1958 Campeonato Profesional
# 1958 Campeonato Profesional

The 1958 Campeonato Profesional was the 11th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. After the previous season's multi-stage competition, the Campeonato Profesional returned to a single-stage format, with everyone playing each other 4 times over the season. The tournament began in May, a month after the end of the previous season.

Independiente Santa Fe won the league for 2nd time in its history after getting 48 points (Santa Fe was the champion of the first Campeonato Profesional in 1948), while defending champions Independiente Medellín did not compete.

## Background

10 teams competed in the tournament, down from the previous season's 12, with Unión Magdalena withdrawing because economic problems, while Boca Juniors de Cali refusing to participate in any further Dimayor tournaments. To balance their removal, Atlético Manizales rejoined the competition (its last tournament being 1954). Atlético Nacional and Independiente Medellín mixed their teams competing under the name of Atlético Nacional, but known popularly as Independiente Nacional.

## League system

Every team played four games against each other team, two at home and two 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. Bucaramanga
* 4. Cúcuta
* 5. Ibagué
* 6. Medellín
* 7. Pereira
* 8. Manizales
* 9. Cali

| Team | City | Stadium |
| - | - | - |
| América | Cali | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | Bucaramanga | Estadio Alfonso López |
| Atlético Manizales | Manizales | Estadio Palogrande |
| Atlético Nacional | Medellín | Estadio Atanasio Girardot |
| Atlético Quindío | Armenia | Estadio San José de Armenia |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | Cúcuta | Estadio General Santander |
| Deportes Tolima | Ibagué | Estadio 10 de Mayo |
| Deportivo Pereira | Pereira | Estadio Alberto Mora Mora |
| Millonarios | Bogotá | Estadio El Campín |
| Santa Fe | Bogotá | Estadio El Campín |

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Santa Fe (C) | 36 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 78 | 51 | +27 | 48 |
| 2 | Millonarios | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 68 | 42 | +26 | 47 |
| 3 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 68 | 54 | +14 | 44 |
| 4 | Deportivo Pereira | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 42 |
| 5 | Atlético Nacional | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 66 | 56 | +10 | 39 |
| 6 | Deportes Tolima | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 65 | 61 | +4 | 38 |
| 7 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 63 | 66 | −3 | 33 |
| 8 | Atlético Quindío | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 31 |
| 9 | Atlético Manizales | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 65 | 98 | −33 | 26 |
| 10 | América de Cali | 36 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 44 | 99 | −55 | 12 |

### Results

**First turn**

| Home \ Away | AME | BUC | CUC | MAN | MIL | NAC | PER | QUI | SFE | TOL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| América | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–7 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Atlético Manizales | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 4–4 |
| Millonarios | 5–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Atlético Nacional | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–4 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 |
| Deportivo Pereira | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Atlético Quindío | 2–0 | 1–1 | 8–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 3–3 |
| Santa Fe | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 3–2 |
| Deportes Tolima | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |

**Second turn**

| Home \ Away | AME | BUC | CUC | MAN | MIL | NAC | PER | QUI | SFE | TOL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| América | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 4–4 | 1–2 |
| Atlético Bucaramanga | 4–2 | | 2–0 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–4 |
| Atlético Manizales | 4–3 | 6–4 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 2–2 |
| Millonarios | 4–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 3–2 | | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Atlético Nacional | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Deportivo Pereira | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 4–3 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Atlético Quindío | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | | 3–4 | 1–1 |
| Santa Fe | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | | 2–2 |
| Deportes Tolima | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | José Montanini | Atlético Bucaramanga | 36 |
| 2 | Walter Marcolini | Independiente Medellín | 35 |
| 3 | Nolberto Sotelo | Atlético Manizales | 29 |
| 4 | José Grecco | Santa Fe | 25 |
| 5 | Delio Gamboa | Atlético Nacional | 23 |
| 6 | Francisco Solano Patiño | Deportivo Pereira | 21 |
| 7 | Eusebio Escobar | Atlético Manizales | 20 |
| 8 | Juan José Ferraro | Santa Fe | 19 |
| 9 | Orlando Larraz | Millonarios | 16 |
| 9 | Felipe Marino | Cúcuta Deportivo | 16 |

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1958

* 1958 Campeonato Profesional champion
* Santa Fe Second title
