2002 Primera División of Chile

The 2002 Primera División season was the 71st season of top-flight football in Chile. It was the second season in which the Apertura and Clausura format was used, and the first since 1997.

Primera División

Season	2002
Champions	Apertura: Universidad Católica (8th title) Clausura: Colo-Colo (23rd title)
Relegated	Concepción Santiago Morning
2003 Copa Libertadores	Universidad Católica Colo-Colo Cobreloa
2002 Copa Sudamericana	Cobreloa Santiago Wanderers
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Sebastián González (18 goals) Clausura: Manuel Neira (14 goals)
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Torneo Apertura

Main article: 2002 Torneo Apertura (Chile)

Classification stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santiago Wanderers	15	7	4	4	24	20	+4	25	Advanced to the Playoffs
2	Huachipato	15	4	4	7	24	31	−7	16
3	Santiago Morning	15	4	3	8	23	25	−2	15
4	Cobresal	15	3	3	9	19	36	−17	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad Católica	15	8	5	2	40	22	+18	29	Advanced to the Playoffs
2	Palestino	15	6	8	1	29	21	+8	26
3	Deportes Temuco	15	6	5	4	33	27	+6	23
4	Audax Italiano	15	6	3	6	18	21	−3	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad de Chile	15	7	4	4	28	23	+5	25	Advanced to the Playoffs
2	Rangers	15	6	6	3	21	15	+6	24
3	Cobreloa	15	5	4	6	28	27	+1	19
4	Deportes Concepción	15	4	2	9	18	28	−10	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colo-Colo	15	9	3	3	29	16	+13	30	Advanced to the Playoffs
2	Unión San Felipe	15	5	3	7	21	24	−3	18
3	Coquimbo Unido	15	5	3	7	17	26	−9	18
4	Unión Española	15	4	2	9	17	27	−10	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoff stage

First Round

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	GG	Pen.
Huachipato	3:3	Universidad Católica	1–0	0–3 (aet)	0–1	—
Coquimbo Unido	1:4	Palestino	0–2	0–0	—	—
Cobreloa	3:3	Santiago Wanderers	2–1	1–3 (aet)	0–0	4–3
Santiago Morning	0:6	Colo-Colo	0–4	2–6	—	—
Unión San Felipe	3:3	Universidad de Chile	2–1	1–6 (aet)	0–1	—
Deportes Temuco	3:3	Rangers	1–2	2–2 (aet)	0–1	—

Quarterfinals

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	AG	Pen.
Rangers	2:2	Palestino	0–0	1–1	1:0	—
Deportes Temuco	1:4	Universidad Católica	0–1	2–2	—	—
Cobreloa	1:4	Colo-Colo	2–5	2–2	—	—
Santiago Wanderers	1:4	Universidad de Chile	3–3	1–2	—	—

Semifinals

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	AG	Pen.
Universidad de Chile	1:4	Universidad Católica	3–3	1–2	—	—
Rangers	4:1	Colo-Colo	2–1	2–2	—	—

Finals

June 26

Rangers	1–1	Universidad Católica
Risso 90'		Pérez 57'

Estadio Fiscal, Talca

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Guido Aros

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June 30

Universidad Católica	4–0	Rangers
Norambuena 45', 46' Pérez 62' Mirosevic 73'

Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Carlos Chandía

Campeonato Nacional 2002 Apertura champions
Universidad Católica 8th title

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Sebastián González	Colo-Colo	18
2	Arturo Norambuena	Universidad Católica	14
	Luis Ignacio Quinteros	Colo-Colo	14
4	Luis Rueda	Universidad de Chile	12
	Juan Quiroga	Deportes Temuco	12

Liguilla Pre-Copa Sudamericana

First Round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Audax Italiano	0–1	Santiago Morning
Cobreloa	3–0	Cobresal
Unión San Felipe	5–0	Temuco
Universidad Católica	4–2 (aet)	Unión Española
Colo-Colo	1–2	Coquimbo Unido
Santiago Wanderers	2–1	Palestino
Concepción	2–2 (5–4 pso)	Universidad de Chile
Rangers	3–2	Huachipato

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Coquimbo Unido	2–0	Santiago Morning
Concepción	0–1	Santiago Wanderers
Cobreloa	3–0 (aet)	Rangers
Universidad Católica	1–0	Unión San Felipe

Semifinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Coquimbo Unido	1–4 (aet)	Santiago Wanderers
Universidad Católica	2–3	Cobreloa

Torneo Clausura

Main article: 2002 Torneo Clausura (Chile)

Classification stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colo-Colo	15	6	5	4	21	15	+6	23	Advanced to the Playoffs
2	Huachipato	15	5	5	5	22	18	+4	20
3	Deportes Concepción	15	3	5	7	20	26	−6	14
4	Deportes Temuco	15	1	5	9	13	32	−19	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cobreloa	15	10	4	1	33	10	+23	34	Advanced to the Playoffs
2	Cobresal	15	7	6	2	23	20	+3	27
3	Universidad Católica	15	7	5	3	28	20	+8	26
4	Audax Italiano	15	4	6	5	19	22	−3	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Coquimbo Unido	15	3	8	4	10	12	−2	17	Advanced to the Playoffs
2	Palestino	15	2	6	7	14	23	−9	12
3	Rangers	15	2	5	8	13	28	−15	11
4	Santiago Morning	15	2	4	9	11	26	−15	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad de Chile	15	8	6	1	24	12	+12	30	Advanced to the Playoffs
2	Santiago Wanderers	15	7	4	4	23	18	+5	25
3	Unión Española	15	7	3	5	24	17	+7	24
4	Unión San Felipe	15	6	3	6	21	20	+1	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoff stage

First Round

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	GG	Pen.
Universidad Católica	4:1	Coquimbo Unido	0–0	2–0
Santiago Wanderers	3:3	Huachipato	0–4	5–0 (aet)	1–0
Unión Española	1:4	Colo-Colo	2–3	0–0
Cobreloa	6:0	Rangers	2–1	3–2
Cobresal	3:3	Deportes Concepción	1–5	4–1 (aet)	1–0
Universidad de Chile	6:0	Palestino	4–3	4–2

Quarterfinals

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	AG	Pen.
Santiago Wanderers	0:6	Universidad Católica	0–4	1–2	—	—
Colo-Colo	6:0	Cobresal	4–1	3–1	—	—
Deportes Concepción	0:6	Cobreloa	0–2	1–2	—	—
Huachipato	2:2	Universidad de Chile	2–2	1–1	1:2	—

Semifinals

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	AG	Pen.
Universidad de Chile	1:4	Universidad Católica	0–0	0–1	—	—
Cobreloa	0:6	Colo-Colo	0–2	1–2	—	—

Finals

December 18

Colo-Colo	2–0	Universidad Católica
Espina 47' Quinteros 86'

Estadio Monumental, Santiago

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Guido Aros

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December 22

Universidad Católica	2–3	Colo-Colo
Lenci 10' Acevedo 86'		Espina 15' (pen.) Neira 67', 73'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 45,540

Referee: Carlos Chandía

Primera Division 2002 Clausura champion
Colo-Colo 23rd title

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Manuel Neira	Colo-Colo	14
2	Sergio Gioino	Huachipato	13
3	Silvio Fernández	Santiago Wanderers	12

Relegation

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Universidad Católica	30	15	10	5	68	42	+26	55
2	Universidad de Chile	30	15	10	5	52	35	+17	55
3	Cobreloa	30	15	8	7	61	37	+24	53
4	Colo-Colo	30	15	8	7	50	31	+19	53
5	Santiago Wanderers	30	14	8	8	47	38	+9	50
6	Unión San Felipe	30	11	6	13	42	44	−2	39
7	Audax Italiano	30	10	9	11	37	43	−6	39
8	Cobresal	30	10	9	11	42	56	−14	39
9	Palestino	30	8	14	8	43	44	−1	38
10	Unión Española	30	11	5	14	41	44	−3	38
11	Huachipato	30	9	9	12	46	49	−3	36
12	Rangers	30	8	11	11	34	43	−9	35
13	Coquimbo Unido	30	8	11	11	27	38	−11	35
14	Temuco	30	7	10	13	46	59	−13	31
15	Concepción	30	7	7	16	38	54	−16	28	Relegated to the Primera División B
16	Santiago Morning	30	6	7	17	34	51	−17	25

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

See also

• 2002 in Chilean football

References

General

1. Andrés, Juan Pablo (January 27, 2003). "Chile 2002". RSSSF. Retrieved September 11, 2010.

External links