1998 Primera División of Chile

Campeonato Nacional Copa Banco del Estado
Dates	4 April – 13 December 1998
Champions	Colo-Colo (22nd title)
Relegated	Provincial Osorno; Santiago Wanderers; Deportes Temuco
1999 Copa Libertadores	Colo-Colo; Universidad Católica (Liguilla winners)
1998 Copa CONMEBOL	Audax Italiano (Copa runners-up)
1999 Copa CONMEBOL	Deportes Concepción (Liguilla Semifinals)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	695 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pedro González (23)
Biggest home win	Palestino 9–0 Deportes Temuco; (26 April)
	← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 Campeonato Nacional, known as Campeonato Nacional Copa Banco del Estado 1998 for sponsorship purposes, was the 67th season of top-flight football in Chile. Colo-Colo won their 22nd title following a 2–1 home win against Deportes Iquique on 13 December. Universidad Católica also qualified for the next Copa Libertadores as Liguilla winners.

Results

	AUD	CLO	COL	DCO	COQ	HUA	DIQ	DLS	POS	PAL	DPM	RAN	DTE	UCA	UCH	SWA
Audax		0–3	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	4–2	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–0
Cobreloa	3–0		0–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	6–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	5–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
Colo-Colo	1–2	3–0		1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	3–2	0–0	4–0	4–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–0
Concepción	0–0	3–2	0–1		3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	3–2
Coquimbo	1–2	4–1	0–0	1–3		2–0	2–1	3–2	3–3	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–0
Huachipato	3–3	6–1	1–2	1–0	1–0		4–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–1
Iquique	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–4	1–0		1–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–3	1–1	4–1	1–0
La Serena	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2		3–2	4–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–1
Osorno	2–2	3–1	0–3	2–1	4–0	1–0	3–1	1–3		2–1	1–4	4–0	0–1	2–2	2–4	3–2
Palestino	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0		4–0	2–1	9–0	1–1	2–2	6–2
P. Montt	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	4–1	2–4	0–0	1–1		1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	6–1
Rangers	0–1	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	5–2	5–1	5–1	2–2		1–1	1–2	0–0	2–3
Temuco	2–0	1–1	0–5	0–3	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	4–1	1–3		1–1	0–1	1–1
U. Católica	6–1	0–4	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	4–0	5–1		1–3	6–1
U. Chile	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	4–2	1–1		3–1
S. Wanderers	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–3

Standings

Pos	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Colo-Colo	64	30	19	7	4	54	19	+35
2	Universidad de Chile	63	30	18	9	3	62	37	+25
3	Universidad Católica	53	30	14	11	5	57	34	+23
4	Cobreloa	51	30	16	3	11	50	36	+14
5	Deportes Concepción	45	30	12	9	9	39	36	+3
6	Huachipato	40	30	11	7	12	39	38	+1
7	Deportes Puerto Montt	39	30	10	9	11	43	46	–3
8	Deportes Iquique	39	30	12	3	15	35	52	–17
9	Deportes La Serena	37	30	10	7	13	39	47	–8
10	Palestino	36	30	9	9	12	50	50	0
11	Rangers	34	30	9	7	14	45	49	–4
12	Audax Italiano	34	30	9	7	14	37	43	–6
13	Coquimbo Unido	33	30	8	9	13	36	41	–5
14	Provincial Osorno	31	30	8	7	15	41	52	–11
15	Santiago Wanderers	30	30	6	12	12	40	56	–16
16	Deportes Temuco	13	30	6	10	14	28	59	–31

	Champions and qualified for the 1999 Copa Libertadores
	Qualified for the Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores
	Teams forced to play Promotion/relegation play-offs
	Teams relegated to Segunda División

Topscorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals
1	Pedro González	Universidad de Chile	23
2	Marco Antonio Figueroa	Universidad Católica	16
3	Héctor Tapia	Colo-Colo	15
4	Marcelo Corrales	Palestino	14
5	Héctor Vega	Deportes Iquique	13

Title

Primera División Chilena 1998 Champion
Colo-Colo 22nd title

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

Semifinals

16 December 1998	Cobreloa	2 – 2	Universidad Católica	Estadio Municipal de Calama
	Vallejos 2' Donoso 35'		25' Figueroa 51' Ormazábal	Attendance: 3,758 Referee: G. Aros

16 December 1998	Deportes Concepción	1 – 3	Universidad de Chile	Estadio Municipal de Concepción
	A. Bravo 38'		42', 90' P. González 70' Maestri	Attendance: 6,930 Referee: E. Gamboa

18 December 1998	Universidad Católica	0 – 0	Cobreloa	Estadio San Carlos
				Attendance: 8,000 Referee: P. Pozo

18 December 1998	Universidad de Chile	1 – 0	Deportes Concepción	Estadio Santa Laura
	Acuña 35'			Attendance: 10,000 Referee: R. Selman

Finals

20 December 1998	Universidad Católica	0 – 0	Universidad de Chile	Estadio Nacional
				Attendance: 15,000 Referee: M. Sánchez

23 December 1998	Universidad de Chile	0 – 0 (2–4 p)	Universidad Católica	Estadio Nacional
				Attendance: 25,000 Referee: G. Aros
		Penalties
	P. González Rodríguez Fuentes C. Castañeda		Lepe Parraguez Ramírez Ríos

Universidad Católica qualified for the 1999 Copa Libertadores

Promotion/Relegation play-offs

1998-12-19	Santiago Morning	2 – 0	Provincial Osorno

1998-12-19	Unión Española	1 – 6	Coquimbo Unido

1998-12-22	Provincial Osorno^[2]	1 – 1	Santiago Morning

1998-12-22	Coquimbo Unido^[4]	1 – 3	Unión Española

Notes

↑ Provincial Osorno relegated, Santiago Morning promoted.
↑ Provincial Osorno relegated, Santiago Morning promoted.
↑ Coquimbo Unido stayed in the first level, while Unión Española remained in the second level.
↑ Coquimbo Unido stayed in the first level, while Unión Española remained in the second level.

References

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[1] Provincial Osorno relegated, Santiago Morning promoted.

[2] Provincial Osorno relegated, Santiago Morning promoted.

[3] Coquimbo Unido stayed in the first level, while Unión Española remained in the second level.

[4] Coquimbo Unido stayed in the first level, while Unión Española remained in the second level.