2020 Chilean Primera División


The 2020 Chilean Primera División, known as Campeonato Nacional AFP PlanVital 2020 for sponsorship reasons, is the 90th season of the Chilean Primera División, Chile's top-flight football league. The season started on 24 January 2020. Universidad Católica are the defending champions, having won the previous tournament.
On 16 March 2020, the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional announced the suspension of the Campeonato Nacional as well as the rest of its tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, starting from 18 March 2020.
On 8 June, ANFP's Council of Presidents decided to resume the league on 31 July with matches to be played behind closed doors and clubs having at least four weeks of training sessions, pending approval from the Chilean government. However, this original date had to be pushed back as clubs were only given approval to resume training sessions starting from 16 July, with the ANFP considering the weekend of 8 August as a new tentative date of resumption, following three weeks of training sessions.

Format changes

For this season, and given that the previous season was declared as concluded with no relegations to the Primera B, ANFP approved an expansion of the first tier to 18 teams, with two teams promoted from the second tier joining the 16 teams that competed in the top flight in 2019. The 18 teams will play each other twice for a total of 34 matches. Qualification for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana will be awarded to the top seven teams at the end of the season, as well as the Copa Chile champions who will qualify for the Copa Libertadores.
Since there were no relegated teams in the previous season, in this season three teams will be relegated to the second tier: the last-placed team in the standings of the 2020 season, the last-placed team in a relegation table which will be elaborated considering the performance in both the 2019 and 2020 seasons, and the losers of a play-off between the teams placed second-to-last of both tables.

Teams

Eighteen teams will take part in the league in this season: the sixteen teams from the previous season, plus the 2019 Primera B champions Santiago Wanderers and Deportes La Serena, winners of the Primera B promotion play-offs.

Stadia and locations

TeamCityStadiumCapacity
Audax ItalianoSantiago
Santiago
Santiago
Bicentenario de La Florida
Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
Municipal de La Pintana
12,000
48,665
5,000
CobresalEl SalvadorEl Cobre12,000
Colo-ColoSantiago Monumental David Arellano47,347
Coquimbo UnidoCoquimboFrancisco Sánchez Rumoroso18,750
Curicó UnidoCuricóLa Granja8,278
Deportes AntofagastaAntofagastaCalvo y Bascuñán21,178
Deportes IquiqueIquiqueTierra de Campeones13,171
Deportes La SerenaLa SerenaLa Portada18,243
EvertonViña del MarSausalito22,360
HuachipatoTalcahuanoHuachipato-CAP Acero10,500
O'HigginsRancaguaEl Teniente13,849
PalestinoSantiago
Santiago
Municipal de La Cisterna
Municipal de La Pintana
8,000
5,000
Santiago WanderersValparaísoElías Figueroa Brander20,575
Unión EspañolaSantiago Santa Laura-Universidad SEK19,000
Unión La CaleraLa CaleraNicolás Chahuán Nazar9,200
Universidad CatólicaSantiago San Carlos de Apoquindo14,118
Universidad de ChileSantiago Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos48,665
Universidad de ConcepciónConcepciónAlcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo30,448

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
O'Higgins Marco Antonio FigueroaEnd of contract1 December 2019Pre-season Patricio Graff11 December 2019
Curicó Unido Hugo VilchesSacked3 December 2019Pre-season Nicolás Larcamón5 December 2019
Universidad Católica Gustavo QuinterosSigned by Tijuana4 December 2019Pre-season Ariel Holan12 December 2019
Unión La Calera Walter CoyetteResigned5 December 2019Pre-season Juan Pablo Vojvoda29 December 2019
Universidad de Concepción Francisco BozánEnd of contract10 December 2019Pre-season Eduardo Acevedo28 December 2019
Coquimbo Unido Patricio GraffSigned by O'Higgins11 December 2018Pre-season Germán Corengia18 December 2019
Audax Italiano Juan José RiberaMutual consent12 December 2019Pre-season Francisco Meneghini16 December 2019
Colo-Colo Mario SalasSacked25 February 202014th Gualberto Jara 25 February 2020
Deportes Antofagasta Juan Manuel AzconzábalSigned by Unión de Santa Fe30 June 20205th Héctor Almandoz18 July 2020

Standings

Results

Top goalscorers

RankNameClubGoals
1 Roberto GutiérrezO'Higgins5
1 Joaquín LarriveyUniversidad de Chile5
1 Cecilio WatermanUniversidad de Concepción5
1 Fernando ZampedriUniversidad Católica5
5 Pablo AránguizUniversidad de Chile4
5 Luciano AuedUniversidad Católica4
5 Eduard BelloDeportes Antofagasta4
5 Misael DávilaUnión Española4
5 Álvaro RamosDeportes Iquique4
5 Leonardo ValenciaColo-Colo4

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Relegation

Weighted table

For this season, a weighted table will be elaborated by computing an average of the points earned per game over this season and the previous one, with the average of points earned in the 2019 season weighted by 60% and the average of points earned in the 2020 season weighted by 40%. Promoted teams will only have their points in the 2020 season averaged, without weighting. The team placed last in this table at the end of the season will be relegated, while the team placed second-to-last will qualify for the relegation play-off.

Team
Relegation
1Universidad Católica5324197'-
2Unión La Calera3725167'-
3Palestino3824127'-
4Curicó Unido2624167'-
5Audax Italiano3424117'-
6Huachipato3424117'-
7Unión Española3425117'-
8Colo-Colo402477'-
9Universidad de Chile2424147'-
10Deportes Antofagasta2724127'-
11Cobresal342598'-
12Everton2924108'-
13Coquimbo Unido342446'-
14O'Higgins342447'-
15Deportes Iquique252588'-
16232458'-
17Santiago Wanderers47'
18Deportes La Serena48'Relegation to Primera B

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