| Competition: | Campeonato Nacional |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Winners: | 2016 Apertura: Universidad Católica (12th title) 2017 Clausura: Universidad de Chile (18th title) |
| Relegated: | Cobresal |
| Matches: | 240 |
| Total Goals: | 676 |
| Continentalcup1: | 2017 Copa Libertadores |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Universidad Católica Deportes Iquique Colo-Colo (cup winners) Unión Española |
| Continentalcup2: | 2017 Copa Sudamericana |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | O'Higgins Palestino Universidad de Chile Everton (cup runners-up) |
| Continentalcup3: | 2018 Copa Libertadores |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Universidad de Chile |
| League Topscorer: | 2016 Apertura: Nicolás Castillo (13 goals) 2017 Clausura: Felipe Mora (13 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016–17 Campeonato Nacional season was the 86th season of top-flight football in Chile. Universidad Católica were the defending champions.
Same as last season: Apertura and Clausura format, without playoffs.[1]
| Team | City | Stadium | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bicentenario de La Florida | |||
| Santiago | Monumental David Arellano | ||
| CAP | |||
| Santiago | |||
| Lucio Fariña Fernández | |||
| Santiago | Santa Laura-Universidad SEK | ||
| Santiago | San Carlos de Apoquindo | ||
| Santiago | |||
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Sponsors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Vilches | Nicolás Peric | Macron | Traverso | ||
 Dalcio Giovagnoli | Patricio Jerez | Lotto | PF | ||
| Colo-Colo | Pablo Guede | Gonzalo Fierro | Under Armour | DirecTV | |
| Fernando Vergara | Cristián Rojas | Cafu | Minera Escondida | ||
| Deportes Iquique | Jaime Vera | Rodrigo Naranjo | Rete | UNAP | |
| Luis Landeros | Luis Marín | Joma | Rosen | ||
| Pablo Sánchez | Marcos Velásquez | Pirma | Viña del Mar-Fox Sports-Claro | ||
| Huachipato | Miguel Ponce | Omar Merlo | Mitre | ||
| Cristián Arán | Albert Acevedo | New Balance | VTR | ||
| Nicolás Córdova | Agustín Farías | Training | Bank of Palestine | ||
| San Luis | Miguel Ramírez | Daniel Vicencio | Luanvi | PF | |
| Eduardo Espinel | Gabriel Castellón | Macron | Terminal Pacifico Sur Valparaiso | ||
| Martín Palermo | Jorge Ampuero | Kappa | Universidad SEK | ||
| Mario Salas | Cristian Álvarez | Umbro | DirecTV | ||
| Víctor Hugo Castañeda | Johnny Herrera | Adidas | Claro | ||
| Ronald Fuentes | Cristián Muñoz | KS7 | Universidad de Concepción |
See main article: 2016 Torneo Apertura (Chile).
The runners-up playoff was played between:[2]
The winner qualified for the 2017 Copa Libertadores second stage, while the loser qualified for the 2017 Copa Sudamericana first stage.
| Rank | Name | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | Nicolás Castillo | Universidad Católica | 13 |
| 2 | Leandro Benegas | Palestino | 10 | |
| Diego Churín | Unión Española | 10 | ||
| Esteban Paredes | Colo-Colo | 10 | ||
| 5 | Diego Buonanotte | Universidad Católica | 8 | |
| Cristian Insaurralde | O'Higgins | 8 | ||
| Carlos Salom | Unión Española | 8 |
Source: Soccerway
See main article: 2017 Torneo Clausura (Chile).
| Rank | Name | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | Felipe Mora | Universidad de Chile | 13 |
| align=center | 2 | Esteban Paredes | Colo-Colo | 11 |
| 3 | Cristian Insaurralde | O'Higgins | 7 | |
| Cris Martínez | Deportes Temuco | 7 | ||
| Álvaro Ramos | Deportes Iquique | 7 | ||
| Marcos Riquelme | Audax Italiano | 7 |
Source: Soccerway