# 2011 Torneo Clausura (Chile)

The 2011 Torneo Clausura or LXXXIX Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de la Primera División de Chile was the 89th season of the Chilean Primera División. The champions was Universidad de Chile which won its 15th league title after beating Cobreloa in the finals.
The season started on 29 July, and concluded on 29 December.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Audax Italiano | Santiago | Bicentenario de La Florida | 12,000 |
| Cobreloa | Calama | Municipal de Calama | 13,000 |
| Cobresal | El Salvador | Estadio El Cobre | 15,000 |
| Colo-Colo | Santiago | Estadio Monumental | 47,017 |
| Huachipato | Talcahuano | Estadio CAP | 10,500 |
| Deportes Iquique | Iquique | Tierra de Campeones | 11,000 |
| Deportes La Serena | La Serena | La Portada | 14,000 |
| Ñublense | Chillán | Municipal Nelson Oyarzún Arenas | 12,000 |
| O'Higgins | Rancagua | El Teniente de Rancagua | 14,450 |
| Palestino | Santiago | La Cisterna | 12,000 |
| Santiago Morning | Santiago | Municipal de La Pintana | 6,000 |
| Santiago Wanderers | Valparaíso | Regional Chiledeportes | 18,500 |
| Unión Española | Santiago | Santa Laura | 22,000 |
| Unión San Felipe | San Felipe | Municipal de San Felipe | 10,000 |
| Unión La Calera | La Calera | Nicolás Chahuán Nazar | 10,000 |
| Universidad Católica | Santiago | San Carlos de Apoquindo | 15,000 |
| Universidad de Chile | Santiago | Estadio Nacional | 49,000 |
| Universidad de Concepción | Concepción | Municipal de Concepción | 29,000 |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Matchday | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Deportes La Serena | Fernando Vergara | Resign | 29 May 2011 | Pre-season | Miguel Ponce | 2 June 2011 |
| Universidad Católica | Juan Antonio Pizzi | Resign | 23 June 2011 | Pre-season | Mario Lepe | 26 June 2011 |
| Unión San Felipe | Nelson Cossio | Resign | 1 August 2011 | 1st | Daniel Chazarreta | 1 August 2011 |
| Santiago Wanderers | Juan Manuel Llop | Sacked | 3 August 2011 | 5th | Héctor Robles | 3 August 2011 |
| Deportes Iquique | Jorge Pellicer | Resign | 13 August 2011 | 5th | Fernando Vergara | 17 August 2011 |
| Colo-Colo | Américo Gallego | Sacked | 18 August 2011 | 5th | Luis Pérez | 18 August 2011 |
| O'Higgins | Ivo Basay | Resign | 23 August 2011 | 2nd | Cristian Arán | 24 August 2011 |
| Unión San Felipe | Daniel Chazarreta | End of caretaking | 27 August 2011 | 14th | Víctor Hugo Marchesini | 27 August 2011 |
| Colo-Colo | Luis Pérez | End of caretaking | 30 August 2011 | 14th | Ivo Basay | 30 August 2011 |
| Huachipato | Arturo Salah | Resign | 1 September 2011 | 2nd | Alejandro Padilla | 2 September 2011 |
| Santiago Morning | Fernando Díaz | Resign | 4 September 2011 | 2nd | Hernán Godoy | 6 September 2011 |
| Ñublense | Jorge Garcés | Sacked | 12 September 2011 | 2nd | Carlos Rojas | 6 September 2011 |
| Huachipato | Alejandro Padilla | End of caretaking | 12 September 2011 | 2nd | Jorge Pellicer | 6 September 2011 |
| O'Higgins | Cristian Arán | End of caretaking | 20 September 2011 | 2nd | José Cantillana | 20 September 2011 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universidad de Chile | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 15 | +24 | 39 | 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Cobreloa | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 31 | 2012 Copa Sudamericana preliminary stages |
| 3 | Colo-Colo | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 30 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Audax Italiano | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 29 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Universidad Católica | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 28 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Deportes La Serena | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 28 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Unión La Calera | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 24 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Unión Española | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 23 | Playoffs |
| 9 | Cobresal | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 23 | |
| 10 | Santiago Wanderers | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 20 | |
| 11 | Deportes Iquique | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 19 | |
| 12 | Santiago Morning | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 19 | |
| 13 | Ñublense | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 20 | |
| 14 | Universidad de Concepción | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 19 | |
| 15 | Palestino | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 19 | |
| 16 | O'Higgins | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 17 | |
| 17 | Huachipato | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 17 | |
| 18 | Unión San Felipe | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 13 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AUD | COB | CSL | CC | IQU | HUA | SER | ÑUB | OHI | PAL | SM | SW | UE | ULC | USF | UC | UCH | UDC |
| Audax Italiano | | | | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | | 5–0 | | | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Cobreloa | 3–4 | | | 0–1 | | 1–0 | | 2–0 | | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | | 2–0 | | 1–1 |
| Cobresal | 3–2 | 0–3 | | 0–2 | 3–3 | | 2–1 | | 1–0 | | | 3–2 | 2–2 | | | 2–2 | | |
| Colo-Colo | 3–0 | 1–0 | | | | 2–1 | | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | | 2–2 | | 2–2 | |
| Deportes Iquique | | 2–4 | | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–5 | | | 1–4 | | |
| Huachipato | | | 1–0 | 1–2 | | | | | | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | |
| Deportes La Serena | | 2–1 | | 4–0 | | 1–0 | | 3–1 | | | | | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | | 2–0 |
| Ñublense | | | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 2–4 | | | | 3–1 | | | | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 |
| O'Higgins | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | | 2–1 | | | | 3–0 | | | 3–0 |
| Palestino | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | | | 1–1 | | 2–2 | | 2–4 | 1–1 | | | 1–0 | | 1–1 | |
| Santiago Morning | | | 5–0 | | | | 4–1 | 1–3 | | | | 3–0 | | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Santiago Wanderers | 2–0 | | | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–3 | | 1–1 | | | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Unión Española | 5–2 | 0–0 | | | | | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | | | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Unión La Calera | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | | | | |
| Unión San Felipe | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | | 1–2 | | | | 0–2 | | 1–1 | | | 0–3 | |
| Universidad Católica | | | | 4–0 | 4–1 | | 4–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | | | | 4–0 | 0–1 | | | 2–1 |
| Universidad de Chile | | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 5–3 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | | | 1–1 | | 3–2 | | 0–0 | | 2–0 |
| Universidad de Concepción | | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | | | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | | |

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Universidad de Chile | 34 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 78 | 35 | +43 | 74 | 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Universidad Católica | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 63 | 36 | +27 | 66 | 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 3 | Unión Española | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 64 | 41 | +23 | 55 | 2012 Copa Libertadores first stage |
| 4 | Colo-Colo | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 54 | |
| 5 | Audax Italiano | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 50 | |
| 6 | Unión La Calera | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 49 | |
| 7 | Cobreloa | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 49 | |
| 8 | Deportes La Serena | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 54 | 51 | +3 | 49 | |
| 9 | Palestino | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 49 | |
| 10 | O'Higgins | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 44 | |
| 11 | Deportes Iquique | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 41 | |
| 12 | Cobresal | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 48 | 70 | −22 | 39 | |
| 13 | Universidad de Concepción | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 39 | |
| 14 | Huachipato | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 39 | |
| 15 | Santiago Wanderers | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 39 | Relegation / Promotion Playoffs |
| 16 | Unión San Felipe | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 37 | Relegation / Promotion Playoffs |
| 17 | Santiago Morning (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 51 | 64 | −13 | 34 | Relegation to 2012 Primera B |
| 18 | Ñublense (R) | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 39 | 63 | −24 | 33 | Relegation to 2012 Primera B |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Universidad de Chile | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Unión Española | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Unión Española | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Universidad de Chile | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Universidad Católica | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 5 | Universidad Católica | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Universidad Católica | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | Audax Italiano | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Audax Italiano | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | Universidad de Chile | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Cobreloa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Cobreloa | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Cobreloa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Unión La Calera | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Unión La Calera | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Cobreloa | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Colo-Colo | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Colo-Colo | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | Colo-Colo | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| 6 | Deportes La Serena | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Results
#### Finals

* Clausura 2011 Champions:
* Universidad de Chile 15th title

## Relegation / Promotion Playoffs

| Teams | Teams | Teams | Scores | Scores | Tie-breakers | Tie-breakers |
| Team #1 | Points | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | GD | Pen. |
| Santiago Wanderers | 4:1 | Naval | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | — |
| Unión San Felipe | 3:3 | Everton | 0–1 | 2–0 | +1:–1 | — |

## Top goalscorers

    As of 12 June 2011.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Esteban Paredes | Colo-Colo | 14 |
| 2 | Sebastián Pinto | O'Higgins | 13 |
| 3 | Facundo Pereyra | Audax Italiano | 11 |
| 4 | Diego Barrios | Cobreloa | 9 |
| 4 | Miguel Ángel Cuéllar | Cobresal | 9 |
| 4 | Nicolás Canales | Palestino | 9 |
| 7 | Cristian Bogado | Deportes Iquique | 8 |
| 7 | Leonardo Monje | Unión Española | 8 |
| 7 | Lucas Simón | Unión La Calera | 8 |
| 7 | Francisco Castro | Universidad de Chile | 8 |
| 11 | Álvaro Ramos | Deportes Iquique | 7 |
| 11 | Gabriel Vargas | Universidad de Chile | 7 |
| 11 | Eduardo Vargas | Universidad de Chile | 7 |