The Colombia national team and all domestic clubs were banned from international competition during this period, although some authors consider that to have been a "golden age" for Colombian football.
[1] The Colombia football league turned professional in 1948 and awarded its first championship that year to Independiente Santa Fe.
Alfonso Senior, the chairman of Millonarios FC, decided to take advantage of the situation by signing several Argentine stars.
The signing was announced on June 8, 1949, and by the time Pedernera arrived at Bogota's Aeropuerto de Techo there were 5,000 fans there to greet him.
Other Colombian clubs began scrambling to follow suit by signing stars from all over South America and Europe:[3] In 1950, DIMAYOR agreed with FIFA to end El Dorado through the Pacto de Lima.