| Dates | 27 February – 16 December 1999 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Universidad de Chile (10th title) |
| Relegated | Rangers Deportes La Serena Deportes Iquique (relegation play-off) Cobresal (relegation play-off) |
| 2000 Copa Libertadores | Universidad de Chile Universidad Católica (2nd place) Cobreloa (3rd place) |
| Matches | 352 |
| Goals | 1,126 (3.2 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Mario Núñez (34) |
| Total attendance | 2,209,345 |
| Average attendance | 6,276 |
←1998 2000 → | |
The1999 Campeonato Nacional was Chileanfirst tier's 67th season whichUniversidad de Chile reached its tenth professional title.[1] The relegated teams wereRangers,Deportes La Serena,Deportes Iquique andCobresal. The tournament was played in two stages, the 8 first places qualified to the Championship Stage, where they carry over their points from the previous stage, but divided by four. For the Relegation Stage the complete points were carried over.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universidad de Chile | 30 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 75 | Qualified to Championship Stage |
| 2 | Universidad Católica | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 67 | 31 | +36 | 64 | |
| 3 | Cobreloa | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 56 | |
| 4 | Colo-Colo | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 49 | |
| 5 | Audax Italiano | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 41 | |
| 6 | Huachipato | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 41 | |
| 7 | Palestino | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 39 | |
| 8 | Santiago Morning | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 38 | |
| 9 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 38 | Qualified to Relegation Stage |
| 10 | O'Higgins | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 38 | |
| 11 | Deportes Concepción | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 35 | |
| 12 | Cobresal | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 35 | |
| 13 | Deportes Iquique | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 32 | |
| 14 | Coquimbo Unido | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 44 | 70 | −26 | 28 | |
| 15 | Rangers | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 24 | |
| 16 | Deportes La Serena | 30 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 59 | −29 | 24 |
| Home \ Away | AUD | CLO | CSA | COL | COQ | DCO | DIQ | HUA | DLS | OHI | PAL | DPM | RAN | SMO | UCA | UCH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audax | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Cobreloa | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 9–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
| Cobresal | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | |
| Colo-Colo | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 5–2 | |
| Coquimbo | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | |
| Concepción | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
| Iquique | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Huachipato | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | |
| La Serena | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 0–2 | |
| O'Higgins | 5–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 0–3 | |
| Palestino | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–5 | |
| P. Montt | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Rangers | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 1–1 | |
| S. Morning | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| U. Católica | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| U. Chile | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | O'Higgins | 44 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 77 | 86 | −9 | 62 | |
| 10 | Deportes Concepción | 44 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 60 | |
| 11 | Coquimbo Unido | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 77 | 84 | −7 | 59 | |
| 12 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 44 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 71 | 84 | −13 | 54 | |
| 13 | Cobresal | 44 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 64 | 74 | −10 | 53 | Plays promotion/relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Deportes Iquique | 44 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 65 | 72 | −7 | 51 | |
| 15 | Rangers | 44 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 52 | 78 | −26 | 38 | Relegated toPrimera B |
| 16 | Deportes La Serena | 44 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 53 | 97 | −44 | 33 |
| Home \ Away | CSA | COQ | DCO | DIQ | DLS | DPM | OHI | RAN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobresal | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | |
| Coquimbo | 6–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | |
| Concepción | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Iquique | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | |
| La Serena | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 4–6 | 4–1 | |
| P. Montt | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | |
| O'Higgins | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
| Rangers | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universidad de Chile | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 90 | 43 | +47 | 19 | 47 | Champions & qualified to2000 Copa Libertadores |
| 2 | Universidad Católica | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 102 | 50 | +52 | 16 | 44 | Qualified to2000 Copa Libertadores |
| 3 | Cobreloa | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 94 | 49 | +45 | 14 | 40 | |
| 4 | Colo-Colo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 62 | 57 | +5 | 12 | 30 | |
| 5 | Santiago Morning | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 65 | 66 | −1 | 10 | 25 | |
| 6 | Palestino | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 73 | 88 | −15 | 10 | 25 | |
| 7 | Audax Italiano | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 59 | 60 | −1 | 10 | 23 | |
| 8 | Huachipato | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 62 | 79 | −17 | 10 | 20 |
| Home \ Away | AUD | CLO | COL | HUA | PAL | SMO | UCA | UCH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audax | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | |
| Cobreloa | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 7–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Colo-Colo | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Huachipato | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | |
| Palestino | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | |
| S. Morning | 2–2 | 3–5 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | |
| U. Católica | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| U. Chile | 4–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| 19 December 1999 | Provincial Osorno | 4 – 3 | Cobresal | Estadio Parque Schott |
| Muñoz Olea Soto | Retamal Nuñez | Referee: Eduardo Gamboa |
| 19 December 1999 | Everton | 1 – 0 | Deportes Iquique | Estadio Sausalito |
| Riep | Referee: Mario Sánchez |
| 22 December 1999 | Cobresal | 2 – 3 | Provincial Osorno[2] | Estadio El Cobre |
| Cisternas Nuñez | Olea Díaz Muñoz | Referee: Rubén Selman |
| 22 December 1999 | Deportes Iquique | 0 – 1 | Everton[2] | Estadio Tierra de Campeones |
| Pereyra | Referee: Mario Sánchez |