2007 Torneo Clausura (Chile)

The 2007 Campeonato Nacional Apertura Copa Banco Estado was the 82nd Chilean League top flight tournament, in which Colo-Colo won its 27th league title.

Campeonato Nacional Clausura Copa Banco Estado

Season	2007
Dates	21 July – 23 December 2007
Champions	Colo-Colo 27th title
Relegated	Coquimbo Unido Lota Schwager Santiago Wanderers Deportes Puerto Montt (Rel. Liguilla)
2008 Copa Libertadores	Universidad Católica (Agg. Table) Audax Italiano (Clau. Table)
Matches played	225
Goals scored	656 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlos Villanueva (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Audax I. 7–1 S. Wanderers (7 October 2007)
Highest attendance	40,000 Colo-Colo 3–0 U. de Concepción (23 December 2007)
Total attendance	1,252,404
Average attendance	5,566
← 2007–A 2008–A →

First stage

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

	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

Relegation table

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/promotion playoffs

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]}