2012 Primera División of Chile

Campeonato Nacional Petrobras
Season	2012
Champions	Apertura: Universidad de Chile; Clausura: Huachipato
Relegated	Universidad de Concepción; Unión San Felipe; Deportes La Serena
2013 Copa Libertadores	Universidad de Chile; Huachipato; Iquique
2012 Copa Sudamericana	O'Higgins; Iquique
2013 Copa Sudamericana	Colo-Colo
Top goalscorer	A: Emanuel Herrera,; Sebastián Ubilla and; Enzo Gutiérrez; (11 goals each); C: Sebastián Sáez (13 goals)
	← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 Primera División del Fútbol Profesional Chileno season (known as the 2012 Campeonato Nacional Petrobras for sponsorship reasons) is the 81st season of top-flight football in Chile. Universidad de Chile is the defending champion. Universidad de Chile won both the Apertura and the Clausura Championships

Format changes

For the 2012, the ANFP's Council of Club Presidents approved the return to the Apertura and Clausura format, with playoffs.^[1]

Teams

Eighteen teams will be competing in the Primera División for the 2012 season, sixteen of whom are returning from the 2011 season. Santiago Morning and Ñublense were relegated last season after finishing 17th and 18th overall, respectively. There were replaced by Antofagasta and Rangers, the 2011 Primera B winner and runner-up, respectively.

Universidad de Concepción

Unión La Calera

Unión San Felipe

Santiago

Santiago teams:
Audax Italiano
Colo-Colo
Palestino
Unión Española
Universidad Católica
Universidad de Chile

Locations of the 2012 Primera División teams.

Team	City	Stadium	Current manager
Antofagasta	Antofagasta	Regional de Antofagasta	Gustavo Huerta
Audax Italiano	Santiago	Municipal de La Florida	Omar Labruna
Cobreloa	Calama	Municipal de Calama	Nelson Acosta
Cobresal	El Salvador	El Cobre	Luis Musrri
Colo-Colo	Santiago	Monumental David Arellano	Luis Pérez Muñoz
Huachipato	Talcahuano	CAP	Jorge Pellicer
Iquique	Iquique	Tierra de Campeones	Fernando Vergara
La Serena	La Serena	La Portada	Miguel Ponce
O'Higgins	Rancagua	El Teniente	Eduardo Berizzo
Palestino	Santiago	Municipal de La Cisterna	Gustavo Benítez
Rangers	Talca	Fiscal de Talca	Gabriel Perrone
Santiago Wanderers	Valparaíso	Regional Chiledeportes	Héctor Robles
Unión Española	Santiago	Santa Laura	José Luis Sierra
Unión La Calera	La Calera	Municipal Nicolás Chahuán	Emiliano Astorga
Unión San Felipe	San Felipe	Municipal de San Felipe	Nelson Cossio
Universidad Católica	Santiago	San Carlos de Apoquindo	Mario Lepe
Universidad de Chile	Santiago	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos	Jorge Sampaoli
Universidad de Concepción	Concepción	Municipal de Concepción	Víctor Hugo Castañeda

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura began in January and will end in July 2.

Classification stage

The Classification Stage began in January and ended in July.

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad de Chile	17	13	1	3	44	14	+30	40	Playoffs
2	O'Higgins	17	11	2	4	31	15	+16	35	Playoffs & 2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage ¹
3	Iquique	17	10	5	2	30	14	+16	35	Playoffs & 2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage ¹
4	Universidad Católica	17	8	6	3	31	17	+14	30	Playoffs
5	Unión Española	17	8	3	6	38	28	+10	27
6	Colo-Colo	17	7	5	5	22	21	+1	26
7	Unión La Calera	17	6	6	5	21	18	+3	24
8	Cobreloa	17	7	2	8	23	25	−2	23
9	Huachipato	17	6	5	6	25	28	−3	23
10	Universidad de Concepción	17	5	6	6	23	27	−4	21
11	Santiago Wanderers	17	6	2	9	28	30	−2	20
12	Audax Italiano	17	5	5	7	24	32	−8	20
13	La Serena	17	5	4	8	24	33	−9	19
14	Rangers	17	5	3	9	17	25	−8	18
15	Palestino	17	5	3	9	14	26	−12	18
16	Antofagasta	17	4	5	8	10	20	−10	17
17	Cobresal	17	3	4	10	17	40	−23	13
18	Unión San Felipe	17	2	7	8	12	21	−9	13

Source: Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals; 6th red cards; 7th yellow cards; 8th draw.
1) O'Higgins and Deportes Iquique qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana as the top two teams not playing in the 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	ANT	AUD	CLA	CSL	COL	IQU	SER	HUA	O'HI	PAL	RAN	SAW	UNI	ULC	USF	UCA	UCH	UCO
Antofagasta		1–2	1–0	2–1		1–1					0–1	1–0	1–1		0–0			2–1
Audax Italiano			1–1		1–3			2–2		1–2	3–0		0–2		0–0	2–0	0–6
Cobreloa					0–2	0–1	2–2	4–2	0–1	1–0			1–2	1–0
Cobresal		3–1	0–1		2–2	0–4		0–2	1–0		1–0			1–4	1–1
Colo-Colo	1–0					0–0	0–2		1–0	0–1				3–1	1–0	1–1		1–2
Iquique		1–2					3–1	1–0	1–2		2–0	2–1		3–3	4–1			2–0
La Serena	4–1	2–4		1–1					2–2			3–1			2–1		1–3	1–0
Huachipato	2–0				0–3		1–1		2–1			2–1		1–2		2–2
O'Higgins	1–0	3–1								5–0	2–2			2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0
Palestino	0–0			2–1		0–1	1–0	2–2				2–1	1–3			1–2	1–3
Rangers			0–3		2–2		2–0	2–1		2–0		2–3		2–0				1–2
Santiago Wanderers		4–2	1–3	5–2	0–0				0–1				2–2		1–0	2–1
Unión Española				6–1	4–2	1–2	5–2	1–3	0–2		2–1					2–2		4–1
Unión La Calera	0–0	1–1					3–0			1–1		2–1	1–0			1–0	0–1	1–1
Unión San Felipe			0–3					1–2		1–0	0–0		3–1	0–0			0–1	2–2
Universidad Católica	1–0		5–1	5–0		1–1	3–0				2–0				1–1		2–1
Universidad de Chile	4–0		4–1	3–1	5–0	1–1		4–0	1–1		2–0	3–0	3–2
Universidad de Concepción		1–1	3–1	1–1				1–1	1–3	2–0		2–5				1–1	2–0

Updated to games played on 20 May 2012.
Source: Soccerway.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff stage

For all ties, the lower-seeded team play the first leg at home.

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Universidad de Chile	2	2	4
8	Cobreloa	0	1	1
8	Cobreloa	0	1	1	1	Universidad de Chile	0	4	4
					1	Universidad de Chile	0	4	4
					6	Colo-Colo	2	0	2
3	Iquique	3	1	4	6	Colo-Colo	2	0	2
3	Iquique	3	1	4
6	Colo-Colo	3	2	5
6	Colo-Colo	3	2	5						1	Universidad de Chile	1	2	3 (2)
										1	Universidad de Chile	1	2	3 (2)
										2	O'Higgins	2	1	3 (0)
4	Universidad Católica	0	1	1						2	O'Higgins	2	1	3 (0)
4	Universidad Católica	0	1	1
5	Unión Española	3	1	4
5	Unión Española	3	1	4	5	Unión Española	1	1	2
					5	Unión Española	1	1	2
					2	O'Higgins	0	2	2
2	O'Higgins	1	3	4	2	O'Higgins	0	2	2
2	O'Higgins	1	3	4
7	Unión La Calera	0	2	2

Updated as of games played on July 2, 2012.
Universidad de Chile wins final by PK 2-0.

Quarterfinals

In the quarterfinals, the 1 seed play the 8 seed, the 2 seed play the 7 seed, the 3 seed play the 6 seed, and the 4 seed play the 5 seed.

Quarterfinals A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad de Chile	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Cobreloa	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd classification phase position.

May 27, 201216:30 UTC−04:00

Cobreloa	0 – 2	Universidad de Chile
		Aránguiz 8' Rodríguez 59'

Estadio Municipal, Calama

Attendance: 7,928

Referee: Claudio Puga

June 11, 201201:00

Universidad de Chile	2 – 1	Cobreloa
Henríquez 42' Cereceda 74'		Abarca 49' Flores 79'

Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago

Quarterfinals B


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	O'Higgins	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Unión La Calera	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd classification phase position.

May 24, 201219:00 UTC−04:00

Unión La Calera	0 – 1	O'Higgins
	Report	Fernández 74'

Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán, La Calera

Attendance: 2.790

Referee: Jorge Osorio

May 27, 201218:30 UTC−04:00

O'Higgins	3 – 2	Unión La Calera
Gutiérrez 52', 56', 83'		Valencia 53' Bahamondes 89'

Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua

Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

Quarterfinals C


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Colo-Colo	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	4	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Deportes Iquique	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	1

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd classification phase position.

May 23, 201215:30 UTC−04:00

Colo-Colo	3 - 3	Iquique
Paredes 8', 50' Olivi 90+3'	Report	Diaz 18' Bogado 37' Rieloff 61'

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago

Attendance: 8,988

Referee: Claudio Puga

May 26, 201216:00 UTC−04:00

Iquique	1 - 2	Colo-Colo
Sarabia 12'	Report	Muñoz 10' Olivi 35'

Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique

Attendance: 8.627

Referee: Enrique Osses

Quarterfinals D


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Unión Española	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4	Advanced to the Semifinals
2	Universidad Católica	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd classification phase position.

May 23, 201220:00 UTC−04:00

Unión Española	3 – 0	Universidad Católica
Jaime 60' Cordero 77' Herrera 79'	Report

Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK, Santiago

Attendance: 5.345

Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

May 26, 201212:30 UTC−04:00

Universidad Católica	1 - 1	Unión Española
Campos Toro 65'	Report	Vecchio 86'

Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago

Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

Semifinals

In the semifinals, the highest seed play the lowest seed, and the second-highest seed play the second-lowest seed.

Semifinals A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad de Chile	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3	Advanced to the Final
2	Colo-Colo	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd classification phase position.

17 June 201220:30

Colo-Colo	2 – 0	Universidad de Chile
Paredes 13' 61' Rabello 47' Ormeño 36'

Estadio Monumental David Arellano

Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

24 June 201220:30

Universidad de Chile	4 – 0	Colo-Colo
Henríquez 8' Fernándes 21', 82', 90'		Olivi 84' Fierro 89'

Estadio Nacional

Semifinals B


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	O'Higgins	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	Advanced to the Final
2	Unión Española	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd classification phase position.

16 June 201221:00

Unión Española	1 – 0	O'Higgins
Vecchio 37'

Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK

Referee: Jorge Osorio

23 June 201216:00

O'Higgins	2 – 1	Unión Española
Figueroa 12' Rojas 59'		50' Jaime

Estadio El Teniente

Referee: Patricio Polic

Final


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad de Chile	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage
2	O'Higgins	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd penalty shootout.

28 June 201216:00

O'Higgins	2 – 1	Universidad de Chile
Rojas 1' López 72'		Marino 29'

Estadio El Teniente

Referee: Jorge Osorio

2 July 201215:30

Universidad de Chile	2 – 1	O'Higgins
Aránguiz 66' Marino 90+2'		Fernandez 29'
Penalties
Aránguiz Díaz Ruidíaz	2-0	Rojas Suárez Opazo Gutiérrez

Estadio Nacional

Referee: Enrique Osses

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Emanuel Herrera	Unión Española	11
1	Sebastián Ubilla	Santiago Wanderers	11
3	Brian Rodríguez	Huachipato	9
4	Cristián Canío	Cobreloa	8
	Milton Caraglio	Rangers	8
	Gastón Cellerino	Unión La Calera	8
	Ángelo Henríquez	Universidad de Chile	8
	Enzo Gutiérrez	O'Higgins	8
	Esteban Paredes	Colo-Colo	8
	Raúl Ruidíaz	Universidad de Chile	8

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura began in July and will end in December.

Classification stage

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Colo-Colo	17	9	6	2	32	14	+18	33	Playoffs & 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage ¹
2	Universidad de Chile	17	9	6	2	32	20	+12	33	Playoffs
3	Palestino	17	9	3	5	22	18	+4	30
4	Iquique	17	9	3	5	24	27	−3	30
5	Rangers	17	8	6	3	27	19	+8	30
6	Huachipato	17	7	4	6	23	21	+2	25
7	Unión Española	17	7	3	7	28	27	+1	24
8	Audax Italiano	17	6	5	6	29	26	+3	23
9	Universidad Católica	17	6	5	6	24	23	+1	23
10	Cobresal	17	5	7	5	22	24	−2	22
11	Unión San Felipe	17	6	3	8	19	21	−2	21
12	Cobreloa	17	6	2	9	23	24	−1	20
13	Antofagasta	17	6	2	9	26	29	−3	20
14	O'Higgins	17	5	5	7	22	27	−5	20
15	Santiago Wanderers	17	4	7	6	27	28	−1	19
16	Universidad de Concepción	17	3	6	8	17	28	−11	15
17	Unión La Calera	17	2	9	6	11	18	−7	15
18	La Serena	17	2	6	9	20	33	−13	12

Source: Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals; 6th red cards; 7th yellow cards; 8th draw.
1) Colo-Colo qualified for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the top team not playing in the 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	ANT	AUD	CLA	CSL	COL	IQU	SER	HUA	O'HI	PAL	RAN	SAW	UNI	ULC	USF	UCA	UCH	UCO
Antofagasta					1–2		2–1	3–0	2–3	0–1				2–1		2–2	2–4
Audax Italiano	1–2			1–1		0–1	3–2		5–1			4–1		2–1				2–2
Cobreloa	3–1	1–2		3–0							0–1	2–4			2–1	4–3	0–1	3–1
Cobresal	3–1						2–2			0–1		2–1	2–1			2–2	1–2	1–1
Colo-Colo		5–1	3–1	1–2				3–0			2–2	1–1	3–0				1–0
Iquique	2–1		1–1	3–2	0–1					2–1			2–4			3–2	0–0
La Serena			0–0		1–1	2–3		2–1		1–1	1–1		2–1	0–1		1–3
Huachipato		1–1	0–1	1–1		4–1				1–1	1–2		2–0		1–0		0–3	2–0
O'Higgins			1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–4				1–1	1–3					4–1
Palestino		0–0	2–1		0–3				2–1		4–1			1–0	1–2			1–0
Rangers	2–2	1–0		2–0		5–0			1–2				1–0		1–0	1–0	2–2
Santiago Wanderers	0–1					2–1	1–1	1–1		2–3	2–2			2–0			2–2	3–1
Unión Española	2–1	3–3	2–1							1–0		2–2		0–0	3–1		5–2
Unión La Calera			1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		0–2	0–0		2–2				1–3
Unión San Felipe	2–1	1–3		0–0	2–1	1–2	3–0		1–1			1–0				0–1
Universidad Católica		1–0			0–2			0–2	1–0	0–1		3–2	1–1	1–1				2–2
Universidad de Chile		2–1					5–2		1–1	3–2				0–0	2–0	0–0		3–1
Universidad de Concepción	0–2				1–1	0–1	3–1				1–0		2–1	0–0	1–1

Updated to games played on 22 September 2012.
Source: Soccerway.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff stage

For all ties, the lower-seeded team play the first leg at home.

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Colo-Colo	2	4	6
8	Audax Italiano	0	5	5
8	Audax Italiano	0	5	5	1	Colo-Colo	1	0	1
					1	Colo-Colo	1	0	1
					7	Unión Española	3	2	5
2	Universidad de Chile	0	1	1	7	Unión Española	3	2	5
2	Universidad de Chile	0	1	1
7	Unión Española	0	4	4
7	Unión Española	0	4	4						7	Unión Española	3	1	4 (2)
										7	Unión Española	3	1	4 (2)
										6	Huachipato	1	3	4 (3)
3	Palestino	1	1	2						6	Huachipato	1	3	4 (3)
3	Palestino	1	1	2
6	Huachipato	1	2	3
6	Huachipato	1	2	3	6	Huachipato	1	1	2
					6	Huachipato	1	1	2
					5	Rangers	0	1	1
4	Iquique	0	0	0	5	Rangers	0	1	1
4	Iquique	0	0	0
5	Rangers	1	1	2

Aggregate table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad de Chile	34	22	7	5	76	34	+42	73	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage ¹
2	Iquique	34	19	8	7	54	41	+13	65	2013 Copa Libertadores First Stage
3	Colo-Colo	34	16	11	7	54	35	+19	59
4	O'Higgins	34	16	7	11	53	42	+11	55
5	Universidad Católica	34	14	11	9	55	40	+15	53
6	Unión Española	34	15	6	13	66	56	+10	51
7	Palestino	34	14	6	14	36	44	−8	48
8	Rangers	34	13	9	12	44	44	0	48
9	Huachipato	34	13	9	12	48	49	−1	48	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage ¹
10	Cobreloa	34	13	4	17	46	49	−3	43
11	Audax Italiano	34	11	10	13	53	58	−5	43
12	Santiago Wanderers	34	10	9	15	55	58	−3	39
13	Unión La Calera	34	8	15	11	32	36	−4	39
14	Antofagasta	34	10	7	17	36	49	−13	37
15	Universidad de Concepción	34	8	12	14	40	55	−15	36	Relegation/Promotion Playoffs
16	Cobresal	34	8	11	15	39	64	−25	35	Relegation/Promotion Playoffs
17	Unión San Felipe	34	8	10	16	31	42	−11	34	Relegated to the Primera División B
18	La Serena	34	7	10	17	44	66	−22	31	Relegated to the Primera División B

¹ Universidad de Chile and Huachipato are qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores as the Apertura and Clausura champions respectively.

Relegation/promotion playoffs

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	Pen.
Universidad de Concepción	0:6	Everton	0–1	1–3	—	—
Cobresal	3:3	Barnechea	1–3	3–0	+1:–1	—

18 November 201216:30

1st Leg

Everton	1–0	Universidad de Concepción
Rojas 10'	Report

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

Attendance: 8,997

Referee: Enrique Osses

25 November 201215:30

2nd Leg

Universidad de Concepción	1–3	Everton
Ramos 62'	Report	Muñoz 44', 64' Suazo 78'

Estadio Collao, Concepción

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Julio Bascuñán

Everton won 4–3 on aggregate and is promoted to Primera División. Universidad de Concepción is relegated to Primera B.

18 November 201219:00

1st Leg

Barnechea	3–1	Cobresal
Caroca 6' Ibáñez 58', 90+2'	Report	Vuletich 55'

Estadio Santa Laura, Santiago

Attendance: 2,139

Referee: Roberto Tobar

24 November 201215:30

2nd Leg

Cobresal	3–0	Barnechea
Martínez 37' Cuéllar 54', 65'	Report

Estadio El Cobre, El Salvador

Attendance: 1,507

Referee: Claudio Puga

Cobresal won 4–3 on aggregate and remains in Primera División. Barnechea remains in Primera B.

References

↑ "Consejo de clubes aprobó torneos para el 2011" [Council of clubs approved the tournaments for 2011] (in Spanish). ANFP. December 9, 2011. Archived from the original on 2010-12-12. Retrieved December 29, 2011.

External links

ANFP (in Spanish)
2012 Chilean Primera División season at Soccerway
- Season regulations (in Spanish)

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[Format_return-1] "Consejo de clubes aprobó torneos para el 2011" [Council of clubs approved the tournaments for 2011] (in Spanish). ANFP. December 9, 2011. Archived from the original on 2010-12-12. Retrieved December 29, 2011.

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2012 in South American football (CONMEBOL)
Domestic leagues	Argentina (2011–12, 2012–13) Bolivia (2011–12, 2012–13) Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay (2011–12, 2012–13) Venezuela (2011–12, 2012–13)
Domestic cups	Argentina (2011–12, 2012–13) Brazil Chile (2012–13) Colombia Venezuela
CONMEBOL competitions	Copa Libertadores (first stage, second stage, knockout stages, finals) Copa Sudamericana (preliminary stages, final stages, finals) Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship