1989 Campeonato Profesional
# 1989 Campeonato Profesional

The 1989 Campeonato Profesional was the 42nd season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The season was cancelled after 318 matches because of the assassination of referee Álvaro Ortega on October 1 in Medellín. No champion was declared and no teams qualified for international competitions for the following season (however Atlético Nacional played the 1990 Copa Libertadores as champion of the previous edition).

## League system

The season consisted in six phases. The first phase, Torneo Apertura, had a round-robin format. The second phase consisted in a Pentagonal (three groups of five teams each one, playing against each other at home and away). The third phase, Torneo Finalización, had a similar format that Torneo Apertura. The fourth phase, Cuadrangular Inicial, consisted in two groups of four teams each one, playing against each other at home and away. The others phases, Repechaje and the finals, were not played due to the cancellation of the tournament.

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.

## Teams

| Team | City | Stadium |
| - | - | - |
| América | 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 Centenario |
| Deportes Tolima | Ibagué | Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro |
| Deportivo Cali | Cali | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero |
| Deportivo Pereira | Pereira | Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
| Independiente Medellín | Medellín | Estadio Atanasio Girardot |
| Junior | Barranquilla | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez |
| Millonarios | Bogotá | Estadio El Campín |
| Once Caldas | Manizales | Estadio Palogrande |
| Santa Fe | Bogotá | Estadio El Campín |
| Sporting de Barranquilla | Barranquilla | Estadio Romelio Martínez |
| Unión Magdalena | Santa Marta | Estadio Eduardo Santos |

## Torneo Apertura

| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | América | 14 | 23 |
| 2 | Junior | 14 | 19 |
| 3 | Independiente Medellín | 14 | 18 |
| 4 | Unión Magdalena | 14 | 18 |
| 5 | Millonarios | 14 | 17 |
| 6 | Atlético Nacional | 14 | 16 |
| 7 | Deportivo Pereira | 14 | 15 |
| 8 | Once Caldas | 14 | 14 |
| 9 | Deportivo Cali | 14 | 13 |
| 10 | Deportes Tolima | 14 | 12 |
| 11 | Santa Fe | 14 | 12 |
| 12 | Deportes Quindío | 14 | 12 |
| 13 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 14 | 10 |
| 14 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 14 | 7 |
| 15 | Sporting de Barranquilla | 14 | 4 |

## Pentagonal

| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Millonarios | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Junior | 8 | 10 |
| 3 | Santa Fe | 8 | 8 |
| 4 | Unión Magdalena | 8 | 5 |
| 5 | Independiente Medellín | 8 | 5 |
| 6 | Deportes Quindío | 8 | 4 |
| 7 | América de Cali | 8 | 3 |
| 8 | Deportivo Pereira | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | Deportivo Cali | 8 | 2 |
| 10 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 8 | 2 |
| 11 | Once Caldas | 8 | 1 |
| 12 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 8 | 1 |
| 13 | Atlético Nacional | 8 | 1 |
| 14 | Deportes Tolima | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | Sporting de Barranquilla | 8 | 0 |

## Torneo Finalización

| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | América | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | Millonarios | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | Independiente Medellín | 14 | 19 |
| 4 | Deportes Quindío | 14 | 18 |
| 5 | Deportivo Cali | 14 | 17 |
| 6 | Atlético Nacional | 14 | 17 |
| 7 | Deportivo Pereira | 14 | 14 |
| 8 | Junior | 14 | 13 |
| 9 | Santa Fe | 14 | 13 |
| 10 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 14 | 12 |
| 11 | Unión Magdalena | 14 | 11 |
| 12 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 14 | 11 |
| 13 | Once Caldas | 14 | 9 |
| 14 | Sporting de Barranquilla | 14 | 8 |
| 15 | Deportes Tolima | 14 | 7 |

## Cuadrangular Inicial

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Junior | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | Millonarios | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | América | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Independiente Medellín | 6 | 2 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Unión Magdalena | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlético Nacional | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Santa Fe | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Deportes Quindío | 6 | 4 |

### Repechaje

| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Unión Magdalena | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | América | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Atlético Nacional | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Independiente Medellín | 4 | 3 |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Héctor Méndez | Deportivo Pereira | 17 |
| 2 | Sergio Angulo | América | 16 |
| 3 | Carlos Valencia | Independiente Medellín | 15 |
| 3 | Héctor Sosa | Santa Fe | 15 |
| 5 | Óscar Júarez | Millonarios | 14 |
| 6 | Alveiro Valencia | Deportes Quindío | 13 |
| 6 | Armando Díaz | Santa Fe | 13 |
| 8 | Teddy Orozco | Unión Magdalena | 12 |
| 8 | Carlos Castro | Independiente Medellín | 12 |
| 8 | Jorge Lara | Independiente Medellín | 12 |

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1989

