2009 Torneo Clausura (Chile)

Campeonato Nacional Clausura Copa Banco Estado
Season	2009
Dates	10 July – 9 December 2009
Champions	Colo-Colo
Relegated	Curicó Unido; Rangers; Municipal Iquique
2010 Copa Libertadores	Colo-Colo; Universidad Católica
Matches played	167
Goals scored	457 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Diego Rivarola (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Universidad Católica 7–0 Curicó Unido; (18 September)
Highest attendance	40,535 Colo-Colo 2–2 Universidad Católica ; (5 December)
Total attendance	988,731
Average attendance	5,920
	← 2009–A 2010 →

The 2009 Torneo Clasura, officially the Campeonato Nacional de Clausura Copa BancoEstado 2009 (English: Clausura National Championship Banco Estado Cup 2009), was the 86th top tier tournament. It began on July 12 and is scheduled to end on December 16. Colo-Colo were the champions, winning its 29th title.

Classification Stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad Católica	17	11	5	1	43	13	+30	38	Playoffs and the 2010 Copa Libertadores First Stage
2	Deportes La Serena	17	11	0	6	31	19	+12	33	Playoffs
3	Audax Italiano	17	9	5	3	26	22	+4	32
4	Colo-Colo	17	8	4	5	28	19	+9	28
5	Universidad de Concepción	17	8	3	6	23	23	0	27
6	Santiago Morning	17	8	2	7	22	25	−3	26
7	Unión Española	17	7	4	6	30	30	0	25
8	Everton	17	7	4	6	19	20	−1	25
9	Rangers	17	7	3	7	26	27	−1	21^[a]
10	Universidad de Chile	17	5	6	6	23	25	−2	21
11	Cobresal	17	5	5	7	18	17	+1	20
12	Palestino	17	5	5	7	16	20	−4	20
13	Cobreloa	17	6	1	10	21	22	−1	19
14	Ñublense	17	5	4	8	15	21	−6	19
15	O'Higgins	17	4	7	6	17	23	−6	19
16	Huachipato	17	5	2	10	21	29	−8	17
17	Curicó Unido	17	4	8	5	16	25	−9	17^[b]
18	Municipal Iquique	17	1	6	10	21	36	−15	9

Updated to match(es) played on November 8, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals
Notes:

^ Rangers was docked three points for using six foreign players during a game against Cobreloa.
^ Curicó Unido was docked three points because they had more foreign players than allowed by the rules in a game against Universidad de Concepción.^[1]

Results

Home \ Away	AUD	CLA	CSL	COL	CUR	EVE	HUA	SER	MIQ	ÑUB	O'HI	PAL	RAN	SAM	UES	UCA	UCH	UCO
Audax Italiano			0–0		1–1				2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0			0–4		2–1
Cobreloa	0–1		0–1		0–0		2–0				5–1		1–0	3–0		0–2	0–3
Cobresal				0–2		2–0				0–0		0–1	2–0	3–1		1–1		3–0
Colo-Colo	0–1	2–1			1–1			2–1		3–1		1–2	3–0		1–1		1–0
Curicó Unido			2–1			2–2	1–0		1–1	3–0	0–1	2–1		1–1
Everton	1–2	0–3		3–2				0–1		1–0	1–1					1–1		0–1
Huachipato	2–2		2–1	0–2		1–2		2–0					0–3	0–1	1–2		2–0
D. La Serena	4–2	4–2	3–2		2–0				2–1				2–0				3–0	0–1
Municipal Iquique		2–1	1–1	1–1		1–2	2–2			1–3					3–4		0–2
Ñublense		1–2					3–0	1–0			1–0	1–0			1–1	0–0	0–2
O'Higgins			2–0	2–2			2–1	1–3	2–2			0–1			2–0		1–1	0–2
Palestino		2–1				0–1	1–3	1–0	1–1					0–1	3–3	1–1	0–0
Rangers					0–0	0–2			5–3	2–0	2–0	1–0		3–1				1–1
Santiago Morning	0–1			2–1		2–1		1–2	3–2	3–1	1–1						3–1
Unión Española	2–4	2–0	1–0		3–1	0–1		1–4					3–3	0–1		4–3
Universidad Católica				2–1	7–0		3–1	2–0	2–0		0–0		5–1	3–0				4–1
Universidad de Chile	3–2		1–1		1–1	1–1							3–5		2–1	2–3		1–1
Universidad de Concepción		1–0		1–3	3–1		2–4		2–0	1–1		2–0		2–1	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on November 8, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoff stage

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Universidad Católica	2	0	2

8	Everton	0	0	0
					1	Universidad Católica	3	5	8

					6	Santiago Morning	0	3	3
3	Audax Italiano	2	2	4

6	Santiago Morning	4	1	5
										1	Universidad Católica	2	2	4

										4	Colo-Colo	2	4	6
4	Colo-Colo	2	4	6

5	Universidad de Concepción	1	3	4
					4	Colo-Colo	1	3	4

					2	Deportes La Serena	0	0	0
2	Deportes La Serena	1	2	3

7	Unión Española	1	1	2

As of December 2009

Primera Division 2009 Clausura champion
Colo-Colo 29th title

Colo-Colo qualified to the 2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage.

Top goalscorers

Pos	Name	Club	Goals
1	Diego Rivarola	Santiago Morning	13
2	Rodrigo Toloza	Universidad Católica	12
3	Ezequiel Miralles	Colo-Colo	11
4	Cristian Canio	Audax Italiano	10
	Javier Elizondo	Deportes La Serena	10
	Roberto Gutiérrez	Universidad Católica	10

Updated as of games played on December 9, 2009.
Source:

Relegation

Relegation for this season will be determined by an aggregate table of the Classification Stages of both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The teams that finish 17th and 18th will be automatically relegated to the Primera B for the next season. The teams that finish 15th and 16th will play a relegation/promotion playoff against two teams from the 2009 Primera B season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad Católica	34	19	8	7	69	31	+38	65
2	Unión Española	34	19	5	10	68	47	+21	62
3	Audax Italiano	34	16	9	9	51	42	+9	57
4	Santiago Morning	34	16	5	13	63	54	+9	53
5	Everton	34	14	11	9	43	37	+6	53
6	Universidad de Chile	34	14	10	10	56	46	+10	52
7	Universidad de Concepción	34	14	8	12	47	48	−1	50
8	Deportes La Serena	34	14	5	15	50	51	−1	47
9	Colo-Colo	34	13	8	13	56	47	+9	47
10	O'Higgins	34	11	11	12	42	49	−7	44
11	Cobreloa	34	13	4	17	45	47	−2	43
12	Huachipato	34	12	6	16	47	58	−11	42
13	Ñublense	34	10	9	15	31	44	−13	39
14	Cobresal	34	9	12	13	41	51	−10	39
15	Palestino	34	10	7	17	34	57	−23	37	Relegation/Promotion Playoff
16	Curicó Unido	34	9	12	13	39	53	−14	36^[a]	Relegation/Promotion Playoff
17	Rangers	34	10	8	16	46	55	−9	35^[b]	Relegation to Primera B
18	Municipal Iquique	34	8	11	15	48	59	−11	35	Relegation to Primera B

Updated to match(es) played on November 8, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals
Notes:

^ Curicó Unido was docked three points because they had more foreign players than allowed by the rules in a game against Universidad de Concepción.^[2]
^ Rangers was docked three points for using six foreign players in a game against Cobreloa.^[3]

Relegation/promotion playoff

By finishing 15th in the relegation table, Palestino was pitted against the San Marcos de Arica, the 2nd best team in the 2009 Primera B General Table. Curicó Unido, by finishing 16th in the relegation table, played against San Luis, the loser of the 2009 Primera B championship playoff. The team who obtains the most point after two legs will stay or be promoted to the Primera División. Should there be a tie on points, it will be settled as follows: 1) overall goal difference; 2) most away goal; 3) extra time of two 15-minute halves; 4) penalty shootout according to the Laws of the Game. The Primera División (Team #1) played the second leg at home.

Team #1	Points earned	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Palestino	3–3 (4–2 p)	San Marcos de Arica	2–0	0–2
Curicó Unido	3–3 (2–4 gd)	San Luis	2–1	0–3

References

External links

ANFP (in Spanish)
Season regulations (in Spanish)
2009 season on RSSSF

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Classification Stage

Standings

Results

Playoff stage

Top goalscorers

Relegation

Relegation/promotion playoff

See also

References

External links