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.
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| Founded | 31 May 1933 |
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| Country | Chile |
| Confederation | CONMEBOL |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Primera B |
| Domestic cup(s) | Copa Chile |
| International cup(s) | Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana |
| Current champions | Universidad Católica (14th title) (2019) |
| Most championships | Colo-Colo (32 titles) |
| Most appearances | Adolfo Nef (624)[1] |
| Top goalscorer | Esteban Paredes (219)[2] |
| TV partners | CDF, La Red, Chilevisión[3] |
| Website | anfp.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
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
- [Los grandes récords del fútbol chileno], as chile, 25 Sep 2015
- [Los grandes récords del fútbol chileno], as chile, 25 Sep 2015
- https://www.chilevision.cl/vamos-contigo/novedades/chilevision-transmitira-todos-los-domingos-un-partido-del-campeonato
- Chilean League 1934
- Karel Stokkermans (29 May 2016). "Chile 2015/16". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- Andrés, Juan Pablo (December 11, 2009). "Chile – List of Topscorers". RSSSF.
- Juan Pablo Andrés and Eric Boesenberg (11 December 2014). "Chile – List of Champions and Runners Up". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- Juan Pablo Andrés and Eric Boesenberg (23 December 2015). "Chile - List of Champions and Runners Up". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
External links
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