Season 1959 Start date 1959 Matches played 262 | Top goalscorer Felipe Marino (35) Goals scored 914 | |
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Champions Millonarios (5th title) Biggest away win Deportes Tolima 1–5 MillonariosDeportivo Cali 1–5 Deportivo PereiraDeportivo Pereira 0–4 Millonarios Highest scoring Atlético Bucaramanga 6–3 AméricaAtlético Nacional 7–2 MedellínDeportes Tolima 6–3 Atlético BucaramangaDeportivo Pereira 5–4 Deportes Tolima | ||
The 1959 Campeonato Profesional was the 12th season of Colombia's top-flight football league. 12 teams compete against one another and played each weekend. Millonarios won the league for 5th time in its history after getting 58 points. Santa Fe, the defending champion, was 8th with 40 points.
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Background
12 teams competed in the tournament: Deportivo Cali, Independiente Medellín and Unión Magdalena returned, while Atlético Manizales was dissolved. Millonarios won the championship for fifth time.
League system
Every team played four games against each other team, two at home and two away. 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.
Top goalscorers
Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1956