2–5 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–5 | |

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | Millonarios | 31 |
| 2 | Julio Ávila | Deportes Caldas | 30 |
| 3 | Antonio Báez | Millonarios | 28 |
| 4 | Alejandrino Genes | Boca Juniors | 26 |
| 5 | Ángel Berni | Boca Juniors | 23 |
| 6 | Bibiano Zapirain | Cúcuta Deportivo | 22 |
| 6 | Elger Alarcón | Deportes Quindío | 22 |
| 8 | Fernando Walter | Deportivo Cali | 21 |
Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1951
* 1951 Campeonato Profesional champion
* Millonarios Second title