Campeonato de Apertura (Chile)

The Campeonato de Apertura (Opening Championship) was an annual competition for Chilean football teams at the beginning of the season. It was played from 1933 to 1950, but didn't have regularity through years, not being played in 1935, 1936, 1939, 1943, 1945, 1946 and 1948. The Campeonato de Apertura was sometimes disputed in a knock-out system, other times in a mini-league system. It is considered as the precursor of Copa Chile, Chile's official cup competition that started in 1958.

Nowadays, there are in Chilean football two national league competitions per year, one of them called Torneo de Apertura (Opening Tournament). In spite of its name, it has nothing to do with the former Campeonato initiated in 1933.

Finals

Year Champion Runner-up Score Trophy
1933 Colo-Colo Unión Española 21 Copa Cesar Seoane
1934 Santiago Colo-Colo 42 Copa Apertura
1937 Magallanes Audax Italiano 20 Copa Apertura Aliviol
1938 Colo-Colo Audax Italiano 31 Copa Apertura
1940 Colo-Colo Universidad de Chile 32 Copa Apertura
1941 Audax Italiano Magallanes 21 Copa Apertura
1942 Santiago National Badminton 21 Copa Apertura
1944 Santiago Morning Audax Italiano 11[1] Copa Jaime Rodríguez
1947 Unión Española Iberia 20 Copa Preparación
1949 Santiago Morning Santiago Wanderers 10 Copa Preparación
1950 Santiago Morning Audax Italiano 32 Copa Carlos Varela

Notes and references

  1. Santiago Morning on more corner kicks over the final.


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