1977 Primera División de Chile

Campeonato Nacional 1977
Dates	16 April 1977 – 18 December 1977
Champions	Unión Española (5th title)
Relegated	Regional Antofagasta; Deportes Ovalle; Santiago Wanderers (Promotion Lig.)
1978 Copa Libertadores	Unión Española; Palestino
Matches played	307
Goals scored	860 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Oscar Fabbiani; (34 goals)
Biggest home win	Unión Española 7–0 Green Cross Temuco; (31 July); Unión Española 7–0 O'Higgins; (15 October)
Highest attendance	54,336 Universidad de Chile 4–5 Colo-Colo; (17 July)
Total attendance	1,970,085
Average attendance	6,417
	← 1976 1978 →

The 1977 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional was first tier's 45th season. Unión Española was the tournament's champion, winning its fifth title.^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Unión Española	34	21	9	4	72	28	+44	51	Champions & qualified to 1978 Copa Libertadores
2	Everton	34	20	9	5	64	38	+26	49	Qualified to Liguilla Pre-Libertadores
3	Palestino	34	18	11	5	70	33	+37	47
4	Colo-Colo	34	15	12	7	56	43	+13	42
5	Universidad de Chile	34	13	13	8	50	35	+15	39
6	Lota Schwager	34	11	14	9	46	45	+1	36
7	Deportes Concepción	34	14	7	13	48	52	−4	35
8	Aviación	34	12	10	12	46	51	−5	34
9	Audax Italiano	34	12	9	13	48	53	−5	33
10	O'Higgins	34	10	11	13	40	44	−4	31
11	Huachipato	34	9	12	13	39	46	−7	30
12	Green Cross Temuco	34	10	10	14	46	62	−16	30
13	Ñublense	34	8	12	14	38	45	−7	28
14	Universidad Católica	34	8	12	14	36	48	−12	28
15	Santiago Wanderers	34	9	10	15	50	66	−16	28	Qualified to promotion play-off
16	Deportes Ovalle	34	6	15	13	42	52	−10	27	Qualified to promotion/relegation Liguilla
17	Santiago Morning	34	9	9	16	37	50	−13	27	Qualified to promotion/relegation Liguilla
18	Regional Antofagasta	34	5	7	22	29	66	−37	17	Relegated to Segunda División

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Campeonato Nacional 1977 champions
Unión Española 5th title

Scores

Home \ Away	ANT	AUD	AVI	COL	DCO	EVE	GCT	HUA	LOT	ÑUB	OHI	DOV	PAL	SMO	UCA	UCH	UES	SWA
Antofagasta		2–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–5	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–1
Audax	2–1		3–2	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–3	2–3
Aviación	1–0	2–0		2–1	1–2	0–2	6–4	3–1	0–2	3–1	2–1	1–3	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–1	1–1
Colo-Colo	2–3	0–1	2–1		2–0	3–1	3–1	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–2	1–0	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–3	2–0
Concepción	4–2	1–0	2–1	0–1		1–4	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–5	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–3	4–2
Everton	3–0	4–2	2–0	3–1	2–1		1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
Green Cross T.	2–1	4–3	1–1	2–2	1–3	3–2		1–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–3
Huachipato	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	3–0		1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–4	1–0
Lota S.	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	3–1	1–0		0–0	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–3	0–2	2–2
Ñublense	5–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1		1–3	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	3–1
O'Higgins	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	5–2		2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2
Ovalle	3–1	4–2	2–2	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1		1–2	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–2	2–1
Palestino	3–0	3–3	0–0	1–1	2–0	6–1	1–1	1–0	5–1	3–1	4–2	2–1		3–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	4–1
S. Morning	2–1	0–0	4–4	1–4	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–5		3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1
U. Católica	3–1	1–2	1–3	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1		1–1	1–1	2–1
U. de Chile	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–5	4–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	3–2	3–2	2–0		0–0	1–2
U. Española	2–4	2–0	5–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	7–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	7–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–3	0–0		3–1
S. Wanderers	3–0	2–3	1–1	3–3	1–3	3–4	3–1	0–2	4–4	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–4	0–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff

27 November 1977	Santiago Morning	2 – 1	Deportes Ovalle	Estadio Municipal, Valparaíso
	Toro 16' Pecoraro 90'		Ortíz 30'	Attendance: 4,812 Referee: Mario Castro

Deportes Ovalle relegated to Segunda División

Topscorer

Name	Team	Goals
Oscar Fabbiani	Palestino	34

Liguilla Pre-Copa Libertadores

20 December 1977	Universidad de Chile	0 – 1	Palestino	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
			66' Pinto	Attendance: 33,879 Referee: A. Martínez

20 December 1977	Colo-Colo	1 – 0	Everton	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Orellana 64'			Attendance: 33,879 Referee: R. Hormazábal

22 December 1977	Palestino	2 – 2	Everton	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Fabbiani 83' Dubó 90'		43' Ceballos 75' Spedaletti	Attendance: 29,370 Referee: S. Vásquez

22 December 1977	Colo-Colo	2 – 2	Universidad de Chile	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Orellana 5', 78'		7' Socías 85' Pellegrini	Attendance: 29,370 Referee: J. Silvagno

27 December 1977	Universidad de Chile	2 – 4	Everton	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Barrera 39' Neumann 65'		5', 33' Martínez 17', 27' Salinas	Attendance: 56,723 Referee: J. Carvajal

27 December 1977	Colo-Colo	1 – 2	Palestino	Estadio Nacional, Santiago
	Brunel 67'		8' Rojas 71' Fabbiani	Attendance: 56,723 Referee: M. Lira

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PD
1	Palestino	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	5	Qualified to 1978 Copa Libertadores
2	Everton	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	3
3	Colo-Colo	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
4	Universidad de Chile	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

Source: rsssf.com

Promotion/relegation Liguilla

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santiago Morning	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	5
2	Cobreloa	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	4	Promoted to Primera División
3	Santiago Wanderers	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2	Relegated to Segunda División
4	Malleco Unido	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1