2002 Torneo Apertura (Chile)

Campeonato Nacional Apertura Copa Banco del Estado
Season	2002
Dates	16 February – 30 June 2002
Champions	Universidad Católica ; 8th title
2003 Copa Libertadores	Universidad Católica
2002 Copa Sudamericana	Cobreloa (Pre-Sudamericana winners); Santiago Wanderers (Pre-Sudamericana winners)
Matches played	146
Top goalscorer	Sebastián González; (18 goals)
Total attendance	1,066,303
Average attendance	7,303
	← 2001 2002–C →

The 2002 Campeonato Nacional Apertura Copa Banco del Estado was the 71st Chilean League top flight tournament. The champion was Universidad Católica which won its eight league title.

Qualifying round[edit]

Scores[edit]

Home \ Away	AUD	CLO	CSA	COL	DCO	COQ	HUA	PAL	RAN	SMO	USF	DTE	UCA	UCH	UES	SWA
Audax			1–1			2–1	2–1	2–3				2–1	1–2	2–1	1–0
Cobreloa	2–1		2–0	0–2		4–0	2–0	1–3	3–3	1–1
Cobresal					1–2	1–1		2–3	3–1			2–4		3–2		0–0
Colo-Colo	3–0		2–0		2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1		2–1	3–1
Concepción	0–1	1–1							1–0			1–2	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–3
Coquimbo					2–3			0–0	2–2			3–0		0–2	1–0	3–0
Huachipato			3–1		3–1	3–1		2–2	1–1			2–3				0–3
Palestino					4–3				0–0			2–2	2–4	1–1	4–0	1–0
Rangers	0–0	3–1		2–0						2–1		2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0
S. Morning	2–0		1–2		2–1	0–1	5–2	1–1			0–1					0–1
San Felipe	2–2		4–1		3–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–0							3–0
Temuco		3–1		1–1						4–2	5–0		3–3	1–3	0–0
U. Católica		3–3	7–0	3–1		5–0	2–2			2–3	2–1
U. Chile		4–2		0–3			3–2			2–1	2–0		1–1		2–0
U. Española		3–2	3–2	2–3			4–1			1–1	3–1		0–2
S. Wanderers	2–1	0–3		3–1					1–1			3–2	1–1	3–3	4–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Standings[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santiago Wanderers	15	7	4	4	24	20	+4	25	Advanced to the Playoffs
2	Huachipato	15	4	4	7	24	31	−7	16
3	Santiago Morning	15	4	3	8	23	25	−2	15
4	Cobresal	15	3	3	9	19	36	−17	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad Católica	15	8	5	2	40	22	+18	29	Advanced to the Playoffs
2	Palestino	15	6	8	1	29	21	+8	26
3	Deportes Temuco	15	6	5	4	33	27	+6	23
4	Audax Italiano	15	6	3	6	18	21	−3	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universidad de Chile	15	7	4	4	28	23	+5	25	Advanced to the Playoffs
2	Rangers	15	6	6	3	21	15	+6	24
3	Cobreloa	15	5	4	6	28	27	+1	19
4	Deportes Concepción	15	4	2	9	18	28	−10	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colo-Colo	15	9	3	3	29	16	+13	30	Advanced to the Playoffs
2	Unión San Felipe	15	5	3	7	21	24	−3	18
3	Coquimbo Unido	15	5	3	7	17	26	−9	18
4	Unión Española	15	4	2	9	17	27	−10	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoff stage[edit]

First Round
Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	GG	Pen.
Huachipato	3:3	Universidad Católica	1–0	0–3 (aet)	0–1	—
Coquimbo Unido	1:4	Palestino	0–2	0–0	—	—
Cobreloa	3:3	Santiago Wanderers	2–1	1–3 (aet)	0–0	4–3
Santiago Morning	0:6	Colo-Colo	0–4	2–6	—	—
Unión San Felipe	3:3	Universidad de Chile	2–1	1–6 (aet)	0–1	—
Deportes Temuco	3:3	Rangers	1–2	2–2 (aet)	0–1	—

Quarterfinals
Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	AG	Pen.
Rangers	2:2	Palestino	0–0	1–1	1:0	—
Deportes Temuco	1:4	Universidad Católica	0–1	2–2	—	—
Cobreloa	1:4	Colo-Colo	2–5	2–2	—	—
Santiago Wanderers	1:4	Universidad de Chile	3–3	1–2	—	—

Semifinals
Teams			Scores		Tie-breakers
Team #1	Points	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	AG	Pen.
Universidad de Chile	1:4	Universidad Católica	3–3	1–2	—	—
Rangers	4:1	Colo-Colo	2–1	2–2	—	—

Finals[edit]

June 26

Rangers	1–1	Universidad Católica
Risso 90'		Pérez 57'

Estadio Fiscal, Talca

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Guido Aros

June 30

Universidad Católica	4–0	Rangers
Norambuena 45', 46' Pérez 62' Mirosevic 73'

Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Carlos Chandía

Campeonato Nacional 2002 Apertura champions
Universidad Católica 8th title

Top goalscorers[edit]

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Sebastián González	Colo-Colo	18
2	Arturo Norambuena	Universidad Católica	14
2	Luis Ignacio Quinteros	Colo-Colo	14
4	Luis Rueda	Universidad de Chile	12
4	Juan Quiroga	Deportes Temuco	12

Pre-Copa Sudamericana 2002 Tournament[edit]

First round[edit]

Played on August 14 & 15, 2002

Home team	Score	Away team
Cobreloa	3–0	Cobresal
Audax Italiano	0–1	Santiago Morning
Unión San Felipe	5–0	Deportes Temuco
Santiago Wanderers	2–1	Palestino
Universidad Católica	4–2	Unión Española
Colo-Colo	1–2	Coquimbo Unido
Rangers	3–2	Huachipato
Deportes Concepción	2–2 (5-4p)	Universidad de Chile

Second round[edit]

Played on August 20, 2002

Home team	Score	Away team
Cobreloa	3–0 aet	Rangers
Coquimbo Unido	2–0	Santiago Morning
Universidad Católica	1–0	Unión San Felipe
Deportes Concepción	0–1	Santiago Wanderers

Final round[edit]

28 August 2002	Coquimbo Unido	1 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Santiago Wanderers	Estadio Francisco Sánchez, Coquimbo
	Olivares 2'		80' Sanhueza 103', 116' Fernández 110' Riveros	Attendance: 2,336 Referee: B. Arenas

28 August 2002	Universidad Católica	2 – 3	Cobreloa	San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago
	Gabrich 9', 89'		48' Fuentes 71' Madrid 88' Dinamarca	Attendance: 5,893 Referee: G. Aros

Santiago Wanderers & Cobreloa qualified to 2002 Copa Sudamericana

External links[edit]

RSSSF Chile 2002