1956 Primera División de Chile

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional

Dates	5 May 1956 – 18 November 1956
Champions	Colo-Colo (7th title)
Relegated	Santiago Morning
Matches played	182
Goals scored	586 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Guillermo Villarroel (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Universidad de Chile 5–1 Unión Española (29 June)
Highest attendance	40,277 Universidad de Chile 1–4 Colo-Colo (3 June)
Total attendance	1,474,158
Average attendance	8,099
← 1955 1957 →

The 1956 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, was the 24th season of top-flight football in Chile. Colo-Colo won their seventh title.

Scores

	AUD	COL	EVE	FEB	GCR	MAG	OHI	PAL	RAN	SLU	SMO	UES	UCH	SWA
Audax		2–1	0–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	4–5	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	3–0
Colo-Colo	2–2		0–0	1–0	3–1	3–2	3–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	3–2	3–1	4–2	1–1
Everton	4–1	2–2		2–2	3–1	2–3	2–2	3–2	2–3	0–0	4–3	1–1	3–1	2–2
Ferrobádminton	1–2	0–3	1–3		1–1	1–3	3–2	2–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–3	2–2
Green Cross	3–1	0–4	3–0	2–1		1–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–1
Magallanes	2–2	3–2	1–1	4–0	1–0		2–4	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1
O'Higgins	3–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–3		1–1	2–2	0–1	2–3	3–2	2–2	1–0
Palestino	2–5	3–4	3–3	0–1	1–1	1–3	4–2		3–1	3–1	1–0	3–2	4–2	0–2
Rangers	2–0	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–0		2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1
San Luis	1–1	0–1	5–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	3–2	0–0		0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1
S. Morning	2–0	2–4	2–5	2–4	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–4	2–0		0–3	0–2	1–1
U. Española	0–3	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	5–2	2–1	2–1	2–3	4–2		2–0	2–4
U. de Chile	1–1	1–4	3–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–2	0–1	5–1		1–2
S. Wanderers	3–0	3–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–4	2–0	0–0	4–2	0–2	1–0

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Colo-Colo	26	17	4	5	60	34	+26	38	Champions
2	Santiago Wanderers	26	12	9	5	44	32	+12	33
3	Rangers	26	11	9	6	39	31	+8	31
4	Unión Española	26	12	6	8	48	41	+7	30
5	Magallanes	26	9	11	6	44	39	+5	29
6	Everton	26	8	11	7	49	47	+2	27
7	Audax Italiano	26	9	8	9	40	41	−1	26
8	O'Higgins	26	8	10	8	41	43	−2	26
9	Palestino	26	10	5	11	52	52	0	25
10	Green Cross	26	6	11	9	34	39	−5	23
11	Universidad de Chile	26	8	5	13	38	45	−7	21
12	San Luis	26	6	7	13	28	35	−7	19
13	Ferrobádminton	26	5	9	12	33	51	−18	19
14	Santiago Morning	26	6	5	15	36	56	−20	17	Relegated to Segunda División

Source:

Campeonato de Fútbol Profesional 1956 champions
Colo-Colo 7th title

Topscorer

Name	Team	Goals
Guillermo Villarroel	O'Higgins	19

External links

• ANFP (in Spanish)
• RSSSF Chile 1956