Campeonato de Apertura (Chile)

The Campeonato de Apertura (Opening Championship) was an annual competition for Chilean football teams at the beginning of the season. It was played from 1933 to 1950, but didn't have regularity through years, not being played in 1935, 1936, 1939, 1943, 1945, 1946 and 1948. The Campeonato de Apertura was sometimes disputed in a knock-out system, other times in a mini-league system. It is considered as the precursor of Copa Chile, Chile's official cup competition that started in 1958.

Nowadays, there are in Chilean football two national league competitions per year, one of them called Torneo de Apertura (Opening Tournament). In spite of its name, it has nothing to do with the former Campeonato initiated in 1933.

Finals

Ed. Year Champion Scores Runner-up Trophy
1
1933 Colo-Colo 21 Unión Española Copa Cesar Seoane
2
1934 Santiago 42 Colo-Colo Copa Apertura
3
1937 Magallanes 20 Audax Italiano Copa Apertura Aliviol
4
1938 Colo-Colo 31 Audax Italiano Copa Apertura
5
1940 Colo-Colo 32 Universidad de Chile Copa Apertura
6
1941 Audax Italiano 21 Magallanes Copa Apertura
7
1942 Santiago National 21 Badminton Copa Apertura
8
1944 Santiago Morning 11[1] Audax Italiano Copa Jaime Rodríguez
9
1947 Unión Española 20 Iberia Copa Preparación
10
1949 Santiago Morning 10 Santiago Wanderers Copa Preparación
11
1950 Santiago Morning 32 Audax Italiano Copa Carlos Varela

Titles by club

Club Titles Runners-up Seasons won Seasons runner-up
Colo-Colo 3 1 1933, 1938, 1940 1934
Santiago Morning 3 1944, 1949, 1950
Audax Italiano 1 4 1941 1937, 1938, 1944, 1950
Magallanes 1 1 1937 1941
Unión Española 1 1 1947 1933
Santiago National 1 1942
Santiago 1 1934
Badminton 1 1942
Iberia 1 1947
Santiago Wanderers 1 1949
Universidad de Chile 1 1940

Notes and references

  1. Santiago Morning on more corner kicks over the final.


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