1956 Primera División de Chile
# 1956 Primera División de Chile

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 |

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

## Topscorer

| Name | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - |
| Guillermo Villarroel | O'Higgins | 19 |
