1978 Primera División de Chile

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Huachipato
(9 July)
Highest attendance57,153 Colo-Colo 1–0 Unión Española
(21 May)
Total attendance1,861,967
Average attendance6,085
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The 1978 Campeonato Nacional was Chilean first tier's 46th season.

Palestino was the tournament's champion, winning its second title.[1][2]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Palestino
 34 23 7 4 73 32 +41 53 Champions & qualified to 1979 Copa Libertadores
2
Cobreloa
 34 22 5 7 69 37 +32 49 Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores
3 O'Higgins 34 17 8 9 64 39 +25 42
4 Unión Española 34 17 7 10 52 41 +11 41
5 Everton 34 14 12 8 55 40 +15 40
6 Colo-Colo 34 15 7 12 62 55 +7 37
7 Universidad de Chile 34 11 14 9 41 33 +8 36
8
Aviación
 34 12 10 12 51 51 0 34
9
Universidad Católica
 34 11 11 12 43 37 +6 33
10 Deportes Concepción 34 12 9 13 44 47 −3 33
11 Lota Schwager 34 9 15 10 33 42 −9 33
12 Audax Italiano 34 10 12 12 36 39 −3 32
13 Green Cross Temuco 34 10 12 12 52 57 −5 32
14 Santiago Morning 34 10 12 12 43 49 −6 32
15 Ñublense 34 10 10 14 34 49 −15 30 To promotion/relegation playoffs
16 Coquimbo Unido 34 8 8 18 38 56 −18 24
17
Huachipato
 34 5 7 22 26 55 −29 17 Relegated to
Segunda División
18 Rangers 34 5 4 25 27 84 −57 14
Source: [citation needed]


 Campeonato Nacional
1978 champions 
Palestino

2nd title

Results

Home \ Away AUD
AVI
CLO
 COL DCO COQ EVE GCT
HUA
 LOT ÑUB OHI
PAL
 RAN SMO UCA UCH UES
Audax 0–1 0–1 2–4 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0
Aviación
 1–0 1–2 1–2 4–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–3 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–2
Cobreloa
 2–1 3–0 4–2 2–0 4–2 2–1 4–2 3–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 3–2 5–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–3
Colo-Colo 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 6–2 3–4 1–3 3–0 1–3 0–0 3–2 1–0
Concepción 0–0 2–1 5–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 5–1 0–2 1–1 1–3
Coquimbo 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–2 4–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–4 0–1 0–0 0–1
Everton 4–0 3–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 3–1 5–0 1–1 0–0 5–2
Green Cross T. 2–2 3–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–4 0–0 0–0 6–3 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–1
Huachipato
 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–2 4–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–3
Lota S. 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–0[a] 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1
Ñublense 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–3 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2
O'Higgins 0–1 2–4 2–1 4–2 2–1 4–0 2–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–0[b] 5–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–0
Palestino
 2–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 4–2 1–2 4–1 1–0 7–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 6–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–0
Rangers 1–5 0–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 1–5 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–3 0–1 0–1 2–5
S. Morning 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–5 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 4–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–4 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–3
U. Católica 2–0 4–2 0–5 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–3 2–0 3–0 2–3 2–1 2–3 6–0 1–1 1–1 2–3
U. de Chile 0–0 2–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1
U. Española 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 5–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Game was awarded to Lota Schwager, but just a 1-0 win, as a result of Rangers fielding an amateur squad. The match originally ended 14-1.
  2. ^ Game was awarded to O'Higgins' 1-0 win as a result of Palestino fielding an ineligible player. The match originally ended 0-1.

Topscorer

Name Team Goals
Oscar Fabbiani
Palestino
 35

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

3 December 1978
Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Benzi 10' Attendance: 16,724
Referee: J. Silvagno
3 December 1978
Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Véliz 20'
R. González 90'		 70' Concha Attendance: 16,724
Referee: R. Hormazábal
7 December 1978
Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Guajardo 29'
Droguett 46'		 35' (pen.) Yávar Attendance: 12,402
Referee: G. Castro
7 December 1978
Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Palacios 26'
Las Heras 90'		 Attendance: 12,402
Referee: M. Lira
10 December 1978
Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Ahumada 56' 46'
Own-goal
 Attendance: 14,999
Referee: A. Martínez
10 December 1978
Estadio Nacional, Santiago
79' Vargas Attendance: 14,999
Referee: N. Mondría
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Unión Española 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 4 Qualified to Liguilla play-off match
2 O'Higgins 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 4
3 Everton 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 3
4
Cobreloa
 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]

Liguilla play-off match

12 December 1978
Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Escobar 68'
Miranda 98'		 24' Serrano
119' Vargas		 Attendance: 20,542
Referee: Mario Lira

O'Higgins qualified to 1979 Copa Libertadores due to its better League position

Promotion/relegation Liguilla

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Coquimbo Unido 3 2 1 0 9 6 +3 5
2 Ñublense 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 4
3 Deportes Ovalle 3 0 2 1 6 8 −2 2
4 Magallanes 3 0 1 2 5 8 −3 1
Source: rsssf.com

* There was no promotion or relegation.

References

  1. Canal del Fútbol
    . 3 February 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. Canal del Fútbol
    . 5 February 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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