2009 Torneo Apertura (Chile)
| Season | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
Universidad de Chile 13th title |
| Copa Sudamericana |
Unión Española Universidad de Chile |
| Matches played | 167 |
| Goals scored | 507 (3.04 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Esteban Paredes (17 goals) |
| Highest attendance |
39,685 Universidad Católica 1–4 Universidad de Chile |
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← 2008–C 2009–C → | |
The 2009 Torneo Apertura or LXXXV Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de la Primera División de Chile was the 78th season of Chilean Primera División. That was the first tournament of 2009 Chilean football season, the defending champions was Colo-Colo, which beat 4–2 in the aggregate result to Palestino during the 2008 Torneo Clausura finals, where the striker Lucas Barrios achieved reach 38 goals in a single year, thus surpassing Luis Hernán Álvarez, who scored one less in 1963.
The tournament champion was Universidad de Chile, so that earned their 13th league title after a five-year winless, after win 1–0 over Unión Española in the second leg final at Santa Laura with goal of Juan Manuel Olivera, that allowed the automatically qualification of the university team to the 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.
After the relegations of Deportes Melipilla, Provincial Osorno and Deportes Concepción (because administration problems), the number of teams that contested the tournament was reduced from 20 to 18, following the promotion of Curicó Unido, which made their first top-flight appearance in 35 years.
It began on 31 January during a 2–2 draw between Colo-Colo and Curicó Unido at Estadio La Granja, and ended on 28 June.
Format changes
The format for 2009 remains largely the same as 2008, except for the advancement to the Playoff Stages. Groups will no longer be used to determine who advance to the next stage. Instead, the top-eight teams in Classification Stage will advance.
International qualification changes
Qualification to the Copa Libertadores remains the same, as well as qualification to the Chile 1 spot in the Copa Sudamericana. The Chile 2 spot will be contested between the second-best team in the first stage and the 2008-09 Copa Chile winner. The winner of the single match will qualify to the 2009 Copa Sudamericana.
Team information
The number of teams were reduced starting with this season from 20 to 18. Antofagasta, Osorno, Melipilla, and Deportes Concepción were relegated last season to the Primera B. They were replaced by Municipal Iquique and Curicó Unido.
| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audax Italiano | Santiago | Bicentenario de La Florida | 12,000 |
| Cobreloa | Calama | Municipal de Calama | 13,000 |
| Cobresal | El Salvador | Estadio El Cobre | 15,000 |
| Colo-Colo | Santiago | Estadio Monumental | 47,017 |
| Curicó Unido | Curicó | Estadio La Granja | 10,000 |
| Huachipato | Talcahuano | Estadio CAP | 10,500 |
| Iquique | Iquique | Tierra de Campeones | 10,000 |
| Deportes La Serena | La Serena | La Portada | 14,000 |
| Ñublense | Chillán | Municipal Nelson Oyarzún Arenas | 12,000 |
| O'Higgins | Rancagua | El Teniente de Rancagua | 14,450 |
| Palestino | Santiago | La Cisterna | 12,000 |
| Rangers | Talca | Estadio Fiscal de Talca | 10,000 |
| Santiago Morning | Santiago | Municipal de La Pintana | 6,000 |
| Santiago Wanderers | Valparaíso | Regional Chiledeportes | 18,500 |
| Unión Española | Santiago | Santa Laura | 22,000 |
| Universidad Católica | Santiago | San Carlos de Apoquindo | 15,000 |
| Universidad de Chile | Santiago | Estadio Nacional | 49,000 |
| Universidad de Concepción | Concepción | Municipal de Concepción | 29,000 |
Regular season
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unión Española | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 38 | 2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 2 | Universidad de Chile | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 31 | 2009 Copa Sudamericana playoffs |
| 3 | Everton | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 28 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Santiago Morning | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 27 | |
| 5 | Universidad Católica | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 27 | |
| 6 | Municipal Iquique | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 26 | |
| 7 | Audax Italiano | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 25 | |
| 8 | O'Higgins | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 25 | |
| 9 | Huachipato | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 25 | |
| 10 | Cobreloa | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 24 | |
| 11 | Universidad de Concepción | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 23 | |
| 12 | Ñublense | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 20 | |
| 13 | Colo-Colo | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 19 | |
| 14 | Curicó Unido | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 19 | |
| 15 | Cobresal | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 19 | |
| 16 | Palestino | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 37 | −19 | 17 | |
| 17 | Rangers | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 14 | |
| 18 | La Serena | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 32 | −13 | 14 |
Updated to games played on May 21, 2009.
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification:
1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
| Home \ Away[1] | AUD | COB | CSL | CC | CUR | EVE | HUA | SER | IQU | ÑUB | OHI | PAL | RAN | SM | UE | UC | UCH | UDC |
| Audax Italiano | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | |
| Cobreloa | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 2–0 | |
| Cobresal | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | |
| Colo-Colo | 1–2 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| Curicó Unido | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | |
| Everton | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Huachipato | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | |
| La Serena | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | |
| Municipal Iquique | 3–3 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Ñublense | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | |
| O'Higgins | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | |
| Palestino | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 4–2 | |
| Rangers | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | |
| Santiago Morning | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–4 | |
| Unión Española | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Universidad Católica | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Universidad de Chile | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Universidad de Concepción | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 4–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
Updated to games played on May 21, 2009.
Source: RSSSF
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Playoff Stage
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Unión Española | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | O'Higgins | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Unión Española | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Universidad Católica | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Santiago Morning | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Universidad Católica | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Unión Española | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Universidad de Chile | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Everton | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Municipal Iquique | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Everton | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Universidad de Chile | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Universidad de Chile | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Audax Italiano | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Updated as of games played on July 7, 2009.
| Primera Division 2009 Apertura Champion |
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| Universidad de Chile 13th Title |
Universidad de Chile qualified to the 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.
Top-ten goalscorers
Copa Sudamericana playoff
The second-best team of the Classification Stage (Universidad de Chile) played a match at Bicentenario Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso in the city of Coquimbo against the 2008 Copa Chile/2009 Verano champion (Universidad de Concepción) for the Chile 2 spot in the 2009 Copa Sudamericana. The match ended with a victory for Universidad de Chile 3 goals to 1.
| Universidad de Concepción | 1–3 | Universidad de Chile |
|---|---|---|
Vargas  31' |
Olivera 35', 60' A. Rojas 90+1' |
Estadio Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso Referee: Claudio Puga |
Universidad de Chile classifies to the Chile 2 berth for the 2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage.
See also
References
External links
- ANFP (Spanish)
- 2009 Torneo Apertura at Soccerway
- Season regulations (Spanish)
- RSSSF Chile 2009
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