1998 Copa Apertura

1998 Copa Apertura
Tournament details
Country	Chile
Teams	16
Defending champions	Colo-Colo
Final positions
Champions	Universidad de Chile
Runner-up	Audax Italiano
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Alejandro Carrasco (5 goals)
	← 1996 2000 →

The 1998 Copa Apertura was the 27th edition of the Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on February 14, 1998, and concluded on April 1, 1998. Only first level teams took part in the tournament. Universidad de Chile won the competition for their second time, beating Audax Italiano on the finals.

Calendar

Round	Date
Group Round	14 February 1998 8 March 1998
Semi-finals	14–21 March 1998
Finals	28 March 1998 1 April 1998

Group Round

Key to colours in group tables
Teams that progressed to the Semifinals

Group 1

	CLOA	COQU	DLSE	DIQU
Cobreloa		5–0	1–1	4–1
Coquimbo U.	4–1		1–2	2–0
D. La Serena	3–2	0–1		2–0
D. Iquique	2–2	2–0	2–1

Rank	Team	Points
1	Deportes La Serena	10
2	Coquimbo Unido	9
3	Cobreloa	8
4	Deportes Iquique	7

Group 2

	UCHI	COLO	RANG	SWAN
U. de Chile		1–0	2–1	2–0
Colo-Colo	1–0		0–1	1–0
Rangers	0–3	1–0		3–0
S. Wanderers	1–1	3–1	2–2

Rank	Team	Points
1	Universidad de Chile	13
2	Rangers	10
3	Colo-Colo	6
4	Santiago Wanderers	5

Group 3

	AUDI	PALE	DCON	UCAT
Audax I.		4–0	2–1	2–0
Palestino	2–4		1–0	1–4
D. Concepción	1–0	2–2		1–0
U. Católica	1–1	2–2	5–3

Rank	Team	Points
1	Audax Italiano	13
2	Universidad Católica	8
3	Deportes Concepción	7
4	Palestino	5

Group 4

	DTEM	DPMO	POSO	HUAC
D. Temuco		0–3	1–0	1–1
D. Puerto Montt	1–1		1–0	0–1
P. Osorno	1–3	1–2		2–1
Huachipato	1–2	3–2	0–1

Rank	Team	Points
1	Deportes Temuco	11
2	Deportes Puerto Montt	10
3	Huachipato	7
4	Provincial Osorno	6

Semifinals

March 14, 1998

Deportes La Serena	0 – 3	Universidad de Chile
		26', 33' Maestri 48' Barrera

Estadio La Portada, La Serena

Attendance: 13,182

Referee: M. Peña

March 15, 1998

Deportes Temuco	0 – 0	Audax Italiano

Estadio Municipal Germán Becker, Temuco

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: M. Sánchez

March 21, 1998

Audax Italiano	2 – 0	Deportes Temuco
Guirland 1', 83' (pen.)

Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: E. Gamboa

March 21, 1998

Universidad de Chile	2 – 2	Deportes La Serena
Mafla 34' Maestri 40'		18' Ceballos 19' Flores

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 17,587

Referee: R. Selman

Finals

First leg

March 28, 1998

19:10 (UTC-4)

Universidad de Chile	1–1	Audax Italiano
Valencia 10'		44' Carrasco

Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: G. Aros

Second leg

April 1, 1998

20:10 (UTC-4)

Audax Italiano	0–2	Universidad de Chile
		4' Valencia 7' Mafla

Estadio Santa Laura, Santiago

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: C. Lemus

Copa Chile 1998 Champion
U. de Chile Second Title

Top goalscorer

Alejandro Carrasco (Audax Italiano) 5 goals

References

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