2002 Torneo Clausura (Chile)

The 2002 Campeonato Nacional Clausura Copa Banco del Estado was the 72nd Chilean League top flight tournament.

Campeonato Nacional Clausura Copa Banco del Estado

Season	2002
Dates	31 July – 22 December 2002
Champions	Colo-Colo 24th title
Relegated	Deportes Concepción Santiago Morning
2003 Copa Libertadores	Colo-Colo Cobreloa (Libertadores play-off winner)
Matches played	146
Top goalscorer	Manuel Neira (14 goals)
Total attendance	999,656
Average attendance	6,847
← 2002–A 2003–A →

The champion was Colo-Colo which won its twenty-third league title during its bankruptcy, so it was the first Chilean champion in this status.^[1]

Qualifying stage

Scores

Home \ Away	AUD	CLO	CSA	COL	DCO	COQ	HUA	PAL	RAN	SMO	USF	DTE	UCA	UCH	UES	SWA
Audax		1–2		1–2	2–2				1–1	2–1	2–1					1–1
Cobreloa					1–0				4–0			7–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0
Cobresal	1–0	1–1		2–1			2–2			1–1	3–2		1–3		3–2
Colo-Colo		1–2							3–1			1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–2
Concepción			1–1	2–4		1–1	1–2	1–1		1–0	0–2
Coquimbo	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1			1–0			2–1	2–0		1–1
Huachipato	1–1	1–1		0–0						3–0	3–0		3–1	1–2	1–3
Palestino	3–1	1–3	2–0	0–0		0–0	1–1			0–2	0–2
Rangers			1–2		1–2	1–1	3–0	3–2			1–1					1–1
S. Morning		0–4		1–5					2–0			0–0	1–2	0–2	1–1
San Felipe		3–1		2–0						1–1		3–2	1–2	1–1	2–1
Temuco	1–2		1–2		1–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–0							0–2
U. Católica	2–3				2–1			2–0	3–0			5–1		1–1	1–1	2–2
U. Chile	2–2		1–1		2–1	1–0		3–1	4–0			1–2				2–1
U. Española	2–0				4–3	3–0		1–1	2–0			2–1		0–1		2–0
S. Wanderers			2–3		2–2	2–1	2–1	3–1		2–0	1–0

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

Standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colo-Colo	15	6	5	4	21	15	+6	23	Advanced to the Playoffs
2	Huachipato	15	5	5	5	22	18	+4	20
3	Deportes Concepción	15	3	5	7	20	26	−6	14
4	Deportes Temuco	15	1	5	9	13	32	−19	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cobreloa	15	10	4	1	33	10	+23	34	Advanced to the Playoffs
2	Cobresal	15	7	6	2	23	20	+3	27
3	Universidad Católica	15	7	5	3	28	20	+8	26
4	Audax Italiano	15	4	6	5	19	22	−3	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Coquimbo Unido	15	3	8	4	10	12	−2	17	Advanced to the Playoffs
2	Palestino	15	2	6	7	14	23	−9	12
3	Rangers	15	2	5	8	13	28	−15	11
4	Santiago Morning	15	2	4	9	11	26	−15	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad de Chile	15	8	6	1	24	12	+12	30	Advanced to the Playoffs
2	Santiago Wanderers	15	7	4	4	23	18	+5	25
3	Unión Española	15	7	3	5	24	17	+7	24
4	Unión San Felipe	15	6	3	6	21	20	+1	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoff stage

First Round

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	GG	Pen.
Universidad Católica	4:1	Coquimbo Unido	0–0	2–0
Santiago Wanderers	3:3	Huachipato	0–4	5–0 (aet)	1–0
Unión Española	1:4	Colo-Colo	2–3	0–0
Cobreloa	6:0	Rangers	2–1	3–2
Cobresal	3:3	Deportes Concepción	1–5	4–1 (aet)	1–0
Universidad de Chile	6:0	Palestino	4–3	4–2

Quarterfinals

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	AG	Pen.
Santiago Wanderers	0:6	Universidad Católica	0–4	1–2	—	—
Colo-Colo	6:0	Cobresal	4–1	3–1	—	—
Deportes Concepción	0:6	Cobreloa	0–2	1–2	—	—
Huachipato	2:2	Universidad de Chile	2–2	1–1	1:2	—

Semifinals

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	AG	Pen.
Universidad de Chile	1:4	Universidad Católica	0–0	0–1	—	—
Cobreloa	0:6	Colo-Colo	0–2	1–2	—	—

Finals

Colo-Colo	2–0	Universidad Católica
Espina 47' Quinteros 86'

December 18

Estadio Monumental, Santiago

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Guido Aros

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Universidad Católica	2–3	Colo-Colo
Lenci 10' Acevedo 86'		Espina 15' (pen.) Neira 67', 73'

December 22

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 45,540

Referee: Carlos Chandía

Primera Division 2002 Clausura champion
Colo-Colo 23rd title

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Manuel Neira	Colo-Colo	14
2	Sergio Gioino	Huachipato	13
3	Silvio Fernández	Santiago Wanderers	12

Pre-Copa Libertadores play-off

Palestino v Cobreloa

21 December 2002	Palestino	1 – 2	Cobreloa	Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna, Santiago
	Rubilar 39'		10', 17' Madrid	Attendance: 2,865 Referee: E. Ponce

Cobreloa v Palestino

28 December 2002	Cobreloa	0 – 0	Palestino	Estadio Municipal, Calama
				Attendance: 3,277 Referee: R. Selman

Cobreloa also qualified for the 2003 Copa Libertadores