1996 Primera División of Chile

Campeonato Nacional Copa Banco del Estado
Dates	16 March – 24 November 1996
Champions	Colo-Colo (20th title)
Relegated	Regional Atacama; O'Higgins
1997 Copa Libertadores	Colo-Colo; Universidad Católica (Liguilla winners)
1996 Copa CONMEBOL	Cobreloa (Play-off winners)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	769 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mario Véner (30)
Biggest home win	Unión Española 7–0 Regional Atacama; (27 August)
Highest attendance	58,051 Colo-Colo 1–1 Audax Italiano; (11 November)
Total attendance	1,698,008
Average attendance	7,075
	← 1995 1997-A →

The 1996 Campeonato Nacional, known as Campeonato Nacional Copa Banco del Estado 1996 for sponsorship purposes, was the 64th season of top-flight football in Chile. Colo-Colo won their 20th title following a 1–1 home draw against Audax Italiano on 11 November. Universidad Católica also qualified for the next Copa Libertadores as Liguilla winners.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Colo-Colo	30	19	6	5	62	24	+38	63	Champions and qualified for the 1997 Copa Libertadores
2	Universidad Católica	30	17	8	5	70	40	+30	59	Qualified for the Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores
3	Cobreloa	30	15	6	9	58	44	+14	51
4	Audax Italiano	30	14	9	7	51	38	+13	51
5	Universidad de Chile	30	13	8	9	49	42	+7	47
6	Provincial Osorno	30	11	10	9	54	40	+14	43
7	Deportes Antofagasta	30	12	7	11	47	46	+1	43
8	Unión Española	30	11	7	12	43	47	−4	40
9	Coquimbo Unido	30	12	4	14	46	53	−7	40
10	Deportes Concepción	30	8	15	7	44	53	−9	39
11	Santiago Wanderers	30	10	7	13	49	57	−8	37
12	Huachipato	30	8	11	11	42	46	−4	35
13	Palestino	30	8	9	13	40	53	−13	33	Promotion/relegation play-offs
14	Deportes Temuco	30	8	4	18	35	55	−20	28	Promotion/relegation play-offs
15	Regional Atacama	30	7	6	17	38	70	−32	27	Relegated to Segunda División
16	O'Higgins	30	5	7	18	41	61	−20	22	Relegated to Segunda División

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Primera División de Chile 1996 champion
Colo-Colo 20th title

Results

Home \ Away	DAN	RAT	AUD	CLO	COL	DCO	COQ	HUA	OHI	POS	PAL	DTE	UCA	UCH	UES	SWA
Antofagasta		1–0	0–2	0–0	4–2	3–0	2–3	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	6–0
Atacama	1–1		2–3	3–1	0–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–5
Audax	1–2	2–1		2–0	1–3	2–2	5–1	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1
Cobreloa	1–2	5–1	3–0		3–0	4–3	1–0	6–2	3–1	1–1	5–1	3–0	4–4	0–0	5–0	2–1
Colo-Colo	2–1	4–1	1–1	0–1		7–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–2	0–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	3–0
Concepción	2–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	1–1		0–0	4–2	1–1	0–5	3–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0
Coquimbo	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–0	0–1	2–1		1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	4–3	2–5	2–1	2–1
Huachipato	1–1	5–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–0		2–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	3–3	2–3	0–1	2–2
O'Higgins	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–5	2–2	2–1	4–0		1–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	4–1	2–3	1–2
Osorno	1–1	3–2	2–2	4–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–1		2–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–0	6–1
Palestino	1–2	1–2	2–4	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	4–0		2–0	1–3	0–3	2–2	2–1
Temuco	3–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–1	4–2	0–2	0–1		0–1	1–2	1–1	3–1
U. Católica	5–1	2–0	3–2	3–0	3–3	6–0	2–1	4–2	2–0	4–3	1–0	5–2		0–3	3–1	1–1
U. Chile	1–2	4–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–0	1–3	4–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–5		1–1	1–2
U. Española	6–4	7–0	1–2	3–0	0–5	1–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–0		1–0
S. Wanderers	3–1	4–1	3–4	4–2	0–0	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–0	2–3	2–2	4–2	0–2	2–4	1–0

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

Top goalscorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals
1	Mario Véner	Santiago Wanderers	30
2	Sebastian Rozental	Universidad Católica	24
3	Ivo Basay	Colo-Colo	18
4	Sergio Vásquez	Deportes Antofagasta	16
	Pedro González V.	Cobreloa	16
6	Jaime Riveros	Cobreloa	14
7	Hugo Brizuela	Audax Italiano	13
	Fernando Vergara	Colo-Colo	13
	Marcelo Corrales	Provincial Osorno	13
10	Juan Carreño	Deportes Concepción	12

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

Semifinals

30 November 1996	Audax Italiano	3 – 1	Cobreloa	Estadio Municipal de La Florida
	Brizuela 2' Illesca 51' Delgado 82'		44' Cornejo	Attendance: 2,853 Referee: C. Robles

1 December 1996	Universidad de Chile	1 – 2	Universidad Católica	Estadio Nacional
	C. Castañeda 57'		68' A. González 75' Rozental	Attendance: 24,765 Referee: G. Aros

4 December 1996	Cobreloa	3 – 1 (8–7 p)	Audax Italiano	Estadio Municipal de Calama
	Tapia 56' Silva 60' M. Rojas 68'		76' Brizuela	Attendance: 2,178 Referee: E. Gamboa

5 December 1996	Universidad Católica	5 – 2	Universidad de Chile	Estadio Nacional
	Rozental 24' (pen.) A. González 36', 43', 61', 87' (pen.)		17', 53' V. Castañeda	Attendance: 16,378 Referee: M. Sánchez

Finals

8 December 1996	Cobreloa	3 – 2	Universidad Católica	Estadio Municipal de Calama
	Guerrero 29' Riveros 57', 87'		8', 73' Lunari	Attendance: 7,275 Referee: E. Gamboa

18 December 1996	Universidad Católica	3 – 2 (4 – 2 p)	Cobreloa	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
	Lunari 21' Rozental 66', 74',		80' P. González 90' Cornejo	Attendance: 18,031 Referee: E. Marín
	Penalties
	Lepe Rozental Lunari Catê R. Gómez		Riveros Cornejo Silva P. González

Universidad Católica qualified for the 1997 Copa Libertadores

Copa CONMEBOL 1996 play-off

Goal difference didn't count; in case of equal points, extra time was played.

24 August 1996	Cobresal	2 – 0	Cobreloa	Estadio El Cobre
	Troncoso 24' (pen.) Jorquera 56'			Attendance: 1,000 Referee: G. Aros

31 August 1996	Cobreloa	7 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Cobresal	Estadio Municipal de Calama
	P. González 11', 17', 27', 45' Sandoval 20' (o.g.) Riveros 55' (pen.) Vásquez 119'		90' Garrido	Attendance: 1,435 Referee: M. Peña

Cobreloa qualified for the 1996 Copa CONMEBOL

Promotion/relegation play-offs

1 December 1996	Cobresal	3 – 1	Deportes Temuco	Estadio El Cobre
	Rivera 57' Salgado 20' Garrido 73'		Alvarez 79'	Attendance: 4,110 Referee: Salvador Imperatore

1 December 1996	Deportes Iquique	1 – 0	Palestino	Estadio Tierra de Campeones
	Donoso 17'			Attendance: 7,152 Referee: Enrique Marín

8 December 1996	Deportes Temuco^[1]	2 – 0	Cobresal	Estadio Germán Becker
	Castillo 27' Poirrier 30'			Attendance: 13,089 Referee: Mariano Peña

8 December 1996	Palestino	5 – 1	Deportes Iquique	Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna
	Castillo 8', 14' Lizana 52' Córdova 73', 90'		Donoso 88'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Iván Guerrero

Notes

^ Temuco and Palestino remained in the Primera División de Chile

References

[1] Temuco and Palestino remained in the Primera División de Chile

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