1996 Primera División of Chile

The 1996 Campeonato Nacional, known as Campeonato Nacional Copa Banco del Estado 1996 for sponsorship purposes, was the 64th season of top-flight football in Chile. Colo-Colo won their 20th title following a 1–1 home draw against Audax Italiano on 11 November. Universidad Católica also qualified for the next Copa Libertadores as Liguilla winners.

Campeonato Nacional Copa Banco del Estado
Dates16 March – 24 November 1996
ChampionsColo-Colo (20th title)
RelegatedRegional Atacama
O'Higgins
1997 Copa LibertadoresColo-Colo
Universidad Católica (Liguilla winners)
1996 Copa CONMEBOLCobreloa (Play-off winners)
Matches played240
Goals scored769 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorerMario Véner (30)
Biggest home winUnión Española 7–0 Regional Atacama
(27 August)
Highest attendance58,051 Colo-Colo 1–1 Audax Italiano
(11 November)
Total attendance1,698,008
Average attendance7,075
← 1995
1997 →

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Colo-Colo 30 19 6 5 62 24 +38 63 Champions and qualified for the 1997 Copa Libertadores
2 Universidad Católica 30 17 8 5 70 40 +30 59 Qualified for the Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores
3 Cobreloa 30 15 6 9 58 44 +14 51
4 Audax Italiano 30 14 9 7 51 38 +13 51
5 Universidad de Chile 30 13 8 9 49 42 +7 47
6 Provincial Osorno 30 11 10 9 54 40 +14 43
7 Deportes Antofagasta 30 12 7 11 47 46 +1 43
8 Unión Española 30 11 7 12 43 47 −4 40
9 Coquimbo Unido 30 12 4 14 46 53 −7 40
10 Deportes Concepción 30 8 15 7 44 53 −9 39
11 Santiago Wanderers 30 10 7 13 49 57 −8 37
12 Huachipato 30 8 11 11 42 46 −4 35
13 Palestino 30 8 9 13 40 53 −13 33 Promotion/relegation play-offs
14 Deportes Temuco 30 8 4 18 35 55 −20 28
15 Regional Atacama 30 7 6 17 38 70 −32 27 Relegated to Segunda División
16 O'Higgins 30 5 7 18 41 61 −20 22
Source:
 Primera División de Chile
1996 Champion 
Colo-Colo
20th title

Results
Home \ Away DAN RAT AUD CLO COL DCO COQ HUA OHI POS PAL DTE UCA UCH UES SWA
Antofagasta 1–0 0–2 0–0 4–2 3–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 6–0
Atacama 1–1 2–3 3–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 0–5
Audax 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–3 2–2 5–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1
Cobreloa 1–2 5–1 3–0 3–0 4–3 1–0 6–2 3–1 1–1 5–1 3–0 4–4 0–0 5–0 2–1
Colo-Colo 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 7–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–2 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 3–0
Concepción 2–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 0–5 3–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0
Coquimbo 3–1 2–2 1–3 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 4–3 2–5 2–1 2–1
Huachipato 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 3–3 2–3 0–1 2–2
O'Higgins 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 0–5 2–2 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 4–1 2–3 1–2
Osorno 1–1 3–2 2–2 4–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 6–1
Palestino 1–2 1–2 2–4 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–4 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–3 0–3 2–2 2–1
Temuco 3–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 4–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–1
U. Católica 5–1 2–0 3–2 3–0 3–3 6–0 2–1 4–2 2–0 4–3 1–0 5–2 0–3 3–1 1–1
U. Chile 1–2 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 1–0 1–3 4–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–5 1–1 1–2
U. Española 6–4 7–0 1–2 3–0 0–5 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
S. Wanderers 3–1 4–1 3–4 4–2 0–0 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 4–2 0–2 2–4 1–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Pos Name Team Goals
1 Mario VénerSantiago Wanderers30
2 Sebastian RozentalUniversidad Católica24
3 Ivo BasayColo-Colo18
4 Sergio VásquezDeportes Antofagasta16
Pedro González V.Cobreloa16
6 Jaime RiverosCobreloa14
7 Hugo BrizuelaAudax Italiano13
Fernando VergaraColo-Colo13
Marcelo CorralesProvincial Osorno13
10 Juan CarreñoDeportes Concepción12

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

Semifinals
30 November 1996 Audax Italiano 3 – 1 Cobreloa Estadio Municipal de La Florida
Brizuela  2'
Illesca  51'
Delgado  82'		  44' Cornejo Attendance: 2,853
Referee: C. Robles
1 December 1996 Universidad de Chile 1 – 2 Universidad Católica Estadio Nacional
C. Castañeda  57'  68' A. González
 75' Rozental		 Attendance: 24,765
Referee: G. Aros
4 December 1996 Cobreloa 3 – 1
(8–7 p)		 Audax Italiano Estadio Municipal de Calama
Tapia  56'
Silva  60'
M. Rojas  68'		  76' Brizuela Attendance: 2,178
Referee: E. Gamboa
5 December 1996 Universidad Católica 5 – 2 Universidad de Chile Estadio Nacional
Rozental  24' (pen.)
A. González  36',  43',  61',  87' (pen.)		  17',  53' V. Castañeda Attendance: 16,378
Referee: M. Sánchez

Finals
8 December 1996 Cobreloa 3 – 2 Universidad Católica Estadio Municipal de Calama
Guerrero  29'
Riveros  57',  87'		  8',  73' Lunari Attendance: 7,275
Referee: E. Gamboa
18 December 1996 Universidad Católica 3 – 2
(4 – 2 p)		 Cobreloa Estadio San Carlos
Lunari  21'
Rozental  66',  74',		  80' P. González
 90' Cornejo		 Attendance: 18,031
Referee: E. Marín
Penalties
Lepe
Rozental
Lunari
Catê
R. Gómez 		Riveros
Cornejo
Silva
P. González

Universidad Católica qualified for the 1997 Copa Libertadores

Copa CONMEBOL 1996 Play-off

Goal difference didn't count; in case of equal points, extra time was played.

24 August 1996 Cobresal 2 – 0 Cobreloa Estadio El Cobre
Troncoso  24' (pen.)
Jorquera  56'		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: G. Aros
31 August 1996 Cobreloa 7 – 1 (a.e.t.) Cobresal Estadio Municipal de Calama
P. González  11',  17',  27',  45'
Sandoval  20' (o.g.)
Riveros  55' (pen.)
Vásquez  119'		  90' Garrido Attendance: 1,435
Referee: M. Peña

Cobreloa qualified for the 1996 Copa CONMEBOL

Promotion/Relegation play-offs
1 December 1996 Cobresal 3 – 1 Deportes Temuco Estadio El Cobre
Rivera  57'
Salgado  20'
Garrido  73'		 Alvarez  79' Attendance: 4,110
Referee: Salvador Imperatore
1 December 1996 Municipal Iquique 1 – 0 Palestino Estadio Tierra de Campeones
Donoso  17' Attendance: 7,152
Referee: Enrique Marín
8 December 1996 Deportes Temuco[2] 2 – 0 Cobresal Estadio Germán Becker
Castillo  27'
Poirrier  30'		 Attendance: 13,089
Referee: Mariano Peña
8 December 1996 Palestino 5 – 1 Municipal Iquique Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna
Castillo  8',  14'
Lizana  52'
Córdova  73',  90'		 Donoso  88' Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Iván Guerrero

Notes
  1. Temuco and Palestino remained in the Primera División de Chile
  2. Temuco and Palestino remained in the Primera División de Chile

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