1963 Campeonato Profesional

Campeonato Profesional
Season	1963
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

Locations of the 1962 Campeonato Profesional teams:

1. Armenia
2. Bogotá
3. Bucaramanga
4. Cali
5. Cúcuta
6. Ibagué
7. Manizales
8. Medellín
9. Pereira
10. Santa Marta

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 10 de Mayo
Deportivo Cali	Cali	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Deportivo Pereira	Pereira	Estadio Alberto Mora Mora
Independiente Medellín	Medellín	Estadio Atanasio Girardot
Millonarios	Bogotá	Estadio El Campín
Once Caldas	Manizales	Estadio Fernando Londoño Londoño
Santa Fe	Bogotá	Estadio El Campín
Unión Magdalena	Santa Marta	Estadio Eduardo Santos

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Results

First turn

Home \ Away	AME	BUC	CAL	CUC	DIM	MAG	MIL	NAC	ONC	PER	QUI	SFE	TOL
América de Cali		6–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–2	4–1	1–0	3–1	6–0	2–2	0–0
Atlético Bucaramanga	0–1		1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–2	2–1	5–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–1
Deportivo Cali	1–1	4–1		2–2	1–0	5–2	0–1	4–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–0
Cúcuta Deportivo	6–0	0–0	2–3		2–1	1–1	4–1	3–1	6–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	5–1
Independiente Medellín	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–1		3–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–1	3–0	3–3	2–2
Unión Magdalena	0–1	4–3	1–2	5–3	1–0		1–1	2–0	2–3	0–0	4–2	3–4	3–2
Millonarios	1–1	1–0	3–2	5–0	2–1	6–0		2–1	3–0	5–2	0–0	3–2	8–1
Atlético Nacional	3–1	3–2	2–1	0–2	3–2	4–3	0–1		3–6	4–4	1–0	0–2	0–0
Once Caldas	0–3	3–1	1–1	3–3	3–3	3–1	2–0	3–1		3–2	2–3	4–1	2–1
Deportivo Pereira	3–0	3–1	4–0	3–2	5–1	5–1	3–2	1–1	3–1		1–1	2–2	3–1
Deportes Quindío	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	5–2	1–0	2–2	3–2	2–3		0–1	1–0
Santa Fe	3–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	6–2	3–2	2–3	5–1	3–3	3–2		4–0
Deportes Tolima	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	3–4	1–1	0–0	1–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second turn

Home \ Away	AME	BUC	CAL	CUC	DIM	MAG	MIL	NAC	ONC	PER	QUI	SFE	TOL
América de Cali		1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	0–0	2–4	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–2
Atlético Bucaramanga	1–1		0–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	3–3	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1
Deportivo Cali	2–1	2–1		3–2	0–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–1
Cúcuta Deportivo	1–1	1–1	1–1		4–1	6–3	1–4	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	5–0
Independiente Medellín	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–1		2–1	2–1	3–0	6–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0
Unión Magdalena	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1		0–2	2–3	0–2	3–2	2–2	3–1	1–2
Millonarios	3–2	3–2	2–3	3–1	1–2	2–1		2–2	0–0	3–1	3–2	2–2	4–1
Atlético Nacional	3–2	4–3	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–2		2–2	0–1	1–5	1–3	1–0
Once Caldas	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–2		3–1	2–2	2–2	4–1
Deportivo Pereira	0–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	4–1	2–1	3–1	2–3		5–0	3–3	3–1
Deportes Quindío	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–3	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1		1–3	2–0
Santa Fe	3–1	5–2	2–3	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–0		8–5
Deportes Tolima	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–2	0–1	5–0	2–5	3–5	4–3	1–0	2–2	1–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	José Omar Verdún	Cúcuta Deportivo	36
1	Omar Devani	Atlético Bucaramanga	36
3	Oswaldo Galarza	Once Caldas	30
4	Antonio Rada	Deportivo Pereira	28
5	José Marin	Santa Fe	26
6	Alberto Perazzo	Santa Fe	23
7	René Tideo Olaza	Cúcuta Deportivo	22
7	Rubén Pizarro	Millonarios	22
9	Juan Vairo	Deportes Quindío	21
10	Miguel Reznik	Santa Fe	19