# 1978 Primera División de Chile

The 1978 Campeonato Nacional was Chilean first tier's 46th season. Palestino was the tournament's champion, winning its second title.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Palestino | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 73 | 32 | +41 | 53 | Champions & qualified to 1979 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Cobreloa | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 49 | Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 3 | O'Higgins | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 42 | Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 4 | Unión Española | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 41 | Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 5 | Everton | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 40 | Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 6 | Colo-Colo | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 62 | 55 | +7 | 37 | |
| 7 | Universidad de Chile | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 36 | |
| 8 | Aviación | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 34 | |
| 9 | Universidad Católica | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 33 | |
| 10 | Deportes Concepción | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 33 | |
| 11 | Lota Schwager | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 33 | |
| 12 | Audax Italiano | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 32 | |
| 13 | Green Cross Temuco | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 52 | 57 | −5 | 32 | |
| 14 | Santiago Morning | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 32 | |
| 15 | Ñublense | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 30 | To promotion/relegation playoffs |
| 16 | Coquimbo Unido | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 24 | To promotion/relegation playoffs |
| 17 | Huachipato | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 55 | −29 | 17 | Relegated to Segunda División |
| 18 | Rangers | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 27 | 84 | −57 | 14 | Relegated to Segunda División |
* Campeonato Nacional 1978 champions
* Palestino 2nd title

## Results

| Home \ Away | AUD | AVI | CLO | COL | DCO | COQ | EVE | GCT | HUA | LOT | ÑUB | OHI | PAL | RAN | SMO | UCA | UCH | UES |
| Audax | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Aviación | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Cobreloa | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 |
| Colo-Colo | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Concepción | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Coquimbo | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Everton | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 |
| Green Cross T. | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Huachipato | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Lota S. | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Ñublense | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| O'Higgins | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Palestino | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 6–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Rangers | 1–5 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–5 |
| S. Morning | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| U. Católica | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| U. de Chile | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 |
| U. Española | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
* ↑ Game was awarded to Lota Schwager, but just a 1-0 win, as a result of Rangers fielding an amateur squad. The match originally ended 14-1.
* ↑ Game was awarded to O'Higgins' 1-0 win as a result of Palestino fielding an ineligible player. The match originally ended 0-1.

## Topscorer

| Name | Team | Goals |
| Oscar Fabbiani | Palestino | 35 |

## Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Unión Española | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Qualified to Liguilla play-off match |
| 2 | O'Higgins | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Qualified to Liguilla play-off match |
| 3 | Everton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Cobreloa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | |

### Liguilla play-off match

O'Higgins qualified to 1979 Copa Libertadores due to its better League position

## Promotion/relegation Liguilla

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Coquimbo Unido | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 5 |
| 2 | Ñublense | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 |
| 3 | Deportes Ovalle | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 |
| 4 | Magallanes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 1 |
* There was no promotion or relegation.