Chilean Football

Next june 21st will start the second championship of the year: Clausura.
Our system of championship is a little freak.
Two championships in the year ...
We have 20 teams that are divided in 4 groups... first part play all against all ... after that start the play off what is played for 8 teams the first and second of each group. If some team that get the third place had more points that one that got a second place, must play one match, the one that win goes to the play offs.
The play off system is: First play against the last qualified. second to the seventh, thitd to the sixth and four with five. Two games, home and away.
The first and second of the Apertura -before playoff- get the right to play Southamerican Cup
The champion of each championship goes to Copa Libertadores and the third place is for the game that got more points during the year.

Theese are the groups.

Group 1:
A. Italiano
Everton
Cobresal
Huachipato
U. Española

Group 2
O'Higgins
U. de Chile
Stgo. Morning
La Serena
Palestino

Group 3
Colo Colo
Cobreloa
Antofagasta
P. Osorno
Melipilla

Group 4
Ñublense
U. Católica
Rangers
U. de Conce
D. Concepción

I think it's a nice interesting system.
What's the reason for this grouping?
In my league, there was 2 group to cut the spending money for traveling. Eastern has its league, and western has it's league and then they met in big 8 (4 best of the groups)...
Btw, I think you must be glad not in a same group with Everton and Rangers, otherwise your club would lost money by traveling to Britain.

tjamenovic wrote:

Btw, I think you must be glad not in a same group with Everton and Rangers, otherwise your club would lost money by traveling to Britain.

Haha nice one

What team is it you support Mafalda? Colo Colo? I've always liked Universidad because of Salas!

tjamenovic wrote:

Btw, I think you must be glad not in a same group with Everton and Rangers, otherwise your club would lost money by traveling to Britain.

Jajajaja yes Tjamen... good one

Giolazio wrote:

What team is it you support Mafalda? Colo Colo? I've always liked Universidad because of Salas!

Universidad de Chile ... thats the full name of the team, we also have Universidad Católica and Universidad de Concepción If you say Universidad you say nothing, but you are not wrong they are nothing=merde.
My friend Colo Colo is like Lazio .... U. de Chile is like Rioma
You will see what chilean team must support

Mafalda wrote:

tjamenovic wrote:

Btw, I think you must be glad not in a same group with Everton and Rangers, otherwise your club would lost money by traveling to Britain.

Jajajaja yes Tjamen... good one

Giolazio wrote:

What team is it you support Mafalda? Colo Colo? I've always liked Universidad because of Salas!

Universidad de Chile ... thats the full name of the team, we also have Universidad Católica and Universidad de Concepción If you say Universidad you say nothing, but you are not wrong they are nothing=merde.
My friend Colo Colo is like Lazio .... U. de Chile is like Rioma
You will see what chilean team must support

Oops! better change sides then! Forza Colo Colo!

Smart guy

Colo Colo es lo más grande

OK ... today we got the new groups for Clausura

Group A. (The death group)
Colo Colo
Universidad de Chile
Ñublense
Unión Española
Deportes Concepcion (Can be banned because of economics problems)

Group B
Universidad Católica
Everton
La Serena
Rangers
Osorno

Group C
O'Higgins
Santiago Morning
Palestino
Universidad de Concepción
Melipilla

Group D
Audax Italiano
Cobresal
Huachipato
Cobreloa
Antofagasta

What a dificult group we got

RANKING AFTER FIRST WEEK

1. Palestino 3

2. Cobreloa 3

3. Stgo. Morning 3

4. U. Española 3

5. A. Italiano 1

6. La Serena 1

7. Ñublense 1

8. O'Higgins 1

9. Rangers 1

10. U. de Conce 1

11. Cobresal 0

12. Colo Colo 0 ( Did not play the first week)

13. D. Concepción 0 (Was ekiminated of this championship because of money problems)

14. Everton 0 ( Did not play the first week)

15. P. Osorno 0 ( Did not play the first week)

16. U. de Chile 0 ( Did not play the first week)

17. Huachipato 0 ( Did not play the first week)

18. Melipilla 0

19. U. Católica 0

20. Antofagasta 0

SECOND WEEK GAMES

Palestino v/s O'Higgins
U. Católica v/s Everton
A. Italiano v/s U. Española
U. de Conce v/s Antofagasta
P. Osorno v/s Huachipato
Rangers v/s La Serena
Melipilla v/s Colo Colo
Cobreloa v/s Cobresal
U. de Chile v/s Ñublense

S. Morning v/s D. Conce (S. Morning should be free)

After 3 weeks this is the ranking

1. O'Higgins 7
2. P. Osorno 6
3. Everton 6
4. U. de Chile 6
5. Colo Colo 4
6. Palestino 4
7. Stgo. Morning 4
8. U. de Conce 4
9. Cobreloa 4
10. La Serena 4
11. Rangers 4
12. U. Española 4
13. U. Católica 3
14. Antofagasta 3
15. A. Italiano 2
16. Cobresal 1
17. Huachipato 1
18. Ñublense 1
19. Melipilla 0

The ranking today in chilean football

1. Everton 12
2. Colo Colo 10
3. O'Higgins 10
4. Rangers 7
5. P. Osorno 6
6. U. de Chile 6
7. Palestino 5
8. Stgo. Morning 5
9. Cobreloa 5
10. La Serena 5
11. U. Española 5
12. U. Católica 4
13. U. de Conce 4
14. Huachipato 4
15. Antofagasta 3
16. A. Italiano 3
17. Melipilla 1
18. Ñublense 1
19. Cobresal 1

Im depressed

We lost the first derby U. Católica 1 - Colo Colo 0

That sucks :( but at least it was not against Universidad de Chile right?

Bobbi wrote:

That sucks :( but at least it was not against Universidad de Chile right?

No ... I would kill myself But the #°&* chunchos are leader

Chunchos are still leading but we can see a light at the end of the tunnel ... our coach was fired
Now we just hope that the board choose the right one

Next august 20th the chilean NT will play in Turkiye a friendly game with turkish NT ...
in september 7th will play in Santiago with Brazil for WC quali ... I hope we can have some luck

Chilean NT lost 0 - 1 in the friendly in Istanbul

Mafalda wrote:

Chilean NT lost 0 - 1 in the friendly in Istanbul

No shame in that, Turkey are a really good team. Hope Chile can cause a major upset and beat Brazil!

Chile's squad is improving, I'm hoping they reach the WC because I think they will be very entertaining. It's a young squad, come 2010, they could be dangerous...

I hope we can beat Brazil here at home ... once we did

I dont know what to think ... wont be easy for us to reach the WC in fornt of us is Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Colombia ... I hope we can

Colo Colo won 2 - 1 today ... with the new coach, a real idol, former player one of our beloved

And ... we are leading!!!!!

My day wasnt perfect ... after Lazio's game i thought Colo Colo could win too, but no, lost.
But .... U de Chile (chunchos) lost too so we are still leading

Ranking
1 U. de Chile 23

1 Colo Colo 23

3 Rangers 21

4 La Serena 20

5 Everton 19

6 Huachipato 18

7 Palestino 18

8 Audax Italiano 17

9 Cobresal 16

10 Antofagasta 15

11 O'Higgins 15

12 Cobreloa 15

13 U. Católica 14

14 Santiago Morning 14

15 U. de Concepción 11

16 Ñublense 11

17 P. Osorno 9

18 Unión Española 9

19 Melipilla 8

Thats great and hopefully Colo Colo win it