# 1971 Primera División de Chile

The 1971 Campeonato Nacional was Primera División de Chile’s 39th season since its foundation in 1933. Unión San Felipe was the tournament's champion, winning its first ever league title at top-level. By doing this, San Felipe became the only Chilean team to win the second division one year, and the first division tournament the next year.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Unión San Felipe | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 46 | Champions & Qualified to the 1972 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Universidad de Chile | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 73 | 42 | +31 | 44 | Qualified to the 1972 Copa Libertadores |
| 3 | Unión Española | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 42 | |
| 4 | Colo-Colo | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 62 | 42 | +20 | 41 | |
| 5 | Deportes Concepción | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 37 | |
| 6 | Unión La Calera | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 36 | |
| 7 | Santiago Wanderers | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 34 | |
| 8 | Deportes La Serena | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 34 | |
| 9 | Rangers | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 32 | |
| 10 | Antofagasta Portuario | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 32 | |
| 11 | O'Higgins | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 32 | |
| 12 | Huachipato | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 31 | |
| 13 | Universidad Católica | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 30 | |
| 14 | Magallanes | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 30 | |
| 15 | Green Cross Temuco | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 30 | |
| 16 | Everton | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 29 | |
| 17 | Lota Schwager | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 26 | Qualified for the Relegation Play-off |
| 18 | Audax Italiano | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 54 | −21 | 26 | Qualified for the Relegation Play-off |
* 1971 Campeonato Nacional champions
* Unión San Felipe 1st title

## Results

| Home \ Away | DAN | AUD | COL | DCO | EVE | GCT | HUA | DLS | LSC | MAG | OHI | RAN | USF | ULC | UCA | UCH | UES | SWA |
| Antofagasta | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Audax | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Colo-Colo | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Concepción | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Everton | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Green Cross T. | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Huachipato | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| La Serena | 1–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| Lota S. | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Magallanes | 6–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| O'Higgins | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Rangers | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| San Felipe | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| La Calera | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| U. Católica | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 |
| U. de Chile | 2–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 7–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 5–4 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| U. Española | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 3–0 |
| S. Wanderers | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |

## Relegation play-off

| Lota Schwager | 2–1 | Audax Italiano |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Lota Schwager | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 2 | |
| 2 | Audax Italiano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | Relegated to 1972 Segunda División |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Eladio Zárate | Universidad de Chile | 25 |
| 2 | Fernando Espinoza | Magallanes | 24 |
| 3 | Julio Crisosto | Unión Española | 21 |
| 4 | Sergio Ahumada | Colo-Colo | 17 |
| 5 | Manuel Núñez | Unión San Felipe | 15 |