1961 Primera División de Chile

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional

Dates	27 May 1961 – 5 January 1962
Champions	Universidad Católica (3rd title)
Relegated	none
Copa de Campeones	Universidad Católica
Matches played	184
Goals scored	684 (3.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlos Campos (24) Honorino Landa (24)
Biggest home win	Universidad Católica 7–1 Palestino (1 October)
Highest attendance	54,811 Universidad Católica 0–0 Universidad de Chile (30 December)
Total attendance	1,193,908
Average attendance	6,488
← 1960 1962 →

The 1961 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, was the 29th season of top-flight football in Chile. Universidad Católica won their third title following a 3–2 win against Universidad de Chile in the championship play-off on 5 January 1962, also qualifying for the 1962 Copa de Campeones.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad Católica	26	15	8	3	69	35	+34	38	Qualified for the Championship play-off
2	Universidad de Chile	26	13	12	1	55	28	+27	38
3	Colo-Colo	26	13	9	4	80	47	+33	35
4	Santiago Morning	26	12	9	5	52	34	+18	33
5	Everton	26	11	9	6	45	40	+5	31
6	Santiago Wanderers	26	11	5	10	46	49	−3	27
7	O'Higgins	26	11	4	11	41	40	+1	26
8	Unión Española	26	10	6	10	51	55	−4	26
9	Palestino	26	11	3	12	47	60	−13	25
10	Ferrobádminton	26	7	8	11	38	52	−14	22
11	Audax Italiano	26	7	7	12	46	57	−11	21
12	Green Cross	26	4	7	15	39	56	−17	15
13	San Luis	26	5	5	16	36	58	−22	15
14	Rangers	26	2	8	16	31	65	−34	12	Relegated 1962 Segunda División de Chile (later revoked)

Source:

Results

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

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-off

2 January 1962

Universidad de Chile	1 – 1	Universidad Católica
Sepúlveda 64'		79' Fouilloux

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 45,414

Referee: A. Tejada

5 January 1962

Universidad Católica	3 – 2	Universidad de Chile
Fouilloux 4', 86' (pen.) Ibáñez 47'		3', 16' Campos

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 54,009

Referee: L. Ventre

Title

Campeonato Profesional 1961 champion
Universidad Católica 3rd title

Topscorers

Name	Team	Goals
Carlos Campos	Universidad de Chile	24
Honorino Landa	Unión Española	24

See also

• 1961 Copa Chile Green Cross

References

• RSSSF Page