1965 Campeonato Profesional

Campeonato Profesional
Season	1965
Champions	Deportivo Cali (1st title)
Matches played	312
Goals scored	992 (3.18 per match)
Top goalscorer	Perfecto Rodríguez (38 goals)
Biggest home win	América de Cali 6–0 Cúcuta Deportivo; Deportivo Cali 6–0 Deportes Quindío
Biggest away win	Independiente Medellín 1–5 Millonarios; Cúcuta Deportivo 1–5 Santa Fe
Highest scoring	Millonarios 7–4 Independiente Medellín
	← 1964 1966 →

The 1965 Campeonato Profesional was the 18th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 13 teams competed against one another. Deportivo Cali won their first league title in history, cutting a streak of four straight championships won by Millonarios.

Background and league system

The same 13 teams from the last tournament competed in this one. 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 48 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. The team with the most points became the champion of the league. 312 matches were played during the season, with a total of 992 goals scored. Deportivo Cali won the championship for the first time, the runners-up were Atlético Nacional.^[1] Santa Fe scored the highest number of goals, with 99 goals scored, Cúcuta Deportivo conceded the most goals with 102 goals against. Argentine player Perfecto Rodríguez, who played for Independiente Medellín, was the season's top goalscorer with 38 goals.^[2]

Teams

Locations of the 1965 Campeonato Profesional teams:

1. Armenia
2. Bogotá
3. Bucaramanga
4. Cali
5. Cúcuta
6. Ibagué
7. Manizales
8. Medellín
9. Pereira
10. Santa Marta

Team	City	Stadium
América de Cali	Cali	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Atlético Bucaramanga	Bucaramanga	Estadio Alfonso López
Atlético Nacional	Medellín	Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Cúcuta Deportivo	Cúcuta	Estadio General Santander
Deportes Quindío	Armenia	Estadio San José de Armenia
Deportes Tolima	Ibagué	Estadio Serrano de Ávila
Deportivo Cali	Cali	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Deportivo Pereira	Pereira	Estadio Alberto Mora Mora
Independiente Medellín	Medellín	Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Millonarios	Bogotá	Estadio El Campín
Once Caldas	Manizales	Estadio Fernando Londoño Londoño
Santa Fe	Bogotá	Estadio El Campín
Unión Magdalena	Santa Marta	Estadio Eduardo Santos

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Deportivo Cali^[a] (C)	48	27	8	13	93	66	+27	62
2	Atlético Nacional^[a]	48	22	16	10	71	58	+13	60
3	Millonarios	48	18	21	9	91	65	+26	57
4	Deportivo Pereira	48	22	12	14	92	56	+36	56
5	Santa Fe	48	22	12	14	99	74	+25	56
6	América de Cali	48	14	22	12	77	67	+10	50
7	Once Caldas	48	15	17	16	75	77	−2	47
8	Independiente Medellín	48	16	14	18	90	91	−1	46
9	Atlético Bucaramanga	48	17	11	20	66	80	−14	45
10	Unión Magdalena	48	14	16	18	68	77	−9	44
11	Deportes Tolima	48	14	11	23	53	89	−36	39
12	Deportes Quindío	48	11	10	27	64	90	−26	32
13	Cúcuta Deportivo	48	10	10	28	53	102	−49	30

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Deportivo Cali and Atlético Nacional (runners-up) were unable to enter the 1966 Copa Libertadores due to a conflict between the FIFA-recognized Asociación de Fútbol Colombiano (Adefútbol) and DIMAYOR, which derived into the suspension of the Colombian Football Federation by FIFA.

Results

First turn

Home \ Away	AME	BUC	CAL	CUC	DIM	MAG	MIL	NAC	ONC	PER	QUI	SFE	TOL
América de Cali		1–0	2–0	6–0	2–3	4–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	4–0
Atlético Bucaramanga	2–2		4–2	1–0	3–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–3	1–1
Deportivo Cali	0–0	1–1		2–0	4–2	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	6–0	3–2	3–1
Cúcuta Deportivo	0–1	0–0	1–3		3–2	1–3	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–3	1–4	2–2
Independiente Medellín	2–2	0–1	1–2	4–0		1–1	1–5	4–1	5–2	1–0	5–3	2–1	0–1
Unión Magdalena	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–3		2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	5–2
Millonarios	3–3	5–2	2–4	3–1	7–4	1–1		2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–1
Atlético Nacional	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–2	1–4		2–2	0–2	3–2	1–0	2–0
Once Caldas	3–4	2–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–2		0–1	3–0	1–1	2–2
Deportivo Pereira	2–2	1–0	2–1	5–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–0		2–0	3–1	5–1
Deportes Quindío	2–2	4–0	1–2	0–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–3		1–1	5–2
Santa Fe	0–0	5–1	2–1	2–2	4–1	4–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	3–2	4–2		1–0
Deportes Tolima	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second turn

Home \ Away	AME	BUC	CAL	CUC	DIM	MAG	MIL	NAC	ONC	PER	QUI	SFE	TOL
América de Cali		1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–2	5–3	1–1	1–3	3–3	2–0
Atlético Bucaramanga	1–0		4–3	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–4	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	5–0
Deportivo Cali	1–2	5–2		1–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	0–3	1–1
Cúcuta Deportivo	0–1	0–1	1–3		2–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	5–2	3–1	0–0	1–5	4–1
Independiente Medellín	1–0	1–0	3–4	4–2		3–3	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–3	4–0
Unión Magdalena	1–2	5–1	1–0	1–2	1–1		1–1	0–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–1
Millonarios	1–2	1–0	2–2	3–0	4–4	4–3		0–0	1–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	4–0
Atlético Nacional	1–1	4–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0		3–2	1–0	4–3	2–1	2–2
Once Caldas	2–1	2–1	3–2	5–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–0		1–0	4–1	2–2	1–0
Deportivo Pereira	2–3	5–1	1–1	6–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0		2–0	3–1	5–0
Deportes Quindío	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–4	1–3	2–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	3–2		2–2	1–2
Santa Fe	5–2	1–4	3–1	3–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–4	3–2	4–0		3–1
Deportes Tolima	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–3	3–0	3–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Perfecto Rodríguez	Independiente Medellín	38
2	Jorge Ramírez Gallego	Deportivo Cali	32
3	Efraín Padilla	Deportivo Pereira	30
4	Waldir Cardoso	Unión Magdalena	27
5	Omar Devani	Santa Fe	26
6	Harvey Colonia	América de Cali	23
7	Sílvio Faria	Millonarios	21
7	Alfonso Cañón	Santa Fe	21
9	Horacio Di Loreto	Atlético Bucaramanga	20

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1965

1965 Campeonato Profesional champion
Deportivo Cali First title

References

^ "Los títulos del Deportivo Cali" (in Spanish). Goal.com. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
^ Ruíz Bonilla, Guillermo (2008). La gran historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano. Ediciones Dayscript. ISBN 978-958-987-1300.

External links

Dimayor Official Page

[table_note_CAL0.59541240269105-3] Deportivo Cali and Atlético Nacional (runners-up) were unable to enter the 1966 Copa Libertadores due to a conflict between the FIFA-recognized Asociación de Fútbol Colombiano (Adefútbol) and DIMAYOR, which derived into the suspension of the Colombian Football Federation by FIFA.

[1] "Los títulos del Deportivo Cali" (in Spanish). Goal.com. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

[2] Ruíz Bonilla, Guillermo (2008). La gran historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano. Ediciones Dayscript. ISBN 978-958-987-1300.

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