2006 Campeonato Nacional Primera División

The 2006 Primera División de Chile season was both 79th and 80th season of top-flight football in Chile.

Torneo Apertura

Main article: 2006 Torneo Apertura (Chile)

Torneo Apertura

Season	2006
Champions	Colo-Colo 24th title
2007 Copa Libertadores	Colo-Colo
Copa Sudamericana	Colo-Colo Huachipato
Matches	187
Goals	571 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Humberto Suazo (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Colo-Colo 7–2 Rangers (2 April)
Biggest away win	Palestino 1–5 Puerto Montt (31 March)
Longest winning run	8 matches Colo-Colo
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches Universidad de Chile
Longest winless run	9 matches Santiago Morning
Longest losing run	4 matches Santiago Morning
Highest attendance	61,000 Colo-Colo 0–1 Universidad de Chile
← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 Torneo Apertura was the first tournament in the 2006 season of the Chilean Primera División. The tournament also was known as Copa Banco Estado for sponsorship reasons.

The defending champions is Universidad Católica that won their 9th Primera División title the last season, after defeat Universidad de Chile in the playoffs finals.

Qualification stage

Group standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad de Concepción	18	9	6	3	31	23	+8	33	Qualify to the playoffs
2	Audax Italiano	18	9	5	4	32	22	+10	32
3	Universidad Católica	18	9	5	4	27	20	+7	32	Qualify to the repechaje
4	Cobresal	18	6	4	8	26	32	−6	22
5	Santiago Wanderers	18	5	2	11	16	30	−14	17

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad de Chile	18	10	5	3	27	20	+7	35	Qualify to the playoffs
2	La Serena	18	5	7	6	32	31	+1	22	Qualify to the repechaje
3	Everton	18	5	6	7	20	27	−7	21
4	Coquimbo Unido	18	3	8	7	16	26	−10	17
5	Santiago Morning	18	2	6	10	15	31	−16	12

Source:

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colo-Colo	18	13	1	4	54	22	+32	40	Qualify to the playoffs
2	Cobreloa	18	9	3	6	32	24	+8	30
3	Unión Española	18	8	4	6	24	21	+3	28	Qualify to the repechaje
4	Deportes Antofagasta	18	5	6	7	26	31	−5	21
5	Deportes Puerto Montt	18	4	5	9	33	32	+1	17

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Huachipato	18	11	3	4	32	19	+13	36	Qualify to the playoffs
2	O'Higgins	18	5	6	7	26	31	−5	21	Qualify to the repechaje
3	Palestino	18	4	4	10	22	35	−13	16
4	Rangers	18	4	4	10	26	40	−14	16

Source:

Repechaje

{{#section-h:2006 Torneo Apertura (Chile)|Repechaje}}

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colo-Colo	18	13	1	4	54	22	+32	40	Copa Sudamericana First Stage
2	Huachipato	18	11	3	4	32	19	+13	36	Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Stage
3	Universidad de Chile	18	10	5	3	27	20	+7	35
4	Universidad de Concepción	18	9	6	3	31	23	+8	33
5	Audax Italiano	18	9	5	4	32	22	+10	32
6	Universidad Católica	18	9	5	4	27	20	+7	32
7	Cobreloa	18	9	3	6	32	24	+8	30
8	Unión Española	18	8	4	6	24	21	+3	28
9	Deportes La Serena	18	5	7	6	32	31	+1	22
10	Cobresal	18	6	4	8	26	32	−6	22
11	O'Higgins	18	5	6	7	26	31	−5	21
12	Everton	18	5	6	7	20	27	−7	21
13	Deportes Antofagasta	18	5	6	7	26	31	−5	21
14	Deportes Puerto Montt	18	4	5	9	33	32	+1	17
15	Coquimbo Unido	18	3	8	7	16	26	−10	17
16	Santiago Wanderers	18	5	2	11	16	30	−14	17
17	Palestino	18	4	4	10	22	35	−13	16
18	Rangers	18	4	4	10	26	40	−14	16
19	Santiago Morning	18	2	6	10	15	31	−16	12

Source:

Playoffs

{{#section-h:2006 Torneo Apertura (Chile)|Playoffs}}

Top goalscorers

{{#section-h:2006 Torneo Apertura (Chile)|Top goalscorers}}

Torneo Clausura

Main article: 2006 Torneo Clausura (Chile)

Torneo Clausura

File:Colo Colo Campeón 2006.jpg
Season	2006
Champions	Colo-Colo 25th title
2007 Copa Libertadores	Colo-Colo Audax Italiano Cobreloa
Matches	187
Goals	547 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Leonardo Monje (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Audax Italiano 5–3 Cobreloa (10 September) Universidad Católica 5–1 Audax Italiano (17 September) Audax Italiano 5–0 Cobresal (23 September) Universidad de Concepción 5–1 Everton (19 November)
Biggest away win	La Serena 3–6 Cobreloa (6 August) Unión Española 2–6 Universidad de Chile (1 November)
Highest attendance	65,000 Colo-Colo 3–2 Audax Italiano (23 December)
← 2006–A 2007–A →

The 2006 Torneo Clausura was the season's second tournament. Colo-Colo was the defending champion after beating its rivals Universidad de Chile in the Torneo Apertura final.

Qualifications

Group standings

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cobreloa	18	11	4	3	40	24	+16	37	Qualify to the playoffs
2	Colo-Colo	18	8	5	5	37	31	+6	29
3	Santiago Wanderers	18	8	4	6	22	21	+1	28	Qualify to the repechaje
4	Palestino	18	5	5	8	16	25	−9	20
5	Cobresal	18	5	3	10	20	28	−8	18

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	O'Higgins	18	10	5	3	31	20	+11	35	Qualify to the playoffs
2	Coquimbo Unido	18	8	5	5	23	22	+1	29
3	Rangers	18	6	6	6	22	24	−2	24
4	Huachipato	18	6	2	10	29	32	−3	20
5	Unión Española	18	3	5	10	20	34	−14	14

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Deportes Puerto Montt	18	10	3	5	26	21	+5	33	Qualify to the playoffs
2	Audax Italiano	18	9	2	7	32	24	+8	29
3	Universidad de Concepción	18	7	4	7	34	30	+4	25
4	Deportes La Serena	18	4	6	8	32	39	−7	18
5	Santiago Morning	18	4	5	9	22	32	−10	17

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad Católica	18	9	4	5	24	18	+6	31	Qualify to the playoffs
2	Universidad de Chile	18	7	2	9	24	25	−1	23	Qualify to the repechaje
3	Deportes Antofagasta	18	5	6	7	25	25	0	21
4	Everton	18	5	6	7	23	27	−4	21

Source:

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cobreloa	18	11	4	3	40	24	+16	37	Playoffs
2	O'Higgins	18	10	5	3	31	20	+11	35
3	Deportes Puerto Montt	18	10	3	5	26	21	+5	33
4	Universidad Católica	18	9	4	5	24	18	+6	31
5	Audax Italiano	18	9	2	7	32	24	+8	29
6	Colo-Colo	18	8	5	5	37	31	+6	29
7	Coquimbo Unido	18	8	5	5	23	22	+1	29
8	Santiago Wanderers	18	8	4	6	22	21	+1	28	Repechaje
9	Universidad de Concepción	18	7	4	7	34	30	+4	25
10	Rangers	18	6	6	6	22	24	−2	24
11	Universidad de Chile	18	7	2	9	24	25	−1	23	Repechaje
12	Deportes Antofagasta	18	5	6	7	25	25	0	21
13	Everton	18	5	6	7	23	27	−4	21
14	Huachipato	18	6	2	10	29	32	−3	20
15	Palestino	18	5	5	8	16	25	−9	20
16	La Serena	18	4	6	8	32	39	−7	18
17	Cobresal	18	5	3	10	20	28	−8	18
18	Santiago Morning	18	4	5	9	22	32	−10	17
19	Unión Española	18	3	5	10	20	34	−14	14

Source:

Repechaje

{{#section-h:2006 Torneo Clausura (Chile)|Repechaje}}

Playoffs

{{#section-h:2006 Torneo Clausura (Chile)|Playoffs}}

Relegation table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Colo-Colo	36	21	6	9	91	53	+38	69
2	Cobreloa	36	20	7	9	72	48	+24	67
3	Universidad Católica	36	18	9	9	51	38	+13	63
4	Audax Italiano	36	18	7	11	64	46	+18	61
5	Universidad de Concepción	36	16	10	10	65	53	+12	58
6	Universidad de Chile	36	17	7	12	51	45	+6	58
7	Huachipato	36	17	5	14	61	51	+10	56
8	O'Higgins	36	15	11	10	51	45	+6	56
9	Deportes Puerto Montt	36	14	8	14	59	53	+6	50
10	Coquimbo Unido	36	11	13	12	39	48	−9	46
11	Santiago Wanderers	36	13	6	17	38	51	−13	45
12	Deportes Antofagasta	36	10	12	14	51	56	−5	42
13	Unión Española	36	11	9	16	44	55	−11	42
14	Everton	36	10	12	14	43	54	−11	42
15	Deportes La Serena	36	9	13	14	64	70	−6	40
16	Cobresal	36	11	7	18	48	60	−12	40
17	Rangers	36	10	10	16	48	64	−16	40	Promotion Playoffs
18	Palestino	36	9	9	18	38	60	−22	36
19	Santiago Morning	36	6	11	19	37	63	−26	29	Relegation to Primera B

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Promotion playoffs

{{#section-h:2006 Torneo Clausura (Chile)|Promotion/relegation playoffs}}

Top goalscorers

{{#section-h:2006 Torneo Clausura (Chile)|Top goalscorers}}

External links

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