The Campeonato de Apertura (Opening Championship) was an annual competition for Chilean football teams at the beginning of the season. It was played from 1933 to 1950, but didn't have regularity through years, not being played in 1935, 1936, 1939, 1943, 1945, 1946 and 1948. The Campeonato de Apertura was sometimes disputed in a knock-out system, other times in a mini-league system. It is considered as the precursor of Copa Chile, Chile's official cup competition that started in 1958.

Nowadays, there are in Chilean football two national league competitions per year, one of them called Torneo de Apertura (Opening Tournament). In spite of its name, it has nothing to do with the former Campeonato initiated in 1933.

Finals

Ed. Year Champion Scores Runner-up Trophy
1
 1933 Colo-Colo 2–1 Unión Española Copa Cesar Seoane
2
 1934 Santiago 4–2 Colo-Colo Copa Apertura
3
 1937 Magallanes 2–0 Audax Italiano Copa Apertura Aliviol
4
 1938 Colo-Colo 3–1 Audax Italiano Copa Apertura
5
 1940 Colo-Colo 3–2 Universidad de Chile Copa Apertura
6
 1941 Audax Italiano 2–1 Magallanes Copa Apertura
7
 1942 Santiago National 2–1 Badminton Copa Apertura
8
 1944 Santiago Morning 1–1[1] Audax Italiano Copa Jaime Rodríguez
9
 1947 Unión Española 2–0 Iberia Copa Preparación
10
 1949 Santiago Morning 1–0 Santiago Wanderers Copa Preparación
11
 1950 Santiago Morning 3–2 Audax Italiano Copa Carlos Varela

Titles by club

Club Titles Runners-up Seasons won Seasons runner-up
Colo-Colo 3 1 1933, 1938, 1940 1934
Santiago Morning 3 — 1944, 1949, 1950 —
Audax Italiano 1 4 1941 1937, 1938, 1944, 1950
Magallanes 1 1 1937 1941
Unión Española 1 1 1947 1933
Santiago National 1 — 1942 —
Santiago 1 — 1934 —
Badminton — 1 — 1942
Iberia — 1 — 1947
Santiago Wanderers — 1 — 1949
Universidad de Chile — 1 — 1940

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Santiago Morning on more corner kicks over the final.


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