2020 Chilean Primera División Explained

Competition:Campeonato Nacional
Season:2020
Winners:Universidad Católica (15th title)
Relegated:Coquimbo Unido
Deportes Iquique
Universidad de Concepción
Matches:307
Total Goals:771
Continentalcup1:Copa Libertadores
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Universidad Católica
Unión La Calera
Universidad de Chile
Unión Española
Continentalcup2:Copa Sudamericana
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Palestino
Deportes Antofagasta
Cobresal
Huachipato
League Topscorer:Fernando Zampedri
(20 goals)
Biggest Home Win:U. de Chile 5–1 Curicó Unido
(1 February 2020)
Cobresal 4–0 Curicó Unido
(9 September 2020)
Unión La Calera 6–2 Everton
(6 December 2020)
Dep. Iquique 4–0 U. de Concepción
(16 December 2020)
Huachipato 4–0 S. Wanderers
(15 January 2021)
Biggest Away Win:Dep. Iquique 0–4 Dep. Antofagasta
(15 February 2020)
Highest Scoring:Unión Española 4–4 Huachipato
(15 March 2020)
Colo-Colo 3–5 Unión Española
(14 October 2020)
U. Católica 5–3 Dep. Antofagasta
(22 November 2020)
Unión La Calera 6–2 Everton
(6 December 2020)
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2021

The 2020 Chilean Primera División, known as Campeonato Nacional AFP PlanVital 2020 for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 90th season of the Chilean Primera División, Chile's top-flight football league. The season started on 24 January 2020[2] and ended on 17 February 2021 with the relegation play-off. Universidad Católica were the defending champions, having won the previous tournament. They successfully defended their title, winning their fifteenth league championship and third in a row with a game to spare on 10 February 2021 after tying 0–0 at home with eventual league runners-up Unión La Calera.[3]

The competition was suspended from 18 March to 29 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Format changes

For this season, and given that the previous season was declared as concluded with no relegations to the Primera B, ANFP approved an expansion of the first tier to 18 teams, with two teams promoted from the second tier joining the 16 teams that competed in the top flight in 2019. The 18 teams played each other twice (once at home and once away) for a total of 34 matches. Qualification for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana was awarded to the top eight teams at the end of the season.[4] Originally, the Copa Chile champions would have been the fourth qualifier for the Copa Libertadores but since the 2020 Copa Chile would not be held before the start of the Copa Libertadores qualifying stages, its allocated berth was awarded to the fourth-placed team of the Campeonato Nacional instead.[5]

Since there were no relegated teams in the previous season, in this season three teams were relegated to the second tier: the last-placed team in the standings of the 2020 season, the last-placed team in a relegation table which was elaborated considering the performance in both the 2019 and 2020 seasons, and the losers of a play-off between the teams placed second-to-last of both tables.[6] [7]

Teams

Eighteen teams took part in the league in this season: the sixteen teams from the previous season, plus the 2019 Primera B champions Santiago Wanderers and Deportes La Serena, winners of the Primera B promotion play-offs.

Stadia and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
Santiago (La Florida) 12,000
12,000
Santiago (Macul) 47,347
18,750
8,278
21,178
13,171
18,243
22,360
10,500
13,849
Santiago (La Cisterna) 8,000
20,575
Santiago (Independencia) 19,000
9,200
Santiago (Las Condes) 14,118
Santiago (Ñuñoa) 48,665
30,448

Personnel and kits

TeamHead coachKit manufacturerSponsors
Audax Italiano Pablo SánchezMacronTraverso
Cobresal Gustavo HuertaKS7PF
Colo-Colo Gustavo QuinterosMG Motor
Coquimbo Unido Juan José RiberaCAFUPF
Curicó Unido Martín PalermoOneFitMultihogar
Deportes Antofagasta Héctor TapiaCAFUMinera Escondida
Deportes Iquique Cristian LeivaReteUNAP
Deportes La Serena Miguel PonceOneFit
Everton Roberto SensiniCharlyClaro
Huachipato Juan Luvera (caretaker)OneFitPF
O'Higgins Dalcio GiovagnoliAdidasSun Monticello
Palestino José Luis SierraCapelli SportBank of Palestine
Santiago Wanderers Miguel RamírezMacronTPS
Unión Española Jorge PellicerKappaUniversidad SEK
Unión La Calera Juan Pablo VojvodaOneFitPF
Universidad Católica Ariel HolanUnder ArmourBICE
Universidad de Chile Rafael DudamelAdidasPetrobras
Universidad de Concepción Hugo BalladaresKS7PF

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
O'Higgins Marco Antonio FigueroaEnd of contract1 December 2019[8] Pre-season Patricio Graff11 December 2019[9]
Curicó Unido Hugo VilchesSacked3 December 2019[10] Nicolás Larcamón5 December 2019[11]
Universidad Católica Gustavo QuinterosSigned by Tijuana4 December 2019[12] Ariel Holan12 December 2019[13]
Unión La Calera Walter CoyetteResigned5 December 2019[14] Juan Pablo Vojvoda29 December 2019[15]
Universidad de Concepción Francisco BozánEnd of contract10 December 2019[16] Eduardo Acevedo28 December 2019[17]
Coquimbo Unido Patricio GraffSigned by O'Higgins11 December 2018[18] Germán Corengia18 December 2019[19]
Audax Italiano Juan José RiberaMutual consent12 December 2019[20] Francisco Meneghini16 December 2019[21]
Colo-Colo Mario SalasSacked25 February 2020[22] 14th Gualberto Jara (caretaker)25 February 2020[23]
Deportes Antofagasta Juan Manuel AzconzábalSigned by Unión de Santa Fe30 June 2020[24] 5th Héctor Almandoz18 July 2020[25]
Coquimbo Unido Germán CorengiaSacked2 September 2020[26] 16th Juan José Ribera6 September 2020[27]
Deportes Iquique Jaime VeraResigned24 September 2020[28] 15th Cristian Leiva25 September 2020[29]
Deportes La Serena Francisco Bozán3 October 2020[30] 18th Óscar Correa (caretaker)3 October 2020
Colo-Colo Gualberto JaraEnd of caretaker spell3 October 2020[31] 17th Gustavo Quinteros3 October 2020[32]
O'Higgins Patricio GraffMutual consent9 October 2020[33] 15th Víctor Fuentes (caretaker)10 October 2020[34]
Deportes La Serena Óscar CorreaEnd of caretaker spell13 October 2020[35] 18th Miguel Ponce13 October 2020
O'Higgins Víctor Fuentes15 October 2020[36] 16th Dalcio Giovagnoli16 October 2020
Universidad de Chile Hernán CaputtoSacked3 November 2020[37] 5th Marcelo Jara (caretaker)3 November 2020
Palestino Ivo Basay9 November 2020[38] 15th José Luis Sierra11 November 2020[39]
Universidad de Chile Marcelo JaraEnd of caretaker spell19 November 20206th Rafael Dudamel5 November 2020[40]
Curicó Unido Nicolás LarcamónResigned19 November 2020[41] 5th Damián Muñoz (caretaker)19 November 2020
Damián MuñozEnd of caretaker spell25 November 2020[42] 4th Martín Palermo23 November 2020
Deportes Antofagasta Héctor AlmandozMutual consent2 December 2020[43] 5th Diego Reveco (caretaker)2 December 2020
Audax Italiano Francisco Meneghini4 December 2020[44] 10th José Calderón (caretaker)9 December 2020[45]
Deportes Antofagasta Diego RevecoEnd of caretaker spell10 December 20206th Héctor Tapia10 December 2020[46]
Everton Javier TorrenteSacked17 December 2020[47] 12th Roberto Sensini20 December 2020[48]
Audax Italiano José CalderónEnd of caretaker spell20 December 202015th Pablo Sánchez20 December 2020[49]
Universidad de Concepción Eduardo AcevedoResigned28 December 2020[50] 13th Hugo Balladares30 December 2020[51]
Huachipato Gustavo FlorentínSacked6 January 2021[52] 11th Juan Luvera (caretaker)6 January 2021
Unión Española Ronald Fuentes28 January 2021[53] 3rd César Bravo (caretaker)28 January 2021
César BravoEnd of caretaker spell31 January 2021[54] 3rd Jorge Pellicer1 February 2021[55]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

On 16 March 2020, the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP) announced the suspension of the Campeonato Nacional as well as the rest of its tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, starting from 18 March 2020.[56]

On 8 June, ANFP's Council of Presidents decided to resume the league on 31 July with matches to be played behind closed doors and clubs having at least four weeks of training sessions, pending approval from the Chilean government.[57] However, this original date had to be pushed back as clubs were only given approval to resume training sessions starting from 16 July, with the ANFP considering the weekend of 8 August as a new tentative date of resumption, following three weeks of training sessions.[58]

On 19 August, in a press conference held at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos in Santiago, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera confirmed 29 August as the date of resumption of both the first and second tier seasons, with games to be played behind closed doors. The first matches to be played would be the ones postponed from previous rounds, while the ninth round of the Campeonato Nacional would be played on the weekend of 4–6 September.[59]

On 26 September the match between Colo-Colo and Deportes Antofagasta, scheduled to be played on that day at 11:00, was suspended due to the discovery of a positive COVID-19 case in the former team following their return from Brazil where they played a Copa Libertadores group stage match against Athletico Paranaense.[60] It was eventually rescheduled for 10 November at 11:00, with Colo-Colo fined for the postponement of the match as well as the delay to submit their PCR test results prior to said match.[61]

On 11 December, the ANFP announced the suspension of the Round 23 matches between Universidad de Chile and Deportes Iquique and between Unión La Calera and O'Higgins due to positive cases for COVID-19 being reported in Deportes Iquique and Unión La Calera.[62]

Standings

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
align=center 1 Fernando ZampedriUniversidad Católicaalign=center 20
align=center 2 Joaquín LarriveyUniversidad de Chilealign=center 19
align=center 3 Cecilio WatermanUniversidad de Concepciónalign=center 17
4 Cristian PalaciosUnión Española15
Juan Sánchez SoteloHuachipato
align=center 6 Andrés VilchesUnión La Caleraalign=center 14
7 Juan CuevasEverton13
Enzo GutiérrezSantiago Wanderers
Luis JiménezPalestino
10 Luciano AuedUniversidad Católica10
Eduard BelloDeportes Antofagasta
Federico CastroCuricó Unido
Misael DávilaUnión Española

Source: Soccerway

Relegation

Weighted table

For this season, a weighted table was elaborated by computing an average of the points earned per game over this season and the previous one, with the average of points earned in the 2019 season weighted by 60% and the average of points earned in the 2020 season weighted by 40%. Promoted teams only had their points in the 2020 season averaged, without weighting. The team placed last in this table at the end of the season was relegated, while the team placed second-to-last qualified for the relegation play-off.[7]

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Relegation
1Universidad Católica53 24 65 34
2Palestino38 24 51 34
3Unión La Calera37 25 57 34
4Colo-Colo40 24 39 34
5Unión Española34 25 52 34
6Huachipato34 24 46 34
7O'Higgins34 24 45 34
8Cobresal34 25 47 34
9Audax Italiano34 24 41 34
10Santiago Wanderers— — — 44 34
11Coquimbo Unido34 24 35 34
12Deportes Antofagasta27 24 48 34
13Everton29 24 43 34
14Universidad de Chile24 24 52 34
15Curicó Unido26 24 46 34
16Deportes La Serena— — — 39 34
1723 24 41 34
18Deportes Iquique (R)25 25 38 34 Relegation to Primera B
Source: ANFP

Relegation play-off

The relegation play-off was a single match played by the teams placed second-to-last in the season table and the weighted table, on neutral ground. If the same team was placed 17th in both tables, the play-off would not be played and that team would be automatically relegated, but if one of the teams in 17th position had been already relegated by placing last in either table, the team placed 16th in the table where the relegated team placed 17th would play the play-off.[63] The losers were the third and last team relegated to the Primera B.

Awards

Award[64] WinnerClub
Best Player Matías DituroUniversidad Católica
Top goalscorer Fernando ZampedriUniversidad Católica
Best Foreign Player Matías DituroUniversidad Católica
Best Manager Ariel HolanUniversidad Católica
Best U-21 Player Carlos PalaciosUnión Española

Team of the Season

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AFP PlanVital, el nuevo socio comercial de la Primera División del fútbol chileno. es. ANFP. 15 February 2019.
  2. Web site: ANFP define fechas de inicio de la liguilla de Primera B y el Campeonato Nacional de 2020 en Primera División. es. RedGol. 20 December 2019. 24 December 2019.
  3. Web site: Tricampeones: la historia se rinde ante la UC. es. La Tercera. 10 February 2021.
  4. Web site: Así será el formato del torneo de Primera y la B en 2020. AS Chile. es. 6 December 2019. 24 December 2019.
  5. Web site: Consejo de la ANFP modificó las bases para los cupos de Libertadores y Sudamericana. AS Chile. es. 30 December 2020. 11 February 2021.
  6. Web site: Tres descensos y más de 2 mil minutos para juveniles: El Consejo de Presidentes aprobó las bases para el Campeonato Nacional 2020. Publimetro Chile. es. 20 December 2019. 24 December 2019.
  7. Web site: Bases Campeonato Nacional de Primera División Temporada 2020. es. ANFP. 9 January 2020. 25 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200125000131/http://www.anfp.cl/documentos/09ab9a2ec42bb4ced1885b0b3c79f423.pdf. dead.
  8. Web site: El Fantasma se aleja de O'Higgins. es. La Tercera. 1 December 2018. 24 December 2019.
  9. Web site: Patricio Graff, nuevo técnico de O'Higgins. es. La Tercera. 11 December 2019. 24 December 2019.
  10. Web site: Curicó Unido despide a Hugo Vilches después de un partido. es. La Tercera. 3 December 2019. 24 December 2019.
  11. Web site: Nicolás Larcamón fue oficializado como nuevo DT de Curicó. es. AS Chile. 5 December 2019. 24 December 2019.
  12. Web site: Gustavo Quinteros deja la Universidad Católica. es. La Tercera. 4 December 2019. 24 December 2019.
  13. Web site: El argentino Ariel Holan es el nuevo técnico de Universidad Católica. es. La Tercera. 12 December 2019. 24 December 2019.
  14. Web site: Walter Coyette renuncia a la banca de Unión La Calera. es. RedGol. 5 December 2019. 24 December 2019.
  15. Web site: Juan Pablo Vojvoda asume la banca de Unión La Calera. es. La Tercera. 29 December 2019.
  16. Web site: De la gloria al infierno: Francisco Bozan dejó de ser el DT de la Universidad de Concepción. es. Publimetro Chile. 10 December 2019. 24 December 2019.
  17. Web site: Universidad de Concepción confirmó a su nuevo técnico para la temporada 2020. es. ADN Radio. 28 December 2019.
  18. Web site: Patricio Graff se desvinculó de Coquimbo y será el nuevo técnico de O'Higgins. es. CDF. 11 December 2019. 24 December 2019.
  19. Web site: Germán Corengia fue oficializado como nuevo entrenador de Coquimbo Unido. es. ADN Radio. 18 December 2019. 24 December 2019.
  20. Web site: Audax Italiano confirma la partida de Juan José Ribera. es. La Tercera. 12 December 2018. 24 December 2019.
  21. Web site: Francisco "Paqui" Meneghini fue oficializado como técnico de Audax Italiano. es. Al Aire Libre. 16 December 2019. 24 December 2019.
  22. Web site: Solo cinco fechas con Mario: Colo Colo destituye a Salas. es. La Tercera. 25 February 2020.
  23. Web site: Colo Colo oficializó viejo conocido para asumir el "interinato" del primer equipo tras despido de Mario Salas. es. Radio Agricultura. 25 February 2020.
  24. Web site: Juan Manuel Azconzábal no va más en Deportes Antofagasta y asumirá en Unión de Santa Fe de Argentina. es. RedGol. 30 June 2020. 1 July 2020.
  25. Web site: Héctor Almandoz asume la banca de Deportes Antofagasta. es. La Tercera. 18 July 2020. 29 July 2020.
  26. Web site: Coquimbo Unido desvinculó a Germán Corengia por malos resultados. es. Al Aire Libre. 2 September 2020. 9 September 2020.
  27. Web site: Coquimbo Unido confirmó a Juan José Ribera como su nuevo entrenador. es. Al Aire Libre. 6 September 2020. 9 September 2020.
  28. Web site: Jaime Vera deja la banca de Deportes Iquique. es. La Tercera. 24 September 2020. 2 October 2020.
  29. Web site: Deportes Iquique anuncia a Cristián Leiva y la Roja Sub 17 se queda sin entrenador. es. Publimetro.cl. 25 September 2020. 2 October 2020.
  30. Web site: Francisco Bozán se va con el peor arranque de la historia. es. CDF. 3 October 2020. 3 October 2020.
  31. Web site: Definitivo: Gualberto Jara no sigue al mando de Colo Colo y se definirá al nuevo DT tras el partido con Huachipato. es. Redgol. 1 October 2020. 3 October 2020.
  32. Web site: Colo Colo aprueba por unanimidad a Gustavo Quinteros como su nuevo DT. es. La Tercera. 3 October 2020.
  33. Web site: Situación contractual del cuerpo técnico de nuestro plantel profesional.. es. O'Higgins FC. 9 October 2020.
  34. Web site: O'Higgins define DT interino y se enfría opción de Martín Palermo. es. El Tipógrafo. 11 October 2020. 12 October 2020.
  35. Web site: La Serena sorprende y anuncia a su nuevo entrenador. es. AS Chile. 13 October 2020.
  36. Web site: Dalcio Giovagnoli es el nuevo técnico de O'Higgins. es. La Tercera. 16 October 2020. 10 November 2020.
  37. Web site: Oficial: Universidad de Chile confirma la partida del entrenador Hernán Caputto. es. Redgol. 3 November 2020.
  38. Web site: Un DT menos: Ivo Basay dejó de ser el entrenador de Palestino. es. 24 Horas. 9 November 2020. 10 November 2020.
  39. Web site: José Luis Sierra es el nuevo técnico de Palestino. es. La Tercera. 11 November 2020.
  40. Web site: La U tiene nuevo entrenador: Azul Azul logra acuerdo con Dudamel. es. La Tercera. 6 November 2020. 22 November 2020.
  41. Web site: Nicolás Larcamón se va de repente de Curicó Unido. es. La Tercera. 19 November 2020.
  42. Web site: Curicó Unido anunció a Martín Palermo como su nuevo DT hasta la temporada 2021. es. 24 Horas. 23 November 2020.
  43. Web site: Deportes Antofagasta anunció la salida del técnico Héctor Almandoz. AlAireLibre.cl. 2 December 2020. 3 December 2020.
  44. Web site: Audax Italiano oficializa salida de Francisco "Paqui" Meneghini y su cuerpo técnico. ADN Radio. 5 December 2020. 8 December 2020.
  45. Web site: La insólita situación que está enfrentando Audax Italiano de cara al partido contra la U. Encancha.cl. 9 December 2020. 19 December 2020.
  46. Web site: Héctor Tapia es el nuevo entrenador de Antofagasta. La Tercera. 10 December 2020. 14 December 2020.
  47. Web site: Everton de Viña del Mar informa el despido del entrenador Javier Torrente. RedGol. 17 December 2020. 19 December 2020.
  48. Web site: Sensini es el nuevo técnico de Everton. La Tercera. 20 December 2020. 21 December 2020.
  49. News: Audax Italiano anunció a Pablo "Vitamina" Sánchez como nuevo entrenador. AlAireLibre.cl. 20 December 2020. 21 December 2020.
  50. Web site: ¡Tremendo! Eduardo Acevedo renuncia en vivo en el CDF a su cargo como DT de Universidad de Concepción. RedGol. 28 December 2020.
  51. Web site: Universidad de Concepción oficializó la contratación del técnico Hugo Balladares. AlAireLibre.cl. 30 December 2020. 2 January 2021.
  52. Web site: Se acabó la 'era Florentín' en Huachipato. BioBioChile. 6 January 2021. 15 January 2021.
  53. Web site: Unión Española despide a Ronald Fuentes. La Tercera. 28 January 2021. 1 February 2021.
  54. Web site: César Bravo: Fue un lindo desafío asumir en Unión después de los malos resultados. AlAireLibre.cl. 31 January 2021. 1 February 2021.
  55. Web site: Jorge Pellicer será el nuevo entrenador de Unión Española en lugar de Ronald Fuentes. RedGol. 1 February 2021.
  56. Web site: Se suspende el campeonato: la ANFP extrema medidas por el coronavirus. es. La Tercera. 16 March 2020.
  57. Web site: Los clubes chilenos aprueban que el fútbol profesional vuelva el 31 de julio. es. La Tercera. 8 June 2020.
  58. Web site: ¿Cuándo es el pitazo inicial en el fútbol chileno? Las fechas y obligaciones que siguen al retorno a los entrenamientos. es. La Tercera. 13 July 2020. 17 July 2020.
  59. Web site: Piñera anuncia el regreso del fútbol para el sábado 29 de agosto. es. La Tercera. 19 August 2020. 21 August 2020.
  60. Web site: No se juega: Se suspende Colo Colo-Antofagasta por un caso de covid en los albos. es. Emol.com. 26 September 2020.
  61. Web site: ANFP reprogramó duelo entre Colo Colo y Antofagasta. es. AS Chile. 5 November 2020. 8 November 2020.
  62. Web site: El fútbol chileno sufre con el Covid: dos partidos suspendidos. es. AS Chile. 11 December 2020. 14 December 2020.
  63. Web site: La ANFP aclara vacío legal: el 16º de ambas tablas arriesga descenso. La Tercera. es. 8 January 2021. 11 February 2021.
  64. Web site: Los premios "El Gráfico de Publimetro" galardonaron a los mejores de la temporada 2020 . 2023-01-12 . ANFP . es.

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