Football Journey

Mexico. I Division
Group Corsairs           P       W       T       L      GF      GA      PTS     GAVG
  1. Toluca             34      14      15       5      38      21      43      1.81 (playoffs)
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  2. Jalisco            34      12      14       8      35      29      38      1.21 [Guadalajara]
  3. Zacatepec          34      14      10      10      39      37      38      1.05
  4. Cruz Azul          34      11      15       8      39      39      37      1.00 [Ciudad Cooperativa]

  5. U.N.A.M.           34      10      15       9      43      38      35      1.13 [Ciudad de México]
  6. Necaxa             34      10      11      13      44      39      31      1.13 [Ciudad de México]
  7. Irapuato           34       8      13      13      34      53      29      0.64
  8. Laguna             34      10       8      16      37      47      28      0.79 [Torreón]
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  9. Atlas              34       5      12      17      32      48      22      0.67 (relegation playoffs) [Guadalajara]
 
Group Pirates            P       W       T       L      GF      GA      PTS     GAVG
  1. América            34      17      10       7      56      33      44      1.70 (playoffs) [Ciudad de México]
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  2. Monterrey          34      15      10       9      46      37      40      1.24
  3. León               34      14      10      10      50      41      38      1.22
  4. Atlante            34       9      16       9      33      31      34      1.06 [Ciudad de México]
  5. Veracruz           34      12       9      13      39      40      33      0.98
  6. Puebla             34      11      10      13      43      49      32      0.88
  7. Torreón            34      11       9      14      27      35      31      0.77
  8. Guadalajara        34      11       8      15      34      44      30      0.77
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  9. Pachuca            34      11       7      16      38      46      29      0.83 (relegation playoffs)
 
 
Championship Playoffs
Final
Toluca 0 América 0
América 2 Toluca 0 (2-0 agg)  
Toluca ended with silver medals. 

Champion: AMÉRICA

Relegation Playoffs
Final
Pachuca 2 Atlas 2
Atlas 1 Pachuca 1 (3-3 agg)  
Replay
[Estadio León, León]
Pachuca 2 Atlas 0   
 
Relegated: Atlas
 
Promoted: San Luis Potosí
 
Changes for the next season:

Necaxa changed its name to Atletico Español and Cruz Azul moved to Ciudad de México.

CONCACAF Champions Cup. Copa de Campeones y Subcampeones CONCACAF 1971 Northern Section Round 1 (Oct 3 & 13)

Elizabeth SC USA Cruz Azul Mex 0-0 awd 0-2x (Oct 3 & 31)

Rochester Lancers USA Pembroke Hamilton Club Ber 4-1 1-3 5-4y asdet x

2nd leg awarded, forfeit Elizabeth SC

y other sources give 2nd leg as 1-1

NB: some sources list an additional round in which Rochester Lancers supposedly were to play Guadalajara but withdrew; if the two were to meet at all, it apparently was Guadalajara who withdrew as Rochester played the final tournament and Guadalajara did not

Central Section

Preliminary Round (Aug 22 & 29)

Diriangén Nic Comunicaciones Gua 0-5 1-10 1-15

Round 1 (Aug 22 & 29)

Aurora Gua Atlético Marte ElS 2-1 1-1 3-2 (Sep 19 & 26)

Motagua Hon Saprissa CRi 0-3 0-2 0-5 [Hernán Morales 10, Fernando Hernández 18, Edgar Marín 60] [Odir Jacques 22, 65]

(Sep 26 & Oct 3) Comunicaciones Gua Deportivo FAS ElS 5-2 3-0 8-2 [Larrosa 12, 81, Molina 56, 89, Torres 82; Sarceno 50, Torres 78]

(Sep 26 & Oct 12) Olimpia Hon Alajuelense CRi 0-0 0-1 0-1 [Walter Elizondo 60pen]

Round 2

(Nov 7 & 14) Aurora Gua Comunicaciones Gua 1-2 0-1 1-3

(Nov 14 & 21) Saprissa CRi Alajuelense CRi 1-5 3-0 4-5 [Carlos Solano 52; Mario Vega 27, Alfredo Piedra 47, Chávez 49, Víctor Ruiz 65, Oscar Cordero 88] [Francisco Hernández 5, Jaime Grant 10, 48]

Caribbean Section

Round 1 SV Estrella DAn Águila Negra Hai w/o x

(Sep 30 & Oct 5) SV Transvaal Sur Thomas United Guy 3-1 3-0 6-1 [?, ?, ?; Michael Pierre] x Águila Negra apparently withdrew

Final Tournament (Ciudad de Guatemala)

(Mar 12, 1972) Rochester 2-0 Transvaal [Eli Durante 35, Carlos Dell’omodarme 80] Comunicaciones 7-0 Estrella [Carlos Guzmán 17, Enrique Mendoza 31, Héctor Tambasco 33, 35, 50pen, Antonio Rojas 41, Oscar Molina 63] (Mar 14, 1972)

Alajuelense 2-1 Estrella [Emilio Valle 46, 74; Ismael Croes 54] Cruz Azul 1-1 Transvaal [Octavio Muciño 68; Edwin Schal 55]

(Mar 16, 1972) Cruz Azul 1-1 Rochester [José Luis Desachy 60; Manfred Siessler 67] Comunicaciones 3-1 Transvaal [Héctor Tambasco 15, 56pen, 71; Edwin Schal 6]

(Mar 19, 1972) Rochester 2-0 Estrella [Charlie Mitchel 22pen, Francisco Escos 55] Comunicaciones 1-2 Alajuelense [Antonio Rojas 31; Walter Elizondo 10, 42pen]

(Mar 21, 1972) Alajuelense 2-0 Transvaal [Roy Saénz 12, Emilio Valle 62]

Cruz Azul 9-0 Estrella [Octavio Muciño 3, 32, 37, Fernando Bustos 11, Cesareo Victorino 29, 48, Alberto Gómez 35 81, Antonio Munguía 60]

(Mar 23, 1972) Cruz Azul 3-1 Alajuelense [Octavio Muciño 29, Fernando Bustos 35, 71; Carlos Mejía 51]

Comunicaciones 3-1 Rochester [Peter Sandoval 37, Oscar Molina 43pen, 55; Manfred Seissler 68] (Mar 26, 1972)

Transvaal 1-0 Estrella [Edwin Schal 52pen]

Alajuelense 1-0 Rochester [Walter Elizondo 75pen]

Comunicaciones 1-3 Cruz Azul [Oscar Molina 28pen; Javier Guzmán 23, Octavio Muciño 68, 72]

Final Ranking:

1.Cruz Azul 5 3 2 0 17- 4 8 [Mexico]

Alajuelense 5 4 0 1 8- 5 8 [Costa Rica]

3.Comunicaciones 5 3 0 2 15- 7 6 [Guatemala]

4.Rochester Lancers 5 2 1 2 6- 5 5 [USA]

5.Transvaal 5 1 1 3 3- 8 3 [Surinam]

6.Estrella 5 0 0 5 1-21 0 [Dutch Antilles/Aruba]

Playoff (Ciudad de México, Apr 19, 1972)

Cruz Azul Mex LD Alajuelense CRi 5-1 [Fernando Bustos 16, Eladio Vera 25, 60, Octavio Muciño 70, 75pen; Miguel Villalobos 43]

Standing from left: Alfonso Estupiñan, Calvo, “Pipas” Calvo, Zúñiga, Emilio Sagot, Walter Elizondo. Crouching: Errol Daniels, Floyd Daniels, Roy Saénz, Mario Vega, Nuñez.

Liga Deportiva Alajuelense had no chance, but still it was successful performance.

Standing from left: Alfonso Estupiñan, Calvo, “Pipas” Calvo, Zúñiga, Emilio Sagot, Walter Elizondo. Crouching: Errol Daniels, Floyd Daniels, Roy Saénz, Mario Vega, Nuñez. Third consecutive victory for Cruz Azul. The final was played in 1972, which affected Copa Interamericana as well. Actual photos from the final seemingly doesn’t exist, so substitutes.

Copa Interamericana 1971. This was the second issue of the ill-fated competition – the first was in 1969, then nothing… until 1972, when the 1971 Copa Interamericana was played. The idea was similar to the Intercontinental Cup – to be played in two legs between the current winners of Copa Libertadores and the CONCACAF Champions Cup: the best of Northern America vs the best of South America. No wonder the South American clubs were not very interested…

Played in 1972.

First Leg [Cd. de México, Jul 15, 1972] Cruz Azul 1-1 Nacional [Héctor Pulido 1; Juan Carlos Mamelli 29]

Second Leg [Montevideo, Nov 7, 1972] Nacional 2-1 Cruz Azul [Juan Carlos Mamelli 35, Braulio Castro 39; Fernando Bustos 22]

Match Details

First Leg

Estadio Azteca, México DF.

Saturday July 15, 1972

Referee: Marco Antonio Regalado (GUA)

CDSC Cruz Azul 1 Club Nacional de Football 1 [Héctor Pulido 1; Juan Carlos Mamelli 29]

Line ups: Cruz Azul: Miguel Marín, Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Javier Guzmán, Alberto Quintano, Javier Sánchez Galindo, Juan Manuel Alejandrez, (Juan de Jesús Prado), Cesareo Victorino, Héctor Pulido, Fernando Bustos, Octavio Muciño, Horacio López Salgado Nacional: Airton Correa de Arruda “Manga”, Ángel Brunnel, Juan Masnik, (Gerolani), Luis Ubina, Julio Montero Castillo, Canepa, Luis Cubilla, Walter Mantegazza, Aba, Juan Carlos Mamelli, Víctor Espárrago

Sent off: Víctor Espárrago (NAL) 85′

Second Leg Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Tuesday, November 7, 1972

Referee: Mario Camom (CHI)

Club Nacional de Football 2 CDSC Cruz Azul 1 [Juan Carlos Mamelli 35, Braulio Castro 39; Fernando Bustos 22]

Line ups: Nacional: Airton Correa de Arruda “Manga”, Luis Ubiña, Ángel Brunnel, Juan Masnik, Juan Carlos Blanco, Ildo Enrique Maneiro, Walter Mantegazza, Suárez, Braulio Castro, Juan Carlos Mamelli, Julio César Morales

Cruz Azul: Miguel Marín, Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Javier Guzmán, Alberto Quintano, Javier Sánchez Galindo, Héctor Pulido, Juan Manuel Alejandrez, Cesareo Victorino, Fernando Bustos, Horacio López Salgado, Eladio Vera

Cruz Azul (Mexico City) lost the trophy by single goal. The photo is not from the contest, but at least is from 1971-72 season.

Nacional (Montevideo) prevailed with difficulty and won the trophy. Thus, 1971 was a great international success and in the same time not so great, for Copa Interamericana was played in 1972 – counting for 1971, but already the squad was slightly different than the one from the previous year. By default, Nacional was the 1971 king of South America, both Americas, and the world.

South American Footballer of the Year – The Rey de América (“King of America”).  The award was conceived by Venezuelan newspaper El Mundo in 1971. Originally, journalists could vote for any South American and Central American players at any club around the world. In the inaugural year the votes went for Brazilian player, but he was not Pele. Two Argentine players followed – third was Luis Artime (Nacional Montevideo) with 19 points and second Jose Omar Pastoriza (Independiente Avellaneda) with 21 points. The award went to Tostao (Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte).

Tostao got 24 points.

Eduardo Goncalves de Andrade, forward/attacking midfielder, was 24 years old, but already had almost 10 years of professional football – he debuted in 1962, 15-years old, for his original club America Mineiro (Belo Horizonte) and his 16 goals in 26 games immediately propelled him to bigger club – Cruzeiro – where he not only continued to score goals as a centre midfielder, becoming the biggest star of the club and one of the best Brazilian players.

By 1970 he was a world-class star and national team player since 1966.

In 1970 he won the World Cup with Brazil and one of the greatest players at the world finals in Mexico, where he played as a centre-forward, because Brazil had too many midfielders, starting with Pele. He was able to play as a left winger, as a playmaker, as second striker, as attacking midfielder, even as defensive midfielder on occasion – his techinical skills made him versatile and flexible player with great work rate and discipline. Given his age – only 24 in 1971 – he was rightly awarded: not only the present, but the future belonged to him, seen as new Pele. Unfortunately, he got eye injury in 1969, from which he never recovered and his career was cut prematurely in 1973. From the time distance, it was only right Tostao got the award – unlike most world-class stars, he had no chance to play long enough, but his talent deserved recognition.

Copa Venezuela 1971

First Stage

Final Tables:

Grupo A
 1.Estudiantes de Mérida    6   5  1  0  18- 9  11  Qualified
 2.UD Canarias              6   4  1  1  15- 7   9  Qualified
 3.Deportivo Portugués      6   2  0  4   9-11   4
 4.Zulia FC                 6   0  0  6   6-21   0
 
Grupo B
 1.Anzoátegui FC            6   4  0  2   6- 5   8  Qualified   
 2.Tiquire Aragua           6   2  2  2   5- 5   6  Qualified 
 3.Deportivo Galicia        6   2  2  2   5- 5   6
 4.Valencia FC              6   1  2  3   4- 5   4
 
Cuadrangular Final

Reported Final Table:

 1.Estudiantes de Mérida    6   4  1  1   7- 5   9  Winners
 2.UD Canarias              6   2  3  1   6- 4   7
 3.Anzoátegui FC            6   2  2  2   8- 7   6
 4.Tiquire Aragua           6   0  2  4   1- 5   2 

Historic success for Estudiantes (Merida) – they won their first trophy: Copa de Venezuela. Didn’t even play in the top league – and rightly so, for they were founded in this very year! So young and already a winner.

Venezuela. I Division.

1.Valencia FC 28 17 7 4 46-19 41
2.Deportivo Italia 28 14 9 5 46-23 37
3.Tiquire Aragua 28 12 9 7 39-37 33 [Maracay]
4.Deportivo Galicia 28 12 7 9 42-34 31
5.UD Canarias 28 9 12 7 37-26 30
6.Anzoategui FC 28 8 9 11 32-37 25 [Puerto La Cruz]
7.Deportivo Portugués 28 5 6 17 26-46 16
8.Lara FC 28 5 1 22 25-71 11 [Barquisimeto]

Valencia FC won their first – and last – title. Standing from left: Tarcicio (BRA), Omar Colmenarez, José Carlos De Oliveira “Zezinho” (BRA), Alfredo Glassman (ARG), Roberto Pérez (ARG), Segundo Martínez (ARG), Raúl Stanich (ARG), George (BRA), Candelario Pacheco (MAS). Crouching: Reinaldo Lovizutto (BRA), Rubén Salles (ARG), Aurelio Dos Santos “Lelo” (BRA), Humberto Tenías, Darío Castillo, José “Tito” Pasternak (ARG).

Bolivia. Nacional:

Group A:
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1. The Strongest La Paz         6  4 1 1  (20- 9)  9
2. Municipal La Paz             6  4 1 1  (10- 7)  9
3. San José Oruro               6  2 0 4  ( 7-13)  4 
4. Ingenieros Oruro             6  1 0 5  (11-19)  2 

Group B:
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1. Stormers Sucre               6  4 0 2  (10- 4)  8 
2. Aurora Cochabamba            6  3 1 2  ( 8- 3)  7
3. Petrolero Cochabamba         6  3 1 2  ( 5- 5)  7
4. Magisterio Sucre             6  1 0 5  ( 4-15)  2

Group C:
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1. La Belgica Santa Cruz        6  4 2 0  (16- 4) 10
2. Oriente Petrolero Sta.Cruz   6  3 2 1  (13- 5)  8
3. Universitario Potosí         6  3 0 3  ( 8-11)  6
4. Wilsterman Unificada Potosí  6  0 0 6  ( 2-19)  0
 
Chaco Petrolero La Paz (champions 1970) bye for first round.
 
Final Round:
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1. Oriente Petrolero Sta.Cruz  12  8 1 3  (21-12)  17
2. Chaco Petrolero La Paz      12  6 4 2  (27-16)  16
Standing from left: Mario Pariente,Luis Galarza,Oscar Maldonado,Juan José Otranto,Rolando Vargas,Orlando Mendoza, Luis Iriondo,
Crouching: Luis Bastida,Jorge Jaime Jiménez,Juan Americo Díaz (niño mascota,Jorge"Nico" Espinoza, Nilton Pinto. 
3. The Strongest La Paz        12  7 2 3  (23-15)  16  
4. La Belgica Santa Cruz       12  5 2 5  (19-15)  12
5. Municipal La Paz            12  5 1 6  (16-21)  11
6. Aurora Cochabamba           12  1 4 7  (12-24)   6
7. Stormers Sucre              12  1 4 7  (13-28)   6



Champions: Oriente Petrolero (Santa Cruz). First title for the 'Refineros'. 

Ecuador.  National Championship 1971
First Phase

Group A
 1.Emelec               14  8  5  1 30-12 21 [Guayaquil] Qualified
 2.El Nacional          14  8  3  3 27-15 19 [Quito]     Qualified
 3.Deportivo Cuenca     14  7  4  3 21-16 18             Qualified
 4.América              14  7  3  4 24-19 17 [Quito]     Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 5.Politécnico          14  3  6  5 20-19 12 [Quito]
 6.Macará               14  4  4  6 22-24 12 [Ambato]
 7.Juventud Italiana    14  3  6  5 17-26 12 [Manta]
 8.Norte América        14  0  1 13  9-40  1 [Guayaquil]

Top-4 qualify to Liguilla Final
Bottom-4 participate in Liquilla de no descenso
Group B
 1.Universidad Católica 14  8  3  3 28-13 21 [Quito]     Qualified
 2.LDU de Quito         14  6  5  3 23-14 17 [Quito]     Qualified
 3.Barcelona            14  7  3  4 21-14 17 [Guayaquil] Qualified
 4.LDU de Portoviejo    14  4  8  2 25-19 16             Qualified
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 5.Deportivo Quito      14  5  3  6 22-25 13
 6.Brasil               14  5  3  6 10-22 13 [Ambato]
 7.9 de Octubre         14  5  2  7 19-26 12 [Guayaquil]
 8.Olmedo               14  1  3 10  8-23  5 [Riobamba]

Top-4 qualify to Liguilla Final
Bottom-4 participate in Liquilla de no descenso

Second Phase

Liguilla de no descenso

1.Macará 14 7 4 3 23-12 18 [Ambato]

 2.Olmedo               14  6  5  3 24-17 17 [Riobamba]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
Standing: Dr. Manuel Viteri, Marcos Zambrano, Jorge Vega, Alberto Pellacini (Arg), Jorge GAFTER, Hugo Cortéz, Felipe Landázuri.
Crouching: Félix Guerrero, Mario Olivera(Uru), Ricardo Martinez (Uru), Isidro Collahuazo, Sergio Marichal (Uru). 
 3.9 de Octubre         14  7  3  4 23-18 17 [Guayaquil] Relegated
 4.Deportivo Quito      14  6  4  4 25-16 16             Relegated
 5.Politécnico          14  5  3  6 29-27 13 [Quito]     Relegated
 6.Juventud Italiana    14  4  5  5 18-26 13 [Ambato]    Relegated
  7.Norte América        14  5  2  7 14-22 12 [Guayaquil] Relegated
 8.Brasil               14  1  4  9 10-28  6 [Riobamba]  Relegated

Liguilla Final
 1.Barcelona            14  6  6  2 20-13 18 [Guayaquil] Champions
 2.América              14  4  9  1 18-11 17 [Quito]     Runners-up
 3.Emelec               14  4  7  3 12- 9 15 [Guayaquil]
 4.El Nacional          14  5  5  4 18-17 15 [Quito]
 5.Universidad Católica 14  4  5  5 17-17 13 [Quito]
 6.LDU de Quito         14  4  5  5 13-14 13
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 7.Deportivo Cuenca     14  2  9  3  8-12 13             Relegated
 8.LDU de Portoviejo    14  2  4  8 14-27  8             Relegated

First division to be reduced to 8 teams in 1972 (6 first places in
Liguilla Final and two first places of Liguilla de no descenso).

Barcelona (Guayaquill) won the championship. Their 5^th title.

Colombia. Closed league. NB: Independiente Medellín and Atlético Bucaramanga sold their posts in the championship of 1971 to Oro Negro [Barrancabermeja] and Real Cartagena respectively due economical problems.

 

Torneo Apertura

Final table:

1. Nacional 26 16 8 2 43-23 40 [Medellín]
2. Deportivo Cali 26 16 7 3 48-28 39
3. Santa Fe 26 12 10 4 42-27 34 [Bogotá]
4. Millonarios 26 13 6 7 44-30 32 [Bogotá]
5. Cúcuta 26 10 9 7 43-36 29
6. América 26 9 8 9 34-33 26 [Cali]
7. Pereira 26 8 10 8 34-38 26
8. Quindío 26 7 11 8 31-41 25 [Armenia]
9. Cristal Caldas 26 9 6 11 39-33 24 [Manizales]
10. Tolima 26 6 10 10 33-38 22 [Ibagué]
11. Real Cartagena 26 4 12 10 18-32 20
12. Atlético Junior 26 7 4 15 29-40 18 [Barranquilla]
13. Oro Negro 26 4 7 15 23-47 15 [Barrancabermeja]
14. Unión Magdalena 26 4 6 16 28-43 14 [Santa Marta]

Atlético Nacional & Deportivo Cali classified to Final Quadrangular.

 

Torneo Finalización

Final table:

Standing from left: Jesús “El Toto” Rubio, Gabriel Hernández, José Ignacio Díaz Granados, Otoniel Quintana, Hermenegildo Segrera, Óscar Villano.
Crouching: Alejandro Brand, José I. Muñoz, Néstor Subiat, Juan Adolfo Maldonado, Luis Fernando Lavezzi.
1. Millonarios 26 17 5 4 41-17 39 [Bogotá]
2. Santa Fe 26 16 6 4 50-21 38 [Bogotá]
3. Nacional 26 14 5 7 42-31 33 [Medellín]
4. Deportivo Cali 26 12 6 8 44-33 30
5. Quindío 26 10 8 8 39-35 28 [Armenia]
Standing from left: Beracochea, Zapata, Torres, “Pele” González, Ortega, Gomez, Fabio Cadavid. Crouching: Rezza, Santamaría, Lobaton, Prospitti, Quiñónez.
6. Cristal Caldas 26 11 6 9 45-46 28 [Manizales]
Top row from left:Director Técnico Pancho Villegas, Cristobal Valencia, Joaquín Sánchez, Armando Valencia, De la Hoz, Absalón Oviedo, Heriberto Rigi, Claudio Norberto Bautista, Henri Valencia, Gullo preparador físico.
Middle row: Alejandro Sinisterra, Orlando Puerto, Pipa Solarte, Joaquín Ramírez, Juan Vicente la liebre Quintero, Iroldo de Oliveira , Raul Peñaranda, Wilson Barona, Carlos Obando, Carlos man Ávila, Canín Zabala  masajista.
Front: Jaime Illice, José Vicente Tuta, Fabio guaracha Mosquera, F. Espinosa, Fernando Romero, Carlos Arturo el pollo  Díaz, Carlos la chancha Monsalve, Nélson Silva  Pacheco ( uruguayan), Edgar  Angulo, Néstor Manfredy.
7. Cúcuta 26 8 10 8 37-43 26
Standing from left: Morales, Paniagua, Monsalve, Rivarola, Gomez.
Crouching: Gaviria, Matiz, Rodríguez, Largacha, Valencia, Naranjo.
8. Pereira 26 7 11 8 39-36 25
9. Unión Magdalena 26 7 9 10 36-43 23 [Santa Marta]
10. América 26 6 10 10 26-38 22 [Cali]
11. Real Cartagena 26 7 7 12 27-35 21
12. Atlético Junior 26 2 15 9 21-38 19 [Barranquilla]
13. Oro Negro 26 5 8 13 34-44 18 [Barrancabermeja]
14. Tolima 26 1 12 13 23-44 14 [Ibagué]

CD Millonarios & Independiente Santa Fe classified to Final Quadrangular.

 

Final Quadrangular

Final table:

1. Santa Fe 6 2 3 1 8- 6 7 Libertadores 1972
2. Nacional 6 2 3 1 7- 6 7 Libertadores 1972
3. Millonarios 6 2 2 2 6- 5 6
4. Deportivo Cali 6 1 2 3 7-11 4

Santa Fe and Nacional both with 7 points had to play a final championship
serie.

 

Final Championship

First Leg [Jan 30 1972, Medellín]
Nacional 0-0 Santa Fe

Second Leg [Feb 3 1972, Bogotá]
Santa Fe 0-0 Nacional

Tie-breaker match [Feb 10 1972, Cali]
Santa Fe 3-2 Nacional
[Miguel Arce 5, 47, Pedro Alzate 83; Jorge Fernández 58, Javier
Tamayo 81]
Atletico Nacional finished with silver.
Independiente Santa Fe [Bogotá] champions of Colombia 1971. This was their 5th title.

Paraguay. First Division champion:

Olimpia.

Second: Cerro Porteño. Standing from left: Artemio Villanueva, Luis Bordón, Carlos Jara Saguier, César Ortiz Aquino, Justiniano Enciso, Valentín Mendoza.
Front: Adalberto Escobar, Juvencio Osorio, Hugo González, Saturnino Arrúa, Severiano Irala.

Possible First Division participants:

Guarani. Standing from left: Raimundo Aguilera, Vicente Bobadilla, Ricardo Tavarelli, Flaminio Sosa, José L. Ivaldi, Juan Martínez.
Crouching: Aurelio Martínez, Alcides Sosa, Joaquín Yugovich, Dionisio A. Valdez, Wilfrido Cañellas.

Libertad. Standing from left: Secundino Arévalo, Benjamín Shupp, Pedro Jaquet, Ignacio Achucarro, César Caballero, Alcides Báez.
Crouching: Emigdio Dos Santos, Francisco Martínez, Estanislao Franco, Gustavo Torres, Arecio Colmán.

River Plate. Standing from left: Alicio Solalinde, Néstor Sanguinetti (argentinian), Juan V. Lezcano, Francisco Riveros, Miguel A. Alvarenga, José D. Insfrán.
Crouching: Atilano Fernández, Carlos Huespe, Eladio Vera, Juan F. Riveros, Genaro García.

Sol de America. Standing from left: Pablo De Jesús Garay, Gumercindo Yudis, Secundino Aifuch, Cirilo Bogado, Ricardo Meyer, Silverio Troche.
Crouching: Diosmede Cabrera, Ladislao Delgadillo, Jacinto Paredes, Mariano C. Pesoa, Roberto Cino.

Nacional. Standing from left: Aldame, Battaglia, Díaz, Jaquet, García Ciani, Quiñonez.

Crouching: Ferreira, Gonzalez, Fleitas, Sosa, Ríos

Second Division:

Champion, promoted to First Division: Presidente Hayes.

Second: Rubio Nu.

Other participants:

Resistencia

Tacuary

Club Sportivo Ameliano