1970 Primera División de Chile

Campeonato Profesional de Fútbol
Dates	5 April 1970 – 27 January 1971
Champions	Colo-Colo (10th title)
Relegated	Palestino
1971 Copa Libertadores	Colo-Colo; Unión Española
Matches played	340
Goals scored	968 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Osvaldo Castro; (36 goals)
Biggest home win	Green Cross Temuco 5–1 Unión La Calera; (6 June); Deportes La Serena 5–1 Unión La Calera; (5 July); Universidad Católica 5–1 Unión La Calera; (1 August); Huachipato 5–1 Unión La Calera; (13 September)
Highest attendance	72,363 Colo-Colo 0–1 Unión Española; (16 January 1971)
Total attendance	2,827,344
Average attendance	8,316
	← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 Campeonato Nacional de Futbol Profesional was first tier’s 38th season. Colo-Colo was the tournament's champion, winning its tenth honor after seven years without a title.^[1]

First stage[edit]

Torneo Metropolitano[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Unión Española	14	10	2	2	23	10	+13	22	Wins points for the National Tournament^[a]
2	Universidad Católica	14	9	2	3	30	18	+12	20
3	Colo-Colo	14	6	3	5	20	16	+4	15
4	Universidad de Chile	14	4	7	3	28	25	+3	15
5	O'Higgins	14	3	6	5	19	21	−2	12
6	Palestino	14	4	3	7	21	27	−6	11
7	Audax Italiano	14	3	4	7	18	27	−9	10
8	Magallanes	14	2	3	9	12	27	−15	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ The top 5 teams earned bonus points: Unión Española 5 pts, Universidad Católica 4 pts, Colo-Colo 3 pts, Universidad de Chile 2pts, O'Higgins 1 pt

Home \ Away	AUDI	COLO	MAGA	OHIG	PALE	UESP	UCAT	UCHI
Audax		0–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	1–3	0–3	3–3
Colo-Colo	3–1		2–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–4
Magallanes	3–4	0–3		0–3	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–2
O'Higgins	0–1	1–1	4–1		2–3	0–2	1–1	1–1
Palestino	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–1		0–1	2–3	0–2
U. Española	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–0		2–1	1–1
U. Católica	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–2	2–4		1–1
U. de Chile	3–1	1–1	1–2	3–3	4–4	1–2	1–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Torneo Provincial[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportes Concepción	18	9	5	4	35	24	+11	23	Wins points for the National Tournament^[a]
2	Green Cross Temuco	18	8	6	4	34	24	+10	22
3	Huachipato	18	8	4	6	29	22	+7	20
4	Deportes La Serena	18	7	6	5	23	20	+3	20
5	Everton	18	6	7	5	26	24	+2	19
6	Antofagasta Portuario	18	6	7	5	19	19	0	19
7	Lota Schwager	18	6	5	7	29	25	+4	17
8	Rangers	18	6	4	8	22	24	−2	16
9	Santiago Wanderers	18	5	4	9	19	34	−15	14
10	Unión La Calera	18	2	6	10	23	43	−20	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ The top 5 teams earned bonus points: Deportes Concepción 5 pts, Green Cross Temuco 4 pts, Huachipato 3 pts, Deportes La Serena 2pts, Everton 1 pt

Home \ Away	ANTP	DCON	EVER	GCRT	HUAC	DLSE	LOTS	RANG	ULCA	SWAN
Antofagasta P.		0–0	2–0	1–0	0–3	0–2	3–3	0–0	0–0	1–1
D. Concepción	0–1		1–0	2–2	2–1	5–2	2–3	3–2	2–1	4–2
Everton	1–1	1–2		4–4	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–0
Green Cross T.	1–0	2–3	2–2		0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	5–1	2–2
Huachipato	2–4	1–1	1–2	2–0		0–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–3
D. La Serena	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–1		0–3	1–1	1–1	2–0
Lota S.	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	3–1		0–0	4–1	3–1
Rangers	1–0	0–4	0–3	1–3	3–0	1–2	0–1		1–1	3–0
U. La Calera	2–3	3–3	2–2	3–2	1–2	1–5	3–1	1–4		0–1
S. Wanderers	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–3	0–3	0–2	2–2	0–2	2–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

National Tournament[edit]

Zona A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad Católica	18	10	2	6	35	27	+8	4	26	Plays the Championship Stage
2	Lota Schwager	18	9	6	3	21	13	+8	0	24
3	Deportes Concepción	18	6	7	5	23	20	+3	5	24
4	Universidad de Chile	18	8	5	5	18	12	+6	2	23
5	O'Higgins	18	7	5	6	23	21	+2	1	20
6	Huachipato	18	5	6	7	27	25	+2	3	19
7	Audax Italiano	18	7	2	9	18	21	−3	0	16
8	Antofagasta Portuario	18	3	7	8	15	26	−11	0	13
9	Unión La Calera	18	1	8	9	18	37	−19	0	10	Plays the Relegation Playoffs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Home \ Away	ANTP	ULCA	UCAT	UCHI	AUDI	OHIG	HUAC	DCON	LOTS
Antofagasta P.		1–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–2
U. La Calera	2–2		2–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	1–1
U. Católica	2–1	5–1		1–1	3–2	4–2	3–1	1–0	2–3
U. de Chile	2–0	3–0	1–0		1–1	3–0	0–1	0–3	1–0
Audax I.	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0		0–2	3–2	0–2	1–2
O'Higgins	2–1	2–2	4–1	0–1	2–0		3–2	2–0	1–0
Huachipato	1–1	5–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1		1–2	1–1
Concepción	0–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–2		1–1
Lota S.	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Interzone[edit]

OHIG	0–0	GCRT	2–0
UCAT	5–2	DLSE	0–1
EVER	1–0	AUDI	0–0
SWAN	0–0	UCHI	2–0
MAGA	1–4	HUAC	0–1
DCON	0–0	COLO	3–1
LOTS	2–2	PALE	1–2
UESP	4–0	ANTP	0–3
RANG	1–1	ULCA	0–1

Zona B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Unión Española	18	10	7	1	35	18	+17	5	32	Plays the Championship Stage
2	Everton	18	11	3	4	34	22	+12	1	26
3	Colo-Colo	18	7	6	5	26	23	+3	3	23
4	Green Cross Temuco	18	6	6	6	24	21	+3	4	22
5	Magallanes	18	6	5	7	29	30	−1	0	17
6	Deportes La Serena	18	5	4	9	16	28	−12	2	16
7	Rangers	18	5	5	8	23	28	−5	0	15
8	Santiago Wanderers	18	6	3	9	20	29	−9	0	15
9	Palestino	18	3	7	8	26	30	−4	0	13	Plays Relegation Playoffs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Home \ Away	DLSE	EVER	SWAN	UESP	COLO	MAGA	PALE	RANG	GCRT
La Serena		1–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	4–3
Everton	0–1		2–1	2–3	2–1	3–1	4–2	2–0	0–1
S. Wanderers	1–1	1–4		0–2	2–1	0–3	3–1	2–0	1–1
U. Española	3–0	1–1	1–0		1–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–1
Colo-Colo	0–1	1–4	2–1	2–2		2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1
Magallanes	1–1	1–1	3–4	2–2	3–1		0–0	2–1	2–0
Palestino	1–1	4–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	3–3		3–1	2–2
Rangers	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–4	3–2	4–2		0–0
Green Cross T.	3–0	2–3	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship stage[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Unión Española	7	6	0	1	17	5	+12	12	Qualified for the Championship play-off and 1971 Copa Libertadores
2	Colo-Colo	7	6	0	1	19	9	+10	12
3	Universidad de Chile	7	4	0	3	11	8	+3	8
4	Universidad Católica	7	4	0	3	13	16	−3	8
5	Deportes Concepción	7	3	1	3	13	13	0	7
6	Everton	7	3	0	4	11	11	0	6
7	Lota Schwager	7	1	1	5	8	17	−9	3
8	Green Cross Temuco	7	0	0	7	5	18	−13	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Home \ Away	DCON	EVER	GCRT	LSCH	UESP	UCAT	UCHI
Colo-Colo	3–2	3–1	2–1	4–1	0–1	5–2	2–1
Concepción			3–0	1–1
Everton	0–1		3–0	3–2
Green Cross T.
Lota S.			3–2
U. Española	3–0	1–2	5–2	2–0
U. Católica	4–6	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–3
U. de Chile	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-off[edit]

27 January 1970

Colo-Colo	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Unión Española
Beiruth 24', 110'		43' Pacheco

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 71,335

Referee: P. Reyes

Campeonato Profesional 1970 champion
Colo-Colo 10th title

Relegation play-off[edit]

Palestino	3–2	La Calera	4–0	1–1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Unión La Calera	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	3
2	Palestino	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	3	Relegated to 1971 Segunda División

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Osvaldo Castro	Deportes Concepción	36
2	Sergio Messen	Universidad Católica	28
3	Eladio Zárate	Unión Española	21
4	Elson Beiruth	Colo-Colo	19
5	Oscar González	Green Cross Temuco	19
6	Óscar Fuentes	Palestino	19

Copa Francisco Candelori[edit]

Played between the winners of the Torneo Metropolitano 1970 (Unión Española) and Torneo Provincial 1970 (Deportes Concepción).

5 August 1970	Deportes Concepción	1 – 0	Unión Española	Estadio Regional, Concepción
	Abellán 85'			Attendance: 15,967

26 August 1970	Unión Española	0 – 0	Deportes Concepción	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
				Attendance: 9,909

Deportes Concepción won the Copa Francisco Candelori

References[edit]

^ "Colo-Colo 1970". Colocolo.cl. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

External links[edit]

ANFP (in Spanish)

[table_note_res_NT0.73015074279632-2] The top 5 teams earned bonus points: Unión Española 5 pts, Universidad Católica 4 pts, Colo-Colo 3 pts, Universidad de Chile 2pts, O'Higgins 1 pt

[table_note_res_NT0.68338198898518-3] The top 5 teams earned bonus points: Deportes Concepción 5 pts, Green Cross Temuco 4 pts, Huachipato 3 pts, Deportes La Serena 2pts, Everton 1 pt

[1] "Colo-Colo 1970". Colocolo.cl. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

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