1997 Primera División of Chile

The 1997 tournament of the Primera División de Chile was based in the typical Apertura-Clausura scheme used in many football leagues in Latin-America, similar to the Argentinian First Division. For the first time, this format, with two champions, was used. This tournament format was dropped for the next season (1998), but came back, from 2002 to 2017.

Primera División
Season1997
ChampionsUniversidad Católica (Apertura), Colo-Colo (Clausura)
RelegatedUnión Española
Deportes Antofagasta
Copa LibertadoresQuarterfinals:
Universidad Católica
Semifinals:
Colo-Colo
Supercopa SudamericanaSemifinals:
Colo-Colo
Copa CONMEBOLFirst Round:
Universidad de Chile
Top goalscorerApertura:
Argentina David Bisconti (15)
Clausura:
Paraguay Richard Báez (10)
1996
1998

Both champions qualified for the Copa Libertadores, while the two teams with fewest points overall relegated. The season started on 16 February 1997 and ended on 21 December 1997.

Overall table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Colo-Colo 30 22 6 2 60 31 +29 72 Qualified for the 1998 Copa Libertadores
2 Universidad Católica 30 20 7 3 61 28 +33 67
3 Universidad de Chile 30 15 11 4 67 31 +36 56
4 Cobreloa 30 13 8 9 54 39 +15 47
5 Audax Italiano 30 12 8 10 51 40 +11 44
6 Coquimbo Unido 30 11 8 11 43 39 +4 41
7 Provincial Osorno 30 8 14 8 35 33 +2 38
8 Deportes La Serena 30 10 7 13 44 45 −1 37
9 Deportes Temuco 30 11 4 15 44 49 −5 37
10 Huachipato 30 9 9 12 33 39 −6 36
11 Palestino 30 9 6 15 25 45 −20 33
12 Deportes Concepción 30 8 9 13 36 58 −22 33
13 Deportes Puerto Montt 30 8 8 14 39 49 −10 32
14 Santiago Wanderers 30 6 13 11 37 50 −13 31
15 Unión Española 30 8 4 18 37 62 −25 28 Relegated to Segunda División Chilena
16 Deportes Antofagasta 30 7 4 19 29 58 −29 25
Source: [citation needed]

Torneo de Apertura

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universidad Católica 15 11 4 0 36 13 +23 37 Qualified for the Championship play-off
2 Colo-Colo 15 11 4 0 27 12 +15 37
3 Universidad de Chile 15 8 6 1 31 14 +17 30
4 Deportes Temuco 15 7 1 7 26 18 +8 22
5 Cobreloa 15 6 4 5 26 22 +4 22
6 Deportes Concepción 15 6 4 5 21 26 −5 22
7 Huachipato 15 5 5 5 20 17 +3 20
8 Coquimbo Unido 15 6 2 7 28 26 +2 20
9 Santiago Wanderers 15 4 8 3 24 24 0 20
10 Deportes La Serena 15 5 3 7 23 25 −2 18
11 Provincial Osorno 15 3 8 4 16 18 −2 17
12 Palestino 15 4 4 7 12 24 −12 16
13 Audax Italiano 15 3 6 6 21 24 −3 15
14 Unión Española 15 4 1 10 15 35 −20 13
15 Deportes Puerto Montt 15 2 4 9 18 29 −11 10
16 Deportes Antofagasta 15 2 2 11 14 31 −17 8
Source: [citation needed]

Championship play-off

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Colo-Colo1 – 0Universidad Católica
Basay   87'

Universidad Católica3 – 0Colo-Colo
Acosta   2'
Bisconti   23'
Lunari   78'
Attendance: 38,750
Referee: M. Peña

Topscorers

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Pos Name Team Goals
1   David Bisconti Universidad Católica 15
2   Walter Otta Deportes Puerto Montt 11
3   Alberto Acosta Universidad Católica 10
4   Sergio Gioino Provincial Osorno 9
  Rodrigo Barrera Universidad de Chile 9

Torneo de Clausura

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Colo-Colo 15 11 2 2 33 19 +14 35
2 Universidad Católica 15 9 3 3 25 15 +10 30
3 Audax Italiano 15 9 2 4 31 16 +15 29
4 Universidad de Chile 15 7 5 3 36 17 +19 26
5 Cobreloa 15 7 4 4 28 17 +11 25
6 Deportes Puerto Montt 15 6 4 5 21 20 +1 22
7 Provincial Osorno 15 5 6 4 19 15 +4 21
8 Coquimbo Unido 15 5 6 4 15 13 +2 21
9 Deportes La Serena 15 5 4 6 21 20 +1 19
10 Palestino 15 5 2 8 13 21 −8 17
11 Deportes Antofagasta 15 5 2 8 15 27 −12 17
12 Huachipato 15 4 4 7 13 22 −9 16
13 Unión Española 15 4 3 8 22 27 −5 15
14 Deportes Temuco 15 4 3 8 18 31 −13 15
15 Santiago Wanderers 15 2 5 8 13 26 −13 11
16 Deportes Concepción 15 2 5 8 15 32 −17 11
Source: [citation needed]

Topscorers

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Pos Name Team Goals
1   Richard Báez Universidad de Chile 10
  Rubén Vallejos Deportes Puerto Montt 10
3   Hugo Brizuela Audax Italiano 9

See also

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Notes

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References

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