1977 Primera División de Chile

The 1977 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional was first tier's 45th season. Unión Española was the tournament's champion, winning its fifth title.[1]

Campeonato Nacional 1977
Dates16 April 1977 – 18 December 1977
ChampionsUnión Española (5th title)
RelegatedRegional Antofagasta
Deportes Ovalle
Santiago Wanderers (Promotion Lig.)
1978 Copa LibertadoresUnión Española
Palestino
Matches played307
Goals scored860 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorerOscar Fabbiani
(34 goals)
Biggest home winUnión Española 7–0 Green Cross Temuco
(31 July)

Unión Española 7–0 O'Higgins
(15 October)
Highest attendance54,336 Universidad de Chile 4–5 Colo-Colo
(17 July)
Total attendance1,970,085
Average attendance6,417
1976
1978

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Unión Española 34 21 9 4 72 28 +44 51 Champions & qualified to 1978 Copa Libertadores
2 Everton 34 20 9 5 64 38 +26 49 Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Libertadores
3 Palestino 34 18 11 5 70 33 +37 47
4 Colo-Colo 34 15 12 7 56 43 +13 42
5 Universidad de Chile 34 13 13 8 50 35 +15 39
6 Lota Schwager 34 11 14 9 46 45 +1 36
7 Deportes Concepción 34 14 7 13 48 52 −4 35
8 Aviación 34 12 10 12 46 51 −5 34
9 Audax Italiano 34 12 9 13 48 53 −5 33
10 O'Higgins 34 10 11 13 40 44 −4 31
11 Huachipato 34 9 12 13 39 46 −7 30
12 Green Cross Temuco 34 10 10 14 46 62 −16 30
13 Ñublense 34 8 12 14 38 45 −7 28
14 Universidad Católica 34 8 12 14 36 48 −12 28
15 Santiago Wanderers 34 9 10 15 50 66 −16 28 Qualified to promotion play-off
16 Deportes Ovalle 34 6 15 13 42 52 −10 27 Qualified to promotion/relegation Liguilla
17 Santiago Morning 34 9 9 16 37 50 −13 27
18 Regional Antofagasta 34 5 7 22 29 66 −37 17 Relegated to Segunda División
Source: [citation needed]


 Campeonato Nacional
1977 champions 
Unión Española
5th title

Scores

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Home \ Away ANT AUD AVI COL DCO EVE GCT HUA LOT ÑUB OHI DOV PAL SMO UCA UCH UES SWA
Antofagasta 2–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–5 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–1
Audax 2–1 3–2 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–3
Aviación 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 6–4 3–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–1
Colo-Colo 2–3 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–3 2–0
Concepción 4–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–4 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–5 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 4–2
Everton 3–0 4–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 4–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–1
Green Cross T. 2–1 4–3 1–1 2–2 1–3 3–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–3
Huachipato 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–4 1–0
Lota S. 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 4–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–3 0–2 2–2
Ñublense 5–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 3–1
O'Higgins 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 5–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2
Ovalle 3–1 4–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 2–1
Palestino 3–0 3–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 6–1 1–1 1–0 5–1 3–1 4–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 4–1
S. Morning 2–1 0–0 4–4 1–4 0–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–5 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1
U. Católica 3–1 1–2 1–3 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1
U. de Chile 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–5 4–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–1 3–0 3–2 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–2
U. Española 2–4 2–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 7–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 7–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–3 0–0 3–1
S. Wanderers 3–0 2–3 1–1 3–3 1–3 3–4 3–1 0–2 4–4 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–4 0–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

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27 November 1977 Santiago Morning 2 – 1 Deportes Ovalle Estadio Municipal, Valparaíso
Toro   16'
Pecoraro   90'
Ortíz   30' Attendance: 4,812
Referee: Mario Castro

Deportes Ovalle relegated to Segunda División

Topscorer

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Name Team Goals
  Oscar Fabbiani Palestino 34

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

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20 December 1977 Universidad de Chile 0 – 1 Palestino Estadio Nacional, Santiago
  66' Pinto Attendance: 33,879
Referee: A. Martínez
20 December 1977 Colo-Colo 1 – 0 Everton Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Orellana   64' Attendance: 33,879
Referee: R. Hormazábal

22 December 1977 Palestino 2 – 2 Everton Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Fabbiani   83'
Dubó   90'
  43' Ceballos
  75' Spedaletti
Attendance: 29,370
Referee: S. Vásquez
22 December 1977 Colo-Colo 2 – 2 Universidad de Chile Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Orellana   5',   78'   7' Socías
  85' Pellegrini
Attendance: 29,370
Referee: J. Silvagno

27 December 1977 Universidad de Chile 2 – 4 Everton Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Barrera   39'
Neumann   65'
  5',  33' Martínez
  17',   27' Salinas
Attendance: 56,723
Referee: J. Carvajal
27 December 1977 Colo-Colo 1 – 2 Palestino Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Brunel   67'   8' Rojas
  71' Fabbiani
Attendance: 56,723
Referee: M. Lira
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PD
1 Palestino 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 5 Qualified to 1978 Copa Libertadores
2 Everton 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 3
3 Colo-Colo 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
4 Universidad de Chile 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
Source: rsssf.com

Promotion/relegation Liguilla

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Santiago Morning 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 5
2 Cobreloa 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 4 Promoted to Primera División
3 Santiago Wanderers 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2 Relegated to Segunda División
4 Malleco Unido 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: rsssf.com

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Campeonato Nacional 1977". Solofutbol.cl. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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