# 1988 Primera División de Chile

The 1988 Campeonato Nacional was Chilean football league top tier's 56th season. Cobreloa was the tournament's champion, winning its fourth title.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Cobreloa | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 40 | Champions; Qualified to 1988 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Cobresal | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 37 | |
| 3 | Deportes Iquique | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 34 | Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 4 | Universidad Católica | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 33 | Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 5 | Deportes La Serena | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 32 | Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 6 | Colo-Colo | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 31 | Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 7 | Fernández Vial | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 30 | |
| 8 | Huachipato | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 29 | |
| 9 | Deportes Concepción | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 29 | |
| 10 | Deportes Valdivia | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 28 | |
| 11 | Everton | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 28 | |
| 12 | Naval | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 27 | |
| 13 | O'Higgins | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 26 | Promotion/relegation Liguilla |
| 14 | Unión Española | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 26 | |
| 15 | Universidad de Chile | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 26 | Relegated to Segunda División |
| 16 | Palestino | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 24 | Relegated to Segunda División |
* Campeonato Nacional 1988 champions
* Cobreloa 4th title

## Results

| Home \ Away | CLO | CSA | COL | DCO | EVE | FVI | HUA | DIQ | DLS | NAV | OHI | PAL | UES | UCA | UCH | DVA |
| Cobreloa | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Cobresal | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Colo-Colo | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Concepción | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Everton | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| F. Vial | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Huachipato | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 |
| Iquique | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| La Serena | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–4 |
| Naval | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 3–5 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| O'Higgins | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Palestino | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| U. Española | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| U. Católica | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| U. de Chile | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 |
| Valdivia | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |

## Topscorers

| Name | Team | Goals |
| Gustavo De Luca | Deportes La Serena | 18 |
| Juan José Oré | Deportes Iquique | 18 |

## Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores
### Semifinals

Deportes Iquique qualified for the final due to its better League head-to-head results (2-1 & 0-0)
Colo-Colo qualified for the final due to its better League head-to-head results (3-1 & 0-0)

### Final

Colo-Colo qualified for the 1989 Copa Libertadores

## Promotion/relegation Liguilla

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | O'Higgins | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | Remains in Primera División |
| 2 | Deportes Arica | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | Remains in Segunda División |
| 3 | Deportes Temuco | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | Remains in Segunda División |