Chilean Primera División

Campeonato Nacional
Founded 1933
Country Chile
Confederation CONMEBOL
Number of teams 16
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to Primera B
Domestic cup(s) Copa Chile
International cup(s) Copa Libertadores
Copa Sudamericana
Current champions Colo-Colo (32nd title)
(2017 Transición)
Most championships Colo-Colo (32 titles)
Top goalscorer Francisco Valdés (215)[1]
TV partners CDF
La Red
Website http://www.anfp.cl
2018 season

The Chilean Primera División (First Division) is the top tier league of the Chilean football league system. It is organized by the ANFP. The league is known as the Campeonato Scotiabank for sponsorship reasons.

Format

As of the 2015–16 season, 16 teams compete in the league, which is split into Apertura and Clausura tournaments.[2]

Relegation and promotion

Currently, the two teams with the worst scores in the complete season (including Apertura and Clausura, but excluding the play-off stage), are relegated to Primera B, and replaced by the Champions and Runners-up of this Division. There is also a Relegation Playoff Tournament, played in a home-and-away basis by the teams that finish 15º and 16° in the First Division against the teams that finish 3° and 4° in the Primera B.

Qualification for international competitions

The champions of the Apertura and Clausura of each season are immediately qualified to Copa Libertadores for the next year. The third Chilean spot in that tournament is used by the team with the highest score in the Clausura regular phase (that is, excluding the play-offs).

History

Professionalism

In 1933, eight big clubs at that time, namely, Unión Española, Badminton, Colo-Colo, Audax Italiano, Green Cross, Morning Star, Magallanes and Santiago National, founded the Liga Profesional de Football de Santiago (LPF) on May 31, 1933. The newly formed body was recognized by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile on June 2, 1933.

The first edition of professional competition was contested by the eight founding teams and was won by Magallanes after defeating Colo-Colo in a decisive match. In the following year, according to the disposition of Federación de Fútbol de Chile, Liga Profesional returned to integrate with the AFS. As part of the negotiations for reunification, four teams from AFS, namely, Ferroviarios, Carlos Walker, Deportivo Alemán, and Santiago F.C., would join the 1934 professional competition. Moreover, it was also decided that the last six teams in the 1934 competition would be eliminated to form the new second division in 1935. The title of the expanded 1934 edition was again clinched by Magallanes, which won 10 out of the 11 matches that year.[3]

Current teams

There are 16 teams playing in the Primera División, as of the 2018 season.[4]

Club City Stadium Capacity
Audax Italiano Santiago Bicentenario de La Florida 12,000
Colo Colo Santiago Monumental David Arellano 47,347
Curicó Unido Curicó La Granja 8,000
Deportes Antofagasta Antofagasta Regional de Antofagasta 21,178
Deportes Iquique Iquique Municipal de Cavancha 3,500
Deportes Temuco Temuco Municipal Germán Becker 18,413
Everton Viña del Mar Sausalito 22,360
Huachipato Talcahuano CAP 10,500
O'Higgins Rancagua El Teniente 13,849
Palestino Santiago Municipal de La Cisterna 8,000
San Luis Quillota Municipal Lucio Fariña Fernández 7,680
Unión Española Santiago Santa Laura-Universidad SEK 19,000
Unión La Calera Calera Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar 10,000
Universidad Católica Santiago San Carlos de Apoquindo 14,118
Universidad de Chile Santiago Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos 48,665
Universidad de Concepción Concepción Municipal de Concepción 30,448

List of seasons

Seasons Champions Runners-up Leading goalscorer(s)[5]
1933Magallanes (1)Colo-ColoChile Luis Carvallo (Colo-Colo; 9 goals)
1934Magallanes (2)Audax ItalianoChile Carlos Giuduce (Audax Italiano; 19 goals)
1935Magallanes (3)Audax ItalianoChile Aurelio Domínguez (Colo-Colo; 12 goals)
Chile Guillermo Ogaz (Magallanes; 12 goals)
1936Audax Italiano (1)MagallanesCosta Rica Hernán Bolaños (Audax Italiano; 14 goals)
1937Colo-Colo (1)MagallanesCosta Rica Hernán Bolaños (Audax Italiano; 16 goals)
1938Magallanes (4)Audax ItalianoChile Gustavo Pizarro (Badminton; 17 goals)
1939Colo-Colo (2)Santiago MorningChile Alfonso Domínguez (Colo-Colo; 32 goals)
1940Universidad de Chile (1)Audax ItalianoChile Victor Alonso (Universidad de Chile; 20 goals)
Chile Pedro Valenzuela (Magallanes; 20 goals)
1941Colo-Colo (3)Santiago MorningArgentina José Profetta (Santiago National; 19 goals)
1942Santiago Morning (1)MagallanesChile Domingo Romo (Santiago Morning; 16 goals)
1943Unión Española (1)Colo-ColoChile Luis Machuca (Unión Española; 17 goals)
Chile Victor Mancilla Universidad Católica (17 goals)
1944Colo-Colo (4)Audax ItalianoChile Juan Alcantara (Audax Italiano; 19 goals)
Chile Alfonso Domínguez (Colo-Colo; 19 goals)
1945Green Cross (1)Unión EspañolaUruguay Ubaldo Cruche (Universidad de Chile; 17 goals)
Argentina Hugo Giorgi (Audax Italiano; 17 goals)
Argentina Juan Zarate (Green Cross; 17 goals)
1946Audax Italiano (2)MagallanesUruguay Ubaldo Cruche (Universidad de Chile; 25 goals)
1947Colo-Colo (5)Audax ItalianoChile Apolonides Vera (Santiago National; 17 goals)
1948Audax Italiano (3)Unión EspañolaArgentina Juan Zarate (Audax Italiano; 22 goals)
1949Universidad Católica (1)Santiago WanderersChile Mario Lorca (Unión Española; 20 goals)
1950Everton (1)Unión EspañolaArgentina Félix Díaz (Green Cross; 21 goals)
1951Unión Española (2)Audax ItalianoChile Rubén Aguilera (Santiago Morning; 21 goals)
Chile Carlos Tello (Audax Italiano; 21 goals)
1952Everton (2)Colo-ColoChile René Meléndez (Everton; 30 goals)
1953Colo-Colo (6)PalestinoChile Jorge Robledo (Colo-Colo; 26 goals)
1954Universidad Católica (2)Colo-ColoChile Jorge Robledo (Colo-Colo; 25 goals)
1955Palestino (1)Colo-ColoArgentina Nicolás Moreno (Green Cross; 27 goals)
1956Colo-Colo (7)Santiago WanderersChile Guillermo Villarroel (O'Higgins; 19 goals)
1957Audax Italiano (4)Universidad de ChileArgentina Gustavo Albella (Green Cross; 27 goals)
1958Santiago Wanderers (1)Colo-ColoArgentina Gustavo Albella (Green Cross; 23 goals)
Chile Carlos Verdejo (La Serena; 23 goals)
1959Universidad de Chile (2)Colo-ColoChile José Benito Rios (O'Higgins; 22 goals)
1960Colo-Colo (8)Santiago WanderersArgentina Juan Falcon (Palestino; 21 goals)
1961Universidad Católica (3)Universidad de ChileChile Carlos Campos (Universidad de Chile; 24 goals)
Chile Honorino Landa (Unión Española; 24 goals)
1962Universidad de Chile (3)Universidad CatólicaChile Carlos Campos (Universidad de Chile; 34 goals)
1963Colo-Colo (9)Universidad de ChileChile Luis Hernán Álvarez (Colo-Colo; 37 goals)
1964Universidad de Chile (4)Universidad CatólicaChile Daniel Escudero (Everton; 25 goals)
1965Universidad de Chile (5)Universidad CatólicaArgentina Héctor Scandolli (Rangers; 25 goals)
1966Universidad Católica (4)Colo-ColoChile Carlos Campos (Universidad de Chile; 21 goals)
Argentina Felipe Bracamonte (Unión San Felipe; 21 goals)
1967Universidad de Chile (6)Universidad CatólicaParaguay Eladio Zárate (Unión Española; 28 goals)
1968Santiago Wanderers (2)Universidad CatólicaChile Carlos Reinoso (Audax Italiano; 21 goals)
1969Universidad de Chile (7)RangersParaguay Eladio Zárate (Unión Española; 22 goals)
1970Colo-Colo (10)Unión EspañolaChile Osvaldo Castro (Deportes Concepción; 36 goals)
1971Unión San Felipe (1)Universidad de ChileParaguay Eladio Zárate (Universidad de Chile; 25 goals)
1972Colo-Colo (11)Unión EspañolaChile Fernando Espinoza (Magallanes; 25 goals)
1973Unión Española (3)Colo-ColoChile Guillermo Yavar (Unión Española; 21 goals)
1974Huachipato (1)PalestinoChile Julio Crisosto (Colo-Colo; 28 goals)
1975Unión Española (4)ConcepciónChile Victor Pizarro (Santiago Morning; 27 goals)
1976Everton (3)Unión EspañolaArgentina Chile Óscar Fabbiani (Palestino; 23 goals)
1977Unión Española (5)EvertonArgentina Chile Óscar Fabbiani (Palestino; 34 goals)
1978Palestino (2)CobreloaArgentina Chile Óscar Fabbiani (Palestino; 35 goals)
1979Colo-Colo (12)CobreloaChile Carlos Caszely (Colo-Colo; 20 goals)
1980Cobreloa (1)Universidad de ChileChile Carlos Caszely (Colo-Colo; 26 goals)
1981Colo-Colo (13)CobreloaChile Victor Cabrera (San Luis; 20 goals)
Chile Carlos Caszely (Colo-Colo; 20 goals)
Chile Luis Marcoleta (Magallanes; 20 goals)
1982Cobreloa (2)Colo-ColoUruguay Jorge Luis Siviero (Cobreloa; 18 goals)
1983Colo-Colo (14)CobreloaUruguay Washington Olivera (Cobreloa; 29 goals)
1984Universidad Católica (5)CobresalChile Victor Cabrera (Regional Atacama; 18 goals)
1985Cobreloa (3)EvertonChile Ivo Basay (Magallanes; 19 goals)
1986Colo-Colo (15)PalestinoChile Sergio Salgado (Cobresal; 18 goals)
1987Universidad Católica (6)Colo-ColoChile Osvaldo Hurtado (Universidad Católica; 21 goals)
1988Cobreloa (4)CobresalArgentina Gustavo De Luca (Deportes La Serena; 18 goals)
Peru Juan José Oré (Deportes Iquique; 18 goals)
1989Colo-Colo (16)Universidad CatólicaChile Rubén Martínez (Cobresal; 25 goals)
1990Colo-Colo (17)Universidad CatólicaChile Rubén Martínez (Colo-Colo; 22 goals)
1991Colo-Colo (18)Coquimbo UnidoChile Rubén Martínez (Colo-Colo; 23 goals)
1992Cobreloa (5)Colo-ColoChile Aníbal González (Colo-Colo; 24 goals)
1993Colo-Colo (19)CobreloaChile Marco Antonio Figueroa (Cobreloa; 18 goals)
1994Universidad de Chile (8)Universidad CatólicaArgentina Alberto Acosta (Universidad Católica; 33 goals)
1995Universidad de Chile (9)Universidad CatólicaArgentina Gabriel Caballero (Deportes Antofagasta; 18 goals)
Chile Aníbal González (Palestino; 18 goals)
1996Colo-Colo (20)Universidad CatólicaChile Mario Véner (Santiago Wanderers; 30 goals)
1997AperturaUniversidad Católica (7)Colo-ColoArgentina David Bisconti (Universidad Católica; 15 goals)
ClausuraColo-Colo (21)Universidad CatólicaParaguay Richart Báez (Universidad de Chile; 10 goals)
Chile Rubén Vallejos (Deportes Puerto Montt; 10 goals)
1998Colo-Colo (22)Universidad de ChileChile Pedro González (Universidad de Chile; 23 goals)
1999Universidad de Chile (10)Universidad CatólicaChile Mario Núñez (O'Higgins; 34 goals)
2000Universidad de Chile (11)CobreloaChile Pedro González (Universidad de Chile; 26 goals)
2001Santiago Wanderers (3)Universidad CatólicaChile Héctor Tapia (Colo-Colo; 24 goals)
2002AperturaUniversidad Católica (8)RangersChile Sebastián González (Colo-Colo; 18 goals)
ClausuraColo-Colo (23)Universidad CatólicaChile Manuel Neira (Colo-Colo; 14 goals)
2003AperturaCobreloa (6)Colo-ColoParaguay Salvador Cabañas (Audax Italiano; 18 goals)
ClausuraCobreloa (7)Colo-ColoUruguay Gustavo Biscayzacú (Unión Española; 21 goals)
2004AperturaUniversidad de Chile (12)CobreloaChile Patricio Galaz (Cobreloa; 23 goals)
ClausuraCobreloa (8)Unión EspañolaChile Patricio Galaz (Cobreloa; 19 goals)
2005AperturaUnión Española (6)Coquimbo UnidoChile Joel Estay (Everton; 13 goals)
Chile Álvaro Sarabia (Deportes Puerto Montt; 13 goals)
Chile Héctor Mancilla (Huachipato; 13 goals)
ClausuraUniversidad Católica (9)Universidad de ChileChile Cristián Montecinos (Concepción; 13 goals)
Chile Gonzalo Fierro (Colo-Colo; 13 goals)
Chile César Díaz (Cobresal; 13 goals)
2006AperturaColo-Colo (24)Universidad de ChileChile Humberto Suazo (Colo-Colo; 19 goals)
ClausuraColo-Colo (25)Audax ItalianoChile Leonardo Monje (Universidad de Concepción; 17 goals)
2007AperturaColo-Colo (26)Universidad CatólicaChile Humberto Suazo (Colo-Colo; 18 goals)
ClausuraColo-Colo (27)Universidad de ConcepciónChile Carlos Villanueva (Audax Italiano; 20 goals)
2008AperturaEverton (4)Colo-ColoArgentina Paraguay Lucas Barrios (Colo-Colo; 19 goals)
ClausuraColo-Colo (28)PalestinoArgentina Paraguay Lucas Barrios (Colo-Colo; 18 goals)
2009AperturaUniversidad de Chile (13)Unión EspañolaChile Esteban Paredes (Santiago Morning; 17 goals)
ClausuraColo-Colo (29)Universidad CatólicaArgentina Diego Rivarola (Santiago Morning; 13 goals)
2010Universidad Católica (10)Colo-ColoChile Milovan Mirosevic (Universidad Católica; 19 goals)
2011AperturaUniversidad de Chile (14)Universidad CatólicaArgentina Matías Urbano (Unión San Felipe; 12 goals)
ClausuraUniversidad de Chile (15)CobreloaChile Esteban Paredes (Colo-Colo; 14 goals)
2012AperturaUniversidad de Chile (16)O'HigginsArgentina Enzo Gutiérrez (O'Higgins; 11 goals)
ClausuraHuachipato (2)Unión EspañolaArgentina Sebastián Sáez (Audax Italiano; 13 goals)
2013Unión Española (7)Universidad CatólicaArgentina Javier Elizondo (Deportes Antofagasta; 14 goals)
Argentina Sebastián Sáez (Audax Italiano; 14 goals)
2013–14AperturaO'Higgins (1)Universidad CatólicaArgentina Luciano Vázquez (Ñublense; 11 goals)
ClausuraColo-Colo (30)Universidad CatólicaChile Esteban Paredes (Colo-Colo; 16 goals)
2014–15AperturaUniversidad de Chile (17)Santiago WanderersChile Esteban Paredes (Colo-Colo; 12 goals)
ClausuraCobresal (1)Colo-ColoChile Jean Paul Pineda (Unión La Calera; 11 goals)
Chile Esteban Paredes (Colo Colo; 11 goals)
2015–16AperturaColo-Colo (31)Universidad CatólicaArgentina Marcos Riquelme (Palestino; 11 goals)
ClausuraUniversidad Católica (11)Colo-ColoChile Nicolás Castillo (Universidad Católica; 11 goals)
2016–17AperturaUniversidad Católica (12)Deportes IquiqueChile Nicolás Castillo (Universidad Católica; 13 goals)
ClausuraUniversidad de Chile (18)Colo-ColoChile Felipe Mora (Universidad de Chile; 13 goals)
2017Colo-Colo (32)Unión EspañolaChile Bryan Carrasco (Audax Italiano; 10 goals)

Source (not for goalscorers): rsssf.com[6]

Titles by club

Source:[7]

Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runners-up years
Colo-Colo 32 20 1937, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1947, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997 Clausura, 1998, 2002 Clausura, 2006 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2007 Apertura, 2007 Clausura, 2008 Clausura, 2009 Clausura, 2014 Clausura, 2015 Apertura, 2017 Transición 1933, 1943, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1973, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997 Apertura, 2003 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2008 Apertura, 2010, 2015 Clausura, 2016 Clausura, 2017 Clausura
Universidad de Chile 18 8 1940, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2004 Apertura, 2009 Apertura, 2011 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2012 Apertura, 2014 Apertura, 2017 Clausura 1957, 1961, 1963, 1971, 1980, 1998, 2005 Clausura, 2006 Apertura
Universidad Católica 12 21 1949, 1954, 1961, 1966, 1984, 1987, 1997 Apertura, 2002 Apertura, 2005 Clausura, 2010, 2016 Clausura, 2016 Apertura 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Clausura, 1999, 2001, 2002 Clausura, 2007 Apertura, 2009 Clausura, 2011 Apertura, 2013 Transición, 2013 Apertura, 2014 Clausura, 2015 Apertura,
Cobreloa 8 8 1980, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 2003 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2004 Clausura 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1993, 2000, 2004 Apertura, 2011 Clausura
Unión Española 7 10 1943, 1951, 1973, 1975, 1977, 2005 Apertura, 2013 Transición 1945, 1948, 1950, 1970, 1972, 1976, 2004 Clausura, 2009 Apertura, 2012 Clausura, 2017 Transición
Audax Italiano 4 8 1936, 1946, 1948, 1957 1934, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1947, 1951, 2006 Clausura
Magallanes 4 4 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938 1936, 1937, 1942, 1946
Everton 4 2 1950, 1952, 1976, 2008 Apertura 1977, 1985
Santiago Wanderers 3 4 1958, 1968, 2001 1949, 1956, 1960, 2014 Apertura
Palestino 2 4 1955, 1978 1953, 1974, 1986, 2008 Clausura
Huachipato 2 0 1974, 2012 Clausura —
Santiago Morning 1 2 1942 1939, 1941
Cobresal 1 2 2015 Clausura 1984, 1988
O'Higgins 1 1 2013 Apertura 2012 Apertura
Green Cross 1 0 1945 —
Unión San Felipe 1 0 1971 —

See also

References

  1. ↑ [Los grandes récords del fútbol chileno], as chile, 25 Sep 2015
  2. ↑ "Primera División". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Chilean League 1934
  4. ↑ Karel Stokkermans (29 May 2016). "Chile 2015/16". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Andrés, Juan Pablo (December 11, 2009). "Chile – List of Topscorers". RSSSF.
  6. ↑ Juan Pablo Andrés and Eric Boesenberg (11 December 2014). "Chile – List of Champions and Runners Up". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Juan Pablo Andrés and Eric Boesenberg (23 December 2015). "Chile - List of Champions and Runners Up". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
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