2012 Torneo Apertura (Chile)

The 2012 Campeonato Nacional Apertura Petrobras was the Chilean football top tier’s 90th season. Universidad de Chile was the tournament's champion, after beating O'Higgins on penalties, in the finals.

Campeonato Nacional Apertura Petrobras
Season2012
Dates27 January – 2 July 2012
ChampionsUniversidad de Chile
15th title
2012 Copa SudamericanaO'Higgins
Deportes Iquique
Matches played167
Goals scored475 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorerEnzo Gutiérrez
Sebastián Ubilla
Emanuel Herrera
(11 goals)
Biggest away winAudax Italiano 0-6 Universidad de Chile
(10 March)
Highest attendance44,198
Universidad de Chile 2–1 O'Higgins
(2 July)
Total attendance5,253
Average attendance877,334

Regular season edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universidad de Chile 17 13 1 3 44 14 +30 40 Playoffs
2 O'Higgins 17 11 2 4 31 15 +16 35 Playoffs & 2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage[a]
3 Deportes Iquique 17 10 5 2 30 14 +16 35
4 Universidad Católica 17 8 6 3 31 17 +14 30 Playoffs
5 Unión Española 17 8 3 6 38 28 +10 27
6 Colo-Colo 17 7 5 5 22 21 +1 26
7 Unión La Calera 17 6 6 5 21 18 +3 24
8 Cobreloa 17 7 2 8 23 25 −2 23
9 Huachipato 17 6 5 6 25 28 −3 23
10 Universidad de Concepción 17 5 6 6 23 27 −4 21
11 Santiago Wanderers 17 6 2 9 28 30 −2 20
12 Audax Italiano 17 5 5 7 24 32 −8 20
13 Deportes La Serena 17 5 4 8 24 33 −9 19
14 Rangers 17 5 3 9 17 25 −8 18
15 Palestino 17 5 3 9 14 26 −12 18
16 Deportes Antofagasta 17 4 5 8 10 20 −10 17
17 Cobresal 17 3 4 10 17 40 −23 13
18 Unión San Felipe 17 2 7 8 12 21 −9 13
Source: Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals; 6th red cards; 7th yellow cards; 8th draw.
Notes:
  1. ^ O'Higgins and Deportes Iquique qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana as the top two teams not playing in the 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

Results edit

Home \ Away ANT AUD CLA CSL COL IQU SER HUA O'HI PAL RAN SAW UNI ULC USF UCA UCH UCO
Deportes Antofagasta 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1
Audax Italiano 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 3–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–6
Cobreloa 0–2 0–1 2–2 4–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0
Cobresal 3–1 0–1 2–2 0–4 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–4 1–1
Colo-Colo 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–2
Deportes Iquique 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–3 4–1 2–0
Deportes La Serena 4–1 2–4 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–0
Huachipato 2–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2
O'Higgins 1–0 3–1 5–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0
Palestino 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–3
Rangers 0–3 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–0 1–2
Santiago Wanderers 4–2 1–3 5–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–1
Unión Española 6–1 4–2 1–2 5–2 1–3 0–2 2–1 2–2 4–1
Unión La Calera 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1
Unión San Felipe 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–2
Universidad Católica 1–0 5–1 5–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–1
Universidad de Chile 4–0 4–1 3–1 5–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–2
Universidad de Concepción 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 2–5 1–1 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2012. Source: Soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff stage edit

For all ties, the lower-seeded team play the first leg at home.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Universidad de Chile 2 2 4
8 Cobreloa 0 1 1
1 Universidad de Chile 0 4 4
6 Colo-Colo 2 0 2
3 Deportes Iquique 3 1 4
6 Colo-Colo 3 2 5
1 Universidad de Chile 1 2 3 (2)
2 O'Higgins 2 1 3 (0)
4 Universidad Católica 0 1 1
5 Unión Española 3 1 4
5 Unión Española 1 1 2
2 O'Higgins 0 2 2
2 O'Higgins 1 3 4
7 Unión La Calera 0 2 2

Updated as of games played on July 2, 2012.
Universidad de Chile wins final by PK 2-0.

Quarterfinals edit

In the quarterfinals, the 1 seed play the 8 seed, the 2 seed play the 7 seed, the 3 seed play the 6 seed, and the 4 seed play the 5 seed.

May 27, 2012 Cobreloa 0 – 2 Universidad de Chile Estadio Municipal, Calama
16:30 UTC−04:00 Aránguiz   8'
Rodríguez   59'
Attendance: 7,928
Referee: Claudio Puga

May 24, 2012 Unión La Calera 0 – 1 O'Higgins Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán, La Calera
19:00 UTC−04:00 Report Fernández   74' Attendance: 2.790
Referee: Jorge Osorio

May 27, 2012 O'Higgins 3 – 2 Unión La Calera Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
18:30 UTC−04:00 Gutiérrez   52', 56', 83' Valencia   53'
Bahamondes   89'
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa
May 23, 2012 Colo-Colo 3 - 3 Iquique Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago
15:30 UTC−04:00 Paredes   8', 50'
Olivi   90+3'
Report Diaz   18'
Bogado   37'
Rieloff   61'
Attendance: 8,988
Referee: Claudio Puga

May 26, 2012 Iquique 1 - 2 Colo-Colo Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique
16:00 UTC−04:00 Sarabia   12' Report Muñoz   10'
Olivi   35'
Attendance: 8.627
Referee: Enrique Osses

Semifinals edit

In the semifinals, the highest seed play the lowest seed, and the second-highest seed play the second-lowest seed.

17 June 2012 Colo-Colo 2 – 0 Universidad de Chile Estadio Monumental David Arellano
20:30 Paredes   13'   61'
Rabello   47'
Ormeño   36'
Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

24 June 2012 Universidad de Chile 4 – 0 Colo-Colo Estadio Nacional
20:30 Henríquez   8'
Fernándes   21', 82', 90'
Olivi   84'
Fierro   89'

Universidad de Chile won 4–2 on aggregate.

16 June 2012 Unión Española 1 – 0 O'Higgins Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK
21:00 Vecchio   37' Referee: Jorge Osorio

23 June 2012 O'Higgins 2 – 1 Unión Española Estadio El Teniente
16:00 Figueroa   12'
Rojas   59'
  50' Jaime Referee: Patricio Polic

2–2 on aggregate. O'Higgins won on away goals rule.

Finals edit

O'Higgins2 – 1Universidad de Chile
Rojas   1'
López   72'
Marino   29'
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Jorge Osorio

Universidad de Chile2 – 1O'Higgins
Aránguiz   66'
Marino   90+2'
Fernández   29'
Penalties
Aránguiz  
Díaz  
Ruidíaz  
2-0   Rojas
  Suárez
  Opazo
  Gutiérrez
Attendance: 44,198
Referee: Enrique Osses

3–3 on aggregate. Universidad de Chile won on penalties.

Top goalscorers edit

Player Club Goals
  Emanuel Herrera Unión Española 11
  Sebastián Ubilla Santiago Wanderers 11
  Enzo Gutiérrez O'Higgins 11

External links edit