2023 Primera B de Chile
The 2023 Primera B de Chile, also known as Campeonato Ascenso Betsson 2023 for sponsorship purposes, is 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 in November 2023.[1]
| Season | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10 February – November 2023 |
| Matches played | 55 |
| Goals scored | 129 (2.35 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Lionel Altamirano (7 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Santiago Morning 5–1 Barnechea (14 February) |
| Biggest away win | Santa Cruz 0–3 La Serena (27 February) Cobreloa 1–4 Antofagasta (2 April) |
| Highest scoring | Santiago Morning 5–1 Barnechea (14 February) Rangers 4–2 San Marcos (27 March) |
← 2022 2024 →
All statistics correct as of 2 April 2023. | |
Format
The 16 participating teams will play 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) will be expanded from five to seven teams, which will be the ones placing from second to eighth place, and the league runners-up will receive a bye to the semi-finals. The playoffs winning team will 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 will be relegated to the Segunda División Profesional.[2]
Teams
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 | Deportes La Serena | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 16 | Promotion to Primera División |
| 2 | San Luis | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 | Advance to Promotion play-off semi-finals |
| 3 | Deportes Temuco | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 14 | Advance to Promotion play-off quarter-finals |
| 4 | Deportes Iquique | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 12 | |
| 5 | Rangers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 12 | |
| 6 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 12 | |
| 7 | Santiago Morning | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | |
| 8 | Deportes Antofagasta | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 10 | |
| 9 | Cobreloa | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 10 | |
| 10 | Unión San Felipe | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 9 | |
| 11 | Santiago Wanderers | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 8 | |
| 12 | Barnechea | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 7 | |
| 13 | Deportes Puerto Montt | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | |
| 14 | Deportes Recoleta | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | |
| 15 | San Marcos de Arica | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 4 | |
| 16 | Universidad de Concepción | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | Relegation to Segunda División Profesional |
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.
Results
Top scorers
- As of 2 April 2023
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Lionel Altamirano |
Rangers | 7 |
| 2 |  Álvaro Ramos |
Deportes Iquique | 5 |
| 3 | Humberto Suazo |
San Luis | 4 |
 Luis Acevedo |
Deportes Temuco | ||
| 5 | Mario Briceño |
Unión San Felipe | 3 |
| Ignacio Lemmo |
Deportes Santa Cruz | ||
| Bairon Monroy |
Rangers | ||
| Óscar Ortega |
Santiago Morning | ||
| Carlos Soza |
Deportes Puerto Montt |
Source: Soccerway
References
- "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.
- "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.