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.YearChampionScoresRunner-upTrophy 1933Colo-Colo 2–1Unión Española Copa Cesar Seoane 1934Santiago 4–2Colo-Colo Copa Apertura 1937Magallanes 2–0Audax Italiano Copa Apertura Aliviol 1938Colo-Colo 3–1Audax Italiano Copa Apertura 1940Colo-Colo 3–2Universidad de Chile Copa Apertura 1941Audax Italiano 2–1Magallanes Copa Apertura 1942Santiago National 2–1Badminton Copa Apertura 1944Santiago Morning 1–1Santiago Morning on more corner kicks over the final.Audax Italiano Copa Jaime Rodríguez 1947Unión Española 2–0Iberia Copa Preparación 1949Santiago Morning 1–0Santiago Wanderers Copa Preparación 1950Santiago Morning 3–2Audax Italiano Copa Carlos Varela
Titles by club ClubTitlesRunners-upSeasons wonSeasons 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— 1942Iberia— 1— 1947Santiago Wanderers— 1— 1949Universidad de Chile— 1— 1940
Torneo de Consuelo del Campeonato de Apertura de Chile Finals Ed.YearChampionScoresRunner-upTrophy 1933 Santiago Badminton 4–2 Morning Star Trofeo Compañía Chilena de Electricidad 1934 Universidad Católica 3–2 Badminton
Notes and references
Chile Cup - RSSSF