Chilean Primera División

The Chilean Primera División (First Division) is the top-tier league of the Chilean football league system. It is organized by the ANFP. The league is known as the Campeonato AFP PlanVital for sponsorship reasons.

Campeonato Nacional
Founded31 May 1933 (1933-05-31)
CountryChile
ConfederationCONMEBOL
Number of teams18
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toPrimera B
Domestic cup(s)Copa Chile
International cup(s)Copa Libertadores
Copa Sudamericana
Current championsUniversidad Católica (14th title)
(2019)
Most championshipsColo-Colo (32 titles)
Most appearancesAdolfo Nef (624)[1]
Top goalscorerEsteban Paredes (219)[2]
TV partnersCDF, La Red, Chilevisión[3]
Websiteanfp.cl
Current: 2020 season

Format

As of the 2018 season, 16 teams compete in the league, playing against each other two times, home and away.

Relegation and promotion

Currently, the two teams with the worst scores in the season, are relegated to Primera B, and replaced by the Champions and Runners-up of this Division.

Qualification for international competitions

The champions of the Campeonato are immediately qualified to the Copa Libertadores for the next year, as well as the second and third place. The fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh place are qualified to the Copa Sudamericana for the next year.

History

Professionalism

In 1933, eight big clubs at that time, namely, Unión Española, Badminton, Colo-Colo, Audax Italiano, Green Cross, Morning Star, Magallanes and Santiago National F.C., founded the Liga Profesional de Football de Santiago (LPF) on May 31, 1933. The newly formed body was recognized by the Football Federation of Chile on June 2, 1933.

The first edition of professional competition was contested by the eight founding teams and was won by Magallanes after defeating Colo-Colo in a decisive match. In the following year, according to the disposition of Federación de Fútbol de Chile, Liga Profesional returned to integrate with the AFS. As part of the negotiations for reunification, four teams from AFS, namely, Club Deportivo Ferroviarios, Carlos Walker, Deportivo Alemán, and Santiago F.C., would join the 1934 professional competition. Moreover, it was also decided that the last six teams in the 1934 competition would be eliminated to form the new second division in 1935. The title of the expanded 1934 edition was again clinched by Magallanes, which won 10 out of the 11 matches that year.[4]

Current teams

There are 18 teams playing in the Primera División, as of the 2020 season.[5]

Club City Stadium Capacity
Audax Italiano Santiago Bicentenario de La Florida 12,000
Cobresal El Salvador El Cobre 12,000
Colo-Colo Santiago Monumental David Arellano 47,347
Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso 18,750
Curicó Unido Curicó La Granja 8,000
Deportes Antofagasta Antofagasta Regional de Antofagasta 21,178
Deportes Iquique Iquique Tierra de Campeones 13,171
Deportes La Serena La Serena La Portada 18,243
Everton Viña del Mar Sausalito 22,360
Huachipato Talcahuano CAP 10,500
O'Higgins Rancagua El Teniente 13,849
Palestino Santiago Municipal de La Cisterna 8,000
Santiago Wanderers Valparaíso Elías Figueroa Brander 20,575
Unión Española Santiago Santa Laura-Universidad SEK 19,000
Unión La Calera Calera Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar 9,200
Universidad Católica Santiago San Carlos de Apoquindo 14,118
Universidad de Chile Santiago Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos 48,665
Universidad de Concepción Concepción Ester Roa 30,448

List of seasons

Seasons Champions Runners-up Leading goalscorer(s)[6]
1933Magallanes (1)Colo-Colo Luis Carvallo (Colo-Colo; 9 goals)
1934Magallanes (2)Audax Italiano Carlos Giuduce (Audax Italiano; 19 goals)
1935Magallanes (3)Audax Italiano Aurelio Domínguez (Colo-Colo; 12 goals)
Guillermo Ogaz (Magallanes; 12 goals)
1936Audax Italiano (1)Magallanes Hernán Bolaños (Audax Italiano; 14 goals)
1937Colo-Colo (1)Magallanes Hernán Bolaños (Audax Italiano; 16 goals)
1938Magallanes (4)Audax Italiano Gustavo Pizarro (Badminton; 17 goals)
1939Colo-Colo (2)Santiago Morning Alfonso Domínguez (Colo-Colo; 32 goals)
1940Universidad de Chile (1)Audax Italiano Victor Alonso (Universidad de Chile; 20 goals)
Pedro Valenzuela (Magallanes; 20 goals)
1941Colo-Colo (3)Santiago Morning José Profetta (Santiago National F.C.; 19 goals)
1942Santiago Morning (1)Magallanes Domingo Romo (Santiago Morning; 16 goals)
1943Unión Española (1)Colo-Colo Luis Machuca (Unión Española; 17 goals)
Victor Mancilla Universidad Católica (17 goals)
1944Colo-Colo (4)Audax Italiano Juan Alcantara (Audax Italiano; 19 goals)
Alfonso Domínguez (Colo-Colo; 19 goals)
1945Green Cross (1)Unión Española Ubaldo Cruche (Universidad de Chile; 17 goals)
Hugo Giorgi (Audax Italiano; 17 goals)
Juan Zarate (Green Cross; 17 goals)
1946Audax Italiano (2)Magallanes Ubaldo Cruche (Universidad de Chile; 25 goals)
1947Colo-Colo (5)Audax Italiano Apolonides Vera (Santiago National F.C.; 17 goals)
1948Audax Italiano (3)Unión Española Juan Zarate (Audax Italiano; 22 goals)
1949Universidad Católica (1)Santiago Wanderers Mario Lorca (Unión Española; 20 goals)
1950Everton (1)Unión Española Félix Díaz (Green Cross; 21 goals)
1951Unión Española (2)Audax Italiano Rubén Aguilera (Santiago Morning; 21 goals)
Carlos Tello (Audax Italiano; 21 goals)
1952Everton (2)Colo-Colo René Meléndez (Everton; 30 goals)
1953Colo-Colo (6)Palestino Jorge Robledo (Colo-Colo; 26 goals)
1954Universidad Católica (2)Colo-Colo Jorge Robledo (Colo-Colo; 25 goals)
1955Palestino (1)Colo-Colo Nicolás Moreno (Green Cross; 27 goals)
1956Colo-Colo (7)Santiago Wanderers Guillermo Villarroel (O'Higgins; 19 goals)
1957Audax Italiano (4)Universidad de Chile Gustavo Albella (Green Cross; 27 goals)
1958Santiago Wanderers (1)Colo-Colo Gustavo Albella (Green Cross; 23 goals)
Carlos Verdejo (La Serena; 23 goals)
1959Universidad de Chile (2)Colo-Colo José Benito Rios (O'Higgins; 22 goals)
1960Colo-Colo (8)Santiago Wanderers Juan Falcon (Palestino; 21 goals)
1961Universidad Católica (3)Universidad de Chile Carlos Campos (Universidad de Chile; 24 goals)
Honorino Landa (Unión Española; 24 goals)
1962Universidad de Chile (3)Universidad Católica Carlos Campos (Universidad de Chile; 34 goals)
1963Colo-Colo (9)Universidad de Chile Luis Hernán Álvarez (Colo-Colo; 37 goals)
1964Universidad de Chile (4)Universidad Católica Daniel Escudero (Everton; 25 goals)
1965Universidad de Chile (5)Universidad Católica Héctor Scandolli (Rangers; 25 goals)
1966Universidad Católica (4)Colo-Colo Carlos Campos (Universidad de Chile; 21 goals)
Felipe Bracamonte (Unión San Felipe; 21 goals)
1967Universidad de Chile (6)Universidad Católica Eladio Zárate (Unión Española; 28 goals)
1968Santiago Wanderers (2)Universidad Católica Carlos Reinoso (Audax Italiano; 21 goals)
1969Universidad de Chile (7)Rangers Eladio Zárate (Unión Española; 22 goals)
1970Colo-Colo (10)Unión Española Osvaldo Castro (Deportes Concepción; 36 goals)
1971Unión San Felipe (1)Universidad de Chile Eladio Zárate (Universidad de Chile; 25 goals)
1972Colo-Colo (11)Unión Española Fernando Espinoza (Magallanes; 25 goals)
1973Unión Española (3)Colo-Colo Guillermo Yávar (Unión Española; 21 goals)
1974Huachipato (1)Palestino Julio Crisosto (Colo-Colo; 28 goals)
1975Unión Española (4)Deportes Concepción Victor Pizarro (Santiago Morning; 27 goals)
1976Everton (3)Unión Española Óscar Fabbiani (Palestino; 23 goals)
1977Unión Española (5)Everton Óscar Fabbiani (Palestino; 34 goals)
1978Palestino (2)Cobreloa Óscar Fabbiani (Palestino; 35 goals)
1979Colo-Colo (12)Cobreloa Carlos Caszely (Colo-Colo; 20 goals)
1980Cobreloa (1)Universidad de Chile Carlos Caszely (Colo-Colo; 26 goals)
1981Colo-Colo (13)Cobreloa Victor Cabrera (San Luis; 20 goals)
Carlos Caszely (Colo-Colo; 20 goals)
Luis Marcoleta (Magallanes; 20 goals)
1982Cobreloa (2)Colo-Colo Jorge Luis Siviero (Cobreloa; 18 goals)
1983Colo-Colo (14)Cobreloa Washington Olivera (Cobreloa; 29 goals)
1984Universidad Católica (5)Cobresal Victor Cabrera (C.D. Regional Atacama; 18 goals)
1985Cobreloa (3)Everton Ivo Basay (Magallanes; 19 goals)
1986Colo-Colo (15)Palestino Sergio Salgado (C.D. Cobresal; 18 goals)
1987Universidad Católica (6)Colo-Colo Osvaldo Hurtado (Universidad Católica; 21 goals)
1988Cobreloa (4)Cobresal Gustavo De Luca (Deportes La Serena; 18 goals)
Juan José Oré (Deportes Iquique; 18 goals)
1989Colo-Colo (16)Universidad Católica Rubén Martínez (C.D. Cobresal; 25 goals)
1990Colo-Colo (17)Universidad Católica Rubén Martínez (Colo-Colo; 22 goals)
1991Colo-Colo (18)Coquimbo Unido Rubén Martínez (Colo-Colo; 23 goals)
1992Cobreloa (5)Colo-Colo Aníbal González (Colo-Colo; 24 goals)
1993Colo-Colo (19)Cobreloa Marco Antonio Figueroa (C.D. Cobreloa; 18 goals)
1994Universidad de Chile (8)Universidad Católica Alberto Acosta (Universidad Católica; 33 goals)
1995Universidad de Chile (9)Universidad Católica Gabriel Caballero (C.D. Antofagasta; 18 goals)
Aníbal González (Palestino; 18 goals)
1996Colo-Colo (20)Universidad Católica Mario Véner (Santiago Wanderers; 30 goals)
1997AperturaUniversidad Católica (7)Colo-Colo David Bisconti (Universidad Católica; 15 goals)
ClausuraColo-Colo (21)Universidad Católica Richart Báez (Universidad de Chile; 10 goals)
Rubén Vallejos (Deportes Puerto Montt; 10 goals)
1998Colo-Colo (22)Universidad de Chile Pedro González (Universidad de Chile; 23 goals)
1999Universidad de Chile (10)Universidad Católica Mario Núñez (O'Higgins; 34 goals)
2000Universidad de Chile (11)Cobreloa Pedro González (Universidad de Chile; 26 goals)
2001Santiago Wanderers (3)Universidad Católica Héctor Tapia (Colo-Colo; 24 goals)
2002AperturaUniversidad Católica (8)Rangers Sebastián González (Colo-Colo; 18 goals)
ClausuraColo-Colo (23)Universidad Católica Manuel Neira (Colo-Colo; 14 goals)
2003AperturaCobreloa (6)Colo-Colo Salvador Cabañas (Audax Italiano; 18 goals)
ClausuraCobreloa (7)Colo-Colo Gustavo Biscayzacú (Unión Española; 21 goals)
2004AperturaUniversidad de Chile (12)Cobreloa Patricio Galaz (C.D. Cobreloa; 23 goals)
ClausuraCobreloa (8)Unión Española Patricio Galaz (Cobreloa; 19 goals)
2005AperturaUnión Española (6)Coquimbo Unido Joel Estay (Everton; 13 goals)
Álvaro Sarabia (Deportes Puerto Montt; 13 goals)
Héctor Mancilla (C.D. Huachipato; 13 goals)
ClausuraUniversidad Católica (9)Universidad de Chile Cristián Montecinos (Concepción; 13 goals)
Gonzalo Fierro (Colo-Colo; 13 goals)
César Díaz (C.D. Cobresal; 13 goals)
2006AperturaColo-Colo (24)Universidad de Chile Humberto Suazo (Colo-Colo; 19 goals)
ClausuraColo-Colo (25)Audax Italiano Leonardo Monje (Universidad de Concepción; 17 goals)
2007AperturaColo-Colo (26)Universidad Católica Humberto Suazo (Colo-Colo; 18 goals)
ClausuraColo-Colo (27)Universidad de Concepción Carlos Villanueva (Audax Italiano; 20 goals)
2008AperturaEverton (4)Colo-Colo Lucas Barrios (Colo-Colo; 19 goals)
ClausuraColo-Colo (28)Palestino Lucas Barrios (Colo-Colo; 18 goals)
2009AperturaUniversidad de Chile (13)Unión Española Esteban Paredes (Santiago Morning; 17 goals)
ClausuraColo-Colo (29)Universidad Católica Diego Rivarola (Santiago Morning; 13 goals)
2010Universidad Católica (10)Colo-Colo Milovan Mirošević (Universidad Católica; 19 goals)
2011AperturaUniversidad de Chile (14)Universidad Católica Matías Urbano (Unión San Felipe; 12 goals)
ClausuraUniversidad de Chile (15)Cobreloa Esteban Paredes (Colo-Colo; 14 goals)
2012AperturaUniversidad de Chile (16)O'Higgins Enzo Gutiérrez (O'Higgins; 11 goals)
ClausuraHuachipato (2)Unión Española Sebastián Sáez (Audax Italiano; 13 goals)
2013Unión Española (7)Universidad Católica Javier Elizondo (C.D. Antofagasta; 14 goals)
Sebastián Sáez (Audax Italiano; 14 goals)
2013–14AperturaO'Higgins (1)Universidad Católica Luciano Vázquez (Ñublense; 11 goals)
ClausuraColo-Colo (30)Universidad Católica Esteban Paredes (Colo-Colo; 16 goals)
2014–15AperturaUniversidad de Chile (17)Santiago Wanderers Esteban Paredes (Colo-Colo; 12 goals)
ClausuraCobresal (1)Colo-Colo Jean Paul Pineda (Unión La Calera; 11 goals)
Esteban Paredes (Colo-Colo; 11 goals)
2015–16AperturaColo-Colo (31)Universidad Católica Marcos Riquelme (Club Deportivo Palestino; 11 goals)
ClausuraUniversidad Católica (11)Colo-Colo Nicolás Castillo (Universidad Católica; 11 goals)
2016–17AperturaUniversidad Católica (12)Deportes Iquique Nicolás Castillo (Universidad Católica; 13 goals)
ClausuraUniversidad de Chile (18)Colo-Colo Felipe Mora (Universidad de Chile; 13 goals)
2017Colo-Colo (32)Unión Española Bryan Carrasco (Audax Italiano; 10 goals)
2018Universidad Católica (13)Universidad de Concepción Esteban Paredes (Colo-Colo; 19 goals)
2019Universidad Católica (14)Colo-Colo Lucas Passerini (Club Deportivo Palestino; 14 goals)
2020

Source (not for goalscorers): rsssf.com[7]

Titles by club

Source:[8]

Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runners-up years
Colo-Colo 32 21 1937, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1947, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997 Clausura, 1998, 2002 Clausura, 2006 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2007 Apertura, 2007 Clausura, 2008 Clausura, 2009 Clausura, 2014 Clausura, 2015 Apertura, 2017 Transición 1933, 1943, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1973, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997 Apertura, 2003 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2008 Apertura, 2010, 2015 Clausura, 2016 Clausura, 2017 Clausura, 2019
Universidad de Chile 18 8 1940, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2004 Apertura, 2009 Apertura, 2011 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2012 Apertura, 2014 Apertura, 2017 Clausura 1957, 1961, 1963, 1971, 1980, 1998, 2005 Clausura, 2006 Apertura
Universidad Católica 14 21 1949, 1954, 1961, 1966, 1984, 1987, 1997 Apertura, 2002 Apertura, 2005 Clausura, 2010, 2016 Clausura, 2016 Apertura, 2018, 2019 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Clausura, 1999, 2001, 2002 Clausura, 2007 Apertura, 2009 Clausura, 2011 Apertura, 2013 Transición, 2013 Apertura, 2014 Clausura, 2015 Apertura
Cobreloa 8 8 1980, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 2003 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2004 Clausura 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1993, 2000, 2004 Apertura, 2011 Clausura
Unión Española 7 10 1943, 1951, 1973, 1975, 1977, 2005 Apertura, 2013 Transición 1945, 1948, 1950, 1970, 1972, 1976, 2004 Clausura, 2009 Apertura, 2012 Clausura, 2017 Transición
Audax Italiano 4 8 1936, 1946, 1948, 1957 1934, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1947, 1951, 2006 Clausura
Magallanes 4 4 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938 1936, 1937, 1942, 1946
Everton 4 2 1950, 1952, 1976, 2008 Apertura 1977, 1985
Santiago Wanderers 3 4 1958, 1968, 2001 1949, 1956, 1960, 2014 Apertura
Palestino 2 4 1955, 1978 1953, 1974, 1986, 2008 Clausura
Huachipato 2 1974, 2012 Clausura
Santiago Morning 1 2 1942 1939, 1941
Cobresal 1 2 2015 Clausura 1984, 1988
O'Higgins 1 1 2013 Apertura 2012 Apertura
Green Cross 1 1945
Unión San Felipe 1 1971

See also

References

  1. [Los grandes récords del fútbol chileno], as chile, 25 Sep 2015
  2. [Los grandes récords del fútbol chileno], as chile, 25 Sep 2015
  3. https://www.chilevision.cl/vamos-contigo/novedades/chilevision-transmitira-todos-los-domingos-un-partido-del-campeonato
  4. Chilean League 1934
  5. Karel Stokkermans (29 May 2016). "Chile 2015/16". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  6. Andrés, Juan Pablo (December 11, 2009). "Chile – List of Topscorers". RSSSF.
  7. Juan Pablo Andrés and Eric Boesenberg (11 December 2014). "Chile – List of Champions and Runners Up". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  8. Juan Pablo Andrés and Eric Boesenberg (23 December 2015). "Chile - List of Champions and Runners Up". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
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