2005 Primera División of Chile

The 2005 Primera División de Chile season was both 77th and 78th season of top-flight football in Chile.

Torneo Apertura

Torneo Apertura
Season	2005
Champions	Unión Española 7th title
2005 Copa Sudamericana	Universidad Católica Universidad de Chile
Matches played	215
Goals scored	604 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joel Estay Álvaro Sarabia Héctor Mancilla (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Cobreloa 5–0 Coquimbo Unido (13 May)
Biggest away win	La Serena 3–7 Colo-Colo (19 February)
Highest attendance	58,000 Universidad de Chile 1–1 Colo-Colo (10 April)
← 2004–C 2005–C →

The 2005 Torneo Apertura was the season's first tournament. Cobreloa was the defending champions.^[1]

Qualification stage

Group standings

Group A
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colo-Colo	19	9	5	5	34	24	+10	32	Qualify to the playoffs
2	Huachipato	19	10	1	8	31	28	+3	31	Qualify to the playoffs
3	Unión San Felipe	19	5	3	11	16	26	−10	18
4	Deportes Melipilla	19	4	5	10	14	30	−16	17
5	Audax Italiano	19	3	7	9	22	32	−10	16

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cobreloa	19	10	3	6	35	29	+6	33	Qualify to the playoffs
2	Coquimbo Unido	19	9	2	8	29	27	+2	29	Qualify to the repechaje
3	Deportes La Serena	19	7	5	7	28	35	−7	26
4	Santiago Wanderers	19	7	2	10	28	30	−2	23
5	Deportes Puerto Montt	19	5	3	11	30	36	−6	18

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group C
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Unión Española	19	7	5	7	32	31	+1	26	Qualify to the playoffs
2	Deportes Concepción	19	6	7	6	20	21	−1	25	Qualify to the repechaje
3	Universidad de Concepción	19	6	4	9	23	31	−8	22
4	CD Palestino	19	5	3	11	30	36	−6	18
5	Deportes Temuco	19	3	8	8	24	31	−7	17

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group D
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad Católica	19	14	2	3	39	13	+26	44	Qualify to the playoffs
2	Universidad de Chile	19	12	3	4	36	19	+17	39	Qualify to the playoffs
3	Cobresal	19	9	5	5	32	25	+7	32	Qualify to the repechaje
4	Everton	19	8	6	5	32	27	+5	30	Qualify to the repechaje
5	Rangers	19	7	7	5	24	23	+1	28

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Aggregate table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad Católica	19	14	2	3	39	13	+26	44	Playoffs
2	Universidad de Chile	19	12	3	4	36	19	+17	39
3	Cobreloa	19	10	3	6	35	29	+6	33
4	Colo-Colo	19	9	5	5	34	24	+10	32
5	Cobresal	19	9	5	5	32	25	+7	32	Repechaje
6	Huachipato	19	10	1	8	31	28	+3	31	Playoffs
7	Everton	19	8	6	5	32	27	+5	30	Repechaje
8	Coquimbo Unido	19	9	2	8	29	27	+2	29	Repechaje
9	Rangers	19	7	7	5	24	23	+1	28
10	Unión Española	19	7	5	7	32	31	+1	26	Playoffs
11	Deportes La Serena	19	7	5	7	28	35	−7	26
12	Deportes Concepción	19	6	7	6	20	21	−1	25	Repechaje
13	Santiago Wanderers	19	7	2	10	28	30	−2	23
14	Universidad de Concepción	19	6	4	9	23	31	−8	22
15	Palestino	19	6	3	10	21	28	−7	21
16	Deportes Puerto Montt	19	5	3	11	30	36	−6	18
17	Unión San Felipe	19	5	3	11	16	26	−10	18
18	Deportes Temuco	19	3	8	8	24	31	−7	17
19	Deportes Melipilla	19	4	5	10	14	30	−16	17
20	Audax Italiano	19	3	7	9	22	32	−10	16

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Repechaje

Match	Home	Visitor	Result
1	Coquimbo Unido	Everton	2–1
2	Deportes Concepción	Cobresal	4–3

Playoffs

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Universidad Católica	2	4	6

12	Deportes Concepción	1	1	2
					1	Universidad Católica	0	1	1 (9)

					10	Unión Española (p)	0	1	1 (10)
2	Universidad de Chile	2	0	2 (2)

10	Unión Española (p)	1	1	2 (3)
										10	Unión Española	1	3	4

										8	Coquimbo Unido	0	2	2
3	Cobreloa	0	1	1

8	Coquimbo Unido	1	1	2
					8	Coquimbo Unido	2	1	3

					6	Huachipato	1	1	2
4	Colo-Colo	0	0	0

6	Huachipato	4	1	5

Finals

First leg

3 July 2005

17:10 (UTC-4)

Unión Española	1 – 0	Coquimbo Unido
Neira 76'

Estadio Santa Laura, Santiago

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: P. Pozo

9 July 2005

19:10 (UTC-4)

Coquimbo Unido	2 – 3	Unión Española
Robles 13', 62'		43' Neira 52' Ribera 88' (pen.) Sierra

Estadio Francisco Sánchez, Coquimbo

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: R. Selman

2005 Campeonato Nacional Apertura winners
Unión Española 7th title

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Joel Estay	Everton	13
	Álvaro Sarabia	Deportes Puerto Montt
	Héctor Mancilla	Huachipato
4	José Luis Villanueva	Universidad Católica	12
5	Marcelo Corrales	Coquimbo Unido	11
6	Manuel Neira	Unión Española	10
6	Marco Olea	Universidad de Chile	10

Torneo Clausura

Torneo Clausura
Season	2005
Champions	Universidad Católica 9th title
2006 Copa Libertadores	Universidad Católica Colo-Colo
Matches played	215
Goals scored	561 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Patricio Galaz (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Audax Italiano 6–0 Concepción (31 July)
Biggest away win	Audax Italiano 4–5 Unión Española (20 November)
Highest attendance	60,000 Universidad Católica 2–1 Universidad de Chile (22 December)
← 2005–A 2006–A →

The 2005 Torneo Clausura was the season's second tournament. Unión Española was the defending champion after beating Coquimbo Unido in the Torneo Apertura final.^[2]

Qualification stage

Group standings

Group A
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad Católica	19	15	4	0	33	3	+30	49	Qualify to the playoffs
2	Huachipato	19	10	4	5	31	20	+11	34	Qualify to the playoffs
3	Deportes Concepción	19	9	6	4	28	24	+4	33	Qualify to the repechaje
4	Unión San Felipe	19	6	5	8	24	33	−9	23
5	Deportes Puerto Montt	19	5	3	11	17	31	−14	18

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad de Chile	19	11	5	3	34	24	+10	38	Qualify to the playoffs
2	Deportes La Serena	19	6	6	7	24	24	0	24	Qualify to the playoffs
3	Everton	19	5	8	6	23	22	+1	23
4	Santiago Wanderers	19	6	5	8	17	23	−6	23
5	Deportes Temuco	19	6	1	12	17	39	−22	19

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group C
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cobresal	19	8	4	7	30	24	+6	28	Qualify to the playoffs
2	Cobreloa	19	6	5	8	23	21	+2	23	Qualify to the repechaje
3	Palestino	19	5	8	6	23	22	+1	23
4	Audax Italiano	19	4	6	9	24	32	−8	18
5	Santiago Morning	18	4	5	9	22	32	−10	17

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group D
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colo-Colo	19	13	5	1	47	17	+30	44	Qualify to the playoffs
2	Universidad de Concepción	19	8	3	8	27	28	−1	27	Qualify to the playoffs
3	Unión Española	19	6	6	7	30	34	−4	24
4	Deportes Melipilla	19	6	2	11	17	23	−6	20
5	Rangers	19	4	6	9	24	32	−8	18

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Aggregate table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad Católica	19	15	4	0	33	3	+30	49	Playoffs
2	Colo-Colo	19	13	5	1	47	17	+30	44
3	Universidad de Chile	19	11	5	3	34	24	+10	38
4	Huachipato	19	10	4	5	31	20	+11	34
5	Deportes Concepción	19	9	6	4	28	24	+4	33	Repechaje
6	Cobresal	19	8	4	7	30	24	+6	28	Playoffs
7	Universidad de Concepción	19	8	3	8	27	28	−1	27
8	Deportes La Serena	19	6	6	7	24	24	0	24
9	Unión Española	19	6	6	7	30	34	−4	24
10	Cobreloa	19	6	5	8	23	21	+2	23	Repechaje
11	Palestino	19	5	8	6	23	22	+1	23
12	Everton	19	5	8	6	23	22	+1	23
13	Santiago Wanderers	19	6	5	8	17	23	−6	23
14	Unión San Felipe	19	6	5	8	24	33	−9	23
15	Deportes Melipilla	19	6	2	11	17	23	−6	20
16	Deportes Temuco	19	6	1	12	17	39	−22	19
17	Audax Italiano	19	4	6	9	24	32	−8	18
18	Rangers	19	4	6	9	24	32	−8	18
19	Deportes Puerto Montt	19	5	3	11	17	31	−14	18
20	Coquimbo Unido	19	3	6	10	18	30	−12	15

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Repechaje

Match	Home	Visitor	Result
1	Cobreloa	Deportes Concepción	5–0

Playoffs

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Universidad Católica	1	2	3

10	Cobreloa	1	1	2
					1	Universidad Católica	3	1	4

					8	Deportes La Serena	3	0	3
2	Colo-Colo	1	3	4 (1)

8	Deportes La Serena (p)	1	3	4 (4)
										1	Universidad Católica (p)	1	1	2 (5)

										2	Universidad de Chile	0	2	2 (4)
3	Universidad de Chile	2	0	2

7	U. de Concepción	1	0	1
					3	Universidad de Chile	1	4	5

					6	Cobresal	2	2	4
4	Huachipato	1	1	2

6	Cobresal	2	1	3

Finals

18 December 2005

Universidad de Chile	0 – 1	Universidad Católica
		70' Rubio

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: P. Pozo

22 December 2005

Universidad Católica	1 – 2	Universidad de Chile
Osorio 5'		52' Salas 73' Rivarola
Penalties
Conca Arrué L. Quinteros Fuenzalida J. Quinteros	5–4	Salas Valencia Ponce Droguett Rivarola

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 54,635

Referee: R. Selman

2005 Clausura winners
Universidad Católica 9th title

Season table

Pos	Team	2003 Pts	2004 Pts	2005 Pts	Total Pts	Total Pld	Avg	Qualification / Relegation
1	Colo-Colo	55	65	76	196	108	1.815	2006 Copa Libertadores First Stage
2	Universidad Católica	44	51	93	188	108	1.741
3	Universidad de Chile	43	57	77	177	108	1.639
4	Deportes Concepción	0	0	61	61	38	1.605
5	Cobreloa	53	62	56	171	108	1.583
6	Universidad de Concepción	56	60	46	162	108	1.5
7	Huachipato	41	47	65	153	108	1.417
8	Unión Española	49	49	50	148	108	1.37
9	Santiago Wanderers	46	50	46	142	108	1.315
10	Cobresal	43	34	60	137	108	1.269
11	Everton	0	43	53	96	76	1.263
12	Audax Italiano	43	47	34	124	108	1.148
13	Deportes La Serena	0	34	50	84	76	1.105
14	Palestino	43	35	41	119	108	1.102
15	Rangers	39	33	46	118	108	1.093
16	Coquimbo Unido	17	47	45	108	108	1
17	Deportes Puerto Montt	40	37	36	113	108	1.046	Relegation/promotion matches
18	Deportes Melipilla	0	0	37	37	40	0.925	Relegation/promotion matches
19	Deportes Temuco	28	37	30	94	108	0.88	Relegated to the Primera B
20	Unión San Felipe	22	32	41	95	108	0.88	Relegated to the Primera B

Promotion playoffs

O'Higgins reached its promotion to Primera División after beating Deportes Melipilla 4–3 in the aggregate result, in this way Rancagua–based side broke a five-year absence in top level.^[3] Whilst Deportes Puerto Montt remained in the top level after beating Provincial Osorno on penalties.^[4]

26 November 2005	Provincial Osorno	0 – 1	Deportes Puerto Montt	Estadio Parque Schott, Osorno
			26' Martínez	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: E. Osses

26 November 2005	O'Higgins	1 – 0	Deportes Melipilla	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
	Núñez 24' (pen.)			Referee: C. Chandía

30 November 2005	Deportes Puerto Montt	1 – 2 (5 – 3 p)	Provincial Osorno	Estadio Chinquihue, Puerto Montt
	Laffatigue 1'		27' Mina 71' Jara	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: R. Selman

3 December 2005	Deportes Melipilla	3 – 3	O'Higgins	Estadio Roberto Bravo, Melipilla
	Monegat 61' J. García 89' Barrera 90+1'		27' (pen.), 65' Flores 83' Lucero	Referee: R. Selman

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	César Díaz	Cobresal	13
	Gonzalo Fierro	Colo-Colo
	Cristian Montecinos	Deportes Concepción
4	Felipe Flores Quijada	Deportes La Serena	11
	Francis Ferrero	Unión San Felipe
	Humberto Suazo	Audax Italiano