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2007 Primera División of Chile

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Primera División
Season2007
ChampionsApertura: Colo-Colo (26th title)
Clausura: Colo-Colo (27th title)
RelegatedPuerto Montt
Lota Schwager
Santiago Wanderers
Coquimbo Unido
2008 Copa LibertadoresColo-Colo
Universidad Católica
Audax Italiano
2007 Copa SudamericanaAudax Italiano
Colo-Colo
Top goalscorerApertura: Humberto Suazo (18 goals)
Clausura: Carlos Villanueva (20 goals)
2006
2008

The 2007 Primera División del Fútbol Profesional Chileno season is the 76th season of top-flight football in Chile. The season is composed of two championship: the Torneo Apertura & Torneo Clasura.

Format

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Each tournament had a different format. The Apertura had a double round-robin format. The team with the most points at the end will be the champion. The Clausura consisted of two stages. The first stage was a double round-robin format. The two best teams from each group advanced to the playoffs. The playoffs were in a single-elimination format, the winner of which was the champion.

Torneo Apertura

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Colo-Colo 20 14 5 1 47 16 +31 47 2008 Copa Libertadores & 2007 Pre-Copa Sudamericana
2 Universidad Católica 20 14 4 2 36 14 +22 46 2007 Pre-Copa Sudamericana
3 Audax Italiano 20 13 5 2 39 20 +19 44
4 Huachipato 20 12 4 4 35 21 +14 40
5 Cobreloa 20 10 5 5 44 23 +21 35
6 Cobresal 20 9 5 6 31 21 +10 32
7 Ñublense 20 8 8 4 31 31 0 32
8 Unión Española 20 8 4 8 29 25 +4 28
9 Deportes Melipilla 20 8 4 8 35 34 +1 28
10 O'Higgins 20 8 3 9 30 38 −8 27
11 Deportes La Serena 20 7 5 8 31 30 +1 26
12 Everton 20 6 8 6 24 27 −3 26
13 Universidad de Chile 20 6 7 7 20 21 −1 25
14 Deportes Concepción 20 6 5 9 20 34 −14 23
15 Palestino 20 5 8 7 27 30 −3 23
16 Deportes Antofagasta 20 5 7 8 24 34 −10 22
17 Universidad de Concepción 20 4 5 11 25 33 −8 17
18 Deportes Puerto Montt 20 4 2 14 19 40 −21 14
19 Coquimbo Unido 20 4 2 14 18 40 −22 14
20 Santiago Wanderers[a] 20 4 4 12 24 33 −9 13
21 Lota Schwager 20 2 6 12 28 52 −24 12
Source: Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
Notes:
  1. ^ Santiago Wanderers were docked three points for not paying their players on time in November 2006

Top goalscorers

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As of 12 June 2011.[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Chile Humberto Suazo Colo-Colo 18
2 Argentina José Luis Díaz Cobreloa 16
3 Argentina Lucas Barrios Cobreloa 14
4
Chile Luis Núñez Universidad Católica 11
Chile César Díaz Cobresal 11
5 Argentina Esteban Fuertes Universidad Católica 10
Chile Julio Gutiérrez Unión Española 10

Copa Sudamericana playoffs

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18 July 2007 Universidad Católica 0–3 Audax Italiano Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago
20:40 (UTC-4) 11' Villanueva
32' Medina
63' Orellana
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: E. Osses
19 July 2007 Colo-Colo 2–1 Huachipato Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
20:10 (UTC-4) Hernández 11'
Aceval 88'
7' J. González Attendance: 8,000
Referee: C. Chandía

Audax Italiano & Colo-Colo qualified for the 2007 Copa Sudamericana

Torneo Clausura

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First stage

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Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Colo-Colo 20 11 6 3 40 21 +19 39 Playoffs
2 Cobresal 20 8 8 4 31 23 +8 32
3 Palestino 20 6 6 8 27 23 +4 24
4 Deportes La Serena 20 6 4 10 25 33 −8 22
5 Santiago Wanderers 20 4 5 11 15 43 −28 17
Source: [citation needed]

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universidad de Concepción 20 9 8 3 30 19 +11 35 Playoffs
2 Universidad Católica 20 10 4 6 33 21 +12 34
3 Deportes Melipilla 20 7 6 7 32 34 −2 27
4 Deportes Concepción 20 7 4 9 30 41 −11 25
5 Unión Española 20 4 5 11 26 36 −10 17
Source: [citation needed]

Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Audax Italiano 20 14 5 1 47 20 +27 47 Playoffs and 2008 Copa Libertadores First Stage[a]
2 Universidad de Chile 20 13 6 1 42 21 +21 45 Playoffs
3 Cobreloa 20 8 7 5 35 29 +6 31 Play-off Match
4 Deportes Puerto Montt 20 5 6 9 18 22 −4 21
5 Everton 20 3 4 13 20 36 −16 13
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Audax Italiano qualified to the 2008 Copa Libertadores as the team with the most points in the Clausura classification phase.

Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 O'Higgins 20 9 7 4 28 23 +5 34 Playoffs
2 Ñublense 20 7 5 8 32 38 −6 26 Play-off Match
3 Deportes Antofagasta 20 6 7 7 22 21 +1 25
4 Huachipato 20 7 4 9 30 36 −6 25
5 Lota Schwager 20 4 7 9 22 28 −6 19
6 Coquimbo Unido 20 4 1 15 18 37 −19 13
Updated to match(es) played on November 25, 2007. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Playoff match

A playoff round was contested because there was a third-placed team who had more points than a second placed team. In a playoff round the third-placed team would have the home field advantage.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Cobreloa 3–1 Ñublense

Playoff stage

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
5 Universidad Católica 5 0 5
4 Universidad de Concepción (a) 3 2 5
4 Universidad de Concepción 2 3 5
1 Audax Italiano 3 1 4
8 Cobreloa 2 0 2
1 Audax Italiano 2 1 3
4 Universidad de Concepción 0 0 0
3 Colo-Colo 1 3 4
6 O'Higgins 0 1 1
3 Colo-Colo 5 1 6
3 Colo-Colo 2 1 3
2 Universidad de Chile 0 0 0
7 Cobresal 2 1 3
2 Universidad de Chile 4 2 6

Top goalscorers

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Pos Player Team Goals
1 Chile Carlos Villanueva Audax Italiano 20
2 Chile Pedro Morales Universidad de Chile 13
Chile Manuel Villalobos Ñublense 13
4 Chile Cristián Canío Cobreloa 12
Chile Gabriel Vargas Cobresal 12
6 Argentina Esteban Fuertes Universidad Católica 11

Relegation

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
17 Everton 40 9 12 19 44 63 −19 39
18 Deportes Puerto Montt 40 9 8 23 37 62 −25 35 Plays Relegation/promotion Liguilla
19 Lota Schwager 40 6 13 21 50 80 −30 31 Relegated to Primera B
20 Santiago Wanderers 40 8 9 23 39 76 −37 30[a]
21 Coquimbo Unido 40 8 3 29 36 77 −41 27
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 3 points deducted due to financial issues

Relegation playoffs

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Santiago Morning 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7 Promoted to Primera División
2 Deportes Puerto Montt 4 2 0 2 9 9 0 6 To Primera B
3 Deportes Copiapó 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4
Source: [citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Estadísticas de la Primera División – ANFP" (in Spanish). Anfp.cl. 12 June 2011. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010.
  • Andrés, Juan Pablo (January 17, 2008). "Chile 2007". RSSSF. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
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