2008 Campeonato Nacional Primera División

Primera División 2008 Apertura: Everton (4th title)Clausura: Colo-Colo (28th title) AntofagastaConcepciónMelipillaProvincial Osorno Copa Libertadores EvertonColo-ColoUniversidad de Chile Copa Sudamericana ÑublenseUniversidad Católica Apertura: Lucas Barrios (19 goals)Clausura: Lucas Barrios (18 goals)Season: Lucas Barrios (37 goals) 2007 2009 The 2008 Primera División de Chile is the 77th season of top-flight football in Chile, and the 7th under its current format. 3 Torneo Apertura 2008 Torneo Apertura (Chile) The Torneo Apertura "Copa BancoEstado" opened the 2008 season on January 25. The 20 teams were organized into four groups, but played each other in a single round-robin format. The top-two teams from each group advanced to a single elimination play-off, but the best 3rd-place team had to worst 2nd-place team in an advancement play-off match. The winner of the tournament will be crowned the Apertura champion, and will earn a spot in the 2009 Copa Libertadores Group Stage. The champion and runner-up with earn spots in the 2008 Copa Sudamericana. First phase First phase Group standings Group 1 Group 1 Group 2 Group 2 Group 3 Group 3 Group 4 Group 4 Play-off match Play-off match Playoff stage Playoff stage Finals Finals Top-five goalscorers Top-five goalscorers Torneo Clausura 2008 Torneo Clausura (Chile) The Torneo Clausura "Copa BancoEstado" began on June 21. The format is the same as the Apertura tournament, but the field was reduced from 20 teams to 19 since Deportes Concepción withdrew before the start of the tournament due to financial problems. The best-placed team in the first stage earned a spot in the First Stage of the 2009 Copa Libertadores. The tournament champion will earn a spot in the 2009 Copa Libertadores Group Stage. Relegation will be determined at the end of this tournament. First phase First phase Group standings Group 1 Group 1 Group 2 Group 2 Group 3 Group 3 Group 4 Group 4 Play-off match Play-off match Knock-out round Knock-out round Top-five goalscorers Top goalscorers Relegation Four teams were relegated this year to reduce the field for next season to 18 teams. Aggregate table The aggregate table is only a sum of the two first-stages from the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The bottom-two teams are relegated from the results of this table. main WDL Aggregate table QR UCH Universidad de Chile UCA Universidad Católica OHI O'Higgins EVE Everton COL Colo-Colo AUD Audax Italiano ÑUB Ñublense PAL Palestino SAM Santiago Morning HUA Huachipato RAN Rangers SER La Serena CSL Cobresal CLA Cobreloa UES Unión Española UCO Universidad de Concepción ANT Antofagasta OSO Provincial Osorno MEL Melipilla CON Concepción 21 5 11 67 44 20 5 12 74 52 18 10 9 69 52 19 3 15 62 55 17 9 11 67 48 17 7 13 60 50 15 13 9 49 43 17 6 14 57 49 16 8 13 65 74 15 9 13 62 54 15 9 13 48 50 14 11 12 66 63 14 10 13 59 52 14 8 15 59 61 14 7 16 48 59 11 9 17 59 65 11 7 19 36 56 8 2 27 38 77 6 3 28 41 78 7 3 9 33 37 -6 Deportes Concepción withdrew from the Clausura tournament. #FFE8E8 Relegation/Promotion Playoff QRP QRP #FFCCCC Relegated to the Primera B by the Relegation Table RRT RRT #FF8888 Relegated to the Primera B by the Aggregate Table RAT RAT 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. November 9, 2008 RSSSF Relegation table The next two teams to be relegated were determined through a special aggregate table for the 2007 & 2008 season. The teams' performances were put under a specific formula (shown below) and then ranked. The two worst teams who have not been relegated by this season's aggregate table were relegated. In the case of Rangers, Provincial Osorno, and Santiago Morning, the following formula was used since they were not in the Primera División in the 2007 season: In both formulas, Pd is the relegation average; P2007 is the total points earned in the 2007 season; PAp-2008 is the points earned in this season's Apertura tournament; PCl-2008 is the points earned in this season's Clausura tournament. Pos Team Pdesc P2007 PAp 2008 PCl 2008 1 Universidad Católica70,3730,4021,6018,37 2 Audax Italiano70,1834,5820,4015,20 3 Colo-Colo69,7832,6816,2020,90 4 Universidad de Chile68,6726,6018,0024,07 5 O'Higgins62,5123,1821,6017,73 6 Huachipato58,0024,7016,2016,10 7 Santiago Morning57,440,0030,0027,44 8 Ñublense57,4122,0424,6010,77 9 Cobresal56,2224,3218,6013,30 10 Cobreloa55,9825,0813,8016,10 11 Rangers55,670,0024,0031,67 12 Palestino53,9218,6214,4019,90 13 Everton51,7514,8219,2017,73 14 La Serena50,9418,2415,6017,10 15 Unión Española47,3317,1014,4015,83 16 Universidad de Concepción45,6619,7612,6013,30 17 Antofagasta42,6317,8610,2014,57 18 Melipilla33,8720,906,006,97 19 Provincial Osorno26,560,0016,0010,56 Relegated by the Relegation TableAlready relegated by the Aggregate Table Relegation/promotion play-off The 15th & 16th place team in the aggregate table have to play two promotion/relegation matches the Segunda División runner-up (Puerto Montt) and the winner of the Segunda División Apertura/Clausura play-off (Coquimbo Unido). The winners will play in the Primera División the next season. Coquimbo Unido 1–5 Universidad de Concepción 0–2 1–3 Puerto Montt 4–5 Unión Española 1–2 3–3 See also Chilean Primera División List of 2008 Primera División de Chile transfers Category:Primera División de Chile seasons Chile 1