2016–17 Chilean Primera División

The 2016–17 Campeonato Nacional season was the 86th season of top-flight football in Chile. Universidad Católica were the defending champions.

Campeonato Nacional

Season	2016–17
Champions	2016 Apertura: Universidad Católica (12th title) 2017 Clausura: Universidad de Chile (18th title)
Relegated	Cobresal
2017 Copa Libertadores	Universidad Católica Deportes Iquique Colo-Colo (cup winners) Unión Española
2017 Copa Sudamericana	O'Higgins Palestino Universidad de Chile Everton (cup runners-up)
2018 Copa Libertadores	Universidad de Chile
Matches played	240
Goals scored	676 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	2016 Apertura: Nicolás Castillo (13 goals) 2017 Clausura: Felipe Mora (13 goals)
← 2015–16 2017 →

Format changes

Same as last season: Apertura and Clausura format, without playoffs.^[1]

Teams

Stadia and locations

Cobresal

Deportes Antofagasta

Deportes Iquique

Deportes Temuco

Everton

Huachipato

O'Higgins

San Luis

Santiago

S. Wanderers

U. de Concepción

Santiago teams:
A. Italiano
Colo-Colo
Palestino
U. Española
U. Católica
U. de Chile

Locations of the 2016–17 Chilean Primera División teams.

Team	City	Stadium
Audax Italiano	Santiago	Bicentenario de La Florida
Cobresal	El Salvador	El Cobre
Colo-Colo	Santiago	Monumental David Arellano
Deportes Antofagasta	Antofagasta	Calvo y Bascuñán
Deportes Iquique	Iquique	Cavancha
Deportes Temuco	Temuco	Germán Becker
Everton	Viña del Mar	Sausalito
Huachipato	Talcahuano	CAP
O'Higgins	Rancagua	El Teniente
Palestino	Santiago	Municipal de La Cisterna
San Luis	Quillota	Lucio Fariña Fernández
Santiago Wanderers	Valparaíso	Elías Figueroa Brander
Unión Española	Santiago	Santa Laura-Universidad SEK
Universidad Católica	Santiago	San Carlos de Apoquindo
Universidad de Chile	Santiago	Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Universidad de Concepción	Concepción	Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Audax Italiano	Hugo Vilches	Nicolás Peric	Macron	Traverso
Cobresal	Dalcio Giovagnoli	Patricio Jerez	Lotto	PF
Colo-Colo	Pablo Guede	Gonzalo Fierro	Under Armour	DirecTV
Deportes Antofagasta	Fernando Vergara	Cristián Rojas	Cafu	Minera Escondida
Deportes Iquique	Jaime Vera	Rodrigo Naranjo	Rete	UNAP
Deportes Temuco	Luis Landeros	Luis Marín	Joma	Rosen
Everton	Pablo Sánchez	Marcos Velásquez	Pirma	Viña del Mar-Fox Sports-Claro
Huachipato	Miguel Ponce	Omar Merlo	Mitre
O'Higgins	Cristián Arán	Albert Acevedo	New Balance	VTR
Palestino	Nicolás Córdova	Agustín Farías	Training	Bank of Palestine
San Luis	Miguel Ramírez	Daniel Vicencio	Luanvi	PF
Santiago Wanderers	Eduardo Espinel	Gabriel Castellón	Macron	Terminal Pacifico Sur Valparaiso
Unión Española	Martín Palermo	Jorge Ampuero	Kappa	Universidad SEK
Universidad Católica	Mario Salas	Cristian Álvarez	Umbro	DirecTV
Universidad de Chile	Víctor Hugo Castañeda	Johnny Herrera	Adidas	Claro
Universidad de Concepción	Ronald Fuentes	Cristián Muñoz	KS7	Universidad de Concepción

Torneo Apertura

Main article: 2016 Torneo Apertura (Chile)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad Católica (C)	15	9	4	2	37	18	+19	31	2017 Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Deportes Iquique	15	8	4	3	28	22	+6	28
3	Unión Española	15	8	3	4	27	20	+7	27	Runners-up playoff
4	O'Higgins	15	7	5	3	23	15	+8	26
5	Colo-Colo	15	6	5	4	26	20	+6	23	2017 Copa Libertadores second stage[a]
6	Palestino	15	6	3	6	25	19	+6	21	2017 Copa Sudamericana first stage
7	Universidad de Chile	15	5	6	4	23	22	+1	21
8	San Luis	15	6	3	6	21	22	−1	21
9	Deportes Antofagasta	15	5	4	6	17	22	−5	19
10	Huachipato	15	4	6	5	24	24	0	18
11	Santiago Wanderers	15	5	3	7	13	20	−7	18
12	Deportes Temuco	15	5	1	9	15	21	−6	16
13	Cobresal	15	4	4	7	14	21	−7	16
14	Everton	15	3	6	6	22	28	−6	15	2017 Copa Sudamericana first stage[b]
15	Audax Italiano	15	4	3	8	17	28	−11	15
16	Universidad de Concepción	15	4	2	9	15	25	−10	14

Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2016. Source: ANFP, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Colo-Colo qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores as Copa Chile champions.
2. Everton qualified for the 2017 Copa Sudamericana as Copa Chile runners-up.

Results

Home \ Away	AUD	CSL	CC	ANT	DIQ	TEM	EVE	HUA	OHI	PAL	SL	SW	UE	UC	UCH	UDC
Audax Italiano			0–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–3			2–1	1–2		3–1
Cobresal	1–1				1–2				2–1	0–2		1–1	0–2		2–0	2–0
Colo-Colo		3–0			0–2	0–2	4–2				3–3	1–1	1–2		2–0
Deportes Antofagasta		0–0	2–2		0–0	0–2		3–0			1–0			1–5
Deportes Iquique							3–1		1–1	2–2	3–1	3–0		2–6		0–2
Deportes Temuco		1–2			1–3						2–0	2–3	1–2	0–2	0–3	1–0
Everton		2–1		0–3		1–2			2–2	1–2	1–1		1–1		2–2
Huachipato	3–1	4–1	2–2		1–2	1–0	2–2						2–2
O'Higgins	1–2		1–0	3–1		1–0		2–0		3–2		4–0		1–1
Palestino			1–2	5–1		2–0		2–1			3–4	0–0	2–0
San Luis		1–0						1–1	0–1			2–1		2–0	2–4	2–0
Santiago Wanderers	2–0			0–1			0–1	0–2					0–2		1–0	2–0
Unión Española				2–1	3–1				1–1		1–0			3–4	2–3	3–0
Universidad Católica	4–1	1–1	2–2				3–1	2–1		1–1		1–2				2–0
Universidad de Chile	2–2			1–1	2–2			2–2	0–0	1–0				0–3		3–1
Universidad de Concepción	3–1		0–2	1–2			2–2	2–2	3–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2016. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Runners-up playoff

The runners-up playoff was played between:^[2]

• O'Higgins (2016 Clausura third place)
• Unión Española (2016 Apertura third place)

The winner qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores second stage, while the loser qualified for the 2017 Copa Sudamericana first stage.

17 December 2016 (2016-12-17)

19:00

Unión Española	1–1	O'Higgins
Churín 40'	Report	Muñoz 70'
Penalties
Churín Larenas Aranguiz Pinares Salom	4–2	Opazo Barriga Muñoz Insaurralde

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 6,153

Referee: Patricio Polic

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Nicolás Castillo	Universidad Católica	13
2	Leandro Benegas	Palestino	10
	Diego Churín	Unión Española	10
	Esteban Paredes	Colo-Colo	10
5	Diego Buonanotte	Universidad Católica	8
	Cristian Insaurralde	O'Higgins	8
	Carlos Salom	Unión Española	8

Source: Soccerway

Torneo Clausura

Main article: 2017 Torneo Clausura (Chile)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad de Chile (C)	15	9	3	3	24	11	+13	30	2018 Copa Libertadores group stage
2	Colo-Colo	15	8	5	2	29	13	+16	29	Runners-up playoff
3	Universidad de Concepción	15	6	6	3	16	13	+3	24
4	Universidad Católica	15	7	2	6	25	23	+2	23
5	Unión Española	15	6	4	5	25	21	+4	22
6	Deportes Iquique	15	5	7	3	23	20	+3	22
7	Audax Italiano	15	6	4	5	23	23	0	22
8	O'Higgins	15	6	4	5	20	20	0	22
9	Deportes Temuco	15	6	4	5	17	17	0	22
10	Everton	15	5	6	4	19	14	+5	21
11	Deportes Antofagasta	15	4	6	5	21	18	+3	18
12	San Luis	15	5	3	7	19	25	−6	18
13	Huachipato	15	5	3	7	17	25	−8	18
14	Palestino	15	3	5	7	16	25	−9	14
15	Santiago Wanderers	15	3	4	8	19	24	−5	13
16	Cobresal	15	2	2	11	16	37	−21	8

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2017. Source: ANFP, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	AUD	CSL	CC	ANT	DIQ	TEM	EVE	HUA	OHI	PAL	SL	SW	UE	UC	UCH	UDC
Audax Italiano		2–0						3–2	2–1			3–0		5–2	0–3	0–3
Cobresal			1–3	3–1		1–2	1–1	3–2			1–2			1–2
Colo-Colo	4–0			1–1				0–0	2–1	0–0				2–0		3–0
Deportes Antofagasta	1–0						0–2		0–0	1–1		1–1	1–1		0–1	5–0
Deportes Iquique	2–2	3–1	3–2	2–4		0–0		1–2					2–2		2–0
Deportes Temuco	1–1		2–2	2–0			0–2	1–0	2–0	1–0
Everton	2–2		2–3		0–0			2–0				2–2		2–1		2–0
Huachipato				0–0					0–2	3–2	3–2	1–4		2–1	2–1	0–0
O'Higgins		4–1			1–1		1–0				2–1		2–0		0–3	1–1
Palestino	0–2	3–2			0–2		1–0		1–1					0–0	1–3	1–2
San Luis	1–0		1–0	0–5	2–3	1–1	1–1			2–2			3–2
Santiago Wanderers		1–1	0–2		1–1	1–2			1–2	5–2	0–3			3–0
Unión Española	1–1	3–0	0–3			5–2	2–1	3–0		1–2		1–0
Universidad Católica				4–1	2–0	2–1			5–2		1–0		2–3		3–1
Universidad de Chile		4–0	2–2			1–0	0–0				1–0	2–0	2–1
Universidad de Concepción		4–0			1–1	1–0					3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2017. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Felipe Mora	Universidad de Chile	13
2	Esteban Paredes	Colo-Colo	11
3	Cristian Insaurralde	O'Higgins	7
	Cris Martínez	Deportes Temuco	7
	Álvaro Ramos	Deportes Iquique	7
	Marcos Riquelme	Audax Italiano	7

Source: Soccerway

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad Católica (C)	30	16	6	8	62	41	+21	54	2017 Supercopa de Chile
2	Colo-Colo	30	14	10	6	55	33	+22	52
3	Universidad de Chile (C)	30	14	9	7	47	33	+14	51
4	Deportes Iquique	30	13	11	6	51	42	+9	50
5	Unión Española	30	14	7	9	52	41	+11	49
6	O'Higgins	30	13	9	8	43	35	+8	48
7	San Luis	30	11	6	13	40	47	−7	39
8	Deportes Temuco	30	11	5	14	32	38	−6	38
9	Universidad de Concepción	30	10	8	12	31	38	−7	38
10	Deportes Antofagasta	30	9	10	11	38	40	−2	37
11	Audax Italiano	30	10	7	13	40	51	−11	37
12	Everton	30	8	12	10	41	42	−1	36
13	Huachipato	30	9	9	12	41	49	−8	36
14	Palestino	30	9	8	13	41	44	−3	35
15	Santiago Wanderers	30	8	7	15	32	44	−12	31
16	Cobresal (R)	30	6	6	18	30	58	−28	24	Relegation to Primera B

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2017. Source: ANFP
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated