Colombia 1978

Torneo Apertura Teams MP MW MT ML Goals Points 1. Atlético Nacional 26 15 7 4 45-26 37 2. Deportivo Cali 26 12 10 4 44-26 34 3. América de Cali 26 12 8 6 45-31 32 4. Atlético Bucaramanga 26 11 7 8 35-29 29 5. Independiente Santa Fe 26 10 8 8 37-33 28 6. Cúcuta Deportivo 26 8 12 6 34-34 28 7. Millonarios 26 9 9 8 52-47 27 8. Cristal Caldas 26 9 8 9 42-40 26 9. Unión Magdalena 26 8 9 9 19-25 25 10. Atlético Junior 26 8 8 10 30-35 24 11. Deportes Quindio 26 8 8 10 24-31 24 12. Deportes Tolima 26 7 7 12 30-38 21 13. Independiente Medellín 26 8 2 16 29-42 18 14. Deportivo Pereira 26 2 7 17 13-42 11 Nacional and Cali qualified for semi-final quadrangulars. Torneo Finalización Group A Teams MP MW MT ML Goals Points 1. América de Cali 21 10 7 4 30-23 27 2. Millonarios 21 10 6 5 32-26 26 3. Atlético Nacional 21 10 3 8 25-18 23 4. Independiente Santa Fe 21 8 6 7 38-31 22 5. Cúcuta Deportivo 21 7 8 6 25-27 22 6. Deportivo Cali 21 5 6 10 27-33 16 7. Atlético Bucaramanga 21 4 8 9 29-30 16 Group B Teams MP MW MT ML Goals Points 1. Once Caldas 21 11 6 4 39-25 28 2. Atlético Junior 21 10 5 6 37-28 25 3. Unión Magdalena 21 9 8 6 28-23 24 4. Deportivo Pereira 21 8 5 8 28-30 21 5. Deportes Tolima 21 4 8 9 21-35 16 6. Deportes Quindio 21 5 5 11 20-31 15 7. Independiente Medellín 21 2 9 10 18-34 13 Semi-Final Quadrangulars Round 1 [Oct 29] Cali 1-2 Nacional Caldas 2-2 Junior Cúcuta 1-1 Santa Fe Millonarios 1-1 América Round 2 [Nov 1] Junior 1-1 Cali Caldas 3-1 Nacional América 2-2 Cúcuta Millonarios 3-1 Santa Fe Round 3 [Nov 5] Nacional 0-2 Junior Cali 1-0 Caldas Santa Fe 4-2 América Cúcuta 3-0 Millonarios Round 4 [Nov 12] Nacional 1-1 Cali Junior 0-0 Caldas Santa Fe 6-2 Cúcuta América 1-2 Millonarios Round 5 [Nov 15] Junior 0-1 Nacional Caldas 0-2 Cali América 3-3 Santa Fe Millonarios 1-1 Cúcuta Round 6 [Nov 19] Nacional 1-0 Caldas Cali 1-1 Junior Santa Fe 2-1 Millonarios Cúcuta 1-2 América Group A Teams MP MW MT ML Goals Points 1. Atlético Nacional 6 3 1 2 6- 7 7 2. Deportivo Cali 6 2 3 1 7- 5 7 3. Atlético Junior 6 1 4 1 6- 5 6 4. Once Caldas 6 1 2 3 5- 7 4 Group B Teams MP MW MT ML Goals Points 1. Independiente Santa Fe 6 3 2 1 17-12 8 2. Millonarios 6 2 2 2 8- 9 6 3. Cúcuta Deportivo 6 1 3 2 10-12 5 4. América de Cali 6 1 3 2 11-13 5 Final Quadrangular Round 1 [3 Dic] Santa Fe 1-2 Cali Nacional 0-2 Millonarios Round 2 [6 Dic] Santa Fe 0-1 Millonarios Cali 1-3 Nacional Round 3 [10 Dic] Millonarios 0-0 Cali Nacional 2-2 Santa Fe Round 4 [13 Dic] Cali 1-0 Santa Fe Millonarios 1-1 Nacional Round 5 [17 Dic] Cali 1-1 Millonarios Santa Fe 3-1 Nacional Round 6 [20 Dic] Millonarios 3-1 Santa Fe Cali 1-1 Nacional Teams MP MW MT ML Goals Points 1. Millonarios 6 3 3 0 8- 3 9 Libertadores Cup 79 2. Deportivo Cali 6 2 3 1 6- 6 7 Libertadores Cup 79 3. Atlético Nacional 6 1 3 2 8-10 5 4. Independiente Santa Fe 6 1 1 4 7-10 3 Millonarios [Bogotá] champions of Colombia 1978 Topscorers 1. Apertura: Player Nationality Team Goals Oswaldo Palavecino Argentinian Nacional 19 Juan José Irigoyen Argentinian Millonarios 19 2. Finalización: Player Nationality Team Goals Jaime Morón Colombian Millonarios 15 Overall: 1. Oswaldo Marcial Palavecino Nacional 36 2. Juan José Irigoyen Millonarios 34 3. Jorge Ramón Cáceres América 32 4. Manuel Rosendo Magán Santa Fe 31 5. Jaime Morón Millonarios 26 6. Heladio Vásquez Junior 23 7. Juan Ramón Verón Cúcuta 21 8. Nestor Leonel Scotta Dep. Cali 19

1977.

1979.

list of champions.

list of 2nd division champions.

list of 3rd division champions.

foundation dates clubs.

list of topscorers.

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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