Teams
Union La Calera
O'Higgins
Union Espanola
Audax Italiano
Universidad de Chile
Huachipato
Everton de Vina
Palestino
Universidad Catolica
Colo Colo
Cobresal
Curico Unido
CD Antofagasta
Coquimbo Unido
Nublense
Deportes Iquique
La Serena
Universidad de Concepcion
Santiago Wanderers
Deportes Copiapo
Melipilla
Deportes Temuco
San Luis Quillota
Cobreloa
Magallanes
Wikipedia - Chilean Primera División
The Chilean Primera División (English: First Division of Chile) is a professional football league, being the highest division of Chilean football league system. It is organized by the ANFP. The league was previously known as the Campeonato AFP PlanVital for sponsorship reasons. In 2023, the ANFP signed a partnership with Betsson Group to become the official naming sponsor of the competition, which became known as Campeonato Betsson.
History
Professionalism
In 1933, eight big clubs at that time, namely, Unión Española, Badminton, Colo-Colo, Audax Italiano, Green Cross, Morning Star, Magallanes and Santiago National F.C., founded the Liga Profesional de Football de Santiago (LPF) on May 31, 1933. The newly formed body was recognized by the Football Federation of Chile on June 2, 1933. []
The first edition of professional competition was contested by the eight founding teams and was won by Magallanes after defeating Colo-Colo in a decisive match. In the following year, according to the disposition of Federación de Fútbol de Chile, Liga Profesional returned to integrate with the AFS. As part of the negotiations for reunification, four teams from AFS, namely, Club Deportivo Ferroviarios, Carlos Walker, Deportivo Alemán, and Santiago F.C., would join the 1934 professional competition. Moreover, it was also decided that the last six teams in the 1934 competition would be eliminated to form the new second division in 1935. The title of the expanded 1934 edition was again clinched by Magallanes, which won 10 out of the 11 matches that year.