1969 Campeonato Profesional

The 1969 Campeonato Profesional was the 21st season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 14 teams competed against one another. Deportivo Cali won the Torneo Apertura, while Millonarios won the Torneo Clausura. Cali went on to win their third league title in the triangular final which was held in January 1970, while América de Cali earned the right to enter the 1970 Copa Libertadores instead of Millonarios. Hugo Horacio Lóndero, playing for América de Cali, was the topscorer with 24 goals.^[1]

Campeonato Profesional

Season	1969
Champions	Deportivo Cali (3rd title)
Copa Libertadores	Deportivo Cali América de Cali
Top goalscorer	Hugo Horacio Lóndero (24 goals)
← 1968 1970 →

Teams

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
Junior	Barranquilla	Estadio Romelio Martínez
Millonarios	Bogotá	Estadio El Campín
Once Caldas	Manizales	Estadio Fernando Londoño y Londoño
Santa Fe	Bogotá	Estadio El Campín
Unión Magdalena	Santa Marta	Estadio Eduardo Santos

Opening Tournament

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Cali	26	14	8	4	55	32	+23	36	Triangular Final
2	América de Cali	26	10	13	3	36	25	+11	33
3	Millonarios	26	11	10	5	45	37	+8	32
4	Deportes Quindío	26	10	10	6	35	29	+6	30
5	Junior	26	10	8	8	42	39	+3	28
6	Cúcuta Deportivo	26	11	4	11	46	42	+4	26
7	Atlético Bucaramanga	26	8	10	8	28	24	+4	26
8	Once Caldas	26	8	9	9	37	48	−11	25
9	Santa Fe	26	7	10	9	57	55	+2	24
10	Independiente Medellín	26	9	5	12	42	46	−4	23
11	Deportivo Pereira	26	9	5	12	41	47	−6	23
12	Unión Magdalena	26	6	9	11	26	38	−12	21
13	Deportes Tolima	26	7	6	13	38	49	−11	20
14	Atlético Nacional	26	4	9	13	30	45	−15	17

Source: RSSSF

Results

Home\Away	AME	BUC	CAL	CUC	JUN	MAG	DIM	MIL	NAC	ONC	PER	QUI	SFE	TOL
América	—	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–0
Bucaramanga	0–0	—	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	5–0	0–0	2–2	1–0
Cali	2–2	3–1	—	3–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	7–2	6–1	3–2	1–0	3–2	3–0
Cúcuta	1–1	1–0	0–0	—	4–0	2–1	5–1	0–0	2–2	6–0	3–2	4–2	0–1	3–1
Junior	4–4	0–1	1–1	2–3	—	0–0	1–0	5–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–1	3–1
Magdalena	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	—	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1
Medellín	0–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	3–1	1–4	—	4–2	1–0	3–1	1–3	1–3	3–2	4–2
Millonarios	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–2	1–2	3–0	2–0	—	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2
Nacional	0–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	3–0	2–2	—	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–1
Caldas	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	—	4–1	0–1	3–1	0–3
Pereira	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	3–1	5–1	—	2–2	3–3	2–1
Quindío	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–3	1–3	3–0	—	2–1	3–1
Santa Fe	0–1	0–0	3–1	5–2	2–2	6–1	3–2	4–6	2–2	3–3	2–2	1–1	—	6–4
Tolima	2–3	1–0	1–3	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–8	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–4	—

Ending Tournament

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Millonarios	26	18	4	4	41	13	+28	40	Final triangular and tiebreaker
2	Deportivo Cali	26	18	4	4	41	19	+22	40
3	Deportes Quindío	26	11	10	5	37	22	+15	32
4	Deportivo Pereira	26	11	10	5	37	29	+8	32
5	América de Cali	26	12	6	8	43	26	+17	30
6	Junior	26	10	9	7	47	42	+5	29
7	Once Caldas	26	10	7	9	36	35	+1	27
8	Santa Fe	26	8	10	8	38	35	+3	26
9	Deportes Tolima	26	10	6	10	34	33	+1	26
10	Atlético Nacional	26	8	4	14	26	41	−15	20
11	Unión Magdalena	26	4	9	13	23	46	−23	17
12	Atlético Bucaramanga	26	6	4	16	26	46	−20	16
13	Independiente Medellín	26	4	7	15	35	52	−17	15
14	Cúcuta Deportivo	26	5	4	17	27	52	−25	14

Source: RSSSF

Results

Home\Away	AME	BUC	CAL	CUC	JUN	MAG	DIM	MIL	NAC	ONC	PER	QUI	SFE	TOL
América	—	4–0	0–1	5–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	4–2
Bucaramanga	1–1	—	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–0
Cali	1–1	1–0	—	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	0–2	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–1
Cúcuta	0–0	2–0	0–1	—	2–3	4–0	4–4	0–1	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–2	3–1	3–4
Junior	3–0	3–1	3–2	2–1	—	1–1	4–2	1–0	4–1	3–0	3–3	2–2	2–2	2–1
Magdalena	1–0	3–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	—	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	0–2	2–2	1–1
Medellín	1–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–0	2–2	—	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–6	2–3	4–0
Millonarios	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	6–1	3–0	1–0	—	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0
Nacional	1–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	3–1	0–1	—	1–2	2–3	2–1	0–1	0–0
Caldas	3–1	6–2	1–0	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	—	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0
Pereira	0–3	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	—	0–0	3–1	0–0
Quindío	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	—	2–2	0–1
Santa Fe	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	—	2–3
Tolima	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	5–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	—

Tiebreaker

18 December 1969 (1969-12-18)

Millonarios	1–1	Deportivo Cali

21 December 1969 (1969-12-21)

Deportivo Cali	0–0	Millonarios

23 December 1969 (1969-12-23)

Millonarios	1–1	Deportivo Cali
Penalties
Castaño Díaz	5–0	Lallana

Note: Millonarios took all their five penalties first, and Cali given the chance to match them. However, Cali missed their first penalty and the game ended there, as Millonarios had scored all of theirs.

Triangular Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Deportivo Cali (C)	4	3	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Qualified for 1970 Copa Libertadores
2	América de Cali	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	3
3	Millonarios	4	1	0	3	2	4	−2	2

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Campeonato Profesional 1969 champion
Deportivo Cali 3rd title

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Hugo Horacio Lóndero	América de Cali	24
2	Walter Sossa	Santa Fe	23
	Pedro Prospitti
4	Juan Carlos Lallana	Deportivo Cali	21
5	Eduardo Curia	América de Cali	20
6	Alfredo Arango	Unión Magdalena	18
	Edison Angulo	Deportivo Pereira
	Orlando Mesa	Deportes Quindío
9	Airton Dos Santos	Junior	16
	Gustavo Santa	Atlético Nacional

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1969