2019 Chilean Primera División


The 2019 Campeonato Nacional, known as Campeonato AFP PlanVital 2019 for sponsorship reasons, was the 89th season of top-flight football in Chile. The season started on 15 February 2019. Universidad Católica were the defending champions, having won the previous tournament.
Due to the 2019 Chilean protests, the competition was suspended since mid-October with six matchdays still left. After a failed attempt to resume normal activity that saw only one match fully played, on 29 November 2019, ANFP's Council of Presidents voted to conclude the season. Thus Universidad Católica, who were leading the competition at the time of the suspension, won their fourteenth title. No teams were relegated to the Primera B this season.

Teams

Sixteen teams took part in the league in this season: the top fourteen teams from the previous season, plus Coquimbo Unido and Cobresal, who were promoted from the Primera B. Both promoted teams replaced Deportes Temuco and San Luis, who were relegated at the end of the last season.

Stadia and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
Audax ItalianoSantiago Bicentenario de La Florida12,000
CobresalEl SalvadorEl Cobre12,000
Colo-ColoSantiago Monumental David Arellano47,347
Coquimbo UnidoCoquimboFrancisco Sánchez Rumoroso18,750
Curicó UnidoCuricóLa Granja8,278
Deportes AntofagastaAntofagastaCalvo y Bascuñán21,178
Deportes IquiqueIquiqueCavancha5,500
EvertonViña del MarSausalito22,360
HuachipatoTalcahuanoHuachipato-CAP Acero10,500
O'HigginsRancaguaEl Teniente13,849
PalestinoSantiago Municipal de La Cisterna8,000
Unión EspañolaSantiago Santa Laura-Universidad SEK19,000
Unión La CaleraLa CaleraNicolás Chahuán Nazar9,200
Universidad CatólicaSantiago San Carlos de Apoquindo14,118
Universidad de ChileSantiago Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos48,665
Universidad de ConcepciónConcepciónAlcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo30,448

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Colo-Colo Héctor TapiaEnd of contract2 December 2018Pre-season Mario Salas18 December 2018
Deportes Iquique Luis MusrriEnd of contract3 December 2018Pre-season Pablo Sánchez4 December 2018
Everton Javier TorrenteEnd of contract4 December 2018Pre-season Gustavo Díaz13 December 2018
Universidad Católica Beñat San JoséResigned10 December 2018Pre-season Gustavo Quinteros21 December 2018
Curicó Unido Jaime VeraSigned by OFI Crete25 January 2019Pre-season Dalcio Giovagnoli28 January 2019
Universidad de Chile Frank KudelkaResigned13 March 201910th Alfredo Arias14 March 2019
Deportes Antofagasta Gerardo AmeliSacked18 May 201914th Walter Fiori 18 May 2019
Deportes Antofagasta Walter FioriEnd of caretaker spell27 May 201916th Juan Manuel Azconzábal27 May 2019
Huachipato Nicolás LarcamónMutual consent9 July 20199th Gustavo Florentín11 July 2019
Deportes Iquique Pablo SánchezMutual consent29 July 201912th Jaime Vera30 July 2019
Universidad de Chile Alfredo AriasSacked4 August 201915th Hernán Caputto 5 August 2019
Unión Española Fernando DíazSacked23 August 20198th Ronald Fuentes24 August 2019
Unión La Calera Francisco MeneghiniSacked16 September 20197th Walter Coyette17 September 2019
Everton Gustavo DíazSacked17 September 201913th Javier Torrente18 September 2019
Curicó Unido Dalcio GiovagnoliSacked7 October 201912th Hugo Vilches10 October 2019

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

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