2023 Primera B de Chile

Football league season

Primera B de ChileSeason| 2023

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Dates| 10 February – 10 December 2023
Champions| Cobreloa (1st title)
Promoted| Cobreloa
Deportes Iquique
Relegated| Deportes Puerto Montt
Matches played| 252
Goals scored| 649 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer| Rodrigo Contreras (17 goals)
Biggest home win| Antofagasta 6–0 Dep. Temuco
(29 April)
Biggest away win| Santa 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 scoring| Barnechea 4–3 La Serena
(10 September)
San Marcos 4–3 Antofagasta
(9 October)

← 2022

2024 →

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

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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

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Cobreloa

Dep. Antofagasta

Deportes Iquique

Deportes La Serena

Deportes Puerto Montt

Dep. Santa Cruz

Deportes Temuco

Rangers

San Luis

San Marcos de Arica

S. Wanderers

Santiago

Unión San Felipe

U. de Concepción

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Locations of the 2023 Primera B de Chile teams

Barnechea

Deportes Recoleta

Santiago Morning

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

The tournament was 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

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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
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

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

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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

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Home \ Away  | BAR | COB | ANT | IQQ | DLS | DPM | REC | DSC | TEM | RAN | SLQ | SMA | SM | SW | USF | UDC

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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[a] | —  | 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

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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

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| Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | | | Finals |

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| | | | 5 | Deportes Antofagasta | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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| 6 | San Luis | 1 | 1 | 2 (5) |

| 5 | Deportes Antofagasta (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 (6) |
| | 3 | Santiago Wanderers | 1 | 3 | 4 (2) |
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| 7 | Deportes La Serena | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | |

| 4 | Deportes Temuco (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (3) |
| | 4 | Deportes Temuco | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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| 8 | Unión San Felipe | 2 | 0 | 2 |

| 3 | Santiago Wanderers | 1 | 2 | 3 |

### Quarter-finals

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10 November 2023 (2023-11-10)

19:00 UTC−3

Unión San Felipe| 2–1| Santiago Wanderers

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* Monreal 47'
* Briceño 87'

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* Meza  18' (o.g.)

Estadio Municipal, San Felipe

Referee: Diego Flores

15 November 2023 (2023-11-15)

19:00 UTC−3

Santiago Wanderers| 2–0| Unión San Felipe

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* Zeballos 32'
* Heredia 47' (o.g.)

| Report |

Estadio Municipal Lucio Fariña Fernández, Quillota

Referee: Héctor Jona

Santiago Wanderers won 3–2 on aggregate.

* * *

8 November 2023 (2023-11-08)

18:00 UTC−3

Deportes La Serena| 1–0| Deportes Temuco

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* Sánchez Sotelo 2'

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Estadio La Portada, La Serena

Referee: Juan Sepúlveda

14 November 2023 (2023-11-14)

20:30 UTC−3

Deportes Temuco| 1–0| Deportes La Serena

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* Núñez 43'

| Report |
Penalties

* González
* Márquez
* Estigarribia
* Urra

| 3–1 |

* Sánchez Sotelo
* E. Espinoza
* F. Espinoza
* Alarcón

Estadio Municipal Germán Becker, Temuco

Attendance: 5,626

Referee: Fernando Véjar

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

* * *

9 November 2023 (2023-11-09)

18:00 UTC−3

San Luis| 1–1| Deportes Antofagasta

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* Gaete 72'

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* Contreras 20'

Estadio Municipal Lucio Fariña Fernández, Quillota

Referee: Víctor Abarzúa

14 November 2023 (2023-11-14)

18:00 UTC−3

Deportes Antofagasta| 1–1| San Luis

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* Guerra  78'

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* Suazo 75'

Penalties

* Contreras
* Guerra
* Robles
* Cuadra
* Hurtado
* Cordero
* Díaz

| 6–5 |

* Parada
* Moiraghi
* Bustos
* Gaete
* Vera
* Cáceres
* Viveros

Estadio Regional Calvo y Bascuñán, Antofagasta

Referee: Cristian Garay

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

### Semi-finals

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19 November 2023 (2023-11-19)

18:00 UTC−3

Deportes Antofagasta| 2–2| Deportes Iquique

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* Guerra  59'
* Contreras 64'

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* Puch 72' (pen.)
* Moya  77'

Estadio Regional Calvo y Bascuñán, Antofagasta

Referee: José Cabero

26 November 2023 (2023-11-26)

18:00 UTC−3

Deportes Iquique| 3–0| Deportes Antofagasta

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* Liuzzi 31' (o.g.)
* Pinto 89'
* Ramos 90+1'

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Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique

Referee: Felipe González

Deportes Iquique won 5–2 on aggregate.

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19 November 2023 (2023-11-19)

18:00 UTC−3

Deportes Temuco| 2–3| Santiago Wanderers

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* Estigarribia  76'
* Sáez 90+1'

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* Gatica 14', 87'
* Duma 26'

Estadio Municipal Germán Becker, Temuco

Referee: Cristián Garay

26 November 2023 (2023-11-26)

18:00 UTC−3

Santiago Wanderers| 1–0| Deportes Temuco

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* Duma 68'

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Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso

Referee: Fernando Véjar

Santiago Wanderers won 4–2 on aggregate.

### Finals

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4 December 2023 (2023-12-04)

19:00 UTC−3

Santiago Wanderers| 1–1| Deportes Iquique

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* Pereyra  70'

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* Ramos 85'

Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso

Referee: Francisco Gilabert

10 December 2023 (2023-12-10)

19:00 UTC−3

Deportes Iquique| 3–3| Santiago Wanderers

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* Ramos 40' (pen.)
* Fernández 45+5' (pen.)
* Pino  51'

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* Gatica 14'
* Muñoz 66'
* Duma 81'

Penalties

* Delgado
* Ledesma
* González
* Orellana
* Navarro
* Magalhães

| 3–2 |

* Cañete
* Muñoz
* Santander
* Pereyra
* Miranda
* Plaza

Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique

Referee: José Cabero

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

## Top scorers

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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

Source: Soccerway

## See also

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* 2023 Chilean Primera División
* 2023 Copa Chile
* 2023 Supercopa de Chile

## References

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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.

## External links

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