El Campeonato Nacional de Primera División del Fútbol Profesional (por motivos de patrocinio, Campeonato Nacional Petrobras de Primera División) es la máxima categoría del fútbol profesional en Chile. Participan de la competencia 18 equipos y funciona con un sistema de ascensos y descensos con la categoría inmediatamente inferior, la Primera B. Es organizado por la Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, perteneciente a la Federación de Fútbol de Chile.
Table: 1.Colo Colo 30 19 7 4 54-19 64 Champions 2.Universidad de Chile 30 18 9 3 62-37 63 3.Universidad Católica 30 14 11 5 57-34 53 4.Cobreloa 30 16 3 11 50-36 51 5.Deportes Concepción 30 12 9 9 39-36 45 6.Huachipato 30 11 7 12 39-38 40 7.Deportes Puerto Montt 30 10 9 11 43-46 39 8.Deportes Iquique 30 12 3 15 35-52 39 9.Deportes La Serena 30 10 7 13 39-47 37 10.Palestino 30 9 9 12 50-50 36 11.Rangers 30 9 7 14 45-49 34 12.Audax Italiano 30 9 7 14 37-43 34 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13.Coquimbo Unido 30 8 9 13 36-41 33 Relegation Playoff 14.Provincial Osorno 30 8 7 15 41-52 31 Relegation Playoff ------------------------------------------------ 15.Santiago Wanderers 30 6 12 12 40-56 30 Relegated 16.Deportes Temuco 30 6 10 14 28-59 13 [*] Relegated [*] Temuco had 15 points deducting for failing to play the match on Nov 28, due to a strike of their players. Round 1 (Apr 4,5) Coquimbo Unido 1-3 Dep. Concepcion Cobreloa 6-3 Dep. Iquique Colo Colo 4-0 Puerto Montt Dep. Temuco 1-3 Rangers Univ. Catolica 6-1 Stgo. Wanderers Prov. Osorno 2-4 Univ. de Chile Audax Italiano 2-0 Palestino Huachipato 1-0 Dep. La Serena Round 2 (Apr 11,12) Univ. de Chile 1-1 Univ. Catolica Rangers 1-3 Colo Colo Stgo. Wanderers 1-1 Dep. Temuco Palestino 1-0 Prov. Osorno Dep. Iquique 0-3 Dep. Concepcion Huachipato 1-0 Coquimbo Unido Dep. La Serena 2-1 Audax Italiano Puerto Montt 1-0 Cobreloa Round 3 (Apr 18,19) Univ. Catolica 1-1 Palestino Colo Colo 2-0 Stgo. Wanderers Dep. Temuco 0-1 Univ. de Chile Audax Italiano 2-0 Huachipato Dep. Concepcion 2-0 Puerto Montt Prov. Osorno 1-3 Dep. La Serena Coquimbo Unido 2-1 Dep. Iquique Cobreloa 1-2 Rangers Round 4 (Apr 25,26) Dep. La Serena 1-2 Univ. Catolica Univ. de Chile 1-1 Colo Colo Stgo. Wanderers 1-1 Cobreloa Puerto Montt 4-1 Dep. Iquique Audax Italiano 1-2 Coquimbo Unido Palestino 9-0 Dep. Temuco [Temuco played youth team] Huachipato 0-0 Prov. Osorno Rangers 2-0 Dep. Concepcion Round 5 (May 2,3) Univ. Catolica 1-3 Huachipato Cobreloa 1-0 Univ. de Chile Colo Colo 0-0 Palestino Dep. Iquique 1-2 Rangers Dep. Concepcion 3-2 Stgo. Wanderers Prov. Osorno 2-2 Audax Italiano Coquimbo Unido 0-0 Puerto Montt Dep. Temuco 2-2 Dep. La Serena Round 6 (May 5-10) Audax Italiano 1-1 Univ. Catolica Dep. La Serena 1-0 Colo Colo Univ. de Chile 2-2 Dep. Concepcion Palestino 0-2 Cobreloa Huachipato 2-1 Dep. Temuco Prov. Osorno 4-0 Coquimbo Unido Stgo. Wanderers 1-2 Dep. Iquique Rangers 2-2 Puerto Montt Round 7 [Jul 14] Dep. Iquique 4-1 Univ. de Chile Puerto Montt 6-1 Stgo. Wanderers Dep. Temuco 2-0 Audax Italiano [Jul 15] Univ. Catolica 1-0 Prov. Osorno Colo Colo 1-0 Huachipato Cobreloa 2-1 Dep. La Serena Coquimbo Unido 1-1 Rangers Dep. Concepcion 3-0 Palestino Round 8 [Jul 18] Univ. Catolica 2-2 Coquimbo Unido Audax Italiano 1-2 Colo Colo Stgo. Wanderers 2-1 Rangers [Jul 19] Huachipato 6-1 Cobreloa Palestino 1-2 Dep. Iquique Dep. La Serena 1-1 Dep. Concepcion Prov. Osorno 0-1 Dep. Temuco Univ. de Chile 2-2 Puerto Montt Round 9 [Jul 25] Colo Colo 3-2 Osorno Dep. Temuco 1-1 U. Catolica Dep. Concepcion 2-1 Huachipato [Jul 26] Rangers 0-0 U. de Chile Cobreloa 3-0 A. Italiano Dep. Iquique 1-0 Dep. La Serena Puerto Montt 1-1 Palestino Coquimbo U. 0-0 Stgo. Wanderers Round 10 [Aug 1] Palestino 2-1 Rangers Dep. La Serena 2-2 Puerto Montt Huachipato 4-0 Dep. Iquique [Aug 2] U. Catolica 1-3 Colo Colo U. de Chile 3-1 Stgo. Wanderers Osorno 3-1 Cobreloa A. Italiano 1-1 Dep. Concepcion Dep. Temuco 0-0 Coquimbo Round 11 [Aug 5] Cobreloa 2-1 U. Catolica Colo Colo 3-0 Dep. Temuco Coquimbo U. 0-1 U. de Chile Stgo. Wanderers 4-1 Palestino Rangers 5-2 Dep. La Serena Dep. Iquique 1-0 A. Italiano Dep. Concepcion 2-1 Osorno Puerto Montt 3-1 Huachipato Round 12 [Aug 8] Palestino 2-2 U. de Chile Dep. La Serena 1-1 Stgo. Wanderers Dep. Temuco 1-1 Cobreloa [Aug 9] U. Catolica 3-1 Dep. Concepcion Colo Colo 1-0 Coquimbo A. Italiano 3-1 Puerto Montt Huachipato 2-1 Rangers Osorno 3-1 Dep. Iquique Round 13 [Aug 15] Rangers 0-1 A. Italiano [abandoned at 0-0 in 50'; finished Dep. Concepcion 1-0 Dep. Temuco Aug 20 at neutral venue behind Coquimbo 2-1 Palestino closed doors] Stgo. Wanderers 2-2 Huachipato [Aug 16] Dep. Iquique 1-1 U. Catolica Cobreloa 0-0 Colo Colo U. de Chile 3-1 Dep. La Serena Pto. Montt 0-0 Osorno Round 14 [Aug 22] Dep. La Serena 4-2 Palestino Cobreloa 2-1 Coquimbo [Aug 23] U. Catolica 4-1 Puerto Montt Huachipato 2-1 U. de Chile Colo Colo 1-0 Dep. Concepcion Osorno 4-1 Rangers Dep. Temuco 0-0 Dep. Iquique A. Italiano 1-0 Stgo. Wanderers Round 15 [Aug 29] U. de Chile 2-1 A. Italiano Dep. Iquique 1-0 Colo Colo Dep. Concepcion 3-2 Cobreloa [Aug 30] Rangers 1-2 U. Catolica Stgo. Wanderers 0-0 Osorno Palestino 1-1 Huachipato Coquimbo 3-2 Dep. La Serena Puerto Montt 2-0 Dep. Temuco Round 16 [Sep 5] Stgo. Wanderers 1-1 U. Catolica Palestino 1-0 A. Italiano Dep. La Serena 0-0 Huachipato Dep. Concepcion 2-1 Coquimbo [Sep 6] Puerto Montt 0-0 Colo Colo U. de Chile 2-1 Osorno Dep. Iquique 1-0 Cobreloa Rangers 1-1 Dep. Temuco Round 17 [Sep 12] Colo Colo 4-0 Rangers Dep. Concepcion 1-0 Dep. Iquique [Sep 13] U. Catolica 1-3 U. de Chile Cobreloa 2-0 Puerto Montt A. Italiano 0-1 Dep. La Serena Dep. Temuco 1-1 Stgo. Wanderers Coquimbo 2-0 Huachipato Prov. Osorno 2-1 Palestino Round 18 [Sep 18] Puerto Montt 1-0 Dep. Concepcion Rangers 2-0 Cobreloa Dep. La Serena 3-2 Osorno [Sep 19] Huachipato 3-3 A. Italiano [Sep 20] Stgo. Wanderers 1-2 Colo Colo U. de Chile 4-2 Dep. Temuco Palestino 1-1 U. Catolica Dep. Iquique 1-4 Coquimbo Unido Round 19 [Sep 25] U. Catolica 1-0 Dep. La Serena [Sep 26] Dep. Concepcion 1-1 Rangers Coquimbo 1-2 Audax Italiano [Sep 27] Colo Colo 1-1 U. de Chile Cobreloa 1-0 Stgo. Wanderers Dep. Temuco 3-1 Palestino Dep. Iquique 1-2 Puerto Montt Osorno 1-0 Huachipato Round 20 [Oct 3] Huachipato 0-2 U. Catolica A. Italiano 3-0 Osorno Dep. La Serena 1-1 Dep. Temuco Puerto Montt 3-0 Coquimbo U. [Oct 4] Palestino 2-2 Colo Colo U. de Chile 2-1 Cobreloa Stgo. Wanderers 2-2 Dep. Concepcion Rangers 0-0 Dep. Iquique Round 21 [Oct 10] U. Catolica 4-1 A. Italiano Colo Colo 4-1 Dep. La Serena Puerto Montt 1-0 Rangers Dep. Temuco 1-2 Huachipato [Oct 11] Dep. Concepcion 0-3 U. de Chile Cobreloa 1-0 Palestino Dep. Iquique 1-0 Stgo. Wanderers Coquimbo 3-3 Osorno Round 22 [Oct 17] Stgo. Wanderers 2-1 Puerto Montt Rangers 1-1 Coquimbo Unido Dep. La Serena 1-0 Cobreloa [Oct 18] Huachipato 1-2 Colo Colo Osorno 2-2 U. Catolica U. de Chile 3-1 Dep. Iquique Palestino 2-2 Dep. Concepcion A. Italiano 0-1 Dep. Temuco Round 23 [Oct 24] Colo Colo 1-2 A. Italiano Puerto Montt 1-1 U. de Chile Dep. Concepcion 1-1 Dep. La Serena Rangers 2-3 Stgo. Wanderers [Oct 25] Coquimbo U. 1-1 U. Catolica Cobreloa 2-0 Huachipato Dep. Temuco 0-0 Osorno Dep. Iquique 1-2 Palestino Round 24 [Oct 31] U. Catolica 5-1 Dep. Temuco Osorno 0-3 Colo Colo Dep. La Serena 1-2 Dep. Iquique [Nov 1] U. de Chile 3-1 Rangers Huachipato 1-0 Dep. Concepcion Stgo. Wanderers 2-1 Coquimbo Palestino 4-0 Puerto Montt A. Italiano 0-3 Cobreloa Round 25 [Nov 7] Stgo. Wanderers 3-3 U. de Chile Dep. Concepcion 0-0 A. Italiano Puerto Montt 2-4 Dep. La Serena Coquimbo 3-0 Dep. Temuco Dep. Iquique 1-0 Huachipato [Nov 8] Rangers 5-1 Palestino Cobreloa 1-0 Osorno Colo Colo 0-2 U. Catolica Round 26 [Nov 14] U. Catolica 0-4 Cobreloa Dep. Temuco 0-5 Colo Colo Dep. La Serena 1-0 Rangers Osorno 2-1 Dep. Concepcion [Nov 15] U. de Chile 1-0 Coquimbo Palestino 6-2 Stgo. Wanderers A. Italiano 1-2 Dep. Iquique Huachipato 2-1 Puerto Montt Round 27 [Nov 21] Coquimbo 0-0 Colo Colo Dep. Concepcion 0-0 U. Catolica Dep. Iquique 2-1 Osorno [Nov 22] U. de Chile 3-1 Palestino Cobreloa 5-0 Dep. Temuco Puerto Montt 1-1 A. Italiano Rangers 2-0 Huachipato Stgo. Wanderers 2-0 Dep. La Serena Round 28 [Nov 28] Dep. La Serena 0-3 U. de Chile Palestino 3-1 Coquimbo Osorno 1-4 Puerto Montt A. Italiano 4-2 Rangers Dep. Temuco w/o Dep. Concepcion [awarded 0-2; Temuco players on strike] [Nov 29] U. Catolica 4-0 Dep. Iquique Colo Colo 3-0 Cobreloa Huachipato 1-1 Stgo. Wanderers Round 29 [Dec 6] Puerto Montt 0-1 U. Catolica Coquimbo 4-1 Cobreloa Dep. Iquique 2-3 Dep. Temuco Stgo. Wanderers 1-1 A. Italiano Rangers 5-1 Osorno Palestino 2-1 Dep. La Serena [Dec 7] U. de Chile 3-2 Huachipato Dep. Concepcion 0-1 Colo Colo Round 30 [Dec 12] A. Italiano 2-3 U. de Chile U. Catolica 4-0 Rangers [Dec 13] Colo Colo 2-1 Dep. Iquique Osorno 3-2 Stgo. Wanderers Huachipato 1-1 Palestino Dep. Temuco 4-1 Puerto Montt Cobreloa 4-0 Dep. Concepcion Dep. La Serena 1-0 Coquimbo Final Table: 1.Colo Colo 30 19 7 4 54-19 64 Champions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.Universidad de Chile 30 18 9 3 62-37 63 Liguilla 3.Universidad Católica 30 14 11 5 57-34 53 Liguilla 4.Cobreloa 30 16 3 11 50-36 51 Liguilla 5.Deportes Concepción 30 12 9 9 39-36 45 Liguilla - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6.Huachipato 30 11 7 12 39-38 40 7.Deportes Puerto Montt 30 10 9 11 43-46 39 8.Deportes Iquique 30 12 3 15 35-52 39 9.Deportes La Serena 30 10 7 13 39-47 37 10.Palestino 30 9 9 12 50-50 36 11.Rangers 30 9 7 14 45-49 34 12.Audax Italiano 30 9 7 14 37-43 34 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13.Coquimbo Unido 30 8 9 13 36-41 33 Relegation Playoff 14.Provincial Osorno 30 8 7 15 41-52 31 Relegation Playoff ------------------------------------------------ 15.Santiago Wanderers 30 6 12 12 40-56 30 Relegated 16.Deportes Temuco 30 6 10 14 28-59 13 [*] Relegated [*] Temuco had 15 points deducting for failing to play the match on Nov 28, due to a strike of their players. Topscorers: Pedro González Chile U. de Chile 23 Marco A. Figueroa Chile U. Católica 16 Héctor Tapia Chile Colo Colo 15 Marcelo Corrales Chile Palestino 14 Héctor Vega Chile Dep. Iquique 13 Liguilla Copa Libertadores Semifinals First Legs [Dec 16] Cobreloa 2-2 U. Catolica Dep. Concepcion 1-3 U. de Chile Second Legs [Dec 18] U. Catolica 0-0 Cobreloa [U. Catolica on away goals] U. de Chile 1-0 Dep. Concepcion Final First Leg [Dec 20] U. Catolica 0-0 U. de Chile Second Leg [Dec 23] U. de Chile 0-0 U. Catolica [2-4 pen] U. Catolica qualified for 1999 Copa Libertadores Promotion/Relegation Playoffs First Legs [Dec 19] Stgo. Morning 2-0 Prov. Osorno U. Espanola 1-6 Coquimbo Unido Second Legs [Dec 22] Prov. Osorno 1-1 Stgo. Morning Coquimbo Unido 1-3 U. Espanola Prov. Osorno relegated, Santiago Morning promoted. NB: Primera B teams refused to play Copa Chile. Authors: Juan Pablo Andrés (jpandres@tutopia.com) and Luis Antonio Reyes (luchoasis@yahoo.es) Last updated: 13 Aug 2001 (C) Copyright Juan Pablo Andrés and RSSSF 1999/2001