1972 Primera División de Chile

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol
Dates	18 March 1972 – 21 December 1972
Champions	Colo-Colo (11th title)
Relegated	Everton
1973 Copa Libertadores	Colo-Colo; Unión Española
Matches played	306
Goals scored	875 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fernando Espinoza; (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Colo-Colo 8–0 Rangers; (11 November)
Highest attendance	73,636 Universidad de Chile 3–0 Colo-Colo; (18 November)
Total attendance	3,617,223
Average attendance	11,821
	← 1971 1973 →

The 1972 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, was the 40st season of top-flight football in Chile. Colo-Colo won their eleventh title following a 1–1 draw against Huachipato in the championship 33rd matchday on December 16, 1972, also qualifying to the 1973 Copa Libertadores.^[1]

Results

	ANT	COL	CON	EVE	GCT	HUA	DLS	LOT	MAG	NAV	OHI	RAN	USF	ULC	UCA	UCH	UES	SWA
Antofagasta		0–2	2–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	4–1
Colo-Colo	4–3		0–1	6–0	3–0	4–2	3–3	4–1	5–0	4–2	3–0	8–0	3–1	3–1	3–2	3–1	0–0	2–3
Concepción	1–0	1–1		3–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1
Everton	2–1	0–1	1–3		2–2	2–3	1–2	0–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–1
Green Cross T.	1–0	1–4	2–0	3–0		0–0	3–1	2–1	3–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0
Huachipato	4–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–2		0–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0
La Serena	5–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–3	2–0		0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	5–0
Lota S.	1–1	2–1	3–3	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–3		0–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2
Magallanes	5–3	1–5	3–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–2		2–3	1–0	0–1	4–2	5–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–1
Naval	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–2		1–4	1–0	3–0	3–1	3–2	0–1	0–1	1–2
O'Higgins	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–2	2–2	2–4		7–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	3–1	0–0	3–2
Rangers	1–3	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–4	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0		3–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0
San Felipe	3–1	1–3	1–0	3–1	2–3	2–0	0–1	5–3	0–1	1–1	3–0	3–4		0–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–1
La Calera	2–2	0–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	3–2	4–1	0–1	0–1	4–2		1–2	0–2	0–2	2–2
U. Católica	1–2	2–1	0–0	4–1	0–5	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	4–0	1–1	3–3		0–3	1–0	2–0
U. de Chile	6–2	3–0	2–2	4–2	5–0	1–0	2–2	5–2	2–2	3–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	4–0	4–0		0–2	3–0
U. Española	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	6–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–1		1–0
S. Wanderers	3–0	1–3	0–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	2–0	4–1	4–2	3–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–2

League Table

Pos	Team	PJ	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Colo-Colo	34	23	6	5	90	37	53	52
2	Unión Española	34	20	9	5	48	20	28	49
3	Universidad de Chile	34	19	8	7	72	38	34	46
4	Deportes Concepción	34	16	11	7	48	31	17	43
5	Green Cross Temuco	34	15	13	6	55	43	12	43
6	Deportes La Serena	34	14	11	9	52	41	11	39
7	Universidad Católica	34	14	11	9	42	41	1	39
8	Magallanes	34	13	11	10	62	54	8	37
9	Huachipato	34	13	11	10	40	32	8	37
10	Naval	34	12	7	15	45	52	-7	31
11	Lota Schwager	34	9	12	13	40	52	-12	30
12	O'Higgins	34	8	10	16	45	54	-9	26
13	Unión La Calera	34	8	8	18	45	62	-17	24
14	Santiago Wanderers	34	8	8	18	36	59	-23	24
15	Antofagasta Portuario	34	10	4	20	42	66	-24	24
16	Rangers	34	8	8	18	32	62	-30	24
17	Unión San Felipe	34	9	5	20	44	64	-20	23
18	Everton	34	7	7	20	36	66	-30	21

	Champions & Qualified to the 1973 Copa Libertadores
	Qualified to the 1973 Copa Libertadores
	Relegated to 1973 Segunda División de Chile

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Fernando Espinoza	Magallanes	25
2	Francisco Valdés	Colo-Colo	23
3	Juan Carlos Sarnari	Universidad de Chile	19
4	Rogelio Farías	Unión Española	15
5	Carlos Caszely	Colo-Colo	14

References

↑ "El día que Colo Colo se coronó ante Huachipato en Collao". As.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

External links

ANFP (in Spanish)

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[1] "El día que Colo Colo se coronó ante Huachipato en Collao". As.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.