2011 Torneo Apertura (Chile)
# 2011 Torneo Apertura (Chile)

The 2011 Torneo Apertura or LXXXVIII Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de la Primera División de Chile was the 88th season of Chilean Primera División.

The season started on Friday 28 January with Católica's 2–0 inaugural match win over Deportes Iquique, and concluded on Sunday 12 June in the tournament final won by Universidad de Chile over the same Universidad Católica which didn't repeat its title from previous season.

## Teams

A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from 2010 season, and two promoted from the Primera B that replaced to the relegated Everton (17th) and San Luis de Quillota (18th) after finishing in the aggregate's table bottom.

Deportes Iquique reached the promotion to Primera División after winning the 2010 Primera B de Chile, so that The Dragons recovered their category lost in 2009, closing a brief absence of one season. However, with Iquique's 2010 Copa Chile Bicentenario title they were automatically qualified to the 2011 Copa Sudamericana second stage. The second promoted team was Unión La Calera as Primera B runner-up, so they returned to the top division after a 25-years absence.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Audax Italiano | Santiago | Bicentenario de La Florida | 12,000 |
| Cobreloa | Calama | Municipal de Calama | 13,000 |
| Cobresal | El Salvador | Estadio El Cobre | 15,000 |
| Colo-Colo | Santiago | Estadio Monumental | 47,017 |
| Huachipato | Talcahuano | Estadio CAP | 10,500 |
| Deportes Iquique | Iquique | Tierra de Campeones | 10,000 |
| Deportes La Serena | La Serena | La Portada | 14,000 |
| Ñublense | Chillán | Municipal Nelson Oyarzún Arenas | 12,000 |
| O'Higgins | Rancagua | El Teniente de Rancagua | 14,450 |
| Palestino | Santiago | La Cisterna | 12,000 |
| Santiago Morning | Santiago | Municipal de La Pintana | 6,000 |
| Santiago Wanderers | Valparaíso | Regional Chiledeportes | 18,500 |
| Unión Española | Santiago | Santa Laura | 22,000 |
| Unión San Felipe | San Felipe | Municipal de San Felipe | 10,000 |
| Unión La Calera | La Calera | Nicolás Chahuán Nazar | 10,000 |
| Universidad Católica | Santiago | San Carlos de Apoquindo | 15,000 |
| Universidad de Chile | Santiago | Estadio Nacional | 49,000 |
| Universidad de Concepción | Concepción | Municipal de Concepción | 29,000 |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Matchday | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cobreloa | Mario Soto | Mutual consent | 9 December 2010 | Pre-season | Nelson Acosta | 13 December 2010 |
| Unión San Felipe | Ivo Basay | End of contract | 11 December 2010 | Pre-season | Nelson Cossio | 20 December 2010 |
| O'Higgins | Marco Antonio Figueroa | Sacked | 11 December 2010 | Pre-season | Ivo Basay | 14 December 2010 |
| Universidad de Chile | Gerardo Pelusso | End of contract | 12 December 2010 | Pre-season | Jorge Sampaoli | 15 December 2010 |
| Santiago Wanderers | Jorge Garcés | Sacked | 13 December 2010 | Pre-season | Juan Manuel Llop | 27 December 2010 |
| Deportes La Serena | Víctor Hugo Castañeda | End of contract | 15 December 2010 | Pre-season | Fernando Vergara | 24 December 2010 |
| Universidad de Concepción | Yuri Fernández | End of caretaking | 27 December 2010 | Pre-season | Jaime Vera | 27 December 2010 |
| Colo-Colo | Diego Cagna | Sacked | 13 January 2011 | 2nd | Luis Pérez | 13 January 2013 |
| Deportes Iquique | José Cantillana | Sacked | 21 February 2011 | 5th | Jorge Pellicer | 26 February 2011 |
| Colo-Colo | Luis Pérez | End of caretaking | 22 February 2011 | 5th | Américo Gallego | 22 February 2011 |
| Ñublense | Luis Marcoleta | Resign | 2 May 2011 | 14th | Jorge Garcés | 3 May 2011 |

## Regular season

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Universidad Católica | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 38 | 2011 Copa Sudamericana first stage |
| 2 | Universidad de Chile | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 35 | 2011 Copa Sudamericana playoffs |
| 3 | Unión Española | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 32 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Palestino | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 30 | Playoffs |
| 5 | O'Higgins | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 27 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Unión La Calera | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 25 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Unión San Felipe | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 24 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Colo-Colo | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 24 | Playoffs |
| 9 | Huachipato | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 22 | |
| 10 | Deportes La Serena | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 21 | |
| 11 | Audax Italiano | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 21 | |
| 12 | Deportes Iquique | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 21 | 2011 Copa Sudamericana second stage |
| 13 | Universidad de Concepción | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 20 | |
| 14 | Santiago Wanderers | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 19 | |
| 15 | Cobreloa | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 18 | |
| 16 | Santiago Morning | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 16 | |
| 17 | Cobresal | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 16 | |
| 18 | Ñublense | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 14 | |

* 1 2 Colo-Colo lost three points for not present hiring files of midfielder Joan Muñoz during the game against Cobresal, so that Colo-Colo lost for walkover.
* ↑ Deportes Iquique qualified for the 2011 Copa Sudamericana second stage as 2010 Copa Chile Bicentenario winners. They also lost three points for not submitting hiring files of goalkeepers coach Luis Villaroel during tournament's second week-match against Universidad Católica.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AUD | COB | CSL | CC | IQU | SER | HUA | ÑUB | OHI | PAL | SM | SW | UE | ULC | USF | UC | UCH | UDC |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Audax Italiano | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | | | | 1–3 | 1–3 | | 4–0 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | | | |
| Cobreloa | | | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 3–3 | | | 2–3 | 1–0 | | | | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–4 | |
| Cobresal | | | | | | | 3–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–4 | | | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 2–5 | 4–3 |
| Colo-Colo | | | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | | | 5–1 | | | | | 2–0 | | 1–1 | | 1–5 |
| Deportes Iquique | 2–0 | | 1–1 | | | | | 2–1 | | | | | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Deportes La Serena | 2–3 | | 2–1 | | 0–0 | | | | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | | | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Huachipato | 1–1 | 1–1 | | | 3–1 | 0–4 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | | | 3–1 | | | | | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Ñublense | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–3 | | 2–3 | | | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–5 | | 1–0 | | | |
| O'Higgins | | | 3–3 | | 0–1 | | | | | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | |
| Palestino | | | | 0–3 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | | | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | | 3–2 |
| Santiago Morning | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | | 2–4 | 0–4 | | | 1–1 | 1–1 | | | | |
| Santiago Wanderers | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | | | | | 1–1 | | | | 1–1 | 1–2 | | | 2–1 |
| Unión Española | | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 4–2 | | | | | 2–1 | | 3–1 | | 0–0 | | |
| Unión La Calera | 3–1 | | | | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | | | | | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Unión San Felipe | | | | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | | | 1–2 | | 1–3 |
| Universidad Católica | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | | | | 2–1 | 2–0 | | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | | | 2–2 | |
| Universidad de Chile | 2–1 | | | 2–1 | | | | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | | 0–2 | | | |
| Universidad de Concepción | 1–0 | 0–1 | | | | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | | | | | 1–2 | 1–5 | |

## Playoffs

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Universidad Católica | 4 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Colo-Colo | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Colo-Colo | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Universidad Católica | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Unión La Calera | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3 | Unión Española | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Unión La Calera | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 6 | Unión La Calera | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Unión La Calera | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | Universidad Católica | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Universidad de Chile | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Universidad de Chile | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Universidad de Chile | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Unión San Felipe | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Unión San Felipe | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Universidad de Chile | 1 | 7 | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | O'Higgins | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | Palestino | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | O'Higgins | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 5 | O'Higgins | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Results

**Finals**

* Apertura 2011 Champions:
* Universidad de Chile 14th title

### Pre-Copa Sudamericana playoff

Universidad de Chile (regular season second-placed team) played a two-legged tie against Deportes Concepción (2010 Copa Chile Bicentenario runner-up) for the 2011 Copa Sudamericana preliminary stages qualification as Chile 3 berth.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Universidad de Chile | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 2011 Copa Sudamericana First Stage |
| 2 | Deportes Concepción | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |

## Top goalscorers

    As of 12 June 2011.

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Matías Urbano | Unión San Felipe | 12 |
| 2 | Gustavo Canales | Universidad de Chile | 11 |
| 3 | Eduardo Vargas | Universidad de Chile | 10 |
| 4 | Edson Puch | Universidad de Chile | 9 |
| 5 | Nicolás Canales | Palestino | 8 |
| 5 | Carlos Muñoz | Santiago Wanderers | 8 |
| 5 | Sebastián Jaime | Unión Española | 8 |
