2001 Primera División of Chile

The 2001 Campeonato Nacional was Chilean first tier's 70th season which Santiago Wanderers reached its third professional title after 33 years.

Campeonato Nacional Copa Banco del Estado

Dates	3 March – 9 December 2001
Champions	Santiago Wanderers (3rd title)
Relegated	O'Higgins Deportes Puerto Montt
2002 Copa Libertadores	Santiago Wanderers Universidad Católica (2nd place) Cobreloa (Liguilla winners)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	719 (3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Héctor Tapia (24)
Biggest home win	Cobreloa 5–0 Santiago Morning (16 September)
Biggest away win	O'Higgins 0–5 Santiago Wanderers (3 March)
Total attendance	1,449,298
Average attendance	6,038
← 2000 2002-A →

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Santiago Wanderers	30	20	6	4	65	32	+33	66	Champions. Qualify to 2002 Copa Libertadores
2	Universidad Católica	30	18	6	6	60	29	+31	60	Qualify to 2002 Copa Libertadores
3	Universidad de Chile	30	17	6	7	53	33	+20	57	Qualify to Pre-Copa Libertadores Liguilla
4	Colo-Colo	30	16	8	6	63	37	+26	56
5	Cobreloa	30	13	9	8	39	28	+11	48	Qualify to Pre-Copa Libertadores Liguilla
6	Palestino	30	14	6	10	44	43	+1	48
7	Huachipato	30	12	10	8	58	42	+16	46
8	Unión San Felipe	30	10	10	10	45	39	+6	40
9	Unión Española	30	10	7	13	46	63	−17	37
10	Coquimbo Unido	30	9	8	13	29	39	−10	35
11	Audax Italiano	30	10	2	18	27	40	−13	32
12	Deportes Concepción	30	8	8	14	35	51	−16	32
13	Rangers	30	6	12	12	38	46	−8	30
14	Santiago Morning	30	7	7	16	47	67	−20	28
15	O'Higgins	30	7	4	19	39	64	−25	25	Relegation to Primera B
16	Deportes Puerto Montt	30	4	9	17	31	66	−35	21

Source:

Campeonato Nacional 2001 champions
Santiago Wanderers 3rd title

Results

Home \ Away	AUD	CLO	COL	DCO	COQ	HUA	OHI	PAL	DPM	RAN	SMO	USF	UCA	UCH	UES	SWA
Audax		1–0	0–3	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–3	3–2	2–4
Cobreloa	1–0		2–0	1–2	3–2	0–3	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	5–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–0
Colo-Colo	2–1	1–0		4–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–3	2–1	4–1	4–1	2–3	5–1	1–0
Concepción	1–2	0–0	2–2		1–2	3–3	1–0	1–2	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–4	2–2	5–2	2–0
Coquimbo	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–0		0–3	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	3–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–1
Huachipato	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–2		2–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–4
O'Higgins	1–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–1	0–4		4–3	2–3	0–0	2–3	4–3	4–1	0–2	1–2	0–5
Palestino	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–2		2–2	5–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–4	2–2	1–2
P. Montt	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–3	0–2	0–1		1–1	0–0	1–1	2–5	0–2	2–3	3–3
Rangers	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–3	2–0		3–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–1
S. Morning	0–3	1–2	3–3	1–2	3–1	2–2	4–1	2–3	4–1	2–1		1–1	2–2	3–4	3–5	1–5
San Felipe	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	3–2	5–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–0		1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2
U. Católica	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	4–0	3–1	6–3	1–0		0–1	5–1	2–2
U. Chile	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	0–0	3–2	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–3	0–1		4–0	0–0
U. Española	0–1	1–1	3–3	2–1	1–0	2–4	2–1	1–2	4–1	2–2	0–3	2–1	0–1	2–1		0–2
S. Wanderers	1–0	3–0	1–0	5–1	1–1	4–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–3	4–1	2–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal-scorer

• Héctor Tapia (Colo-Colo) 24 goals

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

Semifinals

Huachipato v Cobreloa

11 December 2001	Huachipato	3 – 2	Cobreloa	Estadio Las Higueras
	Own-goal 63' Ceballos 66' Torrico 75'		30' Cornejo 59' Own-goal	Attendance: 4,851 Referee: G. Aros

Palestino v Universidad de Chile

11 December 2001	Palestino	1 – 0	Universidad de Chile	Estadio Santa Laura
	Segalla 42'			Attendance: 6,457 Referee: E. Ponce

Cobreloa v Huachipato

13 December 2001	Cobreloa	3 – 0	Huachipato	Estadio Municipal de Calama
	Madrid 40' Pérez 53' Cornejo 59'			Attendance: 2,567 Referee: M. Sánchez

Universidad de Chile v Palestino

13 December 2001	Universidad de Chile	3 – 1	Palestino	Estadio Santa Laura
	Barrera 18' (pen.), 55' (pen.) Maestri 87'		59' Caro	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: B. Arenas

Finals

Cobreloa v Universidad de Chile

18 December 2001	Cobreloa	4 – 4	Universidad de Chile	Estadio Municipal de Calama
	Cornejo 14' (pen.) Dinamarca 47' Vergara 54' Galaz 58'		42' Barrera 74' González 77' (pen.) Rivarola 86' Own-goal	Attendance: 5,422 Referee: R. Selman

Universidad de Chile v Cobreloa

20 December 2001	Universidad de Chile	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Cobreloa	Estadio Nacional
	Maestri 87'		45' Madrid  107' Cornejo	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: C. Chandía

Cobreloa qualified for the 2001 Copa Libertadores

External links

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