Copa Chile

The Copa Chile (Chile Cup) is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008. Its precursor was the Campeonato de Apertura (Opening Championship), played from 1933 to 1950.
The cup is now open to every member club of the Chilean football league system, from professional teams; (Primera División and Primera B), down to teams from the ANFA; Tercera A and Tercera B, as well as Regional Amateur champions teams from around the country. And since the season 2009, the winners obtains a direct Copa Sudamericana spot for the next season.
In the history of the tournament, the Primera División teams have dominated the competition; but, because this is contested in a knockout tournament format, the opportunity for lower level teams upsetting a top level squad is a real possibility. That was the case in the seasons 1960, 1962, 2009 & 2010, when the winners were clubs from the second level: Deportes La Serena, Luis Cruz de Curicó, Unión San Felipe and Municipal Iquique. A major upset almost occurred in the 2008 competition, when Deportes Ovalle (from the third level league) became finalist, losing 1-2 to Universidad de Concepción at the final, in a very close match.
In some seasons the tournament only included first level teams, that was the case the seasons: 1979 to 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989-Invierno, 1990, 1998 and 2000.
Only two clubs have become double champions (league and cup winners the same season); Colo-Colo in 1981, 1989, 1990 & 1996, and Universidad de Chile in 2000.
==Finals==
Year	Champion 	Runner-up 	Score 	Trophy
1958	Colo-Colo 	Universidad Católica	2:2Colo Colo on better goal average over entire tournament.	Copa Chile
1959	Santiago Wanderers 	Deportes La Serena 	5:1 	Copa Chile
1960	Deportes La Serena 	Santiago Wanderers 	4:1 	Copa Preparación
1961	Santiago Wanderers 	Universidad Católica	2:0, 1:2 	Copa Chile Green Cross
1962	Luis Cruz Martínez 	Universidad Católica	2:1 	Copa Preparación
1974	Colo-Colo 	Santiago Wanderers 	3:0 	Copa Chile
1975	Palestino 	Lota Schwager 	4:0 	Copa Chile
1977	Palestino 	Unión Española 	3:3, 1:0 	Copa Chile
1979	Universidad de Chile 	Colo-Colo 	2:1 	Copa Polla Gol
1980	Deportes Iquique 	Colo-Colo 	2:1 	Copa Polla Gol
1981	Colo-Colo 	Audax Italiano 	5:1 	Copa Polla Gol
1982	Colo-Colo 	Universidad Católica	Colo Colo win a small final tournament. 	Copa Polla Gol
1983	Universidad Católica 	O'Higgins 	Universidad Católica win a small final tournament. 	Copa Polla Gol
1983	Universidad Católica 	Naval 	1:0 	Copa República
1984	Everton 	Universidad Católica	3:0 	Copa Polla Gol
1985	Colo-Colo 	Palestino 	1:0 	Copa Polla Gol
1986	Cobreloa 	Fernández Vial 	0:1, 2:0, 3:0 	Copa Polla Gol
1987	Cobresal 	Colo-Colo 	2:0 	Copa Apertura
1988	Colo-Colo 	Unión Española 	1:0 	Copa Digeder
1989	Colo-Colo 	Universidad Católica	2:2, 1:0 	Copa Coca Cola Digeder
1989	Unión Española 	Huachipato 	2:0 	Copa Invierno
1990	Colo-Colo 	Universidad Católica	3:2 	Copa Apertura
1991	Universidad Católica 	Cobreloa 	1:0 	Copa Chile Digeder
1992	Unión Española 	Colo-Colo 	3:1 	Copa Chile
1993	Unión Española 	Cobreloa 	3:1 	Copa Chile
1994	Colo-Colo 	O'Higgins 	1-1 4-2 (
pen.) 	Copa Chile
1995	Universidad Católica 	Cobreloa 	4:2 	Copa Chile
1996	Colo-Colo 	Rangers 	1:1, 1:0 	Copa Chile
1998	Universidad de Chile 	Audax Italiano 	1:1, 2:0 	Copa Apertura
2000	Universidad de Chile 	Santiago Morning 	2:1 (a.e.t.) 	Copa Apertura
2008	Universidad de Concepción	Deportes Ovalle 	2:1 	Copa Chile
2009	Unión San Felipe 	Municipal Iquique 	3:0 	Copa Chile
2010	Municipal Iquique 	Deportes Concepción 	1-1 4-3 (
pen.) 	Copa Chile Bicentenario
== Torneo Apertura Segunda Division ==
Competition for Chilean football teams of Second division.
Year 	Champion 	Runner-up 	Score
1969'''	Naval 	Ferroviarios 	0:3, 3:0
1970 	San Antonio Unido 	Coquimbo Unido 	4:0, 1:2
1971 	Ñublense 	Deportes Ovalle 	-
1979 	Huachipato 	Deportes Ovalle 	1:0
1980 	San Luis 	Rangers 	2:1
1981 	Deportes Arica 	Santiago Morning 	2:0
1982 	Everton 	Deportes Colchagua 	2:0
1983 	Huachipato 	San Luis 	-
1984 	Iberia 	Curicó Unido 	2:1, 3:0
1986 	O'Higgins 	Santiago Wanderers 	-
1987 	Deportes Temuco 	Deportes La Serena 	-
1990 	Deportes Antofagasta	Deportes Puerto Montt	2:1
==Notes and references==
*Chile Cup - RSSSF
Category:National cups