2008 Primera División of Chile

Primera División
Season	2008
Champions	Apertura: Everton (4th title) Clausura: Colo-Colo (28th title)
Relegated	Antofagasta Concepción Melipilla Provincial Osorno
Copa Libertadores	Everton Colo-Colo Universidad de Chile
Copa Sudamericana	Ñublense Universidad Católica
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Lucas Barrios (19 goals) Clausura: Lucas Barrios (18 goals) Season: Lucas Barrios (37 goals)
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The 2008 Primera División de Chile is the 77th season of top-flight football in Chile, and the 7th under its current format.

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura "Copa BancoEstado" opened the 2008 season on January 25. The 20 teams were organized into four groups, but played each other in a single round-robin format. The top-two teams from each group advanced to a single elimination play-off, but the best 3rd-place team had to worst 2nd-place team in an advancement play-off match. The winner of the tournament will be crowned the Apertura champion, and will earn a spot in the 2009 Copa Libertadores Group Stage. The champion and runner-up with earn spots in the 2008 Copa Sudamericana.

First phase


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ñublense	19	12	5	2	29	13	+16	41	2008 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2	Universidad Católica	19	11	3	5	37	19	+18	36	2008 Copa Sudamericana Preliminary
3	O'Higgins	19	10	6	3	30	17	+13	36
4	Audax Italiano	19	11	1	7	35	25	+10	34
5	Everton	19	10	2	7	34	30	+4	32
6	Cobresal	19	9	4	6	29	29	0	31
7	Universidad de Chile	19	9	3	7	28	23	+5	30
8	Santiago Morning	19	9	3	7	36	44	−8	30
9	Colo-Colo	19	7	6	6	35	29	+6	27
10	Huachipato	19	7	6	6	29	29	0	27
11	La Serena	19	7	5	7	29	29	0	26
12	Palestino	19	7	3	9	28	27	+1	24
13	Unión Española	19	7	3	9	20	27	−7	24
14	Rangers	19	6	6	7	23	25	−2	24
15	Cobreloa	19	6	5	8	25	29	−4	23
16	Universidad de Concepción	19	6	3	10	28	32	−4	21
17	Antofagasta	19	4	5	10	16	29	−13	17
18	Provincial Osorno	19	5	1	13	19	28	−9	16
19	Concepción	19	7	3	9	35	38	−3	015¹
20	Melipilla	19	3	1	15	22	40	−18	10

Updated to games played on May 4, 2008.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Deportes Concepción were docked nine points for using ineligible players in Round 2.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group standings

Group 1


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Audax Italiano	19	11	1	7	35	25	+10	34	Playoffs
2	Everton	19	10	2	7	34	30	+4	32	Playoffs
3	Cobresal	19	9	4	6	29	29	0	31	Play-off Match
4	Huachipato	19	7	6	6	29	29	0	27
5	Unión Española	19	7	3	9	20	27	−7	24

Group 2


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	O'Higgins	19	10	6	3	30	17	+13	36	Playoffs
2	Universidad de Chile	19	9	3	7	28	23	+5	30	Playoffs
3	Santiago Morning	19	9	3	7	36	44	−8	30
4	La Serena	19	7	5	7	29	29	0	26
5	Palestino	19	7	3	9	28	27	+1	24

Group 3


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Colo-Colo	19	7	6	6	35	29	+6	27	Playoffs
2	Cobreloa	19	6	5	8	25	29	−4	23	Play-off Match
3	Antofagasta	19	4	5	10	16	29	−13	17
4	Provincial Osorno	19	5	1	13	19	28	−9	16
5	Melipilla	19	3	1	15	22	40	−18	10

Group 4


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ñublense	19	12	5	2	29	13	+16	41	Playoffs
2	Universidad Católica	19	11	3	5	37	19	+18	36	Playoffs
3	Rangers	19	6	6	7	23	25	−2	24
4	Universidad de Concepción	19	6	3	10	28	32	−4	21
5	Concepción	19	7	3	9	35	38	−3	018¹

Updated to games played on May 4, 2008.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Deportes Concepción were docked six points for using ineligible players in Round 2.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Play-off match

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cobresal	2–2 (2–4 p)	Cobreloa

Playoff Stage

The clubs were seeded by their first phase standings.

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

5	Everton (a)	0	4	4
4	Audax Italiano	3	1	4
4	Audax Italiano	3	1	4	5	Everton	3	1	4
					5	Everton	3	1	4
					6	Universidad de Chile	1	1	2
6	Universidad de Chile	4	2	6	6	Universidad de Chile	1	1	2
6	Universidad de Chile	4	2	6
3	O'Higgins	2	1	3
3	O'Higgins	2	1	3						5	Everton	0	3	3
										5	Everton	0	3	3
										7	Colo-Colo	2	0	2
2	Universidad Católica	1	1	2						7	Colo-Colo	2	0	2
2	Universidad Católica	1	1	2
7	Colo-Colo	3	1	4
7	Colo-Colo	3	1	4	7	Colo-Colo(a)	0	2	2
					7	Colo-Colo(a)	0	2	2
					1	Ñublense	1	1	2
8	Cobreloa	2	1	3	1	Ñublense	1	1	2
8	Cobreloa	2	1	3
1	Ñublense	2	2	4

Primera Division 2008 Apertura Champion

Everton 4th Title

Everton qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

Top-five goalscorers

P	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	Lucas Barrios	Colo-Colo	19
2	Esteban Paredes	Santiago Morning	15
3	Manuel Villalobos	Universidad de Chile	13
3	Ezequiel Miralles	Everton	13
5	Gabriel Vargas	Universidad de Concepción	12

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura "Copa BancoEstado" began on June 21. The format is the same as the Apertura tournament, but the field was reduced from 20 teams to 19 since Deportes Concepción withdrew before the start of the tournament due to financial problems. The best-placed team in the first stage earned a spot in the First Stage of the 2009 Copa Libertadores. The tournament champion will earn a spot in the 2009 Copa Libertadores Group Stage. Relegation will be determined at the end of this tournament.

First phase


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad de Chile	18	12	2	4	39	21	+18	38	2009 Copa Libertadores First Stage
2	Colo-Colo	18	10	3	5	32	19	+13	33
3	Palestino	18	10	3	5	29	22	+7	33
4	Rangers	18	9	3	6	25	25	0	30
5	Universidad Católica	18	9	2	7	37	33	+4	29
6	Everton	18	9	1	8	28	25	+3	28
7	O'Higgins	18	8	4	6	39	35	+4	28
8	Huachipato	18	8	3	7	34	32	+2	27
9	Cobreloa	18	8	3	7	34	32	+2	27
10	La Serena	18	7	6	5	37	34	+3	27
11	Santiago Morning	18	7	5	6	30	32	−2	26
12	Unión Española	18	7	4	7	28	32	−4	25
13	Audax Italiano	18	6	6	6	25	25	0	24
14	Antofagasta	18	7	2	9	20	27	−7	23
15	Universidad de Concepción	18	5	6	7	32	32	0	21
16	Cobresal	18	5	6	7	24	26	−2	21
17	Ñublense	18	3	8	7	21	29	−8	17
18	Melipilla	18	3	2	13	19	38	−19	11
19	Provincial Osorno	18	3	1	14	18	38	−20	10

Updated to games played on November 9, 2008.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group standings

Group 1


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad de Chile	18	12	2	4	39	21	+18	38	Playoffs
2	Colo-Colo	18	10	3	5	32	19	+13	33	Playoffs
3	Unión Española	18	7	4	7	28	32	−4	25
4	Ñublense	18	3	8	7	21	29	−8	17

Group 2


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers	18	9	3	6	25	25	0	30	Playoffs
2	Universidad Católica	18	9	2	7	37	33	+4	29	Playoffs
3	Everton	18	9	1	8	28	25	+3	28	Play-off Match
4	La Serena	18	7	6	5	37	34	+3	27
5	Provincial Osorno	18	3	1	14	18	38	−20	10

Group 3


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Palestino	18	10	3	5	29	22	+7	33	Playoffs
2	O'Higgins	18	8	4	6	39	35	+4	28	Playoffs
3	Santiago Morning	18	7	5	6	30	32	−2	26
4	Universidad de Concepción	18	5	6	7	32	32	0	21
5	Melipilla	18	3	2	13	19	38	−19	11

Group 4


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Huachipato	18	8	3	7	34	32	+2	27	Playoffs
2	Cobreloa	18	8	3	7	34	32	+2	27	Play-off Match
3	Audax Italiano	18	6	6	6	25	25	0	24
4	Antofagasta	18	7	2	9	20	27	−7	23
5	Cobresal	18	5	6	7	24	26	−2	21

Play-off match

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Everton	0–3	Cobreloa

Knock-out round

The clubs were seeded by their first phase standings.

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

8	Cobreloa	3	2	5
1	Universidad de Chile	1	3	4
1	Universidad de Chile	1	3	4	8	Cobreloa	3	2	5
					8	Cobreloa	3	2	5
					2	Colo-Colo	3	2	5
7	Huachipato	1	2	3	2	Colo-Colo	3	2	5
7	Huachipato	1	2	3
1	Colo-Colo	1	4	5
1	Colo-Colo	1	4	5						2	Colo-Colo	1	3	4
										2	Colo-Colo	1	3	4
										3	Palestino	1	1	2
6	O'Higgins	2	1	3						3	Palestino	1	1	2
6	O'Higgins	2	1	3
3	Palestino	2	2	4
3	Palestino	2	2	4	3	Palestino	2	0	2
					3	Palestino	2	0	2
					4	Rangers	2	0	2
5	Universidad Católica	1	1	2	4	Rangers	2	0	2
5	Universidad Católica	1	1	2
4	Rangers	1	1	2

Primera Division 2008 Clausura Champion

Colo-Colo 28th Title

Colo-Colo qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

Top-five goalscorers

P	Player	Team	Goals
1	Lucas Barrios	Colo-Colo	18
2	Gastón Cellerino	Rangers	16
2	Nestor Bareiro	O'Higgins	16
4	Julio Gutiérrez	Universidad Católica	12
5	Gustavo Canales	La Serena	10
	Leonardo Monje	Huachipato	10
	Gustavo Savoia	Cobreloa	10

Relegation

Four teams were relegated this year to reduce the field for next season to 18 teams.

Aggregate table

The aggregate table is only a sum of the two first-stages from the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The bottom-two teams are relegated from the results of this table.


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad de Chile	37	21	5	11	67	44	+23	68
2	Universidad Católica	37	20	5	12	74	52	+22	65
3	O'Higgins	37	18	10	9	69	52	+17	64
4	Everton	37	19	3	15	62	55	+7	60
5	Colo-Colo	37	17	9	11	67	48	+19	60
6	Audax Italiano	37	17	7	13	60	50	+10	58
7	Ñublense	37	15	13	9	49	43	+6	58
8	Palestino	37	17	6	14	57	49	+8	57
9	Santiago Morning	37	16	8	13	65	74	−9	56
10	Huachipato	37	15	9	13	62	54	+8	54
11	Rangers	37	15	9	13	48	50	−2	54
12	La Serena	37	14	11	12	66	63	+3	53
13	Cobresal	37	14	10	13	59	52	+7	52
14	Cobreloa	37	14	8	15	59	61	−2	50
15	Unión Española	37	14	7	16	48	59	−11	49	Relegation/Promotion Playoff
16	Universidad de Concepción	37	11	9	17	59	65	−6	42	Relegation/Promotion Playoff
17	Antofagasta	37	11	7	19	36	56	−20	40	Relegated to the Primera B by the Relegation Table
18	Provincial Osorno	37	8	2	27	38	77	−39	26	Relegated to the Primera B by the Relegation Table
19	Melipilla	37	6	3	28	41	78	−37	21	Relegated to the Primera B by the Aggregate Table
20	Concepción	19	7	3	9	33	37	−4	018¹	Relegated to the Primera B by the Aggregate Table

Updated to games played on November 9, 2008.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Deportes Concepción withdrew from the Clausura tournament.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation table

The next two teams to be relegated were determined through a special aggregate table for the 2007 & 2008 season. The teams' performances were put under a specific formula (shown below) and then ranked. The two worst teams who have not been relegated by this season's aggregate table were relegated.

P_{d}=0.4\cdot \;P_{2007}\cdot \;{\frac {19}{20}}+0.6\cdot \left(\;P_{Ap-2008}+\;P_{Cl-2008}\cdot \;{\frac {19}{18}}\right),

In the case of Rangers, Provincial Osorno, and Santiago Morning, the following formula was used since they were not in the Primera División in the 2007 season:

P_{d}=P_{Ap-2008}+P_{Cl-2008}\cdot \;{\frac {19}{18}}.

In both formulas, P_d is the relegation average; P₂₀₀₇ is the total points earned in the 2007 season; P_Ap-2008 is the points earned in this season's Apertura tournament; P_Cl-2008 is the points earned in this season's Clausura tournament.

Pos	Team	P_desc	P₂₀₀₇	P_{Ap 2008}	P_{Cl 2008}
1	Universidad Católica	70,37	30,40	21,60	18,37
2	Audax Italiano	70,18	34,58	20,40	15,20
3	Colo-Colo	69,78	32,68	16,20	20,90
4	Universidad de Chile	68,67	26,60	18,00	24,07
5	O'Higgins	62,51	23,18	21,60	17,73
6	Huachipato	58,00	24,70	16,20	16,10
7	Santiago Morning	57,44	0,00	30,00	27,44
8	Ñublense	57,41	22,04	24,60	10,77
9	Cobresal	56,22	24,32	18,60	13,30
10	Cobreloa	55,98	25,08	13,80	16,10
11	Rangers	55,67	0,00	24,00	31,67
12	Palestino	53,92	18,62	14,40	19,90
13	Everton	51,75	14,82	19,20	17,73
14	La Serena	50,94	18,24	15,60	17,10
15	Unión Española	47,33	17,10	14,40	15,83
16	Universidad de Concepción	45,66	19,76	12,60	13,30
17	Antofagasta	42,63	17,86	10,20	14,57
18	Melipilla	33,87	20,90	6,00	6,97
19	Provincial Osorno	26,56	0,00	16,00	10,56

	Relegated by the Relegation Table
	Already relegated by the Aggregate Table

Relegation/promotion play-off

The 15th & 16th place team in the aggregate table have to play two promotion/relegation matches the Segunda División runner-up (Puerto Montt) and the winner of the Segunda División Apertura/Clausura play-off (Coquimbo Unido). The winners will play in the Primera División the next season.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Coquimbo Unido	1–5	Universidad de Concepción	0–2	1–3
Puerto Montt	4–5	Unión Española	1–2	3–3

Campeonato Nacional

2016–17 clubs	Antofagasta Audax Italiano Cobresal Colo-Colo Everton Huachipato Iquique O'Higgins Palestino San Luis de Quillota Santiago Wanderers Temuco Unión Española Universidad Católica Universidad de Chile Universidad de Concepción

Venues	Bicentenario de La Florida CAP Elías Figueroa Brander El Cobre El Teniente Ester Roa Germán Becker Lucio Fariña Monumental David Arellano Municipal de La Cisterna Nacional Regional Calvo y Bascuñán San Carlos de Apoquindo Santa Laura-Universidad SEK Sausalito Tierra de Campeones

Former Teams	Aviación Badminton Barnechea Cobreloa Concepción Coquimbo Unido Curicó Unido Fernández Vial Ferroviarios Green Cross Iberia La Serena Lota Schwager Magallanes Melipilla Naval Ñublense Osorno Ovalle Puerto Montt Rangers Regional Atacama San Marcos de Arica Santiago Morning Santiago National Trasandino Unión La Calera Unión San Felipe Valdivia

Associated competitions	Copa Chile Supercopa de Chile Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Women's League

Tournaments	1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1994 1995 1996 1997–A 1997–C 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002–A 2002–C 2003–A 2003–C 2004–A 2004–C 2005–A 2005–C 2006–A 2006–C 2007–A 2007–C 2008–A 2008–C 2009–A 2009–C 2010 2011–A 2011–C 2012–A 2012–C 2013–T 2013–A 2014–C 2014–A 2015–C 2015–A 2016–C 2016–A

Seasons	1997 2002 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

ANFP

2008 in South American Football (CONMEBOL)

Domestic Leagues	Argentina '07-'08 '08-'09 Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia I II Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay '07–'08 '08–'09 Venezuela '07–'08 '08–'09

Domestic Cups	Brazil Colombia Venezuela '07–'08 '08

CONMEBOL Competitions	Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Suruga Bank Championship

2008 Primera División of Chile

Torneo Apertura

First phase

Group standings

Play-off match

Playoff Stage

Top-five goalscorers

Torneo Clausura

First phase

Group standings

Play-off match

Knock-out round

Top-five goalscorers

Relegation

Aggregate table

Relegation table

Relegation/promotion play-off

See also