# 2012 Primera División of Chile

The 2012 Primera División del Fútbol Profesional Chileno season (known as the 2012 Campeonato Nacional Petrobras for sponsorship reasons) was the 81st season of top-flight football in Chile. Universidad de Chile is the defending champion. Universidad de Chile won both the Apertura and the Clausura Championships

## Format changes

For the 2012, the ANFP's Council of Club Presidents approved the return to the Apertura and Clausura format, with playoffs.

## Teams

Eighteen teams competed in the Primera División for the 2012 season, sixteen of whom returned from the 2011 season. Santiago Morning and Ñublense were relegated last season after finishing 17th and 18th overall, respectively. There were replaced by Antofagasta and Rangers, the 2011 Primera B winner and runner-up, respectively. In 2012, the Santiago Wanderers celebrated their 120th season since the teams founding in 1892.
| Team | City | Stadium | Current manager |
| Antofagasta | Antofagasta | Regional de Antofagasta | Gustavo Huerta |
| Audax Italiano | Santiago | Municipal de La Florida | Omar Labruna |
| Cobreloa | Calama | Municipal de Calama | Nelson Acosta |
| Cobresal | El Salvador | El Cobre | Luis Musrri |
| Colo-Colo | Santiago | Monumental David Arellano | Luis Pérez Muñoz |
| Huachipato | Talcahuano | CAP | Jorge Pellicer |
| Iquique | Iquique | Tierra de Campeones | Fernando Vergara |
| La Serena | La Serena | La Portada | Miguel Ponce |
| O'Higgins See also: 2012 O'Higgins F.C. season | Rancagua | El Teniente | Eduardo Berizzo |
| Palestino | Santiago | Municipal de La Cisterna | Gustavo Benítez |
| Rangers | Talca | Fiscal de Talca | Gabriel Perrone |
| Santiago Wanderers See also: 2012 Santiago Wanderers season | Valparaíso | Regional Chiledeportes | Héctor Robles |
| Unión Española | Santiago | Santa Laura | José Luis Sierra |
| Unión La Calera | La Calera | Municipal Nicolás Chahuán | Emiliano Astorga |
| Unión San Felipe | San Felipe | Municipal de San Felipe | Nelson Cossio |
| Universidad Católica | Santiago | San Carlos de Apoquindo | Mario Lepe |
| Universidad de Chile | Santiago | Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos | Jorge Sampaoli |
| Universidad de Concepción | Concepción | Municipal de Concepción | Víctor Hugo Castañeda |

## Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura began in January and will ended on July 2.

### Classification stage

The Classification Stage began in January and ended in July.

#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universidad de Chile | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 14 | +30 | 40 | Playoffs |
| 2 | O'Higgins | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 15 | +16 | 35 | Playoffs & 2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 3 | Deportes Iquique | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 14 | +16 | 35 | Playoffs & 2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 4 | Universidad Católica | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 30 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Unión Española | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 27 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Colo-Colo | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 26 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Unión La Calera | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 24 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Cobreloa | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 23 | Playoffs |
| 9 | Huachipato | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 23 | |
| 10 | Universidad de Concepción | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 21 | |
| 11 | Santiago Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 20 | |
| 12 | Audax Italiano | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 20 | |
| 13 | Deportes La Serena | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 19 | |
| 14 | Rangers | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 18 | |
| 15 | Palestino | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 18 | |
| 16 | Deportes Antofagasta | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 17 | |
| 17 | Cobresal | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 40 | −23 | 13 | |
| 18 | Unión San Felipe | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 13 | |
* ↑ O'Higgins and Deportes Iquique qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana as the top two teams not playing in the 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ANT | AUD | CLA | CSL | COL | IQU | SER | HUA | O'HI | PAL | RAN | SAW | UNI | ULC | USF | UCA | UCH | UCO |
| Deportes Antofagasta | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | | | | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | | | 2–1 |
| Audax Italiano | | | 1–1 | | 1–3 | | | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–6 | |
| Cobreloa | | | | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | | 1–2 | 1–0 | | | | |
| Cobresal | | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 0–4 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | | | 1–4 | 1–1 | | | |
| Colo-Colo | 1–0 | | | | | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | | | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 |
| Deportes Iquique | | 1–2 | | | | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 3–3 | 4–1 | | | 2–0 |
| Deportes La Serena | 4–1 | 2–4 | | 1–1 | | | | | 2–2 | | | 3–1 | | | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Huachipato | 2–0 | | | | 0–3 | | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | | 2–1 | | 1–2 | | 2–2 | | |
| O'Higgins | 1–0 | 3–1 | | | | | | | | 5–0 | 2–2 | | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| Palestino | 0–0 | | | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | | | 2–1 | 1–3 | | | 1–2 | 1–3 | |
| Rangers | | | 0–3 | | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | | 2–3 | | 2–0 | | | | 1–2 |
| Santiago Wanderers | | 4–2 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 0–0 | | | | 0–1 | | | | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | | |
| Unión Española | | | | 6–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | | | | | 2–2 | | 4–1 |
| Unión La Calera | 0–0 | 1–1 | | | | | 3–0 | | | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Unión San Felipe | | | 0–3 | | | | | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | | | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Universidad Católica | 1–0 | | 5–1 | 5–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | | | | 2–0 | | | | 1–1 | | 2–1 | |
| Universidad de Chile | 4–0 | | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | | | | | |
| Universidad de Concepción | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 2–5 | | | | 1–1 | 2–0 | |

### Playoff stage

For all ties, the lower-seeded team play the first leg at home.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Universidad de Chile | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Cobreloa | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Cobreloa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Universidad de Chile | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Colo-Colo | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3 | Deportes Iquique | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | Colo-Colo | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 6 | Colo-Colo | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Colo-Colo | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | 1 | Universidad de Chile | 1 | 2 | 3 (2) |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | O'Higgins | 2 | 1 | 3 (0) |
| 4 | Universidad Católica | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | O'Higgins | 2 | 1 | 3 (0) |
| 5 | Unión Española | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Unión Española | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Unión Española | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | O'Higgins | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 2 | O'Higgins | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | O'Higgins | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 7 | Unión La Calera | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
Updated as of games played on July 2, 2012. Universidad de Chile wins final by PK 2-0.

### Top goalscorers

| Player | Club | Goals |
| Emanuel Herrera | Unión Española | 11 |
| Sebastián Ubilla | Santiago Wanderers | 11 |
| Enzo Gutiérrez | O'Higgins | 11 |

## Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura began in July and will end in December.

### Classification stage
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colo-Colo | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 14 | +18 | 33 | Playoffs and 2013 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 2 | Universidad de Chile | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 33 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Palestino | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 30 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Deportes Iquique | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 30 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Rangers | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 30 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Huachipato | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 25 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Unión Española | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 24 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Audax Italiano | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 23 | Playoffs |
| 9 | Universidad Católica | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 23 | |
| 10 | Cobresal | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 22 | |
| 11 | Unión San Felipe | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 21 | |
| 12 | Cobreloa | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 20 | |
| 13 | Deportes Antofagasta | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 20 | |
| 14 | O'Higgins | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 20 | |
| 15 | Santiago Wanderers | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 19 | |
| 16 | Universidad de Concepción | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 15 | |
| 17 | Unión La Calera | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 15 | |
| 18 | Deportes La Serena | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 33 | −13 | 12 | |
* ↑ Colo-Colo qualified for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana as the top team not playing in the 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ANT | AUD | CLA | CSL | COL | IQU | SER | HUA | O'HI | PAL | RAN | SAW | UNI | ULC | USF | UCA | UCH | UCO |
| Deportes Antofagasta | | | | | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | | | | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 2–4 | |
| Audax Italiano | 1–2 | | | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | | 5–1 | | | 4–1 | | 2–1 | | | | 2–2 |
| Cobreloa | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | | | | | | | 0–1 | 2–4 | | | 2–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Cobresal | 3–1 | | | | | | 2–2 | | | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Colo-Colo | | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | | | 3–0 | | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | | | 1–0 | |
| Deportes Iquique | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | | | | 2–1 | | | 2–4 | | | 3–2 | 0–0 | |
| Deportes La Serena | | | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | | |
| Huachipato | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | | | | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| O'Higgins | | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | | | | 1–1 | 1–3 | | | | | 4–1 |
| Palestino | | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–3 | | | | 2–1 | | 4–1 | | | 1–0 | 1–2 | | | 1–0 |
| Rangers | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | | 5–0 | | | 1–2 | | | | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
| Santiago Wanderers | 0–1 | | | | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 2–2 | | | 2–0 | | | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Unión Española | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | | | | | | | 1–0 | | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 5–2 | |
| Unión La Calera | | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | | | | 1–3 | | | |
| Unión San Felipe | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | | | 1–0 | | | | 0–1 | | |
| Universidad Católica | | 1–0 | | | 0–2 | | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | | | 2–2 |
| Universidad de Chile | | 2–1 | | | | | 5–2 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | | | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 3–1 |
| Universidad de Concepción | 0–2 | | | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | | | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | | |

### Playoff stage

For all ties, the lower-seeded team play the first leg at home.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Colo-Colo | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Audax Italiano | 0 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Audax Italiano | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | Colo-Colo | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Unión Española | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 2 | Universidad de Chile | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Unión Española | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 7 | Unión Española | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Unión Española | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 7 | Unión Española | 3 | 1 | 4 (2) |
| | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Huachipato | 1 | 3 | 4 (3) |
| 3 | Palestino | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Huachipato | 1 | 3 | 4 (3) |
| 6 | Huachipato | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Huachipato | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Huachipato | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Rangers | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | Deportes Iquique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Rangers | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 5 | Rangers | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Universidad de Chile | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 76 | 34 | +42 | 73 | 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 2 | Iquique | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 65 | 2013 Copa Libertadores First Stage |
| 3 | Colo-Colo | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 59 | |
| 4 | O'Higgins | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 55 | |
| 5 | Universidad Católica | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 53 | |
| 6 | Unión Española | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 66 | 56 | +10 | 51 | |
| 7 | Palestino | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 48 | |
| 8 | Rangers | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 48 | |
| 9 | Huachipato | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 48 | 2013 Copa Libertadores Second Stage |
| 10 | Cobreloa | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 43 | |
| 11 | Audax Italiano | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 43 | |
| 12 | Santiago Wanderers | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 39 | |
| 13 | Unión La Calera | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 39 | |
| 14 | Antofagasta | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 37 | |
| 15 | Universidad de Concepción | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 36 | Relegation/Promotion Playoffs |
| 16 | Cobresal | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 39 | 64 | −25 | 35 | Relegation/Promotion Playoffs |
| 17 | Unión San Felipe | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 34 | Relegated to the Primera División B |
| 18 | La Serena | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 66 | −22 | 31 | Relegated to the Primera División B |
* 1 2 Universidad de Chile and Huachipato are qualified for the 2013 Copa Libertadores as the Apertura and Clausura champions respectively.

### Relegation/promotion playoffs

| Teams | Teams | Teams | Scores | Scores | Tie-breakers | Tie-breakers |
| Team #1 | Points | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | GD | Pen. |
| Universidad de Concepción | 0:6 | Everton | 0–1 | 1–3 | — | — |
| Cobresal | 3:3 | Barnechea | 1–3 | 3–0 | +1:–1 | — |
Everton won 4–3 on aggregate and is promoted to Primera División. Universidad de Concepción is relegated to Primera B.
Cobresal won 4–3 on aggregate and remains in Primera División. Barnechea remains in Primera B.