Chile 1970
First Division. Campeonato Oficial First Phase. Played in two separate championships: Metropolitano and Provincial. The first five of each obtain bonus points (5, 4, 3, 2 and 1, respectively) and classify for the Nacional. The Nacional is divided into two series (A and B). The first three of each play the final round for the cup. The last ones of each series play against relegation. Torneo Metropolitano (teams from Santiago and Rancagua) Final Table: 1.Unión Española 14 10 2 2 23-10 22 (5 bonus points) 2.Universidad Católica 14 9 2 3 30-18 20 (4 bonus points) 3.Colo Colo 14 6 3 5 20-16 15 (3 bonus points) 4.Universidad de Chile 14 4 7 3 28-25 15 (2 bonus points) 5.O'Higgins 14 3 6 5 19-21 12 (Rancagua) - (1 bonus point) 6.Palestino 14 4 3 7 21-27 11 7.Audax Italiano 14 3 4 7 18-27 10 8.Magallanes 14 2 3 9 12-27 7 Torneo Provincial (teams from the rest of the country) Final Table: 1.Concepción 18 9 5 4 35-24 23 (Concepción) - (5 bonus points) 2.Green Cross-Temuco 18 8 6 4 34-24 22 (Temuco) - (4 bonus points) 3.Huachipato 18 8 4 6 29-22 20 (Talcahuano) - (3 bonus points) 4.La Serena 18 7 6 5 23-20 20 (La Serena) - (2 bonus points) 5.Everton 18 6 7 5 26-24 19 (Viña del Mar) - (1 bonus points) 6.Antofagasta 18 6 7 5 19-19 19 (Antofagasta) 7.Lota Schwager 18 6 5 7 29-25 17 (Coronel) 8.Rangers 18 6 4 8 22-24 16 (Talca) 9.Santiago Wanderers 18 5 4 9 19-34 14 (Valparaíso) 10.Unión Calera 18 2 6 10 23-43 10 (La Calera) Second Phase Torneo Nacional Final Tables: Serie A 1.Universidad Católica 18 10 2 6 32-27 26 - Classified 2.Lota Schwager 18 9 6 3 21-13 24 (Coronel) - Classified 3.Concepción 18 6 7 5 23-20 24 (Concepción) - Classified 4.Universidad de Chile 18 8 5 5 18-12 23 - Classified 5.O'Higgins 18 7 5 6 23-21 20 (Rancagua) 6.Huachipato 18 5 6 7 27-25 19 (Talcahuano) 7.Audax Italiano 18 7 2 9 18-21 16 8.Antofagasta 18 3 7 8 15-26 13 (Antofagasta) 9.Unión Calera 18 1 8 9 18-37 10 (La Calera) - Relegation Playoff Serie B 1.Unión Española 18 10 7 1 35-18 32 - Classified 2.Everton 18 11 3 4 34-22 26 (Viña del Mar) - Classified 3.Colo Colo 18 7 6 5 26-23 23 - Classified 4.Green Cross-Temuco 18 6 6 6 24-21 18 (Temuco) - Classified 5.Magallanes 18 6 5 7 29-30 17 6.La Serena 18 5 4 9 16-28 16 (La Serena) 7.Rangers 18 5 5 8 23-28 15 (Talca) 8.Santiago Wanderers 18 6 3 9 20-29 15 (Valparaíso) 9.Palestino 18 3 7 8 26-30 13 - Relegation Playoff Relegation Playoff Unión Calera 2-3 Palestino Palestino 0-4 Unión Calera Unión Calera 1-1 Palestino Standing from left: Fidel Zuleta, Alejandro Mesías, Germán Concha, Ireneo Casco, Abel González, Víctor Guillermo Duarte. Crouching: Rómulo Betta, Elvio Porcel de Peralta, Felipe Bracamonte, Manuel Saavedra, Jaime Aretxabala 17.UNIÓN CALERA 3 1 1 1 7- 4 3 18.Palestino 3 1 1 1 4- 7 3 Relegated Final Stage Final Table: 1.Unión Española 7 6 0 1 17- 5 12 Championship Playoff 2.Colo Colo 7 6 0 1 19- 9 12 Championship Playoff 3.Universidad de Chile 7 4 0 3 11- 8 8 4.Universidad Católica 7 4 0 3 13-16 8 5.Concepción 7 3 1 3 13-13 7 (Concepción) 6.Everton 7 3 0 4 11-11 6 (Viña del Mar) 7.Lota Schwager 7 1 1 5 8-17 3 (Coronel) 8.Green Cross-Temuco 7 0 0 7 5-18 0 (Temuco) Final - 1-71 Colo Colo 2-1 Unión Española (in Santiago de Chile) Union Espanola – second place. Colo Colo – 1970 champion of Chile. Standing from left: Manuel Araya, Aldo Valentini, Leonel Herrera, Rafael Gonzalez, Gerardo Castañeda, Humberto Cruz.
Crouching: Carlos Caszely, Sergio Ramirez, Victor Zelada, Elson Beiruth, Leonel Herrera.