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Campeonato Nacional
Founded 31 May 1933; 91 years ago (1933-05-31)
Country Chile
Confederation CONMEBOL
Number of teams 16
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to Primera B
Domestic cup(s) Copa Chile
International cup(s) Copa Libertadores
Copa Sudamericana
Current champions Huachipato (3rd title)
(2023)
Most championships Colo-Colo (33 titles)
Most appearances Adolfo Nef (624)
Top goalscorer Esteban Paredes (221)
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The Chilean Primera División (English: First Division of Chile) is a professional football league, being the highest division of Chilean football league system. It is organized by the ANFP. The league was previously known as the Campeonato AFP PlanVital for sponsorship reasons. In 2023, the ANFP signed a partnership with Betsson Group to become the official naming sponsor of the competition, which became known as Campeonato Betsson.

Format

As of the 2018 season, 16 teams compete in the league, playing against each other twice, once at home and once 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 the playoff winners of this division.

Qualification for international competitions

The league champions qualify for the following year's Copa Libertadores, as well as the runners-up and the third-placed team. The teams placing fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh qualify for the following year's Copa Sudamericana.

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.

Current teams

There are 16 teams playing in the Primera División, as of the 2024 season.

Club City Stadium Capacity
Audax Italiano Santiago Bicentenario de La Florida 12,000
Cobreloa Calama Zorros del Desierto 12,346
Cobresal El Salvador El Cobre 12,000
Colo-Colo Santiago Monumental David Arellano 47,347
Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso 18,750
Deportes Copiapó Copiapó Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla 8,000
Deportes Iquique Iquique Tierra de Campeones 13,171
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
Unión Española Santiago Santa Laura-Universidad SEK 19,000
Unión La Calera La Calera Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar 9,200
Universidad Católica Santiago San Carlos de Apoquindo 20,000
Universidad de Chile Santiago Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos 48,665

List of seasons

Ed. Season Champion (title count) Runner-up Leading goalscorer(s)
1
1933 Magallanes (1) Colo-Colo Chile Luis Carvallo (Colo-Colo; 9 goals)
2
1934 Magallanes (2) Audax Italiano Chile Carlos Giudice (Audax Italiano; 19 goals)
3
1935 Magallanes (3) Audax Italiano Chile Aurelio Domínguez (Colo-Colo; 12 goals)
Chile Guillermo Ogaz (Magallanes; 12 goals)
4
1936 Audax Italiano (1) Magallanes Costa Rica Hernán Bolaños (Audax Italiano; 14 goals)
5
1937 Colo-Colo (1) Magallanes Costa Rica Hernán Bolaños (Audax Italiano; 16 goals)
6
1938 Magallanes (4) Audax Italiano Chile Gustavo Pizarro (Bádminton; 17 goals)
7
1939 Colo-Colo (2) Santiago Morning Chile Alfonso Domínguez (Colo-Colo; 32 goals)
8
1940 Universidad de Chile (1) Audax Italiano Chile Victor Alonso (Universidad de Chile; 20 goals)
Chile Pedro Valenzuela (Magallanes; 20 goals)
9
1941 Colo-Colo (3) Santiago Morning Argentina José Profetta (Santiago National F.C.; 19 goals)
10
1942 Santiago Morning (1) Magallanes Chile Domingo Romo (Santiago Morning; 16 goals)
11
1943 Unión Española (1) Colo-Colo Chile Luis Machuca (Unión Española; 17 goals)
Chile Victor Mancilla Universidad Católica (17 goals)
12
1944 Colo-Colo (4) Audax Italiano Chile Juan Alcantara (Audax Italiano; 19 goals)
Chile Alfonso Domínguez (Colo-Colo; 19 goals)
13
1945 Green Cross (1) Unión Española Uruguay Ubaldo Cruche (Universidad de Chile; 17 goals)
Argentina Hugo Giorgi (Audax Italiano; 17 goals)
Argentina Juan Zárate (Green Cross; 17 goals)
14
1946 Audax Italiano (2) Magallanes Uruguay Ubaldo Cruche (Universidad de Chile; 25 goals)
15
1947 Colo-Colo (5) Audax Italiano Chile Apolonides Vera (Santiago National F.C.; 17 goals)
16
1948 Audax Italiano (3) Unión Española Argentina Juan Zárate (Audax Italiano; 22 goals)
17
1949 Universidad Católica (1) Santiago Wanderers Chile Mario Lorca (Unión Española; 20 goals)
18
1950 Everton (1) Unión Española Argentina Félix Díaz (Green Cross; 21 goals)
19
1951 Unión Española (2) Audax Italiano Chile Rubén Aguilera (Santiago Morning; 21 goals)
Chile Carlos Tello (Audax Italiano; 21 goals)
20
1952 Everton (2) Colo-Colo Chile René Meléndez (Everton; 30 goals)
21
1953 Colo-Colo (6) Palestino Chile Jorge Robledo (Colo-Colo; 26 goals)
22
1954 Universidad Católica (2) Colo-Colo Chile Jorge Robledo (Colo-Colo; 25 goals)
23
1955 Palestino (1) Colo-Colo Argentina Nicolás Moreno (Green Cross; 27 goals)
24
1956 Colo-Colo (7) Santiago Wanderers Chile Guillermo Villarroel (O'Higgins; 19 goals)
25
1957 Audax Italiano (4) Universidad de Chile Argentina Gustavo Albella (Green Cross; 27 goals)
26
1958 Santiago Wanderers (1) Colo-Colo Argentina Gustavo Albella (Green Cross; 23 goals)
Chile Carlos Verdejo (La Serena; 23 goals)
27
1959 Universidad de Chile (2) Colo-Colo Chile José Benito Rios (O'Higgins; 22 goals)
28
1960 Colo-Colo (8) Santiago Wanderers Argentina Juan Falcon (Palestino; 21 goals)
29
1961 Universidad Católica (3) Universidad de Chile Chile Carlos Campos (Universidad de Chile; 24 goals)
Chile Honorino Landa (Unión Española; 24 goals)
30
1962 Universidad de Chile (3) Universidad Católica Chile Carlos Campos (Universidad de Chile; 34 goals)
31
1963 Colo-Colo (9) Universidad de Chile Chile Luis Hernán Álvarez (Colo-Colo; 37 goals)
32
1964 Universidad de Chile (4) Universidad Católica Chile Daniel Escudero (Everton; 25 goals)
33
1965 Universidad de Chile (5) Universidad Católica Argentina Héctor Scandolli (Rangers; 25 goals)
34
1966 Universidad Católica (4) Colo-Colo Chile Carlos Campos (Universidad de Chile; 21 goals)
Argentina Felipe Bracamonte (Unión San Felipe; 21 goals)
35
1967 Universidad de Chile (6) Universidad Católica Paraguay Eladio Zárate (Unión Española; 28 goals)
36
1968 Santiago Wanderers (2) Universidad Católica Chile Carlos Reinoso (Audax Italiano; 21 goals)
37
1969 Universidad de Chile (7) Rangers Paraguay Eladio Zárate (Unión Española; 22 goals)
38
1970 Colo-Colo (10) Unión Española Chile Osvaldo Castro (Deportes Concepción; 36 goals)
39
1971 Unión San Felipe (1) Universidad de Chile Paraguay Eladio Zárate (Universidad de Chile; 25 goals)
40
1972 Colo-Colo (11) Unión Española Chile Fernando Espinoza (Magallanes; 25 goals)
41
1973 Unión Española (3) Colo-Colo Chile Guillermo Yávar (Unión Española; 21 goals)
42
1974 Huachipato (1) Palestino Chile Julio Crisosto (Colo-Colo; 28 goals)
43
1975 Unión Española (4) Deportes Concepción Chile Victor Pizarro (Santiago Morning; 27 goals)
44
1976 Everton (3) Unión Española Argentina Chile Óscar Fabbiani (Palestino; 23 goals)
45
1977 Unión Española (5) Everton Argentina Chile Óscar Fabbiani (Palestino; 34 goals)
46
1978 Palestino (2) Cobreloa Argentina Chile Óscar Fabbiani (Palestino; 35 goals)
47
1979 Colo-Colo (12) Cobreloa Chile Carlos Caszely (Colo-Colo; 20 goals)
48
1980 Cobreloa (1) Universidad de Chile Chile Carlos Caszely (Colo-Colo; 26 goals)
49
1981 Colo-Colo (13) Cobreloa Chile Victor Cabrera (San Luis; 20 goals)
Chile Carlos Caszely (Colo-Colo; 20 goals)
Chile Luis Marcoleta (Magallanes; 20 goals)
50
1982 Cobreloa (2) Colo-Colo Uruguay Jorge Luis Siviero (Cobreloa; 18 goals)
51
1983 Colo-Colo (14) Cobreloa Uruguay Washington Olivera (Cobreloa; 29 goals)
52
1984 Universidad Católica (5) Cobresal Chile Victor Cabrera (C.D. Regional Atacama; 18 goals)
53
1985 Cobreloa (3) Everton Chile Ivo Basay (Magallanes; 19 goals)
54
1986 Colo-Colo (15) Palestino Chile Sergio Salgado (C.D. Cobresal; 18 goals)
55
1987 Universidad Católica (6) Colo-Colo Chile Osvaldo Hurtado (Universidad Católica; 21 goals)
56
1988 Cobreloa (4) Cobresal Argentina Gustavo De Luca (Deportes La Serena; 18 goals)
Peru Juan José Oré (Deportes Iquique; 18 goals)
57
1989 Colo-Colo (16) Universidad Católica Chile Rubén Martínez (C.D. Cobresal; 25 goals)
58
1990 Colo-Colo (17) Universidad Católica Chile Rubén Martínez (Colo-Colo; 22 goals)
59
1991 Colo-Colo (18) Coquimbo Unido Chile Rubén Martínez (Colo-Colo; 23 goals)
60
1992 Cobreloa (5) Colo-Colo Chile Aníbal González (Colo-Colo; 24 goals)
61
1993 Colo-Colo (19) Cobreloa Chile Marco Antonio Figueroa (C.D. Cobreloa; 18 goals)
62
1994 Universidad de Chile (8) Universidad Católica Argentina Alberto Acosta (Universidad Católica; 33 goals)
63
1995 Universidad de Chile (9) Universidad Católica Argentina Gabriel Caballero (C.D. Antofagasta; 18 goals)
Chile Aníbal González (Palestino; 18 goals)
64
1996 Colo-Colo (20) Universidad Católica Chile Mario Véner (Santiago Wanderers; 30 goals)
65
1997 Apertura Universidad Católica (7) Colo-Colo Argentina David Bisconti (Universidad Católica; 15 goals)
66
Clausura Colo-Colo (21) Universidad Católica Paraguay Richart Báez (Universidad de Chile; 10 goals)
Chile Rubén Vallejos (Deportes Puerto Montt; 10 goals)
67
1998 Colo-Colo (22) Universidad de Chile Chile Pedro González (Universidad de Chile; 23 goals)
68
1999 Universidad de Chile (10) Universidad Católica Chile Mario Núñez (O'Higgins; 34 goals)
69
2000 Universidad de Chile (11) Cobreloa Chile Pedro González (Universidad de Chile; 26 goals)
70
2001 Santiago Wanderers (3) Universidad Católica Chile Héctor Tapia (Colo-Colo; 24 goals)
71
2002 Apertura Universidad Católica (8) Rangers Chile Sebastián González (Colo-Colo; 18 goals)
72
Clausura Colo-Colo (23) Universidad Católica Chile Manuel Neira (Colo-Colo; 14 goals)
73
2003 Apertura Cobreloa (6) Colo-Colo Paraguay Salvador Cabañas (Audax Italiano; 18 goals)
74
Clausura Cobreloa (7) Colo-Colo Uruguay Gustavo Biscayzacú (Unión Española; 21 goals)
75
2004 Apertura Universidad de Chile (12) Cobreloa Chile Patricio Galaz (C.D. Cobreloa; 23 goals)
76
Clausura Cobreloa (8) Unión Española Chile Patricio Galaz (Cobreloa; 19 goals)
77
2005 Apertura Unión Española (6) Coquimbo Unido Chile Joel Estay (Everton; 13 goals)
Chile Álvaro Sarabia (Deportes Puerto Montt; 13 goals)
Chile Héctor Mancilla (C.D. Huachipato; 13 goals)
78
Clausura Universidad Católica (9) Universidad de Chile Chile Cristián Montecinos (Concepción; 13 goals)
Chile Gonzalo Fierro (Colo-Colo; 13 goals)
Chile César Díaz (C.D. Cobresal; 13 goals)
79
2006 Apertura Colo-Colo (24) Universidad de Chile Chile Humberto Suazo (Colo-Colo; 19 goals)
80
Clausura Colo-Colo (25) Audax Italiano Chile Leonardo Monje (Universidad de Concepción; 17 goals)
81
2007 Apertura Colo-Colo (26) Universidad Católica Chile Humberto Suazo (Colo-Colo; 18 goals)
82
Clausura Colo-Colo (27) Universidad de Concepción Chile Carlos Villanueva (Audax Italiano; 20 goals)
83
2008 Apertura Everton (4) Colo-Colo Argentina Paraguay Lucas Barrios (Colo-Colo; 19 goals)
84
Clausura Colo-Colo (28) Palestino Argentina Paraguay Lucas Barrios (Colo-Colo; 18 goals)
85
2009 Apertura Universidad de Chile (13) Unión Española Chile Esteban Paredes (Santiago Morning; 17 goals)
86
Clausura Colo-Colo (29) Universidad Católica Argentina Diego Rivarola (Santiago Morning; 13 goals)
87
2010 Universidad Católica (10) Colo-Colo Chile Milovan Mirošević (Universidad Católica; 19 goals)
88
2011 Apertura Universidad de Chile (14) Universidad Católica Argentina Matías Urbano (Unión San Felipe; 12 goals)
89
Clausura Universidad de Chile (15) Cobreloa Chile Esteban Paredes (Colo-Colo; 14 goals)
90
2012 Apertura Universidad de Chile (16) O'Higgins Argentina Enzo Gutiérrez (O'Higgins; 11 goals)
91
Clausura Huachipato (2) Unión Española Argentina Sebastián Sáez (Audax Italiano; 13 goals)
92
2013 Unión Española (7) Universidad Católica Argentina Javier Elizondo (C.D. Antofagasta; 14 goals)
Argentina Sebastián Sáez (Audax Italiano; 14 goals)
93
2013–14 Apertura O'Higgins (1) Universidad Católica Argentina Luciano Vázquez (Ñublense; 11 goals)
94
Clausura Colo-Colo (30) Universidad Católica Chile Esteban Paredes (Colo-Colo; 16 goals)
95
2014–15 Apertura Universidad de Chile (17) Santiago Wanderers Chile Esteban Paredes (Colo-Colo; 12 goals)
96
Clausura Cobresal (1) Colo-Colo Chile Jean Paul Pineda (Unión La Calera; 11 goals)
Chile Esteban Paredes (Colo-Colo; 11 goals)
97
2015–16 Apertura Colo-Colo (31) Universidad Católica Argentina Marcos Riquelme (Club Deportivo Palestino; 11 goals)
98
Clausura Universidad Católica (11) Colo-Colo Chile Nicolás Castillo (Universidad Católica; 11 goals)
99
2016–17 Apertura Universidad Católica (12) Deportes Iquique Chile Nicolás Castillo (Universidad Católica; 13 goals)
100
Clausura Universidad de Chile (18) Colo-Colo Chile Felipe Mora (Universidad de Chile; 13 goals)
101
2017 Colo-Colo (32) Unión Española Chile Bryan Carrasco (Audax Italiano; 10 goals)
102
2018 Universidad Católica (13) Universidad de Concepción Chile Esteban Paredes (Colo-Colo; 19 goals)
103
2019 Universidad Católica (14) Colo-Colo Argentina Lucas Passerini (Palestino; 14 goals)
104
2020 Universidad Católica (15) Unión La Calera Argentina Fernando Zampedri (Universidad Católica; 20 goals)
105
2021 Universidad Católica (16) Colo-Colo Argentina Gonzalo Sosa (Deportes Melipilla; 23 goals)
Argentina Fernando Zampedri (Universidad Católica; 23 goals)
106
2022 Colo-Colo (33) Ñublense Argentina Fernando Zampedri (Universidad Católica; 18 goals)
107
2023 Huachipato (3) Cobresal Argentina Fernando Zampedri (Universidad Católica; 17 goals)
108
2024

Source (not for goalscorers): rsssf.com

Titles by club

Source:

Rank Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Runners-up years
1 Colo-Colo 33 22 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, 2022 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, 2021
2 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
3 Universidad Católica 16 21 1949, 1954, 1961, 1966, 1984, 1987, 1997 Apertura, 2002 Apertura, 2005 Clausura, 2010, 2016 Clausura, 2016 Apertura, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 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
4 Cobreloa 8 8 1980, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 2003 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2004 Clausura 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1993, 2000, 2004 Apertura, 2011 Clausura
5 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
6 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
9 Santiago Wanderers 3 4 1958, 1968, 2001 1949, 1956, 1960, 2014 Apertura
Huachipato 3 1974, 2012 Clausura, 2023
11 Palestino 2 4 1955, 1978 1953, 1974, 1986, 2008 Clausura
12 Cobresal 1 3 2015 Clausura 1984, 1988, 2023
Santiago Morning 1 2 1942 1939, 1941
O'Higgins 1 1 2013 Apertura 2012 Apertura
Green Cross 1 1945
Unión San Felipe 1 1971

All-time goalscorers

Rank Country Player Goals Years
1 Chile Esteban Paredes 221 2000-2022
2 Chile Francisco Valdés 215 1961-1983
3 Chile Pedro González 214 1985-2006
4 Chile Honorino Landa 193 1959-1974
5 Argentina Óscar Fabbiani 188 1974-1987
6 Chile Marcelo Corrales 188 1990-2007
7 Chile Carlos Campos 184 1956-1969
8 Chile Jaime Riveros 175 1990-2011
9 Chile Atilio Cremaschi 174 1941-1960
10 Chile Carlos Caszely 171 1967-1986
11 Chile José Fernández 171 1948-1961
12 Chile Luis Hernán Álvarez 168 1958-1969
13 Chile Juan Soto 166 1957-1969
14 Chile Leonel Sánchez 161 1953-1970
15 Chile Anibal González 156 1983-2001
16 Chile Julio Crisosto 154 1969-1983

See also

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