1979 Primera División de Chile

Campeonato Nacional 1979
Dates21 April 1979 – 23 December 1979
ChampionsColo-Colo (12th title)
RelegatedÑublense
Santiago Morning
1980 Copa LibertadoresColo-Colo
O'Higgins
Matches played306
Goals scored837 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorerCarlos Caszely
(20 goals)
Biggest away winSantiago Morning 0–6 Colo-Colo
(1 May)
Highest attendance75,455 Universidad Católica 0–0 Colo-Colo
(27 May)
Total attendance2,308,605
Average attendance7,594
← 1978
1980 →

The 1979 Campeonato Nacional was Chilean football top tier's 47th season. Colo-Colo was the tournament's champion, winning its twelfth title.[1]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Colo-Colo 34 23 8 3 72 24 +48 55[a] Champions & qualified to 1980 Copa Libertadores
2 Cobreloa 34 18 8 8 61 36 +25 45[a] Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores
3 Unión Española 34 18 7 9 45 31 +14 44[a]
4 Universidad de Chile 34 17 8 9 37 25 +12 44[b]
5 O'Higgins 34 18 7 9 47 40 +7 43
6 Green Cross Temuco 34 14 11 9 46 40 +6 39
7 Coquimbo Unido 34 14 8 12 60 57 +3 36
8 Palestino 34 10 14 10 52 50 +2 34
9 Deportes Concepción 34 12 10 12 49 49 0 34
10 Universidad Católica 34 9 15 10 45 38 +7 33
11 Aviación 34 12 8 14 52 41 +11 32
12 Lota Schwager 34 9 13 12 28 44 −16 31
13 Naval 34 8 14 12 45 55 −10 30
14 Everton 34 10 9 15 54 57 −3 29
15 Audax Italiano 34 10 7 17 46 56 −10 27 Qualified to Promotion/relegation Liguilla
16 Santiago Wanderers 34 6 9 19 37 65 −28 21
17 Santiago Morning 34 7 7 20 33 72 −39 21 Relegated to Segunda División
18 Ñublense 34 6 7 21 28 57 −29 19
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c 1 bonus point awarded.
  2. ^ 2 bonus points awarded.


 Campeonato Nacional
1979 champions 
Colo-Colo
12th title

Results

Home \ Away AUD AVI CLO COL DCO COQ EVE GCT LOT NAV ÑUB OHI PAL SMO UCA UCH UES SWA
Audax 2–4 1–4 0–1 2–1 5–0 2–5 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–3 1–2 2–0 3–2
Aviación 1–2 0–3 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 5–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 4–0 1–2 2–2 4–0
Cobreloa 5–2 1–0 0–2 4–1 4–1 4–2 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 4–0
Colo-Colo 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 5–0 3–2 1–0 4–2 3–3 2–0 2–1 7–2
Concepción 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–4 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 5–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 2–0
Coquimbo 5–1 2–6 1–0 0–2 4–0 3–2 4–0 2–0 4–4 4–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–3 5–0
Everton 0–0 0–3 0–1 3–2 2–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 4–2 2–2 0–0 1–3 3–2
Green Cross T. 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–3 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1
Lota S. 1–5 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–2 0–1 1–0
Naval 0–0 4–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–4 2–2 3–3 0–0 2–4 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Ñublense 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–3 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–4 0–0 5–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0
O'Higgins 3–0 1–0 3–2 1–5 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 3–2 3–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Palestino 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 4–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 3–3 5–2 2–0 2–0 1–1
S. Morning 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–6 1–2 0–1 1–6 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–4
U. Católica 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 4–1 1–0 5–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 4–0 0–0 0–1 1–1
U. de Chile 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1
U. Española 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–4 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–0
S. Wanderers 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–4 1–0 1–0 5–0 2–3 4–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

Name Team Goals
Chile Carlos Caszely Colo-Colo 20
Brazil Liminha Coquimbo Unido 19
Argentina Ricardo Fabbiani Aviación 18
Argentina Luis Alberto Ramos Universidad de Chile 18

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

26 December 1979 Unión Española 1 – 0 Cobreloa Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Pinto 48' Attendance: 19,621
Referee: J. Silvagno
26 December 1979 Universidad de Chile 1 – 1 O'Higgins Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Own-goal 40' 88' Vargas Attendance: 19,621
Referee: R. Hormazábal
28 December 1979 Unión Española 2 – 4 O'Higgins Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Rojas 7'
Pinto 88'		 23' Ahumada
63' Neira
64', 85' Vargas		 Attendance: 16,364
Referee: G. Castro
28 December 1979 Universidad de Chile 1 – 0 Cobreloa Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Socías 68' Attendance: 16,364
Referee: S. Vásquez
30 December 1979 O'Higgins 2 – 1 Cobreloa Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Lima 65' (pen.)
Vargas 71'		 6' Alarcón Attendance: 14,932
Referee: A. Martínez
30 December 1979 Universidad de Chile 3 – 2 Unión Española Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Salah 33'
Socías 61'
Ramos 70'		 6', 35' Hurtado Attendance: 14,932
Referee: M. Lira
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 O'Higgins 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5 Qualified to Liguilla Play-off match
2 Universidad de Chile 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 5
3 Unión Española 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 2
4 Cobreloa 3 0 0 3 0 3 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]

Liguilla Play-off match

4 January 1980 Universidad de Chile 0 – 1 O'Higgins Estadio Nacional, Santiago
78' Quiroz Attendance: 47,072
Referee: M. Lira

O'Higgins qualified to 1980 Copa Libertadores

Promotion/relegation Liguilla

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Santiago Wanderers 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 4
2 Audax Italiano 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 4
3 Deportes Arica 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3
4 Independiente 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
Source: rsssf.com

* There was no promotion or relegation.

See also

References

  1. ^ "1979: Tras 7 largos años de espera". Colo-Colo Official Web Site. Retrieved 1 September 2018.