# 1968 Primera División de Chile

The 1968 Campeonato Nacional de Futbol Profesional was Chilean first tier’s 36th season. Santiago Wanderers were the champions, winning its second title.

## First stage
### Torneo Metropolitano

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Universidad de Chile | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 19 | Qualified to Torneo Nacional |
| 2 | Audax Italiano | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 17 | Qualified to Torneo Nacional |
| 3 | Universidad Católica | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 14 | Qualified to Torneo Nacional |
| 4 | Santiago Morning | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 14 | Qualified to Torneo Nacional |
| 5 | Colo-Colo | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 13 | Qualified to 5th-place play-off |
| 6 | Unión Española | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 13 | Qualified to 5th-place play-off |
| 7 | Palestino | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 13 | Qualified to 5th-place play-off |
| 8 | Magallanes | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 9 | |
| Home \ Away | AUDI | COLO | MAGA | PALE | SMOR | UESP | UCAT | UCHI |
| Audax I. | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Colo-Colo | 2–2 | | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–4 |
| Magallanes | 1–1 | 1–6 | | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Palestino | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| S. Morning | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–5 |
| U. Española | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| U. Católica | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 |
| U. de Chile | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 7–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | |

### 5th-place play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Palestino | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | Qualified to Torneo Nacional |
| 2 | Colo-Colo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 2 | |
| 3 | Unión Española | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | |
| Home \ Away | COLO | PALE | UESP |
| Colo-Colo | | | 3–0 |
| Palestino | 3–1 | | |
| U. Española | | 0–0 | |

### Torneo Provincial

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Deportes Concepción | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 23 | Qualified to Torneo Nacional |
| 2 | Santiago Wanderers | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 21 | Qualified to Torneo Nacional |
| 3 | Huachipato | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 20 | Qualified to Torneo Nacional |
| 4 | Green Cross Temuco | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 20 | Qualified to Torneo Nacional |
| 5 | Rangers | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 17 | Qualified to 5th-place play-off |
| 6 | Deportes La Serena | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 17 | Qualified to 5th-place play-off |
| 7 | Unión La Calera | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 17 | Qualified to 5th-place play-off |
| 8 | Everton | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 17 | Qualified to 5th-place play-off |
| 9 | Unión San Felipe | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 15 | |
| 10 | O'Higgins | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 13 | |
| Home \ Away | DCON | EVER | GCRT | HUAC | DLSE | OHIG | RANG | USFE | ULCA | SWAN |
| D. Concepción | | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Everton | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Green Cross T. | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Huachipato | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| D. La Serena | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| O'Higgins | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Rangers | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| U. San Felipe | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| U. La Calera | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 |
| S. Wanderers | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | |

### 5th-place play-off

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Everton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 | Qualified to Torneo Nacional |
| 2 | Deportes La Serena | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Rangers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Unión La Calera | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |
| Home \ Away | EVER | DLSE | RANG | ULCA |
| Everton | | | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| D. La Serena | 2–1 | | 0–1 | |
| Rangers | | | | 3–0 |
| U. La Calera | | 1–3 | | |

## Second stage
### Torneo Promocional

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Colo-Colo | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 23 | Qualified to Serie A |
| 2 | Unión Española | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 18 | Qualified to Serie A |
| 3 | Magallanes | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 16 | Qualified to Serie A |
| 4 | Rangers | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 15 | Qualified to Serie A |
| 5 | Unión La Calera | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 12 | |
| 6 | Deportes La Serena | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 11 | |
| 7 | O'Higgins | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 35 | −16 | 9 | |
| 8 | Unión San Felipe | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 8 | |
| Home \ Away | COLO | DLSE | MAGA | OHIG | USFE | ULCA | RANG | UESP |
| Colo-Colo | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| D. La Serena | 0–3 | | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Magallanes | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–4 |
| O'Higgins | 1–6 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| U. San Felipe | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 |
| U. La Calera | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | | 7–0 | 2–3 |
| Rangers | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 |
| U. Española | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | |

## Final stage
### Torneo Nacional

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Santiago Wanderers | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 25 | Champions. Qualified to 1969 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Universidad Católica | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 24 | Qualified to Pre-Copa Libertadores play-off |
| 3 | Universidad de Chile | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 24 | Qualified to Pre-Copa Libertadores play-off |
| 4 | Palestino | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 20 | |
| 5 | Huachipato | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 17 | |
| 6 | Audax Italiano | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 15 | |
| 7 | Green Cross Temuco | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 15 | |
| 8 | Deportes Concepción | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 14 | |
| 9 | Santiago Morning | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 14 | |
| 10 | Everton | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 12 | |
| Home \ Away | AUDI | DCON | EVER | GCRT | HUAC | PALE | SMOR | UCAT | UCHI | SWAN |
| Audax I. | | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| D. Concepción | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Everton | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Green Cross T. | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Huachipato | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Palestino | 4–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 3–3 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| S. Morning | 2–2 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 3–5 | 0–2 |
| U. Católica | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| U. de Chile | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 |
| S. Wanderers | 5–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |

### Serie A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Colo-Colo | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 10 |
| 2 | Unión Española | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 9 |
| 3 | Rangers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 3 |
| 4 | Magallanes | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 2 |
| Home \ Away | COLO | MAGA | RANG | UESP |
| Colo-Colo | | 4–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Magallanes | 0–6 | | 3–2 | 1–3 |
| Rangers | 1–6 | 3–0 | | 3–3 |
| U. Española | 4–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |

### Serie B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Deportes La Serena | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 8 | |
| 2 | O'Higgins | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 8 | |
| 3 | Unión La Calera | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 5 | |
| 4 | Unión San Felipe | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 | Relegated to 1969 Segunda División de Chile |
| Home \ Away | OHIG | DLSE | USFE | ULCA |
| O'Higgins | | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| D. La Serena | 1–2 | | 4–0 | 3–2 |
| U. San Felipe | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 2–5 |
| U. La Calera | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |

### Title

* Campeonato Profesional 1968 champion
* Santiago Wanderers 2nd title

## Pre-Copa Libertadores play-off

Universidad Católica also qualified for the 1969 Copa Libertadores due to better goal difference in the Final stage

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Eladio Zárate | Unión Española | 32 |
| 2 | Osvaldo Castro | Unión La Calera | 31 |
| 3 | Carlos Reinoso | Audax Italiano | 21 |

## Sources

* RSSSF Chile 1968
* Tablas 1968