# 2015–16 Primera División of Chile

The 2015–16 Campeonato Nacional season was the 85th season of top-flight football in Chile. Cobresal was the defending champion.

## Format changes

Same as last season: Apertura and Clausura format, without playoffs.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | City | Stadium |
| Audax Italiano | Santiago | Bicentenario de La Florida |
| Cobresal | El Salvador | El Cobre |
| Colo-Colo | Santiago | Monumental David Arellano |
| Deportes Antofagasta | Antofagasta | Calvo y Bascuñán |
| Deportes Iquique | Iquique | Tierra de Campeones |
| Huachipato | Talcahuano | CAP |
| O'Higgins | Rancagua | El Teniente |
| Palestino | Santiago | Municipal de La Cisterna |
| San Luis de Quillota | Quillota | Lucio Fariña Fernández |
| San Marcos de Arica | Arica | Carlos Dittborn |
| Santiago Wanderers | Valparaíso | Elías Figueroa Brander |
| Unión Española | Santiago | Santa Laura Universidad-SEK |
| Unión La Calera | La Calera | Municipal Nicolás Chahuán |
| Universidad Católica | Santiago | San Carlos de Apoquindo |
| Universidad de Chile | Santiago | Nacional Julio Martínez Pradanos |
| Universidad de Concepción | Concepción | Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Sponsors |
| Audax Italiano | Jorge Pellicer | Rafael Olarra | Dalponte | Ideal |
| Cobresal | Dalcio Giovagnoli | Johan Fuentes | Lotto | PF |
| Colo-Colo | José Luis Sierra | Gonzalo Fierro | Under Armour | DirecTV |
| Deportes Antofagasta | Beñat San José | Cristián Rojas | Training | Minera Escondida |
| Deportes Iquique | Jaime Vera | Rodrigo Naranjo | Lotto | ZOFRI |
| Huachipato | Miguel Ponce | Claudio Muñoz | Mitre |
| O'Higgins | Cristián Arán | Braulio Leal | New Balance | VTR |
| Palestino | Nicolás Córdova | Leonardo Valencia | Training | Bank of Palestine |
| San Luis de Quillota | Miguel Ramírez | Fernando de Paul | Delpotte | PF |
| San Marcos de Arica | Emiliano Astorga | Pedro Carrizo | Dalponte | Terminal Puerto Arica |
| Santiago Wanderers | Alfredo Arias | Jorge Ormeño | Mitre | Terminal Pacifico Sur Valparaiso |
| Unión Española | Fernando Vergara | Jorge Ampuero | Joma | Universidad SEK |
| Unión La Calera | Leonardo Ramos | Lucas Giovini | Training | PF |
| Universidad Católica | Mario Salas | Cristian Álvarez | Umbro | DirecTV |
| Universidad de Chile | Sebastián Becaccece | Johnny Herrera | Adidas | Claro |
| Universidad de Concepción | Ronald Fuentes | Gabriel Vargas | KS7 | Universidad de Concepción |

## Torneo Apertura
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colo-Colo | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 33 | 2016 Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Universidad Católica | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 32 | Apertura Liguilla |
| 3 | Universidad de Concepción | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 28 | Apertura Liguilla |
| 4 | Palestino | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 28 | Apertura Liguilla |
| 5 | Audax Italiano | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 26 | Apertura Liguilla |
| 6 | Unión Española | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 24 | |
| 7 | O'Higgins | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 23 | |
| 8 | Santiago Wanderers | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 20 | |
| 9 | Cobresal | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 18 | |
| 10 | San Marcos de Arica | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 17 | |
| 11 | Universidad de Chile | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 17 | |
| 12 | Huachipato | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 16 | |
| 13 | Deportes Iquique | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 16 | |
| 14 | Unión La Calera | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 27 | −14 | 15 | |
| 15 | San Luis de Quillota | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 13 | |
| 16 | Deportes Antofagasta | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 11 | |

### Apertura Liguilla

* Winner qualified for 2016 Copa Sudamericana first stage (Chile 1).
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Universidad Católica | Universidad Católica | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| Audax Italiano | Audax Italiano | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| Audax Italiano | Audax Italiano | 2 | 0 | 2 | Universidad Católica | Universidad Católica | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| | | | | | Palestino | Palestino | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Universidad de Concepción | Universidad de Concepción | 1 | 0 | 1 | Palestino | Palestino | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Palestino | Palestino | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |

## Torneo Clausura
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universidad Católica | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 29 | 2017 Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Colo-Colo | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 28 | |
| 3 | O'Higgins | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 28 | Clausura Liguilla |
| 4 | Palestino | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 25 | |
| 5 | Universidad de Concepción | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 25 | |
| 6 | Santiago Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 23 | Clausura Liguilla |
| 7 | Deportes Antofagasta | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 21 | Clausura Liguilla |
| 9 | Deportes Iquique | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 19 | Clausura Liguilla |
| 9 | Huachipato | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 19 | |
| 10 | Universidad de Chile | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 16 | |
| 11 | Audax Italiano | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 16 | |
| 12 | San Luis de Quillota | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 16 | |
| 13 | Unión Española | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 15 | |
| 14 | Cobresal | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 14 | |
| 15 | San Marcos de Arica | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 12 | |
| 16 | Unión La Calera | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 11 | |

### Clausura Liguilla

* Winner qualify for 2016 Copa Sudamericana first stage (Chile 2).
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| O'Higgins | O'Higgins | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| Deportes Iquique | Deportes Iquique | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| Deportes Iquique | Deportes Iquique | 1 | 1 | 2 | O'Higgins | O'Higgins | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | Santiago Wanderers | Santiago Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Santiago Wanderers (p) | Santiago Wanderers (p) | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | Santiago Wanderers | Santiago Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deportes Antofagasta | Deportes Antofagasta | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | | | | | |

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Universidad Católica | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 66 | 40 | +26 | 61 | 2016 Copa Sudamericana first stage and 2016 Supercopa de Chile match |
| 2 | Colo-Colo | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 61 | |
| 3 | Palestino | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 53 | 2016 Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 4 | Universidad de Concepción | 30 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 53 | 2016 Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 5 | O'Higgins | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 51 | |
| 6 | Santiago Wanderers | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 43 | |
| 7 | Audax Italiano | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 42 | |
| 8 | Unión Española | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 39 | |
| 9 | Huachipato | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 35 | |
| 10 | Deportes Iquique | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 35 | |
| 11 | Universidad de Chile | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 33 | 2016 Supercopa de Chile match |
| 12 | Deportes Antofagasta | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 32 | |
| 13 | Cobresal | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 32 | |
| 14 | San Luis de Quillota | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 29 | |
| 15 | San Marcos de Arica | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 29 | Relegation to 2016–17 Primera B de Chile |
| 16 | Unión La Calera | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 26 | Relegation to 2016–17 Primera B de Chile |