# 2020 Chilean Primera División

The 2020 Chilean Primera División, known as Campeonato Nacional AFP PlanVital 2020 for sponsorship reasons, was the 90th season of the Chilean Primera División, Chile's top-flight football league. The season started on 24 January 2020 and ended on 17 February 2021 with the relegation play-off. Universidad Católica were the defending champions, having won the previous tournament. They successfully defended their title, winning their fifteenth league championship and third in a row with a game to spare on 10 February 2021 after tying 0–0 at home with eventual league runners-up Unión La Calera.
The competition was suspended from 18 March to 29 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Format changes

For this season, and given that the previous season was declared as concluded with no relegations to the Primera B, ANFP approved an expansion of the first tier to 18 teams, with two teams promoted from the second tier joining the 16 teams that competed in the top flight in 2019. The 18 teams played each other twice (once at home and once away) for a total of 34 matches. Qualification for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana was awarded to the top eight teams at the end of the season. Originally, the Copa Chile champions would have been the fourth qualifier for the Copa Libertadores but since the 2020 Copa Chile would not be held before the start of the Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, its allocated berth was awarded to the fourth-placed team of the Campeonato Nacional instead.
Since there were no relegated teams in the previous season, in this season three teams were relegated to the second tier: the last-placed team in the standings of the 2020 season, the last-placed team in a relegation table which was elaborated considering the performance in both the 2019 and 2020 seasons, and the losers of a play-off between the teams placed second-to-last of both tables.

## Teams

Eighteen teams took part in the league in this season: the sixteen teams from the previous season, plus the 2019 Primera B champions Santiago Wanderers and Deportes La Serena, winners of the Primera B promotion play-offs.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Audax Italiano | Santiago (La Florida) | Bicentenario de La Florida | 12,000 |
| Cobresal | El Salvador | El Cobre | 12,000 |
| Colo-Colo | Santiago (Macul) | Monumental David Arellano | 47,347 |
| Coquimbo Unido | Coquimbo | Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso | 18,750 |
| Curicó Unido | Curicó | La Granja | 8,278 |
| Deportes Antofagasta | Antofagasta | Calvo y Bascuñán | 21,178 |
| Deportes Iquique | Iquique | Tierra de Campeones | 13,171 |
| Deportes La Serena | La Serena | La Portada | 18,243 |
| Everton | Viña del Mar | Sausalito | 22,360 |
| Huachipato | Talcahuano | Huachipato-CAP Acero | 10,500 |
| O'Higgins | Rancagua | El Teniente | 13,849 |
| Palestino | Santiago (La Cisterna) | Municipal de La Cisterna | 8,000 |
| Santiago Wanderers | Valparaíso | Elías Figueroa Brander | 20,575 |
| Unión Española | Santiago (Independencia) | Santa Laura-Universidad SEK | 19,000 |
| Unión La Calera | La Calera | Nicolás Chahuán Nazar | 9,200 |
| Universidad Católica | Santiago (Las Condes) | San Carlos de Apoquindo | 14,118 |
| Universidad de Chile | Santiago (Ñuñoa) | Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos | 48,665 |
| Universidad de Concepción | Concepción | Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo | 30,448 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Sponsors |
| Audax Italiano | Pablo Sánchez | Macron | Traverso |
| Cobresal | Gustavo Huerta | KS7 | PF |
| Colo-Colo | Gustavo Quinteros | Umbro | MG Motor |
| Coquimbo Unido | Juan José Ribera | CAFU | PF |
| Curicó Unido | Martín Palermo | OneFit | Multihogar |
| Deportes Antofagasta | Héctor Tapia | CAFU | Minera Escondida |
| Deportes Iquique | Cristian Leiva | Rete | UNAP |
| Deportes La Serena | Miguel Ponce | OneFit | |
| Everton | Roberto Sensini | Charly | Claro |
| Huachipato | Juan Luvera (caretaker) | OneFit | PF |
| O'Higgins | Dalcio Giovagnoli | Adidas | Sun Monticello |
| Palestino | José Luis Sierra | Capelli Sport | Bank of Palestine |
| Santiago Wanderers | Miguel Ramírez | Macron | TPS |
| Unión Española | Jorge Pellicer | Kappa | Universidad SEK |
| Unión La Calera | Juan Pablo Vojvoda | OneFit | PF |
| Universidad Católica | Ariel Holan | Under Armour | BICE |
| Universidad de Chile | Rafael Dudamel | Adidas | Petrobras |
| Universidad de Concepción | Hugo Balladares | KS7 | PF |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| O'Higgins | Marco Antonio Figueroa | End of contract | 1 December 2019 | Pre-season | Patricio Graff | 11 December 2019 |
| Curicó Unido | Hugo Vilches | Sacked | 3 December 2019 | Pre-season | Nicolás Larcamón | 5 December 2019 |
| Universidad Católica | Gustavo Quinteros | Signed by Tijuana | 4 December 2019 | Pre-season | Ariel Holan | 12 December 2019 |
| Unión La Calera | Walter Coyette | Resigned | 5 December 2019 | Pre-season | Juan Pablo Vojvoda | 29 December 2019 |
| Universidad de Concepción | Francisco Bozán | End of contract | 10 December 2019 | Pre-season | Eduardo Acevedo | 28 December 2019 |
| Coquimbo Unido | Patricio Graff | Signed by O'Higgins | 11 December 2018 | Pre-season | Germán Corengia | 18 December 2019 |
| Audax Italiano | Juan José Ribera | Mutual consent | 12 December 2019 | Pre-season | Francisco Meneghini | 16 December 2019 |
| Colo-Colo | Mario Salas | Sacked | 25 February 2020 | 14th | Gualberto Jara (caretaker) | 25 February 2020 |
| Deportes Antofagasta | Juan Manuel Azconzábal | Signed by Unión de Santa Fe | 30 June 2020 | 5th | Héctor Almandoz | 18 July 2020 |
| Coquimbo Unido | Germán Corengia | Sacked | 2 September 2020 | 16th | Juan José Ribera | 6 September 2020 |
| Deportes Iquique | Jaime Vera | Resigned | 24 September 2020 | 15th | Cristian Leiva | 25 September 2020 |
| Deportes La Serena | Francisco Bozán | Resigned | 3 October 2020 | 18th | Óscar Correa (caretaker) | 3 October 2020 |
| Colo-Colo | Gualberto Jara | End of caretaker spell | 3 October 2020 | 17th | Gustavo Quinteros | 3 October 2020 |
| O'Higgins | Patricio Graff | Mutual consent | 9 October 2020 | 15th | Víctor Fuentes (caretaker) | 10 October 2020 |
| Deportes La Serena | Óscar Correa | End of caretaker spell | 13 October 2020 | 18th | Miguel Ponce | 13 October 2020 |
| O'Higgins | Víctor Fuentes | End of caretaker spell | 15 October 2020 | 16th | Dalcio Giovagnoli | 16 October 2020 |
| Universidad de Chile | Hernán Caputto | Sacked | 3 November 2020 | 5th | Marcelo Jara (caretaker) | 3 November 2020 |
| Palestino | Ivo Basay | Sacked | 9 November 2020 | 15th | José Luis Sierra | 11 November 2020 |
| Universidad de Chile | Marcelo Jara | End of caretaker spell | 19 November 2020 | 6th | Rafael Dudamel | 5 November 2020 |
| Curicó Unido | Nicolás Larcamón | Resigned | 19 November 2020 | 5th | Damián Muñoz (caretaker) | 19 November 2020 |
| Curicó Unido | Damián Muñoz | End of caretaker spell | 25 November 2020 | 4th | Martín Palermo | 23 November 2020 |
| Deportes Antofagasta | Héctor Almandoz | Mutual consent | 2 December 2020 | 5th | Diego Reveco (caretaker) | 2 December 2020 |
| Audax Italiano | Francisco Meneghini | Mutual consent | 4 December 2020 | 10th | José Calderón (caretaker) | 9 December 2020 |
| Deportes Antofagasta | Diego Reveco | End of caretaker spell | 10 December 2020 | 6th | Héctor Tapia | 10 December 2020 |
| Everton | Javier Torrente | Sacked | 17 December 2020 | 12th | Roberto Sensini | 20 December 2020 |
| Audax Italiano | José Calderón | End of caretaker spell | 20 December 2020 | 15th | Pablo Sánchez | 20 December 2020 |
| Universidad de Concepción | Eduardo Acevedo | Resigned | 28 December 2020 | 13th | Hugo Balladares | 30 December 2020 |
| Huachipato | Gustavo Florentín | Sacked | 6 January 2021 | 11th | Juan Luvera (caretaker) | 6 January 2021 |
| Unión Española | Ronald Fuentes | Sacked | 28 January 2021 | 3rd | César Bravo (caretaker) | 28 January 2021 |
| Unión Española | César Bravo | End of caretaker spell | 31 January 2021 | 3rd | Jorge Pellicer | 1 February 2021 |
* ↑ Taking office on 20 November 2020 after being quarantined for COVID-19.

## Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

On 16 March 2020, the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP) announced the suspension of the Campeonato Nacional as well as the rest of its tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, starting from 18 March 2020.
On 8 June, ANFP's Council of Presidents decided to resume the league on 31 July with matches to be played behind closed doors and clubs having at least four weeks of training sessions, pending approval from the Chilean government. However, this original date had to be pushed back as clubs were only given approval to resume training sessions starting from 16 July, with the ANFP considering the weekend of 8 August as a new tentative date of resumption, following three weeks of training sessions.
On 19 August, in a press conference held at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos in Santiago, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera confirmed 29 August as the date of resumption of both the first and second tier seasons, with games to be played behind closed doors. The first matches to be played would be the ones postponed from previous rounds, while the ninth round of the Campeonato Nacional would be played on the weekend of 4–6 September.
On 26 September the match between Colo-Colo and Deportes Antofagasta, scheduled to be played on that day at 11:00, was suspended due to the discovery of a positive COVID-19 case in the former team following their return from Brazil where they played a Copa Libertadores group stage match against Athletico Paranaense. It was eventually rescheduled for 10 November at 11:00, with Colo-Colo fined for the postponement of the match as well as the delay to submit their PCR test results prior to said match.
On 11 December, the ANFP announced the suspension of the Round 23 matches between Universidad de Chile and Deportes Iquique and between Unión La Calera and O'Higgins due to positive cases for COVID-19 being reported in Deportes Iquique and Unión La Calera.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Universidad Católica (C) | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 65 | 35 | +30 | 65 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Unión La Calera | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 57 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
| 3 | Universidad de Chile | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 52 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 4 | Unión Española | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 52 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage |
| 5 | Palestino | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 51 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 6 | Deportes Antofagasta | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 48 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 7 | Cobresal | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 47 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 8 | Huachipato | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 46 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 9 | Curicó Unido | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 46 | |
| 10 | O'Higgins | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 45 | |
| 11 | Santiago Wanderers | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 44 | |
| 12 | Everton | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 43 | |
| 13 | Audax Italiano | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 41 | |
| 14 | Universidad de Concepción | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 41 | |
| 15 | Deportes La Serena | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 39 | |
| 16 | Colo-Colo (O) | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 39 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
| 17 | Deportes Iquique (R) | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 38 | Relegation to Primera B |
| 18 | Coquimbo Unido (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 35 | Relegation to Primera B |
* ↑ Deportes Iquique were relegated as the bottom-placed team of the weighted table.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AUD | CSL | CC | COQ | CUR | ANT | IQQ | DLS | EVE | HUA | OHI | PAL | SW | UE | ULC | UC | UCH | UDC |
| Audax Italiano | — | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Cobresal | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Colo-Colo | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Coquimbo Unido | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Curicó Unido | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Deportes Antofagasta | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Deportes Iquique | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 |
| Deportes La Serena | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Everton | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Huachipato | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| O'Higgins | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Palestino | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Santiago Wanderers | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Unión Española | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Unión La Calera | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Universidad Católica | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Universidad de Chile | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 |
| Universidad de Concepción | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — |
* ↑ Match suspended after 72 minutes of play due to crowd disturbances. On 18 February, ANFP decided not to play the remainder of the match and awarded it to Universidad Católica, with the final score as it stood at the time of suspension.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Fernando Zampedri | Universidad Católica | 20 |
| 2 | Joaquín Larrivey | Universidad de Chile | 19 |
| 3 | Cecilio Waterman | Universidad de Concepción | 17 |
| 4 | Cristian Palacios | Unión Española | 15 |
| 4 | Juan Sánchez Sotelo | Huachipato | 15 |
| 6 | Andrés Vilches | Unión La Calera | 14 |
| 7 | Juan Cuevas | Everton | 13 |
| 7 | Enzo Gutiérrez | Santiago Wanderers | 13 |
| 7 | Luis Jiménez | Palestino | 13 |
| 10 | Luciano Aued | Universidad Católica | 10 |
| 10 | Eduard Bello | Deportes Antofagasta | 10 |
| 10 | Federico Castro | Curicó Unido | 10 |
| 10 | Misael Dávila | Unión Española | 10 |
Source: Soccerway

## Relegation
### Weighted table

For this season, a weighted table was elaborated by computing an average of the points earned per game over this season and the previous one, with the average of points earned in the 2019 season weighted by 60% and the average of points earned in the 2020 season weighted by 40%. Promoted teams only had their points in the 2020 season averaged, without weighting. The team placed last in this table at the end of the season was relegated, while the team placed second-to-last qualified for the relegation play-off.
| Pos | Team | 2019 Pts | 2019 Pld | 2019 WAvg | 2020 Pts | 2020 Pld | 2020 WAvg | Total WAvg | Relegation |
| 1 | Universidad Católica | 53 | 24 | 1.325 | 65 | 34 | 0.765 | 2.09 | |
| 2 | Palestino | 38 | 24 | 0.95 | 51 | 34 | 0.6 | 1.574 | |
| 3 | Unión La Calera | 37 | 25 | 0.888 | 57 | 34 | 0.671 | 1.559 | |
| 4 | Colo-Colo | 40 | 24 | 1 | 39 | 34 | 0.459 | 1.459 | |
| 5 | Unión Española | 34 | 25 | 0.816 | 52 | 34 | 0.612 | 1.428 | |
| 6 | Huachipato | 34 | 24 | 0.85 | 46 | 34 | 0.541 | 1.391 | |
| 7 | O'Higgins | 34 | 24 | 0.85 | 45 | 34 | 0.529 | 1.379 | |
| 8 | Cobresal | 34 | 25 | 0.816 | 47 | 34 | 0.553 | 1.369 | |
| 9 | Audax Italiano | 34 | 24 | 0.85 | 41 | 34 | 0.482 | 1.332 | |
| 10 | Santiago Wanderers | — | — | — | 44 | 34 | 1.294 | 1.294 | |
| 11 | Coquimbo Unido | 34 | 24 | 0.85 | 35 | 34 | 0.412 | 1.262 | |
| 12 | Deportes Antofagasta | 27 | 24 | 0.675 | 48 | 34 | 0.565 | 1.24 | |
| 13 | Everton | 29 | 24 | 0.725 | 43 | 34 | 0.506 | 1.231 | |
| 14 | Universidad de Chile | 24 | 24 | 0.6 | 52 | 34 | 0.612 | 1.212 | |
| 15 | Curicó Unido | 26 | 24 | 0.65 | 46 | 34 | 0.541 | 1.191 | |
| 16 | Deportes La Serena | — | — | — | 39 | 34 | 1.147 | 1.147 | |
| 17 | Universidad de Concepción (R) | 23 | 24 | 0.575 | 41 | 34 | 0.482 | 1.057 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
| 18 | Deportes Iquique (R) | 25 | 25 | 0.6 | 38 | 34 | 0.447 | 1.047 | Relegation to Primera B |
Source: ANFP

### Relegation play-off

The relegation play-off was a single match played by the teams placed second-to-last in the season table and the weighted table, on neutral ground. If the same team was placed 17th in both tables, the play-off would not be played and that team would be automatically relegated, but if one of the teams in 17th position had been already relegated by placing last in either table, the team placed 16th in the table where the relegated team placed 17th would play the play-off. The losers were the third and last team relegated to the Primera B.

## Awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Best Player | Matías Dituro | Universidad Católica |
| Top goalscorer | Fernando Zampedri | Universidad Católica |
| Best Foreign Player | Matías Dituro | Universidad Católica |
| Best Manager | Ariel Holan | Universidad Católica |
| Best U-21 Player | Carlos Palacios | Unión Española |

### Team of the Season

Team of the Season :
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Matías Dituro (Universidad Católica) | Eric Wiemberg (Unión La Calera) Valber Huerta (Universidad Católica) Santiago García (Unión La Calera) Yonathan Andía (Unión La Calera) | Ignacio Saavedra (Universidad Católica) Juan Leiva (Unión La Calera) Luis Antonio Jiménez (Palestino) | Carlos Palacios (Unión Española) Fernando Zampedri (Universidad Católica) Edson Puch (Universidad Católica) |