2020 Chilean Primera División

The 2020 Campeonato Nacional, known as Campeonato Nacional AFP PlanVital 2020 for sponsorship reasons,[1] is the 90th season of top-flight football in Chile. The season started on 24 January 2020.[2] Universidad Católica are the defending champions, having won the previous tournament.

Campeonato Nacional
Season2020
Dates24 January – December 2020
Matches played65
Goals scored174 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer4 players
(5 goals each)
Biggest home winU. de Chile 5–1 Curicó Unido
(1 February)
Biggest away winDep. Iquique 0–4 Dep. Antofagasta
(15 February)
Highest scoringUnión Española 4–4 Huachipato
(15 March)
← 2019
2021 →
All statistics correct as of 15 March 2020.

On 16 March 2020, the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP) announced the suspension of the Campeonato Nacional as well as the rest of its tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, starting from 18 March 2020.[3]

On 8 June, ANFP's Council of Presidents decided to resume the league on 31 July with matches to be played behind closed doors and clubs having at least four weeks of training sessions, pending approval from the Chilean government.[4]

Format changes

For this season, and given that the previous season was declared as concluded with no relegations to the Primera B, ANFP approved an expansion of the first tier to 18 teams, with two teams promoted from the second tier joining the 16 teams that competed in the top flight in 2019. The 18 teams will play each other twice (once at home and once away) for a total of 34 matches. Qualification for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana will be awarded to the top seven teams at the end of the season, as well as the Copa Chile champions who will qualify for the Copa Libertadores.[5]

Since there were no relegated teams in the previous season, in this season three teams will be relegated to the second tier: the last-placed team in the standings of the 2020 season, the last-placed team in a relegation table which will be elaborated considering the performance in both the 2019 and 2020 seasons, and the losers of a play-off between the teams placed second-to-last of both tables.[6][7]

Teams

Eighteen teams will take part in the league in this season: the sixteen teams from the previous season, plus the 2019 Primera B champions Santiago Wanderers and Deportes La Serena, winners of the Primera B promotion play-offs.

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2020 Chilean Primera División teams.
Team City Stadium Capacity
Audax ItalianoSantiago (La Florida)
Santiago (Ñuñoa)
Santiago (La Pintana)		Bicentenario de La Florida
Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos[note 1]
Municipal de La Pintana[note 2]		12,000
48,665
5,000
CobresalEl SalvadorEl Cobre12,000
Colo-ColoSantiago (Macul)Monumental David Arellano47,347
Coquimbo UnidoCoquimboFrancisco Sánchez Rumoroso18,750
Curicó UnidoCuricóLa Granja8,278
Deportes AntofagastaAntofagastaCalvo y Bascuñán21,178
Deportes IquiqueIquiqueTierra de Campeones13,171
Deportes La SerenaLa SerenaLa Portada18,243
EvertonViña del MarSausalito22,360
HuachipatoTalcahuanoHuachipato-CAP Acero10,500
O'HigginsRancaguaEl Teniente13,849
PalestinoSantiago (La Cisterna)
Santiago (La Pintana)		Municipal de La Cisterna
Municipal de La Pintana[note 3]		8,000
5,000
Santiago WanderersValparaísoElías Figueroa Brander20,575
Unión EspañolaSantiago (Independencia)Santa Laura-Universidad SEK19,000
Unión La CaleraLa CaleraNicolás Chahuán Nazar9,200
Universidad CatólicaSantiago (Las Condes)San Carlos de Apoquindo14,118
Universidad de ChileSantiago (Ñuñoa)Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos48,665
Universidad de ConcepciónConcepciónAlcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo30,448
  1. Used by Audax Italiano for their home match against Colo-Colo.
  2. Used by Audax Italiano for their home match against Palestino.
  3. Used by Palestino for their home match against Deportes Antofagasta.

Personnel and kits
Team Head coach Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Audax Italiano Francisco Meneghini Macron Traverso
Cobresal Gustavo Huerta KS7 PF
Colo-Colo Gualberto Jara (caretaker) Umbro MG Motor
Coquimbo Unido Germán Corengia CAFU PF
Curicó Unido Nicolás Larcamón OneFit Multihogar
Deportes Antofagasta Juan Manuel Azconzábal CAFU Minera Escondida
Deportes Iquique Jaime Vera Rete UNAP
Deportes La Serena Francisco Bozán OneFit
Everton Javier Torrente Pirma Marathonbet
Huachipato Gustavo Florentín OneFit PF
O'Higgins Patricio Graff Adidas Sun Monticello
Palestino Ivo Basay Capelli Sport Bank of Palestine
Santiago Wanderers Miguel Ramírez Macron TPS
Unión Española Ronald Fuentes Kappa Universidad SEK
Unión La Calera Juan Pablo Vojvoda Lyon PF
Universidad Católica Ariel Holan Under Armour BICE
Universidad de Chile Hernán Caputto Adidas Petrobras
Universidad de Concepción Eduardo Acevedo KS7 Algoritmos

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
O'Higgins Marco Antonio Figueroa End of contract 1 December 2019[8] Pre-season Patricio Graff 11 December 2019[9]
Curicó Unido Hugo Vilches Sacked 3 December 2019[10] Nicolás Larcamón 5 December 2019[11]
Universidad Católica Gustavo Quinteros Signed by Tijuana 4 December 2019[12] Ariel Holan 12 December 2019[13]
Unión La Calera Walter Coyette Resigned 5 December 2019[14] Juan Pablo Vojvoda 29 December 2019[15]
Universidad de Concepción Francisco Bozán End of contract 10 December 2019[16] Eduardo Acevedo 28 December 2019[17]
Coquimbo Unido Patricio Graff Signed by O'Higgins 11 December 2018[18] Germán Corengia 18 December 2019[19]
Audax Italiano Juan José Ribera Mutual consent 12 December 2019[20] Francisco Meneghini 16 December 2019[21]
Colo-Colo Mario Salas Sacked 25 February 2020[22] 14th Gualberto Jara (caretaker) 25 February 2020[23]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Universidad Católica 7 6 1 0 16 6 +10 19 Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Unión La Calera 7 5 1 1 9 6 +3 16
3 Curicó Unido 7 5 1 1 7 6 +1 16 Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage
4 Universidad de Chile 7 4 2 1 15 7 +8 14 Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage
5 Deportes Antofagasta 7 3 3 1 12 7 +5 12
6 Palestino 7 3 3 1 7 7 0 12
7 Unión Española 7 3 2 2 14 11 +3 11
8 Audax Italiano 7 3 2 2 13 10 +3 11
9 Huachipato 7 3 2 2 10 9 +1 11
10 Everton 8 2 4 2 6 7 −1 10
11 Cobresal 8 2 3 3 9 12 −3 9
12 Deportes Iquique 8 2 2 4 10 14 −4 8
13 Colo-Colo 7 2 1 4 9 10 −1 7
14 Universidad de Concepción 8 0 5 3 9 13 −4 5
15 Deportes La Serena 8 1 1 6 7 10 −3 4
16 O'Higgins 7 1 1 5 8 13 −5 4
17 Coquimbo Unido 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4 Qualification for Relegation play-off
18 Santiago Wanderers 7 1 1 5 8 15 −7 4 Relegation to Primera B
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: ANFP, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Playoff game (only if needed to decide championship between two teams), 3) Goal difference, 4) Matches won, 5) Goals for, 6) Away goals for, 7) Red cards, 8) Yellow cards, 9) Drawing of lots.

Results
Home \ Away AUD CSL CC COQ CUR ANT IQQ DLS EVE HUA OHI PAL SW UE ULC UC UCH UDC
Audax Italiano — 4–1 2–1 0–1 1–1
Cobresal — 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1
Colo-Colo — 3–0 0–2[lower-alpha 1] a 2–2
Coquimbo Unido — 0–3 2–1
Curicó Unido 1–0 — 1–0 1–0 1–0
Deportes Antofagasta 2–1 0–0 — 2–3 1–1
Deportes Iquique 0–4 — 2–2 1–0
Deportes La Serena 1–2 1–2 0–1 — 3–0
Everton 1–0 0–0 — 0–1 2–1
Huachipato 2–1 1–0 — 2–1 1–1
O'Higgins — 2–1 1–3 1–2 2–3
Palestino 2–2 1–0 0–0 —
Santiago Wanderers 3–3 1–2 — 0–3 1–2
Unión Española 1–2 3–2 2–0 4–4 1–1 —
Unión La Calera 2–0 2–1 1–0 — 1–1
Universidad Católica a 3–1 3–2 — a
Universidad de Chile a 1–1 5–1 0–0 3–0 a —
Universidad de Concepción 2–2 1–2 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: ANFP, Soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. Match suspended after 72 minutes of play due to crowd disturbances.[24] On 18 February, ANFP decided not to play the remainder of the match and awarded it to Universidad Católica, with the final score as it stood at the time of suspension.[25]

Top goalscorers
As of 15 March 2020
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Roberto Gutiérrez O'Higgins 5
Joaquín Larrivey Universidad de Chile
Cecilio Waterman Universidad de Concepción
Fernando Zampedri Universidad Católica
5 Pablo Aránguiz Universidad de Chile 4
Luciano Aued Universidad Católica
Eduard Bello Deportes Antofagasta
Misael Dávila Unión Española
Álvaro Ramos Deportes Iquique
Leonardo Valencia Colo-Colo

Source: Soccerway

Relegation

Weighted table

For this season, a weighted table will be elaborated by computing an average of the points earned per game over this season and the previous one, with the average of points earned in the 2019 season weighted by 60% and the average of points earned in the 2020 season weighted by 40%. Promoted teams will only have their points in the 2020 season averaged, without weighting. The team placed last in this table at the end of the season will be relegated, while the team placed second-to-last will qualify for the relegation play-off.[7]

Pos
 Team 2019
Pts		 2019
Pld		 2019
WAvg		 2020
Pts		 2020
Pld		 2020
WAvg		 Total
WAvg
 Relegation
1 Universidad Católica 53241.3251971.0862.411
2 Unión La Calera 37250.8881670.9141.802
3 Palestino 38240.951270.6861.636
4 Curicó Unido 26240.651670.9141.564
5 Audax Italiano 34240.851170.6291.479
6 Huachipato 34240.851170.6291.479
7 Unión Española 34250.8161170.6291.445
8 Colo-Colo 40241770.41.4
9 Universidad de Chile 24240.61470.81.4
10 Deportes Antofagasta 27240.6751270.6861.361
11 Cobresal 34250.816980.451.266
12 Everton 29240.7251080.51.225
13 Coquimbo Unido 34240.85460.2671.117
14 O'Higgins 34240.85470.2291.079
15 Deportes Iquique 25250.6880.41
16 Universidad de Concepción 23240.575580.250.825
17 Santiago Wanderers ———470.5710.571 Qualification for Relegation play-off
18 Deportes La Serena ———480.50.5 Relegation to Primera B

Source: ANFP

References
  1. "AFP PlanVital, el nuevo socio comercial de la Primera División del fútbol chileno" (in Spanish). ANFP. 15 February 2019.
  2. "ANFP define fechas de inicio de la liguilla de Primera B y el Campeonato Nacional de 2020 en Primera División" (in Spanish). RedGol. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  3. "Se suspende el campeonato: la ANFP extrema medidas por el coronavirus" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 16 March 2020.
  4. "Los clubes chilenos aprueban que el fútbol profesional vuelva el 31 de julio" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 8 June 2020.
  5. "Así será el formato del torneo de Primera y la B en 2020" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  6. "Tres descensos y más de 2 mil minutos para juveniles: El Consejo de Presidentes aprobó las bases para el Campeonato Nacional 2020" (in Spanish). Publimetro Chile. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
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  8. "El Fantasma se aleja de O'Higgins" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  9. "Patricio Graff, nuevo técnico de O'Higgins" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  10. "Curicó Unido despide a Hugo Vilches después de un partido" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  11. "Nicolás Larcamón fue oficializado como nuevo DT de Curicó" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
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  14. "Walter Coyette renuncia a la banca de Unión La Calera" (in Spanish). RedGol. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  15. "Juan Pablo Vojvoda asume la banca de Unión La Calera" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 29 December 2019.
  16. "De la gloria al infierno: Francisco Bozan dejó de ser el DT de la Universidad de Concepción" (in Spanish). Publimetro Chile. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  17. "Universidad de Concepción confirmó a su nuevo técnico para la temporada 2020" (in Spanish). ADN Radio. 28 December 2019.
  18. "Patricio Graff se desvinculó de Coquimbo y será el nuevo técnico de O'Higgins" (in Spanish). CDF. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  19. "Germán Corengia fue oficializado como nuevo entrenador de Coquimbo Unido" (in Spanish). ADN Radio. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  20. "Audax Italiano confirma la partida de Juan José Ribera" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  21. "Francisco "Paqui" Meneghini fue oficializado como técnico de Audax Italiano" (in Spanish). Al Aire Libre. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  22. "Solo cinco fechas con Mario: Colo Colo destituye a Salas" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 25 February 2020.
  23. "Colo Colo oficializó viejo conocido para asumir el "interinato" del primer equipo tras despido de Mario Salas" (in Spanish). Radio Agricultura. 25 February 2020.
  24. "Las razones por las que se suspendió el clásico" (in Spanish). CDF. 16 February 2020.
  25. "La ANFP le da el triunfo a la UC en el clásico" (in Spanish). CDF. 18 February 2020.
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