NB: Independiente Medellín and Atlético Bucaramanga sold their posts in the
championship of 1971 to Oro Negro [Barrancabermeja] and Real Cartagena
respectively due economical problems.
Torneo Apertura
Final table:
1. Nacional 26 16 8 2 43-23 40 [Medellín]
2. Deportivo Cali 26 16 7 3 48-28 39
3. Santa Fe 26 12 10 4 42-27 34 [Bogotá]
4. Millonarios 26 13 6 7 44-30 32 [Bogotá]
5. Cúcuta 26 10 9 7 43-36 29
6. América 26 9 8 9 34-33 26 [Cali]
7. Pereira 26 8 10 8 34-38 26
8. Quindío 26 7 11 8 31-41 25 [Armenia]
9. Cristal Caldas 26 9 6 11 39-33 24 [Manizales]
10. Tolima 26 6 10 10 33-38 22 [Ibagué]
11. Real Cartagena 26 4 12 10 18-32 20
12. Atlético Junior 26 7 4 15 29-40 18 [Barranquilla]
13. Oro Negro 26 4 7 15 23-47 15 [Barrancabermeja]
14. Unión Magdalena 26 4 6 16 28-43 14 [Santa Marta]
Atlético Nacional & Deportivo Cali classified to Final Quadrangular.
Torneo Finalización
Final table:
1. Millonarios 26 17 5 4 41-17 39 [Bogotá]
2. Santa Fe 26 16 6 4 50-21 38 [Bogotá]
3. Nacional 26 14 5 7 42-31 33 [Medellín]
4. Deportivo Cali 26 12 6 8 44-33 30
5. Quindío 26 10 8 8 39-35 28 [Armenia]
6. Cristal Caldas 26 11 6 9 45-46 28 [Manizales]
7. Cúcuta 26 8 10 8 37-43 26
8. Pereira 26 7 11 8 39-36 25
9. Unión Magdalena 26 7 9 10 36-43 23 [Santa Marta]
10. América 26 6 10 10 26-38 22 [Cali]
11. Real Cartagena 26 7 7 12 27-35 21
12. Atlético Junior 26 2 15 9 21-38 19 [Barranquilla]
13. Oro Negro 26 5 8 13 34-44 18 [Barrancabermeja]
14. Tolima 26 1 12 13 23-44 14 [Ibagué]
CD Millonarios & Independiente Santa Fe classified to Final Quadrangular.
Final Quadrangular
Dec 17: Millonarios 2-1 Cali
Nacional 1-1 Santa Fe
Dec 19: Cali 1-1 Nacional
Millonarios 0-0 Santa Fe
Dec 21: Santa Fe 2-2 Cali
Nacional 1-1 Millonarios
Dec 23: Cali 1-3 Millonarios
Santa Fe 3-1 Nacional
Dec 26: Nacional 2-0 Cali
Santa Fe 1-0 Millonarios
Dec 29: Millonarios 0-1 Nacional
Cali 2-1 Santa Fe
Final table:
1. Santa Fe 6 2 3 1 8- 6 7 Libertadores 1972
2. Nacional 6 2 3 1 7- 6 7 Libertadores 1972
3. Millonarios 6 2 2 2 6- 5 6
4. Cali 6 1 2 3 7-11 4
Santa Fe and Nacional both with 7 points had to play a final championship
serie.
Final Championship
First Leg [Jan 30 1972, Medellín]
Nacional 0-0 Santa Fe
Second Leg [Feb 3 1972, Bogotá]
Santa Fe 0-0 Nacional
Tie-breaker match [Feb 10 1972, Cali]
Santa Fe 3-2 Nacional
[Miguel Arce 5, 47, Pedro Alzate 83; Jorge Fernández 58, Javier
Tamayo 81]
Independiente Santa Fe [Bogotá] champions of Colombia 1971
Topscorers:
Hugo Horacio Lóndero (Cúcuta) 30
Apolinar Paniagua (Pereira) 30
Néstor Subiat (Millonarios) 27
Pedro Prospitti (Millonarios) 25
Abel Dagracca (Cali) 24
Víctor Campaz (Santa Fe) 24
Jorge Ramírez Gallego (Cali) 23
Leonidas Hurtado (Nacional) 20
Miguel Arce (Santa Fe) 19
Carlos Alberto Lugo (Tolima) 19
1970.
1972.
list of 2nd division champions.
Prepared and maintained by Frank Ballesteros for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Frank Ballesteros
(f-balles@uniandes.edu.co)
Last updated: 14 Feb 2001
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