# 2022 Chilean Primera División

The 2022 Chilean Primera División, known as Campeonato PlanVital 2022 for sponsorship purposes, is the 92nd season of the Chilean Primera División, Chile's top-flight football league. The season began on 4 February 2022 and ended on 6 November 2022.
Colo-Colo clinched their thirty-third league title with two matches to go, after winning 2–0 against Coquimbo Unido on 23 October 2022. Universidad Católica were the defending champions.

## Teams

16 teams took part in the league in this season, down by one from the previous season: the top 14 teams from the 2021 tournament, plus the 2021 Primera B champions Coquimbo Unido and the winners of the promotion/relegation play-off Huachipato. The promoted teams replaced Santiago Wanderers, who were relegated to Primera B at the end of the 2021 season, and Deportes Melipilla, who had six points deducted from their 2021 campaign on 13 January 2022 and were also relegated.

### 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 La Serena | La Serena | La Portada | 18,243 |
| Everton | Viña del Mar | Sausalito | 22,360 |
| Huachipato | Talcahuano | Huachipato-CAP Acero | 10,500 |
| Ñublense | Chillán | Nelson Oyarzún Arenas | 12,000 |
| 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 |

#### Notes

* ↑ Audax Italiano played some of their home matches at Estadio El Teniente in Rancagua since Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida was used as a vaccination center for COVID-19.
* ↑ Universidad de Chile played most of their home matches at Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK in Santiago since Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos was closed for remodeling works for the 2023 Pan American Games.

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Sponsors |
| Audax Italiano | Juan José Ribera | Macron | Traverso |
| Cobresal | Gustavo Huerta | KS7 | CSI |
| Colo-Colo | Gustavo Quinteros | Adidas | Pilsen del Sur |
| Coquimbo Unido | Fernando Díaz | Siker | Betway |
| Curicó Unido | Damián Muñoz | OneFit | Multihogar |
| Deportes Antofagasta | Javier Torrente | Claus-7 | Minera Escondida |
| Deportes La Serena | Óscar Correa | Macron | Betano |
| Everton | Francisco Meneghini | Charly | Claro |
| Huachipato | Mario Salas | OneFit | PF |
| Ñublense | Jaime García | OneFit | Betway |
| O'Higgins | Mariano Soso | Adidas | LatamWin |
| Palestino | Gustavo Costas | Capelli Sport | Bank of Palestine |
| Unión Española | Gustavo Canales (caretaker) | Kappa | Universidad SEK |
| Unión La Calera | Federico Vilar | Siker | Betway |
| Universidad Católica | Ariel Holan | Under Armour | BICE |
| Universidad de Chile | Sebastián Miranda | Adidas | Betano |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Deportes Antofagasta | Diego Reveco | End of caretaker spell | 4 December 2021 | Pre-season | Juan Tolisano | 21 December 2021 |
| Palestino | Patricio Graff | End of contract | 5 December 2021 | Pre-season | Gustavo Costas | 20 December 2021 |
| Unión La Calera | Francisco Meneghini | End of contract | 5 December 2021 | Pre-season | Martín Anselmi | 17 December 2021 |
| Universidad de Chile | Cristián Romero | End of caretaker spell | 5 December 2021 | Pre-season | Santiago Escobar | 9 December 2021 |
| Audax Italiano | Pablo Sánchez | Resigned | 6 December 2021 | Pre-season | Ronald Fuentes | 16 December 2021 |
| Everton | Roberto Sensini | Mutual agreement | 6 December 2021 | Pre-season | Francisco Meneghini | 17 December 2021 |
| O'Higgins | Miguel Ramírez | End of contract | 6 December 2021 | Pre-season | Mariano Soso | 10 December 2021 |
| Coquimbo Unido | Héctor Tapia | Resigned | 4 January 2022 | Pre-season | Patricio Graff | 6 January 2022 |
| Audax Italiano | Ronald Fuentes | Sacked | 21 March 2022 | 13th | Juan José Ribera | 22 March 2022 |
| Deportes La Serena | Ivo Basay | Sacked | 16 April 2022 | 13th | Óscar Correa | 18 April 2022 |
| Deportes Antofagasta | Juan Tolisano | Sacked | 18 April 2022 | 16th | Diego Reveco | 18 April 2022 |
| Universidad Católica | Cristian Paulucci | Mutual agreement | 18 April 2022 | 9th | Rodrigo Valenzuela | 19 April 2022 |
| Unión La Calera | Martín Anselmi | Mutual agreement | 25 April 2022 | 15th | Carlos Galdames | 25 April 2022 |
| Universidad de Chile | Santiago Escobar | Mutual agreement | 30 April 2022 | 13th | Sebastián Miranda | 30 April 2022 |
| Universidad Católica | Rodrigo Valenzuela | End of caretaker spell | 8 May 2022 | 12th | Ariel Holan | 30 April 2022 |
| Deportes La Serena | Óscar Correa | End of caretaker spell | 9 May 2022 | 16th | Pablo Marini | 9 May 2022 |
| Unión La Calera | Carlos Galdames | End of caretaker spell | 13 May 2022 | 12th | Federico Vilar | 13 May 2022 |
| Universidad de Chile | Sebastián Miranda | End of caretaker spell | 28 May 2022 | 10th | Diego López | 31 May 2022 |
| Deportes Antofagasta | Diego Reveco | End of caretaker spell | 5 June 2022 | 16th | Javier Torrente | 5 June 2022 |
| Coquimbo Unido | Patricio Graff | Mutual agreement | 1 August 2022 | 16th | Fernando Díaz | 2 August 2022 |
| Universidad de Chile | Diego López | Mutual agreement | 9 September 2022 | 13th | Sebastián Miranda | 9 September 2022 |
| Unión Española | César Bravo | Sacked | 9 September 2022 | 5th | Gustavo Canales | 9 September 2022 |
| Deportes La Serena | Pablo Marini | Mutual agreement | 24 October 2022 | 15th | Óscar Correa | 24 October 2022 |

#### Notes

* 1 2 3 4 5 Caretaker manager.
* ↑ Originally as caretaker manager, appointed on a permanent basis on 25 September 2022.
* ↑ Caretaker manager until the end of the season.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Colo-Colo (C) | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 54 | 17 | +37 | 63 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Ñublense | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 52 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 3 | Curicó Unido | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 49 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 4 | Palestino | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 5 | Cobresal | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 45 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 6 | Universidad Católica | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 45 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 7 | Audax Italiano | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 45 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 8 | O'Higgins | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 44 | |
| 9 | Everton | 30 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 42 | |
| 10 | Unión La Calera | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 39 | |
| 11 | Unión Española | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 37 | |
| 12 | Huachipato | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 35 | |
| 13 | Universidad de Chile | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 30 | |
| 14 | Coquimbo Unido | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 27 | |
| 15 | Deportes La Serena (R) | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 56 | −28 | 27 | Relegation to Primera B |
| 16 | Deportes Antofagasta (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 26 | Relegation to Primera B |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AUD | CSL | CC | COQ | CUR | ANT | DLS | EVE | HUA | ÑUB | OHI | PAL | UE | ULC | UC | UCH |
| Audax Italiano | — | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Cobresal | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Colo-Colo | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Coquimbo Unido | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Curicó Unido | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| Deportes Antofagasta | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Deportes La Serena | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 |
| Everton | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Huachipato | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Ñublense | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 |
| O'Higgins | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Palestino | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Unión Española | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Unión La Calera | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | 2–4 |
| Universidad Católica | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 |
| Universidad de Chile | 2–3 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | — |
* ↑ Match awarded to Palestino by walkover since Deportes Antofagasta failed to provide a suitable stadium for the event.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Fernando Zampedri | Universidad Católica | 18 |
| 2 | Gastón Lezcano | Cobresal | 15 |
| 2 | Juan Martín Lucero | Colo-Colo | 15 |
| 4 | Joe Abrigo | Coquimbo Unido | 12 |
| 4 | Lucas Passerini | Unión La Calera | 12 |
| 6 | Alexander Aravena | Ñublense | 11 |
| 6 | Cecilio Waterman | Cobresal | 11 |
| 8 | Diego Coelho | Curicó Unido | 10 |
| 8 | Gabriel Costa | Colo-Colo | 10 |
| 8 | Leandro Garate | Unión Española | 10 |
| 8 | Cristian Palacios | Universidad de Chile | 10 |
Source: Soccerway

## Awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Player of the Year (Jugador Experto Easy) | Juan Martin Lucero | Colo-Colo |
| Top goalscorer | Fernando Zampedri | Universidad Católica |
| Manager of the Year | Gustavo Quinteros | Colo-Colo |
| Best U-21 Player | Alexander Aravena | Ñublense |
| Best Goal | Felipe Gutiérrez | Universidad Católica |
| Best Save | Brayan Cortés | Colo-Colo |
| Best Referee | Roberto Tobar | Roberto Tobar |

### Team of the Season

Team of the Season :
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Brayan Cortés (Colo-Colo) | Gabriel Suazo (Colo-Colo) Emiliano Amor (Colo-Colo) Maximiliano Falcón (Colo-Colo) Juan Pablo Gómez (Curicó Unido) | Esteban Pavez (Colo-Colo) Federico Mateos (Ñublense) Víctor Méndez (Unión Española) | Alexander Aravena (Ñublense) Juan Martín Lucero (Colo-Colo) Pablo Solari (Colo-Colo) |