Campeonato de Apertura (Chile)

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Campeonato de Apertura
Founded1933
Abolished1950
RegionSouth America
Related competitions Copa Chile
Most championships Colo-Colo,Santiago Morning

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.

Contents

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.YearChampionScoresRunner-upTrophy
1
1933 Colo-Colo 21 Unión Española Copa Cesar Seoane
2
1934Santiago42 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

ClubTitlesRunners-upSeasons wonSeasons runner-up
Colo-Colo 311933, 1938, 19401934
Santiago Morning 31944, 1949, 1950
Audax Italiano 1419411937, 1938, 1944, 1950
Magallanes 1119371941
Unión Española 1119471933
Santiago National 11942
Santiago11934
Badminton 11942
Iberia 11947
Santiago Wanderers 11949
Universidad de Chile 11940

Torneo de Consuelo del Campeonato de Apertura de Chile

Finals

Ed.YearChampionScoresRunner-upTrophy
1
1933 Santiago Badminton 42Morning StarTrofeo Compañía Chilena de Electricidad
2
1934 Universidad Católica 32 Badminton

Notes and references

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