1959 Primera División de Chile

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
Dates	18 April 1959 – 11 November 1959
Champions	Universidad de Chile (2nd title)
Relegated	Deportes La Serena
Copa de Campeones	Universidad de Chile
Matches played	183
Goals scored	620 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	José Ríos; (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Santiago Wanderers 7–1 Palestino; (19 April)
Highest attendance	46,495 Universidad de Chile 4–3 Universidad Católica; (24 October)
Total attendance	1,297,806
Average attendance	7,091
	← 1958 1960 →

The 1959 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, was the 27th season of top-flight football in Chile. Universidad de Chile won their second title following a 2–1 win against Colo-Colo in the championship play-off on 11 November 1959,^[1] also qualifying to the 1960 Copa de Campeones.

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad de Chile	26	16	6	4	61	34	+27	38	Qualified to the Championship play-off
2	Colo-Colo	26	16	6	4	57	32	+25	38	Qualified to the Championship play-off
3	Santiago Wanderers	26	13	8	5	46	33	+13	34
4	O'Higgins	26	13	8	5	51	42	+9	34
5	Ferrobádminton	26	9	9	8	42	40	+2	27
6	Unión Española	26	9	8	9	32	38	−6	26
7	Magallanes	26	11	1	14	42	49	−7	23
8	Universidad Católica	26	9	5	12	45	53	−8	23
9	Everton	26	8	6	12	44	42	+2	22
10	San Luis	26	8	6	12	39	50	−11	22
11	Rangers	26	6	9	11	36	47	−11	21
12	Audax Italiano	26	7	6	13	33	41	−8	20
13	Palestino	26	9	1	16	48	55	−7	19
14	Deportes La Serena	26	6	5	15	41	61	−20	17	Relegated to 1960 Segunda División de Chile

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	AUD	COL	EVE	FEB	DLS	MAG	OHI	PAL	RAN	SLU	UES	UCA	UCH	SWA
Audax		0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–3	3–4	2–3	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–4	3–0
Colo-Colo	2–0		2–1	2–1	3–3	1–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–0
Everton	1–3	1–2		0–1	5–0	4–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–0
Ferrobádminton	1–1	1–4	3–1		3–1	1–2	1–1	2–3	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–1	0–3	0–0
La Serena	1–2	1–4	1–1	1–4		4–0	2–2	0–4	1–2	3–2	2–3	1–2	0–2	2–5
Magallanes	0–1	3–1	3–4	1–3	1–4		3–4	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	5–1	1–3	2–4
O'Higgins	0–0	4–4	1–0	2–2	2–2	4–1		3–1	4–2	2–0	3–0	1–3	2–0	2–1
Palestino	1–3	0–1	4–0	1–3	2–3	0–2	0–2		3–2	4–1	2–1	1–2	2–4	0–1
Rangers	4–3	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–6		1–2	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–2
San Luis	2–0	0–5	4–3	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–2	4–6	0–0		1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2
U. Española	1–2	1–1	2–1	4–2	3–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1		2–2	1–0	1–1
U. Católica	5–4	4–2	1–2	1–2	1–4	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	0–2		3–3	3–3
U. de Chile	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	4–1	2–1	3–2	5–4	5–0	4–3		2–0
S. Wanderers	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	7–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–2

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

Championship play-off[edit]

11 November 1959

Colo-Colo	1 – 2	Universidad de Chile
Soto 70'		39' Álvarez 50' Sánchez

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 40,744

Referee: J. Praddaude

Primera División de Chile 1959 champion
Universidad de Chile 2nd title

Topscorer[edit]

Name	Team	Goals
José Ríos	O'Higgins	22

References[edit]

^ "El partido donde nació la rivalidad entre Colo Colo y la U". Chile.as.com. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

External links[edit]

ANFP (in Spanish)
RSSSF Chile 1959

[1] "El partido donde nació la rivalidad entre Colo Colo y la U". Chile.as.com. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

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