1968 Primera División de Chile

Campeonato Profesional de Fútbol
Dates	27 April 1968 – 11 January 1969
Champions	Santiago Wanderers (2nd title)
Relegated	Unión San Felipe
1969 Copa Libertadores	Santiago Wanderers; Universidad Católica (Play-off Winners)
Matches played	325
Goals scored	1,018 (3.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Eladio Zárate; (32 goals)
Biggest home win	Unión La Calera 7–0 Rangers; (10 November)
Highest attendance	70,481 Universidad Católica 0–0 Universidad de Chile; (13 November)
Total attendance	3,611,269
Average attendance	11,428
	← 1967 1969 →

The 1968 Campeonato Nacional de Futbol Profesional was Chilean first tier’s 26th season. Santiago Wanderers were the champions, winning its second title.

First Stage

Torneo Metropolitano

	AUDI	COLO	MAGA	PALE	SMOR	UESP	UCAT	UCHI
Audax I.		2–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	5–3	1–0	2–2
Colo-Colo	2–2		3–3	4–2	2–2	0–0	4–0	3–4
Magallanes	1–1	1–6		0–3	3–2	0–1	0–3	2–1
Palestino	2–1	2–4	2–2		3–1	2–2	1–1	1–0
S. Morning	2–2	2–1	5–4	0–0		2–1	4–2	0–5
U. Española	1–2	2–0	3–0	4–3	1–2		1–1	4–2
U. Católica	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	5–2	1–0		0–1
U. de Chile	0–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	7–2	4–2	2–0

Pld	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Universidad de Chile	14	9	1	4	34	18	16	19
2	Audax Italiano	14	5	7	2	26	23	3	17
3	Universidad Católica	14	5	4	5	17	16	1	14
4	Santiago Morning	14	5	4	5	28	38	-10	14
5	Colo-Colo	14	4	5	5	30	25	5	13
6	Unión Española	14	5	3	6	25	24	1	13
7	Palestino	14	4	5	5	23	23	0	13
8	Magallanes	14	2	5	7	18	34	-16	9

	Qualified to Torneo Nacional
	Qualified to 5th Place Play-off

5th Place Play-off

	COLO	PALE	UESP
Colo-Colo			3–0
Palestino	3–1
U. Española		0–0

Pld	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Palestino	2	1	1	0	3	1	2	3
2	Colo-Colo	2	1	0	1	4	3	1	2
3	Unión Española	2	0	1	1	0	3	-3	1

Qualified to Torneo Nacional

Torneo Provincial

	DCON	EVER	GCRT	HUAC	DLSE	OHIG	RANG	USFE	ULCA	SWAN
D. Concepción		2–2	4–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1
Everton	1–1		1–3	0–2	1–0	2–3	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1
Green Cross T.	2–1	3–2		0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0
Huachipato	0–0	5–0	1–0		0–0	5–1	0–1	1–1	5–0	1–1
D. La Serena	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1		1–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–0
O'Higgins	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	3–0		1–1	5–2	1–2	0–1
Rangers	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0		2–2	1–2	1–1
U. San Felipe	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	3–1	1–0		1–0	1–2
U. La Calera	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1		0–0
S. Wanderers	0–1	4–0	0–3	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	4–1

Pld	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Deportes Concepción	18	8	7	3	23	12	11	23
2	Santiago Wanderers	18	7	7	4	23	15	8	21
3	Huachipato	18	6	8	4	28	14	14	20
4	Green Cross Temuco	18	8	4	6	21	18	3	20
5	Rangers	18	3	11	4	14	16	-2	17
6	Deportes La Serena	18	6	5	7	14	17	-3	17
7	Unión La Calera	18	6	5	7	18	25	-7	17
8	Everton	18	6	5	7	24	32	-8	17
9	Unión San Felipe	18	5	5	8	24	32	-8	15
10	O'Higgins	18	5	3	10	22	30	-8	13

	Qualified to Torneo Nacional
	Qualified to 5th Place Play-off

5th Place Play-off

	EVER	DLSE	RANG	ULCA
Everton			5–0	2–1
D. La Serena	2–1		0–1
Rangers				3–0
U. La Calera		1–3

Pld	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Everton	3	2	1	8	3	5	4
2	Deportes La Serena	3	2	1	5	3	2	4
3	Rangers	3	2	1	4	5	-1	4
4	Unión La Calera	3	0	3	2	8	-6	0

Qualified to Torneo Nacional

Second Stage

Torneo Promocional

	COLO	DLSE	MAGA	OHIG	USFE	ULCA	RANG	UESP
Colo-Colo		3–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	4–2	3–1	1–0
D. La Serena	0–3		3–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–1
Magallanes	2–2	2–0		4–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	4–4
O'Higgins	1–6	2–1	1–2		1–1	3–1	0–0	0–2
U. San Felipe	1–3	0–1	3–3	0–2		2–0	3–1	2–3
U. La Calera	2–2	1–0	1–2	6–1	2–1		7–0	2–3
Rangers	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	0–0		2–1
U. Española	1–3	2–2	2–1	5–3	3–1	1–0	4–2

Pld	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Colo-Colo	14	9	5	0	37	17	20	23
2	Unión Española	14	8	2	4	32	25	7	18
3	Magallanes	14	5	6	3	29	24	5	16
4	Rangers	14	5	5	4	16	22	-6	15
5	Unión La Calera	14	4	4	6	27	22	5	12
6	Deportes La Serena	14	3	5	6	14	21	-7	11
7	O'Higgins	14	3	3	8	19	35	-16	9
8	Unión San Felipe	14	2	4	8	18	26	-8	8

Qualified to Serie A

Final Stage

Torneo Nacional

	AUDI	DCON	EVER	GCRT	HUAC	PALE	SMOR	UCAT	UCHI	SWAN
Audax I.		0–1	4–3	1–1	0–3	3–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	3–3
D. Concepción	1–1		2–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	5–2	0–2	0–2	0–1
Everton	1–1	2–0		0–1	0–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–1
Green Cross T.	2–1	2–2	0–0		1–0	0–1	5–0	0–1	1–1	0–3
Huachipato	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0		0–1	1–1	1–4	0–1	2–1
Palestino	4–3	1–1	4–1	1–2	1–2		3–3	3–3	0–2	3–1
S. Morning	2–2	4–3	4–0	4–2	1–0	0–1		2–1	3–5	0–2
U. Católica	2–0	2–1	5–2	6–2	3–1	5–2	3–2		0–0	2–2
U. de Chile	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–3	5–0	1–1		0–2
S. Wanderers	5–2	4–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–2

Pld	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Santiago Wanderers	18	11	3	4	37	20	17	25
2	Universidad Católica	18	10	4	4	42	25	17	24
3	Universidad de Chile	18	9	6	3	31	17	14	24
4	Palestino	18	7	6	5	37	34	3	20
5	Huachipato	18	7	3	8	18	20	-2	17
6	Audax Italiano	18	5	5	8	20	26	-6	15
7	Green Cross Temuco	18	5	5	8	29	36	-7	15
8	Deportes Concepción	18	4	6	8	21	28	-7	14
9	Santiago Morning	18	5	4	9	32	46	-14	14
10	Everton	18	4	4	10	20	35	-15	12

	Champions. Qualified to 1969 Copa Libertadores
	Qualified to Pre-Copa Libertadores Play-off

Serie A

	COLO	MAGA	RANG	UESP
Colo-Colo		4–3	2–1	3–2
Magallanes	0–6		3–2	1–3
Rangers	1–6	3–0		3–3
U. Española	4–3	4–0	1–0

Pld	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Colo-Colo	6	5	0	1	24	11	13	10
2	Unión Española	6	4	1	1	17	10	7	9
3	Rangers	6	1	1	4	10	15	-5	3
4	Magallanes	6	1	0	5	7	22	-15	2

Serie B

	OHIG	DLSE	USFE	ULCA
O'Higgins		2–3	2–1	2–1
D. La Serena	1–2		4–0	3–2
U. San Felipe	0–1	2–0		2–5
U. La Calera	2–1	1–2	2–2

Pld	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Deportes La Serena	6	4	0	2	13	9	4	8
2	O'Higgins	6	4	0	2	10	8	2	8
3	Unión La Calera	6	2	1	3	13	12	1	5
4	Unión San Felipe	6	1	1	4	7	14	-7	3

Relegated to 1969 Segunda División de Chile

Title

Campeonato Profesional 1968 Champion
Santiago Wanderers 2nd title

Pre-Copa Libertadores Play-off

9 January 1969	Universidad Católica	1 – 0	Universidad de Chile	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Livingstone 39'			Attendance: 33,294 Referee: J. Cruzat

11 January 1969	Universidad de Chile	2 – 1	Universidad Católica	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Marcos 70' Hodge 76'		48' Herrera	Attendance: 63,720 Referee: J. Cruzat

Universidad Católica also qualified for the 1969 Copa Libertadores

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Eladio Zárate	Unión Española	32
2	Osvaldo Castro	Unión La Calera	31
3	Carlos Reinoso	Audax Italiano	21

Sources

External links

ANFP (in Spanish)

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