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 Club de Deportes Iquique S.A.D.P. is a Chilean football club based in Iquique that is a current member of the Primera B. Founded in 1978, the club's home stadium is the Estadio Tierra de Campeones, which has a 13,171 capacity. Iquique has spent ...

, and concluded on Sunday 12 June in the tournament final won by

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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.

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 Unión La Calera is a Chilean football club based in La Calera and competes the Primera División de Chile. It was founded as Club de Deportes La Calera on 26 January 1954, after the merger of three teams from the city: ''Condor'', ''Calera Com ...

as Primera B runner-up, so they returned to the top division after a 25-years absence.

Stadia and locations

Managerial changes

Regular season

Standings

Results

Playoffs

Bracket

Results

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Finals

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Pre-Copa Sudamericana playoff

(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. ---- Matias Urbano

Top goalscorers

References

External links

ANFP

2011 Torneo Apertura at Soccerway

Season regulations
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