1980 Primera División de Chile

Campeonato Nacional 1980
Dates18 April 1980 – 7 December 1980
ChampionsCobreloa (1st title)
RelegatedGreen Cross Temuco
Santiago Wanderers
Lota Schwager
Coquimbo Unido
Aviación (Promotion Lig.)
1981 Copa LibertadoresCobreloa
Universidad de Chile (Liguilla winners)
Matches played306
Goals scored783 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorerCarlos Caszely
(26 goals)
Biggest home winColo-Colo 8–0 Naval
(8 November)
Highest attendance76,556 Universidad de Chile 2–4 Colo-Colo
(27 September)
Total attendance2,317,257
Average attendance7,598
← 1979
1981 →

The 1980 Campeonato Nacional was Chilean football top tier's 48th season. Cobreloa was the tournament's champion, winning its first ever title, and became the first team from Northern Chile to become national champions.[1]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cobreloa 34 17 13 4 51 25 +26 48[a] Champions; Qualified to 1981 Copa Libertadores
2 Universidad de Chile 34 16 12 6 38 21 +17 45[a] Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores
3 Colo-Colo 34 16 10 8 76 40 +36 43[a]
4 Deportes Concepción 34 15 11 8 64 49 +15 41
5 O'Higgins 34 15 10 9 47 32 +15 40
6 Unión Española 34 14 11 9 57 40 +17 39
7 Everton 34 13 10 11 53 43 +10 36
8 Magallanes 34 11 14 9 31 32 −1 36
9 Palestino 34 12 11 11 47 42 +5 35
10 Universidad Católica 34 12 11 11 48 48 0 35
11 Audax Italiano 34 11 12 11 40 40 0 34
12 Naval 34 12 10 12 35 45 −10 34
13 Aviación 34 9 13 12 38 53 −15 31 To Promotion/relegation Liguilla
14 Deportes Iquique 34 7 14 13 32 51 −19 30[b]
15 Coquimbo Unido 34 5 15 14 30 52 −22 25 Relegated to Segunda División
16 Lota Schwager 34 7 10 17 35 57 −22 24
17 Santiago Wanderers 34 5 13 16 35 52 −17 23
18 Green Cross Temuco 34 5 8 21 26 61 −35 18
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c 1 bonus point awarded.
  2. ^ 2 bonus points awarded.


 Campeonato Nacional
1980 champions 
Cobreloa
1st title

Results

Home \ Away AUD AVI CLO COL DCO COQ EVE GCT DIQ LOT MAG NAV OHI PAL UCA UCH UES SWA
Audax 1–1 1–0 2–5 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–0 0–0 4–0
Aviación 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 4–2 2–2 0–3 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–3 1–1 3–3
Cobreloa 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 5–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–0
Colo-Colo 0–0 4–0 2–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 6–0 5–1 3–0 1–0 8–0 1–1 4–0 4–1 1–2 0–2 0–0
Concepción 2–1 4–2 0–0 3–2 4–1 0–2 5–1 6–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 2–2 3–3 1–1 2–0 4–2
Coquimbo 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–5
Everton 0–0 2–0 2–2 4–3 2–1 2–2 3–0 5–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–3 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–0
Green Cross T. 2–1 1–3 1–2 2–3 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–4 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–2
Iquique 3–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 5–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1
Lota S. 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 3–3 0–3 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–4 1–0
Magallanes 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2
Naval 1–0 3–2 0–0 3–1 2–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 0–0 3–2 0–0
O'Higgins 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 5–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 3–0
Palestino 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–4 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 3–2 5–1
U. Católica 3–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–4 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1
U. de Chile 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–4 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1
U. Española 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–2 4–0 2–1 4–1 5–1 3–0 2–2 4–0 4–2 0–3 1–2 0–2 2–1
S. Wanderers 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

Name Team Goals
Chile Carlos Caszely Colo-Colo 26
Chile Víctor Estay Unión Española 19
Chile Leonardo Zamora Everton 18
Chile Miguel Ángel Neira O'Higgins 16

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

11 December 1980 O'Higgins 2 – 1 Colo-Colo Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
Quiroz 13'
Vargas 31'		 64' (pen.) Rivas Attendance: 14,542
Referee: J. Silvagno
11 December 1980 Deportes Concepción 0 – 1 Universidad de Chile Estadio Municipal, Concepción
69' Socías Attendance: 12,000
Referee: G. Castro
14 December 1980 Deportes Concepción 1 – 2 O'Higgins Estadio Municipal, Concepción
Santander 35' 40' Olivera
79' Vargas		 Attendance: 5,494
Referee: G. Budge
14 December 1980 Colo-Colo 2 – 2 Universidad de Chile Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Miranda 49'
Vasconcelos 85'		 25' (pen.) Montenegro
56' Mondaca		 Attendance: 38,224
Referee: S. Vásquez
17 December 1980 O'Higgins 3 – 0 Universidad de Chile Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
Neira 34'
Núñez 65', 86'		 Attendance: 15,669
Referee: M. Lira
17 December 1980 Deportes Concepción 2 – 5 Colo-Colo Estadio Municipal, Concepción
Spedaletti 51', 74' 6' Véliz
16' Vasconcelos
66' Rivas
81' Ponce
85' Neculñir		 Attendance: 8,060
Referee: V. Ojeda
20 December 1980 Universidad de Chile 1 – 0 Deportes Concepción Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Castec 43' Attendance: 40,689
Referee: G. Budge
20 December 1980 Colo-Colo 3 – 0 O'Higgins Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Vasconcelos 65', 85'
Ponce 76'		 Attendance: 40,689
Referee: G. Castro
27 December 1980 O'Higgins 1 – 1 Deportes Concepción Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
Acosta 20' 59' Spedaletti Attendance: 8,840
Referee: J. Silvagno
27 December 1980 Universidad de Chile 1 – 1 Colo-Colo Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Pellegrini 56' 61' (pen.) Rivas Attendance: 70,261
Referee: S. Vásquez
30 December 1980 Universidad de Chile 1 – 0 O'Higgins Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ramos 58' Attendance: 46,146
Referee: G. Castro
30 December 1980 Colo-Colo 2 – 0 Deportes Concepción Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Orellana 10'
Véliz 56'		 Attendance: 46,146
Referee: G. Budge
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Colo-Colo 6 3 2 1 14 7 +7 8 Qualified to Liguilla Play-off match
2 Universidad de Chile 6 3 2 1 6 6 0 8
3 O'Higgins 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 7
4 Deportes Concepción 6 0 1 5 4 12 −8 1
Source: [citation needed]

Liguilla Play-off match

3 January 1981 Colo-Colo 1 – 2 Universidad de Chile Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Vasconcelos 42' Castec 60'
Salah 86'		 Attendance: 74,747
Referee: Hernán Silva

Universidad de Chile qualified to 1981 Copa Libertadores

Promotion/relegation Liguilla

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Deportes Iquique 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 5 Remains in Primera División
2 Deportes La Serena 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3
3 Aviación 3 0 2 1 6 7 −1 2 Relegated to Segunda División
4 Santiago Morning 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source: rsssf.com

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cobreloa: La historia del cuadro de provincia más exitoso de Chile". Canal 13. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2018.