2009 Campeonato Nacional season

Primera División
Season 2009
Champions Apertura: Universidad de Chile
Clausura: Colo-Colo
Relegated Curicó Unido
Rangers
Municipal Iquique
Copa Libertadores Universidad de Chile
Colo-Colo
Universidad Católica
Copa Sudamericana Unión Española
Universidad de Chile
Matches played 334
Goals scored 971 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer Apertura: Esteban Paredes (17 goals)
Clausura: Diego Rivarola (13 goals)
Season: Esteban Paredes (25 goals)
2008
2010

The 2009 Primera División del Fútbol Profesional Chileno season is the 78th season of top-flight football in Chile. The season is composed of two championship: the Torneo Apertura & Torneo Clasura.

Format changes

The format for 2009 remains largely the same as 2008, except for the advancement to the Playoff Stages. Groups will no longer be used to determine who advance to the next stage. Instead, the top-eight teams in Classification Stage will advance.

International qualification changes

Qualification to the Copa Libertadores remains the same, as well as qualification to the Chile 1 spot in the Copa Sudamericana. The Chile 2 spot will be contested between the second-best team in the first stage and the 2008-09 Copa Chile winner. The winner of the single match will qualify to the 2009 Copa Sudamericana.

Team information

The number of teams were reduced starting with this season from 20 to 18. Antofagasta, Osorno, Melipilla, and Deportes Concepción were relegated last season to the Primera B. They were replaced by Municipal Iquique and Curicó Unido.

Team Current manager City Stadium
Audax Italiano Argentina Pablo Marini Santiago Municipal de La Florida
Cobreloa Chile Raúl Toro Calama Municipal de Calama
Cobresal Chile José Cantillana El Salvador El Cobre
Colo-Colo Argentina Hugo Tocalli Santiago Monumental
Curicó Unido Chile Luis Marcoleta Curicó La Granja
Everton Uruguay/Chile Nelson Acosta Viña del Mar Sausalito
Huachipato Chile Pedro García Talcahuano CAP
La Serena Chile Víctor Hugo Castañeda La Serena La Portada
Municipal Iquique Chile Gustavo Huerta Iquique Tierra de Campeones
Ñublense Chile Ricardo Toro Chillán Municipal Nelson Oyarzún Arenas
O'Higgins Chile Gerardo Silva Rancagua El Teniente
Palestino Chile Jorge Aravena Santiago Municipal de La Cisterna
Rangers Chile Oscar del Solar Talca Fiscal de Talca
Santiago Morning Argentina Juan Antonio Pizzi Santiago Municipal de La Pintana
Unión Española Uruguay Rubén Israel Santiago Santa Laura
Universidad Católica Chile Marco Antonio Figueroa Santiago San Carlos de Apoquindo
Universidad de Chile Argentina José Basualdo Santiago Nacional
Universidad de Concepción Chile Jorge Pellicer Concepción Municipal de Concepción

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura, officially the Campeonato Nacional de Apertura de Primera División de Fútbol Profesional (English: Apertura National Championship of the First Division of Professional Football), is the first tournament of the season. It began on January 31 and ended on June 28.

Classification Stage

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Unión Española 17 12 2 3 38 17 +21 38 Playoffs and the 2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2 Universidad de Chile 17 9 4 4 33 21 +12 31 Playoffs and the Copa Sudamericana Playoff
3 Everton 17 7 7 3 24 17 +7 28 Playoffs
4 Santiago Morning 17 8 3 6 41 29 +12 27
5 Universidad Católica 17 8 3 6 26 18 +8 27
6 Municipal Iquique 17 7 5 5 27 23 +4 26
7 Audax Italiano 17 7 4 6 25 20 +5 25
8 O'Higgins 17 7 4 6 25 26 1 25
9 Huachipato 17 7 4 6 26 29 3 25
10 Cobreloa 17 7 3 7 24 25 1 24
11 Universidad de Concepción 17 6 5 6 24 25 1 23
12 Ñublense 17 5 5 7 16 23 7 20
13 Colo-Colo 17 5 4 8 28 28 0 19
14 Curicó Unido 17 5 4 8 24 28 4 19
15 Cobresal 17 4 7 6 23 34 11 19
16 Palestino 17 5 2 10 18 37 19 17
17 Rangers 17 3 5 9 20 28 8 14
18 La Serena 17 3 5 9 19 32 13 14

Updated to games played on May 21, 2009.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] AUD CLA CSLCOLCUREVEHUASERMIQÑUBO'HIPALRANSAMUESUCAUCHUCO
Audax Italiano 00 21 01 20 12 11 22 12
Cobreloa 20 10 11 02 30 40 21 20
Cobresal 10 14 10 00 22 25 11 13 32
Colo-Colo 52 11 22 12 11 42 01 20
Curicó Unido 14 20 22 11 21 13 32 13 01
Everton 11 32 51 10 11 32 13 01 11
Huachipato 32 00 31 31 30 41 20 01
La Serena 03 13 31 30 12 03 14 03 12
Municipal Iquique 33 10 20 31 30 11 22 04 11
Ñublense 21 11 20 11 11 21 11 21 23
O'Higgins 12 11 53 01 11 10 32 31
Palestino 02 20 10 04 11 12 10 42
Rangers 01 41 12 21 11 11 13 21 04
Santiago Morning 20 33 01 50 51 21 13 01 54
Unión Española 52 31 40 20 12 21 21 01 21
Universidad Católica 02 40 11 11 10 41 11 01
Universidad de Chile 41 13 13 32 00 30 22 30 13
Universidad de Concepción 31 31 00 00 20 22 02 11

Updated to games played on May 21, 2009.
Source: RSSSF
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff Stage

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                         
1  Unión Española 1 6 7  
8  O'Higgins 1 1 2  
  1  Unión Española 0 0 0 (4)  
  5  Universidad Católica 0 0 0 (2)  
4  Santiago Morning 0 1 1
5  Universidad Católica 4 4 8  
  1  Unión Española 1 0 1
  2  Universidad de Chile 1 1 2
3  Everton 2 2 4  
6  Municipal Iquique 2 1 3  
  3  Everton 1 1 2
  2  Universidad de Chile 0 3 3  
2  Universidad de Chile 4 2 6
7  Audax Italiano 1 4 5  

Updated as of games played on July 7, 2009.

Primera Division
2009 Apertura Champion

Universidad de Chile
13th Title

Universidad de Chile qualified to the 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

Top-ten goalscorers

Pos Player Club Goals
1 Chile Esteban Paredes Santiago Morning 17
2 Argentina Gustavo Canales Unión Española 13
Argentina Rubén Gigena Audax Italiano 13
4 Argentina Lucas Barrios Colo-Colo 11
Uruguay Juan Manuel Olivera Universidad de Chile 11
6 Chile Mario Aravena Unión Española 10
7 Chile Milovan Mirosevic Universidad Católica 9
Chile Leonardo Monje Huachipato 9
Argentina Diego Rivarola Santiago Morning 9
Chile Samuel Teuber O'Higgins 9
Chile Gabriel Vargas Universidad de Concepción 9

Copa Sudamericana playoff

The second-best team of the Classification Stage (Universidad de Chile) played a match at Bicentenario Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso in the city of Coquimbo against the 2008 Copa Chile/2009 Verano champion (Universidad de Concepción) for the Chile 2 spot in the 2009 Copa Sudamericana. The match ended with a victory for Universidad de Chile 3 goals to 1.

Universidad de Chile classifies to the Chile 2 berth for the 2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage.

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clasura, officially the Campeonato Nacional de Clausura de Primera División de Fútbol Profesional (English: Clausura National Championship of the First Division of Professional Football), is the second tournament of the season. It began on July 12 and is scheduled to end on December 16.

Classification Stage

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Universidad Católica 17 11 5 1 43 13 +30 38 Playoffs and the 2010 Copa Libertadores First Stage
2 La Serena 17 11 0 6 31 19 +12 33 Playoffs
3 Audax Italiano 17 9 5 3 26 22 +4 32
4 Colo-Colo 17 8 4 5 28 19 +9 28
5 Universidad de Concepción 17 8 3 6 23 23 0 27
6 Santiago Morning 17 8 2 7 22 25 3 26
7 Unión Española 17 7 4 6 30 30 0 25
8 Everton 17 7 4 6 19 20 1 25
9 Rangers 17 7 3 7 26 27 1 0211
10 Universidad de Chile 17 5 6 6 23 25 2 21
11 Cobresal 17 5 5 7 18 17 +1 20
12 Palestino 17 5 5 7 16 20 4 20
13 Cobreloa 17 6 1 10 21 22 1 19
14 Ñublense 17 5 4 8 15 21 6 19
15 O'Higgins 17 4 7 6 17 23 6 19
16 Huachipato 17 5 2 10 21 29 8 17
17 Curicó Unido 17 4 8 5 16 25 9 0172
18 Municipal Iquique 17 1 6 10 21 36 15 9

Updated to games played on November 8, 2009.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals
1. Rangers was docked three points for using six foreign players during a game against Cobreloa.
2. Curicó Unido was docked three points because they had more foreign players than allowed by the rules in a game against Universidad de Concepción.[1]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] AUD CLA CSLCOLCUREVEHUASERMIQÑUBO'HIPALRANSAMUESUCAUCHUCO
Audax Italiano 00 11 20 21 11 22 10 04 21
Cobreloa 01 01 00 20 51 10 30 02 03
Cobresal 02 20 00 01 20 31 11 30
Colo-Colo 01 21 11 21 31 12 30 11 10
Curicó Unido 21 22 10 11 30 01 21 11
Everton 12 03 32 01 10 11 11 01
Huachipato 22 21 02 12 20 03 01 12 20
La Serena 42 42 32 20 21 20 30 01
Municipal Iquique 21 11 11 12 22 13 34 02
Ñublense 12 30 10 10 10 11 00 02
O'Higgins 20 22 21 13 22 01 20 11 02
Palestino 21 01 13 10 11 01 33 11 00
Rangers 00 02 53 20 20 10 31 11
Santiago Morning 01 21 21 12 32 31 11 31
Unión Española 24 20 10 31 01 14 33 01 43
Universidad Católica 21 70 31 20 20 00 51 30 41
Universidad de Chile 32 11 11 11 35 21 23 11
Universidad de Concepción 10 13 31 24 20 11 20 21 12

Updated to games played on November 8, 2009.
Source: RSSSF
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff Stage

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
1  Universidad Católica 2 0 2  
8  Everton 0 0 0  
  1  Universidad Católica 3 5 8  
  6  Santiago Morning 0 3 3  
3  Audax Italiano 2 2 4
6  Santiago Morning 4 1 5  
  1  Universidad Católica 2 2 4
  4  Colo-Colo 2 4 6
4  Colo-Colo 2 4 6  
5  Universidad de Concepción 1 3 4  
  4  Colo-Colo 1 3 4
  2  La Serena 0 0 0  
2  La Serena 1 2 3
7  Unión Española 1 1 2  
As of December 2009
Primera Division
2009 Clausura Champion

Chile
Colo-Colo
29th Title

Colo-Colo qualified to the 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

Top-ten goalscorers

Pos Name Club Goals
1 Argentina Diego Rivarola Santiago Morning 13
2 Chile Rodrigo Toloza Universidad Católica 12
3 Argentina Ezequiel Miralles Colo-Colo 11
4 Chile Cristian Canio Audax Italiano 10
Argentina Javier Elizondo La Serena 10
Chile Roberto Gutiérrez Universidad Católica 10
7 Argentina Damián Díaz Universidad Católica 9
Chile Esteban Paredes Colo-Colo 9
9 Uruguay Juan Manuel Olivera Universidad de Chile 8
Chile Renato Ramos Ñublense 8
Argentina Juan José Morales Universidad Católica 8

Updated as of games played on December 9, 2009.
Source:

Relegation

Relegation for this season will be determined by an aggregate table of the Classification Stages of both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The teams that finish 17th and 18th will be automatically relegated to the Primera B for the next season. The teams that finish 15th and 16th will play a relegation/promotion playoff against two teams from the 2009 Primera B season.

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Universidad Católica 34 19 8 7 69 31 +38 65
2 Unión Española 34 19 5 10 68 47 +21 62
3 Audax Italiano 34 16 9 9 51 42 +9 57
4 Santiago Morning 34 16 5 13 63 54 +9 53
5 Everton 34 14 11 9 43 37 +6 53
6 Universidad de Chile 34 14 10 10 56 46 +10 52
7 Universidad de Concepción 34 14 8 12 47 48 1 50
8 La Serena 34 14 5 15 50 51 1 47
9 Colo-Colo 34 13 8 13 56 47 +9 47
10 O'Higgins 34 11 11 12 42 49 7 44
11 Cobreloa 34 13 4 17 45 47 2 43
12 Huachipato 34 12 6 16 47 58 11 42
13 Ñublense 34 10 9 15 31 44 13 39
14 Cobresal 34 9 12 13 41 51 10 39
15 Palestino 34 10 7 17 34 57 23 37 Relegation/Promotion Playoff
16 Curicó Unido 34 9 12 13 39 53 14 0361
17 Rangers 34 10 8 16 46 55 9 0352 Relegation to Primera B
18 Municipal Iquique 34 8 11 15 48 59 11 35

Updated to games played on November 8, 2009.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals
1. Curicó Unido was docked three points because they had more foreign players than allowed by the rules in a game against Universidad de Concepción.[2]
2. Rangers was docked three points for using six foreign players in a game against Cobreloa.[3]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation/promotion playoff

By finishing 15th in the relegation table, Palestino was pitted against the San Marcos de Arica, the 2nd best team in the 2009 Primera B General Table. Curicó Unido, by finishing 16th in the relegation table, played against San Luis, the loser of the 2009 Primera B championship playoff. The team who obtains the most point after two legs will stay or be promoted to the Primera División. Should there be a tie on points, it will be settled as follows: 1) overall goal difference; 2) most away goal; 3) extra time of two 15-minute halves; 4) penalty shootout according to the Laws of the Game. The Primera División (Team #1) played the second leg at home.

Team #1   Points   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Palestino 33 a.e.t.
(42 pk)
San Marcos de Arica 20 02
Curicó Unido 33 (24 gd) San Luis 21 03

See also

References

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