2021 Chilean Primera División Explained

Competition:Campeonato Nacional
Season:2021
Dates:27 March – 5 December 2021
Relegated:Deportes Melipilla
Santiago Wanderers
Matches:272
Total Goals:681
Continentalcup1:Copa Libertadores
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Universidad Católica
Colo-Colo
Audax Italiano
Everton (via Copa Chile)
Continentalcup2:Copa Sudamericana
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Unión La Calera
Unión Española
Deportes Antofagasta
Ñublense
League Topscorer:Gonzalo Sosa
Fernando Zampedri
(23 goals each)
Biggest Home Win:Ñublense 6–1 Unión Española
(13 November)
Biggest Away Win:Everton 0–4 La Serena
(30 April)
S. Wanderers 0–4 Colo-Colo
(29 July)
Highest Scoring:Huachipato 5–3 Ñublense
(16 April)
Longest Wins:Universidad Católica
(7 matches)
Longest Unbeaten:Colo-Colo
(10 matches)
Longest Winless:Santiago Wanderers
(17 matches)
Longest Losses:Santiago Wanderers
(8 matches)
Prevseason:2020
Nextseason:2022

The 2021 Chilean Primera División, known as Campeonato PlanVital 2021 for sponsorship purposes,[1] was the 91st season of the Chilean Primera División, Chile's top-flight football league. The season began on 27 March and ended on 5 December 2021.[2] [3] Universidad Católica were the defending champions, and won their fourth straight title in the competition, and sixteenth overall, after a 3–0 away win over Everton on 4 December 2021, the last matchday of the season.[4]

Format

In early February 2021, several bodies floated format proposals for the 2021 season, considering that the 2020 and 2021 editions of both the Copa Chile and Supercopa de Chile still needed to be played. ANFP considered playing a tournament with two stages, starting from late March. In the first stage, the 17 teams would play each other in a single round-robin tournament with the teams being split for the second stage in two groups: the top eight teams would play against each other for the championship, four Copa Libertadores berths and two Copa Sudamericana ones, while the remaining nine teams would play to avoid relegation, with the top team of that group also qualifying for the Copa Sudamericana. Three teams would be relegated: two teams directly and another one in a play-off. Meanwhile, the players union Sifup proposed to play a double round-robin tournament from April to December with two relegations, the 2020 Copa Chile in the first semester of 2021 and a league cup involving the Primera División teams in the second semester, with league broadcaster TNT Sports supporting a double round-robin tournament, or two short tournaments with play-offs in case the long tournament proposal was not feasible.[5]

On 2 March 2021, ANFP's Council of Presidents voted to approve the format for the season.[3] It was eventually decided to play a double round-robin tournament with the top three teams after 34 rounds qualifying for the Copa Libertadores, with a fourth berth being awarded to the 2021 Copa Chile champions. The teams placed from fourth to seventh place will qualify for the Copa Sudamericana, while the bottom two teams were relegated to Primera B, with the team placed third-from-bottom playing a double-legged play-off against the winners of the Primera B play-offs.[6]

Teams

17 teams took part in the league in this season, down by one from the previous season: 15 teams from the 2020 tournament, plus the 2020 Primera B champions Ñublense and Deportes Melipilla, winners of the Primera B promotion play-offs. Ñublense returned to the top flight after five and a half years, while Deportes Melipilla played in Primera División after 13 years.[7] [8] Both promoted teams replaced Coquimbo Unido, Deportes Iquique, and Universidad de Concepción, who were relegated to Primera B at the end of the 2020 season.

Stadia and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
Santiago (La Florida) 12,000
12,000
Santiago (Macul) 47,347
8,278
21,178
18,243
6,000
22,360
10,500
12,000
13,849
Santiago (La Cisterna) 8,000
20,575
Santiago (Independencia) 19,000
9,200
Santiago (Las Condes) 14,118
Santiago (Ñuñoa) 48,665
Notes

Personnel and kits

TeamHead coachKit manufacturerSponsors
Audax Italiano Pablo SánchezMacronTraverso
Cobresal Gustavo HuertaKS7PF
Colo-Colo Gustavo QuinterosPilsen del Sur
Curicó Unido Damián MuñozOneFitMultihogar
Deportes Antofagasta Diego Reveco (caretaker)Claus-7Minera Escondida
Deportes La Serena Ivo BasayMacronBetano
Deportes Melipilla Cristián AránTrainingAriztía
Everton Roberto SensiniCharlyClaro
Huachipato Mario SalasOneFitPF
Ñublense Jaime GarcíaOneFitFanaloza
O'Higgins Miguel RamírezAdidasSun Monticello
Palestino Patricio GraffCapelli SportBank of Palestine
Santiago Wanderers Jorge GarcésMacronTCL
Unión Española César BravoKappaUniversidad SEK
Unión La Calera Francisco MeneghiniSikerPF
Universidad Católica Cristian PaulucciUnder ArmourBICE
Universidad de Chile Cristián Romero (caretaker)AdidasPetrobras

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Deportes Antofagasta Héctor TapiaEnd of contract14 February 2021[9] Pre-season Juan José Ribera22 February 2021[10]
Santiago Wanderers Miguel Ramírez16 February 2021[11] Ronald Fuentes18 February 2021[12]
Unión La Calera Juan Pablo VojvodaMutual consent18 February 2021[13] Luca Marcogiuseppe1 March 2021[14]
Universidad Católica Ariel HolanUse of exit clause18 February 2021[15] Gustavo Poyet28 February 2021[16]
Unión Española Jorge PellicerSacked3 May 2021[17] 14th César Bravo3 May 2021
Santiago Wanderers Ronald FuentesResigned8 May 2021[18] 17th Víctor Rivero13 May 2021[19]
Universidad de Chile Rafael DudamelMutual consent5 June 2021[20] 10th Esteban Valencia6 June 2021[21]
Santiago Wanderers Víctor Rivero25 June 2021[22] 17th Emiliano Astorga6 July 2021[23]
Unión La Calera Luca Marcogiuseppe1 July 2021[24] 3rd Francisco Meneghini1 July 2021[25]
Curicó Unido Martín PalermoResigned25 July 2021[26] 16th Damián Muñoz25 July 2021
O'Higgins Dalcio GiovagnoliMutual consent8 August 2021[27] 11th Miguel Ramírez9 August 2021[28]
Palestino José Luis Sierra16 August 2021[29] 14th Patricio Graff19 August 2021[30]
Universidad Católica Gustavo Poyet30 August 2021[31] 5th Cristian Paulucci31 August 2021[32]
Deportes Melipilla John ArmijoSacked30 August 2021[33] 15th Cristián Arán1 September 2021[34]
Deportes La Serena Miguel Ponce31 August 2021[35] 12th Óscar Correa (caretaker)1 September 2021[36]
Óscar CorreaEnd of caretaker spell7 September 202111th Ivo Basay7 September 2021[37]
Deportes Antofagasta Juan José RiberaMutual consent29 September 2021[38] 9th Diego Reveco (caretaker)29 September 2021
Huachipato Juan Luvera17 October 2021[39] 15th Mario Salas18 October 2021[40]
Universidad de Chile Esteban ValenciaResigned31 October 2021[41] 12th Cristián Romero (caretaker)31 October 2021
Santiago Wanderers Emiliano AstorgaMutual consent8 November 2021[42] 17th Jorge Garcés8 November 2021[43]
Notes

Standings

Top scorers

RankNameClubGoals
1 Gonzalo SosaDeportes Melipilla23
Fernando ZampedriUniversidad Católica
align=center 3 Joaquín LarriveyUniversidad de Chilealign=center 20
align=center 4 Cristian PalaciosUnión Españolaalign=center 16
align=center 5 Diego ValenciaUniversidad Católicaalign=center 14
align=center 6 Bryan CarrascoPalestinoalign=center 13
align=center 7 Brayan HurtadoCobresalalign=center 12
8 Leandro BenegasCuricó Unido11
Nicolás GuerraÑublense
Iván MoralesColo-Colo
Lautaro PalaciosAudax Italiano

Source: Soccerway

Promotion/relegation play-off

The team placed 15th in the season table (Huachipato) played the winners of the Primera B play-offs (Deportes Copiapó) in a double-legged series, with the winner earning the right to play in the top flight for the following season.

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Huachipato won 4–2 on aggregate and remained in Primera División.

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: El Campeonato Nacional 2021 tiene fecha de inicio. es. TNT Sports. 14 February 2021. 19 February 2021.
  3. Web site: Aprobado: la Segunda no tendrá un solo ascenso directo a la Primera B. es. La Tercera. 2 March 2021. 3 March 2021.
  4. Web site: Tetracampeones: la UC es la dueña absoluta del fútbol chileno. es. La Tercera. 4 December 2021. 5 December 2021.
  5. Web site: Solo una rueda y grupos para pelear el campeonato y el descenso: Las propuestas para el próximo torneo chileno. es. ADN Radio. 5 February 2021. 19 February 2021.
  6. Web site: Guía para entender el torneo nacional 2021: Ascensos, descensos, cupos internacionales y más. es. La Tercera. 26 February 2021. 3 March 2021.
  7. Web site: Ñublense es campeón y vuelve a Primera División tras más de 5 años en el ascenso. es. ANFP. 9 January 2021. 19 February 2021.
  8. Web site: Melipilla asciende a Primera División tras una infartante definición a penales. es. La Tercera. 7 February 2021. 19 February 2021.
  9. Web site: Héctor Tapia deja Antofagasta tras solo dos meses como DT puma. es. La Tercera. 14 February 2021. 19 February 2021.
  10. Web site: Juan José Ribera se convirtió en nuevo entrenador de Antofagasta. es. AlAireLibre.cl. 22 February 2021.
  11. Web site: El DT Miguel Ramírez abandona Wanderers. es. La Tercera. 17 February 2021. 19 February 2021.
  12. Web site: Santiago Wanderers sorprende y anuncia a su nuevo director técnico: Ronald Fuentes. es. RedGol. 18 February 2021. 19 February 2021.
  13. Web site: ¿Candidato para la UC? Juan Pablo Vojvoda dejó de ser entrenador de La Calera. es. Encancha.cl. 18 February 2021. 19 February 2021.
  14. Web site: Bielsa como gancho: Marcogiuseppe, el estudioso y disciplinado ex colaborador del Loco que dirigirá a La Calera. es. La Tercera. 1 March 2021. 3 March 2021.
  15. Web site: No va más: La UC oficializó la salida de Ariel Holan y deberá salir al mercado a buscar DT. es. Encancha.cl. 18 February 2021. 19 February 2021.
  16. Web site: Católica oficializa a Gustavo Poyet como su nuevo entrenador. es. La Tercera. 28 February 2021.
  17. Web site: Unión Española despide a Pellicer. es. La Tercera. 3 May 2021. 7 May 2021.
  18. Web site: Ronald Fuentes renunció al banco de Santiago Wanderers y es el segundo DT que deja su cargo. es. Encancha.cl. 8 May 2021. 9 May 2021.
  19. Web site: Santiago Wanderers tiene nuevo director técnico para sacarlo del fondo: Víctor Rivero es oficializado. es. RedGol. 13 May 2021. 14 May 2021.
  20. Web site: Universidad de Chile oficializó la salida de Rafael Dudamel. es. AlAireLibre.cl. 5 June 2021. 6 June 2021.
  21. Web site: Esteban Valencia será el director tecnico interino de Universidad de Chile. es. ESPN. 6 June 2021.
  22. Web site: Santiago Wanderers anunció la salida del entrenador Víctor Rivero. es. AlAireLibre.cl. 25 June 2021. 27 June 2021.
  23. Web site: Santiago Wanderers anuncia a Emiliano Astorga como su nuevo técnico. es. La Tercera. 6 July 2021. 7 July 2021.
  24. Web site: Luca Marcogiuseppe dejó de ser el director técnico de Unión La Calera. es. AlAireLibre.cl. 1 July 2021. 4 August 2021.
  25. Web site: Unión La Calera hizo oficial a Francisco Meneghini como el nuevo entrenador. es. ADN Radio. 1 July 2021. 4 August 2021.
  26. Web site: Martín Palermo renuncia a la banca de Curicó Unido tras la derrota ante la U. es. La Tercera. 25 July 2021. 26 July 2021.
  27. Web site: Dalcio Giovagnoli se suma a la lista de técnicos caídos: deja la banca de O’Higgins. es. La Tercera. 8 August 2021. 10 August 2021.
  28. Web site: Oficial: Miguel Ramírez se convierte en el nuevo técnico de O'Higgins de Rancagua. es. RedGol. 9 August 2021. 10 August 2021.
  29. Web site: De candidato a la Selección a quedar sin trabajo: José Luis Sierra no va más en Palestino. es. La Tercera. 16 August 2021. 17 August 2021.
  30. Web site: Fue campeón del Ascenso: Palestino anunció a su nuevo DT. He was a champion of the Ascenso: Palestino announced their new manager. Diario AS. es. 19 August 2021. 20 August 2021.
  31. Web site: Gustavo Poyet en su despedida de la UC: "No logramos consistencia ni racha de triunfos". es. Encancha.cl. 30 August 2021.
  32. Web site: Cristian Paulucci reemplaza interinamente a Gustavo Poyet en la Universidad Católica. es. RedGol. 31 August 2021.
  33. Web site: Deportes Melipilla también despidió a su entrenador luego de caer a zona de promoción. es. Encancha.cl. 30 August 2021. 31 August 2021.
  34. Web site: Melipilla tiene nuevo DT. Diario AS. es. 1 September 2021. 1 September 2021.
  35. Web site: El tercer DT del Campeonato Nacional destituido en esta semana. TNT Sports. es. 31 August 2021. 1 September 2021.
  36. Web site: Los detalles de la salida de Miguel Ponce de Club Deportes La Serena. The details of the departure of Miguel Ponce from Club Deportes La Serena. El Día. es. 1 September 2021. 5 September 2021.
  37. Web site: Ivo Basay vuelve al Campeonato Nacional con la misión de levantar a Deportes La Serena. RedGol. es. 7 September 2021. 8 September 2021.
  38. Web site: Antofagasta informó la salida de Juan José Ribera y anunció a su reemplazante. Antofagasta informed the departure of Juan José Ribera and announced his replacement. Diario AS. es. 29 September 2021. 1 October 2021.
  39. Web site: Huachipato anuncia la salida de Juan José Luvera. La Tercera. es. 17 October 2021. 18 October 2021.
  40. Web site: Mario Salas vuelve al fútbol chileno: es el nuevo técnico de Huachipato. La Tercera. es. 18 October 2021. 18 October 2021.
  41. Web site: La U oficializa el adiós de Valencia y anuncia a Cristián Romero como interino. La Tercera. es. 31 October 2021. 1 November 2021.
  42. Web site: ¡Se acabó! Santiago Wanderers asume el descenso: confirma la salida de Astorga y anuncia "Operación Retorno". RedGol. es. 8 November 2021.
  43. Web site: Vuelco total en Wanderers: Jorge Garcés desplaza a Moisés Villarroel y se queda con la banca. La Tercera. es. 8 November 2021.

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