2007 Primera División of Chile

The 2007 Primera División del Fútbol Profesional Chileno season is the 76th season of top-flight football in Chile. The season is composed of two championship: the Torneo Apertura & Torneo Clasura.

Format

Each tournament had a different format. The Apertura had a double round-robin format. The team with the most points at the end will be the champion. The Clausura consisted of two stages. The first stage was a double round-robin format. The two best teams from each group advanced to the playoffs. The playoffs were in a single-elimination format, the winner of which was the champion.

Torneo Apertura

Standings

Updated to games played on June 17, 2007.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Universidad Católica qualified to the 2008 Copa Libertadores since Colo-Colo also won the Clausura tournament.
2. Santiago Wanderers were docked three points for not paying their players on time in November 2006.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Humberto Suazo	Colo-Colo	18
2	José Luis Díaz	Cobreloa	16
3	Lucas Barrios	Cobreloa	14
4	Gustavo Canales	La Serena	11
	César Díaz	Cobresal	11
	Luis Núñez	Universidad Católica	11

Copa Sudamericana playoffs

Winners qualified to the 2007 Copa Sudamericana.

Universidad Católica v Audax Italiano

July 17

Universidad Católica	0–3	Audax Italiano
		Villanueva  12' Medina  32' Orellana  63'

Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago

Colo-Colo v Huachipato

July 19

Colo-Colo	2–1	Huachipato
Hernandez  10' Aceval  87'		González  8'

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar

Torneo Clausura

First stage

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Updated to games played on November 25, 2007.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Audax Italiano qualified to the 2008 Copa Libertadores as the team with the most points in the Clausura classification phase.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Playoff match

A playoff round was contested because there was a third-placed team who had more points than a second placed team. In a playoff round the third-placed team would have the home field advantage.

Playoff stage

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Carlos Villanueva	Audax Italiano	20
2	Pedro Morales	Universidad de Chile	13
	Manuel Villalobos	Ñublense	13
4	Cristián Canío	Cobreloa	12
	Gabriel Vargas	Cobresal	12
5	Esteban Fuertes	Universidad Católica	11

Relegation

Updated to games played on November 25, 2007.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Santiago Wanderers were docked three points for not paying their players on time in November 2006.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation playoffs

Standings

See also

• List of 2007 Primera División de Chile transfers

References

General

• Andrés, Juan Pablo (January 17, 2008). "Chile 2007". RSSSF. Retrieved September 11, 2010. 

External links

• Official website of the ANFP

Campeonato Nacional
2016–17 clubs	Antofagasta Audax Italiano Cobresal Colo-Colo Everton Huachipato Iquique O'Higgins Palestino San Luis de Quillota Santiago Wanderers Temuco Unión Española Universidad Católica Universidad de Chile Universidad de Concepción
Venues	Bicentenario de La Florida CAP Elías Figueroa Brander El Cobre El Teniente Ester Roa Germán Becker Lucio Fariña Monumental David Arellano Municipal de La Cisterna Nacional Regional Calvo y Bascuñán San Carlos de Apoquindo Santa Laura-Universidad SEK Sausalito Tierra de Campeones
Former Teams	Aviación Badminton Barnechea Cobreloa Concepción Coquimbo Unido Curicó Unido Fernández Vial Ferroviarios Green Cross Iberia La Serena Lota Schwager Magallanes Melipilla Naval Ñublense Osorno Ovalle Puerto Montt Rangers Regional Atacama San Marcos de Arica Santiago Morning Santiago National Trasandino Unión La Calera Unión San Felipe Valdivia
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