1989 Campeonato Profesional

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).

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.^[1]

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Locations of the 1956 Campeonato Profesional teams:

1. Armenia 2. Barranquilla 3. Bogotá 4. Bucaramanga

5. Cali 6. Cúcuta 7. Ibagué 8. Manizales

9. Medellín 10. Pereira 11. Santa Marta

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Héctor Méndez	Deportivo Pereira	17
2	Sergio Angulo	América	16
3	Carlos Valencia	Independiente Medellín	15
	Héctor Sosa	Santa Fe	15
5	Óscar Júarez	Millonarios	14
6	Alveiro Valencia	Deportes Quindío	13
	Armando Díaz	Santa Fe	13
8	Teddy Orozco	Unión Magdalena	12
	Carlos Castro	Independiente Medellín	12
	Jorge Lara	Independiente Medellín	12

Source: RSSSF.com Colombia 1989

• Ruiz Bonilla, Guillermo (October 2008). La gran historia del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano [The Grand History of Colombian Professional Football] (in Spanish). Ediciones Dayscript. p. 223. ISBN 978-958-98713-0-0.

• The 1989 on RSSSF