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.
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. 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 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 |