The 2017 Campeonato Nacional season, known as Campeonato Nacional de Transición Scotiabank 2017 for sponsorship purposes, was the 87th season of top-flight football in Chile. Colo-Colo won their thirty-second title following a 3–0 away win at Huachipato on 9 December. Universidad de Chile were the defending champions.
Format changes Starting in 2017, the ANFP approved a change from the European calendar season (July–May) that had been used since 2013 to a calendar year season (February–December). The year calendar would have been implemented for the 2017 season, however, it was postponed for one year. In order to manage this transition, the 2017 Clausura tournament, part of the 2016–17 season, was followed up by a single championship in the second semester of the year. The 2018 season will be played as a single tournament, without the Apertura-Clausura system.
Teams Stadia and locations
Team City StadiumAudax Italiano Santiago Bicentenario de La FloridaColo-Colo Santiago Monumental David ArellanoCuricó Unido Curicó La Granja Deportes Antofagasta Antofagasta Calvo y Bascuñán Deportes Iquique Iquique Cavancha Deportes Temuco Temuco Germán Becker Everton Viña del Mar Sausalito Huachipato Talcahuano CAPO'Higgins Rancagua El Teniente Palestino Santiago Municipal de La Cisterna San Luis Quillota Lucio Fariña FernándezSantiago Wanderers Valparaíso Elías Figueroa Brander Unión Española Santiago Santa Laura-Universidad SEKUniversidad Católica Santiago San Carlos de ApoquindoUniversidad de Chile Santiago Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Universidad de Concepción Concepción Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo
Personnel and kits Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors Audax Italiano Hugo Vilches Nicolás Peric Macron Traverso Colo-Colo Pablo Guede Esteban Paredes Under Armour DirecTV Curicó Unido Luis Marcoleta Martín Cortés Onefit Multihogar Deportes Antofagasta Nicolás Larcamón Gonzalo Villagra Cafu Minera Escondida Deportes Iquique Erick Guerrero (caretaker) Rodrigo Naranjo Rete UNAP Deportes Temuco Dalcio Giovagnoli Cristián Canío Joma Rosen Everton Pablo Sánchez Marcos Velásquez Pirma Viña del Mar-Fox Sports-Claro Huachipato César Vigevani Omar Merlo Mitre PF O'Higgins Gabriel Milito Albert Acevedo New Balance VTR Palestino Germán Cavalieri Roberto Cereceda Training Bank of Palestine San Luis Miguel Ramírez Daniel Vicencio Luanvi PF Santiago Wanderers Nicolás Córdova Gabriel Castellón Macron Terminal Pacifico Sur Valparaiso Unión Española Martín Palermo Jorge Ampuero Kappa Universidad SEK Universidad Católica Mario Salas Cristian Álvarez Umbro DirecTV Universidad de Chile Ángel Guillermo Hoyos Johnny Herrera Adidas Chevrolet Universidad de Concepción Francisco Bozán Alejandro Camargo KS7 Universidad de Concepción
Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentO'Higgins Cristián AránResigned31 July16th Gabriel Milito9 AugustDeportes Iquique Jaime Vera21 October15th Erick Guerrero23 October
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Bryan CarrascoAudax Italiano 10 2 Hugo DroguettUniversidad de Concepción 8 Roberto GutiérrezPalestino 8 4 Juan CuevasEverton 7 Jean Paul PinedaSantiago Wanderers 7 Mauricio PinillaUniversidad de Chile 7 Patricio RubioEverton 7 8 Cris MartínezDeportes Temuco 6 Esteban ParedesColo-Colo 6 Jaime ValdésColo-Colo 6
Source: Soccerway
Runners-up play-off The runners-up playoff was played between: Universidad de Concepción (2017 Clausura best team not already qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores) Unión Española (2017 Transición runners-up)
The winner qualified for the 2018 Copa Libertadores second stage, while the loser qualified for the 2018 Copa Sudamericana first stage. In the event that the same team ended up as runners-up of both tournaments, the playoff would not be played and that team would qualify for the Copa Libertadores. The Copa Sudamericana berth would then be awarded to the 2017 Transición best team not already qualified.
Universidad de Concepción won 3–1 on aggregate.
Relegation Relegation is determined at the end of the season by computing an average of the number of points earned per game over the three most recent tournaments: 2016 Apertura, 2017 Clausura and 2017 Transición. The team with the lowest average qualified for the relegation playoff.
Relegation table
Team Relegation 1Colo-Colo 52 33 85 45 2Universidad de Chile 51 30 81 45 3Unión Española 49 31 80 45 4Universidad Católica 54 16 70 45 5O'Higgins 48 15 63 45 6Everton 36 26 62 45 7Audax Italiano 37 25 62 45 8Deportes Temuco 38 22 60 45 9Deportes Iquique 50 9 59 45 10Deportes Antofagasta 37 21 58 45 11San Luis 39 18 57 45 12Universidad de Concepción 38 17 55 45 13Curicó Unido — 18 18 15 14Huachipato 36 16 52 45 15Palestino 35 13 48 45 16Santiago Wanderers (R) 31 15 46 45 Qualification to Relegation playoff
Relegation playoff The relegation playoff was played by three teams: the last-placed in the relegation table (Santiago Wanderers), 2016–17 Primera B runners-up San Marcos de Arica, and 2017 Primera B champions Unión La Calera. The two Primera B teams played each other with the winner qualifying to the final against the Primera División team for promotion to the top flight for the 2018 season.
Semifinals
Finals
Attendances
Source:
No. Club Average 1 Universidad de Chile 32,955 2 Colo-Colo 30,468 3 Santiago Wanderers 8,907 4 Universidad Católica 7,512 5 Deportes Temuco 7,385 6 Everton 6,330 7 O'Higgins 5,779 8 Unión Española 5,740 9 Deportes Antofagasta 4,145 10 Curicó Unido 3,268 11 San Luis 3,150 12 Palestino 3,030 13 Audax Italiano 2,612 14 Deportes Iquique 1,923 15 Huachipato 1,659 16 Universidad de Concepción 1,298
References
External links ANFP