1998 Primera División of Chile

Campeonato Nacional Copa Banco del Estado
Dates	4 April – 13 December 1998
Champions	Colo-Colo (22nd title)
Relegated	Provincial Osorno (Rel. Play-off); Santiago Wanderers; Deportes Temuco
1999 Copa Libertadores	Colo-Colo; Universidad Católica (Liguilla winners)
1998 Copa CONMEBOL	Audax Italiano (Copa runners-up)
1999 Copa CONMEBOL	Deportes Concepción (Liguilla Semifinals)
Matches played	239
Goals scored	695 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pedro González (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Palestino 9–0 Deportes Temuco; (26 April)
Total attendance	1,635,154
Average attendance	6,842
	← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 Campeonato Nacional, known as Campeonato Nacional Copa Banco del Estado 1998 for sponsorship purposes, was the 67th season of top-flight football in Chile. Colo-Colo won their 22nd title following a 2–1 home win against Deportes Iquique on 13 December. Universidad Católica also qualified for the next Copa Libertadores as Liguilla winners.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Colo-Colo	30	19	7	4	54	19	+35	64	Champions and qualified for the 1999 Copa Libertadores
2	Universidad de Chile	30	18	9	3	62	37	+25	63	Qualified for the Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores
3	Universidad Católica	30	14	11	5	57	34	+23	53
4	Cobreloa	30	16	3	11	50	36	+14	51
5	Deportes Concepción	30	12	9	9	39	36	+3	45
6	Huachipato	30	11	7	12	39	38	+1	40
7	Deportes Puerto Montt	30	10	9	11	43	46	−3	39
8	Deportes Iquique	30	12	3	15	35	52	−17	39
9	Deportes La Serena	30	10	7	13	39	47	−8	37
10	Palestino	30	9	9	12	50	50	0	36
11	Rangers	30	9	7	14	45	49	−4	34
12	Audax Italiano	30	9	7	14	37	43	−6	34
13	Coquimbo Unido	30	8	9	13	36	41	−5	33	Promotion/relegation play-offs
14	Provincial Osorno	30	8	7	15	41	52	−11	31	Promotion/relegation play-offs
15	Santiago Wanderers	30	6	12	12	40	56	−16	30	Relegated to Segunda División
16	Deportes Temuco	30	6	10	14	28	59	−31	13	Relegated to Segunda División

Source:

Primera División Chilena 1998 champion
Colo-Colo 22nd title

Results

Home \ Away	AUD	CLO	COL	DCO	COQ	HUA	DIQ	DLS	POS	PAL	DPM	RAN	DTE	UCA	UCH	SWA
Audax		0–3	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	4–2	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–0
Cobreloa	3–0		0–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	6–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	5–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
Colo-Colo	1–2	3–0		1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	3–2	0–0	4–0	4–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–0
Concepción	0–0	3–2	0–1		3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	3–2
Coquimbo	1–2	4–1	0–0	1–3		2–0	2–1	3–2	3–3	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–0
Huachipato	3–3	6–1	1–2	1–0	1–0		4–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–1
Iquique	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–4	1–0		1–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–3	1–1	4–1	1–0
La Serena	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2		3–2	4–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–1
Osorno	2–2	3–1	0–3	2–1	4–0	1–0	3–1	1–3		2–1	1–4	4–0	0–1	2–2	2–4	3–2
Palestino	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0		4–0	2–1	9–0	1–1	2–2	6–2
P. Montt	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	4–1	2–4	0–0	1–1		1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	6–1
Rangers	0–1	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	5–2	5–1	5–1	2–2		1–1	1–2	0–0	2–3
Temuco	2–0	1–1	0–5	0–3	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	4–1	1–3		1–1	0–1	1–1
U. Católica	6–1	0–4	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	4–0	5–1		1–3	6–1
U. Chile	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	4–2	1–1		3–1
S. Wanderers	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–3

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Topscorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals
1	Pedro González	Universidad de Chile	23
2	Marco Antonio Figueroa	Universidad Católica	16
3	Héctor Tapia	Colo-Colo	15
4	Marcelo Corrales	Palestino	14
5	Héctor Vega	Deportes Iquique	13

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

Semifinals

16 December 1998	Cobreloa	2 – 2	Universidad Católica	Estadio Municipal de Calama
	Vallejos 2' Donoso 35'		25' Figueroa 51' Ormazábal	Attendance: 3,758 Referee: G. Aros

16 December 1998	Deportes Concepción	1 – 3	Universidad de Chile	Estadio Municipal de Concepción
	A. Bravo 38'		42', 90' P. González 70' Maestri	Attendance: 6,930 Referee: E. Gamboa

18 December 1998	Universidad Católica	0 – 0	Cobreloa	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
				Attendance: 8,000 Referee: P. Pozo

18 December 1998	Universidad de Chile	1 – 0	Deportes Concepción	Estadio Santa Laura
	Acuña 35'			Attendance: 10,000 Referee: R. Selman

Finals

20 December 1998	Universidad Católica	0 – 0	Universidad de Chile	Estadio Nacional
				Attendance: 15,000 Referee: M. Sánchez

23 December 1998	Universidad de Chile	0 – 0 (2–4 p)	Universidad Católica	Estadio Nacional
				Attendance: 25,000 Referee: G. Aros
	Penalties
	P. González Rodríguez Fuentes C. Castañeda		Lepe Parraguez Ramírez Ríos

Universidad Católica qualified for the 1999 Copa Libertadores

Promotion/relegation play-offs

19 December 1998	Santiago Morning	2 – 0	Provincial Osorno	Santa Laura
	Nuñez 29' Avalos 78' (pen)			Referee: Eduardo Gamboa

19 December 1998	Unión Española	1 – 6	Coquimbo Unido	Santa Laura
	Ibañez 2'		de Gregorio 23' 32' Ortega Sánchez 45' 64' Caro 52' Cabello 55'	Attendance: 8,978 Referee: Christian Lemus

22 December 1998	Provincial Osorno^[2]	1 – 1	Santiago Morning	Parque Schott
	Calabresse		Gullace	Referee: Pablo Pozo

22 December 1998	Coquimbo Unido^[4]	1 – 3	Unión Española	Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso
	Ortega Sánchez		Villán Gutiérrez

Notes

↑ Provincial Osorno relegated, Santiago Morning promoted.
↑ Provincial Osorno relegated, Santiago Morning promoted.
↑ Coquimbo Unido stayed in the first level, while Unión Española remained in the second level.
↑ Coquimbo Unido stayed in the first level, while Unión Española remained in the second level.

References

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[1] Provincial Osorno relegated, Santiago Morning promoted.

[2] Provincial Osorno relegated, Santiago Morning promoted.

[3] Coquimbo Unido stayed in the first level, while Unión Española remained in the second level.

[4] Coquimbo Unido stayed in the first level, while Unión Española remained in the second level.

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