1951 Primera División de Chile

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional

Dates	28 April 1951 – 13 December 1951
Champions	Unión Española (2nd title)
Matches played	163
Goals scored	634 (3.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlos Tello Rubén Aguilera (21 goals)
Biggest away win	Magallanes 0–6 Santiago Morning (21 July) Green Cross 0–6 Magallanes (15 September)
Highest attendance	59,843 Universidad de Chile 2–2 Universidad Católica (31 October)
Total attendance	1,760,903
Average attendance	10,803
← 1950 1952 →

The 1951 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional was Chilean first tier’s 19th season. Unión Española was the tournament’s champion, winning its second title.

Unión Española’s champion team in 1951

First stage

Scores

	AUD	COL	EVE	FEB	GCR	IBE	MAG	SMO	UES	UCA	UCH	SWA
Audax		3–2	0–3	3–3	4–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1
Colo-Colo	3–1		1–2	5–3	2–0	4–2	2–1	1–3	3–3	2–1	2–2	2–0
Everton	1–1	2–2		6–1	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–3	4–3	2–4	3–1	4–2
Ferrobádminton	0–4	1–3	2–4		1–3	3–2	3–0	0–4	1–3	4–4	0–3	1–1
Green Cross	1–2	1–1	0–4	2–6		0–3	0–6	4–4	6–4	1–0	1–2	0–1
Iberia	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	5–3		5–0	4–2	1–3	2–4	2–3	1–0
Magallanes	1–4	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–3	4–1		0–6	4–2	2–1	1–1	2–2
S. Morning	0–2	0–1	4–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	3–2		4–2	1–1	0–1	5–0
U. Española	0–3	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	3–2	4–2	1–3		2–1	4–0	5–2
U. Católica	3–0	2–3	0–0	5–2	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–2		3–1	3–4
U. de Chile	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–2		1–0
S. Wanderers	2–1	2–2	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	7–2	3–1	0–0	1–2	0–0

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Audax Italiano	22	13	4	5	44	29	+15	30	Qualifies to Championship stage
2	Everton	22	12	5	5	54	36	+18	29
3	Colo-Colo	22	11	6	5	45	35	+10	28
4	Unión Española	22	11	5	6	53	44	+9	27
5	Santiago Morning	22	11	4	7	50	30	+20	26
6	Universidad de Chile	22	8	9	5	33	32	+1	25
7	Universidad Católica	22	9	6	7	46	34	+12	24
8	Iberia	22	9	2	11	44	43	+1	20
9	Santiago Wanderers	22	6	6	10	35	39	−4	18
10	Magallanes	22	5	5	12	37	57	−20	15
11	Ferrobádminton	22	4	3	15	33	65	−32	11
12	Green Cross	22	4	3	15	30	60	−30	11

Source:

Championship stage

Scores

	AUD	COL	EVE	SMO	UES	UCH
Audax		0–3	4–2	4–2	2–6	1–0
Colo-Colo			1–0	1–2	2–4	0–1
Everton				1–4	2–4	4–1
S. Morning					3–4	0–2
U. Española						1–1
U. de Chile

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Unión Española	5	4	1	0	19	10	+9	9
2	Audax Italiano	5	3	0	2	11	13	−2	6
3	Universidad de Chile	5	2	1	2	5	6	−1	5
4	Colo-Colo	5	2	0	3	7	7	0	4
5	Santiago Morning	5	2	0	3	11	12	−1	4
6	Everton	5	1	0	4	9	14	−5	2

Source:

Aggregate top standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Unión Española	27	15	6	6	72	54	+18	36	Qualified to Championship play-off
2	Audax Italiano	27	16	4	7	55	42	+13	36
3	Colo-Colo	27	13	6	8	52	42	+10	32
4	Everton	27	13	5	9	63	50	+13	31
5	Santiago Morning	27	13	4	10	61	42	+19	30
6	Universidad de Chile	27	10	10	7	38	38	0	30

Source:

Championship play-off

13 December 1951

Unión Española	1–0	Audax Italiano
Lorca 74' (pen.)

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 41,877

Referee: W. Crawford

Chilean Campeonato de Fútbol Profesional 1951 champions
Unión Española 2nd title

Relegation stage

Scores

	FEB	GCR	IBE	MAG	UCA	SWA
Ferrobádminton		2–1	2–3	2–4	4–3	1–2
Green Cross			3–2	3–2	4–1	2–0
Iberia				1–2	4–5	2–2
Magallanes					3–2	0–0
U. Católica						2–3
S. Wanderers

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Green Cross	5	4	0	1	13	7	+6	8
2	Magallanes	5	3	1	1	11	8	+3	7
3	Santiago Wanderers	5	2	2	1	7	7	0	6
4	Ferrobádminton	5	2	0	3	11	13	−2	4
5	Iberia	5	1	1	3	12	14	−2	3
6	Universidad Católica	5	1	0	4	13	18	−5	2

Source:

Aggregate bottom standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Universidad Católica	27	10	6	11	59	52	+7	26
8	Santiago Wanderers	27	8	8	11	42	46	−4	24
9	Iberia	27	10	3	14	56	57	−1	23
10	Magallanes	27	8	6	13	48	65	−17	22
11	Green Cross	27	8	3	16	43	67	−24	19
12	Ferrobádminton	27	6	3	18	44	78	−34	15	Relegated (Later revoked)

Source:

Topscorer

Name	Team	Goals
Carlos Tello	Audax Italiano	21
Rubén Aguilera	Santiago Morning	21

External links

• ANFP (in Spanish)
• RSSSF Chile 1951