| Season | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 20 January – 9 December 2023 |
| Champions | Huachipato (3rd title) |
| Relegated | Magallanes Curicó Unido |
| Copa Libertadores | Huachipato Cobresal Colo-Colo Palestino |
| Copa Sudamericana | Coquimbo Unido Everton Universidad Católica Unión La Calera |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 654 (2.73 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Fernando Zampedri (17 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Colo-Colo 6–0 Cobresal (23 September) |
| Biggest away win | Palestino 1–5 Cobresal (14 April) |
| Highest scoring | Dep. Copiapó 2–5 Colo-Colo (22 January) U. Católica 5–2 Palestino (25 February) Ñublense 2–5Audax Italiano (24 April) U. de Chile 2–5O'Higgins (7 August) Dep. Copiapó 4–3Unión Española (26 August) Cobresal 3–4 Audax Italiano (11 November) Curicó Unido 3–4 Magallanes (26 November) Cobresal 4–3 U. de Chile (3 December) |
| Total attendance | 1,362,187 |
| Average attendance | 5,676 |
←2022 2024 → | |
The2023 Campeonato Nacional de la Primera División del Fútbol Profesional Chileno, known asCampeonato Betsson 2023 for sponsorship purposes until 15 October 2023,[1][2] was the 93rd season of theCampeonato Nacional,Chile's top-flight football league. The season began on 20 January and ended on 9 December 2023.[3]
Huachipato were the champions, clinching their third league title on the final round of the season with a 2–0 win overAudax Italiano and a 1–0 defeat forCobresal at the hands ofUnión 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.[4]Colo-Colo were the defending champions.
16 teams took part in the league in this season: the top 14 teams from the2022 tournament, plus the2022 Primera B championsMagallanes and the winners of thepromotion play-offDeportes Copiapó. The promoted teams replacedDeportes La Serena andDeportes Antofagasta, who were relegated to Primera B at the end of the 2022 season.[5][6]
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audax Italiano | Santiago (La Florida) | Bicentenario de La Florida | 12,000 |
| Cobresal | El Salvador | El Cobre | 12,000 |
| Colo-Colo | Santiago (Macul) | Monumental David Arellano | 47,347 |
| Coquimbo Unido | Coquimbo | Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso | 18,750 |
| Curicó Unido | Curicó | La Granja | 8,278 |
| Deportes Copiapó | Copiapó | Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla | 8,000 |
| Everton | Viña del Mar | Sausalito | 22,360 |
| Huachipato | Talcahuano | Huachipato-CAP Acero | 10,500 |
| Magallanes | Santiago (San Bernardo) | Luis Navarro Avilés | 3,500 |
| Ñublense | Chillán | Nelson Oyarzún Arenas | 12,000 |
| O'Higgins | Rancagua | El Teniente | 13,849 |
| Palestino | Santiago (La Cisterna) | Municipal de La Cisterna | 8,000 |
| Unión Española | Santiago(Independencia) | Santa Laura-Universidad SEK | 19,000 |
| Unión La Calera | La Calera | Nicolás Chahuán Nazar | 9,200 |
| Universidad Católica | Santiago (Las Condes) | San Carlos de Apoquindo[i] | 14,118 |
| Universidad de Chile | Santiago (Ñuñoa) | Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos[ii] | 48,665 |
| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audax Italiano | Macron | Traverso | |
| Cobresal | KS7 | CSI, Pullman Bus | |
| Colo-Colo | Adidas | Coolbet | |
| Coquimbo Unido | Siker | Betway | |
| Curicó Unido | OneFit | Multihogar | |
| Deportes Copiapó | Claus-7 | Kinross | |
| Everton | Charly | Claro, Betway, MallMarina | |
| Huachipato | KS7 | Novibet | |
| Magallanes | Siker | Novibet | |
| Ñublense | OneFit | Betway,IANSA, Copelec | |
| O'Higgins | Joma | LatamWin | |
| Palestino | Capelli Sport | Bank of Palestine | |
| Unión Española | Kappa | Universidad SEK, Starken,SsangYong | |
| Unión La Calera | Siker | Betway | |
| Universidad Católica | Under Armour | BICE | |
| Universidad de Chile | Adidas | Betano |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unión La Calera | Mutual agreement | 6 November 2022[8] | Pre-season | 26 November 2022[9] | ||
| Palestino | Signed byBolivia | 7 November 2022[10] | 24 October 2022[11] | |||
| Universidad de Chile | Demoted to the youth setup | 7 November 2022[12] | 29 November 2022[13] | |||
| O'Higgins | Mutual agreement | 7 November 2022[14] | 25 November 2022[15] | |||
| Audax Italiano | End of contract | 9 November 2022[16] | 14 November 2022[17] | |||
| Huachipato | Mutual agreement | 10 November 2022[18] | 15 November 2022[19] | |||
| Unión Española | Sacked | 21 November 2022[20] | 22 November 2022[21] | |||
| Audax Italiano | 17 April 2023[22] | 15th | 17 April 2023[22] | |||
| End of caretaker spell | 26 April 2023 | 13th | 26 April 2023[23] | |||
| Unión La Calera | Sacked | 11 May 2023[24] | 11th | 11 May 2023[24] | ||
| Magallanes | Resigned | 13 May 2023[25] | 16th | 15 May 2023[26] | ||
| Unión La Calera | End of caretaker spell | 17 May 2023 | 13th | 17 May 2023[27] | ||
| Curicó Unido | Sacked | 22 May 2023[28] | 14th | 14 June 2023[29] | ||
| Magallanes | End of caretaker spell | 26 May 2023 | 16th | 26 May 2023[30] | ||
| Universidad Católica | Sacked | 17 July 2023[31] | 8th | 18 July 2023[32] | ||
| End of caretaker spell | 24 July 2023 | 7th | 24 July 2023[33] | |||
| O'Higgins | Resigned | 28 July 2023[34] | 13th | 3 August 2023[35] | ||
| Deportes Copiapó | Mutual agreement | 1 August 2023[36] | 16th | 1 August 2023[37] | ||
| Audax Italiano | Resigned | 4 September 2023[38] | 13th | 15 September 2023[39] | ||
| Ñublense | Mutual agreement | 4 September 2023[40] | 12th | 15 September 2023[41] | ||
| Curicó Unido | Resigned | 23 September 2023[42] | 16th | 25 September 2023[43] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huachipato(C) | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 57 | Qualification forCopa Libertadores group stage |
| 2 | Cobresal | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 56 | |
| 3 | Colo-Colo[a] | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 51 | Qualification forCopa Libertadores second stage[b] |
| 4 | Palestino | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 49 | |
| 5 | Coquimbo Unido | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 47 | Qualification forCopa Sudamericana first stage |
| 6 | Everton | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 45 | |
| 7 | Universidad Católica | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 42 | |
| 8 | Unión La Calera | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 41 | |
| 9 | Universidad de Chile | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 40 | |
| 10 | Unión Española | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 39 | |
| 11 | O'Higgins | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 35 | |
| 12 | Ñublense | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 35 | |
| 13 | Audax Italiano | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 35 | |
| 14 | Deportes Copiapó | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 34 | |
| 15 | Magallanes(R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 29 | Relegation toPrimera B |
| 16 | Curicó Unido(R) | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 58 | −28 | 23 |
| Home \ Away | AUD | CSL | CC | COQ | CUR | CDC | EVE | HUA | MAG | ÑUB | OHI | PAL | UE | ULC | UC | UCH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audax Italiano | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Cobresal | 3–4 | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 |
| Colo-Colo | 2–1 | 6–0 | — | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Coquimbo Unido | 3–1 | 0–3[a] | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Curicó Unido | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Deportes Copiapó | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 |
| Everton | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Huachipato | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Magallanes | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Ñublense | 2–5 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| O'Higgins | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Palestino | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Unión Española | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Unión La Calera | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | — | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Universidad Católica | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–3 |
| Universidad de Chile | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universidad Católica | 17 | |
| 2 | Coquimbo Unido | 16 | |
| 3 | Ñublense | 15 | |
| 4 | Unión Española | 14 | |
| 5 | Universidad Católica | 13 | |
| 6 | Huachipato | 12 | |
| Everton | |||
| 8 | Unión Española | 11 | |
| 9 | Palestino | 10 | |
| Universidad de Chile | |||
| Cobresal | |||
| Audax Italiano | |||
| Cobresal |
Source:Soccerway
Source:[46]
| 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 |