1997 Torneo Apertura (Chile)

The 1997 Campeonato Nacional Apertura Copa Banco del Estado was the 65th Chilean League top flight tournament, and its champion was Universidad Católica which won its seventh title after defeating Colo-Colo in the championship playoffs final.[1]

Campeonato Nacional Apertura Copa Banco del Estado
Dates15 February – 10 July 1997
ChampionsUniversidad Católica (7th title)
1998 Copa LibertadoresUniversidad Católica
1997 Copa CONMEBOLUniversidad de Chile (Apertura 3rd place)
Matches played122
Goals scored362 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerDavid Bisconti (15)
Biggest home winUniversidad Católica 7–2 Deportes Concepción
(12 April)
Highest attendance44,798 Universidad de Chile 1–1 Colo-Colo
(20 April)
Total attendance912,824
Average attendance7,482
← 1996
1997-C →

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universidad Católica 15 11 4 0 36 13 +23 37 Qualified for the Championship play-off
2 Colo-Colo 15 11 4 0 27 12 +15 37
3 Universidad de Chile 15 8 6 1 31 14 +17 30
4 Deportes Temuco 15 7 1 7 26 18 +8 22
5 Cobreloa 15 6 4 5 26 22 +4 22
6 Deportes Concepción 15 6 4 5 21 26 −5 22
7 Huachipato 15 5 5 5 20 17 +3 20
8 Coquimbo Unido 15 6 2 7 28 26 +2 20
9 Santiago Wanderers 15 4 8 3 24 24 0 20
10 Deportes La Serena 15 5 3 7 23 25 −2 18
11 Provincial Osorno 15 3 8 4 16 18 −2 17
12 Palestino 15 4 4 7 12 24 −12 16
13 Audax Italiano 15 3 6 6 21 24 −3 15
14 Unión Española 15 4 1 10 15 35 −20 13
15 Deportes Puerto Montt 15 2 4 9 18 29 −11 10
16 Deportes Antofagasta 15 2 2 11 14 31 −17 8
Source:
 Primera División de Chile
1997 Apertura Champion 

Universidad Católica
7th title

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

Championship play-off
Colo-Colo1 – 0Universidad Católica
Basay  87'
Attendance: 22,022
Referee: M. Sanchez
Universidad Católica3 – 0Colo-Colo
Acosta  2'
Bisconti  23'
Lunari  78'
Attendance: 38,750
Referee: M. Peña

Top-scorers
Pos Name Team Goals
1 David BiscontiUniversidad Católica15
2 Walter OttaDeportes Puerto Montt11
3 Alberto AcostaUniversidad Católica10
4 Sergio GioinoProvincial Osorno9
Rodrigo BarreraUniversidad de Chile9

References
  1. "1997: Católica Campeón Apertura". Universidad Católica. Archived from the original on 2014-11-09. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

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