1951 Primera División de Chile

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
Dates28 April 1951 – 13 December 1951
ChampionsUnión Española (2nd title)
Matches played163
Goals scored634 (3.89 per match)
Top goalscorerCarlos Tello
Rubén Aguilera
(21 goals)
Biggest away winMagallanes 0–6 Santiago Morning
(21 July)
Green Cross 0–6 Magallanes
(15 September)
Highest attendance59,843 Universidad de Chile 2–2 Universidad Católica
(31 October)
Total attendance1,760,903
Average attendance10,803
← 1950
1952 →

The 1951 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional was Chilean first tier’s 19th season. Unión Española was the tournament’s champion, winning its second title.[1]

Unión Española’s champion team in 1951

First stage

Scores

  AUD COL EVE FEB GCR IBE MAG SMO UES UCA UCH SWA
Audax 3–2 0–3 3–3 4–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1
Colo-Colo 3–1 1–2 5–3 2–0 4–2 2–1 1–3 3–3 2–1 2–2 2–0
Everton 1–1 2–2 6–1 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–3 4–3 2–4 3–1 4–2
Ferrobádminton 0–4 1–3 2–4 1–3 3–2 3–0 0–4 1–3 4–4 0–3 1–1
Green Cross 1–2 1–1 0–4 2–6 0–3 0–6 4–4 6–4 1–0 1–2 0–1
Iberia 0–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 5–3 5–0 4–2 1–3 2–4 2–3 1–0
Magallanes 1–4 1–1 2–3 3–1 1–3 4–1 0–6 4–2 2–1 1–1 2–2
S. Morning 0–2 0–1 4–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 3–2 4–2 1–1 0–1 5–0
U. Española 0–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 3–2 4–2 1–3 2–1 4–0 5–2
U. Católica 3–0 2–3 0–0 5–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–4
U. de Chile 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–4 2–2 1–0
S. Wanderers 2–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 7–2 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–0

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Audax Italiano 22 13 4 5 44 29 +15 30 Qualifies to Championship stage
2 Everton 22 12 5 5 54 36 +18 29
3 Colo-Colo 22 11 6 5 45 35 +10 28
4 Unión Española 22 11 5 6 53 44 +9 27
5 Santiago Morning 22 11 4 7 50 30 +20 26
6 Universidad de Chile 22 8 9 5 33 32 +1 25
7 Universidad Católica 22 9 6 7 46 34 +12 24
8 Iberia 22 9 2 11 44 43 +1 20
9 Santiago Wanderers 22 6 6 10 35 39 −4 18
10 Magallanes 22 5 5 12 37 57 −20 15
11 Ferrobádminton 22 4 3 15 33 65 −32 11
12 Green Cross 22 4 3 15 30 60 −30 11
Source: [citation needed]

Championship stage

Scores

  AUD COL EVE SMO UES UCH
Audax 0–3 4–2 4–2 2–6 1–0
Colo-Colo 1–0 1–2 2–4 0–1
Everton 1–4 2–4 4–1
S. Morning 3–4 0–2
U. Española 1–1
U. de Chile

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Unión Española 5 4 1 0 19 10 +9 9
2 Audax Italiano 5 3 0 2 11 13 −2 6
3 Universidad de Chile 5 2 1 2 5 6 −1 5
4 Colo-Colo 5 2 0 3 7 7 0 4
5 Santiago Morning 5 2 0 3 11 12 −1 4
6 Everton 5 1 0 4 9 14 −5 2
Source: [citation needed]

Aggregate top standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Unión Española 27 15 6 6 72 54 +18 36 Qualified to Championship play-off
2 Audax Italiano 27 16 4 7 55 42 +13 36
3 Colo-Colo 27 13 6 8 52 42 +10 32
4 Everton 27 13 5 9 63 50 +13 31
5 Santiago Morning 27 13 4 10 61 42 +19 30
6 Universidad de Chile 27 10 10 7 38 38 0 30
Source: [citation needed]

Championship play-off

Unión Española1–0Audax Italiano
Lorca 74' (pen.)
Attendance: 41,877
Referee: W. Crawford


 Chilean Campeonato
de Fútbol Profesional
1951 champions 
Unión Española
2nd title

Relegation stage

Scores

  FEB GCR IBE MAG UCA SWA
Ferrobádminton 2–1 2–3 2–4 4–3 1–2
Green Cross 3–2 3–2 4–1 2–0
Iberia 1–2 4–5 2–2
Magallanes 3–2 0–0
U. Católica 2–3
S. Wanderers

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Green Cross 5 4 0 1 13 7 +6 8
2 Magallanes 5 3 1 1 11 8 +3 7
3 Santiago Wanderers 5 2 2 1 7 7 0 6
4 Ferrobádminton 5 2 0 3 11 13 −2 4
5 Iberia 5 1 1 3 12 14 −2 3
6 Universidad Católica 5 1 0 4 13 18 −5 2
Source: [citation needed]

Aggregate bottom standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Universidad Católica 27 10 6 11 59 52 +7 26
8 Santiago Wanderers 27 8 8 11 42 46 −4 24
9 Iberia 27 10 3 14 56 57 −1 23
10 Magallanes 27 8 6 13 48 65 −17 22
11 Green Cross 27 8 3 16 43 67 −24 19
12 Ferrobádminton 27 6 3 18 44 78 −34 15 Relegated (Later revoked)
Source: [citation needed]

Topscorer

Name Team Goals
Chile Carlos Tello Audax Italiano 21
Chile Rubén Aguilera Santiago Morning 21

References

  1. ^ "Palmarés Unión Española". Unionespanola.cl. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.