1989 Campeonato Profesional
Football league season
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The 1989 Campeonato Profesional was the 42nd season of Colombia's top-flight football league. The season was cancelled after 318 matches because of the assassination of referee Álvaro Ortega on October 1 in Medellín. No champion was declared and no teams qualified for international competitions for the following season (however Atlético Nacional played the 1990 Copa Libertadores as champion of the previous edition).
| Season | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Champions | None |
| Matches | 318 |
| Goals | 729 (2.29 per match) |
← 1988 1990 → | |
League system
The season consisted in six phases. The first phase, Torneo Apertura, had a round-robin format. The second phase consisted in a Pentagonal (three groups of five teams each one, playing against each other at home and away). The third phase, Torneo Finalización, had a similar format that Torneo Apertura. The fourth phase, Cuadrangular Inicial, consisted in two groups of four teams each one, playing against each other at home and away. The others phases, Repechaje and the finals, were not played due to the cancellation of the tournament.
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.[1]
Teams
Torneo Apertura
| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | América | 14 | 23 |
| 2 | Junior | 14 | 19 |
| 3 | Independiente Medellín | 14 | 18 |
| 4 | Unión Magdalena | 14 | 18 |
| 5 | Millonarios | 14 | 17 |
| 6 | Atlético Nacional | 14 | 16 |
| 7 | Deportivo Pereira | 14 | 15 |
| 8 | Once Caldas | 14 | 14 |
| 9 | Deportivo Cali | 14 | 13 |
| 10 | Deportes Tolima | 14 | 12 |
| 11 | Santa Fe | 14 | 12 |
| 12 | Deportes Quindío | 14 | 12 |
| 13 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 14 | 10 |
| 14 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 14 | 7 |
| 15 | Sporting de Barranquilla | 14 | 4 |
Pentagonal
The Pentagonal, officially known as the Copa Colombia, was played as a mid-season stage of the league championship, with its results used to award bonus points to the top finishers in the overall standings.[2]
First stage
Teams were divided into three regional groups. Points were given after teams played each other home-and-away. The top 8 of the overall standings qualified for the second stage.
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Group A (Occidental) |
Group B (Central) |
Group C (Septentrional)
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Overall standings
The following top 8 teams qualified to the second stage:
Second stage
Quarterfinals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Junior | – | Deportivo Pereira |
| Millonarios | – | América |
| Santa Fe | – | Deportes Quindío |
| Unión Magdalena | – | Independiente Medellín |
Semifinals
| Team 1 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| América | 1–1 | 1–3 | Santa Fe |
| Unión Magdalena | 1–0 | 3–0 | Junior |
Final
| Team 1 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unión Magdalena | 0–0 | 1–2 | Santa Fe |
Bonus Points
The top 4 received bonus points in the league championship:
Torneo Finalización
| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | América | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | Millonarios | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | Independiente Medellín | 14 | 19 |
| 4 | Deportes Quindío | 14 | 18 |
| 5 | Deportivo Cali | 14 | 17 |
| 6 | Atlético Nacional | 14 | 17 |
| 7 | Deportivo Pereira | 14 | 14 |
| 8 | Junior | 14 | 13 |
| 9 | Santa Fe | 14 | 13 |
| 10 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 14 | 12 |
| 11 | Unión Magdalena | 14 | 11 |
| 12 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 14 | 11 |
| 13 | Once Caldas | 14 | 9 |
| 14 | Sporting de Barranquilla | 14 | 8 |
| 15 | Deportes Tolima | 14 | 7 |
Cuadrangular Inicial
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Junior | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | Millonarios | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | América | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Independiente Medellín | 6 | 2 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unión Magdalena | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlético Nacional | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Santa Fe | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Deportes Quindío | 6 | 4 |
Repechaje
| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unión Magdalena | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | América | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Atlético Nacional | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Independiente Medellín | 4 | 3 |
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Héctor Méndez |
Deportivo Pereira | 17 |
| 2 |  Sergio Angulo |
América | 16 |
| 3 | Carlos Valencia |
Independiente Medellín | 15 |
 Héctor Sosa |
Santa Fe | 15 | |
| 5 | Óscar Júarez |
Millonarios | 14 |
| 6 | Alveiro Valencia |
Deportes Quindío | 13 |
| Armando Díaz |
Santa Fe | 13 | |
| 8 | Teddy Orozco |
Unión Magdalena | 12 |
| Carlos Castro |
Independiente Medellín | 12 | |
| Jorge Lara |
Independiente Medellín | 12 |
Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1989