Colombia 1979

Torneo Apertura

Team                        MP      MW      MD      ML     Goals   Points
 1. América de Cali         26      13       8       5     29-19   34
 2. Deportivo Cali          26      13       8       5     37-27   34
 3. Once Caldas             26      13       7       6     42-24   33
 4. Atlético Junior         26      13       6       7     36-27   32
 5. Union Magdalena         26       9      10       7     27-25   28
 6. Independiente Medellín  26       9       9       8     34-30   27
 7. Independiente Santa Fe  26       5      17       3     31-27   27
 8. Millonarios             26      11       4      11     42-37   26
 9. Atlético Nacional       26       8       8      10     32-38   24
10. Deportes Quindío        26       7      10       9     27-24   24
11. Atlético Bucaramanga    26       8       7      11     34-38   23
12. Deportivo Pereira       26       8       7      11     34-41   23 
13. Cúcuta Deportivo        26       6      10      10     27-40   22
14. Deportes Tolima         26       2       6      18     22-58   10
  
NOTE - América de Cali and Deportivo Cali, both with 34 points had to play
       two games to decide the champion of Torneo Apertura.  These two games
       finished 0-0, then goal average was used as tie breaker to crown
       América as the winner of Apertura tournament.


Torneo Finalización

Team                        MP      MW      MD      ML     Goals   Points
 1. America de Cali         21      13       5       3     33-14   31
 2. Deportivo Cali          21      11       5       5     30-21   27
 3. Deportivo Pereira       21      11       4       6     41-28   26
 4. Union Magdalena         21      10       4       7     24-20   24
 5. Atlético Nacional       21       5      13       3     26-22   23
 6. Deportes Quindío        21       7       8       6     26-21   22
 7. Atlético Junior         21       7       8       6     25-24   22
 8. Millonarios             21       7       7       7     36-29   21
 9. Independiente Santa Fe  21       7       7       7     35-33   21
10. Atlético Bucaramanga    21       7       5       9     26-36   19
11. Once Caldas             21       7       4      10     34-28   18
12. Cúcuta Deportivo        21       1      11       9     19-31   13
13. Deportes Tolima         21       3       7      11     16-37   13
14. Independiente Medellín  21       3       5      13     15-42   11


  
Semi-Final Quadrangulars 

Round 1  [Nov 4] 
Pereira      0-0 Junior 
América      0-0 Nacional 
Santa Fe     1-1 Cali 
Magdalena    3-1 Caldas 

Round 2  [Nov 7] 
Nacional     2-2 Pereira 
Junior       2-0 América 
Cali         0-0 Magdalena 
Caldas       2-1 Santa Fe 

Round 3  [Nov 11] 
Pereira      1-1 América 
Junior       2-1 Nacional 
Santa Fe     1-0 Magdalena 
Cali         3-0 Caldas 

Round 4  [Nov 18] 
América      1-0 Pereira 
Nacional     0-0 Junior 
Magdalena    0-0 Santa Fe 
Caldas       0-0 Cali 

Round 5  [Nov 21] 
Pereira      2-1 Nacional 
América      2-0 Junior 
Santa Fe     5-2 Caldas 
Magdalena    2-0 Cali 

Round 6  [Nov 25] 
Junior       2-0 Pereira 
Nacional     4-2 América 
Cali         1-1 Santa Fe 
Caldas       0-0 Magdalena   (in Bogotá) 

Group A
Teams                       MP      MW      MD      ML     Goals   Points
1. Atlético Junior           6       3       2       1      6- 3    8
2. América de Cali           6       2       2       2      6- 7    6
3. Deportivo Pereira         6       1       3       2      5- 7    5
4. Atlético Nacional         6       1       3       2      8- 8    5
 
Group B
Teams                       MP      MW      MT      ML     Goals   Points
1. Unión Magdalena           6       2       3       1      5- 2    7 
2. Independiente Santa Fe    6       2       3       1      9- 6    7 
3. Deportivo Cali            6       1       4       1      5- 4    6 
4. Once Caldas               6       1       2       3      5-12    4 
 
 

Final Quadrangular 

Round 1  [Dec 2] 
Santa Fe     2-1 Junior 
Magdalena    1-1 América     (in Barranquilla) 

Round 2  [Dec 5] 
Junior       1-2 Magdalena 
América      1-0 Santa Fe 

Round 3  [Dec 9] 
Junior       1-2 América 
Magdalena    3-0 Santa Fe 

Round 4  [Dec 12] 
América      0-0 Junior 
Santa Fe     2-0 Magdalena 

Round 5  [Dec 16] 
Santa Fe     1-0 América 
Magdalena    4-1 Junior 

Round 6  [Dec 19] 
América      2-0 Magdalena 
Junior       0-1 Santa Fe 

Teams                       MP      MW      MT      ML     Goals   Points
1. América de Cali          6       3       2       1       6- 3    8  Libertadores Cup 1980
2. Independiente Santa Fe   6       4       0       2       6- 5    8  Libertadores Cup 1980
3. Unión Magdalena          6       3       1       2      10- 7    7
4. Atlético Junior          6       0       1       5       4-11    1

América de Cali champions of Colombia 1979

Topscorers
 
Player                        Team          Goals    
1. Juan José Irigoyén         Millonarios   36       
2. Alberto Benítez            Cali          34       
3. Néstor Leonel Scotta       Cali          32
4. Oswaldo Marcial Palavecino Nacional      31
5. Alberto Santelli           Santa Fe      26
6. Rafael Agudelo             Bucaramanga   23       
7. Benjamín Cardona           Pereira       21
8. Jorge Ramón Cáceres        América       19
9. Nelson Gallego             Caldas        18
9. Manuel Rosendo Magán       Cúcuta        18


1978.

1980.

list of champions.

list of 2nd division champions.

list of 3rd division champions.

foundation dates clubs.

list of topscorers.


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