The 2023 Chilean Primera División, known as Campeonato Betsson 2023 for sponsorship purposes until 15 October 2023,[1][2] was the 93rd season of the Chilean Primera División, Chile's top-flight football league. The season began on 20 January and ended on 9 December 2023.[3]
Season | 2023 |
---|---|
Dates | 20 January – 9 December 2023 |
Champions | Huachipato (3rd title) |
Relegated | Magallanes Curicó Unido |
Copa Libertadores | Huachipato Cobresal Colo-Colo Palestino |
Copa Sudamericana | Coquimbo Unido Everton Universidad Católica Unión La Calera |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 654 (2.73 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Fernando Zampedri (17 goals) |
Biggest home win | Colo-Colo 6–0 Cobresal (23 September) |
Biggest away win | Palestino 1–5 Cobresal (14 April) |
Highest scoring | Dep. Copiapó 2–5 Colo-Colo (22 January) U. Católica 5–2 Palestino (25 February) Ñublense 2–5 Audax Italiano (24 April) U. de Chile 2–5 O'Higgins (7 August) Dep. Copiapó 4–3 Unión Española (26 August) Cobresal 3–4 Audax Italiano (11 November) Curicó Unido 3–4 Magallanes (26 November) Cobresal 4–3 U. de Chile (3 December) |
← 2022 2024 → |
Huachipato were the champions, clinching their third league title on the final round of the season with a 2–0 win over Audax Italiano and a 1–0 defeat for Cobresal at the hands of Unión Española on 8 December 2023, regaining the title after 11 years and being the first team from outside Santiago to win the title since 2015.[4] Colo-Colo were the defending champions.
Teams
16 teams took part in the league in this season: the top 14 teams from the 2022 tournament, plus the 2022 Primera B champions Magallanes and the winners of the promotion play-off Deportes Copiapó. The promoted teams replaced Deportes La Serena and Deportes Antofagasta, who were relegated to Primera B at the end of the 2022 season.[5][6]
Stadia and locations
Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Audax Italiano | Santiago (La Florida) | Bicentenario de La Florida | 12,000 |
Cobresal | El Salvador | El Cobre | 12,000 |
Colo-Colo | Santiago (Macul) | Monumental David Arellano | 47,347 |
Coquimbo Unido | Coquimbo | Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso | 18,750 |
Curicó Unido | Curicó | La Granja | 8,278 |
Deportes Copiapó | Copiapó | Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla | 8,000 |
Everton | Viña del Mar | Sausalito | 22,360 |
Huachipato | Talcahuano | Huachipato-CAP Acero | 10,500 |
Magallanes | Santiago (San Bernardo) | Luis Navarro Avilés | 3,500 |
Ñublense | Chillán | Nelson Oyarzún Arenas | 12,000 |
O'Higgins | Rancagua | El Teniente | 13,849 |
Palestino | Santiago (La Cisterna) | Municipal de La Cisterna | 8,000 |
Unión Española | Santiago (Independencia) | Santa Laura-Universidad SEK | 19,000 |
Unión La Calera | La Calera | Nicolás Chahuán Nazar | 9,200 |
Universidad Católica | Santiago (Las Condes) | San Carlos de Apoquindo[i] | 14,118 |
Universidad de Chile | Santiago (Ñuñoa) | Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos[ii] | 48,665 |
- Notes
Personnel and kits
Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Sponsors |
---|---|---|---|
Audax Italiano | ![]() | Macron | Traverso |
Cobresal | ![]() | KS7 | CSI, Pullman Bus |
Colo-Colo | ![]() | Adidas | Coolbet |
Coquimbo Unido | ![]() | Siker | Betway |
Curicó Unido | ![]() | OneFit | Multihogar |
Deportes Copiapó | ![]() | Claus-7 | Kinross |
Everton | ![]() | Charly | Claro, Betway, MallMarina |
Huachipato | ![]() | KS7 | Novibet |
Magallanes | ![]() | Siker | Novibet |
Ñublense | ![]() | OneFit | Betway, IANSA, Copelec |
O'Higgins | ![]() | Joma | LatamWin |
Palestino | ![]() | Capelli Sport | Bank of Palestine |
Unión Española | ![]() | Kappa | Universidad SEK, Starken, SsangYong |
Unión La Calera | ![]() | Siker | Betway |
Universidad Católica | ![]() | Under Armour | BICE |
Universidad de Chile | ![]() | Adidas | Betano |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unión La Calera | ![]() | Mutual agreement | 6 November 2022[8] | Pre-season | ![]() | 26 November 2022[9] |
Palestino | ![]() | Signed by Bolivia | 7 November 2022[10] | ![]() | 24 October 2022[11] | |
Universidad de Chile | ![]() | Demoted to the youth setup | 7 November 2022[12] | ![]() | 29 November 2022[13] | |
O'Higgins | ![]() | Mutual agreement | 7 November 2022[14] | ![]() | 25 November 2022[15] | |
Audax Italiano | ![]() | End of contract | 9 November 2022[16] | ![]() | 14 November 2022[17] | |
Huachipato | ![]() | Mutual agreement | 10 November 2022[18] | ![]() | 15 November 2022[19] | |
Unión Española | ![]() | Sacked | 21 November 2022[20] | ![]() | 22 November 2022[21] | |
Audax Italiano | ![]() | 17 April 2023[22] | 15th | ![]() | 17 April 2023[22] | |
![]() | End of caretaker spell | 26 April 2023 | 13th | ![]() | 26 April 2023[23] | |
Unión La Calera | ![]() | Sacked | 11 May 2023[24] | 11th | ![]() | 11 May 2023[24] |
Magallanes | ![]() | Resigned | 13 May 2023[25] | 16th | ![]() | 15 May 2023[26] |
Unión La Calera | ![]() | End of caretaker spell | 17 May 2023 | 13th | ![]() | 17 May 2023[27] |
Curicó Unido | ![]() | Sacked | 22 May 2023[28] | 14th | ![]() | 14 June 2023[29] |
Magallanes | ![]() | End of caretaker spell | 26 May 2023 | 16th | ![]() | 26 May 2023[30] |
Universidad Católica | ![]() | Sacked | 17 July 2023[31] | 8th | ![]() | 18 July 2023[32] |
![]() | End of caretaker spell | 24 July 2023 | 7th | ![]() | 24 July 2023[33] | |
O'Higgins | ![]() | Resigned | 28 July 2023[34] | 13th | ![]() | 3 August 2023[35] |
Deportes Copiapó | ![]() | Mutual agreement | 1 August 2023[36] | 16th | ![]() | 1 August 2023[37] |
Audax Italiano | ![]() | Resigned | 4 September 2023[38] | 13th | ![]() | 15 September 2023[39] |
Ñublense | ![]() | Mutual agreement | 4 September 2023[40] | 12th | ![]() | 15 September 2023[41] |
Curicó Unido | ![]() | Resigned | 23 September 2023[42] | 16th | ![]() | 25 September 2023[43] |
- Notes
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Huachipato (C) | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 57 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores group stage |
2 | Cobresal | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 56 | |
3 | Colo-Colo[a] | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 51 | Qualification for Copa Libertadores second stage[b] |
4 | Palestino | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 49 | |
5 | Coquimbo Unido | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 47 | Qualification for Copa Sudamericana first stage |
6 | Everton | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 45 | |
7 | Universidad Católica | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 42 | |
8 | Unión La Calera | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 41 | |
9 | Universidad de Chile | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 40 | |
10 | Unión Española | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 39 | |
11 | O'Higgins | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 35 | |
12 | Ñublense | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 35 | |
13 | Audax Italiano | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 35 | |
14 | Deportes Copiapó | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 34 | |
15 | Magallanes (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 29 | Relegation to Primera B |
16 | Curicó Unido (R) | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 58 | −28 | 23 |
Results
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Universidad Católica | 17 |
2 | ![]() | Coquimbo Unido | 16 |
3 | ![]() | Ñublense | 15 |
4 | ![]() | Unión Española | 14 |
5 | ![]() | Universidad Católica | 13 |
6 | ![]() | Huachipato | 12 |
![]() | Everton | ||
8 | ![]() | Unión Española | 11 |
9 | ![]() | Palestino | 10 |
![]() | Universidad de Chile | ||
![]() | Cobresal | ||
![]() | Audax Italiano | ||
![]() | Cobresal |
Source: Soccerway
See also
References
External links
- Primera División on ANFP's website (in Spanish)