2012 Primera División of Chile

The 2012 Primera División del Fútbol Profesional Chileno season (known as the 2012 Campeonato Nacional Petrobras for sponsorship reasons) was the 81st season of top-flight football in Chile. Universidad de Chile is the defending champion. Universidad de Chile won both the Apertura and the Clausura Championships

Campeonato Nacional Petrobras

Season	2012
Champions	Apertura: Universidad de Chile Clausura: Huachipato
Relegated	Universidad de Concepción Unión San Felipe Deportes La Serena
2013 Copa Libertadores	Universidad de Chile Huachipato Iquique
2012 Copa Sudamericana	O'Higgins Iquique
2013 Copa Sudamericana	Colo-Colo
Top goalscorer	A: Emanuel Herrera, Sebastián Ubilla and Enzo Gutiérrez (11 goals each) C: Sebastián Sáez (13 goals)
← 2011 2013 →

Format changes

For the 2012, the ANFP's Council of Club Presidents approved the return to the Apertura and Clausura format, with playoffs.^[1]

Teams

Eighteen teams competed in the Primera División for the 2012 season, sixteen of whom returned from the 2011 season. Santiago Morning and Ñublense were relegated last season after finishing 17th and 18th overall, respectively. There were replaced by Antofagasta and Rangers, the 2011 Primera B winner and runner-up, respectively. In 2012, the Santiago Wanderers celebrated their 120th season since the teams founding in 1892.

Antofagasta

Cobreloa

Cobresal

Huachipato

Iquique

La Serena

O'Higgins

Santiago Wanderers

Universidad de Concepción

Unión La Calera

Unión San Felipe

Santiago

Santiago teams:
Audax Italiano
Colo-Colo
Palestino
Unión Española
Universidad Católica
Universidad de Chile

Locations of the 2012 Primera División teams.

Team	City	Stadium	Current manager
Antofagasta	Antofagasta	Regional de Antofagasta	Gustavo Huerta
Audax Italiano	Santiago	Municipal de La Florida	Omar Labruna
Cobreloa	Calama	Municipal de Calama	Nelson Acosta
Cobresal	El Salvador	El Cobre	Luis Musrri
Colo-Colo	Santiago	Monumental David Arellano	Luis Pérez Muñoz
Huachipato	Talcahuano	CAP	Jorge Pellicer
Iquique	Iquique	Tierra de Campeones	Fernando Vergara
La Serena	La Serena	La Portada	Miguel Ponce
O'Higgins See also: 2012 O'Higgins F.C. season	Rancagua	El Teniente	Eduardo Berizzo
Palestino	Santiago	Municipal de La Cisterna	Gustavo Benítez
Rangers	Talca	Fiscal de Talca	Gabriel Perrone
Santiago Wanderers See also: 2012 Santiago Wanderers season	Valparaíso	Regional Chiledeportes	Héctor Robles
Unión Española	Santiago	Santa Laura	José Luis Sierra
Unión La Calera	La Calera	Municipal Nicolás Chahuán	Emiliano Astorga
Unión San Felipe	San Felipe	Municipal de San Felipe	Nelson Cossio
Universidad Católica	Santiago	San Carlos de Apoquindo	Mario Lepe
Universidad de Chile	Santiago	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos	Jorge Sampaoli
Universidad de Concepción	Concepción	Municipal de Concepción	Víctor Hugo Castañeda

Torneo Apertura

Main article: 2012 Torneo Apertura (Chile)

The Torneo Apertura began in January and will ended on July 2.

Classification stage

The Classification Stage began in January and ended in July.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad de Chile	17	13	1	3	44	14	+30	40	Playoffs
2	O'Higgins	17	11	2	4	31	15	+16	35	Playoffs & 2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[a]
3	Deportes Iquique	17	10	5	2	30	14	+16	35
4	Universidad Católica	17	8	6	3	31	17	+14	30	Playoffs
5	Unión Española	17	8	3	6	38	28	+10	27
6	Colo-Colo	17	7	5	5	22	21	+1	26
7	Unión La Calera	17	6	6	5	21	18	+3	24
8	Cobreloa	17	7	2	8	23	25	−2	23
9	Huachipato	17	6	5	6	25	28	−3	23
10	Universidad de Concepción	17	5	6	6	23	27	−4	21
11	Santiago Wanderers	17	6	2	9	28	30	−2	20
12	Audax Italiano	17	5	5	7	24	32	−8	20
13	Deportes La Serena	17	5	4	8	24	33	−9	19
14	Rangers	17	5	3	9	17	25	−8	18
15	Palestino	17	5	3	9	14	26	−12	18
16	Deportes Antofagasta	17	4	5	8	10	20	−10	17
17	Cobresal	17	3	4	10	17	40	−23	13
18	Unión San Felipe	17	2	7	8	12	21	−9	13

Source: Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals; 6th red cards; 7th yellow cards; 8th draw.
Notes:

1. O'Higgins and Deportes Iquique qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana as the top two teams not playing in the 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

Results

Home \ Away	ANT	AUD	CLA	CSL	COL	IQU	SER	HUA	O'HI	PAL	RAN	SAW	UNI	ULC	USF	UCA	UCH	UCO
Deportes Antofagasta		1–2	1–0	2–1		1–1					0–1	1–0	1–1		0–0			2–1
Audax Italiano			1–1		1–3			2–2		1–2	3–0		0–2		0–0	2–0	0–6
Cobreloa					0–2	0–1	2–2	4–2	0–1	1–0			1–2	1–0
Cobresal		3–1	0–1		2–2	0–4		0–2	1–0		1–0			1–4	1–1
Colo-Colo	1–0					0–0	0–2		1–0	0–1				3–1	1–0	1–1		1–2
Deportes Iquique		1–2					3–1	1–0	1–2		2–0	2–1		3–3	4–1			2–0
Deportes La Serena	4–1	2–4		1–1					2–2			3–1			2–1		1–3	1–0
Huachipato	2–0				0–3		1–1		2–1			2–1		1–2		2–2
O'Higgins	1–0	3–1								5–0	2–2			2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0
Palestino	0–0			2–1		0–1	1–0	2–2				2–1	1–3			1–2	1–3
Rangers			0–3		2–2		2–0	2–1		2–0		2–3		2–0				1–2
Santiago Wanderers		4–2	1–3	5–2	0–0				0–1				2–2		1–0	2–1
Unión Española				6–1	4–2	1–2	5–2	1–3	0–2		2–1					2–2		4–1
Unión La Calera	0–0	1–1					3–0			1–1		2–1	1–0			1–0	0–1	1–1
Unión San Felipe			0–3					1–2		1–0	0–0		3–1	0–0			0–1	2–2
Universidad Católica	1–0		5–1	5–0		1–1	3–0				2–0				1–1		2–1
Universidad de Chile	4–0		4–1	3–1	5–0	1–1		4–0	1–1		2–0	3–0	3–2
Universidad de Concepción		1–1	3–1	1–1				1–1	1–3	2–0		2–5				1–1	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2012. Source: Soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff stage

For all ties, the lower-seeded team play the first leg at home.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Universidad de Chile	2	2	4
	8	Cobreloa	0	1	1
								1	Universidad de Chile	0	4	4
								6	Colo-Colo	2	0	2
	3	Deportes Iquique	3	1	4
	6	Colo-Colo	3	2	5
															1	Universidad de Chile	1	2	3 (2)
															2	O'Higgins	2	1	3 (0)
	4	Universidad Católica	0	1	1
	5	Unión Española	3	1	4
								5	Unión Española	1	1	2
								2	O'Higgins	0	2	2
	2	O'Higgins	1	3	4
	7	Unión La Calera	0	2	2

Updated as of games played on July 2, 2012.
Universidad de Chile wins final by PK 2-0.

Top goalscorers

Player	Club	Goals
Emanuel Herrera	Unión Española	11
Sebastián Ubilla	Santiago Wanderers	11
Enzo Gutiérrez	O'Higgins	11

Torneo Clausura

Main article: 2012 Torneo Clausura (Chile)

The Torneo Clausura began in July and will end in December.

Classification stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colo-Colo	17	9	6	2	32	14	+18	33	Playoffs and 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[a]
2	Universidad de Chile	17	9	6	2	32	20	+12	33	Playoffs
3	Palestino	17	9	3	5	22	18	+4	30
4	Deportes Iquique	17	9	3	5	24	27	−3	30
5	Rangers	17	8	6	3	27	19	+8	30
6	Huachipato	17	7	4	6	23	21	+2	25
7	Unión Española	17	7	3	7	28	27	+1	24
8	Audax Italiano	17	6	5	6	29	26	+3	23
9	Universidad Católica	17	6	5	6	24	23	+1	23
10	Cobresal	17	5	7	5	22	24	−2	22
11	Unión San Felipe	17	6	3	8	19	21	−2	21
12	Cobreloa	17	6	2	9	23	24	−1	20
13	Deportes Antofagasta	17	6	2	9	26	29	−3	20
14	O'Higgins	17	5	5	7	22	27	−5	20
15	Santiago Wanderers	17	4	7	6	27	28	−1	19
16	Universidad de Concepción	17	3	6	8	17	28	−11	15
17	Unión La Calera	17	2	9	6	11	18	−7	15
18	Deportes La Serena	17	2	6	9	20	33	−13	12

Source: Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals; 6th red cards; 7th yellow cards; 8th draw.
Notes:

1. Colo-Colo qualified for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the top team not playing in the 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

Results

Home \ Away	ANT	AUD	CLA	CSL	COL	IQU	SER	HUA	O'HI	PAL	RAN	SAW	UNI	ULC	USF	UCA	UCH	UCO
Deportes Antofagasta					1–2		2–1	3–0	2–3	0–1				2–1		2–2	2–4
Audax Italiano	1–2			1–1		0–1	3–2		5–1			4–1		2–1				2–2
Cobreloa	3–1	1–2		3–0							0–1	2–4			2–1	4–3	0–1	3–1
Cobresal	3–1						2–2			0–1		2–1	2–1			2–2	1–2	1–1
Colo-Colo		5–1	3–1	1–2				3–0			2–2	1–1	3–0				1–0
Deportes Iquique	2–1		1–1	3–2	0–1					2–1			2–4			3–2	0–0
Deportes La Serena			0–0		1–1	2–3		2–1		1–1	1–1		2–1	0–1		1–3
Huachipato		1–1	0–1	1–1		4–1				1–1	1–2		2–0		1–0		0–3	2–0
O'Higgins			1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–4				1–1	1–3					4–1
Palestino		0–0	2–1		0–3				2–1		4–1			1–0	1–2			1–0
Rangers	2–2	1–0		2–0		5–0			1–2				1–0		1–0	1–0	2–2
Santiago Wanderers	0–1					2–1	1–1	1–1		2–3	2–2			2–0			2–2	3–1
Unión Española	2–1	3–3	2–1							1–0		2–2		0–0	3–1		5–2
Unión La Calera			1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		0–2	0–0		2–2				1–3
Unión San Felipe	2–1	1–3		0–0	2–1	1–2	3–0		1–1			1–0				0–1
Universidad Católica		1–0			0–2			0–2	1–0	0–1		3–2	1–1	1–1				2–2
Universidad de Chile		2–1					5–2		1–1	3–2				0–0	2–0	0–0		3–1
Universidad de Concepción	0–2				1–1	0–1	3–1				1–0		2–1	0–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 22 September 2012. Source: Soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff stage

For all ties, the lower-seeded team play the first leg at home.

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Colo-Colo	2	4	6
	8	Audax Italiano	0	5	5
								1	Colo-Colo	1	0	1
								7	Unión Española	3	2	5
	2	Universidad de Chile	0	1	1
	7	Unión Española	0	4	4
															7	Unión Española	3	1	4 (2)
															6	Huachipato	1	3	4 (3)
	3	Palestino	1	1	2
	6	Huachipato	1	2	3
								6	Huachipato	1	1	2
								5	Rangers	0	1	1
	4	Deportes Iquique	0	0	0
	5	Rangers	1	1	2

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad de Chile	34	22	7	5	76	34	+42	73	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[a]
2	Iquique	34	19	8	7	54	41	+13	65	2013 Copa Libertadores First Stage
3	Colo-Colo	34	16	11	7	54	35	+19	59
4	O'Higgins	34	16	7	11	53	42	+11	55
5	Universidad Católica	34	14	11	9	55	40	+15	53
6	Unión Española	34	15	6	13	66	56	+10	51
7	Palestino	34	14	6	14	36	44	−8	48
8	Rangers	34	13	9	12	44	44	0	48
9	Huachipato	34	13	9	12	48	49	−1	48	2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[a]
10	Cobreloa	34	13	4	17	46	49	−3	43
11	Audax Italiano	34	11	10	13	53	58	−5	43
12	Santiago Wanderers	34	10	9	15	55	58	−3	39
13	Unión La Calera	34	8	15	11	32	36	−4	39
14	Antofagasta	34	10	7	17	36	49	−13	37
15	Universidad de Concepción	34	8	12	14	40	55	−15	36	Relegation/Promotion Playoffs
16	Cobresal	34	8	11	15	39	64	−25	35
17	Unión San Felipe	34	8	10	16	31	42	−11	34	Relegated to the Primera División B
18	La Serena	34	7	10	17	44	66	−22	31

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Universidad de Chile and Huachipato are qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores as the Apertura and Clausura champions respectively.

Relegation/promotion playoffs

Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	GD	Pen.
Universidad de Concepción	0:6	Everton	0–1	1–3	—	—
Cobresal	3:3	Barnechea	1–3	3–0	+1:–1	—

Everton	1–0	Universidad de Concepción
Rojas 10'	Report

18 November 2012 (2012-11-18)

16:30

1st Leg

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

Attendance: 8,997

Referee: Enrique Osses

Universidad de Concepción	1–3	Everton
Ramos 62'	Report	Muñoz 44', 64' Suazo 78'

25 November 2012 (2012-11-25)

15:30

2nd Leg

Estadio Collao, Concepción

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Julio Bascuñán

Everton won 4–1 on aggregate and is promoted to Primera División. Universidad de Concepción is relegated to Primera B.

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Barnechea	3–1	Cobresal
Caroca 6' Ibáñez 58', 90+2'	Report	Vuletich 55'

18 November 2012 (2012-11-18)

19:00

1st Leg

Estadio Santa Laura, Santiago

Attendance: 2,139

Referee: Roberto Tobar

Cobresal	3–0	Barnechea
Martínez 37' Cuéllar 54', 65'	Report

24 November 2012 (2012-11-24)

15:30

2nd Leg

Estadio El Cobre, El Salvador

Attendance: 1,507

Referee: Claudio Puga

Cobresal won 4–3 on aggregate and remains in Primera División. Barnechea remains in Primera B.