# 2019 Chilean Primera División

The 2019 Campeonato Nacional, known as Campeonato AFP PlanVital 2019 for sponsorship reasons, was the 89th season of top-flight football in Chile. The season started on 15 February 2019. Universidad Católica were the defending champions, having won the previous tournament.
Due to the 2019 Chilean protests, the competition was suspended since mid-October with six matchdays still left. After a failed attempt to resume normal activity that saw only one match fully played, on 29 November 2019, ANFP's Council of Presidents voted to conclude the season. Thus Universidad Católica, who were leading the competition at the time of the suspension, won their fourteenth title. No teams were relegated to the Primera B this season.

## Teams

Sixteen teams took part in the league in this season: the top fourteen teams from the previous season, plus Coquimbo Unido and Cobresal, who were promoted from the Primera B. Both promoted teams replaced Deportes Temuco and San Luis, who were relegated at the end of the last season.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Audax Italiano | Santiago (La Florida) | Bicentenario de La Florida | 12,000 |
| Cobresal | El Salvador | El Cobre | 12,000 |
| Colo-Colo | Santiago (Macul) | Monumental David Arellano | 47,347 |
| Coquimbo Unido | Coquimbo | Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso | 18,750 |
| Curicó Unido | Curicó | La Granja | 8,278 |
| Deportes Antofagasta | Antofagasta | Calvo y Bascuñán | 21,178 |
| Deportes Iquique | Iquique | Cavancha | 5,500 |
| Everton | Viña del Mar | Sausalito | 22,360 |
| Huachipato | Talcahuano | Huachipato-CAP Acero | 10,500 |
| O'Higgins | Rancagua | El Teniente | 13,849 |
| Palestino | Santiago (La Cisterna) | Municipal de La Cisterna | 8,000 |
| Unión Española | Santiago (Independencia) | Santa Laura-Universidad SEK | 19,000 |
| Unión La Calera | La Calera | Nicolás Chahuán Nazar | 9,200 |
| Universidad Católica | Santiago (Las Condes) | San Carlos de Apoquindo | 14,118 |
| Universidad de Chile | Santiago (Ñuñoa) | Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos | 48,665 |
| Universidad de Concepción | Concepción | Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo | 30,448 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Sponsors |
| Audax Italiano | Juan José Ribera | Macron | Traverso |
| Cobresal | Gustavo Huerta | KS7 | PF |
| Colo-Colo | Mario Salas | Umbro | MG Motor |
| Coquimbo Unido | Patricio Graff | CAFU | PF |
| Curicó Unido | Hugo Vilches | OneFit | Multihogar |
| Deportes Antofagasta | Juan Manuel Azconzábal | CAFU | Minera Escondida |
| Deportes Iquique | Jaime Vera | Rete | UNAP |
| Everton | Javier Torrente | Pirma | Marathonbet |
| Huachipato | Gustavo Florentín | OneFit | PF |
| O'Higgins | Marco Antonio Figueroa | Adidas | Sun Monticello |
| Palestino | Ivo Basay | Capelli Sport | Bank of Palestine |
| Unión Española | Ronald Fuentes | Kappa | Universidad SEK |
| Unión La Calera | Walter Coyette | Lyon | PF |
| Universidad Católica | Gustavo Quinteros | Under Armour | DirecTV |
| Universidad de Chile | Hernán Caputto (caretaker) | Adidas | Petrobras |
| Universidad de Concepción | Francisco Bozán | KS7 | Algoritmos |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Colo-Colo | Héctor Tapia | End of contract | 2 December 2018 | Pre-season | Mario Salas | 18 December 2018 |
| Deportes Iquique | Luis Musrri | End of contract | 3 December 2018 | Pre-season | Pablo Sánchez | 4 December 2018 |
| Everton | Javier Torrente | End of contract | 4 December 2018 | Pre-season | Gustavo Díaz | 13 December 2018 |
| Universidad Católica | Beñat San José | Resigned | 10 December 2018 | Pre-season | Gustavo Quinteros | 21 December 2018 |
| Curicó Unido | Jaime Vera | Signed by OFI Crete | 25 January 2019 | Pre-season | Dalcio Giovagnoli | 28 January 2019 |
| Universidad de Chile | Frank Kudelka | Resigned | 13 March 2019 | 10th | Alfredo Arias | 14 March 2019 |
| Deportes Antofagasta | Gerardo Ameli | Sacked | 18 May 2019 | 14th | Walter Fiori (caretaker) | 18 May 2019 |
| Deportes Antofagasta | Walter Fiori | End of caretaker spell | 27 May 2019 | 16th | Juan Manuel Azconzábal | 27 May 2019 |
| Huachipato | Nicolás Larcamón | Mutual consent | 9 July 2019 | 9th | Gustavo Florentín | 11 July 2019 |
| Deportes Iquique | Pablo Sánchez | Mutual consent | 29 July 2019 | 12th | Jaime Vera | 30 July 2019 |
| Universidad de Chile | Alfredo Arias | Sacked | 4 August 2019 | 15th | Hernán Caputto (caretaker) | 5 August 2019 |
| Unión Española | Fernando Díaz | Sacked | 23 August 2019 | 8th | Ronald Fuentes | 24 August 2019 |
| Unión La Calera | Francisco Meneghini | Sacked | 16 September 2019 | 7th | Walter Coyette | 17 September 2019 |
| Everton | Gustavo Díaz | Sacked | 17 September 2019 | 13th | Javier Torrente | 18 September 2019 |
| Curicó Unido | Dalcio Giovagnoli | Sacked | 7 October 2019 | 12th | Hugo Vilches | 10 October 2019 |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universidad Católica (C) | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 14 | +30 | 53 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Colo-Colo | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 40 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 3 | Palestino | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 38 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 4 | Unión La Calera | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 37 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 5 | Coquimbo Unido | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 34 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 6 | Huachipato | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 34 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 7 | Audax Italiano | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 34 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 8 | O'Higgins | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 34 | |
| 9 | Unión Española | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 34 | |
| 10 | Cobresal | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 34 | |
| 11 | Everton | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 29 | |
| 12 | Deportes Antofagasta | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 27 | |
| 13 | Curicó Unido | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 26 | |
| 14 | Deportes Iquique | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 25 | |
| 15 | Universidad de Chile | 24 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 24 | |
| 16 | Universidad de Concepción | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 23 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AUD | CSL | CC | COQ | CUR | ANT | DIQ | EVE | HUA | OHI | PAL | UE | ULC | UC | UCH | UDC |
| Audax Italiano | — | — | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | — |
| Cobresal | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 4–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 |
| Colo-Colo | 3–0 | 0–2 | — | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Coquimbo Unido | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | — | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Curicó Unido | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 0–0 | — | — | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | — | 1–4 | — | 4–2 |
| Deportes Antofagasta | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — |
| Deportes Iquique | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | — | 1–3 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–4 | 2–2 |
| Everton | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | — | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Huachipato | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | — | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 |
| O'Higgins | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–6 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | — | — | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Palestino | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | — | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Unión Española | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Unión La Calera | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Universidad Católica | — | 5–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| Universidad de Chile | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | — | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | |
| Universidad de Concepción | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–3 | 2–1 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Lucas Passerini | Palestino | 14 |
| 2 | Tobías Figueroa | Deportes Antofagasta | 11 |
| 2 | Ignacio Jeraldino | Audax Italiano | 11 |
| 4 | Matías Donoso | Deportes Iquique | 10 |
| 4 | Roberto Gutiérrez | Palestino | 10 |
| 6 | José Pedro Fuenzalida | Universidad Católica | 9 |
| 7 | Carlos Muñoz | Cobresal | 8 |
| 7 | Mauro Quiroga | Curicó Unido | 8 |
| 7 | Sebastián Varas | Unión Española | 8 |
| 10 | Leandro Benegas | Universidad de Chile | 7 |
| 10 | Iván Ledezma | Audax Italiano | 7 |
| 10 | Juan Sánchez Sotelo | Huachipato | 7 |
Source: Soccerway

## Attendances

| # | Club | Total attendance | Average attendance |
| 1 | Universidad de Chile | 440,476 | 18,353 |
| 2 | Colo-Colo | 434,038 | 18,085 |
| 3 | Universidad Católica | 256,524 | 10,689 |
| 4 | Coquimbo Unido | 155,088 | 6,462 |
| 5 | Unión Española | 141,498 | 5,660 |
| 6 | Deportes Iquique | 130,548 | 5,440 |
| 7 | Everton | 126,194 | 5,258 |
| 8 | O'Higgins | 123,139 | 5,131 |
| 9 | Universidad de Concepción | 122,126 | 5,089 |
| 10 | Deportes Antofagasta | 122,069 | 5,086 |
| 11 | Curicó Unido | 117,159 | 4,882 |
| 12 | Unión La Calera | 116,113 | 4,838 |
| 13 | Palestino | 107,518 | 4,480 |
| 14 | Audax Italiano | 104,247 | 4,344 |
| 15 | Huachipato | 96,974 | 4,041 |
| 16 | Cobresal | 95,463 | 3,819 |