1990 Copa Apertura

The Copa Apertura 1990 was the 20th edition of the Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on March 18, 1990, and concluded on June 3, 1990. Only first level teams took part in the tournament. Colo-Colo won the competition for their eighth time, beating Universidad Católica 3–2 on extra-time in the final. The points system in the first round awarded 2 points for a win, increased to 3 points if the team scored 4 or more goals. In the event of a tie, each team was awarded 1 point, but no points were awarded if the score was 0–0.

Calendar

Round	Date
Group Round	18 March 1990 23 May 1990
Quarterfinals	27 May 1990
Semi Finals	30 May 1990
Finals	3 June 1990

Group Round

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that progressed to the Quarterfinals

Group 1

UCAT CLOA CSAL PALE DIQU DLSE HUAC NAVA U. Católica 1–3 4–1 6–4 2–0 3–2 2–2 4–3 Cobreloa 2–0 1–2 3–2 2–3 1–2 1–1 6–0 Cobresal 3–0 1–2 1–1 4–3 3–0 1–1 4–1 Palestino 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–4 0–3 0–3 4–3 D. Iquique 2–1 2–3 3–1 6–2 1–1 3–1 0–2 D. La Serena 0–1 2–2 3–2 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–3 Huachipato 6–0 2–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 Naval 2–1 2–2 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–1

Rank Team Points 1 Naval 20 2 Universidad Católica 18 3 Cobreloa 16 (+9) 4 Huachipato 16 (+5) 5 Deportes Iquique 16 (+4) 6 Cobresal 15 7 Deportes La Serena 14 8 Palestino 7

Group 2

COLO UCHI UESP EVER SWAN OHIG DCON FVIA Colo-Colo 1–0 0–0 5–0 4–1 6–1 4–3 1–1 U. de Chile 0–3 1–5 4–4 5–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 U. Española 2–2 2–1 3–0 3–2 0–4 2–3 5–0 Everton 2–2 3–0 2–2 1–2 4–0 5–3 2–0 S. Wanderers 4–3 1–1 0–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 O'Higgins 1–3 3–1 1–2 4–2 3–0 3–1 7–1 D. Concepción 2–1 4–2 1–2 1–1 5–1 2–2 2–2 F. Vial 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–3 2–2 1–3

Rank Team Points 1 Unión Española 22 2 Colo-Colo 21 3 O'Higgins 18 4 Deportes Concepción 16 5 Everton 14 (−2) 6 Santiago Wanderers 14 (−10) 7 Universidad de Chile 10 8 Fernández Vial 8

Quarterfinals

Home team	Score	Away team
Universidad Católica	7–1	Deportes Concepción
Unión Española	4–0	Huachipato
Colo-Colo	6–5	Cobreloa
O'Higgins	4–1	Naval

Semifinals

May 30, 1990

Universidad Católica	3–1	Unión Española
Barrera  2' Reinoso  44',  47'		56' J. González

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 16,887

Referee: J. Massardo

May 30, 1990

Colo-Colo	3–2	O'Higgins
Melendez  44' (o.g.) Dabrowski  50' Ormeño  85'		26' A. González  57' Sánchez

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 16,887

Referee: G. Castro

Third place match

June 3, 1990

Unión Española	2–4	O'Higgins
J.C. González  2' Zambrano  30'		22',  78' A. González  54' Reyes  67' (o.g.) J.C. González

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 43,237

Referee: S. Imperatore

Final

June 3, 1990

Colo-Colo	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Universidad Católica
Díaz  14' Dabrowski  65' Margas  110'		36' Barrera  89' Reinoso

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 43,237

Referee: E. Marín

Lineups in the Final

Colo-Colo:
Daniel Morón; Rubén Espinoza, Eduardo Vilches, Lizardo Garrido, Javier Margas; Raúl Ormeño, Jaime Pizarro, Sergio Díaz, Marcelo Barticciotto (84' Guillermo Carreño), Ricardo Dabrowski, Rubén Martínez (72' Miguel Ramírez).
DT: Arturo Salah.
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Universidad Católica:
Marco Cornez; Rodrigo Blasco, Pablo Yoma, Hugo Monardes; Fabian Estay, Nelson Parraguez, Luis Pérez, Jorge Contreras, Gerardo Reinoso, Rodrigo Barrera (76' Francisco Hórmann), Raimundo Tupper.
DT: Ignacio Prieto.

Top goalscorers

• Adrián Czornomaz (Cobreloa) 13 goals
• Aníbal González (O'Higgins) 13 goals
• Gerardo Reinoso (Universidad Católica) 13 goals

See also

• 1990 Campeonato Nacional

References

• Revista Minuto 90, (Santiago, Chile) March–June 1990 (scores & information)
• Solofutbol