2018 Campeonato Nacional Primera División
Football league season
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The 2018 Campeonato Nacional, known as Campeonato Nacional Scotiabank 2018 for sponsorship purposes, was the 88th season of top-flight football in Chile. The season started on 2 February and ended on 2 December. Colo-Colo were the defending champions, having won the 2017 Transición tournament. Universidad Católica won their thirteenth title on the last day of the season following a 2–1 win at Deportes Temuco, who were relegated to the second tier with this defeat.[2]
San Luis
| Season | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2 February – 2 December 2018 |
| Champions | Universidad Católica (13th title) |
| Relegated | Deportes Temuco San Luis |
| Copa Libertadores | Universidad Católica Universidad de Concepción Universidad de Chile Palestino (cup winners) |
| Copa Sudamericana | Deportes Antofagasta Colo-Colo Unión La Calera Unión Española |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 619 (2.58 per match) |
| Best Player | Luciano Aued[1] |
| Top goalscorer | Esteban Paredes (19 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper | Matías Dituro[1] |
| Biggest home win | Unión La Calera 6–1 U. de Chile (22 April) |
| Biggest away win | Dep. Temuco 0–4 Dep. Iquique (6 April) Dep. Temuco 0–4 Huachipato (21 September) Unión La Calera 0–4 Everton (22 September) |
| Highest scoring | Curicó Unido 4–4 Unión Española (26 February) |
| Highest attendance | 45,503 U. de Chile 0–0 Dep. Iquique (25 November) |
| Total attendance | 1,716,462 |
| Average attendance | 7,152 |
← 2017 2019 → | |
Format changes
For the 2018 season, the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP) approved a change of format from the Apertura-Clausura system that had been used in previous seasons, to a single tournament during the calendar year.[3] The 16 teams played each other twice (once at home and once away) for a total of 30 matches. Qualification for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana was awarded to the top seven teams at the end of the season, as well as the Copa Chile champions, while the bottom two teams were automatically relegated.[4]
Teams
Stadia and locations
a: Audax Italiano played their home matches against Deportes Temuco and Everton at Estadio Municipal de La Pintana and Estadio El Teniente in Rancagua due to pitch renovation works at Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida.
b: Deportes Iquique played their home matches against Universidad de Chile, Universidad Católica, and Colo-Colo at Estadio Zorros del Desierto in Calama.
c: San Luis played their home matches against Deportes Temuco, O'Higgins, and Unión Española at Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander in Valparaíso due to pitch renovation works at Estadio Municipal Lucio Fariña Fernández.
d: Unión La Calera temporarily play their home matches at Estadio Municipal Lucio Fariña Fernández in Quillota due to remodeling works at Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar. They played their home matches against Colo-Colo, Palestino, and Universidad Católica at Estadio Sausalito in Viña del Mar due to pitch renovation works at Estadio Municipal Lucio Fariña Fernández.
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universidad Católica |  Mario Salas |
Mutual consent | 10 December 2017[5] | Pre-season |  Beñat San José |
20 December 2017[6] |
| Huachipato |  César Vigevani |
13 December 2017[7] | Nicolás Larcamón |
4 January 2018[8] | ||
| Deportes Antofagasta | Nicolás Larcamón |
Resigned | 25 December 2017[9] | Gerardo Ameli |
4 January 2018[10] | |
| Deportes Iquique | Erick Guerrero |
Sacked | 26 February 2018[11] | 12th | Miguel Riffo |
26 February 2018[11] |
| Audax Italiano | Hugo Vilches |
Mutual consent | 13 April 2018[12] | 16th | Juan José Ribera |
14 April 2018[13] |
| Colo-Colo | Pablo Guede |
Resigned | 19 April 2018[14] | 4th | Agustín Salvatierra (caretaker) |
19 April 2018[15] |
| Colo-Colo | Agustín Salvatierra |
End of caretaker spell | 24 April 2018 | 4th | Héctor Tapia |
24 April 2018[16] |
| Universidad de Chile | Ángel Guillermo Hoyos |
Sacked | 27 April 2018[17] | 2nd | Esteban Valencia (caretaker) |
27 April 2018[17] |
| Palestino | Germán Cavalieri |
Resigned | 18 May 2018[18] | 10th | Sebastián Méndez |
19 May 2018[18] |
| Universidad de Chile | Esteban Valencia |
End of caretaker spell | 26 May 2018[19] | 4th | Frank Kudelka |
27 May 2018[20] |
| San Luis | Miguel Ramírez |
Resigned | 26 May 2018[21] | 14th | Diego Osella |
5 June 2018[22] |
| Everton | Pablo Sánchez |
Sacked | 27 May 2018[23] | 16th | Javier Torrente |
2 June 2018[24] |
| Curicó Unido | Luis Marcoleta |
Resigned | 11 June 2018[25] | 12th | Jaime Vera |
14 June 2018[26] |
| Deportes Temuco | Dalcio Giovagnoli |
Sacked | 16 June 2018[27] | 13th | Miguel Ponce |
22 June 2018[28] |
| O'Higgins | Gabriel Milito |
Mutual consent | 20 June 2018[29] | 8th |  Mauricio Larriera |
30 June 2018[30] |
| O'Higgins | Mauricio Larriera |
Sacked | 24 September 2018[31] | 9th | Marco Antonio Figueroa |
26 September 2018[32] |
| San Luis | Diego Osella |
Resigned | 1 October 2018[33] | 16th | Mauricio Riffo |
3 October 2018[34] |
| Palestino | Sebastián Méndez |
8 October 2018[35] | 14th | Ivo Basay |
9 October 2018[36] | |
| Deportes Iquique | Miguel Riffo |
Mutual consent | 10 October 2018[37] | 11th | Luis Musrri |
12 October 2018[38] |
| Unión Española | Martín Palermo |
Sacked | 4 November 2018[39] | 8th | Fernando Díaz (caretaker) |
4 November 2018[39] |
| Unión La Calera | Víctor Rivero |
6 November 2018[40] | 5th | Francisco Meneghini |
8 November 2018[41] |
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universidad Católica (C) | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 61 | Qualification to Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Universidad de Concepción | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 58 | |
| 3 | Universidad de Chile | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 57 | Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 4 | Deportes Antofagasta | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 53 | Qualification to Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 5 | Colo-Colo | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 43 | |
| 6 | Unión La Calera | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 43 | |
| 7 | Unión Española | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 41 | |
| 8 | O'Higgins | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 41 | |
| 9 | Huachipato | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 39 | |
| 10 | Audax Italiano | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 34 | |
| 11 | Everton | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 34 | |
| 12 | Curicó Unido | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 34 | |
| 13 | Palestino | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 32 | Qualification to Copa Libertadores second stage[a] |
| 14 | Deportes Iquique | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 32 | |
| 15 | Deportes Temuco (R) | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 28 | Relegation to Primera B |
| 16 | San Luis (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 48 | −24 | 23 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Matches won, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Red cards, 7) Yellow cards, 8) Drawing of lots.
In case there are two teams tied in points for first place: 2) Playoff game.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Palestino qualified for the Copa Libertadores second stage by winning the 2018 Copa Chile.
Results
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esteban Paredes |
Colo-Colo | 19 |
| 2 |  Gabriel Torres |
Huachipato | 15 |
| 3 | Matías Campos López |
Palestino | 14 |
| Tobías Figueroa |
Unión Española | ||
| 5 |  Eduard Bello |
Deportes Antofagasta | 13 |
| 6 | Patricio Rubio |
Everton | 12 |
| 7 |  Mauro Caballero |
San Luis | 11 |
| Brian Fernández |
Unión La Calera | ||
| Javier Parraguez |
Huachipato | ||
| 10 | Ricardo Blanco |
Curicó Unido | 9 |
 Sergio Santos |
Audax Italiano |
Source: Soccerway
Attendances
Source:[42]
| No. | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universidad de Chile | 30,031 |
| 2 | Colo-Colo | 21,342 |
| 3 | Universidad Católica | 10,745 |
| 4 | Deportes Temuco | 7,030 |
| 5 | Everton | 6,649 |
| 6 | O'Higgins | 6,213 |
| 7 | Universidad de Concepción | 5,196 |
| 8 | Deportes Antofagasta | 4,128 |
| 9 | Unión Española | 3,688 |
| 10 | Curicó Unido | 3,670 |
| 11 | Unión La Calera | 3,139 |
| 12 | San Luis | 2,719 |
| 13 | Audax Italiano | 2,688 |
| 14 | Huachipato | 2,419 |
| 15 | Deportes Iquique | 2,591 |
| 16 | Palestino | 2,386 |