# 1979 Primera División de Chile

The 1979 Campeonato Nacional was Chilean football top tier's 47th season. Colo-Colo was the tournament's champion, winning its twelfth title.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Colo-Colo | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 72 | 24 | +48 | 55 | Champions & qualified to 1980 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Cobreloa | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 45 | Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 3 | Unión Española | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 44 | Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 4 | Universidad de Chile | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 44 | Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 5 | O'Higgins | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 43 | Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores |
| 6 | Green Cross Temuco | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 39 | |
| 7 | Coquimbo Unido | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 60 | 57 | +3 | 36 | |
| 8 | Palestino | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 34 | |
| 9 | Deportes Concepción | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 34 | |
| 10 | Universidad Católica | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 33 | |
| 11 | Aviación | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 32 | |
| 12 | Lota Schwager | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 31 | |
| 13 | Naval | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 30 | |
| 14 | Everton | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 54 | 57 | −3 | 29 | |
| 15 | Audax Italiano | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 27 | Qualified to Promotion/relegation Liguilla |
| 16 | Santiago Wanderers | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 37 | 65 | −28 | 21 | Qualified to Promotion/relegation Liguilla |
| 17 | Santiago Morning | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 33 | 72 | −39 | 21 | Relegated to Segunda División |
| 18 | Ñublense | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 57 | −29 | 19 | Relegated to Segunda División |
* 1 2 3 1 bonus point awarded.
* ↑ 2 bonus points awarded.
* Campeonato Nacional 1979 champions
* Colo-Colo 12th title

## Results

| Home \ Away | AUD | AVI | CLO | COL | DCO | COQ | EVE | GCT | LOT | NAV | ÑUB | OHI | PAL | SMO | UCA | UCH | UES | SWA |
| Audax | | 2–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Aviación | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| Cobreloa | 5–2 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Colo-Colo | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–2 |
| Concepción | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Coquimbo | 5–1 | 2–6 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 5–0 |
| Everton | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 |
| Green Cross T. | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Lota S. | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Naval | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Ñublense | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | | 0–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| O'Higgins | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Palestino | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 3–3 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| S. Morning | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| U. Católica | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| U. de Chile | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| U. Española | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 |
| S. Wanderers | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | |

## Topscorers

| Name | Team | Goals |
| Carlos Caszely | Colo-Colo | 20 |
| Liminha | Coquimbo Unido | 19 |
| Ricardo Fabbiani | Aviación | 18 |
| Luis Alberto Ramos | Universidad de Chile | 18 |

## Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | O'Higgins | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Qualified to Liguilla Play-off match |
| 2 | Universidad de Chile | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Qualified to Liguilla Play-off match |
| 3 | Unión Española | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Cobreloa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |

### Liguilla Play-off match

O'Higgins qualified to 1980 Copa Libertadores

## Promotion/relegation Liguilla

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Santiago Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| 2 | Audax Italiano | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Deportes Arica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | Independiente | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 |
* There was no promotion or relegation.