Primera B de Chile
Season2023
Dates10 February – 10 December 2023
ChampionsCobreloa (1st title)
PromotedCobreloa
Deportes Iquique
RelegatedDeportes Puerto Montt
Matches played252
Goals scored649 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorerRodrigo Contreras (17 goals)
Biggest home winAntofagasta 6–0 Dep. Temuco
(29 April)
Biggest away winSanta Cruz 0–3 La Serena
(27 February)
Cobreloa 1–4 Antofagasta
(2 April)
Puerto Montt 1–4 Antofagasta
(21 May)
Rangers 1–4 Dep. Iquique
(21 May)
Santiago Morning 0–3 La Serena
(29 May)
La Serena 0–3 Santa Cruz
(17 July)
Santiago Morning 0–3 Dep. Iquique
(27 August)
Puerto Montt 0–3 Barnechea
(9 October)
Highest scoringBarnechea 4–3 La Serena
(10 September)
San Marcos 4–3 Antofagasta
(9 October)
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The 2023 Primera B de Chile, known as Campeonato Ascenso Betsson 2023 for sponsorship purposes until 15 October 2023,[1] was the 69th season of the Primera B de Chile, Chile's second-tier football league. The fixture for the season was announced on 11 January 2023, with the competition starting on 10 February and ending on 10 December 2023.[2]

Cobreloa won their first Primera B championship in this tournament, securing both the title as well as promotion to the Chilean Primera División with a 2–1 victory over Rangers on the final round of the regular season on 15 October.[3] Deportes Iquique were the other promoted team, defeating Santiago Wanderers in the promotion play-off finals to claim the remaining promotion spot.[4]

Format

The 16 participating teams played each other in a double round-robin tournament (once at home and once away) for a total of 30 matches, with the top team at the end of the 30 rounds winning the championship as well as promotion to the Campeonato Nacional for the following season. The play-off tournament to decide the second promoted team (Liguilla) was expanded from five to seven teams, which were the ones placing from second to eighth place, and the league runners-up received a bye to the semi-finals. The playoffs winning team was the second and last promoted team to the top flight for the following season. The bottom-placed team at the end of the regular season was relegated to the Segunda División Profesional.[5]

Teams

Locations of the 2023 Primera B de Chile teams in Santiago.

The tournament is played by 16 teams, 13 returning from the previous season, two relegated from the 2022 Campeonato Nacional (Deportes La Serena and Deportes Antofagasta), and the 2022 Segunda División Profesional champions San Marcos de Arica. These teams replaced Magallanes and Deportes Copiapó, who were promoted to the 2023 Campeonato Nacional, as well as Fernández Vial and Deportes Melipilla, both relegated to Segunda División for this season.

Stadia and locations

Club City Stadium Capacity
Barnechea Santiago (Lo Barnechea) Municipal de Lo Barnechea 3,000
Cobreloa Calama Zorros del Desierto 12,346
Deportes Antofagasta Antofagasta Calvo y Bascuñán 21,178
Deportes Iquique Iquique Tierra de Campeones 13,171
Deportes La Serena La Serena La Portada 18,243
Deportes Puerto Montt Puerto Montt Chinquihue 10,000
Deportes Recoleta Santiago (Recoleta) Leonel Sánchez Lineros 1,000
Deportes Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Joaquín Muñoz García 5,000
Deportes Temuco Temuco Germán Becker 18,413
Rangers Talca Fiscal de Talca 8,200
San Luis Quillota Lucio Fariña Fernández 7,680
San Marcos de Arica Arica Carlos Dittborn 9,746
Santiago Morning Santiago (La Pintana) Municipal de La Pintana 6,000
Santiago Wanderers Valparaíso Elías Figueroa Brander 20,575
Unión San Felipe San Felipe Municipal de San Felipe 12,000
Universidad de Concepción Concepción Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo 30,448

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cobreloa (C, P) 30 16 6 8 41 30 +11 54 Promotion to Primera División
2 Deportes Iquique (P) 30 14 10 6 54 39 +15 52 Advance to Promotion play-off semi-finals
3 Santiago Wanderers 30 14 9 7 37 28 +9 51 Advance to Promotion play-off quarter-finals
4 Deportes Temuco 30 13 9 8 38 36 +2 48
5 Deportes Antofagasta 30 14 4 12 50 38 +12 46
6 San Luis 30 12 8 10 43 31 +12 44
7 Deportes La Serena 30 13 5 12 38 39 −1 44
8 Unión San Felipe 30 11 8 11 40 34 +6 41
9 Barnechea 30 11 8 11 40 41 −1 41
10 San Marcos de Arica 30 11 7 12 51 52 −1 40
11 Rangers 30 10 6 14 35 47 −12 36
12 Santiago Morning 30 9 7 14 32 38 −6 34
13 Deportes Santa Cruz 30 8 10 12 27 35 −8 34
14 Universidad de Concepción 30 9 7 14 36 49 −13 34
15 Deportes Recoleta 30 7 9 14 34 43 −9 30
16 Deportes Puerto Montt (R) 30 7 9 14 25 41 −16 30 Relegation to Segunda División Profesional
Source: ANFP, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Matches won, 4) Goals for, 5) Away goals for, 6) Red cards, 7) Yellow cards, 8) Drawing of lots, 9) Play-off game (only if needed to decide championship).
If needed to decide championship between two teams: 2) Play-off game.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BAR COB ANT IQQ DLS DPM REC DSC TEM RAN SLQ SMA SM SW USF UDC
Barnechea — 1–1 2–0 0–0 4–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 3–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0
Cobreloa 0–1 — 1–4 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1
Deportes Antofagasta 2–0 2–1 — 2–3 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 6–0 2–2 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–1
Deportes Iquique 2–3 2–2 3–0 — 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–2 3–2 1–2 1–3
Deportes La Serena 4–2 1–0 1–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1] — 1–2 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–0
Deportes Puerto Montt 0–3 0–0 1–4 2–2 1–2 — 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2
Deportes Recoleta 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 — 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–1
Deportes Santa Cruz 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 — 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–1
Deportes Temuco 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 — 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
Rangers 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–4 0–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 — 2–1 4–2 0–2 0–0 1–3 1–0
San Luis 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 5–0 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 — 2–3 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–3
San Marcos de Arica 3–1 2–1 4–3 2–3 2–1 2–0 3–2 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 — 2–2 1–2 0–2 5–0
Santiago Morning 5–1 0–2 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 — 0–0 2–1 3–1
Santiago Wanderers 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 — 3–2 1–1
Unión San Felipe 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 0–1 — 4–1
Universidad de Concepción 2–1 3–3 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 —
Source: ANFP, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ↑ Match awarded 3–0 to Deportes Iquique due to Deportes La Serena fielding an ineligible player. It had originally ended in a 0–0 draw.[6]

Promotion play-off

The teams placed from 2nd to 8th place in the regular season played a double-legged knockout competition with the regular season runner-up getting a bye to the semi-finals. The winning side claimed the last promotion spot to the Campeonato Nacional for the next season.

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
5 Deportes Antofagasta 2 0 2
2 Deportes Iquique 2 3 5
6 San Luis 1 1 2 (5)
5 Deportes Antofagasta (p) 1 1 2 (6)
3 Santiago Wanderers 1 3 4 (2)
2 Deportes Iquique (p) 1 3 4 (3)
7 Deportes La Serena 1 0 1 (1)
4 Deportes Temuco (p) 0 1 1 (3)
4 Deportes Temuco 2 0 2
3 Santiago Wanderers 3 1 4
8 Unión San Felipe 2 0 2
3 Santiago Wanderers 1 2 3

Quarter-finals

Unión San Felipe2–1Santiago Wanderers
 Report
Referee: Diego Flores
Santiago Wanderers2–0Unión San Felipe
 Report
Referee: Héctor Jona

Santiago Wanderers won 3–2 on aggregate.

Deportes La Serena1–0Deportes Temuco
 Report
Referee: Juan Sepúlveda
Deportes Temuco1–0Deportes La Serena
 Report
Penalties
 3–1
Attendance: 5,626
Referee: Fernando Véjar

Tied 1–1 on aggregate, Deportes Temuco won on penalties.

San Luis1–1Deportes Antofagasta
 Report
Referee: Víctor Abarzúa
Deportes Antofagasta1–1San Luis
  • Guerra 78'
 Report
Penalties
 6–5
Referee: Cristian Garay

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Deportes Antofagasta won on penalties.

Semi-finals

Deportes Antofagasta2–2Deportes Iquique
 Report
Referee: José Cabero
Deportes Iquique3–0Deportes Antofagasta
 Report
Referee: Felipe González

Deportes Iquique won 5–2 on aggregate.

Deportes Temuco2–3Santiago Wanderers
  • Estigarribia 76'
  • Sáez 90+1'
 Report
Referee: Cristián Garay
Santiago Wanderers1–0Deportes Temuco
 Report
Referee: Fernando Véjar

Santiago Wanderers won 4–2 on aggregate.

Finals

Santiago Wanderers1–1Deportes Iquique
  • Pereyra 70'
 Report
Referee: Francisco Gilabert
Deportes Iquique3–3Santiago Wanderers
 Report
Penalties
 3–2
Referee: José Cabero

Tied 4–4 on aggregate, Deportes Iquique won on penalties and promoted to the Chilean Primera División.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Rodrigo Contreras Deportes Antofagasta 17
2 Argentina Juan Sánchez Sotelo Deportes La Serena 16
Chile Humberto Suazo San Luis
4 Argentina Lionel Altamirano Rangers 15
Venezuela Luis Guerra Deportes Antofagasta
Chile Álvaro Ramos Deportes Iquique
7 Chile Mario Briceño Unión San Felipe 13
8 Uruguay Luis Acevedo Deportes Temuco 12
Chile Ignacio Herrera Barnechea
10 Chile Roberto Riveros Deportes Recoleta 11

Source: Soccerway

See also

References

  1. ↑ "No va más: Betsson termina el contrato con la ANFP" [It's no more: Betsson ends the contract with the ANFP] (in Spanish). La Tercera. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Primera B: ANFP reveló el fixture del torneo de Ascenso 2023" [Primera B: ANFP revealed the fixture for the 2023 Promotion tournament] (in Spanish). Encancha.cl. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Emocionante final de la Primera B: Cobreloa se corona campeón en el último minuto y vuelve a Primera División tras ocho años" [Exciting Primera B finale: Cobreloa are crowned champions in the last minute and return to Primera División after eight years] (in Spanish). La Tercera. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Final de infarto: Deportes Iquique se hace grande y sella su regreso a la Primera División" [Heart-stopping final: Deportes Iquique make themselves big and seal their return to Primera División] (in Spanish). En Cancha. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Primera fecha de infarto: ANFP reveló el calendario completo para la Primera B 2023" [Heart-stopping first matchday: ANFP revealed the full calendar for the 2023 Primera B] (in Spanish). ADN Radio. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Se revuelve la Primera B: Deportes Iquique gana en el tribunal y se queda con los puntos del partido ante La Serena" [The Primera B is stirred up: Deportes Iquique win at the court and take the points from the match against La Serena] (in Spanish). La Tercera. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
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