1977 Primera División de Chile

Campeonato Nacional 1977
Dates16 April 1977 – 18 December 1977
ChampionsUnión Española (5th title)
RelegatedRegional Antofagasta
Deportes Ovalle
Santiago Wanderers (Promotion Lig.)
1978 Copa LibertadoresUnión Española
Palestino
Matches played307
Goals scored860 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorerOscar Fabbiani
(34 goals)
Biggest home winUnión Española 7–0 Green Cross Temuco
(31 July)
Unión Española 7–0 O'Higgins
(15 October)
Highest attendance54,336 Universidad de Chile 4–5 Colo-Colo
(17 July)
Total attendance1,970,085
Average attendance6,417
← 1976
1978 →

The 1977 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional was first tier's 45th season. Unión Española was the tournament's champion, winning its fifth title.[1]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Unión Española 34 21 9 4 72 28 +44 51 Champions & qualified to 1978 Copa Libertadores
2 Everton 34 20 9 5 64 38 +26 49 Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Libertadores
3 Palestino 34 18 11 5 70 33 +37 47
4 Colo-Colo 34 15 12 7 56 43 +13 42
5 Universidad de Chile 34 13 13 8 50 35 +15 39
6 Lota Schwager 34 11 14 9 46 45 +1 36
7 Deportes Concepción 34 14 7 13 48 52 −4 35
8 Aviación 34 12 10 12 46 51 −5 34
9 Audax Italiano 34 12 9 13 48 53 −5 33
10 O'Higgins 34 10 11 13 40 44 −4 31
11 Huachipato 34 9 12 13 39 46 −7 30
12 Green Cross Temuco 34 10 10 14 46 62 −16 30
13 Ñublense 34 8 12 14 38 45 −7 28
14 Universidad Católica 34 8 12 14 36 48 −12 28
15 Santiago Wanderers 34 9 10 15 50 66 −16 28 Qualified to promotion play-off
16 Deportes Ovalle 34 6 15 13 42 52 −10 27 Qualified to promotion/relegation Liguilla
17 Santiago Morning 34 9 9 16 37 50 −13 27
18 Regional Antofagasta 34 5 7 22 29 66 −37 17 Relegated to Segunda División
Source: [citation needed]


 Campeonato Nacional
1977 champions 
Unión Española
5th title

Scores

Home \ Away ANT AUD AVI COL DCO EVE GCT HUA LOT ÑUB OHI DOV PAL SMO UCA UCH UES SWA
Antofagasta 2–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–5 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–1
Audax 2–1 3–2 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–3
Aviación 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 6–4 3–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–1
Colo-Colo 2–3 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–3 2–0
Concepción 4–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–4 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–5 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 4–2
Everton 3–0 4–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–1
Green Cross T. 2–1 4–3 1–1 2–2 1–3 3–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–3
Huachipato 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–4 1–0
Lota S. 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 4–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–3 0–2 2–2
Ñublense 5–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 3–1
O'Higgins 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 5–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2
Ovalle 3–1 4–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 2–1
Palestino 3–0 3–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 6–1 1–1 1–0 5–1 3–1 4–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 4–1
S. Morning 2–1 0–0 4–4 1–4 0–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–5 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1
U. Católica 3–1 1–2 1–3 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1
U. de Chile 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–5 4–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–1 3–0 3–2 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–2
U. Española 2–4 2–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 7–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 7–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–3 0–0 3–1
S. Wanderers 3–0 2–3 1–1 3–3 1–3 3–4 3–1 0–2 4–4 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–4 0–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

27 November 1977 Santiago Morning 2 – 1 Deportes Ovalle Estadio Municipal, Valparaíso
Toro 16'
Pecoraro 90'		 Ortíz 30' Attendance: 4,812
Referee: Mario Castro

Deportes Ovalle relegated to Segunda División

Topscorer

Name Team Goals
Argentina Oscar Fabbiani Palestino 34

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

20 December 1977 Universidad de Chile 0 – 1 Palestino Estadio Nacional, Santiago
66' Pinto Attendance: 33,879
Referee: A. Martínez
20 December 1977 Colo-Colo 1 – 0 Everton Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Orellana 64' Attendance: 33,879
Referee: R. Hormazábal
22 December 1977 Palestino 2 – 2 Everton Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Fabbiani 83'
Dubó 90'		 43' Ceballos
75' Spedaletti		 Attendance: 29,370
Referee: S. Vásquez
22 December 1977 Colo-Colo 2 – 2 Universidad de Chile Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Orellana 5', 78' 7' Socías
85' Pellegrini		 Attendance: 29,370
Referee: J. Silvagno
27 December 1977 Universidad de Chile 2 – 4 Everton Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Barrera 39'
Neumann 65'		 5', 33' Martínez
17', 27' Salinas		 Attendance: 56,723
Referee: J. Carvajal
27 December 1977 Colo-Colo 1 – 2 Palestino Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Brunel 67' 8' Rojas
71' Fabbiani		 Attendance: 56,723
Referee: M. Lira
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PD
1 Palestino 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 5 Qualified to 1978 Copa Libertadores
2 Everton 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 3
3 Colo-Colo 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
4 Universidad de Chile 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
Source: rsssf.com

Promotion/relegation Liguilla

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santiago Morning 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 5
2 Cobreloa 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 4 Promoted to Primera División
3 Santiago Wanderers 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2 Relegated to Segunda División
4 Malleco Unido 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: rsssf.com

See also

References

  1. ^ "Campeonato Nacional 1977". Solofutbol.cl. Retrieved 1 September 2018.