1940 Primera División de Chile

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional
Dates	12 May 1940 – 8 December 1940
Champions	Universidad de Chile (1st title)
Matches played	90
Goals scored	417 (4.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Víctor Alonso; Pedro Valenzuela; (20 goals)
Total attendance	297,874
Average attendance	3,310
	← 1939 1941 →

The 1940 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional was Chilean first tier’s 8th season. Universidad de Chile was the tournament’s champion, being this title its first ever professional honor.^[1]

Universidad de Chile's 1940 champion team

Scores

	AUD	BAD	COL	GCR	MAG	SMO	SNJ	UES	UCA	UCH
Audax		3–1	2–5	3–1	2–3	4–1	1–2	3–1	5–1	1–3
Bádminton	4–4		2–5	3–3	4–2	5–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–3
Colo-Colo	3–5	3–1		2–5	0–2	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–3	1–0
Green Cross	2–4	1–3	2–1		5–1	2–5	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–2
Magallanes	1–2	5–1	4–6	4–1		5–2	2–4	2–1	2–1	4–4
S. Morning	1–1	3–5	1–3	5–1	4–2		3–1	2–1	0–1	2–4
S. National J.	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–2	4–1	3–3		2–1	3–2	2–2
U. Española	2–5	2–2	2–3	3–6	2–0	3–4	1–1		3–2	1–2
U. Católica	2–4	1–1	3–0	3–4	1–4	2–1	1–3	2–2		2–3
U. de Chile	3–0	2–0	1–3	3–4	5–3	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–3

Schedule

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Universidad de Chile (C)	18	12	2	4	46	31	+15	26
2	Audax Italiano	18	10	3	5	51	38	+13	23
3	Santiago National Juventus	18	8	6	4	36	32	+4	22
4	Colo-Colo	18	10	1	7	45	37	+8	21
5	Green Cross	18	7	4	7	47	49	−2	18
6	Magallanes	18	8	1	9	47	49	−2	17
7	Santiago Morning	18	6	3	9	43	48	−5	15
8	Badminton	18	4	6	8	38	47	−9	14
9	Universidad Católica	18	5	4	9	34	43	−9	14
10	Unión Española	18	3	4	11	30	43	−13	10