1980 Primera División de Chile

Campeonato Nacional 1980
Dates	18 April 1980 – 7 December 1980
Champions	Cobreloa (1st title)
Relegated	Green Cross Temuco; Santiago Wanderers; Lota Schwager; Coquimbo Unido; Aviación (Promotion Lig.)
1981 Copa Libertadores	Cobreloa; Universidad de Chile (Liguilla winners)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	783 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlos Caszely; (26 goals)
Biggest home win	Colo-Colo 8–0 Naval; (8 November)
Highest attendance	76,556 Universidad de Chile 2–4 Colo-Colo; (27 September)
Total attendance	2,317,257
Average attendance	7,598
	← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 Campeonato Nacional was Chilean football top tier's 48th season. Cobreloa was the tournament's champion, winning its first ever title, and became the first team from Northern Chile to become national champions.^[1]

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cobreloa	34	17	13	4	51	25	+26	48^[a]	Champions; Qualified to 1981 Copa Libertadores
2	Universidad de Chile	34	16	12	6	38	21	+17	45^[a]	Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores
3	Colo-Colo	34	16	10	8	76	40	+36	43^[a]
4	Deportes Concepción	34	15	11	8	64	49	+15	41
5	O'Higgins	34	15	10	9	47	32	+15	40
6	Unión Española	34	14	11	9	57	40	+17	39
7	Everton	34	13	10	11	53	43	+10	36
8	Magallanes	34	11	14	9	31	32	−1	36
9	Palestino	34	12	11	11	47	42	+5	35
10	Universidad Católica	34	12	11	11	48	48	0	35
11	Audax Italiano	34	11	12	11	40	40	0	34
12	Naval	34	12	10	12	35	45	−10	34
13	Aviación	34	9	13	12	38	53	−15	31	To Promotion/relegation Liguilla
14	Deportes Iquique	34	7	14	13	32	51	−19	30^[b]	To Promotion/relegation Liguilla
15	Coquimbo Unido	34	5	15	14	30	52	−22	25	Relegated to Segunda División
16	Lota Schwager	34	7	10	17	35	57	−22	24
17	Santiago Wanderers	34	5	13	16	35	52	−17	23
18	Green Cross Temuco	34	5	8	21	26	61	−35	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

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

Campeonato Nacional 1980 champions
Cobreloa 1st title

Results edit

Home \ Away	AUD	AVI	CLO	COL	DCO	COQ	EVE	GCT	DIQ	LOT	MAG	NAV	OHI	PAL	UCA	UCH	UES	SWA
Audax		1–1	1–0	2–5	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–3	0–0	0–0	4–0
Aviación	0–1		1–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	4–2	2–2	0–3	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–3	1–1	3–3
Cobreloa	2–1	1–1		3–1	1–1	3–0	5–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–0
Colo-Colo	0–0	4–0	2–1		3–3	1–1	2–1	6–0	5–1	3–0	1–0	8–0	1–1	4–0	4–1	1–2	0–2	0–0
Concepción	2–1	4–2	0–0	3–2		4–1	0–2	5–1	6–2	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	3–3	1–1	2–0	4–2
Coquimbo	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1		2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–5
Everton	0–0	2–0	2–2	4–3	2–1	2–2		3–0	5–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	2–3	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–0
Green Cross T.	2–1	1–3	1–2	2–3	2–2	0–0	0–2		0–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–4	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–2
Iquique	3–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	5–2	2–1		1–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Lota S.	3–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	3–3	0–3	1–1	0–0		3–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–4	1–0
Magallanes	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0		1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–2
Naval	1–0	3–2	0–0	3–1	2–3	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0		1–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	3–2	0–0
O'Higgins	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	5–1	3–0	0–1		0–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	3–0
Palestino	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–4	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0		1–0	0–2	3–2	5–1
U. Católica	3–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–4	2–1		0–1	2–1	1–1
U. de Chile	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–4	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0		0–0	2–1
U. Española	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	4–0	2–1	4–1	5–1	3–0	2–2	4–0	4–2	0–3	1–2	0–2		2–1
S. Wanderers	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–2

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

Topscorers edit

Name	Team	Goals
Carlos Caszely	Colo-Colo	26
Víctor Estay	Unión Española	19
Leonardo Zamora	Everton	18
Miguel Ángel Neira	O'Higgins	16

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores edit

11 December 1980	O'Higgins	2 – 1	Colo-Colo	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
	Quiroz 13' Vargas 31'		64' (pen.) Rivas	Attendance: 14,542 Referee: J. Silvagno

11 December 1980	Deportes Concepción	0 – 1	Universidad de Chile	Estadio Municipal, Concepción
			69' Socías	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: G. Castro

14 December 1980	Deportes Concepción	1 – 2	O'Higgins	Estadio Municipal, Concepción
	Santander 35'		40' Olivera 79' Vargas	Attendance: 5,494 Referee: G. Budge

14 December 1980	Colo-Colo	2 – 2	Universidad de Chile	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Miranda 49' Vasconcelos 85'		25' (pen.) Montenegro 56' Mondaca	Attendance: 38,224 Referee: S. Vásquez

17 December 1980	O'Higgins	3 – 0	Universidad de Chile	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
	Neira 34' Núñez 65', 86'			Attendance: 15,669 Referee: M. Lira

17 December 1980	Deportes Concepción	2 – 5	Colo-Colo	Estadio Municipal, Concepción
	Spedaletti 51', 74'		6' Véliz 16' Vasconcelos 66' Rivas 81' Ponce 85' Neculñir	Attendance: 8,060 Referee: V. Ojeda

20 December 1980	Universidad de Chile	1 – 0	Deportes Concepción	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Castec 43'			Attendance: 40,689 Referee: G. Budge

20 December 1980	Colo-Colo	3 – 0	O'Higgins	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Vasconcelos 65', 85' Ponce 76'			Attendance: 40,689 Referee: G. Castro

27 December 1980	O'Higgins	1 – 1	Deportes Concepción	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
	Acosta 20'		59' Spedaletti	Attendance: 8,840 Referee: J. Silvagno

27 December 1980	Universidad de Chile	1 – 1	Colo-Colo	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Pellegrini 56'		61' (pen.) Rivas	Attendance: 70,261 Referee: S. Vásquez

30 December 1980	Universidad de Chile	1 – 0	O'Higgins	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Ramos 58'			Attendance: 46,146 Referee: G. Castro

30 December 1980	Colo-Colo	2 – 0	Deportes Concepción	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Orellana 10' Véliz 56'			Attendance: 46,146 Referee: G. Budge

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colo-Colo	6	3	2	1	14	7	+7	8	Qualified to Liguilla Play-off match
2	Universidad de Chile	6	3	2	1	6	6	0	8	Qualified to Liguilla Play-off match
3	O'Higgins	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	7
4	Deportes Concepción	6	0	1	5	4	12	−8	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Liguilla Play-off match edit

3 January 1981	Colo-Colo	1 – 2	Universidad de Chile	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Vasconcelos 42'		Castec 60' Salah 86'	Attendance: 74,747 Referee: Hernán Silva

Universidad de Chile qualified to 1981 Copa Libertadores

Promotion/relegation Liguilla edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportes Iquique	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5	Remains in Primera División
2	Deportes La Serena	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3	Remains in Primera División
3	Aviación	3	0	2	1	6	7	−1	2	Relegated to Segunda División
4	Santiago Morning	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2	Relegated to Segunda División

Source: rsssf.com

References edit

^ "Cobreloa: La historia del cuadro de provincia más exitoso de Chile". Canal 13. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

External links edit

ANFP (in Spanish)
RSSSF Chile 1980

[table_hth_CLO0.8550962157804-2] 1 bonus point awarded.

[table_hth_DIQ0.8550962157804-3] 2 bonus points awarded.

[1] "Cobreloa: La historia del cuadro de provincia más exitoso de Chile". Canal 13. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

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