The format for 2009 remains largely the same as 2008, except for the advancement to the Playoff Stages. Groups will no longer be used to determine who advance to the next stage. Instead, the top-eight teams in Classification Stage will advance.
International qualification changesedit
Qualification to the Copa Libertadores remains the same, as well as qualification to the Chile 1 spot in the Copa Sudamericana. The Chile 2 spot will be contested between the second-best team in the first stage and the 2008-09 Copa Chile winner. The winner of the single match will qualify to the 2009 Copa Sudamericana.
The Torneo Apertura, officially the Campeonato Nacional de Apertura de Primera División de Fútbol Profesional (English: Apertura National Championship of the First Division of Professional Football), was the first tournament of the season. It began on January 31 and ended on June 28.
The Torneo Clasura, officially the Campeonato Nacional de Clausura de Primera División de Fútbol Profesional (English: Clausura National Championship of the First Division of Professional Football), was the second tournament of the season. It began on July 12 and was ended on December 16.
Updated as of games played on December 9, 2009. Source:
Relegationedit
Relegation for this season will be determined by an aggregate table of the Classification Stages of both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The teams that finish 17th and 18th will be automatically relegated to the Primera B for the next season. The teams that finish 15th and 16th will play a relegation/promotion playoff against two teams from the 2009 Primera B season.
Updated to match(es) played on November 8, 2009. Source: RSSSF Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals Notes:
^Curicó Unido was docked three points because they had more foreign players than allowed by the rules in a game against Universidad de Concepción.[2]
^Rangers was docked three points for using six foreign players in a game against Cobreloa.[3]
Relegation/promotion playoffedit
By finishing 15th in the relegation table, Palestino was pitted against the San Marcos de Arica, the 2nd best team in the 2009 Primera B General Table. Curicó Unido, by finishing 16th in the relegation table, played against San Luis, the loser of the 2009 Primera B championship playoff. The team who obtains the most point after two legs will stay or be promoted to the Primera División. Should there be a tie on points, it will be settled as follows: 1) overall goal difference; 2) most away goal; 3) extra time of two 15-minute halves; 4) penalty shootout according to the Laws of the Game. The Primera División (Team #1) played the second leg at home.
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The 2009 Primera Division del Futbol Profesional Chileno season was the 78th season of top flight football in Chile The season was composed of two championships the Torneo Apertura amp Torneo Clasura Primera DivisionSeason2009ChampionsApertura Universidad de ChileClausura Colo ColoRelegatedCurico UnidoRangersMunicipal IquiqueCopa LibertadoresUniversidad de ChileColo ColoUniversidad CatolicaCopa SudamericanaUnion EspanolaUniversidad de ChileMatches played334Goals scored971 2 91 per match Top goalscorerApertura Esteban Paredes 17 goals Clausura Diego Rivarola 13 goals Season Esteban Paredes 25 goals 20082010 Contents 1 Format changes 1 1 International qualification changes 2 Team information 3 Torneo Apertura 3 1 Classification stage 3 1 1 Standings 3 1 2 Results 3 2 Playoff stage 3 3 Top goalscorers 3 4 Copa Sudamericana playoff 4 Torneo Clausura 4 1 Classification Stage 4 1 1 Standings 4 1 2 Results 4 2 Playoff stage 4 3 Top goalscorers 5 Relegation 5 1 Relegation promotion playoff 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksFormat changes editThe format for 2009 remains largely the same as 2008 except for the advancement to the Playoff Stages Groups will no longer be used to determine who advance to the next stage Instead the top eight teams in Classification Stage will advance International qualification changes edit Qualification to the Copa Libertadores remains the same as well as qualification to the Chile 1 spot in the Copa Sudamericana The Chile 2 spot will be contested between the second best team in the first stage and the 2008 09 Copa Chile winner The winner of the single match will qualify to the 2009 Copa Sudamericana Team information editThe number of teams were reduced starting with this season from 20 to 18 Antofagasta Osorno Melipilla and Deportes Concepcion were relegated last season to the Primera B They were replaced by Municipal Iquique and Curico Unido nbsp nbsp Cobreloa nbsp Cobresal nbsp Curico Unido nbsp Everton nbsp Huachipato nbsp La Serena nbsp Municipal Iquique nbsp Nublense nbsp O Higgins nbsp Rangers nbsp Universidad de Concepcion nbsp SantiagoSantiago teams Audax ItalianoColo ColoPalestinoSantiago MorningUnion EspanolaUniversidad CatolicaUniversidad de Chileclass notpageimage Locations of the 2009 Primera Division teams Team Current manager City Stadium Audax Italiano nbsp Pablo Marini Santiago Municipal de La Florida Cobreloa nbsp Raul Toro Calama Municipal de Calama Cobresal nbsp Jose Cantillana El Salvador El Cobre Colo Colo nbsp Hugo Tocalli Santiago Monumental Curico Unido nbsp Luis Marcoleta Curico La Granja Everton nbsp nbsp Nelson Acosta Vina del Mar Sausalito Huachipato nbsp Pedro Garcia Talcahuano CAP La Serena nbsp Victor Hugo Castaneda La Serena La Portada Municipal Iquique nbsp Gustavo Huerta Iquique Tierra de Campeones Nublense nbsp Ricardo Toro Chillan Municipal Nelson Oyarzun Arenas O Higgins nbsp Gerardo Silva Rancagua El Teniente Palestino nbsp Jorge Aravena Santiago Municipal de La Cisterna Rangers nbsp Oscar del Solar Talca Fiscal de Talca Santiago Morning nbsp Juan Antonio Pizzi Santiago Municipal de La Pintana Union Espanola nbsp Ruben Israel Santiago Santa Laura Universidad Catolica nbsp Marco Antonio Figueroa Santiago San Carlos de Apoquindo Universidad de Chile nbsp Jose Basualdo Santiago Nacional Universidad de Concepcion nbsp Jorge Pellicer Concepcion Municipal de ConcepcionTorneo Apertura editMain article 2009 Torneo Apertura Chile The Torneo Apertura officially the Campeonato Nacional de Apertura de Primera Division de Futbol Profesional English Apertura National Championship of the First Division of Professional Football was the first tournament of the season It began on January 31 and ended on June 28 Classification stage edit Standings edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Union Espanola 17 12 2 3 38 17 21 38 2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage 2 Universidad de Chile 17 9 4 4 33 21 12 31 2009 Copa Sudamericana playoffs 3 Everton 17 7 7 3 24 17 7 28 Playoffs 4 Santiago Morning 17 8 3 6 41 29 12 27 5 Universidad Catolica 17 8 3 6 26 18 8 27 6 Municipal Iquique 17 7 5 5 27 23 4 26 7 Audax Italiano 17 7 4 6 25 20 5 25 8 O Higgins 17 7 4 6 25 26 1 25 9 Huachipato 17 7 4 6 26 29 3 25 10 Cobreloa 17 7 3 7 24 25 1 24 11 Universidad de Concepcion 17 6 5 6 24 25 1 23 12 Nublense 17 5 5 7 16 23 7 20 13 Colo Colo 17 5 4 8 28 28 0 19 14 Curico Unido 17 5 4 8 24 28 4 19 15 Cobresal 17 4 7 6 23 34 11 19 16 Palestino 17 5 2 10 18 37 19 17 17 Rangers 17 3 5 9 20 28 8 14 18 Deportes La Serena 17 3 5 9 19 32 13 14Updated to match es played on May 21 2009 Source RSSSFRules for classification 1st points 2nd wins 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored 5th away goals Results edit Home Away AUD CLA CSL COL CUR EVE HUA SER MIQ NUB O HI PAL RAN SAM UES UCA UCH UCO Audax Italiano 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 Cobreloa 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 4 0 2 1 2 0 Cobresal 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 5 1 1 1 3 3 2 Colo Colo 5 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 4 2 0 1 2 0 Curico Unido 1 4 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 3 0 1 Everton 1 1 3 2 5 1 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 3 0 1 1 1 Huachipato 3 2 0 0 3 1 3 1 3 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 La Serena 0 3 1 3 3 1 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 4 0 3 1 2 Municipal Iquique 3 3 1 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 1 1 2 2 0 4 1 1 Nublense 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 O Higgins 1 2 1 1 5 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 Palestino 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 2 1 0 4 2 Rangers 0 1 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 4 Santiago Morning 2 0 3 3 0 1 5 0 5 1 2 1 1 3 0 1 5 4 Union Espanola 5 2 4 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 Universidad Catolica 0 2 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 Universidad de Chile 4 1 1 3 1 3 3 2 0 0 3 0 2 2 3 0 1 3 Universidad de Concepcion 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 Updated to match es played on May 21 2009 Source RSSSFLegend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Playoff stage edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal 1Union Espanola1678O Higgins1121Union Espanola000 4 5Universidad Catolica000 2 4Santiago Morning0115Universidad Catolica4481Union Espanola1012Universidad de Chile1123Everton2246Municipal Iquique2133Everton1122Universidad de Chile0332Universidad de Chile4267Audax Italiano145 Updated as of games played on July 7 2009 Primera Division2009 Apertura champion nbsp Universidad de Chile13th title Universidad de Chile qualified to the 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage Top goalscorers edit Pos Player Club Goals 1 nbsp Esteban Paredes Santiago Morning 17 2 nbsp Gustavo Canales Union Espanola 13 nbsp Ruben Gigena Audax Italiano 13 4 nbsp Lucas Barrios Colo Colo 11 nbsp Juan Manuel Olivera Universidad de Chile 11 6 nbsp Mario Aravena Union Espanola 10 7 nbsp Milovan Mirosevic Universidad Catolica 9 nbsp Leonardo Monje Huachipato 9 nbsp Diego Rivarola Santiago Morning 9 nbsp Samuel Teuber O Higgins 9 nbsp Gabriel Vargas Universidad de Concepcion 9 Copa Sudamericana playoff edit The second best team of the Classification Stage Universidad de Chile played a match at Estadio Municipal Francisco Sanchez Rumoroso in the city of Coquimbo against the 2008 Copa Chile champions Universidad de Concepcion for the Chile 2 spot in the 2009 Copa Sudamericana July 16 200922 00 UTC 4Universidad de Concepcion1 3Universidad de ChileVargas nbsp 31 Report Olivera nbsp 34 59 A Rojas nbsp 90 1 Estadio Municipal Francisco Sanchez Rumoroso CoquimboAttendance 10 000Referee Claudio Puga Universidad de Chile classified to the Chile 2 berth for the 2009 Copa Sudamericana First Stage Torneo Clausura editMain article 2009 Torneo Clausura Chile The Torneo Clasura officially the Campeonato Nacional de Clausura de Primera Division de Futbol Profesional English Clausura National Championship of the First Division of Professional Football was the second tournament of the season It began on July 12 and was ended on December 16 Classification Stage edit Standings edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Universidad Catolica 17 11 5 1 43 13 30 38 Playoffs and the 2010 Copa Libertadores First Stage 2 Deportes La Serena 17 11 0 6 31 19 12 33 Playoffs 3 Audax Italiano 17 9 5 3 26 22 4 32 4 Colo Colo 17 8 4 5 28 19 9 28 5 Universidad de Concepcion 17 8 3 6 23 23 0 27 6 Santiago Morning 17 8 2 7 22 25 3 26 7 Union Espanola 17 7 4 6 30 30 0 25 8 Everton 17 7 4 6 19 20 1 25 9 Rangers 17 7 3 7 26 27 1 21 a 10 Universidad de Chile 17 5 6 6 23 25 2 21 11 Cobresal 17 5 5 7 18 17 1 20 12 Palestino 17 5 5 7 16 20 4 20 13 Cobreloa 17 6 1 10 21 22 1 19 14 Nublense 17 5 4 8 15 21 6 19 15 O Higgins 17 4 7 6 17 23 6 19 16 Huachipato 17 5 2 10 21 29 8 17 17 Curico Unido 17 4 8 5 16 25 9 17 b 18 Municipal Iquique 17 1 6 10 21 36 15 9Updated to match es played on November 8 2009 Source RSSSFRules for classification 1st points 2nd wins 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored 5th away goalsNotes Rangers was docked three points for using six foreign players during a game against Cobreloa Curico Unido was docked three points because they had more foreign players than allowed by the rules in a game against Universidad de Concepcion 1 Results edit Home Away AUD CLA CSL COL CUR EVE HUA SER MIQ NUB O HI PAL RAN SAM UES UCA UCH UCO Audax Italiano 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 4 2 1 Cobreloa 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 3 Cobresal 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 3 0 Colo Colo 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 Curico Unido 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 Everton 1 2 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 Huachipato 2 2 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 2 0 D La Serena 4 2 4 2 3 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 Municipal Iquique 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 3 4 0 2 Nublense 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 O Higgins 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 Palestino 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 Rangers 0 0 0 2 5 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 Santiago Morning 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 Union Espanola 2 4 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 4 3 3 0 1 4 3 Universidad Catolica 2 1 7 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 3 0 4 1 Universidad de Chile 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 2 1 2 3 1 1 Universidad de Concepcion 1 0 1 3 3 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 Updated to match es played on November 8 2009 Source RSSSFLegend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Playoff stage edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals 1Universidad Catolica2028Everton0001Universidad Catolica3586Santiago Morning0333Audax Italiano2246Santiago Morning4151Universidad Catolica2244Colo Colo2464Colo Colo2465Universidad de Concepcion1344Colo Colo1342Deportes La Serena0002Deportes La Serena1237Union Espanola112 As of December 2009 Primera Division2009 Clausura champion nbsp Colo Colo29th title Colo Colo qualified to the 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage Top goalscorers edit Pos Name Club Goals 1 nbsp Diego Rivarola Santiago Morning 13 2 nbsp Rodrigo Toloza Universidad Catolica 12 3 nbsp Ezequiel Miralles Colo Colo 11 4 nbsp Cristian Canio Audax Italiano 10 nbsp Javier Elizondo Deportes La Serena 10 nbsp Roberto Gutierrez Universidad Catolica 10 Updated as of games played on December 9 2009 Source Relegation editRelegation for this season will be determined by an aggregate table of the Classification Stages of both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments The teams that finish 17th and 18th will be automatically relegated to the Primera B for the next season The teams that finish 15th and 16th will play a relegation promotion playoff against two teams from the 2009 Primera B season Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Universidad Catolica 34 19 8 7 69 31 38 65 2 Union Espanola 34 19 5 10 68 47 21 62 3 Audax Italiano 34 16 9 9 51 42 9 57 4 Santiago Morning 34 16 5 13 63 54 9 53 5 Everton 34 14 11 9 43 37 6 53 6 Universidad de Chile 34 14 10 10 56 46 10 52 7 Universidad de Concepcion 34 14 8 12 47 48 1 50 8 Deportes La Serena 34 14 5 15 50 51 1 47 9 Colo Colo 34 13 8 13 56 47 9 47 10 O Higgins 34 11 11 12 42 49 7 44 11 Cobreloa 34 13 4 17 45 47 2 43 12 Huachipato 34 12 6 16 47 58 11 42 13 Nublense 34 10 9 15 31 44 13 39 14 Cobresal 34 9 12 13 41 51 10 39 15 Palestino 34 10 7 17 34 57 23 37 Relegation Promotion Playoff 16 Curico Unido 34 9 12 13 39 53 14 36 a 17 Rangers 34 10 8 16 46 55 9 35 b Relegation to Primera B 18 Municipal Iquique 34 8 11 15 48 59 11 35Updated to match es played on November 8 2009 Source RSSSFRules for classification 1st points 2nd wins 3rd goal difference 4th goals scored 5th away goalsNotes Curico Unido was docked three points because they had more foreign players than allowed by the rules in a game against Universidad de Concepcion 2 Rangers was docked three points for using six foreign players in a game against Cobreloa 3 Relegation promotion playoff edit By finishing 15th in the relegation table Palestino was pitted against the San Marcos de Arica the 2nd best team in the 2009 Primera B General Table Curico Unido by finishing 16th in the relegation table played against San Luis the loser of the 2009 Primera B championship playoff The team who obtains the most point after two legs will stay or be promoted to the Primera Division Should there be a tie on points it will be settled as follows 1 overall goal difference 2 most away goal 3 extra time of two 15 minute halves 4 penalty shootout according to the Laws of the Game The Primera Division Team 1 played the second leg at home Team 1 Points earned Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Palestino 3 3 4 2 p San Marcos de Arica 2 0 0 2 Curico Unido 3 3 2 4 gd San Luis 2 1 0 3See also edit2009 in Chilean football 2009 Copa Chile List of 2009 Primera Division de Chile transfersReferences edit http diario elmercurio cl 2009 11 07 deportes futbol noticias f5d0d2eb a07c 4267 9af5 6f8cdf2b9331 htm dead link http diario elmercurio cl 2009 11 07 deportes futbol noticias f5d0d2eb a07c 4267 9af5 6f8cdf2b9331 htm dead link http soccernet espn go com news story id 697935 amp sec global amp cc 5901 dead link External links editANFP in Spanish Season regulations in Spanish 2009 season on RSSSF Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2009 Primera Division of Chile amp oldid 1215208344 Torneo Clausura, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,