Colombia 1978

Torneo Apertura

Teams                       MP      MW      MT      ML     Goals   Points
 1. Atlético Nacional       26      15       7       4     45-26   37
 2. Deportivo Cali          26      12      10       4     44-26   34
 3. América de Cali         26      12       8       6     45-31   32
 4. Atlético Bucaramanga    26      11       7       8     35-29   29
 5. Independiente Santa Fe  26      10       8       8     37-33   28
 6. Cúcuta Deportivo        26       8      12       6     34-34   28
 7. Millonarios             26       9       9       8     52-47   27
 8. Cristal Caldas          26       9       8       9     42-40   26
 9. Unión Magdalena         26       8       9       9     19-25   25
10. Atlético Junior         26       8       8      10     30-35   24
11. Deportes Quindio        26       8       8      10     24-31   24
12. Deportes Tolima         26       7       7      12     30-38   21
13. Independiente Medellín  26       8       2      16     29-42   18
14. Deportivo Pereira       26       2       7      17     13-42   11

Nacional and Cali qualified for semi-final quadrangulars.

Torneo Finalización

Group A
Teams                       MP      MW      MT      ML     Goals   Points
1. América de Cali          21      10       7       4     30-23   27
2. Millonarios              21      10       6       5     32-26   26
3. Atlético Nacional        21      10       3       8     25-18   23
4. Independiente Santa Fe   21       8       6       7     38-31   22
5. Cúcuta Deportivo         21       7       8       6     25-27   22
6. Deportivo Cali           21       5       6      10     27-33   16
7. Atlético Bucaramanga     21       4       8       9     29-30   16

Group B
Teams                       MP      MW      MT      ML     Goals   Points
1. Once Caldas              21      11       6       4     39-25   28
2. Atlético Junior          21      10       5       6     37-28   25
3. Unión Magdalena          21       9       8       6     28-23   24
4. Deportivo Pereira        21       8       5       8     28-30   21
5. Deportes Tolima          21       4       8       9     21-35   16
6. Deportes Quindio         21       5       5      11     20-31   15
7. Independiente Medellín   21       2       9      10     18-34   13
  


Semi-Final Quadrangulars 

Round 1  [Oct 29] 
Cali         1-2 Nacional 
Caldas       2-2 Junior 
Cúcuta       1-1 Santa Fe 
Millonarios  1-1 América 

Round 2  [Nov 1] 
Junior       1-1 Cali 
Caldas       3-1 Nacional 
América      2-2 Cúcuta 
Millonarios  3-1 Santa Fe 

Round 3  [Nov 5] 
Nacional     0-2 Junior 
Cali         1-0 Caldas 
Santa Fe     4-2 América 
Cúcuta       3-0 Millonarios 

Round 4  [Nov 12] 
Nacional     1-1 Cali 
Junior       0-0 Caldas 
Santa Fe     6-2 Cúcuta 
América      1-2 Millonarios 

Round 5  [Nov 15] 
Junior       0-1 Nacional 
Caldas       0-2 Cali 
América      3-3 Santa Fe 
Millonarios  1-1 Cúcuta 

Round 6  [Nov 19] 
Nacional     1-0 Caldas 
Cali         1-1 Junior 
Santa Fe     2-1 Millonarios 
Cúcuta       1-2 América 

Group A
Teams                       MP      MW      MT      ML     Goals   Points
1. Atlético Nacional         6       3       1       2      6- 7    7
2. Deportivo Cali            6       2       3       1      7- 5    7
3. Atlético Junior           6       1       4       1      6- 5    6
4. Once Caldas               6       1       2       3      5- 7    4

Group B
Teams                       MP      MW      MT      ML     Goals   Points
1. Independiente Santa Fe    6       3       2       1     17-12    8
2. Millonarios               6       2       2       2      8- 9    6
3. Cúcuta Deportivo          6       1       3       2     10-12    5
4. América de Cali           6       1       3       2     11-13    5
 
 
 
Final Quadrangular
 
Round 1   [3 Dic]
Santa Fe     1-2  Cali
Nacional     0-2  Millonarios 

Round 2   [6 Dic] 
Santa Fe     0-1  Millonarios 
Cali         1-3  Nacional

Round 3   [10 Dic]
Millonarios  0-0  Cali
Nacional     2-2  Santa Fe

Round 4   [13 Dic]
Cali         1-0  Santa Fe  
Millonarios  1-1  Nacional

Round 5   [17 Dic]
Cali         1-1  Millonarios
Santa Fe     3-1  Nacional  

Round 6   [20 Dic]
Millonarios  3-1  Santa Fe
Cali         1-1  Nacional  

Teams                       MP      MW      MT      ML     Goals   Points
1. Millonarios              6       3       3       0       8- 3    9  Libertadores Cup 79        
2. Deportivo Cali           6       2       3       1       6- 6    7  Libertadores Cup 79
3. Atlético Nacional        6       1       3       2       8-10    5 
4. Independiente Santa Fe   6       1       1       4       7-10    3


Millonarios [Bogotá] champions of Colombia 1978



Topscorers

1. Apertura:

Player                 Nationality    Team           Goals
Oswaldo Palavecino     Argentinian    Nacional       19
Juan José Irigoyen     Argentinian    Millonarios    19    

2. Finalización:             

Player                 Nationality    Team           Goals 
Jaime Morón            Colombian      Millonarios    15
 
Overall:

1. Oswaldo Marcial Palavecino   Nacional     36
2. Juan José Irigoyen           Millonarios  34
3. Jorge Ramón Cáceres          América      32
4. Manuel Rosendo Magán         Santa Fe     31
5. Jaime Morón                  Millonarios  26
6. Heladio Vásquez              Junior       23
7. Juan Ramón Verón             Cúcuta       21
8. Nestor Leonel Scotta         Dep. Cali    19

1977.

1979.

list of champions.

list of 2nd division champions.

list of 3rd division champions.

foundation dates clubs.

list of topscorers.


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