2007 Primera División of Chile

Primera División
Season 2007
Champions Apertura: Colo-Colo (26th title)
Clausura: Colo-Colo (27th title)
Relegated Puerto Montt
Lota Schwager
Santiago Wanderers
Coquimbo Unido
2008 Copa Libertadores Colo-Colo
Universidad Católica
Audax Italiano
2007 Copa Sudamericana Audax Italiano
Colo-Colo
Top goalscorer Apertura: Humberto Suazo (18 goals)
Clausura: Carlos Villanueva (20 goals)
← 2006
2008 →

The 2007 Primera División del Fútbol Profesional Chileno season is the 76th season of top-flight football in Chile. The season is composed of two championship: the Torneo Apertura & Torneo Clasura.

Format

Each tournament had a different format. The Apertura had a double round-robin format. The team with the most points at the end will be the champion. The Clausura consisted of two stages. The first stage was a double round-robin format. The two best teams from each group advanced to the playoffs. The playoffs were in a single-elimination format, the winner of which was the champion.

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Colo-Colo 20 14 5 1 47 16 +31 47 2008 Copa Libertadores Second Stage & Copa Sudamericana Playoffs 1
2 Universidad Católica 20 14 4 2 36 14 +22 46
3 Audax Italiano 20 13 5 2 39 20 +19 44 Copa Sudamericana Playoffs
4 Huachipato 20 12 4 4 35 21 +14 40
5 Cobreloa 20 10 5 5 44 23 +21 35
6 Cobresal 20 9 5 6 31 21 +10 32
7 Ñublense 20 8 8 4 31 31 0 32
8 Unión Española 20 8 4 8 29 25 +4 28
9 Melipilla 20 8 4 8 35 34 +1 28
10 O'Higgins 20 8 3 9 30 38 −8 27
11 La Serena 20 7 5 8 31 30 +1 26
12 Everton 20 6 8 6 24 27 −3 26
13 Universidad de Chile 20 6 7 7 20 21 −1 25
14 Concepción 20 6 5 9 20 34 −14 23
15 Palestino 20 5 8 7 27 30 −3 23
16 Antofagasta 20 5 7 8 24 34 −10 22
17 Universidad de Concepción 20 4 5 11 25 33 −8 17
18 Puerto Montt 20 4 2 14 19 40 −21 14
19 Coquimbo Unido 20 4 2 14 18 40 −22 14
20 Santiago Wanderers 20 4 4 12 24 33 −9 0132
21 Lota Schwager 20 2 6 12 28 52 −24 12

Updated to games played on June 17, 2007.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Universidad Católica qualified to the 2008 Copa Libertadores since Colo-Colo also won the Clausura tournament.
2. Santiago Wanderers were docked three points for not paying their players on time in November 2006.
(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.

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Team Goals
1 Chile Humberto Suazo Colo-Colo 18
2 Argentina José Luis Díaz Cobreloa 16
3 Argentina Lucas Barrios Cobreloa 14
4 Argentina Gustavo Canales La Serena 11
Chile César Díaz Cobresal 11
Chile Luis Núñez Universidad Católica 11

Copa Sudamericana playoffs

Winners qualified to the 2007 Copa Sudamericana.

Torneo Clausura

First stage

Group 1

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Colo-Colo 20 11 6 3 40 21 +19 39 Playoffs
2 Cobresal 20 8 8 4 31 23 +8 32
3 Palestino 20 6 6 8 27 23 +4 24
4 La Serena 20 6 4 10 25 33 −8 22
5 Santiago Wanderers 20 4 5 11 15 43 −28 17

Group 2

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Universidad de Concepción 20 9 8 3 30 19 +11 35 Playoffs
2 Universidad Católica 20 10 4 6 33 21 +12 34
3 Melipilla 20 7 6 7 32 34 −2 27
4 Concepción 20 7 4 9 30 41 −11 25
5 Unión Española 20 4 5 11 26 36 −10 17

Group 3

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Audax Italiano 20 14 5 1 47 20 +27 47 Playoffs and 2008 Copa Libertadores First Stage 1
2 Universidad de Chile 20 13 6 1 42 21 +21 45 Playoffs
3 Cobreloa 20 8 7 5 35 29 +6 31 Play-off Match
4 Puerto Montt 20 5 6 9 18 22 −4 21
5 Everton 20 3 4 13 20 36 −16 13

Group 4

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 O'Higgins 20 9 7 4 28 23 +5 34 Playoffs
2 Ñublense 20 7 5 8 32 38 −6 26 Play-off Match
3 Antofagasta 20 6 7 7 22 21 +1 25
4 Huachipato 20 7 4 9 30 36 −6 25
5 Lota Schwager 20 4 7 9 22 28 −6 19
6 Coquimbo Unido 20 4 1 15 18 37 −19 13

Updated to games played on November 25, 2007.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Audax Italiano qualified to the 2008 Copa Libertadores as the team with the most points in the Clausura classification phase.
(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.

Playoff match

A playoff round was contested because there was a third-placed team who had more points than a second placed team. In a playoff round the third-placed team would have the home field advantage.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Cobreloa 3–1 Ñublense

Playoff stage

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                         
5 Universidad Católica 5 0 5  
4 Universidad de Concepción (a) 3 2 5  
  4 Universidad de Concepción 2 3 5  
  1 Audax Italiano 3 1 4  
8 Cobreloa 2 0 2
1 Audax Italiano 2 1 3  
  4 Universidad de Concepción 0 0 0
  3 Colo-Colo 1 3 4
6 O'Higgins 0 1 1  
3 Colo-Colo 5 1 6  
  3 Colo-Colo 2 1 3
  2 Universidad de Chile 0 0 0  
7 Cobresal 2 1 3
2 Universidad de Chile 4 2 6  

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Team Goals
1 Chile Carlos Villanueva Audax Italiano 20
2 Chile Pedro Morales Universidad de Chile 13
Chile Manuel Villalobos Ñublense 13
4 Chile Cristián Canío Cobreloa 12
Chile Gabriel Vargas Cobresal 12
5 Argentina Esteban Fuertes Universidad Católica 11

Relegation

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Audax Italiano 40 27 10 3 86 40 +46 91
2 Colo-Colo 40 25 11 4 87 37 +50 86
3 Universidad Católica 40 24 8 8 69 35 +34 80
4 Universidad de Chile 40 19 13 8 62 42 +20 70
5 Cobreloa 40 18 12 10 79 52 +27 66
6 Huachipato 40 19 8 13 65 57 +8 65
7 Cobresal 40 17 13 10 62 44 +18 64
8 O'Higgins 40 17 10 13 58 61 −3 61
9 Ñublense 40 15 13 12 63 69 −6 58
10 Melipilla 40 15 10 15 67 68 −1 55
11 Universidad de Concepción 40 13 13 14 55 52 +3 52
12 Palestino 40 12 13 15 54 53 +1 49
13 La Serena 40 13 9 18 56 63 −7 48
14 Concepción 40 13 9 18 52 75 −23 48
15 Antofagasta 40 11 14 15 46 55 −9 47
16 Unión Española 40 12 9 19 55 61 −6 45
17 Everton 40 9 12 19 44 63 −19 39
18 Puerto Montt 40 9 8 23 37 62 −25 35 Relegation Playoffs
19 Lota Schwager 40 6 13 21 50 80 −30 31 Relegated to the Primera División B
20 Santiago Wanderers 40 8 9 23 39 76 −37 0301
21 Coquimbo Unido 40 8 3 29 36 77 −41 27

Updated to games played on November 25, 2007.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Santiago Wanderers were docked three points for not paying their players on time in November 2006.
(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 playoffs

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Santiago Morning 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7 Promoted to the Primera División
2 Puerto Montt 4 2 0 2 9 9 0 6 Relegated to the Primera División B
3 Copiapó 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4 Remains in the Primera División B

See also

References

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