1979 Campeonato Profesional

The 1979 Campeonato Profesional was the thirty-second season of Colombia's top-flight football league. América de Cali won the league for the first time after winning the Cuadrangular final.[1]

Campeonato Profesional
Season1979
ChampionsAmérica de Cali (1st title)
Matches played367
Goals scored917 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerJuan José Irigoyen (36)
1978
1980

Teams

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América Cali Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Alfonso López
Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot
Cúcuta Deportivo Cúcuta General Santander
Deportes Quindío Armenia San José de Armenia
Deportes Tolima Ibagué Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Deportivo Cali Cali Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Deportivo Pereira Pereira Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot
Junior Barranquilla Romelio Martínez
Millonarios Bogotá El Campín
Once Caldas Manizales Palogrande
Santa Fe Bogotá El Campín
Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Eduardo Santos


 1979 Campeonato Profesional champion 
América de Cali
1st title

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