1979 Primera División de Chile

Football league season

Campeonato Nacional 1979
Dates	21 April 1979 – 23 December 1979
Champions	Colo-Colo (12th title)
Relegated	Ñublense Santiago Morning
1980 Copa Libertadores	Colo-Colo O'Higgins
Matches played	306
Goals scored	837 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlos Caszely (20 goals)
Biggest away win	Santiago Morning 0–6 Colo-Colo (1 May)
Highest attendance	75,455 Universidad Católica 0–0 Colo-Colo (27 May)
Total attendance	2,308,605
Average attendance	7,594
← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 Campeonato Nacional was Chilean football top tier's 47th season. Colo-Colo was the tournament's champion, winning its twelfth title.^[1]

Standings

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Colo-Colo	34	23	8	3	72	24	+48	55^[a]	Champions & qualified to 1980 Copa Libertadores
2	Cobreloa	34	18	8	8	61	36	+25	45^[a]	Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores
3	Unión Española	34	18	7	9	45	31	+14	44^[a]
4	Universidad de Chile	34	17	8	9	37	25	+12	44^[b]
5	O'Higgins	34	18	7	9	47	40	+7	43
6	Green Cross Temuco	34	14	11	9	46	40	+6	39
7	Coquimbo Unido	34	14	8	12	60	57	+3	36
8	Palestino	34	10	14	10	52	50	+2	34
9	Deportes Concepción	34	12	10	12	49	49	0	34
10	Universidad Católica	34	9	15	10	45	38	+7	33
11	Aviación	34	12	8	14	52	41	+11	32
12	Lota Schwager	34	9	13	12	28	44	−16	31
13	Naval	34	8	14	12	45	55	−10	30
14	Everton	34	10	9	15	54	57	−3	29
15	Audax Italiano	34	10	7	17	46	56	−10	27	Qualified to Promotion/relegation Liguilla
16	Santiago Wanderers	34	6	9	19	37	65	−28	21	Qualified to Promotion/relegation Liguilla
17	Santiago Morning	34	7	7	20	33	72	−39	21	Relegated to Segunda División
18	Ñublense	34	6	7	21	28	57	−29	19	Relegated to Segunda División

Source: ^{[citation needed ]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c 1 bonus point awarded.
^ 2 bonus points awarded.

Campeonato Nacional 1979 champions
Colo-Colo 12th title

Results

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Home \ Away	AUD	AVI	CLO	COL	DCO	COQ	EVE	GCT	LOT	NAV	ÑUB	OHI	PAL	SMO	UCA	UCH	UES
Audax	2–4	1–4	0–1	2–1	5–0	2–5	1–1	0–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–0	3–2
Aviación	1–2	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	5–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	4–0	1–2	2–2	4–0
Cobreloa	5–2	1–0	0–2	4–1	4–1	4–2	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	4–0
Colo-Colo	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	5–0	3–2	1–0	4–2	3–3	2–0	2–1	7–2
Concepción	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–4	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	5–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	2–0
Coquimbo	5–1	2–6	1–0	0–2	4–0	3–2	4–0	2–0	4–4	4–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–3	5–0
Everton	0–0	0–3	0–1	3–2	2–3	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	3–1	4–2	2–2	0–0	1–3	3–2
Green Cross T.	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–3	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–1
Lota S.	1–5	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–2	0–1	1–0
Naval	0–0	4–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–4	2–2	3–3	0–0	2–4	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1
Ñublense	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–3	0–2	1–3	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–4	0–0	5–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0
O'Higgins	3–0	1–0	3–2	1–5	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	3–2	3–1	3–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
Palestino	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	4–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	3–3	5–2	2–0	2–0	1–1
S. Morning	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–6	1–2	0–1	1–6	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–4
U. Católica	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	4–1	1–0	5–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	1–1
U. de Chile	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–1
U. Española	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–4	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–0
S. Wanderers	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–4	1–0	1–0	5–0	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–2

Source: ^{[citation needed ]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

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Name	Team	Goals
Chile Carlos Caszely	Colo-Colo	20
Brazil Liminha	Coquimbo Unido	19
Argentina Ricardo Fabbiani	Aviación	18
Argentina Luis Alberto Ramos	Universidad de Chile	18

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

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Unión Española v Cobreloa

26 December 1979 Unión Española 1 – 0 Cobreloa Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Pinto 48' Attendance: 19,621
Referee: J. Silvagno

Universidad de Chile v O'Higgins

26 December 1979 Universidad de Chile 1 – 1 O'Higgins Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Own-goal 40' 88' Vargas Attendance: 19,621
Referee: R. Hormazábal

Unión Española v O'Higgins

28 December 1979 Unión Española 2 – 4 O'Higgins Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Rojas 7'
Pinto 88' 23' Ahumada
63' Neira
64', 85' Vargas Attendance: 16,364
Referee: G. Castro

Universidad de Chile v Cobreloa

28 December 1979 Universidad de Chile 1 – 0 Cobreloa Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Socías 68' Attendance: 16,364
Referee: S. Vásquez

O'Higgins v Cobreloa

30 December 1979 O'Higgins 2 – 1 Cobreloa Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Lima 65' (pen.)
Vargas 71' 6' Alarcón Attendance: 14,932
Referee: A. Martínez

Universidad de Chile v Unión Española

30 December 1979 Universidad de Chile 3 – 2 Unión Española Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Salah 33'
Socías 61'
Ramos 70' 6', 35' Hurtado Attendance: 14,932
Referee: M. Lira

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	O'Higgins	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5	Qualified to Liguilla Play-off match
2	Universidad de Chile	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	5	Qualified to Liguilla Play-off match
3	Unión Española	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	2
4	Cobreloa	3	0	0	3	0	3	−3	0