The 2023 Campeonato Nacional de la Primera División del Fútbol Profesional Chileno, known as Campeonato Betsson 2023 for sponsorship purposes until 15 October 2023, was the 93rd season of the Campeonato Nacional, Chile's top-flight football league. The season began on 20 January and ended on 9 December 2023.
Huachipato were the champions, clinching their third league title on the final round of the season with a 2–0 win over Audax Italiano and a 1–0 defeat for Cobresal at the hands of Unión Española on 8 December 2023, regaining the title after 11 years and being the first team from outside Santiago to win the title since 2015. Colo-Colo were the defending champions.
Teams
16 teams took part in the league in this season: the top 14 teams from the 2022 tournament, plus the 2022 Primera B champions Magallanes and the winners of the promotion play-off Deportes Copiapó. The promoted teams replaced Deportes La Serena and Deportes Antofagasta, who were relegated to Primera B at the end of the 2022 season.
Stadia and locations Team City Stadium CapacityAudax Italiano Santiago (La Florida) Bicentenario de La Florida 12,000Cobresal El Salvador El Cobre 12,000Colo-Colo Santiago (Macul) Monumental David Arellano 47,347Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso 18,750Curicó Unido Curicó La Granja 8,278Deportes Copiapó Copiapó Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla 8,000Everton Viña del Mar Sausalito 22,360Huachipato Talcahuano Huachipato-CAP Acero 10,500Magallanes Santiago (San Bernardo) Luis Navarro Avilés 3,500Ñublense Chillán Nelson Oyarzún Arenas 12,000O'Higgins Rancagua El Teniente 13,849Palestino Santiago (La Cisterna) Municipal de La Cisterna 8,000Unión Española Santiago (Independencia) Santa Laura-Universidad SEK 19,000Unión La Calera La Calera Nicolás Chahuán Nazar 9,200Universidad Católica Santiago (Las Condes) San Carlos de Apoquindo 14,118Universidad de Chile Santiago (Ñuñoa) Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos 48,665 Notes
Personnel and kits Team Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsors Audax Italiano Francisco Arrué Macron Traverso Cobresal Gustavo Huerta KS7 CSI, Pullman Bus Colo-Colo Gustavo Quinteros Adidas Coolbet Coquimbo Unido Fernando Díaz Siker Betway Curicó Unido Miguel Riffo (caretaker) OneFit Multihogar Deportes Copiapó Ivo Basay Claus-7 Kinross Everton Francisco Meneghini Charly Claro, Betway, MallMarina Huachipato Gustavo Álvarez KS7 Novibet Magallanes Mario Salas Siker Novibet Ñublense Hernán Caputto OneFit Betway, IANSA, Copelec O'Higgins Juan Manuel Azconzábal Joma LatamWin Palestino Pablo Sánchez Capelli Sport Bank of Palestine Unión Española Ronald Fuentes Kappa Universidad SEK, Starken, SsangYong Unión La Calera Martín Cicotello Siker Betway Universidad Católica Nicolás Núñez Under Armour BICE Universidad de Chile Mauricio Pellegrino Adidas Betano
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentUnión La Calera Federico VilarMutual agreement6 November 2022Pre-season Gerardo Ameli26 November 2022Palestino Gustavo CostasSigned by Bolivia7 November 2022 Pablo Sánchez24 October 2022Universidad de Chile Sebastián MirandaDemoted to the youth setup7 November 2022 Mauricio Pellegrino29 November 2022O'Higgins Mariano SosoMutual agreement7 November 2022 Pablo de Muner25 November 2022Audax Italiano Juan José RiberaEnd of contract9 November 2022 Manuel Fernández14 November 2022Huachipato Mario SalasMutual agreement10 November 2022 Gustavo Álvarez15 November 2022Unión Española Gustavo CanalesSacked21 November 2022 Ronald Fuentes22 November 2022Audax Italiano Manuel Fernández17 April 202315th José Calderón17 April 2023 José CalderónEnd of caretaker spell26 April 202313th Luca Marcogiuseppe26 April 2023Unión La Calera Gerardo AmeliSacked11 May 202311th Carlos Galdames11 May 2023Magallanes Nicolás NúñezResigned13 May 202316th Braulio Leal15 May 2023Unión La Calera Carlos GaldamesEnd of caretaker spell17 May 202313th Martín Cicotello17 May 2023Curicó Unido Damián MuñozSacked22 May 202314th Juan José Ribera14 June 2023Magallanes Braulio LealEnd of caretaker spell26 May 202316th Mario Salas26 May 2023Universidad Católica Ariel HolanSacked17 July 20238th Rodrigo Valenzuela18 July 2023 Rodrigo ValenzuelaEnd of caretaker spell24 July 20237th Nicolás Núñez24 July 2023O'Higgins Pablo de MunerResigned28 July 202313th Juan Manuel Azconzábal3 August 2023Deportes Copiapó Héctor AlmandozMutual agreement1 August 202316th Ivo Basay1 August 2023Audax Italiano Luca MarcogiuseppeResigned4 September 202313th Francisco Arrué15 September 2023Ñublense Jaime GarcíaMutual agreement4 September 202312th Hernán Caputto15 September 2023Curicó Unido Juan José RiberaResigned23 September 202316th Miguel Riffo25 September 2023 Notes
Standings
Results
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Fernando ZampedriUniversidad Católica 17 2 Rodrigo HolgadoCoquimbo Unido 16 3 Patricio RubioÑublense 15 4 Leandro GarateUnión Española 14 5 Alexander AravenaUniversidad Católica 13 6 Cris MartínezHuachipato 12 Sebastián SáezEverton 8 Rodrigo PiñeiroUnión Española 11 9 Misael DávilaPalestino 10 Leandro FernándezUniversidad de Chile Gastón LezcanoCobresal Gonzalo SosaAudax Italiano Cecilio WatermanCobresal
Source: Soccerway
Attendances
Source:
No. Club Average 1 Colo-Colo 34,400 2 Universidad de Chile 12,140 3 Universidad Católica 6,684 4 Coquimbo Unido 6,717 5 O'Higgins 6,361 6 Everton 6,441 7 Curicó Unido 4,083 8 Huachipato 4,320 9 Ñublense 5,354 10 Unión Española 3,766 11 Deportes Copiapó 4,822 12 Audax Italiano 3,228 13 Magallanes 2,625 14 Unión La Calera 2,622 15 Palestino 2,079 16 Cobresal 1,083
See also 2023 Primera B de Chile 2023 Copa Chile 2023 Supercopa de Chile
References
External links Primera División on ANFP's website