2009 Torneo Apertura (Chile)

Campeonato Nacional Apertura Copa Banco del Estado
Season	2009
Dates	31 January – 28 June 2009
Champions	Universidad de Chile ; 13th title
2010 Copa Libertadores	Universidad de Chile
2009 Copa Sudamericana	Unión Española; Universidad de Chile
Matches played	167
Goals scored	507 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Esteban Paredes; (17 goals)
Highest attendance	39,685; Universidad Católica 1–4 Universidad de Chile
Total attendance	991,427
Average attendance	5,936
	← 2008–C 2009–C →

The 2009 Campeonato Nacional de Apertura Copa Banco Estado was the 85th season of top-tier football in Chile. The tournament champion was Universidad de Chile, so that earned their 13th league title after a five-year winless, after winning over Unión Española on points, in the finals, that allowed the automatically qualification of the university team to the 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

After the relegations of Deportes Melipilla, Provincial Osorno and Deportes Concepción (because administration problems), the number of teams that contested the tournament was reduced from 20 to 18, following the promotion of Curicó Unido, which made their first top-flight appearance in 35 years.

It began on 31 January during a 2–2 draw between Curicó Unido and Colo-Colo at the Estadio Fiscal de Talca, and ended on 28 June.

Format changes

The format for 2009 remains largely the same as 2008, except for the advancement to the Playoff Stages. Groups will no longer be used to determine who advance to the next stage. Instead, the top-eight teams in Classification Stage will advance.

International qualification changes

Qualification to the Copa Libertadores remains the same, as well as qualification to the Chile 1 spot in the Copa Sudamericana. The Chile 2 spot will be contested between the second-best team in the first stage and the 2008-09 Copa Chile winner. The winner of the single match will qualify to the 2009 Copa Sudamericana.

Team information

The number of teams were reduced starting with this season from 20 to 18. Deportes Antofagasta, Provincial Osorno, Deportes Melipilla, and Deportes Concepción were relegated last season to the Primera B. They were replaced by Municipal Iquique and Curicó Unido.

Universidad de Concepción

Santiago

Santiago teams:
Audax Italiano
Colo-Colo
Palestino
Santiago Morning
Unión Española
Universidad Católica
Universidad de Chile

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Locations of the 2009 Primera División teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Audax Italiano	Santiago	Bicentenario de La Florida	12,000
Cobreloa	Calama	Municipal de Calama	13,000
Cobresal	El Salvador	Estadio El Cobre	12,000
Colo-Colo	Santiago	Estadio Monumental	47,017
Curicó Unido	Curicó	Estadio La Granja	8,000
Everton	Viña del Mar	Sausalito	18,000
Huachipato	Talcahuano	Estadio CAP	10,500
Municipal Iquique	Iquique	Tierra de Campeones	10,000
Deportes La Serena	La Serena	La Portada	14,000
Ñublense	Chillán	Municipal Nelson Oyarzún Arenas	12,000
O'Higgins	Rancagua	El Teniente de Rancagua	14,450
Palestino	Santiago	La Cisterna	8,000
Rangers	Talca	Estadio Fiscal de Talca	10,000
Santiago Morning	Santiago	Municipal de La Pintana	6,000
Unión Española	Santiago	Santa Laura	19,000
Universidad Católica	Santiago	San Carlos de Apoquindo	15,000
Universidad de Chile	Santiago	Estadio Nacional	49,000
Universidad de Concepción	Concepción	Municipal de Concepción	29,000

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Unión Española	17	12	2	3	38	17	+21	38	2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2	Universidad de Chile	17	9	4	4	33	21	+12	31	2009 Copa Sudamericana playoffs
3	Everton	17	7	7	3	24	17	+7	28	Playoffs
4	Santiago Morning	17	8	3	6	41	29	+12	27
5	Universidad Católica	17	8	3	6	26	18	+8	27
6	Municipal Iquique	17	7	5	5	27	23	+4	26
7	Audax Italiano	17	7	4	6	25	20	+5	25
8	O'Higgins	17	7	4	6	25	26	−1	25
9	Huachipato	17	7	4	6	26	29	−3	25
10	Cobreloa	17	7	3	7	24	25	−1	24
11	Universidad de Concepción	17	6	5	6	24	25	−1	23
12	Ñublense	17	5	5	7	16	23	−7	20
13	Colo-Colo	17	5	4	8	28	28	0	19
14	Curicó Unido	17	5	4	8	24	28	−4	19
15	Cobresal	17	4	7	6	23	34	−11	19
16	Palestino	17	5	2	10	18	37	−19	17
17	Rangers	17	3	5	9	20	28	−8	14
18	Deportes La Serena	17	3	5	9	19	32	−13	14

Updated to match(es) played on May 21, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals

Results

Home \ Away	AUD	CLA	CSL	COL	CUR	EVE	HUA	SER	MIQ	ÑUB	O'HI	PAL	RAN	SAM	UES	UCA	UCH	UCO
Audax Italiano		0–0		2–1		0–1	2–0	1–2						1–1	2–2		1–2
Cobreloa				2–0		1–0		1–1	0–2	3–0		4–0			2–1			2–0
Cobresal	1–0	1–4			1–0		0–0	2–2	2–5		1–1				1–3		3–2
Colo-Colo			5–2			1–1	2–2		1–2		1–1			4–2		0–1		2–0
Curicó Unido	1–4	2–0		2–2				1–1					2–1		1–3	3–2	1–3	0–1
Everton			1–1		3–2		5–1		1–0			1–1	3–2	1–3	0–1		1–1
Huachipato		3–2			0–0				3–1	3–1	3–0	4–1				2–0		0–1
La Serena				0–3		1–3	3–1			3–0	1–2	0–3		1–4	0–3	1–2
Municipal Iquique	3–3				1–0			2–0			3–1	3–0	1–1	2–2		0–4		1–1
Ñublense	2–1		1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1			2–1				1–1	2–1				2–3
O'Higgins	1–2	1–1			5–3	0–1				1–1			1–0	3–2		3–1
Palestino	0–2		2–0	1–0	0–4					1–1	1–2		1–0					4–2
Rangers	0–1	4–1	1–2	2–1			1–1	1–1							1–3	2–1	0–4
Santiago Morning		2–0	3–3		0–1		5–0					5–1	2–1		1–3	0–1		5–4
Unión Española				5–2			4–0		2–0	1–2	2–1	2–1					0–1	2–1
Universidad Católica	0–2	4–0	1–1			1–1				1–0		4–1			1–1		0–1
Universidad de Chile		4–1		1–3			1–3	3–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	3–0		1–3
Universidad de Concepción	3–1		3–1			0–0		0–0			2–0		2–2			0–2	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on May 21, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff stage

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Unión Española	1	6	7

8	O'Higgins	1	1	2
					1	Unión Española	0	0	0 (4)

					5	Universidad Católica	0	0	0 (2)
4	Santiago Morning	0	1	1

5	Universidad Católica	4	4	8
										1	Unión Española	1	0	1

										2	Universidad de Chile	1	1	2
3	Everton	2	2	4

6	Municipal Iquique	2	1	3
					3	Everton	1	1	2

					2	Universidad de Chile	0	3	3
2	Universidad de Chile	4	2	6

7	Audax Italiano	1	4	5

Updated as of games played on July 7, 2009.

Primera Division 2009 Apertura champion
Universidad de Chile 13th title

Universidad de Chile qualified to the 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Esteban Paredes	Santiago Morning	17
2	Gustavo Canales	Unión Española	13
2	Rubén Gigena	Audax Italiano	13
4	Lucas Barrios	Colo-Colo	11
4	Juan Manuel Olivera	Universidad de Chile	11
6	Mario Aravena	Unión Española	10
7	Milovan Mirosevic	Universidad Católica	9
	Leonardo Monje	Huachipato	9
	Diego Rivarola	Santiago Morning	9
	Samuel Teuber	O'Higgins	9
	Gabriel Vargas	Universidad de Concepción	9