Chilean Primera División
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 (15th title) (2020) |
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: 2021 season |
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.
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.[citation needed]
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 17 teams playing in the Primera División, as of the 2021 season.[5]
Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
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Audax Italiano | Santiago | Bicentenario de La Florida | 12,000 |
Cobresal | El Salvador | El Cobre | 12,000 |
Colo-Colo | Santiago | Monumental David Arellano | 47,347 |
Curicó Unido | Curicó | La Granja | 8,000 |
Deportes Antofagasta | Antofagasta | Regional de Antofagasta | 21,178 |
Deportes La Serena | La Serena | La Portada | 18,243 |
Deportes Melipilla | Melipilla | Municipal Roberto Bravo Santibáñez | 6,500 |
Everton | Viña del Mar | Sausalito | 22,360 |
Huachipato | Talcahuano | CAP | 10,500 |
Ñublense | Chillán | Municipal Nelson Oyarzún Arenas | 12,000 |
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 |
List of seasons[]
Seasons | Champions | Runners-up | Leading goalscorer(s)[6] | |
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1933 | Magallanes (1) | Colo-Colo | Luis Carvallo (Colo-Colo; 9 goals) | |
1934 | Magallanes (2) | Audax Italiano | Carlos Giudice (Audax Italiano; 19 goals) | |
1935 | Magallanes (3) | Audax Italiano | Aurelio Domínguez (Colo-Colo; 12 goals) Guillermo Ogaz (Magallanes; 12 goals) | |
1936 | Audax Italiano (1) | Magallanes | Hernán Bolaños (Audax Italiano; 14 goals) | |
1937 | Colo-Colo (1) | Magallanes | Hernán Bolaños (Audax Italiano; 16 goals) | |
1938 | Magallanes (4) | Audax Italiano | Gustavo Pizarro (Bádminton; 17 goals) | |
1939 | Colo-Colo (2) | Santiago Morning | Alfonso Domínguez (Colo-Colo; 32 goals) | |
1940 | Universidad de Chile (1) | Audax Italiano | Victor Alonso (Universidad de Chile; 20 goals) Pedro Valenzuela (Magallanes; 20 goals) | |
1941 | Colo-Colo (3) | Santiago Morning | José Profetta (Santiago National F.C.; 19 goals) | |
1942 | Santiago Morning (1) | Magallanes | Domingo Romo (Santiago Morning; 16 goals) | |
1943 | Unión Española (1) | Colo-Colo | Luis Machuca (Unión Española; 17 goals) Victor Mancilla Universidad Católica (17 goals) | |
1944 | Colo-Colo (4) | Audax Italiano | Juan Alcantara (Audax Italiano; 19 goals) Alfonso Domínguez (Colo-Colo; 19 goals) | |
1945 | Green Cross (1) | Unión Española | Ubaldo Cruche (Universidad de Chile; 17 goals) Hugo Giorgi (Audax Italiano; 17 goals) Juan Zarate (Green Cross; 17 goals) | |
1946 | Audax Italiano (2) | Magallanes | Ubaldo Cruche (Universidad de Chile; 25 goals) | |
1947 | Colo-Colo (5) | Audax Italiano | Apolonides Vera (Santiago National F.C.; 17 goals) | |
1948 | Audax Italiano (3) | Unión Española | Juan Zarate (Audax Italiano; 22 goals) | |
1949 | Universidad Católica (1) | Santiago Wanderers | Mario Lorca (Unión Española; 20 goals) | |
1950 | Everton (1) | Unión Española | Félix Díaz (Green Cross; 21 goals) | |
1951 | Unión Española (2) | Audax Italiano | Rubén Aguilera (Santiago Morning; 21 goals) Carlos Tello (Audax Italiano; 21 goals) | |
1952 | Everton (2) | Colo-Colo | René Meléndez (Everton; 30 goals) | |
1953 | Colo-Colo (6) | Palestino | Jorge Robledo (Colo-Colo; 26 goals) | |
1954 | Universidad Católica (2) | Colo-Colo | Jorge Robledo (Colo-Colo; 25 goals) | |
1955 | Palestino (1) | Colo-Colo | Nicolás Moreno (Green Cross; 27 goals) | |
1956 | Colo-Colo (7) | Santiago Wanderers | Guillermo Villarroel (O'Higgins; 19 goals) | |
1957 | Audax Italiano (4) | Universidad de Chile | Gustavo Albella (Green Cross; 27 goals) | |
1958 | Santiago Wanderers (1) | Colo-Colo | Gustavo Albella (Green Cross; 23 goals) Carlos Verdejo (La Serena; 23 goals) | |
1959 | Universidad de Chile (2) | Colo-Colo | José Benito Rios (O'Higgins; 22 goals) | |
1960 | Colo-Colo (8) | Santiago Wanderers | Juan Falcon (Palestino; 21 goals) | |
1961 | Universidad Católica (3) | Universidad de Chile | Carlos Campos (Universidad de Chile; 24 goals) Honorino Landa (Unión Española; 24 goals) | |
1962 | Universidad de Chile (3) | Universidad Católica | Carlos Campos (Universidad de Chile; 34 goals) | |
1963 | Colo-Colo (9) | Universidad de Chile | Luis Hernán Álvarez (Colo-Colo; 37 goals) | |
1964 | Universidad de Chile (4) | Universidad Católica | Daniel Escudero (Everton; 25 goals) | |
1965 | Universidad de Chile (5) | Universidad Católica | Héctor Scandolli (Rangers; 25 goals) | |
1966 | Universidad Católica (4) | Colo-Colo | Carlos Campos (Universidad de Chile; 21 goals) Felipe Bracamonte (Unión San Felipe; 21 goals) | |
1967 | Universidad de Chile (6) | Universidad Católica | Eladio Zárate (Unión Española; 28 goals) | |
1968 | Santiago Wanderers (2) | Universidad Católica | Carlos Reinoso (Audax Italiano; 21 goals) | |
1969 | Universidad de Chile (7) | Rangers | Eladio Zárate (Unión Española; 22 goals) | |
1970 | Colo-Colo (10) | Unión Española | Osvaldo Castro (Deportes Concepción; 36 goals) | |
1971 | Unión San Felipe (1) | Universidad de Chile | Eladio Zárate (Universidad de Chile; 25 goals) | |
1972 | Colo-Colo (11) | Unión Española | Fernando Espinoza (Magallanes; 25 goals) | |
1973 | Unión Española (3) | Colo-Colo | Guillermo Yávar (Unión Española; 21 goals) | |
1974 | Huachipato (1) | Palestino | Julio Crisosto (Colo-Colo; 28 goals) | |
1975 | Unión Española (4) | Deportes Concepción | Victor Pizarro (Santiago Morning; 27 goals) | |
1976 | Everton (3) | Unión Española | Óscar Fabbiani (Palestino; 23 goals) | |
1977 | Unión Española (5) | Everton | Óscar Fabbiani (Palestino; 34 goals) | |
1978 | Palestino (2) | Cobreloa | Óscar Fabbiani (Palestino; 35 goals) | |
1979 | Colo-Colo (12) | Cobreloa | Carlos Caszely (Colo-Colo; 20 goals) | |
1980 | Cobreloa (1) | Universidad de Chile | Carlos Caszely (Colo-Colo; 26 goals) | |
1981 | Colo-Colo (13) | Cobreloa | Victor Cabrera (San Luis; 20 goals) Carlos Caszely (Colo-Colo; 20 goals) Luis Marcoleta (Magallanes; 20 goals) | |
1982 | Cobreloa (2) | Colo-Colo | Jorge Luis Siviero (Cobreloa; 18 goals) | |
1983 | Colo-Colo (14) | Cobreloa | Washington Olivera (Cobreloa; 29 goals) | |
1984 | Universidad Católica (5) | Cobresal | Victor Cabrera (C.D. Regional Atacama; 18 goals) | |
1985 | Cobreloa (3) | Everton | Ivo Basay (Magallanes; 19 goals) | |
1986 | Colo-Colo (15) | Palestino | Sergio Salgado (C.D. Cobresal; 18 goals) | |
1987 | Universidad Católica (6) | Colo-Colo | Osvaldo Hurtado (Universidad Católica; 21 goals) | |
1988 | Cobreloa (4) | Cobresal | Gustavo De Luca (Deportes La Serena; 18 goals) Juan José Oré (Deportes Iquique; 18 goals) | |
1989 | Colo-Colo (16) | Universidad Católica | Rubén Martínez (C.D. Cobresal; 25 goals) | |
1990 | Colo-Colo (17) | Universidad Católica | Rubén Martínez (Colo-Colo; 22 goals) | |
1991 | Colo-Colo (18) | Coquimbo Unido | Rubén Martínez (Colo-Colo; 23 goals) | |
1992 | Cobreloa (5) | Colo-Colo | Aníbal González (Colo-Colo; 24 goals) | |
1993 | Colo-Colo (19) | Cobreloa | Marco Antonio Figueroa (C.D. Cobreloa; 18 goals) | |
1994 | Universidad de Chile (8) | Universidad Católica | Alberto Acosta (Universidad Católica; 33 goals) | |
1995 | Universidad de Chile (9) | Universidad Católica | Gabriel Caballero (C.D. Antofagasta; 18 goals) Aníbal González (Palestino; 18 goals) | |
1996 | Colo-Colo (20) | Universidad Católica | Mario Véner (Santiago Wanderers; 30 goals) | |
1997 | Apertura | Universidad Católica (7) | Colo-Colo | David Bisconti (Universidad Católica; 15 goals) |
Clausura | Colo-Colo (21) | Universidad Católica | Richart Báez (Universidad de Chile; 10 goals) Rubén Vallejos (Deportes Puerto Montt; 10 goals) | |
1998 | Colo-Colo (22) | Universidad de Chile | Pedro González (Universidad de Chile; 23 goals) | |
1999 | Universidad de Chile (10) | Universidad Católica | Mario Núñez (O'Higgins; 34 goals) | |
2000 | Universidad de Chile (11) | Cobreloa | Pedro González (Universidad de Chile; 26 goals) | |
2001 | Santiago Wanderers (3) | Universidad Católica | Héctor Tapia (Colo-Colo; 24 goals) | |
2002 | Apertura | Universidad Católica (8) | Rangers | Sebastián González (Colo-Colo; 18 goals) |
Clausura | Colo-Colo (23) | Universidad Católica | Manuel Neira (Colo-Colo; 14 goals) | |
2003 | Apertura | Cobreloa (6) | Colo-Colo | Salvador Cabañas (Audax Italiano; 18 goals) |
Clausura | Cobreloa (7) | Colo-Colo | Gustavo Biscayzacú (Unión Española; 21 goals) | |
2004 | Apertura | Universidad de Chile (12) | Cobreloa | Patricio Galaz (C.D. Cobreloa; 23 goals) |
Clausura | Cobreloa (8) | Unión Española | Patricio Galaz (Cobreloa; 19 goals) | |
2005 | Apertura | Unión Española (6) | Coquimbo Unido | Joel Estay (Everton; 13 goals) Álvaro Sarabia (Deportes Puerto Montt; 13 goals) Héctor Mancilla (C.D. Huachipato; 13 goals) |
Clausura | Universidad Católica (9) | Universidad de Chile | Cristián Montecinos (Concepción; 13 goals) Gonzalo Fierro (Colo-Colo; 13 goals) César Díaz (C.D. Cobresal; 13 goals) | |
2006 | Apertura | Colo-Colo (24) | Universidad de Chile | Humberto Suazo (Colo-Colo; 19 goals) |
Clausura | Colo-Colo (25) | Audax Italiano | Leonardo Monje (Universidad de Concepción; 17 goals) | |
2007 | Apertura | Colo-Colo (26) | Universidad Católica | Humberto Suazo (Colo-Colo; 18 goals) |
Clausura | Colo-Colo (27) | Universidad de Concepción | Carlos Villanueva (Audax Italiano; 20 goals) | |
2008 | Apertura | Everton (4) | Colo-Colo | Lucas Barrios (Colo-Colo; 19 goals) |
Clausura | Colo-Colo (28) | Palestino | Lucas Barrios (Colo-Colo; 18 goals) | |
2009 | Apertura | Universidad de Chile (13) | Unión Española | Esteban Paredes (Santiago Morning; 17 goals) |
Clausura | Colo-Colo (29) | Universidad Católica | Diego Rivarola (Santiago Morning; 13 goals) | |
2010 | Universidad Católica (10) | Colo-Colo | Milovan Mirošević (Universidad Católica; 19 goals) | |
2011 | Apertura | Universidad de Chile (14) | Universidad Católica | Matías Urbano (Unión San Felipe; 12 goals) |
Clausura | Universidad de Chile (15) | Cobreloa | Esteban Paredes (Colo-Colo; 14 goals) | |
2012 | Apertura | Universidad de Chile (16) | O'Higgins | Enzo Gutiérrez (O'Higgins; 11 goals) |
Clausura | Huachipato (2) | Unión Española | Sebastián Sáez (Audax Italiano; 13 goals) | |
2013 | Unión Española (7) | Universidad Católica | Javier Elizondo (C.D. Antofagasta; 14 goals) Sebastián Sáez (Audax Italiano; 14 goals) | |
2013–14 | Apertura | O'Higgins (1) | Universidad Católica | Luciano Vázquez (Ñublense; 11 goals) |
Clausura | Colo-Colo (30) | Universidad Católica | Esteban Paredes (Colo-Colo; 16 goals) | |
2014–15 | Apertura | Universidad de Chile (17) | Santiago Wanderers | Esteban Paredes (Colo-Colo; 12 goals) |
Clausura | Cobresal (1) | Colo-Colo | Jean Paul Pineda (Unión La Calera; 11 goals) Esteban Paredes (Colo-Colo; 11 goals) | |
2015–16 | Apertura | Colo-Colo (31) | Universidad Católica | Marcos Riquelme (Club Deportivo Palestino; 11 goals) |
Clausura | Universidad Católica (11) | Colo-Colo | Nicolás Castillo (Universidad Católica; 11 goals) | |
2016–17 | Apertura | Universidad Católica (12) | Deportes Iquique | Nicolás Castillo (Universidad Católica; 13 goals) |
Clausura | Universidad de Chile (18) | Colo-Colo | Felipe Mora (Universidad de Chile; 13 goals) | |
2017 | Colo-Colo (32) | Unión Española | Bryan Carrasco (Audax Italiano; 10 goals) | |
2018 | Universidad Católica (13) | Universidad de Concepción | Esteban Paredes (Colo-Colo; 19 goals) | |
2019 | Universidad Católica (14) | Colo-Colo | Lucas Passerini (Palestino; 14 goals) | |
2020 | Universidad Católica (15) | Unión La Calera | Fernando Zampedri (Universidad Católica; 20 goals) |
Source (not for goalscorers): rsssf.com[7]
Titles by club[]
Source:[8]
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning years | Runners-up years |
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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 | 15 | 21 | 1949, 1954, 1961, 1966, 1984, 1987, 1997 Apertura, 2002 Apertura, 2005 Clausura, 2010, 2016 Clausura, 2016 Apertura, 2018, 2019, 2020 | 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[]
- Primera B de Chile
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[]
- Chilean Primera División
- Football leagues in Chile
- Top level football leagues of South America
- Sports leagues established in 1933
- 1933 establishments in Chile