# 1996 Primera División of Chile

The 1996 Campeonato Nacional, known as Campeonato Nacional Copa Banco del Estado 1996 for sponsorship purposes, was the 64th season of top-flight football in Chile. Colo-Colo won their 20th title following a 1–1 home draw against Audax Italiano on 11 November. Universidad Católica also qualified for the next Copa Libertadores as Liguilla winners.

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Colo-Colo | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 62 | 24 | +38 | 63 | Champions and qualified for the 1997 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Universidad Católica | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 70 | 40 | +30 | 59 | Qualified for the Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 3 | Cobreloa | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 51 | Qualified for the Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 4 | Audax Italiano | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 51 | Qualified for the Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 5 | Universidad de Chile | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 47 | Qualified for the Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 6 | Provincial Osorno | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 43 | |
| 7 | Deportes Antofagasta | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 43 | |
| 8 | Unión Española | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 40 | |
| 9 | Coquimbo Unido | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 40 | |
| 10 | Deportes Concepción | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 39 | |
| 11 | Santiago Wanderers | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 37 | |
| 12 | Huachipato | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 35 | |
| 13 | Palestino | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 33 | Promotion/relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Deportes Temuco | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 35 | 55 | −20 | 28 | Promotion/relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Regional Atacama | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 70 | −32 | 27 | Relegated to Segunda División |
| 16 | O'Higgins | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 22 | Relegated to Segunda División |
* Primera División de Chile 1996 champion
* Colo-Colo 20th title

## Results

| Home \ Away | DAN | RAT | AUD | CLO | COL | DCO | COQ | HUA | OHI | POS | PAL | DTE | UCA | UCH | UES | SWA |
| Antofagasta | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| Atacama | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–5 |
| Audax | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Cobreloa | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Colo-Colo | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 7–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Concepción | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Coquimbo | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Huachipato | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| O'Higgins | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 |
| Osorno | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 |
| Palestino | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Temuco | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| U. Católica | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 5–2 | | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| U. Chile | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–5 | | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| U. Española | 6–4 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 |
| S. Wanderers | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Pos | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Mario Véner | Santiago Wanderers | 30 |
| 2 | Sebastian Rozental | Universidad Católica | 24 |
| 3 | Ivo Basay | Colo-Colo | 18 |
| 4 | Sergio Vásquez | Deportes Antofagasta | 16 |
| | Pedro González V. | Cobreloa | 16 |
| 6 | Jaime Riveros | Cobreloa | 14 |
| 7 | Hugo Brizuela | Audax Italiano | 13 |
| | Fernando Vergara | Colo-Colo | 13 |
| | Marcelo Corrales | Provincial Osorno | 13 |
| 10 | Juan Carreño | Deportes Concepción | 12 |

## Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores
### Finals

Universidad Católica qualified for the 1997 Copa Libertadores

## Copa CONMEBOL 1996 play-off

Goal difference didn't count; in case of equal points, extra time was played.
Cobreloa qualified for the 1996 Copa CONMEBOL