2017 Chilean Primera División

The 2017 Campeonato Nacional season, known as Campeonato Nacional de Transición Scotiabank 2017 for sponsorship purposes, was the 87th season of top-flight football in Chile. Colo-Colo won their thirty-second title following a 3–0 away win at Huachipato on 9 December.[1] Universidad de Chile were the defending champions.

Campeonato Nacional
Season2017
Dates28 July – 21 December 2017
ChampionsColo-Colo (32nd title)
RelegatedSantiago Wanderers
Copa LibertadoresColo-Colo
Santiago Wanderers (cup winners)
Universidad de Concepción
Copa SudamericanaUnión Española
Everton
Audax Italiano
Deportes Temuco
Matches played122
Goals scored279 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorerBryan Carrasco
(10 goals)
Biggest home winEverton 4–0 San Luis
(5 August)
Palestino 4–0 Unión Española
(14 October)
Biggest away winDeportes Iquique 0–4 Universidad de Concepción
(30 September)
Highest scoringColo-Colo 5–2 Unión Española
(5 November)
Highest attendance42,333 Universidad de Chile 1–0 Universidad Católica
(29 October)
Total attendance974,055
Average attendance8,117
← 2016–17
2018 →

Format changes

Starting in 2017, the ANFP approved a change from the European calendar season (July-May) that had been used since 2013 to a calendar year season (February-December).[2] The year calendar would have been implemented for the 2017 season, however, it was postponed for one year. In order to manage this transition, the 2017 Clausura tournament, part of the 2016–17 season, was followed up by a single championship in the second semester of the year. The 2018 season will be played as a single tournament, without the Apertura-Clausura system.[3]

Teams

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2017 Chilean Primera División teams.
Team City Stadium
Audax ItalianoSantiagoBicentenario de La Florida
Colo-ColoSantiagoMonumental David Arellano
Curicó UnidoCuricóLa Granja
Deportes AntofagastaAntofagastaCalvo y Bascuñán
Deportes IquiqueIquiqueCavancha
Deportes TemucoTemucoGermán Becker
EvertonViña del MarSausalito
HuachipatoTalcahuanoCAP
O'HigginsRancaguaEl Teniente
PalestinoSantiagoMunicipal de La Cisterna
San LuisQuillotaLucio Fariña Fernández
Santiago WanderersValparaísoElías Figueroa Brander
Unión EspañolaSantiagoSanta Laura-Universidad SEK
Universidad CatólicaSantiagoSan Carlos de Apoquindo
Universidad de ChileSantiagoNacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Universidad de ConcepciónConcepciónAlcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo

Personnel and kits
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Audax Italiano Hugo Vilches Nicolás Peric Macron Traverso
Colo-Colo Pablo Guede Esteban Paredes Under Armour DirecTV
Curicó Unido Luis Marcoleta Martín Cortés Onefit Multihogar
Deportes Antofagasta Nicolás Larcamón Gonzalo Villagra Cafu Minera Escondida
Deportes Iquique Erick Guerrero (caretaker) Rodrigo Naranjo Rete UNAP
Deportes Temuco Dalcio Giovagnoli Cristián Canío Joma Rosen
Everton Pablo Sánchez Marcos Velásquez Pirma Viña del Mar-Fox Sports-Claro
Huachipato César Vigevani Omar Merlo Mitre PF
O'Higgins Gabriel Milito Albert Acevedo New Balance VTR
Palestino Germán Cavalieri Roberto Cereceda Training Bank of Palestine
San Luis Miguel Ramírez Daniel Vicencio Luanvi PF
Santiago Wanderers Nicolás Córdova 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 Ángel Guillermo Hoyos Johnny Herrera Adidas Chevrolet
Universidad de Concepción Francisco Bozán Alejandro Camargo KS7 Universidad de Concepción

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
O'Higgins Cristián Arán Resigned 31 July[4] 16th Gabriel Milito 9 August[5]
Deportes Iquique Jaime Vera 21 October[6] 15th Erick Guerrero 23 October[7]

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Colo-Colo (C) 15 10 3 2 33 13 +20 33 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage
2 Unión Española 15 9 4 2 18 12 +6 31 Qualification to Runners-up playoff
3 Universidad de Chile 15 9 3 3 21 18 +3 30 Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage[lower-alpha 1]
4 Everton 15 7 5 3 24 19 +5 26 Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage[lower-alpha 2]
5 Audax Italiano 15 7 4 4 24 19 +5 25
6 Deportes Temuco 15 5 7 3 15 12 +3 22
7 Deportes Antofagasta 15 5 6 4 14 13 +1 21
8 Curicó Unido 15 5 3 7 11 14 −3 18
9 San Luis 15 5 3 7 15 20 −5 18
10 Universidad de Concepción 15 3 8 4 16 15 +1 17 Qualification to Runners-up playoff[lower-alpha 3]
11 Universidad Católica 15 4 4 7 17 19 −2 16
12 Huachipato 15 5 1 9 11 17 −6 16
13 Santiago Wanderers 15 2 9 4 16 17 −1 15 Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage[lower-alpha 4]
14 O'Higgins 15 4 3 8 15 24 −9 15
15 Palestino 15 3 4 8 18 24 −6 13
16 Deportes Iquique 15 2 3 10 8 20 −12 9
Source: ANFP, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Matches won, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Red cards, 7) Yellow cards, 8) Drawing of lots.
In case there are two teams tied in points for first place: 2) Playoff game.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Universidad de Chile qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2017 Clausura.
  2. Since the 2017 Copa Chile runners-up Universidad de Chile already qualified for South American competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup runners-up (Copa Sudamericana first stage) was passed down to the next best-placed team, in this case to the sixth-placed team.
  3. Since the 2017 Clausura runners-up Colo-Colo qualified for the Copa Libertadores group stage by winning the 2017 Transición, Universidad de Concepción took their place in the Runners-up playoff as the 2017 Clausura third-placed team.
  4. Santiago Wanderers qualified for the Copa Libertadores second stage by winning the 2017 Copa Chile.

Results
Home \ Away AUD CC CUR ANT DIQ TEM EVE HUA OHI PAL SL SW UE UC UCH UDC
Audax Italiano — 0–3 2–0 — 1–3 2–1 3–0 — — 2–1 — — 0–2 2–2 — —
Colo-Colo — — 3–2 0–0 — — — — — — 3–0 2–0 5–2 — 4–1 1–2
Curicó Unido — — — 0–1 — 1–1 — 1–0 1–0 — 1–0 1–1 0–1 — 0–1 —
Deportes Antofagasta 1–1 — — — 0–0 — — 1–0 — 2–1 — 2–2 0–0 2–4 0–2 —
Deportes Iquique — 1–1 0–1 — — 0–1 0–1 — 0–1 — 2–1 — — — — 0–4
Deportes Temuco — 1–0 — 1–0 — — 0–1 0–0 2–0 — 1–1 — — 1–0 — 1–1
Everton — 2–3 1–1 1–0 — — — — 1–1 3–1 4–0 — — — — 2–1
Huachipato 2–1 0–3 — — 1–0 — 1–2 — — — — 1–0 0–1 3–1 — —
O'Higgins 1–2 1–3 — 0–2 — — — 1–0 — 2–1 — 0–3 0–2 3–1 — —
Palestino — 1–1 2–1 — 1–0 2–2 — 0–1 — — 1–3 0–0 4–0 — — —
San Luis 1–1 — — 1–3 — — — 2–0 2–1 — — 0–2 — — 2–0 0–0
Santiago Wanderers 1–3 — — — 0–0 1–1 3–3 — — — — — 0–0 1–1 0–1 —
Unión Española — — — — 4–2 1–1 2–0 — — — 1–0 — — 1–0 0–0 1–0
Universidad Católica — 0–1 1–0 — 2–0 — 1–1 — — 4–1 0–2 — — — — 0–0
Universidad de Chile 0–3 — — — 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 2–2 2–1 — — — 1–0 — —
Universidad de Concepción 1–1 — 0–1 0–0 — — — 1–0 2–2 1–1 — 2–2 — — 1–3 —
Source: ANFP, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Bryan Carrasco Audax Italiano 10
2 Hugo Droguett Universidad de Concepción 8
Roberto Gutiérrez Palestino 8
4 Juan Cuevas Everton 7
Jean Paul Pineda Santiago Wanderers 7
Mauricio Pinilla Universidad de Chile 7
Patricio Rubio Everton 7
8 Cris Martínez Deportes Temuco 6
Esteban Paredes Colo-Colo 6
Jaime Valdés Colo-Colo 6

Source: Soccerway

Runners-up play-off

The runners-up playoff was played between:

The winner qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores second stage, while the loser qualified for the 2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage. In the event that the same team ended up as runners-up of both tournaments, the playoff would not be played and that team would qualify for the Copa Libertadores. The Copa Sudamericana berth would then be awarded to the 2017 Transición best team not already qualified.[8]

13 December 2017 Universidad de Concepción 1–0 Unión Española Estadio Ester Roa, Concepción
20:00 UTC–3 Gallucci  16' (o.g.) Report Attendance: 3,063
Referee: Jorge Osorio
20 December 2017 Unión Española 1–2 Universidad de Concepción Estadio Santa Laura, Santiago
20:00 UTC–3 Berríos  22' (o.g.) Report Meneses  4'
Droguett  71'		 Attendance: 3,858
Referee: Roberto Tobar

Universidad de Concepción won 3–1 on aggregate.

Relegation

Relegation is determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number of points earned per game over the three most recent tournaments: 2016 Apertura, 2017 Clausura and 2017 Transición. The team with the lowest average qualified for the relegation playoff.

Relegation table
Pos
 Team 2016–17
Pts		 2017
Pts		 Total
Pts		 Total
Pld		 Avg
 Relegation
1 Colo-Colo 523385451.889
2 Universidad de Chile 513081451.8
3 Unión Española 493180451.778
4 Universidad Católica 541670451.556
5 O'Higgins 481563451.4
6 Everton 362662451.378
7 Audax Italiano 372562451.378
8 Deportes Temuco 382260451.333
9 Deportes Iquique 50959451.311
10 Deportes Antofagasta 372158451.289
11 San Luis 391857451.267
12 Universidad de Concepción 381755451.222
13 Curicó Unido —1818151.2
14 Huachipato 361652451.156
15 Palestino 351348451.067
16 Santiago Wanderers (R) 311546451.022 Qualification to Relegation playoff

Relegation playoff

The relegation playoff was played by three teams: the last-placed in the relegation table (Santiago Wanderers), 2016–17 Primera B runners-up San Marcos de Arica, and 2017 Primera B champions Unión La Calera. The two Primera B teams played each other with the winner qualifying to the final against the Primera División team for promotion to the top flight for the 2018 season.

  Semifinal Final
                         
Santiago Wanderers — — —  
Bye — — —  
    Santiago Wanderers 1 0 1 (4)
  Unión La Calera (p) 0 1 1 (5)
Unión La Calera 0 2 2
San Marcos de Arica 1 0 1  
Semifinals
24 November 2017 (2017-11-24) San Marcos de Arica 1–0 Unión La Calera Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica
22:00 Olivera  71' Report Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Christian Rojas
5 December 2017 (2017-12-05) Unión La Calera 2–0 San Marcos de Arica Estadio Lucio Fariña, Quillota
20:00 Abán  7'
Morales  76'		 Report Attendance: 5,124
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa
Finals
14 December 2017 (2017-12-14) Unión La Calera 0–1 Santiago Wanderers Estadio Lucio Fariña, Quillota
19:00 Report Gutiérrez  25' Attendance: 3,622
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa
21 December 2017 (2017-12-21) Santiago Wanderers 0–1
(4–5 p)		 Unión La Calera Estadio Elías Figueroa, Valparaíso
19:00 Report Viotti  90+3' Attendance: 13,484
Referee: Jorge Osorio
Penalties
Pineda
Cerezo
Medel
Valenzuela
Saldías
Castellón
Pavez 		Rosales
Abán
Morales
Viotti
Orellana
Vásquez
Fierro

References
  1. "Colo Colo se sacó la mufa, no arrugó y es el flamante campeón del fútbol chileno". publimetro.cl (in Spanish). 9 December 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  2. "Se terminará el torneo "estilo europeo" del fútbol chileno y el 2017 se jugará de febrero a diciembre" (in Spanish). Emol.com. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  3. "El 2018 vuelve el torneo largo" (in Spanish). latercera.com.
  4. "Comunicado Oficial" (in Spanish). ohiggingsfc.cl. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  5. "Gabriel Milito es el nuevo entrenador celeste" (in Spanish). ohiggingsfc.cl. 9 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  6. "Comunicado Oficial: Renuncia del Director Técnico" (in Spanish). clubdeportesiquique.com. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  7. "Erick Guerrero asumió como DT de Deportes Iquique tras renuncia de Jaime Vera" (in Spanish). emol.com. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  8. "Bases Campeonato Nacional Primera División 2017" (PDF) (in Spanish). ANFP. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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