Season | 1963 |
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Champions | Millonarios (8th title) |
Matches played | 312 |
Goals scored | 1,062 (3.4 per match) |
Top goalscorer | José Omar Verdún Omar Devani (36 goals each) |
Biggest home win | Millonarios 8–1 Deportes Tolima |
Biggest away win | Atlético Nacional 1–5 Deportes Quindío |
Highest scoring | Santa Fe 8–5 Deportes Tolima |
← 1962 1964 → |
The 1962 Campeonato Profesional was the 16th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 13 teams competed against one another. Millonarios won the league for the eighth time in its history and third in a row, defending successfully the title won in the previous season.
Background
12 teams from the last tournament competed in this one, joined by Unión Magdalena who returned to the competition after a two-year absence. Millonarios won the championship for the eighth time. The runners-up were Santa Fe.[1]
League system
Every team played four games against each other team, two at home and two 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 is the champion of the league.
Teams
Final standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Millonarios (C) | 48 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 102 | 61 | +41 | 63 | 1964 Copa Libertadores First Round |
2 | Santa Fe | 48 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 112 | 81 | +31 | 61 | |
3 | Deportivo Cali | 48 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 77 | 59 | +18 | 60 | |
4 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 48 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 95 | 68 | +27 | 55 | |
5 | Once Caldas | 48 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 95 | 96 | −1 | 54 | |
6 | Deportivo Pereira | 48 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 96 | 77 | +19 | 50 | |
7 | Independiente Medellín | 48 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 73 | 66 | +7 | 50 | |
8 | América de Cali | 48 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 73 | 68 | +5 | 48 | |
9 | Deportes Quindío | 48 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 63 | 75 | −12 | 46 | |
10 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 48 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 68 | 80 | −12 | 41 | |
11 | Atlético Nacional | 48 | 15 | 10 | 23 | 79 | 101 | −22 | 40 | |
12 | Unión Magdalena | 48 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 68 | 121 | −53 | 28 | |
13 | Deportes Tolima | 48 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 61 | 109 | −48 | 28 |
Results
First turn
Second turn
Top goalscorers
Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Cúcuta Deportivo | 36 |
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Atlético Bucaramanga | 36 | |
3 | ![]() |
Once Caldas | 30 |
4 | ![]() |
Deportivo Pereira | 28 |
5 | ![]() |
Santa Fe | 26 |
6 | ![]() |
Santa Fe | 23 |
7 | ![]() |
Cúcuta Deportivo | 22 |
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Millonarios | 22 | |
9 | ![]() |
Deportes Quindío | 21 |
10 | ![]() |
Santa Fe | 19 |
Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1963
1963 Campeonato Profesional champion |
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Millonarios Eighth title |