The 2018 Campeonato Nacional, known as Campeonato Nacional Scotiabank 2018 for sponsorship purposes, was the 88th season of top-flight football in Chile. The season started on 2 February and ended on 2 December. Colo-Colo were the defending champions, having won the 2017 Transición tournament. Universidad Católica won their thirteenth title on the last day of the season following a 2–1 win at Deportes Temuco, who were relegated to the second tier with this defeat.
Format changes For the 2018 season, the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP) approved a change of format from the Apertura-Clausura system that had been used in previous seasons, to a single tournament during the calendar year. The 16 teams played each other twice (once at home and once away) for a total of 30 matches. Qualification for the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana was awarded to the top seven teams at the end of the season, as well as the Copa Chile champions, while the bottom two teams were automatically relegated.
Teams Stadia and locations
Team City StadiumAudax Italiano Santiago (La Florida) Bicentenario de La FloridaaColo-Colo Santiago (Macul) Monumental David ArellanoCuricó Unido Curicó La Granja Deportes Antofagasta Antofagasta Calvo y Bascuñán Deportes Iquique Iquique CavanchabDeportes Temuco Temuco Germán Becker Everton Viña del Mar Sausalito Huachipato Talcahuano Huachipato-CAP AceroO'Higgins Rancagua El Teniente Palestino Santiago (La Cisterna) Municipal de La Cisterna San Luis Quillota Lucio Fariña FernándezcUnión Española Santiago (Independencia) Santa Laura-Universidad SEKUnión La Calera La Calera Lucio Fariña FernándezdUniversidad Católica Santiago (Las Condes) San Carlos de ApoquindoUniversidad de Chile Santiago (Ñuñoa) Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Universidad de Concepción Concepción Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo a: Audax Italiano played their home matches against Deportes Temuco and Everton at Estadio Municipal de La Pintana and Estadio El Teniente in Rancagua due to pitch renovation works at Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida. b: Deportes Iquique played their home matches against Universidad de Chile, Universidad Católica, and Colo-Colo at Estadio Zorros del Desierto in Calama. c: San Luis played their home matches against Deportes Temuco, O'Higgins, and Unión Española at Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander in Valparaíso due to pitch renovation works at Estadio Municipal Lucio Fariña Fernández. d: Unión La Calera temporarily play their home matches at Estadio Municipal Lucio Fariña Fernández in Quillota due to remodeling works at Estadio Municipal Nicolás Chahuán Nazar. They played their home matches against Colo-Colo, Palestino, and Universidad Católica at Estadio Sausalito in Viña del Mar due to pitch renovation works at Estadio Municipal Lucio Fariña Fernández.
Personnel and kits Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors Audax Italiano Juan José Ribera Nicolás Peric Macron Traverso Colo-Colo Héctor Tapia Esteban Paredes Under Armour MG Motor Curicó Unido Jaime Vera Martín Cortés Onefit Multihogar Deportes Antofagasta Gerardo Ameli Gonzalo Villagra Cafu Minera Escondida Deportes Iquique Luis Musrri Rodrigo Naranjo Rete UNAP Deportes Temuco Miguel Ponce Cristián Canío Joma Rosen Everton Javier Torrente Marcos Velásquez Pirma Fox Sports Huachipato Nicolás Larcamón Claudio Sepúlveda Mitre PF O'Higgins Marco Antonio Figueroa Albert Acevedo Adidas VTR Palestino Ivo Basay Diego Rosende Training Bank of Palestine San Luis Mauricio Riffo Daniel Vicencio Capelli Sport PF Unión Española Fernando Díaz (caretaker) Diego Sánchez Kappa Universidad SEK Unión La Calera Francisco Meneghini Lucas Giovini KS7 PF Universidad Católica Beñat San José Cristian Álvarez Umbro DirecTV Universidad de Chile Frank Kudelka 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 appointmentUniversidad Católica Mario SalasMutual consent10 December 2017Pre-season Beñat San José20 December 2017Huachipato César Vigevani13 December 2017 Nicolás Larcamón4 January 2018Deportes Antofagasta Nicolás LarcamónResigned25 December 2017 Gerardo Ameli4 January 2018Deportes Iquique Erick GuerreroSacked26 February 201812th Miguel Riffo26 February 2018Audax Italiano Hugo VilchesMutual consent13 April 201816th Juan José Ribera14 April 2018Colo-Colo Pablo GuedeResigned19 April 20184th Agustín Salvatierra (caretaker)19 April 2018Colo-Colo Agustín SalvatierraEnd of caretaker spell24 April 20184th Héctor Tapia24 April 2018Universidad de Chile Ángel Guillermo HoyosSacked27 April 20182nd Esteban Valencia (caretaker)27 April 2018Palestino Germán CavalieriResigned18 May 201810th Sebastián Méndez19 May 2018Universidad de Chile Esteban ValenciaEnd of caretaker spell26 May 20184th Frank Kudelka27 May 2018San Luis Miguel RamírezResigned26 May 201814th Diego Osella5 June 2018Everton Pablo SánchezSacked27 May 201816th Javier Torrente2 June 2018Curicó Unido Luis MarcoletaResigned11 June 201812th Jaime Vera14 June 2018Deportes Temuco Dalcio GiovagnoliSacked16 June 201813th Miguel Ponce22 June 2018O'Higgins Gabriel MilitoMutual consent20 June 20188th Mauricio Larriera30 June 2018O'Higgins Mauricio LarrieraSacked24 September 20189th Marco Antonio Figueroa26 September 2018San Luis Diego OsellaResigned1 October 201816th Mauricio Riffo3 October 2018Palestino Sebastián Méndez8 October 201814th Ivo Basay9 October 2018Deportes Iquique Miguel RiffoMutual consent10 October 201811th Luis Musrri12 October 2018Unión Española Martín PalermoSacked4 November 20188th Fernando Díaz (caretaker)4 November 2018Unión La Calera Víctor Rivero6 November 20185th Francisco Meneghini8 November 2018
Standings
Results
Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals 1 Esteban ParedesColo-Colo 19 2 Gabriel TorresHuachipato 15 3 Matías Campos LópezPalestino 14 Tobías FigueroaUnión Española 5 Eduard BelloDeportes Antofagasta 13 6 Patricio RubioEverton 12 7 Mauro CaballeroSan Luis 11 Brian FernándezUnión La Calera Javier ParraguezHuachipato 10 Ricardo BlancoCuricó Unido 9 Sergio SantosAudax Italiano
Source: Soccerway
Attendances
Source:
No. Club Average 1 Universidad de Chile 30,031 2 Colo-Colo 21,342 3 Universidad Católica 10,745 4 Deportes Temuco 7,030 5 Everton 6,649 6 O'Higgins 6,213 7 Universidad de Concepción 5,196 8 Deportes Antofagasta 4,128 9 Unión Española 3,688 10 Curicó Unido 3,670 11 Unión La Calera 3,139 12 San Luis 2,719 13 Audax Italiano 2,688 14 Huachipato 2,419 15 Deportes Iquique 2,591 16 Palestino 2,386
References
External links ANFP