2013–14 Súper Final Apertura

The 2013–14 Súper Final Apertura was the final game that determined the champion of the Torneo de Apertura 2013-14 of Chile.

2013–14 Súper Final Apertura

Event	Súper Final Torneo Apertura 2013–14
Universidad Católica O'Higgins 0 1
Date	10 December 2013
Venue	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
CDF Man of the Match	Paulo Garcés
Easy Man of the Match	Paulo Garcés
Referee	Jorge Osorio
Attendance	40,000[1]
Weather	Clear 32 °C (90 °F)

Universidad Católica played against O'Higgins, both teams arrived with the same number of points to the last match-day of the championship. The match was played on 10 December 2013, at the Estadio Nacional de Chile.^[2]

Was the first tiebreaker match or Súper Final in the Primera División de Chile history. In which, O'Higgins reached its first championship by winning 0:1, with a goal of the Argentine-Chilean Pablo Hernández.^[3]

Match

Paulo Garcés was chosen as the Man of the match.

After a hard-fought championship title fight against Universidad Católica, both ended up the tournament tied on 39 points, forcing a tiebreaker match, after an amendment to the rules of the championship was made. Modifying the rule that the team who had a better goal difference if both teams had the same number of points would be crowned as the champion.

The match was played at the Estadio Nacional de Chile as a neutral pitch, and the referee chosen for the match was Jorge Osorio.^[4]

The match was played on December 10, 2013, with a crowded Estadio Nacional de Chile that witnessed O'Higgins winning its championship in history with a goal of one of its main players Pablo Hernández, who ultimately ended up in club history.

Road to the final

Further information: 2013–14 Chilean Primera División season § Torneo Apertura

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). These results only considered the regular phase of the tournament (round robin), consisting of 17 matchdays played since 26 July until 8 December 2013.

Universidad Católica				Campeonato Nacional	O'Higgins
Opponent	Result			Round robin	Opponent	Result
Ñublense	3-0 (H)			Matchday 1	Deportes Iquique	1-0 (A)
Unión Española	1-0 (A)			Matchday 2	Antofagasta	2-1 (H)
Universidad de Concepción	1-1 (H)			Matchday 3	Audax Italiano	1-1 (A)
Audax Italiano	1-1 (H)			Matchday 4	Everton	1-1 (H)
Palestino	6-3 (A)			Matchday 5	Santiago Wanderers	3-0 (A) [note]
Cobresal	3-0 (H)			Matchday 6	Palestino	0-1 (H)
Huachipato	4-0 (A)			Matchday 7	Ñublense	1-0 (H)
O'Higgins	1-2 (H)			Matchday 8	Universidad Católica	2-1 (A)
Deportes Iquique	2-2 (A)			Matchday 9	Huachipato	1-0 (H)
Rangers	5-1 (H)			Matchday 10	Universidad de Chile	1-1 (A)
Santiago Wanderers	2-0 (H)			Matchday 11	Universidad de Concepción	1-0 (A)
Universidad de Chile	1-0 (A) [note]			Matchday 12	Colo-Colo	2-3 (H)
Cobreloa	2-1 (H)			Matchday 13	Cobresal	4-0 (A)
Everton	2-0 (A)			Matchday 14	Cobreloa	1-0 (H)
Antofagasta	0-2 (A)			Matchday 15	Unión La Calera	2-1 (A)
Colo-Colo	1-0 (H)			Matchday 16	Unión Española	1-0 (H)
Unión La Calera	2-0 (A)			Matchday 17	Rangers	4-3 (H)

1.^ The match between Santiago Wanderers and O'Higgins finished with result 2:2, but the coach Ivo Basay put on the match 6 foreigners players, being punished with a 3-0 defeat against. ^[5]

2.^ The match between Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica was suspended and finished with the result at the last minute of the game (0:1). ^[6][7]

League table

• After the 17 matches of the round robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad Católica	17	12	3	2	37	13	+24	39	Súper Final (tied in points)
2	O'Higgins	17	12	3	2	28	13	+15	39
3	Unión Española	17	9	1	7	21	15	+6	28	Already qualified for Copa Libertadores (Transición champion)
4	Universidad de Chile	17	7	6	4	31	16	+15	27	Apertura Liguilla
5	Palestino	17	8	3	6	26	26	0	27
6	Iquique	17	7	5	5	22	21	+1	26

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• After the Súper Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	O'Higgins	17	12	3	2	28	13	+15	39	2014 Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Universidad Católica	17	12	3	2	37	13	+24	39	Apertura Liguilla
3	Unión Española	17	9	1	7	21	15	+6	28	Already qualified for Copa Libertadores (Transición champion)
4	Universidad de Chile	17	7	6	4	31	16	+15	27	Apertura Liguilla
5	Palestino	17	8	3	6	26	26	0	27
6	Iquique	17	7	5	5	22	21	+1	26

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Details

10 December 2013

19:30

Universidad Católica	0–1	O'Higgins
	Report	Hernández 34'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Jorge Osorio

GK 1 Cristopher Toselli RB 4 Cristián Álvarez (c) CB 3 Enzo Roco CB 11 Hans Martínez  45' LB 24 Alfonso Parot  85' RM 19 Fabián Manzano CM 6 Fernando Cordero CM 5 Tomás Costa  42'  69' LM 15 Michael Ríos  56' CF 22 Matías Jadue  69' CF 18 Ismael Sosa Substitutes: GK 21 Franco Costanzo DF 2 Marko Biskupovic MF 9 Fernando Meneses MF 14 José Luis Muñoz  56' FW 30 Nicolás Castillo  69' FW 17 Álvaro Ramos  69' FW 8 Ramiro Costa Manager: Martín Lasarte

GK 12 Paulo Garcés  82' RB 8 Yerson Opazo CB 22 Mariano Uglessich CB 5 Julio Barroso LB 24 Alejandro López RCM 2 Braulio Leal (c)  74' LCM 5 César Fuentes AM 10 Pablo Hernández RW 7 Luis Pedro Figueroa  46' LW 13 Gonzalo Barriga  63'  80' CF 9 Pablo Calandria Substitutes: GK 1 Roberto González DF 27 Nicolás Vargas  80' DF 4 Benjamín Vidal  74' MF 14 Claudio Meneses MF 11 Francisco Pizarro  66'  46' FW 19 Carlos Escobar FW 16 Osmán Huerta Manager: Eduardo Berizzo

Man of the Match: Paulo Garcés (O'Higgins) Assistant referees: Juan Maturana Raúl Orellana Fourth official: Eduardo Gamboa

Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Champions
O'Higgins 1st title

Statistics

First half[8] UC OHI Goals scored 0 1 Total shots 5 1 Shots on target 2 0 Saves 0 2 Corner kicks 2 1 Fouls committed 7 5 Offsides 0 1 Yellow cards 2 0 Red cards 0 0

Second half[8] UC OHI Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 4 4 Shots on target 0 1 Saves 1 0 Corner kicks 8 0 Fouls committed 6 9 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 0 2 Red cards 0 0

Overall[8] UC OHI Goals scored 0 1 Total shots 9 5 Shots on target 3 1 Saves 1 2 Corner kicks 10 1 Fouls committed 13 14 Offsides 0 1 Yellow cards 2 2 Red cards 0 0