Torneo Apertura
Team P W D L Goals Points
1. Millonarios 26 15 7 4 49-22 37
2. Atlético Junior 26 16 5 5 35-17 37
3. Deportivo Cali 26 11 7 8 35-28 29
4. Atlético Nacional 26 11 5 10 30-24 27
5. Independiente Santa Fe 26 8 11 7 25-26 27
6. Cristal Caldas 26 11 4 11 34-34 26
7. Cúcuta Deportivo 26 8 10 8 24-28 26
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8. Atlético Bucaramanga 26 8 9 9 26-28 25
9. Union Magdalena 26 9 6 11 27-29 24
10. Deportivo Pereira 26 7 9 10 29-35 23
11. Independiente Medellín 26 7 8 11 23-37 22
12. Deportes Tolima 26 6 9 11 23-35 21
13. América de Cali 26 9 2 15 34-43 20
14. Deportes Quindío 26 4 12 10 29-37 20
Note:
Atlético Junior and Millonarios both with 37 points had to play extra
matches to decide the champion of Torneo Apertura 1976:
First Leg [Jul 18, Barranquilla]
Junior 4-1 Millonarios
Second Leg [Jul 20, Bogotá]
Millonarios 4-1 Junior
The last game were not finished due some disturbances in the stadium. Both
teams classified to Final Hexagonal.
Torneo Finalización
Group A
Teams P W D L Goals Points
1. Deportivo Cali 21 11 4 6 43-35 26
2. Atlético Nacional 21 10 6 5 38-18 26
3. Millonarios 21 8 10 3 40-29 26
4. Cristal Caldas 21 9 5 7 34-28 23
5. Independiente Santa Fe 21 8 5 8 24-26 21
6. Atlético Junior 21 6 8 7 27-28 20
7. Cúcuta Deportivo 21 4 7 10 23-37 15
Cali, Nacional and Caldas classified to Final Hexagonal.
Group B
Teams P W D L Goals Points
2. Deportes Quindío 21 7 11 3 28-22 25
6. Independiente Medellín 21 8 6 7 32-32 22
1. Atlético Bucaramanga 21 7 7 7 22-27 21
4. Union Magdalena 21 4 12 5 23-24 20
5. America de Cali 21 6 7 8 28-28 19
5. Deportivo Pereira 21 5 9 7 26-33 19
7. Deportes Tolima 21 2 7 12 18-39 11
Quindío classified to Final Hexagonal.
Final Hexagonal
Round 1 [Nov 14]
Cali 2-1 Millonarios
Nacional 2-0 Junior
Caldas 1-0 Quindío
Round 2 [Nov 18]
Quindío 0-0 Cali
Millonarios 1-0 Nacional
Junior 2-0 Caldas
Round 3 [Nov 21]
Nacional 6-0 Quindío
Junior 1-0 Millonarios
Caldas 1-3 Cali
Round 4 [Nov 25]
Caldas 3-3 Millonarios
Cali 2-4 Nacional
Quindío 1-3 Junior
Round 5 [Nov 28]
Millonarios 3-2 Quindío
Nacional 1-0 Caldas
Junior 0-0 Cali
Round 6 [Dec 5]
Junior 4-2 Nacional
Millonarios 1-0 Cali
Quindío 1-2 Caldas
Round 7 [Dec 8]
Caldas 3-1 Junior
Nacional 0-0 Millonarios
Cali 6-1 Quindío
Round 8 [Dec 12]
Millonarios 2-0 Junior
Cali 5-3 Caldas
Quindío 0-0 Nacional
Round 9 [Dec 16]
Millonarios 3-1 Caldas
Junior 3-0 Quindío
Nacional 3-0 Cali
Round 10 [Dec 19]
Quindío 2-1 Millonarios
Caldas 0-2 Nacional
Cali 5-1 Junior
Teams P W T L Goals Points
1. Atlético Nacional 10 6 2 2 20- 7 14
2. Deportivo Cali 10 5 2 3 23-15 12
3. Millonarios 10 5 2 3 15-11 12
4. Atlético Junior 10 5 1 4 15-15 11
5. Cristal Caldas 10 3 1 6 14-21 7
6. Deportes Quindío 10 1 2 7 7-25 4
Note - Cali were runner-up because it finished in the first place in
Torneo Clausura.
Cali and Nacional classified to Copa Libertadores 1977.
Atlético Nacional [Medellín] champions of Colombia 1976.
Topscorers
Player Team Goals
1. Miguel Angel Converti Millonarios 33
2. Oswaldo Marcial Palavecino Caldas 31
3. Jorge Ramón Cáceres América 28
3. Alberto Benítez Cali 28
5. Nelson Silva Pacheco Júnior 20
5. Juan Ramón Verón Júnior 20
7. Aristides del Puerto Pereira 17
8. Oscar Amarilla Cúcuta 15
8. Javier "Toro" Tamayo Millonarios 15
10. Angel María Torres Cali 14
1975.
1977.
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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