1940 Primera División de Chile

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
Dates12 May 1940 – 8 December 1940
ChampionsUniversidad de Chile (1st title)
Matches played90
Goals scored417 (4.63 per match)
Top goalscorerVíctor Alonso
Pedro Valenzuela
(20 goals)
Total attendance297,874
Average attendance3,310
← 1939
1941 →

The 1940 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional was Chilean first tier’s 8th season. Universidad de Chile was the tournament’s champion, being this title its first ever professional honor.[1]

Universidad de Chile's 1940 champion team

Scores

  AUD BAD COL GCR MAG SMO SNJ UES UCA UCH
Audax 3–1 2–5 3–1 2–3 4–1 1–2 3–1 5–1 1–3
Bádminton 4–4 2–5 3–3 4–2 5–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–3
Colo-Colo 3–5 3–1 2–5 0–2 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–3 1–0
Green Cross 2–4 1–3 2–1 5–1 2–5 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–2
Magallanes 1–2 5–1 4–6 4–1 5–2 2–4 2–1 2–1 4–4
S. Morning 1–1 3–5 1–3 5–1 4–2 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–4
S. National J. 2–2 3–1 2–1 2–2 4–1 3–3 2–1 3–2 2–2
U. Española 2–5 2–2 2–3 3–6 2–0 3–4 1–1 3–2 1–2
U. Católica 2–4 1–1 3–0 3–4 1–4 2–1 1–3 2–2 2–3
U. de Chile 3–0 2–0 1–3 3–4 5–3 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–3

Schedule

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Universidad de Chile (C) 18 12 2 4 46 31 +15 26
2 Audax Italiano 18 10 3 5 51 38 +13 23
3 Santiago National Juventus 18 8 6 4 36 32 +4 22
4 Colo-Colo 18 10 1 7 45 37 +8 21
5 Green Cross 18 7 4 7 47 49 −2 18
6 Magallanes 18 8 1 9 47 49 −2 17
7 Santiago Morning 18 6 3 9 43 48 −5 15
8 Badminton 18 4 6 8 38 47 −9 14
9 Universidad Católica 18 5 4 9 34 43 −9 14
10 Unión Española 18 3 4 11 30 43 −13 10
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions


 Campeonato Profesional
1940 champions 
Universidad de Chile
1st title

Topscorers

Name Team Goals
Chile Pedro Valenzuela Magallanes 20
Chile Víctor Alonso Universidad de Chile 20

References

  1. ^ "Los 18 títulos de Universidad de Chile". Goal.com. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2018.