Chilean Primera División
The Chilean Primera División ("First Division") is the top-tier league of the Chilean football league system. It is organized by the "ANFP". The league is known as the Campeonato AFP PlanVital for sponsorship reasons. Format. As of the 2018 season, 16 teams compete in the league, playing against each other two times, home and away. Relegation and promotion. Currently, the two teams with the worst scores in the season, are relegated to Primera B, and replaced by the Champions and Runners-up of this Division. Qualification for international competitions. The champions of the Campeonato are immediately  qualified to the Copa Libertadores for the next year, as well as the second and third place. The fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh place are qualified to the Copa Sudamericana for the next year. History. Professionalism. In 1933, eight big clubs at that time, namely, Unión Española, Badminton, Colo-Colo, Audax Italiano, Green Cross, Morning Star, Magallanes and Santiago National F.C., founded the "Liga Profesional de Football de Santiago" (LPF) on May 31, 1933. The newly formed body was recognized by the Football Federation of Chile on June 2, 1933. The first edition of professional competition was contested by the  eight founding teams and was won by Magallanes after defeating Colo-Colo in a decisive match. In the following year, according to the disposition of Federación de Fútbol de Chile, Liga Profesional returned to integrate with the AFS. As part of the negotiations for reunification, four teams from AFS, namely, Club Deportivo Ferroviarios, Carlos Walker, Deportivo Alemán, and Santiago F.C., would join the 1934 professional competition. Moreover, it was also decided that the last six teams in the 1934 competition would be eliminated to form the new second division in 1935. The title of the expanded 1934 edition was again  clinched by Magallanes, which won 10 out of the 11 matches that year. Current teams. There are 16 teams playing in the Primera División, as of the 2022 season. List of seasons. Source (not for goalscorers): rsssf.com Titles by club. Source: