1978 Primera División de Chile

Campeonato Nacional 1978

Dates	4 March 1978 – 26 November 1978
Champions	Palestino (2nd title)
Relegated	Huachipato Rangers
1979 Copa Libertadores	Palestino O'Higgins
Matches played	306
Goals scored	846 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Oscar Fabbiani (35 goals)
Biggest home win	Palestino 7–0 Huachipato (9 July)
Highest attendance	57,153 Colo-Colo 1–0 Unión Española (21 May)
Total attendance	1,861,967
Average attendance	6,085
← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 Campeonato Nacional was Chilean first tier's 46th season. Palestino was the tournament's champion, winning its second title. ^{[1] [2]}

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Palestino	34	23	7	4	73	32	+41	53	Champions & qualified to 1979 Copa Libertadores
2	Cobreloa	34	22	5	7	69	37	+32	49	Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores
3	O'Higgins	34	17	8	9	64	39	+25	42
4	Unión Española	34	17	7	10	52	41	+11	41
5	Everton	34	14	12	8	55	40	+15	40
6	Colo-Colo	34	15	7	12	62	55	+7	37
7	Universidad de Chile	34	11	14	9	41	33	+8	36
8	Aviación	34	12	10	12	51	51	0	34
9	Universidad Católica	34	11	11	12	43	37	+6	33
10	Deportes Concepción	34	12	9	13	44	47	−3	33
11	Lota Schwager	34	9	15	10	33	42	−9	33
12	Audax Italiano	34	10	12	12	36	39	−3	32
13	Green Cross Temuco	34	10	12	12	52	57	−5	32
14	Santiago Morning	34	10	12	12	43	49	−6	32
15	Ñublense	34	10	10	14	34	49	−15	30	To promotion/relegation playoffs
16	Coquimbo Unido	34	8	8	18	38	56	−18	24
17	Huachipato	34	5	7	22	26	55	−29	17	Relegated to Segunda División
18	Rangers	34	5	4	25	27	84	−57	14

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Campeonato Nacional 1978 champions
Palestino 2nd title

Results

Home \ Away	AUD	AVI	CLO	COL	DCO	COQ	EVE	GCT	HUA	LOT	ÑUB	OHI	PAL	RAN	SMO	UCA	UCH	UES
Audax		0–1	0–1	2–4	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0
Aviación	1–0		1–2	1–2	4–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–3	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2
Cobreloa	2–1	3–0		4–2	2–0	4–2	2–1	4–2	3–1	3–0	1–2	0–0	3–2	5–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	2–3
Colo-Colo	0–2	2–1	2–2		2–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	6–2	3–4	1–3	3–0	1–3	0–0	3–2	1–0
Concepción	0–0	2–1	5–2	1–0		1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	5–1	0–2	1–1	1–3
Coquimbo	3–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–2		1–2	4–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–4	0–1	0–0	0–1
Everton	4–0	3–3	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–0		1–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–3	3–1	5–0	1–1	0–0	5–2
Green Cross T.	2–2	3–1	0–1	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–4		0–0	0–0	6–3	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–1
Huachipato	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–3	1–0	1–1	1–1		1–1	1–3	1–2	1–2	4–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–3
Lota S.	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–0		1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0 [lower-alpha 1]	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1
Ñublense	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–1		0–3	0–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–2
O'Higgins	0–1	2–4	2–1	4–2	2–1	4–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–1	4–0		1–0 [lower-alpha 2]	5–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–0
Palestino	2–0	3–1	3–2	2–0	4–2	1–2	4–1	1–0	7–0	2–2	2–1	1–1		6–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–0
Rangers	1–5	0–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–5	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2		1–3	0–1	0–1	2–5
S. Morning	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–5	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	4–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–4	1–2		1–0	0–0	1–3
U. Católica	2–0	4–2	0–5	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–3	2–0	3–0	2–3	2–1	2–3	6–0	1–1		1–1	2–3
U. de Chile	0–0	2–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–1		3–1
U. Española	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	2–0	5–2	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Game was awarded to Lota Schwager, but just a 1-0 win, as a result of Rangers fielding an amateur squad. The match originally ended 14-1.
2. Game was awarded to O'Higgins' 1-0 win as a result of Palestino fielding an ineligible player. The match originally ended 0-1.

Topscorer

Name	Team	Goals
Oscar Fabbiani	Palestino	35

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

Everton v O'Higgins

3 December 1978	Everton	1 – 0	O'Higgins	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Benzi 10'			Attendance: 16,724 Referee: J. Silvagno

Unión Española v Cobreloa

3 December 1978	Unión Española	2 – 1	Cobreloa	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Véliz 20' R. González 90'		70' Concha	Attendance: 16,724 Referee: R. Hormazábal

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O'Higgins v Cobreloa

7 December 1978	O'Higgins	2 – 1	Cobreloa	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Guajardo 29' Droguett 46'		35' (pen.) Yávar	Attendance: 12,402 Referee: G. Castro

Unión Española v Everton

7 December 1978	Unión Española	2 – 0	Everton	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Palacios 26' Las Heras 90'			Attendance: 12,402 Referee: M. Lira

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Everton v Cobreloa

10 December 1978	Everton	1 – 1	Cobreloa	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Ahumada 56'		46' Own-goal	Attendance: 14,999 Referee: A. Martínez

Unión Española v O'Higgins

10 December 1978	Unión Española	0 – 1	O'Higgins	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
			79' Vargas	Attendance: 14,999 Referee: N. Mondría

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Unión Española	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	4	Qualified to Liguilla play-off match
2	O'Higgins	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	4
3	Everton	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	3
4	Cobreloa	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Liguilla play-off match

Unión Española v O'Higgins

12 December 1978	Unión Española	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	O'Higgins	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Escobar 68' Miranda 98'		24' Serrano 119' Vargas	Attendance: 20,542 Referee: Mario Lira

O'Higgins qualified to 1979 Copa Libertadores due to its better League position

Promotion/relegation Liguilla

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coquimbo Unido	3	2	1	0	9	6	+3	5
2	Ñublense	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	4
3	Deportes Ovalle	3	0	2	1	6	8	−2	2
4	Magallanes	3	0	1	2	5	8	−3	1

Source: rsssf.com

* There was no promotion or relegation.

References

1. "El homenaje de Palestino al plantel campeón de 1978". Canal del Fútbol. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
2. "El homenaje de Palestino a los campeones 1978 en su nueva camiseta". Canal del Fútbol. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

External links

• ANFP (in Spanish)
• RSSSF Chile 1978