2012 Torneo Clausura (Chile)

Campeonato Nacional Clausura Petrobras

Season	2012
Dates	6 July – 9 December 2012
Champions	Huachipato 2nd title
Relegated	Deportes La Serena Unión San Felipe Universidad de Concepción (Rel. Play-off)
2013 Copa Libertadores	Huachipato Deportes Iquique (Agg. Table)
2013 Copa Sudamericana	Colo-Colo (Clau. Table)
Matches played	167
Goals scored	468 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sebastián Sáez (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Rangers 5–0 Deportes Iquique (27 July)
Highest attendance	41,764 Colo-Colo 1–0 Universidad de Chile (21 October)
Total attendance	887,191
Average attendance	5,312
← 2012–A 2013–A →

The 2012 Campeonato Nacional Clausura Petrobras was the 91st season of the Chilean Primera División. The champion was Huachipato, winning their 2nd league title, 38 years after their first championship. It was, as of 2023, the last Chilean top-flight tournament to be decided by playoff stage.

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colo-Colo	17	9	6	2	32	14	+18	33	Playoffs and 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[a]
2	Universidad de Chile	17	9	6	2	32	20	+12	33	Playoffs
3	Palestino	17	9	3	5	22	18	+4	30
4	Deportes Iquique	17	9	3	5	24	27	−3	30
5	Rangers	17	8	6	3	27	19	+8	30
6	Huachipato	17	7	4	6	23	21	+2	25
7	Unión Española	17	7	3	7	28	27	+1	24
8	Audax Italiano	17	6	5	6	29	26	+3	23
9	Universidad Católica	17	6	5	6	24	23	+1	23
10	Cobresal	17	5	7	5	22	24	−2	22
11	Unión San Felipe	17	6	3	8	19	21	−2	21
12	Cobreloa	17	6	2	9	23	24	−1	20
13	Deportes Antofagasta	17	6	2	9	26	29	−3	20
14	O'Higgins	17	5	5	7	22	27	−5	20
15	Santiago Wanderers	17	4	7	6	27	28	−1	19
16	Universidad de Concepción	17	3	6	8	17	28	−11	15
17	Unión La Calera	17	2	9	6	11	18	−7	15
18	Deportes La Serena	17	2	6	9	20	33	−13	12

Source: Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals; 6th red cards; 7th yellow cards; 8th draw.
Notes:

1. Colo-Colo qualified for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the top team not playing in the 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

Results

Home \ Away	ANT	AUD	CLA	CSL	COL	IQU	SER	HUA	O'HI	PAL	RAN	SAW	UNI	ULC	USF	UCA	UCH	UCO
Deportes Antofagasta					1–2		2–1	3–0	2–3	0–1				2–1		2–2	2–4
Audax Italiano	1–2			1–1		0–1	3–2		5–1			4–1		2–1				2–2
Cobreloa	3–1	1–2		3–0							0–1	2–4			2–1	4–3	0–1	3–1
Cobresal	3–1						2–2			0–1		2–1	2–1			2–2	1–2	1–1
Colo-Colo		5–1	3–1	1–2				3–0			2–2	1–1	3–0				1–0
Deportes Iquique	2–1		1–1	3–2	0–1					2–1			2–4			3–2	0–0
Deportes La Serena			0–0		1–1	2–3		2–1		1–1	1–1		2–1	0–1		1–3
Huachipato		1–1	0–1	1–1		4–1				1–1	1–2		2–0		1–0		0–3	2–0
O'Higgins			1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–4				1–1	1–3					4–1
Palestino		0–0	2–1		0–3				2–1		4–1			1–0	1–2			1–0
Rangers	2–2	1–0		2–0		5–0			1–2				1–0		1–0	1–0	2–2
Santiago Wanderers	0–1					2–1	1–1	1–1		2–3	2–2			2–0			2–2	3–1
Unión Española	2–1	3–3	2–1							1–0		2–2		0–0	3–1		5–2
Unión La Calera			1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		0–2	0–0		2–2				1–3
Unión San Felipe	2–1	1–3		0–0	2–1	1–2	3–0		1–1			1–0				0–1
Universidad Católica		1–0			0–2			0–2	1–0	0–1		3–2	1–1	1–1				2–2
Universidad de Chile		2–1					5–2		1–1	3–2				0–0	2–0	0–0		3–1
Universidad de Concepción	0–2				1–1	0–1	3–1				1–0		2–1	0–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 22 September 2012. Source: Soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff stage

For all ties, the lower-seeded team play the first leg at home.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Colo-Colo	2	4	6
	8	Audax Italiano	0	5	5
								1	Colo-Colo	1	0	1
								7	Unión Española	3	2	5
	2	Universidad de Chile	0	1	1
	7	Unión Española	0	4	4
															7	Unión Española	3	1	4 (2)
															6	Huachipato	1	3	4 (3)
	3	Palestino	1	1	2
	6	Huachipato	1	2	3
								6	Huachipato	1	1	2
								5	Rangers	0	1	1
	4	Deportes Iquique	0	0	0
	5	Rangers	1	1	2

Quarterfinals

Audax Italiano v Colo-Colo

20 November 2012 (2012-11-20) 1st Leg	Audax Italiano	0–2	Colo-Colo	La Florida, Santiago
18:00		Report	Olivi 39' Fierro 42' (pen.) De la Fuente  90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Bicentenario Attendance: 5,892 Referee: Jorge Osorio

Colo-Colo v Audax Italiano

24 November 2012 (2012-11-24) 2nd Leg	Colo-Colo	4–5	Audax Italiano	Macul, Santiago
20:00	Millar 6' Fierro 42' Mena  76' Olivi 80', 90+3'	Report	Sáez 11', 54', 62' Arias  65' García 71' (pen.) Mora 75'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 19,762 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

Colo-Colo won 6–5 on aggregate.

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Unión Española v Universidad de Chile

21 November 2012 (2012-11-21) 1st Leg	Unión Española	0–0	Universidad de Chile	Independencia, Santiago
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Santa Laura Attendance: 9,332 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

Universidad de Chile v Unión Española

25 November 2012 (2012-11-25) 2nd Leg	Universidad de Chile	1–4	Unión Española	Ñuñoa, Santiago
17:45	Ubilla 14' Magalhães  67'	Report	Jaime 51' Hernández 75' Rubio 85', 90'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 21,034 Referee: Enrique Osses

Unión Española won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Huachipato v Palestino

20 November 2012 (2012-11-20) 1st Leg	Huachipato	1–1	Palestino	Talcahuano
20:30	Núñez 82'	Report	Cháves 14' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio CAP Attendance: 3,844 Referee: Patricio Polic

Palestino v Huachipato

24 November 2012 (2012-11-24) 2nd Leg	Palestino	1–2	Huachipato	La Cisterna, Santiago
17:45	Teuber 90+2'	Report	Villalobos 38' Cortés 49'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Attendance: 1,428 Referee: Jorge Osorio

Huachipato won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Rangers v Deportes Iquique

21 November 2012 (2012-11-21) 1st Leg	Rangers	1–0	Deportes Iquique	Talca
21:15	Gómez 61'	Report	Zenteno  87'	Stadium: Estadio Fiscal Attendance: 3,545 Referee: Claudio Puga

Deportes Iquique v Rangers

25 November 2012 (2012-11-25) 2nd Leg	Deportes Iquique	0–1	Rangers	Iquique
20:00		Report	Reynero 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Tierra de Campeones Attendance: 6,109 Referee: Carlos Ulloa

Rangers won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Unión Española v Colo-Colo

28 November 2012 (2012-11-28) 1st Leg	Unión Española	3–1	Colo-Colo	Independencia, Santiago
19:30	Hernández 46' Jaime 55' Rubio 90+1'	Report	Fuenzalida 30' Delgado  86'	Stadium: Estadio Santa Laura Attendance: 14,233 Referee: Claudio Puga

Colo-Colo v Unión Española

2 December 2012 (2012-12-02) 2nd Leg	Colo-Colo	0–2	Unión Española	Macul, Santiago
17:45		Report	Leal 77' Madrid 82'	Stadium: Estadio Monumental Attendance: 38,823 Referee: Jorge Osorio

Unión Española won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Huachipato v Rangers

29 November 2012 (2012-11-29) 1st Leg	Huachipato	1–0	Rangers	Talcahuano
21:15	Villalobos 56'	Report		Stadium: Estadio CAP Attendance: 6,071 Referee: Claudio Fuenzalida

Rangers v Huachipato

2 December 2012 (2012-12-02) 2nd Leg	Rangers	1–1	Huachipato	Talca
20:00	Llanos 90+1'	Report	Rodríguez 54'	Stadium: Estadio Fiscal Attendance: 6,231 Referee: Enrique Osses

Huachipato won 2–1 on aggregate.

Finals

5 December 2012 (2012-12-05)

19:30

1st Leg

Unión Española	3–1	Huachipato
Merlo 48' (o.g.) Jaime 60', 79'	Report	Núñez 9'

Estadio Santa Laura, Independencia, Santiago

Attendance: 14,369

Referee: Julio Bascuñán

9 December 2012 (2012-12-09)

18:00

2nd Leg

Huachipato	3–1	Unión Española
González 36', 43' Villalobos 90'	Report	Currimilla 29'
Penalties
Rodríguez Villalobos González Cortés Aceval Merlo	3–2	Vecchio Jaime Rubio Díaz Lobos Leal

Estadio CAP, Talcahuano

Attendance: 9,026

Referee: Claudio Puga

4–4 on aggregate. Huachipato won 3–2 on penalties.

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad de Chile	34	22	7	5	76	34	+42	73	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[a]
2	Deportes Iquique	34	19	8	7	54	41	+13	65	2013 Copa Libertadores First Stage
3	Colo-Colo	34	16	11	7	54	35	+19	59
4	O'Higgins	34	16	7	11	53	42	+11	55
5	Universidad Católica	34	14	11	9	55	40	+15	53
6	Unión Española	34	15	6	13	66	56	+10	51
7	Palestino	34	14	6	14	36	44	−8	48
8	Rangers	34	13	9	12	44	44	0	48
9	Huachipato	34	13	9	12	48	49	−1	48	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[a]
10	Cobreloa	34	13	4	17	46	49	−3	43
11	Audax Italiano	34	11	10	13	53	58	−5	43
12	Santiago Wanderers	34	10	9	15	55	58	−3	39
13	Unión La Calera	34	8	15	11	32	36	−4	39
14	Deportes Antofagasta	34	10	7	17	36	49	−13	37
15	Universidad de Concepción	34	8	12	14	40	55	−15	36	Relegation/Promotion Playoffs
16	Cobresal	34	8	11	15	39	64	−25	35
17	Unión San Felipe	34	8	10	16	31	42	−11	34	Relegated to the Primera División B
18	Deportes La Serena	34	7	10	17	44	66	−22	31

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Universidad de Chile and Huachipato are qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores as the Apertura and Clausura champions respectively.

Relegation/promotion playoffs

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	Pen.
Universidad de Concepción	0:6	Everton	0–1	1–3	—	—
Cobresal	3:3	Barnechea	1–3	3–0	+1:−1	—

Everton v Universidad de Concepción

18 November 2012 (2012-11-18) 1st Leg	Everton	1–0	Universidad de Concepción	Viña del Mar
16:30	Rojas 10'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Attendance: 8,997 Referee: Enrique Osses

Universidad de Concepción v Everton

25 November 2012 (2012-11-25) 2nd Leg	Universidad de Concepción	1–3	Everton	Concepción
15:30	Ramos 62'	Report	Muñoz 44', 64' Suazo 78'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Concepción Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Julio Bascuñán

Everton won 4–1 on aggregate and is promoted to Primera División. Universidad de Concepción is relegated to Primera B.

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Barnechea v Cobresal

18 November 2012 (2012-11-18) 1st Leg	Barnechea	3–1	Cobresal	Independencia, Santiago
19:00	Caroca 6' Ibáñez 58', 90+2'	Report	Vuletich 55'	Stadium: Estadio Santa Laura Attendance: 2,139 Referee: Roberto Tobar

Cobresal v Barnechea

24 November 2012 (2012-11-24) 2nd Leg	Cobresal	3–0	Barnechea	El Salvador
15:30	Martínez 37' Cuéllar 54', 65'	Report		Stadium: Estadio El Cobre Attendance: 1,507 Referee: Claudio Puga

Cobresal won 4–3 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.

References

External links

• ANFP (in Spanish)
• 2012 Torneo Clausura at Soccerway
  • Season regulations (in Spanish)