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).
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.
Teams
Team City Stadium América 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 Centenario Deportes Tolima Ibagué Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro Deportivo Cali Cali Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Deportivo Pereira Pereira Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas Independiente Medellín Medellín Estadio Atanasio Girardot Junior Barranquilla Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Millonarios Bogotá Estadio El Campín Once Caldas Manizales Estadio Palogrande Santa Fe Bogotá Estadio El Campín Sporting de Barranquilla Barranquilla Estadio Romelio Martínez Unión Magdalena Santa Marta Estadio Eduardo Santos
Torneo Apertura +PosTeamPldPts1América14232Junior14193Independiente Medellín14184Unión Magdalena14185Millonarios14176Atlético Nacional14167Deportivo Pereira14158Once Caldas14149Deportivo Cali141310Deportes Tolima141211Santa Fe141212Deportes Quindío141213Atlético Bucaramanga141014Cúcuta Deportivo14715Sporting de Barranquilla144
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.
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.
Group A (Occidental) América Deportes Quindío Deportivo Cali Deportivo Pereira Once Caldas
Group B (Central) Atlético Bucaramanga Cúcuta Deportivo Deportes Tolima Millonarios Santa Fe
Group C (Septentrional) Atlético Nacional Independiente Medellín Junior Sporting Unión Magdalena
Overall standings The following top 8 teams qualified to the second stage:
PosTeam1Junior2Millonarios3Santa Fe4Independiente Medellín5Unión Magdalena6Deportes Quindío7América8Deportivo Pereira
Second stage Quarterfinals Team 1Agg.Team 2Junior–Deportivo PereiraMillonarios–AméricaSanta Fe–Deportes QuindíoUnión Magdalena–Independiente Medellín
Semifinals Team 11st leg2nd legTeam 2América1–11–3Santa FeUnión Magdalena1–03–0Junior
Final Team 11st leg2nd legTeam 2Unión Magdalena0–01–2Santa Fe
Bonus Points The top 4 received bonus points in the league championship:
PosTeamBonus pts1Santa Fe0.5002Magdalena0.3753Junior0.2504América0.125
Torneo Finalización +PosTeamPldPts1América14212Millonarios14203Independiente Medellín14194Deportes Quindío14185Deportivo Cali14176Atlético Nacional14177Deportivo Pereira14148Junior14139Santa Fe141310Atlético Bucaramanga141211Unión Magdalena141112Cúcuta Deportivo141113Once Caldas14914Sporting de Barranquilla14815Deportes Tolima147
Cuadrangular Inicial Group A +PosTeamPldPts1Junior682Millonarios683América664Independiente Medellín62
Group B +PosTeamPldPts1Unión Magdalena672Atlético Nacional673Santa Fe664Deportes Quindío64
Repechaje +PosTeamPldPts1Unión Magdalena452América443Atlético Nacional444Independiente Medellín43
Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Héctor MéndezDeportivo Pereira 17 2 Sergio AnguloAmérica 16 3 Carlos ValenciaIndependiente Medellín 15 Héctor SosaSanta Fe 15 5 Óscar JúarezMillonarios 14 6 Alveiro ValenciaDeportes Quindío 13 Armando DíazSanta Fe 13 8 Teddy OrozcoUnión Magdalena 12 Carlos CastroIndependiente Medellín 12 Jorge LaraIndependiente Medellín 12
Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1989
References
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External links The 1989 on RSSSF