Categoría Primera A 1949

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Campeonato Colombiano 1949
master Millonarios
Teams 14th
Games 186
Gates 820  (ø 4.41 per game)
Top scorer ArgentinaArgentina Pedro Cabillón ( Millonarios )
← Categoría Primera A 1948

The Categoría Primera A 1949 was the second edition of the Colombian football championship . The championship was first decided in a final in which Millonarios was able to prevail against Deportivo Cali . The top scorer was the Argentine Pedro Cabillón from Millonarios with 42 goals.

The number of participants increased from ten to 14 teams. For the first time, Boca Juniors de Cali , Atlético Bucaramanga , Deportivo Pereira and Huracán from Medellín took part. Deportivo also represented Barranquilla Junior , who played an international tournament in Rio de Janeiro . 1949 was the only season in which Deportivo Barranquilla participated. The club played only 21 of the 26 games. The remaining games were rated 1: 0 for the opponent.

The 1949 season marked the beginning of the golden age of the Colombian football championship, known as El Dorado , when many top foreign players played in the league. In particular, Argentinians came because there was a strike in Argentina at the time. The Colombian league was the only one that accepted these players.

Attendees

The following clubs took part in the 1949 season.

Clubs from the 1949 season
team city Department
America de Cali Cali Valle del Cauca
Municipal Medellin Antioquia
Deportivo Barranquilla Barranquilla Atlántico
Boca Juniors de Cali Cali Valle del Cauca
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Santander
Deportes Caldas 1 Manizales Caldas
Deportivo Cali Cali Valle del Cauca
Huracan Medellin Antioquia
Independiente Medellin Medellin Antioquia
Independiente Santa Fe Bogotá Bogotá
Millonarios Bogotá Bogotá
Once Deportivo 1 Manizales Caldas
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Caldas 2
Universidad Bogotá Bogotá
1Deportes Caldas and Once Deportivo are predecessor clubs to Once Caldas .
2 Risaralda was only founded in 1966.

table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Millonarios  26th  20th  4th  2 099:350 +64 44: 80
 2. Deportivo Cali  26th  20th  4th  2 089:410 +48 44: 80
 3. Santa Fe (M)  26th  17th  5  4th 102: 500 +52 39:13
 4th Deportes Caldas  26th  16  0  10 069:530 +16 32:20
 5. Independiente Medellin  26th  12  5  9 058:600  −2 29:23
 6th Universidad  26th  9  9  8th 046:420  +4 27:25
 7th Atlético Municipal  26th  8th  8th  10 040:600 −20 24:28
 8th. Boca Juniors de Cali  26th  9  5  12 045:580 −13 23:29
 9. Once Deportivo  26th  9  2  15th 040:660 −26 20:32
10. America de Cali  26th  7th  4th  15th 053:670 −14 18:34
11. Atlético Bucaramanga  26th  7th  4th  15th 048:810 −33 18:34
12. Huracan  26th  6th  5  15th 047:750 −28 17:35
13. Deportivo Barranquilla  26th  5  5  16 034:490 −15 15:37
14th Deportivo Pereira  26th  4th  6th  16 044:770 −33 14:38
Participants in the championship final: Millonarios and Deportivo Cali
(M) Master 1948: Santa Fe

final

11/20/1949 Cali Deportivo Cali - Millonarios 0: 1
December 4, 1949 Bogotá Millonarios - Deportivo Cali 3: 2
With that, Millonarios became master.

List of goalscorers

Pl. player team Gates
1. ArgentinaArgentina Pedro Cabillón Millonarios 42
2. ArgentinaArgentina Germán Antón Santa Fe 30th
3. Peru 1825Peru Valeriano López Deportivo Cali 24

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