2021 Primera B de Chile

Football league season

Primera B de ChileSeason| 2021

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Dates| 3 April – 10 December 2021
Champions| Coquimbo Unido (4th title)
Promoted| Coquimbo Unido
Relegated| San Marcos de Arica
Matches played| 246
Goals scored| 602 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer| Manuel López (21 goals)
Biggest home win| Dep. Copiapó 5–0 Rangers
(12 September)
Dep. Iquique 6–1 Dep. Santa Cruz
(3 October)
Biggest away win| Dep. Santa Cruz 1–7 Coquimbo
(18 May)
Highest scoring| Dep. Santa Cruz 1–7 Coquimbo
(18 May)

← 2020

2022 →

The 2021 Primera B de Chile, also known as Campeonato Ascenso Betsson 2021 for sponsorship purposes, was the 67th season of the Primera B de Chile, Chile's second-tier football league. The season started on 3 April 2021.[1]

Coquimbo Unido were the champions, winning their fourth title in the competition as well as clinching promotion to Primera División with a 2–1 victory over Fernandez Vial on 13 November, the last matchday of the regular season.[2]

## Format

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The tournament was played by 16 teams, 12 returning from the previous season, three relegated from Campeonato Nacional (Coquimbo Unido, Deportes Iquique and Universidad de Concepción), and the Segunda División Profesional champions. The 16 teams play each other in a double round-robin tournament (once at home and once away) for a total of 30 matches. The top team at the end of the 30 rounds was the champion and was promoted to the Campeonato Nacional for its 2022 season, with the next four teams playing a play-off stage with its winner qualifying for a promotion/relegation play-off against the 15th-placed team of the Campeonato Nacional. On the other hand, the bottom-placed team of the table was relegated to the Segunda División Profesional.[3]

## Teams

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Originally, Lautaro de Buin were to take part in the competition as 2020 Segunda División Profesional champions,[4] but the club was suspended per ruling by ANFP's Court of Justice due to irregularities with the contracts of their players, and later expelled from the ANFP on 5 May 2021.[5][6] Following an appeal by Lautaro de Buin, on 10 June 2021 the original ruling was changed to a six-point deduction in the Segunda División standings, thereby losing the first place and declaring Fernandez Vial as Segunda División champions, who in turn also took Lautaro's place in Primera B.[7]

### Stadia and locations

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Cobreloa

Deportes Copiapó

Coquimbo Unido

Deportes Iquique

Deportes Puerto Montt

Dep. Santa Cruz

Deportes Temuco

Rangers

San Luis

San Marcos de Arica

Santiago

Unión San Felipe

Concepción

Santiago teams:
Barnechea
Magallanes
Santiago Morning
Concepción teams:
Fernandez Vial
U. de Concepción

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Locations of the 2021 Primera B de Chile teams

Club  | City  | Stadium  | Capacity

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Barnechea | Santiago (Lo Barnechea)  | Municipal de Lo Barnechea | 3,000
Cobreloa | Calama | Zorros del Desierto | 12,346
Coquimbo Unido | Coquimbo | Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso | 18,750
Deportes Copiapó | Copiapó | Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla | 8,000
Deportes Iquique | Iquique | Tierra de Campeones | 13,171
Deportes Puerto Montt | Puerto Montt | Chinquihue | 10,000
Deportes Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | Joaquín Muñoz García | 5,000
Deportes Temuco | Temuco | Germán Becker | 18,413
Fernandez Vial | Concepción | Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo | 30,448
Magallanes | Santiago (San Bernardo)  | Municipal Luis Navarro Avilés | 3,500
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
Unión San Felipe | San Felipe | Municipal de San Felipe | 12,000
Universidad de Concepción | Concepción | Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo | 30,448

## Standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Coquimbo Unido (C, P) | 30  | 14  | 13  | 3  | 42  | 22  | +20  | 55  | Promotion to Primera División
2  | Deportes Copiapó | 30  | 14  | 10  | 6  | 49  | 36  | +13  | 52  | Advance to Play-offs
3  | Santiago Morning | 30  | 13  | 12  | 5  | 43  | 26  | +17  | 51
4  | Deportes Temuco | 30  | 13  | 10  | 7  | 44  | 28  | +16  | 49
5  | Deportes Puerto Montt | 30  | 12  | 12  | 6  | 34  | 30  | +4  | 48
6  | Deportes Santa Cruz | 30  | 12  | 9  | 9  | 36  | 37  | −1  | 45  |
7  | Magallanes | 30  | 9  | 14  | 7  | 38  | 34  | +4  | 41
8  | Deportes Iquique | 30  | 11  | 7  | 12  | 52  | 45  | +7  | 40
9  | Fernández Vial | 30  | 11  | 7  | 12  | 45  | 39  | +6  | 40
10  | San Luis | 30  | 9  | 13  | 8  | 33  | 32  | +1  | 40
11  | Unión San Felipe | 30  | 10  | 6  | 14  | 34  | 40  | −6  | 36
12  | Rangers | 30  | 9  | 8  | 13  | 34  | 42  | −8  | 35
13  | Cobreloa | 30  | 8  | 10  | 12  | 35  | 38  | −3  | 33
14  | Universidad de Concepción | 30  | 7  | 12  | 11  | 32  | 37  | −5  | 33
15  | Barnechea | 30  | 5  | 9  | 16  | 28  | 44  | −16  | 24
16  | San Marcos de Arica (R) | 30  | 3  | 8  | 19  | 11  | 60  | −49  | 16  | 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) Playoff game (only if needed to decide championship).
If needed to decide championship between two teams: 2) Playoff game.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

## Results

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Home \ Away  | BAR | COB | COQ | CDC | IQQ | DPM | DSC | TEM | AFV | MAG | RAN | SLQ | SMA | SM | USF | UDC

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Barnechea | —  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 3–1  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 0–3  | 0–1  | 2–3  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 2–4  | 1–2
Cobreloa | 1–2  | —  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 3–2  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 4–1  | 1–0  | —[a] | 2–2  | 2–1  | 2–4
Coquimbo Unido | 1–1  | 2–1  | —  | 0–0  | 3–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 3–0[b] | 2–1  | 4–1  | 1–0
Deportes Copiapó | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–1  | —  | 0–2  | 2–2  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 5–0  | 4–1  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 2–0
Deportes Iquique | 4–2  | 1–0  | 2–3  | 2–1  | —  | 4–2  | 6–1  | 2–2  | 1–3  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 5–1
Deportes Puerto Montt | 1–0  | 0–0  | 1–3  | 1–0  | 0–0  | —  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 2–1  | 3–0[b] | 0–0  | 0–1  | 2–2
Deportes Santa Cruz | 2–0  | 2–2  | 1–7  | 1–2  | 1–3  | 1–0  | —  | 1–0  | 2–3  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 3–0[b] | 1–1  | 0–1  | 2–2
Deportes Temuco | 2–0  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | —  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 2–2  | 2–2  | 3–0[b] | 0–2  | 3–0  | 2–2
Fernández Vial | 1–1  | 3–2  | 1–2  | 5–2  | 0–1  | 2–3  | 2–1  | 1–0  | —  | 0–1  | 2–2  | 2–2  | 3–0[b] | 0–0  | 1–3  | 0–0
Magallanes | 1–1  | 2–2  | 0–0  | 3–0  | 2–2  | 3–0  | 1–1  | 0–3  | 2–1  | —  | 0–1  | 3–3  | 1–3  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 3–0
Rangers | 2–0  | 4–0  | 0–1  | 2–3  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 1–3  | 0–2  | 1–0  | 1–1  | —  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 3–1  | 1–0
San Luis | 2–1  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 3–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  | —  | 3–0[b] | 2–2  | 1–2  | 1–0
San Marcos de Arica | 0–3[c] | 0–3[b] | 0–0  | 0–3[b] | 0–3[b] | 1–2  | 0–0  | 0–3[b] | 0–3[b] | 0–3[b] | 1–0  | 1–2  | —  | 0–3[b] | 0–3[b] | 0–0
Santiago Morning | 2–0  | 2–1  | 3–0  | 2–3  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 0–1  | 2–2  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 3–0  | —  | 1–0  | 0–0
Unión San Felipe | 2–4  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 2–3  | 3–1  | 2–3  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–2  | —  | 1–0
Universidad de Concepción | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 3–1  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 3–2  | 0–2  | 3–0[b] | 3–3  | 0–0  | —

Source: ANFP, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

1. ^ The match originally ended with Cobreloa winning by a 1–0 score, but was awarded 3–0 to San Marcos de Arica as Cobreloa fielded the ineligible player Jaime Soto.[8] However, since San Marcos de Arica was later punished for having fielded the ineligible player Zederick Vega in this match, no winner was declared and no points were assigned to either team.[9]
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Matches awarded as 3–0 losses for San Marcos de Arica as they called up the ineligible player Zederick Vega. The original scores in the matches in which Vega was fielded were: San Marcos 0–0 Cobreloa, San Marcos 1–2 Deportes Temuco, Coquimbo Unido 1–0 San Marcos, San Marcos 3–1 Unión San Felipe, San Luis 0–1 San Marcos, San Marcos 0–1 Deportes Copiapó, Deportes Puerto Montt 2–2 San Marcos, Universidad de Concepción 3–1 San Marcos, Deportes Santa Cruz 2–0 San Marcos, San Marcos 1–2 Magallanes, San Marcos 2–1 Fernández Vial, San Marcos 4–2 Deportes Iquique, Fernández Vial 1–2 San Marcos, San Marcos 4–0 Santiago Morning, and Deportes Temuco 2–0 San Marcos. Vega also played in San Marcos's home match against Barnechea and away match at Santiago Morning, both of which ended as 3–0 losses.[11]
3. ^ Match awarded 3–0 to Barnechea as San Marcos de Arica manager Hernán Peña failed to serve his suspension for this match. The match originally ended with San Marcos de Arica winning by a 2–1 score.[10]

## Play-offs

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### Bracket

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| Semi-finals | | | Finals |

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| 4 | Santiago Morning | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 | Deportes Temuco | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | 3 | Deportes Temuco | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| 5 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 0 | 2 | 2 |

| 2 | Deportes Copiapó | 1 | 2 | 3 |

### Semi-finals

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25 November 2021 (2021-11-25)

20:30

Deportes Puerto Montt| 0–1| Deportes Copiapó

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* López 52'

Estadio Regional de Chinquihue, Puerto Montt

Attendance: 4,200

Referee: Matías Quila

1 December 2021 (2021-12-01)

17:45

Deportes Copiapó| 2–2| Deportes Puerto Montt

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* López 31', 42'

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* Castillo 56', 77'

Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla, Copiapó

Attendance: 4,790

Referee: Piero Maza

Deportes Copiapó won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

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25 November 2021 (2021-11-25)

18:00

Santiago Morning| 1–1| Deportes Temuco

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* Riveros 54'

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* Escobar 49'

Estadio Municipal, La Pintana

Attendance: 609

Referee: Nicolás Gamboa

1 December 2021 (2021-12-01)

20:30

Deportes Temuco| 2–1| Santiago Morning

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* Ponce 44'
* Castro 51'

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* Pino 61'

Estadio Municipal Germán Becker, Temuco

Attendance: 9,472

Referee: Felipe González

Deportes Temuco won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the finals.

### Finals

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6 December 2021 (2021-12-06)

20:00

Deportes Temuco| 1–0| Deportes Copiapó

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* Pacheco 84'

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Estadio Municipal Germán Becker, Temuco

Attendance: 11,933

Referee: Manuel Vergara

10 December 2021 (2021-12-10)

17:45

Deportes Copiapó| 3–1| Deportes Temuco

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* Núñez 8'
* López 38', 63'

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* Gutiérrez 46'

Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla, Copiapó

Attendance: 4,800

Referee: José Cabero

Deportes Copiapó won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the promotion/relegation play-off.

## Top scorers

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Rank  | Name  | Club  | Goals

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1  |  Manuel López | Deportes Copiapó  | 21
2  |  Steffan Pino | Santiago Morning  | 14
3  |  Kevin Harbottle | Fernández Vial  | 13
4  |  Leandro Garate | Coquimbo Unido  | 12
5  |  Lionel Altamirano | Universidad de Concepción  | 11
Carlos Escobar | Deportes Temuco
7  |  Alfredo Ábalos | Rangers  | 10
Reiner Castro | Deportes Temuco
Felipe Flores | Barnechea
Álvaro Ramos | Deportes Iquique

Source: Soccerway

## Promotion/relegation play-off

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The winners of the Primera B play-offs, Deportes Copiapó, played Huachipato, the team placed 15th in the 2021 Chilean Primera División, in a double-legged series. The winners earned the right to play in the top flight for the following season.

22 January 2022 (2022-01-22)

18:00 UTC−3

Deportes Copiapó| 2–3| Huachipato

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* Jaime 32'
* López 82'

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* Nequecaur 13', 28'
* García 59' (o.g.)

Estadio Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla, Copiapó

Referee: Felipe González

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26 January 2022 (2022-01-26)

19:00 UTC−3

Huachipato| 1–0| Deportes Copiapó

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* Martínez 74' (pen.)

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Estadio Huachipato-CAP Acero, Talcahuano

Referee: Francisco Gilabert

Huachipato won 4–2 on aggregate and remained in Primera División.

## See also

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* 2021 Chilean Primera División
* 2021 Copa Chile

## References

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1. ^ "¡Vuelve el fútbol del ascenso! La Primera B conoció su fixture para este 2021" (in Spanish). Encancha.cl. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
2. ^ "El 'Pirata' vuelve a Primera: Coquimbo Unido derrotó al Vial y se coronó campeón del Ascenso" (in Spanish). Radio Bio-Bio. 13 November 2021.
3. ^ "Definido el formato del campeonato 2021 de la Primera B" (in Spanish). Primera B Chile. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
4. ^ "¡El Toqui es de la B! Lautaro de Buin se coronó campeón de la Segunda División y selló su ascenso" (in Spanish). Publimetro. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
5. ^ "Tribunal de Disciplina ordena la suspensión del debut de Lautaro de Buin en Primera B" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
6. ^ "Lautaro de Buin, expulsado de la ANFP tras fallo del Tribunal" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
7. ^ "Vial a Primera B: Tribunal confirma resta de puntos a Lautaro y 'aurinegros' ascienden" (in Spanish). Radio Bio-Bio. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
8. ^ "Cobreloa perdió los puntos conseguidos ante San Marcos por utilizar un jugador suspendido" (in Spanish). AlAireLibre.cl. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
9. ^ "¡Inédito! El castigo que no se había visto en la historia" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
10. ^ "Sentencia de la Primera Sala del Tribunal de Disciplina contra San Marcos de Arica" (in Spanish). ANFP. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
11. ^ "San Marcos de Arica descendió por secretaría tras fallo de la Segunda Sala del Tribunal de la ANFP" (in Spanish). AlAireLibre.cl. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

## External links

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