1996 Primera División of Chile

The 1996 Campeonato Nacional, known as Campeonato Nacional Copa Banco del Estado 1996 for sponsorship purposes, was the 64th season of top-flight football in Chile. Colo-Colo won their 20th title following a 1–1 home draw against Audax Italiano on 11 November. Universidad Católica also qualified for the next Copa Libertadores as Liguilla winners.

Campeonato Nacional Copa Banco del Estado
Dates16 March – 24 November 1996
ChampionsColo-Colo (20th title)
RelegatedRegional Atacama
O'Higgins
1997 Copa LibertadoresColo-Colo
Universidad Católica (Liguilla winners)
1996 Copa CONMEBOLCobreloa (Play-off winners)
Matches played240
Goals scored769 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorerMario Véner (30)
Biggest home winUnión Española 7–0 Regional Atacama
(27 August)
Highest attendance58,051 Colo-Colo 1–1 Audax Italiano
(11 November)
Total attendance1,698,008
Average attendance7,075
← 1995
1997 →

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Colo-Colo 30 19 6 5 62 24 +38 63 Champions and qualified for the 1997 Copa Libertadores
2 Universidad Católica 30 17 8 5 70 40 +30 59 Qualified for the Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores
3 Cobreloa 30 15 6 9 58 44 +14 51
4 Audax Italiano 30 14 9 7 51 38 +13 51
5 Universidad de Chile 30 13 8 9 49 42 +7 47
6 Provincial Osorno 30 11 10 9 54 40 +14 43
7 Deportes Antofagasta 30 12 7 11 47 46 +1 43
8 Unión Española 30 11 7 12 43 47 −4 40
9 Coquimbo Unido 30 12 4 14 46 53 −7 40
10 Deportes Concepción 30 8 15 7 44 53 −9 39
11 Santiago Wanderers 30 10 7 13 49 57 −8 37
12 Huachipato 30 8 11 11 42 46 −4 35
13 Palestino 30 8 9 13 40 53 −13 33 Promotion/relegation play-offs
14 Deportes Temuco 30 8 4 18 35 55 −20 28
15 Regional Atacama 30 7 6 17 38 70 −32 27 Relegated to Segunda División
16 O'Higgins 30 5 7 18 41 61 −20 22
Source:
 Primera División de Chile
1996 champion 
Colo-Colo
20th title

Results
Home \ Away DAN RAT AUD CLO COL DCO COQ HUA OHI POS PAL DTE UCA UCH UES SWA
Antofagasta 1–0 0–2 0–0 4–2 3–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 6–0
Atacama 1–1 2–3 3–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 0–5
Audax 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–3 2–2 5–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1
Cobreloa 1–2 5–1 3–0 3–0 4–3 1–0 6–2 3–1 1–1 5–1 3–0 4–4 0–0 5–0 2–1
Colo-Colo 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 7–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–2 0–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 3–0
Concepción 2–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 0–5 3–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0
Coquimbo 3–1 2–2 1–3 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 4–3 2–5 2–1 2–1
Huachipato 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 3–3 2–3 0–1 2–2
O'Higgins 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 0–5 2–2 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 4–1 2–3 1–2
Osorno 1–1 3–2 2–2 4–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 6–1
Palestino 1–2 1–2 2–4 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–4 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–3 0–3 2–2 2–1
Temuco 3–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 4–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–1
U. Católica 5–1 2–0 3–2 3–0 3–3 6–0 2–1 4–2 2–0 4–3 1–0 5–2 0–3 3–1 1–1
U. Chile 1–2 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 1–0 1–3 4–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–5 1–1 1–2
U. Española 6–4 7–0 1–2 3–0 0–5 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
S. Wanderers 3–1 4–1 3–4 4–2 0–0 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–2 4–2 0–2 2–4 1–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Pos Name Team Goals
1Chile Mario VénerSantiago Wanderers30
2Chile Sebastian RozentalUniversidad Católica24
3Chile Ivo BasayColo-Colo18
4Uruguay Sergio VásquezDeportes Antofagasta16
Chile Pedro González V.Cobreloa16
6Chile Jaime RiverosCobreloa14
7Paraguay Hugo BrizuelaAudax Italiano13
Chile Fernando VergaraColo-Colo13
Chile Marcelo CorralesProvincial Osorno13
10Chile Juan CarreñoDeportes Concepción12

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

Semifinals
30 November 1996 Audax Italiano 3 – 1 Cobreloa Estadio Municipal de La Florida
Brizuela 2'
Illesca 51'
Delgado 82'		 44' Cornejo Attendance: 2,853
Referee: C. Robles
1 December 1996 Universidad de Chile 1 – 2 Universidad Católica Estadio Nacional
C. Castañeda 57' 68' A. González
75' Rozental		 Attendance: 24,765
Referee: G. Aros
4 December 1996 Cobreloa 3 – 1
(8–7 p)		 Audax Italiano Estadio Municipal de Calama
Tapia 56'
Silva 60'
M. Rojas 68'		 76' Brizuela Attendance: 2,178
Referee: E. Gamboa
5 December 1996 Universidad Católica 5 – 2 Universidad de Chile Estadio Nacional
Rozental 24' (pen.)
A. González 36', 43', 61', 87' (pen.)		 17', 53' V. Castañeda Attendance: 16,378
Referee: M. Sánchez

Finals
8 December 1996 Cobreloa 3 – 2 Universidad Católica Estadio Municipal de Calama
Guerrero 29'
Riveros 57', 87'		 8', 73' Lunari Attendance: 7,275
Referee: E. Gamboa
18 December 1996 Universidad Católica 3 – 2
(4 – 2 p)		 Cobreloa Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
Lunari 21'
Rozental 66', 74',		 80' P. González
90' Cornejo		 Attendance: 18,031
Referee: E. Marín
Penalties
Lepe soccer ball with check mark
Rozental soccer ball with red X
Lunari soccer ball with check mark
Catê soccer ball with check mark
R. Gómez soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Riveros
soccer ball with red X Cornejo
soccer ball with red X Silva
soccer ball with check mark P. González

Universidad Católica qualified for the 1997 Copa Libertadores

Copa CONMEBOL 1996 play-off

Goal difference didn't count; in case of equal points, extra time was played.

24 August 1996 Cobresal 2 – 0 Cobreloa Estadio El Cobre
Troncoso 24' (pen.)
Jorquera 56'		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: G. Aros
31 August 1996 Cobreloa 7 – 1 (a.e.t.) Cobresal Estadio Municipal de Calama
P. González 11', 17', 27', 45'
Sandoval 20' (o.g.)
Riveros 55' (pen.)
Vásquez 119'		 90' Garrido Attendance: 1,435
Referee: M. Peña

Cobreloa qualified for the 1996 Copa CONMEBOL

Promotion/relegation play-offs
1 December 1996 Cobresal 3 – 1 Deportes Temuco Estadio El Cobre
Rivera 57'
Salgado 20'
Garrido 73'		 Alvarez 79' Attendance: 4,110
Referee: Salvador Imperatore
1 December 1996 Deportes Iquique 1 – 0 Palestino Estadio Tierra de Campeones
Donoso 17' Attendance: 7,152
Referee: Enrique Marín
8 December 1996 Deportes Temuco[2] 2 – 0 Cobresal Estadio Germán Becker
Castillo 27'
Poirrier 30'		 Attendance: 13,089
Referee: Mariano Peña
8 December 1996 Palestino 5 – 1 Deportes Iquique Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna
Castillo 8', 14'
Lizana 52'
Córdova 73', 90'		 Donoso 88' Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Iván Guerrero

See also

Notes
  1. Temuco and Palestino remained in the Primera División de Chile
  2. Temuco and Palestino remained in the Primera División de Chile

References
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