Colo Colo beats Universidad de Chile in the attendance and public ranking in the 2019 National Championship stadiums

He Chilean soccer had a traumatic end in 2019. In the midst of social unrest, the ANFP decided to end the national championships early, which directly impacted the box office income of Chilean teams.

The money that the clubs received for this concept fell by 18 percent, more than 2,500 million pesos, according to the Financial Yearbook of Chilean Soccer that was released this day from Quilín.

But in the drop in attendance there was a team that could stand out. Is about Colo Colo, which returned to first place in number of viewers and cut the trend that had been showing University of Chile in this section.

According to the First Division figures, which suffered a 21 percent drop to reach a total viewership of 1,349,729, the Cacique has the first position with 323-623 attendees, seven thousand more than the U in 2019 .

The Blues regretted a series of punishments to their home team and a campaign well below expectations, which was reflected in a sharp loss of 30 percent of their audience in 2018, when 450,000 spectators arrived at their games.

For its part, Colo Colo maintained its figures and allowed itself to reach first place, followed by U, Universidad Católica, Coquimbo Unido and Everton de Viña del Mar.