Primera División Chilena 1997
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The 1997 tournament
1997 in football (soccer)
The following are the football events of the year 1997 throughout the world.-Events:*January 1 – Manager Leo Beenhakker is named technical director at Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem and replaced as a manager by Sparta Rotterdam head coach Henk ten Cate.*Copa Libertadores 1997: is won by Cruzeiro after...

 of the Primera División de Chile was based in the typical Apertura-Clausura
Apertura and Clausura
The Apertura and Clausura tournaments are a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American football leagues in which the traditional European football season from August to May is divided in two sections per season, each with its own champion. Apertura and Clausura are the Spanish words for...

 scheme used in many football leagues in Latin-America, similar to the Argentinian First Division
Primera División Argentina
The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...

. 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
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...

72 30 22 6 2 60 31
29
2 Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, which plays in the Primera División.Universidad Católica is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile and considered one of the three "big teams"...

67 30 20 7 3 61 28
33
3 Universidad de Chile 56 30 15 11 4 67 31
36
4 Cobreloa
Cobreloa
Club de Deportes Cobreloa is a Chilean football club from the Atacama Desert mining city of Calama which has established itself as one of the country's most competitive clubs. The club was founded on January 7, 1977 and play in the Chilean top flight, the Primera División, where they have played...

47 30 13 8 9 54 39
15
5 Audax Italiano 44 30 12 8 10 51 40
11
6 Coquimbo Unido
Coquimbo Unido
Coquimbo Unido, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded August 15, 1957 and plays in the second division of the Chilean football league...

41 30 11 8 11 43 39
4
7 Provincial Osorno
Provincial Osorno
Provincial Osorno is a football club based in Osorno, Los Lagos Region, Chile. They currently play in the Tercera División, the third tier of the Chilean football system...

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
Club Deportivo Huachipato
Club Deportivo Huachipato, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Talcahuano. The club was founded June 7, 1947 and plays in the top level of the Chilean football league system, the Primera División. Their home games are played at the Estadio CAP, which has a capacity of 10,500...

36 30 9 9 12 33 39 –6
11 Palestino
Club Deportivo Palestino
Club Deportivo Palestino, is a professional football club based in the city of Santiago, Chile. The club was founded in 1920 and plays in the Primera División de Chile...

33 30 9 6 15 25 45 –20
12 Deportes Concepción
Club de Deportes Concepción
Club Deportes Concepción, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Concepción.The club was founded on February 29, 1966 by the orgia of several amateur clubs such as Galvarino, Liverpool, Juvenil Unido, Santa Fe and Club Lord Cochrane. The club is one of the most popular in the VIII region...

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
Unión Española
Club Unión Española S.A.D.P is a professional Chilean football based in Independencia, Santiago de Chile. Founded by a Spanish immigrants on 18 May 1897, Unión Española have participated in the top-tier of Chilean football for all of their existence but two seasons in the late '90s .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
Primera B (Chile)
Primera División B del Fútbol Profesional Chileno is the second level of Chilean football in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional....


Table

Pos Team Pts P W D L GF GA GD
1 Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, which plays in the Primera División.Universidad Católica is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile and considered one of the three "big teams"...

 *
37 15 11 4 0 36 13
23
2 Colo-Colo
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.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
Cobreloa
Club de Deportes Cobreloa is a Chilean football club from the Atacama Desert mining city of Calama which has established itself as one of the country's most competitive clubs. The club was founded on January 7, 1977 and play in the Chilean top flight, the Primera División, where they have played...

22 15 6 4 5 26 22
4
6 Deportes Concepción
Club de Deportes Concepción
Club Deportes Concepción, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Concepción.The club was founded on February 29, 1966 by the orgia of several amateur clubs such as Galvarino, Liverpool, Juvenil Unido, Santa Fe and Club Lord Cochrane. The club is one of the most popular in the VIII region...

22 15 6 4 5 21 26 –5
7 Huachipato
Club Deportivo Huachipato
Club Deportivo Huachipato, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Talcahuano. The club was founded June 7, 1947 and plays in the top level of the Chilean football league system, the Primera División. Their home games are played at the Estadio CAP, which has a capacity of 10,500...

20 15 5 5 5 20 17
3
8 Coquimbo Unido
Coquimbo Unido
Coquimbo Unido, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded August 15, 1957 and plays in the second division of the Chilean football league...

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
Provincial Osorno
Provincial Osorno is a football club based in Osorno, Los Lagos Region, Chile. They currently play in the Tercera División, the third tier of the Chilean football system...

17 15 3 8 4 16 18 –2
12 Palestino
Club Deportivo Palestino
Club Deportivo Palestino, is a professional football club based in the city of Santiago, Chile. The club was founded in 1920 and plays in the Primera División de Chile...

16 15 4 4 7 12 24 –12
13 Audax Italiano 15 15 3 6 6 21 24 –3
14 Unión Española
Unión Española
Club Unión Española S.A.D.P is a professional Chilean football based in Independencia, Santiago de Chile. Founded by a Spanish immigrants on 18 May 1897, Unión Española have participated in the top-tier of Chilean football for all of their existence but two seasons in the late '90s .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

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Topscorers

Pos  Name Team Goals
1   David Bisconti
David Bisconti
David Bisconti is a retired Argentine football player who played 12 times for the Argentina national team.Bisconti played the majority of his football for Rosario Central and Yokohama Marinos in Japan...

Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, which plays in the Primera División.Universidad Católica is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile and considered one of the three "big teams"...

15
2   Walter Otta
Walter Otta
Walter Nicolás Otta is a retired Argentine footballer striker, last playing for Villa Dalmine in the regionalised Argentine 4th division.- Career :...

Deportes Puerto Montt 11
3   Alberto Acosta
Alberto Acosta
Alberto Federico 'Beto' Acosta is a retired Argentine footballer who played as a striker.In a professional career which spanned 18 years , he played for San Lorenzo in four different spells...

Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, which plays in the Primera División.Universidad Católica is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile and considered one of the three "big teams"...

10
4   Sergio Gioino
Sergio Gioino
Sergio Gioino is a Argentine footballer currently playing for Coquimbo Unido of the Primera B Chilena....

Provincial Osorno
Provincial Osorno
Provincial Osorno is a football club based in Osorno, Los Lagos Region, Chile. They currently play in the Tercera División, the third tier of the Chilean football system...

9
  Rodrigo Barrera Universidad de Chile 9

Table

Pos Team Pts P W D L GF GA GD
1 Colo-Colo
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...

35 15 11 2 2 33 19
14
2 Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, which plays in the Primera División.Universidad Católica is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile and considered one of the three "big teams"...

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
Cobreloa
Club de Deportes Cobreloa is a Chilean football club from the Atacama Desert mining city of Calama which has established itself as one of the country's most competitive clubs. The club was founded on January 7, 1977 and play in the Chilean top flight, the Primera División, where they have played...

25 15 7 4 4 28 17
11
6 Deportes Puerto Montt  22 15 6 4 5 21 20
1
7 Provincial Osorno
Provincial Osorno
Provincial Osorno is a football club based in Osorno, Los Lagos Region, Chile. They currently play in the Tercera División, the third tier of the Chilean football system...

21 15 5 6 4 19 15
4
8 Coquimbo Unido
Coquimbo Unido
Coquimbo Unido, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded August 15, 1957 and plays in the second division of the Chilean football league...

21 15 5 6 4 15 13
2
9 Deportes La Serena 19 15 5 4 6 21 20
1
10 Palestino
Club Deportivo Palestino
Club Deportivo Palestino, is a professional football club based in the city of Santiago, Chile. The club was founded in 1920 and plays in the Primera División de Chile...

17 15 5 2 8 13 21 –7
11 Deportes Antofagasta 17 15 5 2 8 15 27 –12
12 Huachipato
Club Deportivo Huachipato
Club Deportivo Huachipato, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Talcahuano. The club was founded June 7, 1947 and plays in the top level of the Chilean football league system, the Primera División. Their home games are played at the Estadio CAP, which has a capacity of 10,500...

16 15 4 4 7 13 22 –8
13 Unión Española
Unión Española
Club Unión Española S.A.D.P is a professional Chilean football based in Independencia, Santiago de Chile. Founded by a Spanish immigrants on 18 May 1897, Unión Española have participated in the top-tier of Chilean football for all of their existence but two seasons in the late '90s .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
Club de Deportes Concepción
Club Deportes Concepción, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Concepción.The club was founded on February 29, 1966 by the orgia of several amateur clubs such as Galvarino, Liverpool, Juvenil Unido, Santa Fe and Club Lord Cochrane. The club is one of the most popular in the VIII region...

11 15 2 5 8 15 32 –17

Topscorers

Pos  Name Team Goals
1   Richard Báez
Richard Báez
Richart Martín Báez Fernández is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a striker.-Career:Baez can be considered one of the most notable strikers in Olimpia's history. In 2002 he helped Olimpia conquer the Copa Libertadores de América scoring a crucial goal in the final. His best attribute was the...

Universidad de Chile 10
  Rubén Vallejos Deportes Puerto Montt 10
3   Hugo Brizuela Audax Italiano 9
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