2007 Primera División of Chile

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.

Primera División

Season	2007
Champions	Apertura: Colo-Colo (26th title) Clausura: Colo-Colo (27th title)
Relegated	Puerto Montt Lota Schwager Santiago Wanderers Coquimbo Unido
2008 Copa Libertadores	Colo-Colo Universidad Católica Audax Italiano
2007 Copa Sudamericana	Audax Italiano Colo-Colo
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Humberto Suazo (18 goals) Clausura: Carlos Villanueva (20 goals)
← 2006 2008 →

Format

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

Main article: 2007 Torneo Apertura (Chile)

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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

As of 12 June 2011.^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Humberto Suazo	Colo-Colo	18
2	José Luis Díaz	Cobreloa	16
3	Lucas Barrios	Cobreloa	14
4
	Luis Núñez	Universidad Católica	11
	César Díaz	Cobresal	11
5	Esteban Fuertes	Universidad Católica	10
	Julio Gutiérrez	Unión Española	10

Copa Sudamericana playoffs

Universidad Católica v Audax Italiano

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

Colo-Colo v Huachipato

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

Main article: 2007 Torneo Clausura (Chile)

First stage

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	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 v t e	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 v t e	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 v t e	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

	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

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

Relegation

Pos	Team v t e	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

Pos	Team v t e	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

• List of 2007 Primera División de Chile transfers