1997 Primera División of Chile

Primera División

Season	1997
Champions	Universidad Católica (Apertura), Colo-Colo (Clausura)
Relegated	Unión Española Deportes Antofagasta
Copa Libertadores	Quarterfinals: Universidad Católica Semifinals: Colo-Colo
Supercopa Sudamericana	Semifinals: Colo-Colo
Copa CONMEBOL	First Round: Universidad de Chile
Top goalscorer	Apertura: David Bisconti (15) Clausura: Richard Báez (10)
← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 tournament of the Primera División de Chile was based in the typical Apertura-Clausura scheme used in many football leagues in Latin-America, similar to the Argentinian First Division. For the first time, this format, with two champions, was used. This tournament format was dropped for the next season (1998), but came back, since 2002, until now.

Both champions qualified for the Copa Libertadores, while the two teams with least points overall relegated. The season started on 16 February 1997 and ended on 21 December 1997.

Overall Table

Pos	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Colo-Colo	72	30	22	6	2	60	31	+29
2	Universidad Católica	67	30	20	7	3	61	28	+33
3	Universidad de Chile	56	30	15	11	4	67	31	+36
4	Cobreloa	47	30	13	8	9	54	39	+15
5	Audax Italiano	44	30	12	8	10	51	40	+11
6	Coquimbo Unido	41	30	11	8	11	43	39	+4
7	Provincial Osorno	38	30	8	14	8	35	33	+2
8	Deportes La Serena	37	30	10	7	13	44	45	–1
9	Deportes Temuco	37	30	11	4	15	44	49	–5
10	Huachipato	36	30	9	9	12	33	39	–6
11	Palestino	33	30	9	6	15	25	45	–20
12	Deportes Concepción	33	30	8	9	13	36	58	–22
13	Deportes Puerto Montt	32	30	8	8	14	39	49	–10
14	Santiago Wanderers	31	30	6	13	11	37	50	–13
15	Unión Española	28	30	8	4	18	37	62	–25
16	Deportes Antofagasta	25	30	7	4	19	29	58	–29

	Qualified for the 1998 Copa Libertadores
	Teams relegated to Segunda División Chilena

Torneo de Apertura

Table

Pos	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Universidad Católica *	37	15	11	4	0	36	13	+23
2	Colo-Colo *	37	15	11	4	0	27	12	+15
3	Universidad de Chile	30	15	8	6	1	31	14	+17
4	Deportes Temuco	22	15	7	1	7	26	18	+8
5	Cobreloa	22	15	6	4	5	26	22	+4
6	Deportes Concepción	22	15	6	4	5	21	26	–5
7	Huachipato	20	15	5	5	5	20	17	+3
8	Coquimbo Unido	20	15	6	2	7	28	26	+2
9	Santiago Wanderers	20	15	4	8	3	24	24	0
10	Deportes La Serena	18	15	5	3	7	23	25	–2
11	Provincial Osorno	17	15	3	8	4	16	18	–2
12	Palestino	16	15	4	4	7	12	24	–12
13	Audax Italiano	15	15	3	6	6	21	24	–3
14	Unión Española	15	15	4	1	10	15	35	–20
15	Deportes Puerto Montt	10	15	2	4	9	18	29	–11
16	Deportes Antofagasta	8	15	2	2	11	14	31	–17

* A championship tiebreaking play-off was played, due to both teams finished tied on points.

Championship play-off

July 8, 1997

Colo-Colo	1 – 0	Universidad Católica
Basay 87'

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago

Attendance: 22,022

Referee: M. Sanchez

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July 10, 1997

Universidad Católica	3 – 0	Colo-Colo
Acosta 2' Bisconti 23' Lunari 78'

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 38,750

Referee: M. Peña

Topscorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals
1	David Bisconti	Universidad Católica	15
2	Walter Otta	Deportes Puerto Montt	11
3	Alberto Acosta	Universidad Católica	10
4	Sergio Gioino	Provincial Osorno	9
	Rodrigo Barrera	Universidad de Chile	9

Torneo de Clausura

Table

Pos	Team	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Colo-Colo	35	15	11	2	2	33	19	+14
2	Universidad Católica	30	15	9	3	3	25	15	+20
3	Audax Italiano	29	15	9	2	4	31	16	+15
4	Universidad de Chile	26	15	7	5	3	36	17	+19
5	Cobreloa	25	15	7	4	4	28	17	+11
6	Deportes Puerto Montt	22	15	6	4	5	21	20	+1
7	Provincial Osorno	21	15	5	6	4	19	15	+4
8	Coquimbo Unido	21	15	5	6	4	15	13	+2
9	Deportes La Serena	19	15	5	4	6	21	20	+1
10	Palestino	17	15	5	2	8	13	21	–7
11	Deportes Antofagasta	17	15	5	2	8	15	27	–12
12	Huachipato	16	15	4	4	7	13	22	–8
13	Unión Española	15	15	4	3	8	22	27	–5
14	Deportes Temuco	15	15	4	3	8	18	31	–13
15	Santiago Wanderers	11	15	2	5	8	13	26	–13
16	Deportes Concepción	11	15	2	5	8	15	32	–17

Topscorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals
1	Richard Báez	Universidad de Chile	10
	Rubén Vallejos	Deportes Puerto Montt	10
3	Hugo Brizuela	Audax Italiano	9

See also

• 1997 in Chilean football

References

• RSSSF Page