Chilean Primera División


The Chilean Primera División is the top tier league of the Chilean football league system. It is organized by the ANFP. The league is known as the Campeonato AFP PlanVital for sponsorship reasons.

Format

As of the 2018 season, 16 teams compete in the league, playing against each other two times, home and away.

Relegation and promotion

Currently, the two teams with the worst scores in the season, are relegated to Primera B, and replaced by the Champions and Runners-up of this Division.

Qualification for international competitions

The champions of the Campeonato are immediately qualified to the Copa Libertadores for the next year, as well as the second and third place. The fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh place are qualified to the Copa Sudamericana for the next year.

History

Professionalism

In 1933, eight big clubs at that time, namely, Unión Española, Badminton, Colo-Colo, Audax Italiano, Green Cross, Morning Star, Magallanes and Santiago National, founded the Liga Profesional de Football de Santiago on May 31, 1933. The newly formed body was recognized by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile on June 2, 1933.
The first edition of professional competition was contested by the eight founding teams and was won by Magallanes after defeating Colo-Colo in a decisive match. In the following year, according to the disposition of Federación de Fútbol de Chile, Liga Profesional returned to integrate with the AFS. As part of the negotiations for reunification, four teams from AFS, namely, Ferroviarios, Carlos Walker, Deportivo Alemán, and Santiago F.C., would join the 1934 professional competition. Moreover, it was also decided that the last six teams in the 1934 competition would be eliminated to form the new second division in 1935. The title of the expanded 1934 edition was again clinched by Magallanes, which won 10 out of the 11 matches that year.

Current teams

There are 18 teams playing in the Primera División, as of the 2020 season.
ClubCityStadiumCapacity
Audax ItalianoSantiagoBicentenario de La Florida12,000
CobresalEl SalvadorEl Cobre12,000
Colo-ColoSantiagoMonumental David Arellano47,347
Coquimbo UnidoCoquimboMunicipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso18,750
Curicó UnidoCuricóLa Granja8,000
Deportes AntofagastaAntofagastaRegional de Antofagasta21,178
Deportes IquiqueIquiqueTierra de Campeones13,171
Deportes La SerenaLa SerenaLa Portada18,243
EvertonViña del MarSausalito22,360
HuachipatoTalcahuanoCAP10,500
O'HigginsRancaguaEl Teniente13,849
PalestinoSantiagoMunicipal de La Cisterna8,000
Santiago WanderersValparaísoElías Figueroa Brander20,575
Unión EspañolaSantiagoSanta Laura-Universidad SEK19,000
Unión La CaleraCaleraMunicipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar9,200
Universidad CatólicaSantiagoSan Carlos de Apoquindo14,118
Universidad de ChileSantiagoNacional Julio Martínez Prádanos48,665
Universidad de ConcepciónConcepciónEster Roa30,448

List of seasons

Source : rsssf.com

Titles by club

Source:
ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning yearsRunners-up years
Colo-Colo32211937, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1947, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997 Clausura, 1998, 2002 Clausura, 2006 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2007 Apertura, 2007 Clausura, 2008 Clausura, 2009 Clausura, 2014 Clausura, 2015 Apertura, 2017 Transición1933, 1943, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1973, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997 Apertura, 2003 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2008 Apertura, 2010, 2015 Clausura, 2016 Clausura, 2017 Clausura, 2019
Universidad de Chile1881940, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2004 Apertura, 2009 Apertura, 2011 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2012 Apertura, 2014 Apertura, 2017 Clausura1957, 1961, 1963, 1971, 1980, 1998, 2005 Clausura, 2006 Apertura
Universidad Católica14211949, 1954, 1961, 1966, 1984, 1987, 1997 Apertura, 2002 Apertura, 2005 Clausura, 2010, 2016 Clausura, 2016 Apertura, 2018, 20191962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Clausura, 1999, 2001, 2002 Clausura, 2007 Apertura, 2009 Clausura, 2011 Apertura, 2013 Transición, 2013 Apertura, 2014 Clausura, 2015 Apertura
Cobreloa881980, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 2003 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2004 Clausura1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1993, 2000, 2004 Apertura, 2011 Clausura
Unión Española7101943, 1951, 1973, 1975, 1977, 2005 Apertura, 2013 Transición1945, 1948, 1950, 1970, 1972, 1976, 2004 Clausura, 2009 Apertura, 2012 Clausura, 2017 Transición
Audax Italiano481936, 1946, 1948, 19571934, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1947, 1951, 2006 Clausura
Magallanes441933, 1934, 1935, 19381936, 1937, 1942, 1946
Everton421950, 1952, 1976, 2008 Apertura1977, 1985
Santiago Wanderers341958, 1968, 20011949, 1956, 1960, 2014 Apertura
Palestino241955, 19781953, 1974, 1986, 2008 Clausura
Huachipato201974, 2012 Clausura—
Santiago Morning1219421939, 1941
Cobresal122015 Clausura1984, 1988
O'Higgins112013 Apertura2012 Apertura
Green Cross101945—
Unión San Felipe101971—