1996 Primera División of Chile

The 1996 Campeonato Nacional, known as Campeonato Nacional Copa Banco del Estado 1996 for sponsorship purposes, was the 64th season of top-flight football in Chile. Colo-Colo won their 20th title following a 1–1 home draw against Audax Italiano on 11 November. Universidad Católica also qualified for the next Copa Libertadores as Liguilla winners.

Campeonato Nacional Copa Banco del Estado
Dates16 March – 24 November 1996
ChampionsColo-Colo (20th title)
RelegatedRegional Atacama
O'Higgins
1997 Copa LibertadoresColo-Colo
Universidad Católica (Liguilla winners)
1996 Copa CONMEBOLCobreloa (Play-off winners)
Matches played240
Goals scored769 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorerMario Véner (30)
Biggest home winUnión Española 7–0 Regional Atacama
(27 August)
Highest attendance58,051 Colo-Colo 1–1 Audax Italiano
(11 November)
Total attendance1,698,008
Average attendance7,075
1995
1997-A

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Colo-Colo 30 19 6 5 62 24 +38 63 Champions and qualified for the 1997 Copa Libertadores
2 Universidad Católica 30 17 8 5 70 40 +30 59 Qualified for the Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores
3 Cobreloa 30 15 6 9 58 44 +14 51
4 Audax Italiano 30 14 9 7 51 38 +13 51
5 Universidad de Chile 30 13 8 9 49 42 +7 47
6 Provincial Osorno 30 11 10 9 54 40 +14 43
7 Deportes Antofagasta 30 12 7 11 47 46 +1 43
8 Unión Española 30 11 7 12 43 47 −4 40
9 Coquimbo Unido 30 12 4 14 46 53 −7 40
10 Deportes Concepción 30 8 15 7 44 53 −9 39
11 Santiago Wanderers 30 10 7 13 49 57 −8 37
12 Huachipato 30 8 11 11 42 46 −4 35
13 Palestino 30 8 9 13 40 53 −13 33 Promotion/relegation play-offs
14 Deportes Temuco 30 8 4 18 35 55 −20 28
15 Regional Atacama 30 7 6 17 38 70 −32 27 Relegated to Segunda División
16 O'Higgins 30 5 7 18 41 61 −20 22
Source: [citation needed]


 Primera División de Chile
1996 champion 
Colo-Colo
20th title

Results

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Home \ Away DAN RAT AUD CLO COL DCO COQ HUA OHI POS PAL DTE UCA UCH UES SWA
Antofagasta 1–0 0–2 0–0 4–2 3–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 6–0
Atacama 1–1 2–3 3–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 0–5
Audax 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–3 2–2 5–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1
Cobreloa 1–2 5–1 3–0 3–0 4–3 1–0 6–2 3–1 1–1 5–1 3–0 4–4 0–0 5–0 2–1
Colo-Colo 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 7–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–2 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 3–0
Concepción 2–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 0–5 3–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0
Coquimbo 3–1 2–2 1–3 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 4–3 2–5 2–1 2–1
Huachipato 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 3–3 2–3 0–1 2–2
O'Higgins 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 0–5 2–2 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 4–1 2–3 1–2
Osorno 1–1 3–2 2–2 4–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 6–1
Palestino 1–2 1–2 2–4 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–4 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–3 0–3 2–2 2–1
Temuco 3–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 4–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–1
U. Católica 5–1 2–0 3–2 3–0 3–3 6–0 2–1 4–2 2–0 4–3 1–0 5–2 0–3 3–1 1–1
U. Chile 1–2 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 1–0 1–3 4–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–5 1–1 1–2
U. Española 6–4 7–0 1–2 3–0 0–5 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
S. Wanderers 3–1 4–1 3–4 4–2 0–0 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 4–2 0–2 2–4 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Pos Name Team Goals
1   Mario Véner Santiago Wanderers 30
2   Sebastian Rozental Universidad Católica 24
3   Ivo Basay Colo-Colo 18
4   Sergio Vásquez Deportes Antofagasta 16
  Pedro González V. Cobreloa 16
6   Jaime Riveros Cobreloa 14
7   Hugo Brizuela Audax Italiano 13
  Fernando Vergara Colo-Colo 13
  Marcelo Corrales Provincial Osorno 13
10   Juan Carreño Deportes Concepción 12

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

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Semifinals

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30 November 1996 Audax Italiano 3 – 1 Cobreloa Estadio Municipal de La Florida
Brizuela   2'
Illesca   51'
Delgado   82'
  44' Cornejo Attendance: 2,853
Referee: C. Robles
1 December 1996 Universidad de Chile 1 – 2 Universidad Católica Estadio Nacional
C. Castañeda   57'   68' A. González
  75' Rozental
Attendance: 24,765
Referee: G. Aros
4 December 1996 Cobreloa 3 – 1
(8–7 p)
Audax Italiano Estadio Municipal de Calama
Tapia   56'
Silva   60'
M. Rojas   68'
  76' Brizuela Attendance: 2,178
Referee: E. Gamboa
5 December 1996 Universidad Católica 5 – 2 Universidad de Chile Estadio Nacional
Rozental   24' (pen.)
A. González   36',   43',   61',   87' (pen.)
  17',   53' V. Castañeda Attendance: 16,378
Referee: M. Sánchez

Finals

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8 December 1996 Cobreloa 3 – 2 Universidad Católica Estadio Municipal de Calama
Guerrero   29'
Riveros   57',   87'
  8',   73' Lunari Attendance: 7,275
Referee: E. Gamboa
18 December 1996 Universidad Católica 3 – 2
(4 – 2 p)
Cobreloa Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
Lunari   21'
Rozental   66',   74',
  80' P. González
  90' Cornejo
Attendance: 18,031
Referee: E. Marín
Penalties
Lepe  
Rozental  
Lunari  
Catê  
R. Gómez  
  Riveros
  Cornejo
  Silva
  P. González

Universidad Católica qualified for the 1997 Copa Libertadores

Copa CONMEBOL 1996 play-off

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Goal difference didn't count; in case of equal points, extra time was played.

24 August 1996 Cobresal 2 – 0 Cobreloa Estadio El Cobre
Troncoso   24' (pen.)
Jorquera   56'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: G. Aros
31 August 1996 Cobreloa 7 – 1 (a.e.t.) Cobresal Estadio Municipal de Calama
P. González   11',   17',   27',   45'
Sandoval   20' (o.g.)
Riveros   55' (pen.)
Vásquez   119'
  90' Garrido Attendance: 1,435
Referee: M. Peña

Cobreloa qualified for the 1996 Copa CONMEBOL

Promotion/relegation play-offs

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1 December 1996 Cobresal 3 – 1 Deportes Temuco Estadio El Cobre
Rivera   57'
Salgado   20'
Garrido   73'
Alvarez   79' Attendance: 4,110
Referee: Salvador Imperatore
1 December 1996 Deportes Iquique 1 – 0 Palestino Estadio Tierra de Campeones
Donoso   17' Attendance: 7,152
Referee: Enrique Marín

8 December 1996 Deportes Temuco[1] 2 – 0 Cobresal Estadio Germán Becker
Castillo   27'
Poirrier   30'
Attendance: 13,089
Referee: Mariano Peña
8 December 1996 Palestino 5 – 1 Deportes Iquique Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna
Castillo   8',   14'
Lizana   52'
Córdova   73',   90'
Donoso   88' Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Iván Guerrero

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Temuco and Palestino remained in the Primera División de Chile

References

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