1979 Primera División de Chile

Campeonato Nacional 1979

Dates	21 April 1979 – 23 December 1979
Champions	Colo-Colo (12th title)
Relegated	Ñublense Santiago Morning
1980 Copa Libertadores	Colo-Colo O'Higgins
Matches played	306
Goals scored	837 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlos Caszely (20 goals)
Biggest away win	Santiago Morning 0–6 Colo-Colo (1 May)
Highest attendance	75,455 Universidad Católica 0–0 Colo-Colo (27 May)
Total attendance	2,308,605
Average attendance	7,594
← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 Campeonato Nacional was Chilean football top tier's 47th season. Colo-Colo was the tournament's champion, winning its twelfth title.^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Colo-Colo	34	23	8	3	72	24	+48	55[a]	Champions & qualified to 1980 Copa Libertadores
2	Cobreloa	34	18	8	8	61	36	+25	45[a]	Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores
3	Unión Española	34	18	7	9	45	31	+14	44[a]
4	Universidad de Chile	34	17	8	9	37	25	+12	44[b]
5	O'Higgins	34	18	7	9	47	40	+7	43
6	Green Cross Temuco	34	14	11	9	46	40	+6	39
7	Coquimbo Unido	34	14	8	12	60	57	+3	36
8	Palestino	34	10	14	10	52	50	+2	34
9	Deportes Concepción	34	12	10	12	49	49	0	34
10	Universidad Católica	34	9	15	10	45	38	+7	33
11	Aviación	34	12	8	14	52	41	+11	32
12	Lota Schwager	34	9	13	12	28	44	−16	31
13	Naval	34	8	14	12	45	55	−10	30
14	Everton	34	10	9	15	54	57	−3	29
15	Audax Italiano	34	10	7	17	46	56	−10	27	Qualified to Promotion/relegation Liguilla
16	Santiago Wanderers	34	6	9	19	37	65	−28	21
17	Santiago Morning	34	7	7	20	33	72	−39	21	Relegated to Segunda División
18	Ñublense	34	6	7	21	28	57	−29	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. 1 bonus point awarded.
2. 2 bonus points awarded.

Campeonato Nacional 1979 champions
Colo-Colo 12th title

Results

Home \ Away	AUD	AVI	CLO	COL	DCO	COQ	EVE	GCT	LOT	NAV	ÑUB	OHI	PAL	SMO	UCA	UCH	UES	SWA
Audax		2–4	1–4	0–1	2–1	5–0	2–5	1–1	0–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–0	3–2
Aviación	1–2		0–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	5–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	4–0	1–2	2–2	4–0
Cobreloa	5–2	1–0		0–2	4–1	4–1	4–2	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	4–0
Colo-Colo	2–1	2–1	0–0		2–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	5–0	3–2	1–0	4–2	3–3	2–0	2–1	7–2
Concepción	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–1		2–0	1–4	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	5–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	2–0
Coquimbo	5–1	2–6	1–0	0–2	4–0		3–2	4–0	2–0	4–4	4–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–3	5–0
Everton	0–0	0–3	0–1	3–2	2–3	2–1		2–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	3–1	4–2	2–2	0–0	1–3	3–2
Green Cross T.	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–3	4–0	2–1		2–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–1
Lota S.	1–5	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–2	0–1	1–0
Naval	0–0	4–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–4	2–2	3–3	0–0		2–4	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1
Ñublense	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–3	0–2	1–3	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–4		0–0	5–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0
O'Higgins	3–0	1–0	3–2	1–5	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	3–2	3–1		3–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
Palestino	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	4–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–0		3–3	5–2	2–0	2–0	1–1
S. Morning	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–6	1–2	0–1	1–6	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	4–1	3–1		1–2	0–1	1–1	1–4
U. Católica	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	4–1	1–0	5–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	4–0		0–0	0–1	1–1
U. de Chile	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–0		1–0	2–1
U. Española	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–4	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–0		2–0
S. Wanderers	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–4	1–0	1–0	5–0	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

Name	Team	Goals
Carlos Caszely	Colo-Colo	20
Liminha	Coquimbo Unido	19
Ricardo Fabbiani	Aviación	18
Luis Alberto Ramos	Universidad de Chile	18

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

Unión Española v Cobreloa

26 December 1979	Unión Española	1 – 0	Cobreloa	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Pinto 48'			Attendance: 19,621 Referee: J. Silvagno

Universidad de Chile v O'Higgins

26 December 1979	Universidad de Chile	1 – 1	O'Higgins	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Own-goal 40'		88' Vargas	Attendance: 19,621 Referee: R. Hormazábal

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Unión Española v O'Higgins

28 December 1979	Unión Española	2 – 4	O'Higgins	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Rojas 7' Pinto 88'		23' Ahumada 63' Neira 64', 85' Vargas	Attendance: 16,364 Referee: G. Castro

Universidad de Chile v Cobreloa

28 December 1979	Universidad de Chile	1 – 0	Cobreloa	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Socías 68'			Attendance: 16,364 Referee: S. Vásquez

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O'Higgins v Cobreloa

30 December 1979	O'Higgins	2 – 1	Cobreloa	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Lima 65' (pen.) Vargas 71'		6' Alarcón	Attendance: 14,932 Referee: A. Martínez

Universidad de Chile v Unión Española

30 December 1979	Universidad de Chile	3 – 2	Unión Española	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Salah 33' Socías 61' Ramos 70'		6', 35' Hurtado	Attendance: 14,932 Referee: M. Lira

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	O'Higgins	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5	Qualified to Liguilla Play-off match
2	Universidad de Chile	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	5
3	Unión Española	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	2
4	Cobreloa	3	0	0	3	0	3	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Liguilla Play-off match

Universidad de Chile v O'Higgins

4 January 1980	Universidad de Chile	0 – 1	O'Higgins	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
			78' Quiroz	Attendance: 47,072 Referee: M. Lira

O'Higgins qualified to 1980 Copa Libertadores

Promotion/relegation Liguilla

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Santiago Wanderers	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4
2	Audax Italiano	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	4
3	Deportes Arica	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	3
4	Independiente	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

Source: rsssf.com

* There was no promotion or relegation.

See also

• 1979 Copa Polla Gol

References

1. "1979: Tras 7 largos años de espera". Colo-Colo Official Web Site. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

External links

• ANFP (in Spanish)
• RSSSF Chile 1979