2012 Torneo Apertura (Chile)

Campeonato Nacional Apertura Petrobras

Season	2012
Dates	27 January – 2 July 2012
Champions	Universidad de Chile 15th title
2012 Copa Sudamericana	O'Higgins Deportes Iquique
Matches played	167
Goals scored	475 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Enzo Gutiérrez Sebastián Ubilla Emanuel Herrera (11 goals)
Biggest away win	Audax Italiano 0-6 Universidad de Chile (10 March)
Highest attendance	44,198 Universidad de Chile 2–1 O'Higgins (2 July)
Total attendance	5,253
Average attendance	877,334
← 2011–C 2012–C →

The 2012 Campeonato Nacional Apertura Petrobras was the Chilean football top tier’s 90th season. Universidad de Chile was the tournament's champion, after beating O'Higgins on penalties, in the finals.

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad de Chile	17	13	1	3	44	14	+30	40	Playoffs
2	O'Higgins	17	11	2	4	31	15	+16	35	Playoffs & 2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage^[a]
3	Deportes Iquique	17	10	5	2	30	14	+16	35	Playoffs & 2012 Copa Sudamericana First Stage^[a]
4	Universidad Católica	17	8	6	3	31	17	+14	30	Playoffs
5	Unión Española	17	8	3	6	38	28	+10	27
6	Colo-Colo	17	7	5	5	22	21	+1	26
7	Unión La Calera	17	6	6	5	21	18	+3	24
8	Cobreloa	17	7	2	8	23	25	−2	23
9	Huachipato	17	6	5	6	25	28	−3	23
10	Universidad de Concepción	17	5	6	6	23	27	−4	21
11	Santiago Wanderers	17	6	2	9	28	30	−2	20
12	Audax Italiano	17	5	5	7	24	32	−8	20
13	Deportes La Serena	17	5	4	8	24	33	−9	19
14	Rangers	17	5	3	9	17	25	−8	18
15	Palestino	17	5	3	9	14	26	−12	18
16	Deportes Antofagasta	17	4	5	8	10	20	−10	17
17	Cobresal	17	3	4	10	17	40	−23	13
18	Unión San Felipe	17	2	7	8	12	21	−9	13

Source: Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals; 6th red cards; 7th yellow cards; 8th draw.
Notes:

^ O'Higgins and Deportes Iquique qualified for the 2012 Copa Sudamericana as the top two teams not playing in the 2012 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

Results

Home \ Away	ANT	AUD	CLA	CSL	COL	IQU	SER	HUA	O'HI	PAL	RAN	SAW	UNI	ULC	USF	UCA	UCH	UCO
Deportes Antofagasta		1–2	1–0	2–1		1–1					0–1	1–0	1–1		0–0			2–1
Audax Italiano			1–1		1–3			2–2		1–2	3–0		0–2		0–0	2–0	0–6
Cobreloa					0–2	0–1	2–2	4–2	0–1	1–0			1–2	1–0
Cobresal		3–1	0–1		2–2	0–4		0–2	1–0		1–0			1–4	1–1
Colo-Colo	1–0					0–0	0–2		1–0	0–1				3–1	1–0	1–1		1–2
Deportes Iquique		1–2					3–1	1–0	1–2		2–0	2–1		3–3	4–1			2–0
Deportes La Serena	4–1	2–4		1–1					2–2			3–1			2–1		1–3	1–0
Huachipato	2–0				0–3		1–1		2–1			2–1		1–2		2–2
O'Higgins	1–0	3–1								5–0	2–2			2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0
Palestino	0–0			2–1		0–1	1–0	2–2				2–1	1–3			1–2	1–3
Rangers			0–3		2–2		2–0	2–1		2–0		2–3		2–0				1–2
Santiago Wanderers		4–2	1–3	5–2	0–0				0–1				2–2		1–0	2–1
Unión Española				6–1	4–2	1–2	5–2	1–3	0–2		2–1					2–2		4–1
Unión La Calera	0–0	1–1					3–0			1–1		2–1	1–0			1–0	0–1	1–1
Unión San Felipe			0–3					1–2		1–0	0–0		3–1	0–0			0–1	2–2
Universidad Católica	1–0		5–1	5–0		1–1	3–0				2–0				1–1		2–1
Universidad de Chile	4–0		4–1	3–1	5–0	1–1		4–0	1–1		2–0	3–0	3–2
Universidad de Concepción		1–1	3–1	1–1				1–1	1–3	2–0		2–5				1–1	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2012. Source: Soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff stage

For all ties, the lower-seeded team play the first leg at home.

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Universidad de Chile	2	2	4

8	Cobreloa	0	1	1
					1	Universidad de Chile	0	4	4

					6	Colo-Colo	2	0	2
3	Deportes Iquique	3	1	4

6	Colo-Colo	3	2	5
										1	Universidad de Chile	1	2	3 (2)

										2	O'Higgins	2	1	3 (0)
4	Universidad Católica	0	1	1

5	Unión Española	3	1	4
					5	Unión Española	1	1	2

					2	O'Higgins	0	2	2
2	O'Higgins	1	3	4

7	Unión La Calera	0	2	2

Updated as of games played on July 2, 2012.
Universidad de Chile wins final by PK 2-0.

Quarterfinals

In the quarterfinals, the 1 seed play the 8 seed, the 2 seed play the 7 seed, the 3 seed play the 6 seed, and the 4 seed play the 5 seed.

May 27, 2012	Cobreloa	0 – 2	Universidad de Chile	Estadio Municipal, Calama
16:30 UTC−04:00			Aránguiz 8' Rodríguez 59'	Attendance: 7,928 Referee: Claudio Puga

June 11, 2012	Universidad de Chile	2 – 1	Cobreloa	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago
01:00	Henríquez 42' Cereceda 74'		Abarca 49' Flores 79'

May 24, 2012	Unión La Calera	0 – 1	O'Higgins	Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán, La Calera
19:00 UTC−04:00		Report	Fernández 74'	Attendance: 2.790 Referee: Jorge Osorio

May 27, 2012	O'Higgins	3 – 2	Unión La Calera	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
18:30 UTC−04:00	Gutiérrez 52', 56', 83'		Valencia 53' Bahamondes 89'	Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

May 23, 2012	Colo-Colo	3 - 3	Iquique	Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago
15:30 UTC−04:00	Paredes 8', 50' Olivi 90+3'	Report	Diaz 18' Bogado 37' Rieloff 61'	Attendance: 8,988 Referee: Claudio Puga

May 26, 2012	Iquique	1 - 2	Colo-Colo	Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique
16:00 UTC−04:00	Sarabia 12'	Report	Muñoz 10' Olivi 35'	Attendance: 8.627 Referee: Enrique Osses

May 23, 2012	Unión Española	3 – 0	Universidad Católica	Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK, Santiago
20:00 UTC−04:00	Jaime 60' Cordero 77' Herrera 79'	Report		Attendance: 5.345 Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

May 26, 2012	Universidad Católica	1 - 1	Unión Española	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago
12:30 UTC−04:00	Campos Toro 65'	Report	Vecchio 86'	Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

Semifinals

In the semifinals, the highest seed play the lowest seed, and the second-highest seed play the second-lowest seed.

17 June 2012	Colo-Colo	2 – 0	Universidad de Chile	Estadio Monumental David Arellano
20:30	Paredes 13' 61' Rabello 47' Ormeño 36'			Referee: Eduardo Gamboa