# 2012 Torneo Clausura (Chile)

The 2012 Campeonato Nacional Clausura Petrobras was the 91st season of the Chilean Primera División. The champion was Huachipato, winning their 2nd league title, 38 years after their first championship. It was, as of 2023, the last Chilean top-flight tournament to be decided by playoff stage.

## Regular season
### 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 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Quarterfinals

Colo-Colo won 6–5 on aggregate.
Unión Española won 4–1 on aggregate.
Huachipato won 3–2 on aggregate.
Rangers won 2–0 on aggregate.

#### Semifinals

Unión Española won 5–1 on aggregate.
Huachipato won 2–1 on aggregate.

#### Finals

4–4 on aggregate. Huachipato won 3–2 on penalties.

## 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 | Deportes 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 | Deportes 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 | Deportes 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 4–1 on aggregate and is promoted to Primera División. Universidad de Concepción is relegated to Primera B.
Cobresal won 4–3 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.