1972 Primera División de Chile

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]

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol
Dates18 March 1972 – 21 December 1972
ChampionsColo-Colo (11th title)
RelegatedEverton
1973 Copa LibertadoresColo-Colo
Unión Española
Matches played306
Goals scored875 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorerFernando Espinoza
(25 goals)
Biggest home winColo-Colo 8–0 Rangers
(11 November)
Highest attendance73,636 Universidad de Chile 3–0 Colo-Colo
(18 November)
Total attendance3,617,223
Average attendance11,821
← 1971
1973 →

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Colo-Colo (C) 34 23 6 5 90 37 +53 52 Qualified to the 1973 Copa Libertadores
2 Unión Española 34 20 9 5 48 20 +28 49 Qualified to the 1973 Copa Libertadores
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 Relegated to 1973 Segunda División de Chile
Source:
(C) Champion.

Results
Home \ Away 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
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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